ETO -fr-C "f -5r- ;- 4 tEHE PITTSBURG, DISPATCH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1891. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY i INa Vol. 4 No. 207 .Entered at Fittsburg Postofflce November. 1SS7, as secoml-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 78 and So Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. EASTERN AmfKRTISINO OFFICE. ROOM H, TRIBUNE Bnn.DINC. NEW" YORK, wherecom plcle files of THE DISPATCH can always be found. Foreign advertisers appreciate the convenience. Home advertisers and friends of THE DISPATCH, while In Sew York, are also made welcome. THE DISPATCH Uremibrrlp nn intent Brentmo's, B Vnton Square. Una lark, and 17 Ave deVOpera, Parts. Pmnce. where a-nyme trhn hns Seen aisap pointed at a hold nats stand can obtain it. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. POSTAGE TREK IN THE DOITED STATES. DAILT DisrATCH. One Year 8 00 Dailt Dispatch, PerQuarter. 100 Dailt Dispatch, One Month 70 Daily Dispatch. Including Sunday. 1 year.. 10 00 Daily Dispatch. Including Sunday, 3 ra'ths. S SO Daily Dispatch. Including Sunday, 1 m'tta. 90 Sunday DisrATCH. One Year 2 SO Weeklt Dispatch, One Year 1 25 The Dailt Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at 15 cents per week, or. Including Sunday Edition, at 20 cents per week. PITTSBURG. FRIDAY. DFC. 11. ISM. TWELVE PAGES ENDORSING A BtLD STEAL Either the Nicaragua Canal Company lobby has completely closed President Harrison's eye, or else a modification Is contemplated of last year's plans for that raid on the Treasury. President Harrison in his Message makes the following statement: "If this work is to be promoted by the usual financial methods, nd without the aid of this Gov ernment, the expenditures in its interest bearing securities and stocks will prob ably be twice the actual cost This will necessitate higher tolls, and constitute a heavy and altogether needless burden upon our commerce and that of the world. Every dollar of the bonds and stock should represent a dollar expended in the legitimate and economical prosecution of the work. This is only possible by giving to the bonds the guarantee of the United States Government" It is utterly impossible to understand how President Harrison could have written the paragraph above quoted if he had given any attention whatsoever to the de tails of the Nicaragua Canal scheme. That scheme proposed to do exactly what the President, who recommends it, af fects to deplore. It proposes that there shall be 5200,000,000 of interest and dividend-bearing securities issued for a work whose cost is estimated by the Canal Com pany's own engineers at but 505,000,000! ivot only did the bill before Congress at the last session on behalf this gigantic steal provide for a guarantee by the United States of bonds to the amount of 5100,000,000 to pay for this work which the Company's engineers estimated would re quire only 565,000,000, but it also proposed that, though more than the full means was thus provided, the Company should further issue 5100,000,000 of stock pure water. As the object will be to pay divi dends upon the stock as well as interest on the bonds, it is not only clear that "every dollar of the bonds and stock" will not "represent a dollar expended," but that the burden of tolls to be imposed to pay dividends and interest on this water in the capitalization should most palpably come within the Presidental criticism. It Is astonishing how the President while denouncing what actually consti tutes the responsible features of the bill, should still be induced to recommend the proposal itself. To urge that the country go into partnership with speculators, open and bold in their presentation of plans who do not take even the trouble to at tempt to conceal that while Uncle Sam is to furnish all the money and take all the risk, they are to get all the profit and do all the spending of the millions among themselves and their friends is to urge assent to an audacious bunko game, as the taxpayers will find out later on. PENNSYLVANIA'S EXHIBITS. Executive Commissioner Whitman, of the State Board in charge of Pennsyl vania's share in the Chicago Fair, in his last report makes an interesting showing of what can be done in the way of exhibits, ne advocates the appropriation of most of the funds for the display of farm products, minerals, coal, coke, oil and natural gas, and such interests as cannot well be shown through individual effort Out of the S100.000 to be devoted to exhibits he esti mates that 540,500 should be devoted to Pennsylvania's natural products. In the matter of manufactures and lead ing industries he thinks, correctly, too, that individuals and corporations may be relied upon to do themselves justice, with out much assistance from the State. The Commissioner's proposition to show working models of such representative Pennsylvanian objects as oil and gas wells, together witli miniature facsimiles of notable structures in the Commonwealth, will be generally approved. Suggestions from Pittsburgers as to this city's contri bution to the historical collection would be timely. ' THE WONDERFUL WEATHEK. The-protracted season of fine weather balmy and bright in the mornings as spring, and in the evenings scarcely sharper than that of early autumn should set the scientists to work upon ex planations. To old or even middle-aged people who remember the invariable sleighing.skating and below-zero records that were features of the weather before old-time Thanks givingsusually, keeping up the rigor un til the latter das of March the change of conditions is almost phenomenal. What is the cause? Neither weather clerk, geologist nor astronomer has yet been heard from to officially and satisfac torily account for the immense variation. MEDICINE FOR MORAL ILLS. Drunkenness is a disease, say a great many people who suffer from it or affect to cure it The success of a treatment, based upon this view of the drink habit, has encouraged a belief In the assertion. If physical and moral delinquency in one shape aje susceptible of cure by drugs and dieting, there is ground for -hope that other ills and -evil habits may be abolished by like treatment Until quite recently the freewill of the drunkard was , not often questioned, and the world's verdict upon the victim of strong drink was com monly damnatory. But the theory that the appetite for drink is a disease, as spe cifically marked as any a physician is called upon to treat is obtaining wider ac ceptance daily. It would be a tremendous step forward If other bad habits which fetter the race could be unriveted by therapeutic meant. The discovery of'the bacillus of consump tion, or any other one of he recent triumphs of medical science, would be as nothing beside the revelation of a cure by physical means of any one of the familiar vices in humanity. Thus, if by seclusion for a brief term and the administration of certain drugs, the desire to murder, to .steal or to lie could be eradicated from the human heart, the Millennium would be within hailing distance. Incredible as the idea seems it is along this line that the regeneration of man is' expected by many of the wisest jand best of the world's thinkers. Religion and moral suasion are not to be shelved hut reinforced by physical curative processes. The man whose lust for liquor is conquered by bi-chloride of cold still has need of the Divine law and human morality if he would have permanent immunity from the cbrse of drunkenness. He must use his judgment and his will, avoid temptation and resist evil influences, or the physical condition which breeds the fatal appetite may be re-erected. It is the function of the remedy to give a man a chance to reform to make it physically possible. To extend a like means of salvation to victims of other evil habits is a work grand enough to satisfy the ambition of any man. OT TRANSFERABLE. With Colonel Shepard the wish is father to the thought when he spreads the report of Secretary Blaine's declination in favor of President Harrison. But,' if there is any possibility of such a secret under standing, the quicker It is announced the better for the President if he is indeed to be Blaine's legatee. The continued silence of Mr. Blaine through a lone period in which clear preference for him has been dictating the expressions, while limiting the activities, of the leading men of the party may have only two constructions. It must mean ac ceptance of the nomination if tendered or a deliberate purpose to help President Harrison by permitting the belief in such an acceptance, and thus keeping out of the field candidates who would run against Harrison, but who would not run so long as they thought Blaine to be in the race. We do not believe that Secretary Blaine intends to lend himself to any such accom modation of his official chief. Popular though he Is, he could not afford to do so. The tender of the nomination has been made for personal use only not as an ab solute and transferable gift. It is hardly to be thought of that a popular expression so general, so frank, and so gratifying, would be so little esteemed by the Secre tary that he would turn it to the petty and unappreciative use of forwarding a politi cal move in the interest of a third party. Still, since Colonel Shepard is in the field with this offensive interpretation, it is full time that the Secretary or some one authorized to speak for him be heard as to his real purposes. It will not help Presi dent Harrison's chance, If, there being "a deal," it should be longer kept secret HILL'S HOWE WON'T HURT. There is not that harmony among Demo cratic statesmen and organs as would make it possible for the country to tell with any certainty which way the Demo cratic majority in Congress intends to jump. However, it is some satisfaction to know that a conservative policy is favored by many influential men and newspapers of that party. Governor Hill's radical advice to repeal the McKinley tariff and adminis trative acts and the Sherman silver law is not approved by some of that office-holding phenomenon's supporters. They re alize what upsetting a system of finance' entails upon the nation's business. The New York World flatly declares that Gov ernor Hill, whom it has hitherto sup ported, is In error. Even to a Democratic organ it is clear that such a headlong pol icy of destruction would have a paralyzing effect upon the country's trade, commerce and finance. Hill takes a negative view only; he sug gests no particular substitute for what he would destroy. It is about what might have been expected from a peanut poli tician. Fortunately such a policy is bad politics for the party, and it cannot fail to see It It would hurt the Democracy's already slim chances next year as much as it would the nation's interests, and for that reason Hill's foolish plan to smash the tariff and fly to free silver will not be adopted by the present Congress. THE STATUS OF CHICAGO'S FAIR. When Dr. Depew and other distinguished New Yorkers were in Chicago the other day they visited the World's Fair grounds and examined the buildings o far erected. The impartiality of Depew In the premises will be grantedas readily as his ability to form a correct judgment of the work done. Since his return to New York he has pro claimed, to use the Tribune's words, "his surprise and delight at the scope and beauty of the design of the Exposition and the skill and sagacity with which the man agers are carrying it out" Thus Depew and his companions, all level-headed busi ness men, are convinced that the Exposi tion will be a great triumph. The country 'at large will be glad to hear this assurance from a quarter where Chicago's claims are apt to be subjected to the severest scru tiny. TnE DisPATCn has the satisfaction of recalling that its readers had an oppor tunity to form the same conclusion three months ago, when a staff correspondent described the progress of the Fair, the beauties of the site, and the plans for the future, in these columns. The question of further national aid for the Exposition will be brought before Congress shortly, and Chicagoans have a right to expect the whole country to be interested in its determination. The World's Fair is a national project, and if it is necessary that the nation should con tribute more money to make the Fair a success by all means let It be done in good time. At the same time the nation has a right to expect that the necessity for further aid shall be made plain, and when Congress takes the matter up the managers should be ready to present an explicit account of how the money has been spent to date. It has been charged, or rather insinuated, that the expenditure of funds so far has been extravagant and wasteful; that too much money is frittered away in administration and promotion. WhcnsUch a sum as 55,000,000 is asked for, even as a loan, Congress is bound to be sure that the investment is a good one from a national point of view. It is to be hoped that Mr. Depew's favorable attitude toward the granting of the 55,000,000 will be taken by Congress after a proper investigation of the Fair management MAN'S PROPER STUDY STILE. Foreigners who come over here to spy out the land are fond f telling us in the books they write when they get Home that as a nation we are very curious and in quisitive. To prove this they point to our newspapers, in which they claim person- alitiesand the description of trivial events in me lives 01 pumic ana private men swamp matters of graver interest Americans can afford to grant the truth ol the charge that personal news does pre ponderate in the papers. It Is the boast of Americans that their newspapers are the brightest and most readable in the world for this very reason. What is a more proper study for mankind than man? When men and women meet in social con verse what do they talk about as a rule? Metaphysics or the differentiation of spe cies? Hardly. Nine-tenths of all human conversation turns upon the doings or the sayings of humanity. The sup ply of personal news, furnished orally or in the periodicals, docs not satisfy man. So the novelist comes to the rescue with the record of fictitious person alities. In America the craving for in telligence of the world's varied life is keener and almost universal, because man's tendencies and appetites are freer from artificial checks. The criticism of the European traveler fe a compliment, though unmeant It will be a sorry day when the free-born Amer ican is denied the latest information about his fellows on this terrestrial ball. . The Czar of Kussia cannot fail to take a deep interest in Mr. Sage's seance with a dynamite bomb, and if the Wall street mag nate could patent his method of escaping from high explosives he might sell it to Alex ander at any price he wished. Pittsburg's right to the honor of stand ing sponsor to one of the vessels in our new navy is beyond dispute, and now is a good time for this city's representatives in Con gress to agitate the matter afresh. It was expected that Secretary Tracy in his last re port would have named the remaining cruisers still known by numbers, but he did not. Pittsburg, the maker of so much that 1b in these new ironclads, ought to be repre sented at sea.. IF number and variety of bills was a Con gressional business index, all might be for given. But yesterday's record breaking only means that the fresh young memoer wants to get his name in the Congressional Record. The London Spectator says that Americans don'l langb, and "that one may go from one end of the United States to the other and never hear a heaity laugh." If the Spectator could witness the reception of this piece of news it would change its opinion at once. So long as English newspapers discuss American auairs there will be plenty of laughter throughout the United States. Elliott F. Shepard is throwing open his columns to anonymous correspondents who declare Harrison is the choice of the West. Mr. Shepard is a religious editor, and should not encourage liars. The press of the entire country demands in unison that the murderous crank shall be restrained. Unfortunately, many of these half or wholly crazy people do not announce their homicidal plans. Those who talk of murder and violence openly the law is long and strong enough to reach already. They should be treated as wild beasts and ene mies of mankind. The triumphal progress of the American hog abroad ought to have inspired the Presi dent to liner flights of fancy than anything his message contained. Before Pennsylvania adopts electricity as a substitute for the rope in the execution of murderers it should bo established with far more certainty than now that the former is more humane. So far in New York every execution by electricity has been a blot upon the State's good name: to which the futile attempt at secrecy has largely contributed. Tndian summer is slightly out of place in mid-December, but such weather as yes terday's is delightful, if it is not the preface to an untamed blizzard. One of Mr. Tilden's heirs, a woman, gave to the trustees enough 'of her share of tho estate to enable them to carry out in a modest way the testator's purpose to found a public library. The small library that will be built will be a monument to this woman's sense of honor and decency as well as to Mr. ( Tilden's beneficence. Blaine will break Quay's record for silence if he does not speak soon. New York seems to have enough mur derous cranks within her borders to ox terminate nil the millionaires in Wall street, and it wouldn't be a bad idea to prevent a continuance of tho slaughter by shutting up all the insane persons at large who have been named as the assailant of Mr. Sage. 8T. LOUIS HABD AT WOBK To Secure the Democratic National Conven tion Next Tear. St. Louis, Dec. 10 The various committees appointed to manage the St. Louis candi dacy for the National Democratic Conven tion, met this afternoon to- effect n substan tial organization. President Bernhelmer suggested that a committee of 100 be se lected representing the City Government, Exposition, Mercantile Club and all the ex changes. President Bernhelmer said that letters had Deen sent to all the National commit teemen and that a number had sent very encouraging replies. lie said that St, Louis had a brilliant prospect of getting the con vention, and tliat united and intelligent effort would certainly capture the prize. Steps were then taken to appoint the addi tional committeemen, and the committee will get to work at once. No Need of n Guarantee. New York World.! Tho President thinks the people ofctbe United States ought to "guarantee the credit" of the Nicaragua Canal Company. If theciedltofthat company isn't good that is reason enough why the Government should not become its indorser. If it is good, it does not need a guarantee. PECULIARITIES OP PEOPLE. Jons T. 'Watekjian was yesterday ap pointed privato secretary to Speaker Crisp. Patti is engaged in writing a book about tho people she has met. It will probably bo very entertaining. " CONGBESSMAN HATCH, of Missonri, is a farmer, a lamous sportsman and a good after-dinner speaker. Captain Jack CnAwronD, the poet scout, aspires to be placed In charge of the Indian Department of the World's Fair. Henry S..Kitson, the young English man who has been selected to mnke a statue of Farragut for Boston, is only 23 years of ago. Miss Mary Chenowith, the chief apostle of Christian Science, is said to be worth $8,000,000 and lives in a house with 109 rooms.. General G. P. Thuestoit, of Nashville, Tenn., has one of the best coin collections in the country. He has the English series' almost complete. HALL Caine, the novelist, thinks more of the lantern which once belonged to Eugene Aram than ho does ot auy of his other possessions. Rev. A. M. Hassell says that no mat ter how wild.bis neighbor Senator Irhy was in his youth, lie is now a man w ho never does anything wrong. J. M. Thurston, the Nebraska lawyer, when ho first went to Umaha used to buy a box of crackers and a piece of cheese and live on them until his stock was exhausted. Dr. A. A. Low sent each of the teachers in tho Parkor Institute $50 on Thanksgiving Day.saying that he noticed that institutions were constantly being remembered, but the teachers were constantly forgotten. Db, S. Weir Mitchell, the celebrated alienist, believes that the language one speaks exerclses nn influcnoe over his man ners. For instance, a pofrson may appear 111 urcd when using English, but the samo per son will be gentle and refined in manner when speaking Fienoh. TALK OF THE TOWN. "We are having a lively time with our street car companies in Chicago," said M. C. Bristol, who is a high officer in the Western Union Telegraph Company, with lieadquartors " in Chicago, yesterday, "and the experiments that are likely to be.mnde in tho way of legislation regulating these corporations may bo interesting to urban residents everywhere. At present Chicago is woefully deficient in means of rapid 'transit; all the surface lines are ever crowded, and the relief promised in the shape of elevated roads is very Mow coin ing, so slow that I see by to-day's papers that Mayor Wasbburno has been empowered by Councils to appoint acommittee of Alder men, citizens and street railroad representa tives to consider the situation and suggest a remedy. As it is now, aurlng tho early hours of the morning, and again at night, the street cars are so crowded that half the people have to stand or hang on pre cariously to the platforms. Among the measures proposed in Councils to force the existing companies to put on more cars is an ordinance making a street railway com pany liable to a fine of $29 lor every passen ger carried in excess of the legal quota; and another ordinance, with the same intent, which forbids con ductors to collect fares from those who have to stand. No seat, no fare!' is a popular cry in Chicago. A City Alderman has introduced an ordinance empowering the city to build and own streetcar lines, the needful funds to be borrowed from the owners of abutting property upon tho secur ity of the tracks. But there are a hundred schemes, and the only thine our city fathers, tho taxpayers and the traveling public are agreed upon is that Chicago must have more and better street car accommodations, and that in a hurry. If Chicago's rapid transit svstetn cannot handle the resident popula tion to-day, how can it stand the extra pressuro in the time of the World's Fair! That's the question Cbleagoans moan to an swer practicnlly before the world tumbles in upon the city." Pittsburg's Unproductive Property. "It's none, of my business as an Alle. gbenian, to tell Pittsburgers what they ought to do," said Joseph Carson yesterday, but I can't see why Pittsburg does not sell the real estate with which she is burdened nnprofltably. It would improve Pittsburg's financial position if she were to turn most of the real property she owns into cash. Take that regular white elephant of a Fifth Ave nue Market House, for instance; it is a fail ure as it stands, and must always be so, and the monpy it represents wou'd 'be better in the treasury. Thero is much other city property that is practically unproductive and should bo sold. It seems to me. I don't mean to say that Pittsburgers wcre'nt right to vote for the bond issue, but while they are thinking about fixing np their finances it might be well for them to think how easily the city's assets might be inci eased." Russell Sage's Accessibility, "Awoso tho Wall street millionaires nono has been bo generally accessible as""Rusell Sage." said Clarence Ilosslter, a New Tork broker, to the writer on a Fort Wayne ex press night before last. "Anyone of decently respectable appearance could gain admis sion to Sage's sanctum in the Arcado build ing, if ho merely had patience enough, for the financier saw many people and had not an idle minute whilo downtown. In this accessibility Mr. Saee has always differed from the majority of rich men. Forinstance, Jny Gould, Mr. Sage's most intimate friend, never sees visitors who annroach him un armed with strong letters of introduction.. jut. tage-s experience is apt to make utm cautious abontreceivingstrangers, and Wall street magnates ccnorally will shut them selves up more tightly than ever." It Is in the wi iter's experience that Mr. Sago was the easiest and most pleasant big gun in Wall street to reach fornews. In the exciting times of the Marine Bank and Grant & Ward's failure and ut other crises in the Street, I interviewed him regularly every day and had no difficulty in getting nt him, though the process of pumping nnything out of him was usually more arduous. When he was in a mood to talk, he dictated his views and read them before he let them get Into print. A millionaire's Hard Luck. About Mr. Sage's closeness and economy many amusing stories have been told, but last .night a thoatrical man fold me one that has the air of novelty if not of strict truth. It was after, the explosion, and Mr. Sago was being driven as quickly as possible to his uptown residence. Mr. Sage did not talk much, as 'was natural, but at'one time he said to the clerk who sat In the carriage with him, "It's a great pity I gave $15 for this suit of clothes and I haven't worn it two years yet now Just look at it!" and Mr. Sage ruefully survej ed his clothes, which the ex plosion had torn to ribbons. Tramps nave Hearts. "The common idea that tramps expend the money they ask for in liquor is errone ous," said a commercial trayeler at a Sixth street hotel the other day. "I furnished six of them with a dime apiece the other evonlngand out of curiosity followed one and snw him Join the other five on Penn avenuo. Thov walked to an electric light where they stopped and counted the pro ceeds of their begging. I heard them say 'We've got $3 40. Let's hire a room and take Jim there and then we can feed him.' Then I followed them down some streets, of w hioh I don't know the name, and theie nnder a shed thev fonnd a comrade, who was evi dently sick. .They took him to a poor look ing lodging-tionse, where they rented a room and one of them went to a grocery store and purchased some food, but, although I watched for a long time, I am satisfied that not a cent of the monov was paid out for drink. I am not rich, but I lelt sorry to think I had not given them more, and since then when a tramp asks me for a dime I al ways make it a quarter. These are cold nights and I guess there is more truth than we think for in the tramp's request, that ho wants the money to get him a bed." DEFEATED, NOT SILENCED. I'm defeated, but I am not silenced, b'gad, sir! Springer. Chicago Tribune. There was much talk about a dark horse in tho speakership contest but they didn't Spring'er. Toledo Commercial. Hot. William M. Sphinoeh can now add one large scalp to the decorations in his po litical lodge Washington Post. Whes Springer elected Crisp he pioved a traitor to his principles nnd signed his own political death warrant. Buffalo Express. Sr-RraaER did not get there himself, bnt he gave Crisp the final boost that seated him in tho Speaker's chair, and if the Georgian knows anything about reciprocity Illinois will have tho chairman of tho Committee on Appropriations, Chicago Ifiter Ocean. EILVEB AND LEAD. Valuable Deposits Unearthed In a Neigh boring St itr. Middletows, N. Y., Dec. 10. It is alleged that a productive vein of silver and lead ores, in combination, has beon discovered in Delaware county, near Cook's Falls station, on tho Ontario and Western llallroad. The discovery was made by quarrymen, who were at work opening a new bluestone quarry on lands leased from. W. II. Johnston nnd P. E. Horton. The bed of bluestone which they sought to reach was overlaid by a stratum of what is known as transition limestone. In penetrating this covering it was noticed that the blasts thiew out chunks ofoio of uncommon weight and having a bright metalic luster. About 35 pounds of this ore wore sent to a prominent New York ns.aj-pr for examination. He returned report last week to the effect that the mas3 yielded silver nt the rate of $100 per ton, ana lead at the rate of t0 per ion. - Tho receipt of this report and the further discovery r veins of ore of a similar character on adjacent properties have set a lively silver mining boom In progressamong the land owners of the neighborhood The rough mountain lands which were thougnt to bo dear nt $10 an acre arc now held at $100 and upward. Several silver-mining 'companies have been organized and their articles of association filed In tho Secretary of State's office at Albany, and there is a great scramble among speculators for leases and options for mining claims. Tom and Jerry Were Not in It. Tom Watson was Jerry Simpson's Speaker ship candidate. Despite the large Demo cratic! majority in the House the Tom and Jerry combination fell thiough. . ' Home Rale Slay Be Waked. Omaha World-Herald.j If, as Balfour says, "home rule is a dead issue," be need not be sui prised ir the Irish members "wake" It In the next Parliament. LAW DEPABTMEHT W0BK. Interesting and Important Features of the Report of Attorney General Sillier. Washington, D. C, Dec. 10. The annual report of Attorney General Miller was sub mitted to Congress to-day. It reviews the business or the United States Supreme Court, and devotes a chapter to the Circuit Court of Appeals, which ho says has been organized in each circuit and is ready for business, although the additional Circuit Judge In each court has not yet been ftp; pointed. He Invites attention to a spoclal report on the subject of Indian depredation claims, and shows the Importance of in sistence on the conduct of that business. xnese claims aggregate y..031,75. After speaking of the well-known difficul ties In the enforcement of the Chinese ex clusion act he says: "If it is desired that tnese laws shall be made effective thov should be so changed as that they cannot bo misunderstood. To arrest and try snch persons, ana, as the result, simply send them back across the British line, is shown to bo an idle expenditure ot time, labor and money, by the fact that, as might well be ex pected, the same persons have to be ar rested and tried over and over again. More over, It is quite uncertain whether an order requiring Chinese prisoners to bo sent back to the British dominions can be made ef fective. This subject demands prompt con sideration." The Attorney General reviews the legal proceedings in the case of the Chilean. steamer Itata and sums up as follows: "Upon a trial of this Indictment, commenc ing on the 20th of October last.it was held by the District Court that these proceedings were not in violation of the neutrality laws of the United States. First, because the en terprise was a legitimate commercial trans action; and, second, because the Congress ional party of Chile, not having at the time received recognition from the Government of the United States, either as a Government de Jure or as a belligerent, the acts done by the representatives of that party in the way of hostilities against the Chilean Government were not in violation of any statute of the United States. In short, that it is only in the in terest of a Government recognized as such dejiireorasbellicerentthat the neutrality statutes of tho United States- can be vio lated." He reports that five suits have been com menced under tho act of August 7, less, re quiring all telegraph lines subsidized by the Government, by and through their own re spective corporate officers and employes, to maintain and operate for railroad, govern mental, commercial and all other purposes, such telegraph lines, and requiring the At torney General by proper proceedings to prevent anv unlawful interference with tho rights and equities of the United States In relation to such telegraph lines. In relation to this subject tho Attorney General recom mends the restoration of the law to what it was prior to the act ot March 3, 1887. thus im posing on such corporations a liability to be sued corresponding to the right they enjoy to sue as plaintiffs, and to remove suits In which they are defendants. BILLY FL0EENCE LAID TO BEST. Interment or the Favorite Actor In a Green wood Cemetery Plot. New Yobk, Dec. 10 lSpecial. The remains of William J. Florence, tho actor, were finally interred this afternoon, in tho family plot at Greenwood Cemetefy. About 73 people were present to witness the ceremony at the grave, which was short and simple. Beside the actor's widow, the other members of the family present were three brothers of the actor, Inspector John Conlin, Peter Conlin and Benjamin Conlin, Mrs. Barney Williams, sister ot Mrs. Florence, and Commodore Joseph H. Tookor and his son ana uaugnter-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Tooker, Jr. When the casket was about to be lowored into the jirave Mrs. Florence placed a bunch of violets at the head, and then broke slown completely. Eev. Father Piatt read the Catholic committal service. Then, when the coffin was about to be low ered, all knelt aiound the plot nnd Rev. Father Brandt read the Catholic prayer. Holy wnter was sprlnklea on the coffin, and it was lowered into the grave. Florence's grave, which is near the east en trance of the cemetery, is surrouuded by graves of well-known actors and theatrical people. Near by is the plot where Lester Wallaek and his father, James William Wal lack, and Harry .Montague He burled. John Brougsham, "the father of American bur lesque," lies near, and Laura Keene, who was playing the leading part in the "Amer ican Cousin." at Ford's Theater in Washing ton, on the night that Abraham Lincoln was shot there, Lola Montacue, Tom Placlde, W. E. Burton and Barney Williams are w lthin short distance. Almost directly behind Florence's grava. He Henry Ward Beecher and the wife of Secretary Tracy. THE OHIO HICC0UGHEB. His Strange Malady Turns Into Bad Case of Typhoid. Shelbt, O., Dec. 10 Victor O. Peters, the young man who almost hiccoughed himself to death, is still alive, nnd yet a very sick man. The most peculiar part of tho sad affair, and that which puzzles tho physi cians, is the fact that his sickness now turns out to be a stubborn case of. typhoid fever. Nothing could be done for the hiccoughs, which continued up to Sunday evening, when there was a slight let up. They diminished gradually, yet they trouble the patient mote or less occasion ally now. Over 400 letters and telegrams were received by the family from all over the United Statos, advising what to do to stop the hiccoughs. All were prouiDtlvan- swered, and will he preserved for future use and reference. The doctors in attendance say thore is some hope of Mr. Peters pulling through, yet if he lives after a hard struggle with typhoid fever in his present broken down and prostrated condition it will be nothing short of a miracle. VIEWING TnE MESSAGE. As A whole. It is an able, and hero and there admirable, document, worthy of the President and well woith reading. New York Adiertiser (Rep.) The message of tho President of the United States is a document written with great ability nnd is sure to attract widespread attention and favorable comment. Ohio State Journal (Rep ) The. Piesldent's message is a full and nne quivocating confession by that gentleman that his administration is a complete suc cess, and that he is entitled to nil the credit for it Indianapotis Sentinel (Devi.) Altogether, it strikes us as a brainy mes sage. The writor speaks out for himself. Ho makes it clear that he, and ho only, is President. Wo respect the tone, while we differ with the sentiment. Cincinnati En quirer (Dem.) The third annual message of President Harrison Is long if not strong. There is nothing in it to evoko genuine enthusiasm among his partisans, and it docs not present many salient points for severe criticism. Cleveland Plain Dealer (Dem.) l'iirsiDET Harrison's message is like the man frank, plain and business-like, and admirable in expression Just such a prc sqptation of the 'State of the Union" as tho Constitution requires him to mako to Con gress Philadelphia Public Letlner (Hep.) There is no straining for effect. It U a simple, clear and business-like statement of public nff.iirs, lull of wiso nnd practical suggestions, and so dispnsslonats tliat Its jjerUjSal, after the crazy factional contests of Democrats, is like a breath of cool mountain air. Sew York Tribune (Rep,) . It Is a serious, dignified State paper, ful filling admirably the s-lrit and letter of the Constitutional lequiremcnt that the Presi dent "shall gije to the Congiess informa tion of the state of tho Union, and lecom mend to their consideration such measures as ho sh ill judgo necessary ana expedient." Philadelphia Press. Mr. Harrison's message to Congress.ls not specially robust, neither is the tlicmo handled with exceptional ability or tact, but it Is a straightiorward document which gives us a clear photographic view of tho events which have absorbed the conntry's attention during tho last twelve months. Sew York Herald (Dem.) A Superfluous Name. Boston Herald. Tho details of the St. John dlvorco caso seem to show that the saint is rather super fluous in the actress' name. f Back-Action Bombs Needed. Washington Star. A reliable style of back-action bombs would be very desirable for general distribu tion among Anarchist. . POLITE WORLD PBUNIN6S. With Book, Blestlnc and Bine Miss Theresa Lawrence Becomes Mrs. Tnr ' nor Chronicle or What a Day flas Brought Forth. The nuptials of Miss Theresa Lawrence, daughter or Colonel J. J.Lawrence, and the Eev. William K. Turner, curate of Grace Episcopal Church, Baltimore, were cele brated last night. Colonel Lawrence's houso put on the orthodox gala robe of flowersand held a small assemblage of guests made dp of relatives ana friends to see bis charming daughter renounce her girlhood and marry the man she loved. Miss Lawrence was at tended to tho altar by her sister. Miss Mary. The groom was nmttended, and thero were no ushers. The bride was in white silk, the bodice slightly low cut and over all a veil of magnificent length. A chain of gold en circled her throat and from it depended an exquisite Jewel. Miss Mary Lawrence was in white silk and chiffon. The Bev. Dr. George Purvis, of the First Presbyterian Church, and the Rev. R. J. Coster, of Grace Episcopal Church and rector of Bowman In stitute, performed the ceremony. Last night the Auditorium looked as unlike what it will to-night when the Na tional Pageant holds forth as the girl in the morning, In curl papers, looks like the brill iant belle at the ball in the evening. If we only had a respectable mnsio hall but then we ought to be glad that there is a'Pittsburg to live In, even if the men do polka dot its pavements with tobacco Juice, and tne municipal government sweeps up its streets at tho expense of people's new opera bon nets every evening. We might live in a town where the men couldn't afford to buy tobacco for themselves nor new bonnets for their wives, to say nothing of buying and supporting street sweeping machines. While some gayety, perforce, must be bottled up for other winters, when mourn ing is less in order, there are still a good many houses in which entertainment this season will be paramount. Mrs. D. Herbert Hostetter will likely be hostess at numerous affairs this winter, and Vollenhoven at least, will have one laige holiday ball, when Mrs. Schoonmaker'a visitors fiom Cincinnati ar rive in town. Mrs. Harry Oliver's house will be finished in a short time, and presumably a house warming will introduce it to the pdlite world. Mrs. Painter's ball next week Is tho first large affair that lady has given for somo seasons. Last year it was indi cated, by unfailing signs, that'thls winter would be a brilliant one in the social world, and in evidence, of the chronicler's truthful ness, it is here. Mrs. W. Addison Magee's name among tho list of guests at the Holmes reception last week reminds one that this young matron, In the matter of attraction. Is going to run the debutantes pretty close this win ter. First, she has the advantage of being married; secondly, she is cleverer than three smart women rolled into one; thirdly, which is not a trifle, she can talk well to a man, and. fourthly, In the matter of beauty, nature has been more than good nntured. Mrs. Magee is a Phllndelphian, and comes of a family of handsome women. Strange to say, or lot us be unworldly enough to say, delightful the more because unusual, this charming woman finds mors pleasure In her Sunday school class than in all the ball rooms in Pittsburg and all tho germans in its season. Mrs. CriRiSTOPnEK L. Magee, who is a hostess par excellence, expects to throw open her magnificent residence during the holidavs. Mrs. Magee Is to the young schoolboys nnd girls what Mrs. Park Painter is to their younger brothers and sisters, and they are always glad to be Invited to her house. The afazee mansion, which is a de lightful, roomy place, is nearlv always filled with heryoiiug lelatives and their friends. Doubtless this coming entertainment will be one of the events of the East End. With the glamor of approaching Xmas about everything and overybody-peoplo are getting seasonably Jolly. A little family p.irty of four brothers and sisters, where marriage had never entered to destroy its unity in Joyous anticipation of the ap proaching ytiletlde, gave itself a dinner last night. It was as format as the Queen's Drawing Koom. Noiseless waiters served tho numerous courses, and u punctilious ness was observed that would have warmed the heart of Lord Chesterfield. When din ner was over they all drove Into town and, separating, visited the various toy stores anu uougnc cacn ocner cuo most prodigious lot of tovs, which they presented on return ing home. -The.littlu JoVfnl Incident took them back some '.0 or 25 years, when they believed infallibly In a generous-hearted Santa Clans. The ladies of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Wllklnsburg, gave tho first or two entertainments for the benefit of the church last night in the Opera House. The various features of tho affair consisted of a bazaar, supper and concert, which will be repeated this evening. The ladies in charge of tho tables are: Fancy Work Mrs. Pershing, Miss M.Stewart nnd MIh Bniley. Candy Miss Anslnftz and JIi.-s Uublcv. Flowers Misses Isla and Lidy Huy, Sheridan and Hublev. Ice Cream MNs Clara Nicholson, Miss Maggie Robert", Miss Wilts and Miss Bailey. The supper tnblefsin charge of an able corps of managers as follows: Mrs. An shutz, Mrs. Stewart, Mrs.Batchelernnd Mrs. Bates. Among tho many amusements were a phonograph, which "produced musical selections and humorous stories; a minuet, by the King's Daughters of the church; fortune telling bv a real gipsy, and a well- rendered programme or music and recita tions. A well pat ionized affair is iu pros pect for this evening. Handel's favorite oratorio, "Messiah," will be presented by tho Mozart Club at Old Cltv Hall on Monday evening, December 23. Two roaearsals are now being held every week; and, with a chorus of 200 voicps and an orchestra of 40 piece9, the club expects to give its best rendition of the popular ora torio. Tho soloists nie among the oest that .can be secured nnd will doubtless meet with a hearty reception. Miss Hortense Pierse, of New York, the soprano.'is well known to Pittsburg audiences. Tho contralto. Miss Adclaido Foiesman, sing heio in "Elijah" two venrs ago, and F. W. Jameson, tenor, and Ivan Mora w ski come highly recom mended. Social Chatter. Last night a New England supper was given by tho First Congregational Church, corner Franklin nnd Manhattan streets, which y us uvcry successful event. It isal ways nn Important annual happening, to which many members, present or past, no mattor how many miles separate them, en deavor to come. Tne attendance was good and a fair amount of money realized. The return of Mr. Otis H. Childs and his beautiful bride is signalized bv preparations for numerous swell functions in their honor. One of thu earliest will be a breakfast given bv Miss Aibiithnot, of Fifth avenue, at 1 o'clock on Thnrsdav afternoon next. A for tunate portion of tlie East End will be pres ent. Akioxe wishing to remember Miss Bnth Cleveland in tlio coining holiday season must addrcis th.it young woman at tho Cleveland Cottage, Lakewood, N. J. It Is a qnostion , though, if Miss lluth Cleveland, America, wouldn't find her without any trouble. Mrs. GroROE W. Kskis' nnd her daugh ters. Mises Jessie nndNellie,receivedfrom2 to 5 yesterdav afternoon at their home on Webster avenue. They were assisted In re ceiving by Mis. Chailes F. Kankin and Miss Adalino Smith. Miss Julia Watsos's theater party, given and chaperoned bv her sister. Mrs. Frank P. Sproull, occupied a row In the parquet of the Alvin Theater. By the way, what a lot of pretty bonnets w ere to bo seen at the Al vin last night! APTEiyi time of seclusion by reason of mourning, Miss Margaret Darlington enter tained a dozen f i lends at a petit sonper last night in tho Dnqncsne Club. Favors of Amei lean Beauty roses lay by every plate. The students of the Pittsburg Academy have arranged a faicical trial to be held in the study hall to-monow afternoon at Ui Cordial invitations uro extended to their lrlcnds. A LEr-TEAR ball Is being planned to come off at the Pittsburg Club and to outdo tho one given in IStS. HIS CLKVEBNESS "WASTED. Smuggled a Skeleton Into Canada to Find It on the Free List. DtTBorr, Mich., Dec. 10. Charles Allen, a medical studcnt.of Leamington.Ont., bought a human skeleton, in Detroit last week, dressed It in woman's attire. Including hat and veil from his sister's wardrobe, and held it by his side in his buggy so naturally that in going over to Canada it passed muster as a living person. Arriving in Windsor ho expressed it to Leamington, and when he got home he bragged'to a few friends about the neat piece of smuggling that be bad done. Then lor the first time ho learned that the Cana dlan.taritriaw doe not Impose a duty on artlculatedskelotons. CUBI0US CONDENSATIONS. Virginia owns 1,500,000 acres of oyster beds. Child marriage had Its origin at the time of the Mohammedan invasion of India. A Birmingham, England, man called White collected 510,000 pennies during his lifotirae. It is claimed that the Chinese invent! the mosquito net. It was In use in China for many years before 1819. A lobster has been captured at Eastport -that measured 40 inches In length and nearly as much across the claws. Twenty-seven families named Smith recently held a reunion in a Kansas town, and then a few were missed. Official statistics show that Colorado has over 20,000 square miles of coal, and tho product of 1890 was 3,000,000 tons. A milestone set by Benjamin Franklin is 'still standing in New London county. Conn. It is old and mossgrown. Meerschaum is now found in the United States. A vein of it eight, inches thick bis been found near Silver City, N. M. A man in Connecticut has invented. machine which will feed chickens with mar vellous punctuality and regularity. All the" varieties of the tame duck aro descended from the wild mall, and-which, though timid, is easily domesticated. Coyotes are more numerous than ever this year in Oregon. Frequently packS'eon taining 100 are seen near civilization. . It is claimed -that land that was pur. chased in tho West for $13 per acre produced $300 worth of strawberries last year on each acre. The grave of St. Patrick is said-to be in a neglected state. The matter has been brought up before the Eoyal 'Society of An tiquities of Ireland. " - A family in Milwaukee is endeavoring to monopolize the law business. All Of its members consisting of a father, mother and three daughters are practicing at the bar. It is figured that 37,000,000 ' babies aro born each year in the world. Thl3 means about 70 each minute. A line of cradles' Con taining them would stretch around- the world. There are now 84 pupils in the Catholic Indian school on the Umatffla reservation, and the worthy sisters are kept very busy looking after the education and temporal needs of their charges. Each public school in Los Angeles, Cal.', floats the. United States flag every da-sr the pupils are in attendance. The .youths take a great interest in keeping their flag in the best shape possible. The descendents of a single wasp num ber as many as 30,000 in ono season. Novem ber is tho fatal month which kills them all off, except two or threo females, on whom depends the perpetuation of the race. It takes a long time for the cocoannt tree to attain its full condition of bearing seven years but when this time has passed it is a mine of wealth, nnd happy he who can call a plantation of 100 acres Ills own. In previous years in England the great est nnmber of suicides occurred among tho old soldiers, but since the conditions of the service were changed the nnmber of sui cides oryoungsoldiors have been the greater. Three thousand acres of wild land were recently fenced in to a height of IS feet in Missouri. A large nnmber of deer were in closed without their knowledge, and iris proposed to keep them there the ret of their lives. A "Wyoming rancher is very anxious for a wife. He says In his advertisement that he is not partlcnlarabout her looks, her age or her fortune, and sho need not bea good cook, as he is something of an artist in that line himself. In Java a live sheep is thrown into the water, and is supposed to indicate the posi tion of the body by sinking near it. A curious custom is practised in Norway, where those in search of a drowned body row to and fro with a cock in the boat, fully expecting that tho bird will crowwnen the boat reaches the spot where the corpse lies. For several hundred years, and down to a comparatively recent date, money was coined at from 25 to 30 different cities in France -that had inherited the privilege. Now all French money is coined at tho Paris Mint and bears. Instead of the cfliKV oTsomo distin pished person, a head representing the Eepubllc, or liberty in the more general sense. The Gypsies of to-day are divided np ino the full-blooded, or tent Gypsies, and the Katrengroos, or house-dwellers, who keep their Gypsy blood a secret. This di vision of tho race shows that they are gradually yielding to the pressure of out side influences, and the complete extinction of their national identity will simply be a matter of time. There is no accounting for tastes, even in music Crickets are bought and sold In various parts of Africa. Feople capture them, feed them and sell thcio,as the natives are very fond of their music, thinking that it induces sleep. Superstition regarding tho cricket's chirp are varied: somo believe that it is ominous of sorrow and evil, while others consider It a harbinger of joy. Savages find many sources of food sup ply where civilizca people would starve. In Utah tho flowers of the cat-tails, which bloom in the spring, are regarded as a del icacy either raw or cooked. Boiled they mako a very good soup. California Indians make bread from the pollen of cat-tails, which they collect In largo quantities bv beating It off from the plants and catching ft on blankets. Pulqne, the famous Mexican beverage, is said to have been discovered in tho latter half of the eleventh century by a Tolteo noblo named Papautzin, who sent somo' of the liquor to his chief, Tepaucaltzin. bV the hand of hl favorite 'daughter, Xochitl, called tho "Flower of Tollan." And it Is related that tho chief became ennmored of the drink and th maiden and kept both. It is furthor related that these ill-starred loves ennsed the beginning of tho trophies of the Toltecs, which resulted in their over throw. Among the noteworthy things Dr. Oscar Lenz saw when ho traveled through Moroctorn w bile ago, were two little rivers that once a year, at the time of the greatest he it, aro filled with rod water. "It is sup posed the color comes either from a stratum of red clay, through which the stream may pass, or trom myriads or little red organ isms,. Another cuiious stream was a large creek with waters almost as salt as those of the ocean. This crt-ek comes from great beds of salt, of which it carries off a very considerable quantity in solution. In tho dry season tho creek bed is exposed and i3 found to Iio covered with a thick incrusta tion of salt. PICKIhGS ntoai PECK. Mr. Citimann I should think a country house with Its exposed walls would be rather un comfortable In wmter.i Mr. SuhurbY-e-s; bnt no one need be cold la a country house. "How do you manage?" Oil. we keep ourselves warm carrying coal and poking fires, you know." "Does your daughter speak the lan guagec?" Not to any extent. Sao can say 'yes,' though. In Ave of 'em. In case any foreign nobleman ask her to marry." "What's your fee for collecting this?" He Inquired with a uervousrthrlll; Aud the lawyer calmly made reply: The whole amount of the biU." Mr. Goodsell (on Vestibule Train) But what do you think of our palace car service? Isn't that nearly perfect? ' Lord Howlonit I think It Is an Infernal nuisance. It always raakis me uncomfortable to see other people as comfortable as I am. "What 'do you think would be the most appropriate gift for a Chicago couple?" ' A divorce, most likely." "Woodhull The law allowing women to act as members ofour hoards of education ishar lng a very decided cfTcct. Claflln-What Is the effect orit? , Woodhull They are voUng for principals, not men. ' r The hand that rocks the cradle, As the years go speeding by. Is the hand that spanks the baby; And that makes the baby cry. "Hoffy's met with a dweodfully distwess lng accident." "Deahme!" "Ya-as. Spwalned his cane." Howwlblel" -' - "You seem jolly." ! - I feeljolly." "s Your horse must 'a come In ant.'' .,,, No; list. That's Just whit makes no feels Jolly. I backed another man's hone this trip." ' . K L FS- M ' - - 5aT-
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