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THE PTTTSBtTRG DISPATCH,' TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15. 189L
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S.N ADV.A.STAGtOni OFFER.
The offers presented to Councils yester
day to put smoke consumers under the
boilers at the pumping station indicates
that the idea that smoke consumption is a
failure is by no means shared by builders
of those devices. On the other hand such
talk is met'by a challenge for a convinc
ing test on the city engines at the cost of
the smoke consumer people.
One offer is to put smoke preventers
under the boilers, at a fixed price, with
nothing to be paid at all if 90 per cent of
the smoke is not abolished and a material
savin;; in fuel effected. The other is even
more radical, proposing to take the saving
in fuel for seven months as full payment
for the 'work. O11 this statement it is
clear that the city should accept one of
these offers, or if practicable civo both the
desired chance to show their merits If
they fail the city loses nothing; if they
succeed the city makes a grcai gain.
The object of abolishing its own smoke
and saving fuel u sufficient to make it
imperative on the city to give these de
vices the trial asked for.
There is even a more important end to
be effected by this public experiment
Efforts to abate the smoke nuisance have
been delayed by assertions that smoke con
sumers do not work effectively. TA'ith
this proposed experiment on city property
Councils will know how much of this talk
is true and how much of it interested old
fogyism.
MORE DREADED THAN DANGEROUS.
The spell of beautiful weather, unsur
passed for December, has come to a moist
conclusion with ominous threatening of
a reappearance of that dreaded visitor
the grip. While it is necessary to print
reports of epidemics, just as of other news,
and so that people may be forewarned, too
much stress cannot be laid upon the ad
vice to give way to no foolish terror. Vast
as was the inconvenience which the grip
brought to multitudes in this country last
inter, it is really not, excepting in rare
cases, a fatal disease. Those deaths which
occurred when the grip was prevalent
could in almost every instance be traced
to other specific causes.
Considering the great numbers who ex
hibited symptoms of the aggravated In
fluenza in one shape or other, the propor
tion of deaths attributable to the grip
alone was smaller than perhaps for any
other epidemic ever known. The sum of
experience is that, with those who take
the grip, ordinary precaution In keeping
within the house and following medical
directions, prevents danger, excepting
where the vital organs have already by
other causes been reduced to an exceed
ingly feeble conditio l
The announcement from some of the
Ivew York physicians who have been ex
perimenting upon this year's article of
grip that it does not threaten the nerves
as it did last year, will afford relief to
thousands familiar with the nervous form
of the ailment It was its hold upon the
nervous system of patients last winter
which caused it to be dreaded as far more
dangerous than it actually was. With the
element of nervous apprehension removed,
the grip need cause no more alarm than
an ordinary acute cold.
THE INFLUENCE OF CANALS.
An illustration of the importance of
waterways is given by a writer with this
reference to the Erie (anal:
That the Erie Canal Is a freight regulator
Js forcibly demonstrated c erv year. But
few people in the State of New York, who
own tin- great artificial water route, icalizo
to what extent the Erie Canal restricts rail
road 'corporations. During tho past season
of canal navigation, rates by caral have
ni erased less than four cents a bushel on
wheat Irora Buffalo to New York, and, of
conrse, the raiIro.ids havo had to carry
giainnt somewhere near that rate to get
any busines". Just hefoie tho canal closed
wheat w a shipped by canal for SJf, cents a
bushel, and befc-e the last boats from Buf
falo got to Nov York the railroads nut their
rates up toTJcentsa bushel, and men well
qualified tos-peak on the subject predict
that 10 cents a bushel will be the rail rate on
heat from Buffalo to New York after the
25'hnfthis month. It Is a matter of great
slaniflcanco thitrail rates arc now double
the rate paid the last boats out of Buffalo 10
davsaqo.
This demonstration of the effect which
a waterway of only six-feet depth has
upon grain freights is an exceedingly con
vincing demonstration to Western 'Penn
sylvania of what the result would be on
our Interests by a 15-foot canal from tho
Ohio to Lake Erie. It is well known that
competition even when purely .between
railroads has had more effect in bringing
down gram rates than much less costly
coal, ore and iron rates. If, there
fore, a canal six feet is depth brings grain
rates from Buffalo to Xew Tork down to
less than half what it is when the canal is
closed what would vessels of several times
the capacity do for the coal and iron in
terests of Western Pennsylvania?
Can anyone, after a moment's reflec
tion, fail to see the Immensity of the ad
vantage which the lowering of the freight
charges between Pittsburg and the lake
would confer? On the single item of coal
alone it would, without allowing for the
expansion of business, effect an annual
saving sufficient to pay the interest and
running expenses f the canal and leave a
very neat profit besides. The owners of
Western Pennsylvania coal lands could
afford to give a mortgage on their prop
erty to anyone who would build the canal
and put it in free operation. The result
to them would be exactly parallel to that
en municipal property from the improv
ing of a street which when paid for Is
given hack several times over in the rn
lisnrM Tilr- of the Hud. " The tot-l nv
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era Pennsylvania and the Mahoning Val
ley would, without calculating 'an in
crease in volume, pay for the canal in
four years. At the end of ten years it is
not hazardous to predict that the volume
would be so great that the economy on
two years' operations would equal the cost
of tho canaL
These are simply estimates of what
Western Pennsylvania might expect from
the operation of influences which are
demonstrated in the case of the Erie
CanaL The conclusion is irresistible that
for an investment less than that in rail
roads between this city and the lakes a
transportation route can be secured the
influence of which in expanding our in
dustries will be equal to that secured by
the building of railroads in the first in
stance. LARGE FIG IRON PRODUCTION.
The large production of pig iron, re
ported for November, and the number of
furnaces in blast on, December 1 show
that active operations in that industry are
being maintained. The present condition
of the blast furnace interest is a striking
illustration of the commercial policy en
forced by the free action of competition
and of activo operations on the basis of
hard pan prices and narrow margins of
profit.
It is many years since the iron industry
has had a boom In prices; and the actual
result has impressed itself on the minds of
many manufacturers that they are bet
ter off without it When they sell a ton
of pig iron they get but a small advance
on what it cost them, and at some junc
tures the margin has been invisible. As a
rule, however, the effect of the" conditions
has been to secure certainty in results with
enlarged production overbalancing tho
narrowness of the profit As a further re
sult after ten years, there is nothing heard
of insolvency in,the blastfurnace interest
This affords a striking refutation of Mr.
Aldace T. Walker's assertion, in common
with other combination apostles, thatun
regulated competition is too destructive to
be permitted to exist Any attempt to
raise prices of pig iron by tho combination
method would be utterly hopeless. This
is not only on account "of the ease with
which new furnaces would be called into
existence by an advance of a few dollars per
ton,but from the fact that there is a reserve
of idle stacks ready to increase the output
the same month that an advance of a dollar
is registered. Is the free competion in the
sale of pig Iron destructive? Everyone
knows that no competitor will sell pig iron
ata loss, for the simple reason that to do
so would be to inflict the loss on himself
alone. It is only where there is a chance
to restrict competition that this cutthroat
policy is resorted to for the express pur
pose of getting the loss back out of tho
combination.
The fact that wherever competition is
free, natural and unregulated, there we
find the best examples of legitimate and
steady trade, is the most complete answer
to all the sophistries of combination theor
ists. REED IN THE MINORITY.
Referring to a statement of a Demo
cratic organ that Speaker Reed will be
"very troublesome" thi3 session, the
Brooklyn Standard-Union, which aspires
to organic position, responds with an in
dorsement of the statement and the as
sertion that Keed "already sniffs the
battle and his eyes sparkle with the joy of
the combat near at band." (
This amounts to an assertion that Eeed
during the coming session will employ his
talents in obstructing business. But he
has already in the last session taken na
tional ground for the right of adopting
extreme parliamentary measures to facili
tate business. The assertion that the
Democrats will find it difficult to deal with
Eeed may be true; but tho difficulty, if it
exists, will be on account of their own
limitations. If the Democratic Speaker
chooser to adopt the Reed tactics of re
fusing to recognize men who may be In
convenient to them, tho suppression of
the ex-Speaker will be a comparatively
easy matter.
But this is not so important as the asser
tion of a Republican newspaper, assuming
to be a mouthpiece of Reed, that, having
posed as the champion of extreme meas
ures to put down obstruction, he is as the
leader of the minority to turn another
somersault and come down in the new
role of champion obstructionist. The
suggestion is all the more interesting be
cause Mr. Reed, as the leader of the
minority, is likely to be one of the minority
members of the Committee on Rules. In
that position will he support the rules
which give the Speaker power to count a
quorum, refuse to entertain dilatory mo
tions and use all the other means for sup
pressing a troublesome minority? If he
docs not will not he afford another proof
that his famous theory of "rules" was
simply a devics to push partisan meas
ures? We say another proof, for the fact Is
that Raed has once before turned his
avowed parliamentary principles upside
down to suit party exigencies. As a
member of the majority he declared tho
privileges he overthrew as Speaker were
necessary to constitutional government
The quesHon now is whether he' will
throw a flip-flap back to hU original posi
tion. Mr. Reed may ho troublesome, but
if he were burdened by a conception of
consistent principles he would be most
troublesome to himself.
PUBLISH EGAN'S -NOTE.
The circular of the Chilean Government
with reference to the Valparaiso affair
asserts what The Dispatch pointed out
early in the dispute as a very possible
cause of trouble. The letter of the State
Department was a careful and conserva
tive document But it unfortunately only
directed Mr. Egan to give an abstract
to the Chilean Government The Dis
patch declared at the time that" it
w ould be very important to learn the exact
language which Mr. Egan used in trans
mitting the views of his Government to"
Chile, as a request reasonable and just in
its original character might be made very
offensive if couched in different language.
No publication has ever been made of
Mr. Egan's note on this occasion; but the
Chilean Government asserts in its circular
that his note was aggressive and insulting.
This of course is no more conclusive than
assertion to the contrary so long as it is
unaccompanied by the text of the note.
But unfortunately it is verified by reports
from Chile published in glorification of
Egan and is not inconsistent with that
gentleman's reputation.
It is clear that the United States was
entitled to ask for investigation and satis
faction; but it is no less cltar that it should
use a reasonable and moderate tone until
the request is refused or neglected. If
Egan faithfully transmitted the instruc
tions of the State Department without in
jecting his personal enmity into the nego
tiation the statement of the Chilean circu
lar is unwarranted, for the letter of the
State Department was Just what It should
be. If he did change the tone of the com
munication h" rf 'h's Government in a
trayal of public duty. ' Fortunately tho
question catfbe settled beyond dispute by
the publication of Egan's note. t,
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WHERE MEMORY" is BSOTtTLr.
There Is amusement and edification for
people with memories, in the statement
that when officers of the United States
Court at Omaha sought to subpoena the
Superintendent of the. Western Railway
Weighing Association to testify before the
grand jury, with -regard to the grant of
rebates to Armour & Co., that person was
found missing. Officers say they "chased"
this witness and another "several hundred
miles," but could not overtake them. Con
sequently the cases had to be held over.
The striking phase of the fugacious
disposition of this railway personagcwill
be apparent to any one who can project
his memory back to the time when tho
railway weighing associations were estab
lished. , These new organizations in rail
way conduct were widely advertised as
designed strictly for the enforcement of
the Inter-State Commerce law. The des
perate and lawless shippers who deceived
the trusting railway officials, were to be
detected by this official, and the last
means of misleading the confiding corpor
ations into unwittingly violating the law
was to be abolished.
If this vjas the function of those asso
ciations it must be saidthat the official in
charge of the busines3"at Omaha has the
most unique idea of discharging his duties
ever heard of. For it is a fair deduction,
from his adoption of the Catalinian pre
cedent "excettit, etait, ferumpit," that ho
had inside knowledge of the rebate con
spiracy," but it also stands out on the face
of theaffair that when there is an effort
to enfftrce the law in the courts, he at
once concludes that this is the time for
disappearing. Not until tho skies are
cleared of the clouds of prosecution will
he boh up serenely in his character of en
forcer of the v law.
This can hardly fail to be suggestive of
the question: During these years, when
tho railroads professed to be founding
agencies for the enforcement of the law,
were they really establishing methods for
its violation?
When the coming royal marriage in
England Is made the oocasibn of a leading
editorial In a Philadelphia Journal which
starts off to 'the note that "the roaring
month of daffodils and crocuses will bring
domestic England a new Jov.'J vshich
"gracious eyent" will confer similar happi
ness on America, it at first appears like a
simple but acute case of Anglomania. But
then we go on and learn that "the Duke of
Clarence will have in the traditions of his
famlly"every inspiration to high and true
living," the -wonder grows whether that
much-talked-of "British gold" has captured
our esteemed Philadelphia cotemporary
bag and baggage.
The statement that the portrait of a
former Speaker of the House known as
Henry Clay 'has been displaced to make
room for that or Mr." Keed may Induce some
offensive partisans to refer to the difference
between a lire animal of one genus, and a
dead one of another.
While it is possible that this House can
expunge Bynutn's "badge ot honor" in the
shape of that censure, It will be wise for it
to abstain from fighting over last year's
birds' nests.
The Pure Food bill was introduced and
urged by Senator Paddock in the last Con
gress, and which might have passed but for
the time wasted on the Force bill.is again be
fore tho Senate. It has tbe endorsement of
the Department of Agriculture as well as of
the Senate Committee, and ought to have
plain sailing. If anything can be done to
prevenfood adulteration it should receive
prompt attention.
THE'unhappyjndlvidual whose duty it is
to deridu wbetber.it Is Fort Chilt, Fort Cbalt
and Fort Nllt that the bold Britons havo
captured has not yet 'been able to report.
Consequently the go-as-you-please rule still
prevails In tbe cable dispatches.
The introduction of four new street rail
way ordinances yesterday notifies the pub
lic that there are a few available routes not
heretofore appropriated in the outlying dis
tricts. The report of cordial and friendly rela
tions between tbe Czar and Sultan leads the
New York Herald to the prediction that
"The lion and the lamb are going tolie down
together In the East and be good friends."
They may do so; but the indications do not
promise any change In their traditional
quarters. The lamb will have an Inside
apartment.
After the 'fine assortment of rain and
snow storms which Hicks had scheduled for
the first half of December tbe beautiful
weather we have bad fully establishes the
theory of obtaining a clear forecast by re
versing Hicks' predictions.
The Allegheny police have had the luck
to capture another burglar. Bnt the bur
glar has not yet decided whether he will
walk out of the Jail or out of tbe courtroom.
The report that the talk of European aid
to Chile, in case of war, is simply drunken
ofllcers' talk, together with intimations as
to the real cause of the Valparaiso riot, sug
gests that in tbe interest of international
amttv a prohibitory law had better he
passed for the seaports of Chile.
Once more the new Government building
is on the eve of completion and occupation.
With that fact realized the people Pitts
burg can have a' more assured faith in the
ultimate arrival of the millennium.
The identification of the bomb thrower as
Broker Henry .Norcross, of Boston, has
blown that dynamite conspiracy theory all
to little bits.
While reports as to the trouble at
Wooster University are generally inspired
from the students' side of the case, they suc
ceed in disclosing the fact that the issne was
whether the faculty or tho students should
run the institution. Up to! date tbe faculty
seems to be running it. ,
An embezzlement of 3,000 or thereabout
falls into the level of deadlv commonplace
so completely that it is hardly more worth
mentioning than a railway accident which
kills but two or three people.
" The urderground Vire ordinance went
back to committee yesterday. .Let us hope
it will not 'stay underground theie too long.
CHIFiE IS PEPPERY.
It is earnestly to be desired that somebody
should accommodate- Chile with a fight.
Kansas City Star.
Chile Is the game rooter of the South
American political barnyard. Bt. Louis Globe
Democrat Chile is ordering Krupp guns. She will
need them, and plenty of men back of them,
too, if she continues her foolishness with this
country. Colorado Sun.
Chile contiues to make ugly months at tho
United States: but we trust It will not pro
voke Uncle Sam to the point of putting on
bis spanking clothes Little Sock Gazette.
Chile is mad at the words in President
Harrison's message about that country.
How would she have felt If Jim Blaine had
written that part of the message! ilfJ
vxzttkce Nevx.
Should Chile at last refuse to make the
proper amends -for tho conduct of her citi
zens and officials the Government wonld be
nretmred to concontrnto a sufficient naval
force in Chilean waters Jo render farther re
sistance tp the" reasonable demands or the
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iive Washington waifs.
.Washington, D. C, Dec. 14. Repre
sentative Springer, of Illinois, In speaking
to-day to a reporter about the action of the
Board of Control or the World's Columbian
Exposition in deciding to ask for an appro
priation of $5,0.10,000, insteadpra loan of that
amount, as was at first contemplated, said:
"I do not think that theio is any good rea
son to expect this Congress to make an ap
propriation of the amount specified, for this
Congress will be anite chary in its expendi
tures. Nordolundeistand that a regular
appropriation will be asked. Congress will,
however, I am confident, make a loan to the
board of that amount, for. guaranteed as it
will be by tbe receipts, which will aggregate
three times the amonnt asked, there will be
no failure on tho part of the Government to
have it repaid. Congress in this way ad
vanced $l,l0p,000 to the Centennial, and I
know of no" reason why (for the World's
Columbian Exposition will bo Immeasurably
larger) the sum asked should not receive
the same generous treatment."
The United States Supreme Court to-day
held, in an opinion rendered by Justice
Field, that a tax levied by the State of "Maine
on the gross receipts of the Grand Trunk
Railway Companyf Canada, for the privi
lege of exercising its franchises within the
State of Maine., was legal and constitutional,
and was nof contrary to the provision of
the Constitution prohibiting the States from
regulatinc inter-State commerce. Four jus
tices dissented and five signed the opinion.
Secretary Foster continues to improve
slowly, but will hardly be able to leave his
house this month. He was compelled to
cancel his engagement to speak at the din
ner of the Boston Board of Trade Wednes
day evening next, but has arranged with As
sistant Secretary Nettleton to represent him,
on that occasion. General Nettleton left
here for Boston this afternoon.
John S. Miller, Corporation Counsel
representing the city of Chicago, to-day
moved in the United States Supe
rior Court to advanco tbe hearing
of the four suits between the Illinois
Central Railroad Company on one sido
and the people of tho State of Illinois,
tbe United States of America and the city of
Chicago on the other side. The suits in
volve title to a considerable amount of land
along the water front of Chicago and sub
merged lands under the waters of Lake
Michigan. It is desired to have a speedy
settlement of the dispute, so tliAt this prop
erty may be utilized in providinir means of
transportation tor the visitors to the
World's Fair. The Court w ill prdbably rule
on the motion within a week.
John H. Ames, of Lincoln, Neb., to-day
moved in the United States Supreme Court
to dismiss, on a technical legal ground, the
suit of James F. Ililton. appellant, versus
James E. Jones. The motion -was opposed
bv W. Hallet Phillips, of this city, in behalf
ui iiuton, wno aio moved to sec tne case
down for a later day, to be heard in connec
tion with another case. The suit involves
title to a large tract of land in the vicinity
of Lincoln, Neb., said to be valued at $800,000.
Chief Justice Fuller, in the United
States Supreme Court to-day, dismissed, for
want of jurisdiction, the appeal of David L.
Hammond et al against Walter S. Johnston,
receiver of the National Bank of the State of
Missouri, and Clara A. Baker. The suit in
volved title to a large amount of property In
the city of St. Louis. The decision of the
court is based on the ground that the State
court's decision covered the cae so as to
leave no Federal question necessary to be
passed upon.
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Acctno on the advice of the United
States District Attorney at Buffalo, Acting
Secretary Spalding to-day instrnoted the
Collectors of Customs at Buffalo, Ogdons
burg, Suspension Bridge and Plattsburg, N.
T to cause photographs to bo taken of all
Chinamen arrested for unlawful entry into
the United States from Canada. It is ex
peotedin this v. ay to establish a positive
identification of all Chinamen who return
to this country after having once been de
ported to Canada as tho country "whence
they came."
Newbeboer, Keiss & Co., of San Fran
cisco, recently offered to compromise the
Governments claim against them on ac
count of alleged fraudulent entries of mer
chandise. Tho Investigation or this case re
suited in the dismissal of a Deputy Collector
atrfan Francisco -who was shown to liavo
assisted in tho entry of goods at much less
than the proper rate of duty. The matter
was referred to the Attorney General, and
he has returned the papers to the Treasury
Department, with a recommendation that
the offer of compromise be rejected. Acting
Secretary Spalding said this afternoon that
the Attorney General's recommendation
will be followed and criminal proceedings
instituted against the offending persons.
The Acting Judge Advocate General of
the Army has lormulated a series of charges
against Major Lewis C' Overman, ot the
Engineer Corps, based on the evidence of
the persons who accused him of official mis
conduct while on dutv in Cleveland. These
chaiges wero this afternoon submitted to
Acting Secretary Grant, who will refer them
to Major Overman and await his response
before taking further action. The charges
are ex parte, and maybe explained by Major
uverman to cue entire satisiaction or tno
department. In this event he will bo re
stored to duty, but unless this is dono ho
will De court martlalod.
Kepbesentative Culberson said to
day that if he is nominated to be an Inter
state Commerce Commissioner be will ac
cept tho position, but further than that ho
declined to speak.
The State of Maryland was to-day given
leave by the United States Supreme Court to
file a bill in chancery against tho State of
West Virginia to settle the question raised
by Maryland that its jurisdiction extends to
the south branch ot the Potomac, several
miles south of the present generally ac
cepted boundaVy line.
It is stated on good authority that ex
Representative Baker, of Indiana, has been
selected for appointment as a Judge of tbo
Court pf Claims, vice Judge SchofloUl, re
tired, and that his nomination will be sent
to the Senate this week.
.Mr. Enloe, of Tennessee, has deter
mined to offer a resolution looking to a
further investigation of Commissioner
Raum's administration of the Pension Bu
reau, and will seek the nppointment of a
special committee of inquiry.
VAPORIZED OIL AS FUEL.
It ATM Be Tried in the Government Ord
nance Workshops.
WASniitoToir, Dec. 1. Tho use of vapor
ized petroleum for fuel In the new hot blast
heating furnace in the shrinking pit at the
Washington ordnance shops has been so
successful that It is probable its use will be
grcatlv extended The ofllcers in charge of
the shops ha o under consideration a plan
for using it In the furnaces of the boilers
used in the shops, thus doing away with
coal entirely.
If the petroleum can be used successfully
under tho boilers there will not only bo a
saving in the first cost of the fuel, but the
expense of handling will be almost nothing.
The smoke and dirt consequent on the use
of coal will also be done away with. It is
proposed to store the fuel in tanks sunk in
the gronnd, at a safe distance from all build
ings, and cairv it by a pipe to the boiler
house, where it will be vaporized and blown
into the furnace. ,
A CAMPAIGN OF EDUCAIIT.
Alliance Lecturers in Kansas Map Out a
Systematic Course of Instruction.
ToneKA, Dec 14. S. M. S. Scott, Alllanco
State Lecturer, is in tbo city and will bezin
work on tbo course of instructions pre
pared for the Congressional and comity
lecturers. The work has been so systeni
ized that the same subjects willbe discussed
all over the State
The subjects for the first quarter in the
new year are: January, Loans and Llle In
surance: February. Tire Insurance and Co
operation; 'March, Urain and Live stock J
iiusiness. xne state lecturer? iu.uileiio
appointments in the various congressional
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What Will He Do About It?
Omaha World Herald.
The Prince d'En, Dom Pedro's son-In law,
thinks the Brazilian throne is his due. But
thcro is no Brazilian throne, so what is
he going to d'Eu about It?
Th- Quest ton or the Hoar.
New Tort Advertlier.
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BO MOVE AGAIHST HILL
To Deprive film of Bis Seat In te United
States Semite
Washikotox. De. 14. iSpccioi.TIie at
tention of Senator Faulkner, of West Vir
ginia, was to-dav called to the published
rumor that tho Republicans of tbe Senate
are contemplating a'move to excludeGov
ernor Hill from the Senate on the grounds
that when he deoided to retain the Gover
norship of New York, after the meeting of
the Senate, he, by that act, abandoned his
seat in the Senate, and can't now lay clnlm
to It. ' This is the first I have heard or such
a move being contemplated," said Mr.
Faulkner, "and I really placeno reliance
whatever In tbe report. In the first place,
granting that the rumor was true, I don't
understand what difference it could make
between Governor Hill takine his seat as
Senator on tbe assembling of Congqess, and
say, a month later, when his term as Gov
ernor shall have expired. There is neither
precedent nor reason for tiking such a stop
as is attributed to the Republicans.
"There wan a case, I cannot now recall It,
where the S,enate decided'that a Senator for
feited his seat in accepting an- ofHce ten
dered him after he had taken his seat as
Senator. That, however, wai an act subse
quent. In Governor ,Hiirs case the Senate
does not, officially, yet know that he has
been elected a member of that body, for his
credentials as Senator-elect have not been
Issued, and until it is officially informed the
Senate is powerless to act. The Legislature
of the State of New York is the only body
bavins: official knowledge of Governor Hill's
olection, and that body is the only one
which could act in the matter."
MILWAUKEE'S CONVENTION BID.
A Cash Guarantee. Fund or 8100,000 and a
Car! Mid or Free Beer.
MixwAtTKEE, Dec. U. One hundred cltl
rens, representing a capital of several
millions of dollars, to-day signed their
names to a guarantee fund of $100,003 to pay
the expenses of the Democratic National
Convention should it be secured for Mil
waukee. A "Booming Committee" has been
selected and hotel quarters secured in Wash
ington. Each member of the Committee of One
Hundred will wear dark suits with cream
colored trimmings, and one of tho big
breweries will send a carload of beer to the
capital for free distribution. An architect
who examined the Exposition building to
day reported that there would be a seating
capacity of 22,000, standing room forSOOOaim
43 delegation rooms. Twenty thousand dol
lars will be spent in refitting the buildtng.
At a meeting of the St. Paul Joint Commit
tee on Convention Promotion and Auditor
ium for the DemocraticNational Convention,
City Attorney Lawler submitted an opinion
that the citycouldlegally build the proposed
auditorium by the 1 mill additional tax. A
resolution requesting such action by the
City Council was adopted.
BOSTON'S DYNAMITER.
The bomb thrower mav or may not have
hailed from Somerville. He certainly ought
to have gone there. Boston Herald.
This discovery that the bomb thrower who
tried to kill Sage was a Boston man is pretty
tough on tho city of beans and culture.
Chicago Globe.
Now that the Russell Sage dynamiter has
been traced to Boston he will undoubtedly
be referred to as an acephalous lunatic.
Washington Post.
In young Norcross,of Somerville.Massachu
setts seems to have once more famished a
man who "fired a shot heard round the
world." What on earth he did it for is still a
mystery. Boston Globe.
The New York bomb thrower has been
identified again and some innocent gentle
man traveling abont the country will learn
to his surprise that his head is now on a slab
in the New York morgue. Chicago Times.
The conntry la surprised that a dynamiter
shouldbave come out of Boston. It is possi
ble that in some quarters of thellnb raw beef
has been substituted for the natural food of
the Bostonian, which is the peaceful bean.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
BENT A MOUNTAIN IN TWAIN.
An Earthquake shock Which Split Open
Lofty Peak.
Whatcom, Wash., Deo. 14. One of the Twin
Sisters, north of Mount Baker, was ob
served at 11:30 a. x., emitting a hnge volume
of smoke, which arose apparently to the
height of 1,000 feet. Smoke was soon lifted
to the north and disappeared. About 2:30 r.
M. a column of smoke aso arose fromTIonnt
Baker, and other mountains showed tho
same phenomenon.
A reut was observed in the main sister
which had never appeared before, and
which was apparently a quarter of a mile
long, running from tne top of the mountain
toward tho base. The mountain has never
been surmounted, the top being a preoipi
tous mass of chrome iron, and abont 9.C00
feet high. In the earlv morning a distinct
earthquake shock was felt.
NEW IOBK'3 DISQBACB.
No Quorum Can Be Secured to Talk Over
the Grant Monument Delay.
Nrw York, Dec. 14. Special. The regular
monthly meeting of the Executive Commit
tee of the Grant Monument Association
could not be-held last week because there
was no quorum present. No quorum re
sponded to a call for a special meeting to
day. An effort will be made to hold a meet
ing at 1 o'clock to-morrow. Tho subject
which awaits cons aeration is tho plan for
the granite foundation of the monument
which is to be placed on the concrete
loundation. .
THEY FEAE THE FATE OF POMPEII
Inhabitants of Several Mexican Villages
Ordered to Flee for Safety.
Cm ov Mexico, Deo. 14. The Government
fears that the villages adjacent to the vol
cano of Calima will share tho fate of Pom
peii, and has, therefore, ordered tho vil
lagers to abandon their homes and move to
places of safety.
The vo'cano Is now vomiting great vol
umes of lava, ashes and smoke, and the
country for miles around is illuminated by
the grand dlsplav. Strong winds carry the
ashes a distance of 400 miles. A large party
or scientists from various parts of Mexico
havo gone to vistt the phenomenon.
Named for tho Empire's First Victory.
Berlix, Dec. 14 Emperor William at
tended the launching of a new Ironclad at
Stottin to-day. His Majesty christened the
warship Weissenburg. After he bad broken
the bottle of champagne on the prow, the
Emperor addressed the crowd, saying ho
had named the new vessel Weissenburg in
memory of a ereat epoch and of his father,
who won the first victory for German unity
on the field of Weissenburg.
KNOWN TO FAME.
CYRUS W. Field has a personal ac
quaintance with the Queen of England.
Senator Vance, of North Carolina, is
on his way home from a European trip.
Sir John Goest, the new British Post
master General, once edited a newspaper in
New Zealand.
Louis Herreshoff, the famous builder
of yachts, says that peisonally heis not in
l.vvor of high speed boats.
Governor-elect McKinley, of Ohio,
continues to improve, and yesterday was
nble to sit up, although still confined to his
room. .
Tix-GOVERNOR Taylor, of Tennessee,
is lecturing on the fiddle. It is supposed
that he is trying to fiddle his way into tho
hearts of the people.
Mr. GoscnEN, the Chancellor of the
British Exchequer, is said to be tho ablest
debater in Parliament, but ho has a voice
like the hoarse croak of a rain crow.
Mits. Jake Uoberts) widow of the late
President Roborts, of the Uepubllc of Si
beria, Is now in England, where site re
cently met witU an accident while alighting
from a train.
The Czarina of Knssia has received the
Maria Cross of Honor from her imperial
husband. She has for 25 years been asso
ciated with the charltaDte Institutions
founded by the- Czar's mother.
B,ev. Father Swebach, of Prairie du
Chten, Wis., has received a cablegram from
Rome, notifying him of his appointment as
Bishop of the La Crosse diocese, to fill tho
.-- r-iuscd br th.e death of Tltsl'op
CHBISTMASTIDE GREETINGS.
Interesting Letter From Secretary or the
Christmas Letter Mission The First
Bow ot the Club Theater A Few Items
of Interest to Everybody.
.JVith Christmas Day fast approachingthe
Christmas Letter Mission season is on, and
the pnollc interest and generosity Is de
manded. Through this department of The
Dispatch the Secretary of the mission makes
an appeal In the following interesting man
ner: The ladles of the Christmas Letter Mission
are actively engaged in the work of getting
these lovely letters ready for distribution.
Much good work has been accomplished by
this mission in tbe past, and many testi
monials of its efficiency have been; received.
In many instances tbo letters were so ad
mirably suited to the wants of those receiv
ina them that it seemed as if the correspond
ence came from friends.
The chaplain of the Philadelphia Peniten
tiary sends a very cheering report of the
pleasure with which letters were received
there, and the opportunity it gave him of
bringing the lesson of the season home to its
inmates. A faithful, earnest worker tells an
lncidont which, it Is hoped, has resulted in
the salvation of a soul: "A well-dressed
yonng man," she writes, i"came to my house
on Christmas Day asking for a breaklast. I
gave him a letter, which he read with fall
ing tears. He told me that drink was the
cause of his condition, and, as he left p J. he
said. I hope it will not be like this.nnother
Christmas.' I may never see him again, but
hope good seed was sown."
These beautiful messages of Christmas
peace and good willaro not only suitable
for hospitals, prl ons, asylums, homes, rail
road and mill workers, but for the sick and
bereavd anywhere, whether in homes of
wealth or of poverty. Each Christmas letter
is printed in clear type, charmlnzly illus
trated, mid contains a pretty Christ
mas . card, all of which is inclosed
in 0 dainty colored envelope,
bearing a Christmas postmark of
peace and eood will. The sender or tho
letters may sign his or her name to them and
address them if desirous of doing so. A
large number of the institutions of Alle
gheny county aro provided for, bnt not all,
and these tho society desires to remember
on the coming Christmas Day.
Contributions to the central fund are
greatly needed to defray expenses. One
dollar pays for 30 letteis, envelopes and
cards tor adults, and 25 letters, etc., for
children."
Miss Carney concludes bv requesting that
orders for letters and contributions be od
dressed to her, at 161 Carson street, Alle
gheny City.
The noticeable improvements and tbe
mnny points of beauty observed in the Club
Theater caused murmurs of admiration la
the guests at the first cotillion last night.
Already in this department havo been
briefly sketched the changes taking place.
It will be remembered that the entrance
was composed of a long hall and a narrow
staircase -jvltli divers turns, having neither
beauty nor reason to recommend them.
This has all been dbne away with. In their
place is a short hall and a wide stair
case, at the top of which is a pretty
foyer. From it you cap walk into a
lady's dressing room to the right, while
a wide doorway with velvet hangings opens
into tho assembly room. Across from this
door, a communication, in fact the third
communication, has been made with the
club house itself. Originally a light bad
been let In here for the darker rooms down
stairs, and over this there haj been thrown
a stairway, hung with canvas, forming a
covered way to the clnb house, where an
other dressing room has been reserved for
ladles. When so desired, this frame work
can bo taken up and the door closed,
thus slnitting off all communication. When
so desired this room can bo enlarged and
turned into a dininjr room. The increased
space has delighted extremelr those con
nected with the cotillions. It Is thought
that the floor of the club theater Is one of
the finest for dancing in the country. The
oak, which is not possessed of knfflclent
spring, is replaced bv a yellow pine floor,
polished to tbe hichest state of perfection.
Excepting on cotillion nlgnts it will be pro
tected by a handsome dark brown canvas,
having patent fasteners, which permit
of Its being removed or replaced with
readiness. The other improvements
nere are tne iignter tones used in tne
frescoimrand tho lovelv. delicate shade df
the. window hangings nnd the stage
curtains, the walls being an apple green,
while the windows aro .bung with salmon
pink plnsh. Tbe extremely pretty arrange
ment of tbo electric lights has been left un
changed. The withdrawing room, serving
as a lady's dressing room. Is painted in dark
yellow shading to buff, with a calonlal man
tel piece in whito havlntr a hearth tiled in
yellow. The carpet will bo preserved by a.
covering to oe removea nen tne tneater is
used for a dance. The club house has con
tributed several of Its etchings
to embellish this rcom. thus giving it
a very homelike and dainty appearance
comfortable seats cushioned in brown to
harmonize with tbe hangings Invite people
to be at home even In tho foyer. Altogether
from tho indication in this part of tho
house, the ie-embellislied Pittsburg Club
will be something its club men may be
proud to display to any visitor.
At the dance, last night, this was tho 're
vised of patronesses: Mrs. George Jones,
Mrs. Alexander Laujhlln, Jr.. Mrs. John-8.
Dickson, Mrs. W. R. Sewell, Mrs. Joseph O.
Home, Mrs. Henry R. Rea, Mrs. William
Walter WMoct, Mrs. Frank P. SproiU, Mrs.
B. F.1 .Tones, Mrs. A. E. W. Painter, Mrs.
Mark W. Wntson, Mrs. Henry W. Oliver, Jr.;
Mrs. William H. Singer, Mrs. Park Painter,
Mrs. George T. Robinson, 3Irs. Albert R.
Chllds. Mrs. William H. Forsyth, Mrs. Walter
L. McClintock, Mrs. John H. Ricketsou, Mrs.
James B. Oliver, Mrs. James Langhlln. Jr.;
Mis. John S. Hays. Mrs. William Ross Proc
tor, Mrs. George Edward Paintor and Mrs.
James Wood. Of whom, howeverj all were
not present. A representative committee of
the younger men took-charge of the dance.
Social Chatter.
The Wllklnsburg Chautauqua Circle was
entertained last eveninr at the residence of
the Rev. John R. Burnett, on South street-,
when tho host Mr. Burnett reviewed the
"Leading Facts of American History," and
Mr. Harry Carmack spoke on "Social In
structions." Otner papers read wero on
"Physical Life" and "The Social Life of the
Colonists."
A TiMPEBAif ce association, calleu. 'leNew
Loyal Legion, has just been fm.ied in
Wllklnsburg, with these officers: President,
Miss Jessie Anderson: Secretary, Archie
Weldon; Treasurer, Clarence Robertson;
Superintendent, Mrs. Calvert. The society
Is madouD of joung people of both sexes
from 8 to 20 years of age. They meet in
Academy Hall every Friday afternoon.
Mr. asd Mrs. David Rees have returned
from Memphis, Tenn., where they have re
sided for sonio years. Mr. Rees, who Is a son
of the late Captain Rees, expects to set up
an establishment in Irving place, with tbo
intention of remaining 'in Pittsburg to look
after the interest of the family cstatos.
Mr. William Cabxahas and his bride, who
was Miss McKce, will be at home at Mr.
Frederick McKee's house, corner Fifth ave
nue and North Highland avenue, after Jan
uary .
Mrs. Horace Lowrt, sister or Mr. John W.
Beatty, tne artist, is spending the Christmas
holidays with her talented brother, at his
Wilkiiisburg home.
It is expected tint the Pittsburg Club will
b.i intioduced to the public next week, and
possibly on Christmas night.
A BIG FOSSIL ELEPHANT.
It Is Larger Than Any Krmalns Yet DIs
C3vered or Exhibited.
Lawrence, Kas..Dcc. 14. Professor Willis
ton has received notice that an immense
fossil elephant has been found in tho arid
region among the sand hills in the Western
part of the State. Arrangements are making
to have tho jietritlcation carefully removed,
as It is believed, from the descriptions sent
to tho professor, to be perfect, and if such is
the case it will be the only one ever found
with no parts missing.
The letter announcing tho find was writ
ten by one of the collectors for the univer
sity, and his. letter says that the remains
have been almost entirely uncovered and
appear to bo in a fine state or preservation.
Tho measurements show that the animal
in llfo was a monster indeed, and that It
was larger than any mammoth remains
which have ever been discovered. It Is six
teen feet from tho solo or the foot to the
point ot the shoulder, and Its lenzth is pro
pmtionato with tbe height. It is the
aim of Prof. Willlston to get the specimen
intact nnd place it bv the sideot the im
mense mecatherinm which is now the pride
or the Institute at this city. As this is tbo
first mammoth remains which bare been
found in Kansas it excites much Interest
among the scientists as well as the curiosity
of the general public.
Jack Frost's' Neglect.
Chicago Globe. 1
The prevailing temperature seems an In
M -"m - ,Te-F f -Mn-'t'-nn-lect
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CUBIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Thirty-four pounds of raw rugar make
21 pounds of refined. -
Stepladders are used by the Belgian
army for observations.
Five hundred and sixty-four stores and
3,679 dwellings are vacant in Toronto.
Negroes with red hair are common' hi
the West Indies and in South America.
A carpet tacking party Is the latest
Hlsonri invention for evening festivities.
Easpberries are still ripe in Tillamooh,
Oregon. In that region they get two crops
every year. - "'
The Bank of England holds in its
vaults $125,000,000, and the Bank of Germany,
$200,000,000,
Sugar made from coal is 300 timet
sweeter than ordinary cane sugar, but It.
costs $10 a pound. . ...
A watch beats 157,680,000 times in a "
year. In the same length of time the wheals
travel 3,55S3i miles. -
Naturalists have 'enumerated'657 dlHer'
ent species of reptiles. Or this nnmber 430"
are as harmless as rabbits.
Eecent experiments prove that elec
tricity can be drawn from the sky even,iiV
there are no clouds around.
--The population of London is now 4,421,-,
661. That of Paris, which comes next in the -list
or large cities, Is 2,344,350.
Madagascar people work 25 days inr a
year and make enough then to support them
In idleness tbe rest of the time. - . ,
English locomotives have neither'bellsy
headllghts nor cowcatchers. Warning is
given by the shrillest of whistles.
A German breed of silk worms thrive
upon the leaves or salsify. This 'species'
would do well in the United States.
The owl is nnable to move "the eyeball,
which is Immovably fixed in the socket by
a strong, elastic, cartilaginous cose.
Boise City, Idaho, .has a 16-year-old-girl
who Is 6 feet 2 inthes in height and
weighs 207 pounds and she is still growing.
The first vessel launched by the early
American colonists was the Blessing of the,
Bay, launched In Massachusetts Bay, July t,
163L - -
, Over 18,000,000 cubic feet of water falls
over Niagara every minute. Tbe weight of
an hour's flow of water is therefore 32,250,000,
tons.
Humbold County, California, .has .a
population of 3J.000 and $17,000,000 taxable
wealth, but it is unconverted with the world
by railroads.
Chemists have extracted from coal far1
16 shades of blue, 16 of yellow, 12 of orange, 9
of violet 'besides shades of other colors too
numerous to mention. .
Four skeletons of giants have been
unearthed near Florence, Mo. There is'a
tradition that four mule' loads or gold are
buried in the same vicinity.
The frog, owing to .its peculiar struc
ture, cannot breathe with the. mouth open-,
nnd, ir It were forclblv kept open, the
ceaturewould die or suffocation.
The total area of bojland in Ireland is
2,830,C00 acres of which 1,254,000 is mountain
bog and tho other Is available for fuel. The
average thickness of the peat is 12 feet.
There is no country in the.world in
which the raven Is not fnnnd to be a native;
it is also the only bird known to ornitholo
gists which is of such cosmopolitan, char
acter. The British cuckoo and the" American
cow blackbird never build nests or their,
own, bnt content themselves with deposit
ing their eggs in the nests or other and
smaller representatives of the feathered
tribe.
A body buried 13 years ago near Ash
land, Mo., has recently been uncovered. It
was found to bo in a good state or preserva
tion, but it was covered with a luxuriant
growth of black curly hair which filled the ,
coffin.
As far as is known at the present time
there are but nine words which end in
"dous." Thev nre: Tremendous, amphlbo
dous, hazardous, apodons, pteropodons.
cophaledous, gasteropodous, stupendous and
gastropoiQus. ,
The term "tabby cat" is derived .from;
Atob, a famous street ln-Bagdad, Inhabited!.'
by tho manufacturers of silken stuffs called ?
atabi, or tauety. This stnfl 1-s woven. with
waved markings of watered silk, resembling,
a "tabby" cat's coat. t
It is said that the timber on the Kalama
river is no dense that when tbe trees ara
sawed off they stand on the stumps, not
having room to fall. A Swede recently
sawed off seven trees and Is now waiting for
a wind to blow them down.
Queensland has a tree-climbing pie
One of them was recently captured. It
weighs about 100 pounds, has brown bristle,
small black spots, snout and earsllke a pig,
bnt teeth like a rodent. The forefeet have
hook claws and the tall is abont a foot long'
and prehensile.
The "Seven Golden Cities," one of the
most popular legends of the latter part of
tho "Dark Ages," were said to be situated
on an island west of the African coast. Tbe
island is represented as abounding in gold,
with magnificent houses nnd temples, "the
high towers or which shown at a great dis
tance." A hitherto unknown stone has been
found in the mining districts of Candelarta,
In Nevada. It Is of a dark-green color and
takes on a very high polish, and is classed
by the State Geologist as "sariscite." Sev
eral beautiful ornaments have been pro
duced from it, but so far it has not been
found in any considerable quantity. -
Algeria Spain and India, for instance,
each have rivers within their borders which
are. composed not of water, but 'of ink.
That in Algeria is water until after" tho
union of two of its principal tributaries, one
of which flows through a country strongly
Impregnated with iron: the other comes
from a beat bog. The chemical action of too
Iron on tho gallic acid from the peat makes
a beautiful writing fluid. " "-
The "Webbe Shebeyli, an African river,
is one of tbo wonders or the Dark Continent.
Although It Is a large, rapid, flowing'river
(almost as large as our own Missouri), and
flows for hundreds of miles through a lertile
country, it never reaches the sea. About"30"
miles below its waters get to the point where
they should mingle with those of the Indian
Ocean the whole stream sinks ont of sight
into the sands of the desert.
BHYNKLES AD ItnrjIES.
"How do yon like the city?" inquired
thcSonlhside man who was gtrlng bis friend front
the East a drive through the builncss center.
'It fills my eye exactly." repllea his Mend,
winking violently In the effort to get rid of an
other cinder. Vhicago Tribune
A member of the Club de Montauk ,
Went oat one cold day for a wank, ,
The wind turned his nose
To the color of rose.
And back to the Jlontauk did he jtatfk.
Brootljpi Eagle.
He (highly obnoxious) Good evening.
You rememberme, I hope.
She (with assumed cordiality) Tes. perfectly. I
am notone of those girls who have convenient
memories, you know. Life.
Teacher Supposing I should cot a fish
weighing nine pounds into three parts, keeping
one rojscir, and giving one each to you and Fred
die, what would you each get?"
Dick Hicks He would get the tall, and I the
head." Harper's Bazar.
How nice it is when yon are warm,
Well fed and well protected.
From summer's heat or winter's storm.
And have no want nexleetej.
When fortune's looks are all benign.
And neither care nor trlil
You know, to sit and drink your wine
And talk of self denial;
Sew Tork Press.
Mrs. Stone I want a new shoulder cape
Klrby Stone A new shoulder cape? Great Scottll
Don't you know I lost (175,000 In stocks last rail?
How am I ever going to get ahead iryoa persist la
such outrageous extravagance? Puck.
Husband-a"Ve must economfze.
'VTife Well. dear, what do you want me to give
up? .Vu Tort Press.
Straight to the dogs I'll have to go,
If winter trousers should advance.
For nearly every dog. you know.
In winter time leaves off his pants.
Hew Tork Herald.
"Canght anything, bub?" said the man to
the lad who was fishing. ...
'No, sir; but I'm goln' to ketch something."
"How soon?" ,,
"-nm i I g't liomr to mother" tT5ifnffftM'
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