MMEMBKffMBHBKTiJtfMSEMBESPT iffftfcYTr-t a-?afr. ?aw iWsS lPip &&fSWS jNva!P "3 s-wpr to ? -THE - PITTSBURG DISPATCH, THURSDAY, - DECEMBER 24, 1891. SaSP.iJilMW tljje Bigpaftt ESTABLISHED FEBETJAEY 8, 1H6 Vol.4fi. THo.ua mtcred at nttsburg Postofflce November, 1S87, as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Jlooms and Publishing House. 78 and 80 Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. , EATTEKV ADYRRTISINR OFFtrE, BOOM 78. TRIBUNE Brm.DINO. NEW YORK, where com plete flies of THE DISPATCH can always be found. Foreign advertisers appreciate the convenience. Home advertisers and friends of THE DISPATCH, wmie UHew lorK, are also maae weicuuie. THE DJSPA TCHU repvlnrlv nn sale at Brrntmn's. t Union Souare. Sew lork.and 17 Ave derOpera, Pant, Ranee, wherr anione'iehn has been disap pointed at a hotel newt Hand can obtain it. TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. POSTAGE THE 1J TI1E UNITED ST ATI R. TUTLYDlir-ATCH. One Tear t S 00 Daily Dispatch. Per Quarter. 1 00 Daily DierATcn. One Month TO Daily-Dispatch. Including Snmliy. 1 year,. 10 00 Daily Dispatch, Including Sunday, 3 ra'ths. 2 SO Daily" DisrATqn. Including Sunday, 1 ra'th.. 80 Scndat DisrATcn, One Tear. 2 SO Wekclt DISPATCH, One Tear...., 1 3 The Daily DlSPATCn Is delivered by carriers at J5 cents per week, or. Including Sunday Edition, at po cents per week. riTTSBUKG. THTJKSrtAY. DFC. It 18S1. TWELVE PAGES MAKING MARGINS WIDE ENOCGH. The demands of the Chiefs of Depart ments -for the coming year are evidently made with ideas of Christmas generosity rather than upon serious expectation of Councils granting them. Chief Brown wants nearly 5100,000 more for the fire bureau, and Chief Bigelow asks anincrease of over 5500,000 for public -works. These estimates will of course have to be cut down. The public will not stand an in crease of millage nor should any be de manded and the increase of valuation from new buildings and enhanced values over last year will of itself not be nearly great enough to carry the load. While on this valuation business, and before the Assessors have made any re port to signify their line of proceeding, it is well to understand the principle which -will govern public judgment of their w ork. There -n ill be a legitimate swelling of the total of the valuations by reason of tangible and perceptible Improvements during the year. This is a perfectly proper item. It results from and indicates the growth of the city. But if any arbitrary increase is attempted on last year's valua tion a general leveling up with a view merely to make an ostensibly low mllla'ge rate it will be hotly opposed. In all cases where .improved property is rent ing for no more than last year, or unim proved property is selling for no more, the owners will of course kick -vigorously against paving on a higher valuation. "Whether the money comes from high millace. on a low valuation, or low millage on a high valuation, makes in short no dif ference to the taxpayer out of whose pocket it comes. A detailed examination of the estimates later on will show that the pruning knife not only may, but must, be taken vigor ously in hand if the taxes for '92 are not to be increased and the programme for increase is one which the Councilmeu wfio wish to retain their seats at City Hall v ill not seriously advocate. The Chiefs ask for all they think they might get; but they will be 'astonished to find out how much less they can do with when they ha e to. The budget is framed with margin wide enough to allow free trimming. AN INDEFINITE CHAIJGE. The period of uncertainty with regard to the Internal Revenue Collectorship ended jesterday with the removal of Mr. "Warmcastie on the general ground of neglect of duty. The remaining agony over the appointment of his successor will be protracted until after Congress reas sembles. This disposition of the case will not cre ate an impression favorable to the admin istration in Pittsburg. The broad allega tion of negligence specifies no definite acts or omissions which call for discipline, and leaves entirely unsettled the indefinite ru mors as to what actually furnishes the pre text for this action. "Warmcaslle's wide circle of friends will refuse to accept such an indefinite allegation as any ground for decreasing their confidence in his integrity and ability, and will not be blamed for" believing that the charges rested on such slight foundations as to necessitate this hazy specification. In spite of hints from official sources to the contrary, the general belief here is that the negligence most fatal to "Warmcastle's official tenure was his failure to furnish the brand of political activity desired by the President A PRECEDENT FOB IT. Representative Xind, of Minnesota, has drawn down upon his head sarcastic com ments by introducing a resolution looking toward negotiations between the United States and Canada by which the former shall aid the latter in deepening the "Wetl and and St Lawrence canals so as to give a twenty-one foot channel from the lakes to the seaboard. This formulation of the idea that the United States shall aid in building ship canals through the country of another Government evokes sharp remarks from the Eastern press largely at the expense of Mr. Lind's mentality. It does seem as if a project for the United States to help for eign canals ought to be enough to condemn it; but unfortunately it is in line with other and more notorious schemes of the same character. Exactly this idea is embodied in the proportion urged by a large share of the press and politicians of the nation that the United States shall lend its credit for the construction of a ship canal through the territory of the foreign Government of Nicaragua, one thousand miles away from the nearest border of the United States, and where, by the. nature of the case, at the outbreak of war the canal will be the property of the strongest naval power. Indeed Lind's is the more modest proposi tion of the two, for it does not provide that the United States shall guarantee to the Canadian canals .a sum in excess of the estimated cost of the work. If Lind had urged in addition that the United States should lend the Canadian canals a sum 50 per cent greater than the engineer's estimates it would be an exact parallel to the remarkable proposi tion endorsed by the President's message. ONE ATTEMPT AT KXFOKCEUENT. The attack upon the Trusts which tHe administration announced through Attor ney General Miller.many moons ago has materialized in the discovery of one com bination that could be singled out "as the object of attack. It is true that the re sults of the assault do not show any definite achievements in tho way of suppressing Mill I illliisMHslMAs I i WtliWiilMlliifisw' iHlllKinisssVrwiSWSKFi J?iti&iniPM"4StlK 7-?va?ipSS'Iirf5r BilMMil WTTTTTlPMMilMSWBMfa- in lPSlTninjaiiiirn wn 1 imwiiT 'if' i ,di iMiilliavFiii rimt if tf.tiJM"J1TgriE wf(iii fi r lit mTfM T--TgJ-M-g-Mafc-'-gi-' -.'--- - Tjrfrr?ra;t,-tt3r'saresftj.M. wr,j.f' the Trusts; but nevertheless we are glad to recognize it as a beginning. After urging the inquiry Into combine tions which violate-the anti-Trust act 01 Cogress, the discovery has been made that there was an association or organization up in New Hampshire -which, in the judg ment of the Attorney General, set the pro visions of the statute at naught -This corporation is known as the American Bob bin Company. The offenses of the en grossers of the manufacture of bobbins were duly studied by the Department of Justice, and it was resolved that they should be made to feel the terrors 'of the law. The evidence was laid before a United States grand jury sitting at Con cord and that body decided to save the officers of the Department further trouble by ignoring the bill "While this result leaves the combined bobbin manufacturers free to pursue their monopolistic course undisturbed, the fact that something has been done is encour aging. It permits a hope that the Depart ment of Justice will yet work itself up to the point of trying to enforce the Jaw against combinations whose bcope is na tional and whose monopolistic purposes are notorious, even if their political influ ence is equally great UNAUTHORIZED LEGISLATION. The action of the Underwriters' Associa tion in Chicago in putting a prohibitory rate on tall buildings as a proper solution of that problem is generally accepted by the pre&s. The Dispatch cannot agree'with that view, for the double reason that it is a professed exercise of authority where the authority does not lie- Again, if the Underwriters' Association were the proper body to regulate municipal architecture it is more than doubtful if its regulation would be effective. The opinion has already been expressed in these columns that the multiplication of buildings rivaling the tower of Babel requires restriction. But if the public wel fare necessitates a limitation of the liberty of builders in this direction the establish ment of that regulation should be exercised only by governmental authority. No one has heretofore claimed that the Chicago Board of Underwriters is a governmental body. The assumption of police powers by combinations or representatives of private interests is a step which must be viewed with decided jealousy until people are ready to formally adopt the principle that the most sovereign powers are to be exercised by corporations and combina tions in name as well as in fact Of course, any insurance company has the right to decline risks on any class of building. But it should do so a3 a matter of private business, and not announce it as a matter of public regulation. Beyond that, in the statement that the prohibitory rate is greater than the actual cost of in surance, the underwriting regulators of municipal architecture simply point the way for owners of tall buildings In Chi cago to set the edict at naught The bus iness of fire insurance is simpiy the distri bution of risks. If ths owners of the buildings under the insurance ban should form a mutual agreement to insure each other it might be found out, as it was in the case of the factory mntuals of Massa chusetts, that insurance could be obtained at much lower cost thaa regular insurance rates. It will be found on full experiment that if the height of city buildings is limited it will have to be done by regular legislation! in accordance -with constitutional forms. THE TIJIK FOB RESCUE. The Inevitable result of Arctio explora tion is making itself eviden- in the talk about the organization of a relief expedition to rescue the Peary party sent to the polar regions last year. As the last report from Lieut Peary's expedition indicated that it would be in urgent need of succor in ,the coming spring it is'a clear duty to put the rescuing expedition in shape for an early start When this is done the sober, practical sense of the country should discourage further attempts to solve the barren secrets of the Polar regions. The actual gain to humanity that can be secured by any possible addition to its stock of knowledge about that lifeless district will not compensate for one-tenth of the suf fering and loss of life already expended with a minimum of results. The invariable succession of relief par ties by exploring parties gives pertinence to the current sarcasm that the, rescuers should be sent out first so as to be on the ground when needed. But a more cer tain and economical means would be to rescue the4 Arctic explorers before they start and preserve them by force from proposed immolation. The cities of the Northwest are putting themselves in evideuce strongly. Minne apolis papers publish a-list of citizens who -n ill turn over their horses, carriages and servants to the use of delegates to the Be publica'n National Couventiou. St. Paul has just made a one-mill tax, for building an au ditorium for the Democratic National Con ventionif she can get it.' Dulnth hasan organization to subscribe $100,000 annually to the stock of approved manufacturing corporations to be located there. Pittsburg could let the Western towns have all these points if she wonld actively and tnoroughly abolish her smoke and energetically push the Ohio Elver and Lake Erie Canal, The committee appointments create the suspicion that the prevalent wing of the Democracy has attained the position of 'A smiling young lady of N leer Took a ride on the back of a Tiger. At the end of the ride The girl was inside And the smile on the face of the Tiger." Vienna has taken in the outlying conn trto the extent of 50,000 acres of additional territory and 600,000 new population. The old world capital has a more positive idea of making th most of heiself than Pitts burg. Some rural counties are being worried by tho winter tramp question. The summer tramp nuisance was bad enongh; but the winter tramp seems to be so much worse as to call for active measures. It might be a good' idea to set tho winter tramps at work break ing up stone to be used for mending the roads in. tho spring. The tramp nrofesslon would very soon learn to give tho counties whei e that practice is in vogue an exceed ingly wide berth. The fact that the Senate though not fairly at work has bills before it for the expend! tuie of nearly $22,000,000 on public buildings for the smaller cities in various parts of the country Indicates that the vosition of Mr. Ilolman at the head of the Appropriations Committee will not be an empty one. One hundred thousand dollars increase may be justified in the Department of Pub lic Safety, but the lest of the city expendi tures cannot go up on that scale without a loud demand for the reason why. I "If in fifty years electric power Is to re place the horse in tho street cars the world over, judging from this city they're going very slow about it," remarks a Philadelphia cotemporary.. As electricity has replaced; horse power in most wide awake cities already, there is foundation for the hope that Philadelphia will experience thechange in the cousse of the next fifty years. . , . ... , It is now announced in numerous ceotm-.j porarjes that "the lying letters from Chile to tne London Tfmejwere written by a woman." This is interesting bat not so Important as the sex-and Identity of the person who has sent the highly imaginative news reports from Chile to the United State. Senator Quay's remark that the Re publican party is on trial for Its lire, pro vokes the 'expression of a hope that the Senator has no Intention of turning State's evidence. HlCKS, undismayed by former fizzles, gives us a schedule of weather calculated to strike the .stoutest heart with terror, in cluding blizzards and "earth shakes." But the record of the weather in doing the exact opposite of what Hicks predicts carries a ground for expectation that January will continue to reverse his prophecies and give us one of the mildest and nicest winters on record. "" Con. Fellows pleads for his client Mc Glory that he 'finds it almost impossible to earn an honest living. A good many people make the same complaint; but that affords no reason why the law should not insist on McGlory's making the unique experiment of trying. Two million liabilities of S. "V. "White & Co., and $3501,000 assets! How did the specu lative deacon come to leave such a large amount of assets? A New England kitchen is to be es tablishedin New York to illustrate Mr. Ed ward Atkinson's plan of getting the best food for the least expense. This is practical philanthropy, as far as it goes; but it fails to "provide for the element in New York which lacks money to buy food either good or bad. Murat Halstead's study of the Presi- dental situation in Europe indicates that th'ere is nearly the same amount of dense uncertainty on that point in the capitals of the old world as In the political centers of the new. A GREEN Christmas makes a lean poeketbook, judging from the daily proces sion of package bearers. T0REIGN NATAL K0TES. Brazil is having two torpedo boats built in England. They will have a speed of 23 knots au'hour. The German ship Frith of has a speed of 16 knots. She will carry 9 big guns and has an armor 7 inches thick: The n aval forcesoftheCzarofBussia con sist of 36 vessels of the first rate, 43 of the second rate, 83 of the third rate and 20 of the fourth rate. The Bnssian Government has ordered 500, 000 rifles in France to be delivered, by July, 1891. The Russian factories will turn out L2S0.OO0 more by the same time. The Spanish Government is building six first-class armored cruisers, each of whioh is to have a displacement of 9,235 tons and a speed of from 19 to 20 knots an hour. The new French protected cruiser Da vert Is not a great success. At a recent trial when going 19 knots, the heat in the boiler room was so great that the men could not remain at their posts. ..The Navarino, the Bassian belted barbette battleship under construction at St. Peters burg is 333 feet long and will have a speed of 16 knots. She willjiave 6 torpedo tubes and on the hurricane deck there will be 10 rapid firing guns. Great. Britain has 29 protected cruisers and 283 unprotected cruisers. She is build ing now 15 armored vessels, 59 protected cruisers and 51 unprotected cruisers which, when completed, will make a grand total of 501 war vessels- A contract for the construction of a battleship, with a displacement of 1L605 tons, has been awarded by the Frenoh Admiralty. ,A peculiarity of-lhe ship is the application of electricity for turning the turrets, closing tnejorts ana driving other machinery. ,. A PBIESrS SILVEE JUBILEE. father Hayes, Formerly of (Pittsburg, but Now of Ohio, Highly Honored. Newabk, O., Dec. 23. To-day was celebra ted the iwenty-flfth anniversary of the ele vation, to the priesthood of Ber. Father Hayes, of the St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, this city. Bev. Father Hayes is one of the most capable and best beloved of the Catholic clergy in this district. Ho was born in Pittsburg August 19, 1812; received his early education in f he parochial schools, and later a higher course of stud was pur sned at St. Michael's Theological Seminary. His ordination into the priesthood took place at St. Vincent's Abbeyin December,lS6G. when he was 21 year3 of nee. The reverend father's first appointment was as assistant at St. Paul's Cathedral, Pittsburg. Eater, at the request of Bishop Bosecrans, he came to Ohio, and in 18S4 was appointed to the charge here. The services in honor of the completion of his 25 years of religious work opened with the celebration of nigh mass, followed by a sermon by Bight Eev..BIshop John A. Wat terson, ot Columbus. Intthe afternoon a banqhec was given at the schoolhonse, at which 'only the divines and a few friends w ere present. In the eveninz a reception was held. -The reveiend father received a good many pi esents, including a well-filled purse and articles of silver and gold. SAVED BY A DOG'S SAGACITY. A. Han Knocked Fronv a Bailroad Track F scapes Death by a Miracle. Philadelphia, Dec. 23. fiperfaZ. "When Deputy Coroner Dagan inquired Into the death of "William Dillman to-daj' he learned the story of ho w a dog saved a life. DUlman and" a companion named Wallace, wero walking the 'Pennsylvania Bailroad tracks in Frankford, with three dogs. Suddenly Wallace's dog lumped at iti owner, struck hiinon thohieast and knocked him off tho track. A second after a train came along, and before Dillman could be warned he was hit by the locomotive and killed. The doe afterward pawed Wallace and licked his bands as if to show It had been instrumental in saving his life. America's Santa Clans. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The big crops and the reciprocity policy have done the Santa Clans act for the Amer ican people this year. PERTINENT PERSONALITIES. Senatoe Call is said to be favoring the annexation of Cuba, and to be laboring with that end in view. Clark Russell, the author of the sea tales, was born in America, though he has been called an Englishman. Patte, who is shortly to make another farewell tour, deplores the fact that she has only $600,000)worth of diamonds. Senator Palmer is 74 years of age, but on the floor of the Senate he appears in a better state of preservation than m6st men of 63. ' THE Chilean Hinister and Madame Kontt have issued invitations for a dinner Satur day evening In honor of Secretary and Mrs. "Blaine. THE English club at Biarritz has black balled Mr. Gladstone and Sir Andrew Fair bairn, its President, has resigned in conse quence. Princess Victoria Mary of Teck who' is going to wed Prince "Collars and Cuffs," is the acknowledged beauty of the royalty of England. General Schofield evidently means that the soldiery shall not have the small pox. He says that he shall have all 1 ec rults vaccinated. Judge Vogt, who has been appointed Circuit Judge by President Harrison.is only 34, and the youngest man who has ever re ceived such an appointment. J. tVT. SIackay has made his usual Christmas gift to every employe of the Commercial Cable Company. It was in the shape of half a month's salary. FOB seven years Congressman McMillin made it a practice to commit a poem to memory before breakfast each morning. He said it put him. in a pleasant frame of mind jor the day. IIVE WASHINGTON WAIFS. "Washington, D. C.Dec. 23 Secretary Blaine has received fiom Minister Charles Emory Smith a communication setting forth the measures being taken by the Busslan Government for the alleviation of the fam ine in the Bnssian Empire. The appoint ment of a committee composed of tho high est Government officials to deal with this problem indicates, the communication states, "the gravity of the situation, which is presented by tho short orous and tho earn est spirit with which the Emperor and his Government meet it." In this connection the State Department makes pdbllc a letter received from the publisher or the Erie Dis patch, containing Inquiries as to how far the Government will aid in securing transporta tion to Bussia of provisions, and the reply of Mr. A. Gregor, the Bussian Charge d'Af fniresjin this city, in which he states that Bussia W4IL gladly forward from New York all donations of, flour and grain. The com munication sets forth the needs of Bussia as real and great. The first 12-inch gun ever made at the "Washington Naval Ordnance .Foundry was tested at the proving gronnds at Indian Head, Md., yesterday. 8uccessrul results were obtained, both from the rifle and the pneumatic carriage upon which it is mounted. A. delegation of six Blackfoot Indians from their reservation In Northern Mon tana have arrived here, and will to-morrow or Monday have an interview with Secre tary Noble. In an informal talk with Com missioner Morgan the Indians requested the Department to provide them with addition al stock and farming implements. They weie willing to begin farming whenever they were supplied with the necessary seed and tools. They alo asked that their ra tions be increased. They strongly protested against partiug with any moie of their lands. Speaker Crisp will appoint his son, Charles B. Crisp, clerk at the Speaker's table. In order to accept the place vonng Mr. Crisp resigned his $1,000 elf rkship tn the Interior Department. x 1 Jerry Simpson should be looked after by his anti-monopolist constituents. Jerry has uriblushingly and avowedly been en gaged in trying to ruither the temporarily abandoned project of a Congressional ex cursion to Chicago to view the piogress lmtdo by the Worlcfs Fair. "I want to go home to Kansas for Christn .is," says Jerry, "and I don't see why it will not be a good thing for me if the railroad company will pay my rale as far as Chicago." Senator Chandler's bill to amend tho act to regulate the carnage of passen gers at sea, so as to provide that in future it shall be unlawful for any steamship com pany to bring passengers from any foreign country unless suitable accommodations for the comfort of the passengers have been provided, is an interesting one. It allots a certain amount of space to each passenger, and makes it unlawful to carry tnem on more than tbiee decks, or on any deck situ ated more than five feet below the water line -nhen the vessel is loaded. In comput ing the number of passengers carried on each v essel children under 1 year of age are not to be included, but two children between 1 and Syears old. mav be counted as one passenger. Fines of $100 for each passenger carried in excess of the proper number are prescribed for the captains of vessels. The bill also requires .1 sufficient number of berths to be provided, and th.itseparate apartments be piovided for single male and female passengers, and that adequate pro vision be made for light and air to each of the cabins. Futther -provisions are made for proper sanitary arrangements and venti lating apparatus, and fines are provided for neglect in conforming with the regu lations prescribed, ranging from $100 to $1,000, and imprisonment for from 20 days to six months. The marriage of Elizabeth Sullivan Henry and Congressman John J. Hemphill, of South Carolina, was" solemnized this evening at the Church of the Epiphany at 8 o'clock. A large number of invitations were issued for the ceremony and the church was well filled. with fiiends of the contracting parties. A reception followed at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Henry, 1750 L. street, to which only the wedding party were invited. The couple left by a lata' train for the South, where thev will spend the holidays with Mr. Hemphill's family nt Chester, S. C. Upon their return they will reside at the Shoreham. Mas. Howard Ganson Whits gave a most enjoyable tea this afternoon from i to 7 o'clock, at the residence of her father. Sena tor Sawyer. The handsome suite of artisti cally decorated apartments were fragrant with blossoms and bright with elegant toi lets, many handsome gowns of the ladles present being worn without extra wraps owing to the heat of the day. Dancing mu-nc was supplied by an orchestra sta tioned in the alcove of the wide hallway. Mrs. White welcomed the company in a superb gown of light blue silk, trimmed with Soint luce, a number of ladies assisting, rs. Alex Magruder entertained the Har vard Glee Club of forty members at a sup-' per, to-night, following the concert. An equal number of young ladles were invited to meet them. JEFFEES0JT G05E AGAIN. His Dr. Pangloss as a Farewell Perform ance Is as Delightful as Ever,, The Jefferson Company appeared in Col man's comedy of "Tho Heir-At-Law" last night at the Alvin Theater, and a finish! performance of a rather thin play it was. Mr. Jefferson's Dr. Pangloss is a delightful study of character and a gently amusing creation in which the gi eat comedian's ait is nicely displayed. Louis James gave a forcible and artistic rendering of Zekiel Homespun, bringing out with especial strength the pathetic and dramatic side of tho character. .In the comedy ho was merely bucolic too good nn actor to trip in accent or manner, both of which smelt of a Derbyshire farmyai d, but not a comedian enough to reproduce the. humor which glowed in the personation of Mr. Floienco. Mr. Barnes threw plenty of life into Dick Dairies, but he is haidly a young lover any longer. Miss Viola Allen repeated her charming and truthful delineation of a country gill, and Mrs. Bouse and Mr. Owen were very good as Lai d and Lady Dvberly. The play was enjoyed by a flue audience, but Mr. Jefferson was enjoyed far more, and it Is his return rather than that of Column's comedy that will be looked forward to for another year from to-day with a deep and sincere interest. THE H0ESE EEHBMBEEED. He Becollected Where the Buggy Behind Him Was Struck bv a Train. East Orange, Dec. 23. The horsd which Samuel Campbell. Jr., of South Orange, drove on Thanksgiving night when he met with his fatal accident at the Halsted street crossing in East Oranee, proved this afternoon that horses have good memories. He is now in ,the possession of William E. Bloodgood, of Llewellyn Puik, who hitched him to a buegy and went out diiving with a fiiend. A few minutes before 4 o'clock they turned into Halsted street, in the opposite direction from that iu which Mr. Campbell had diiven. The horse approached the crossing in a hesitating way, and the moment that he reached the tracks he bolted, although tbeie was no visible cause ot friuht. The buggy was overturned and the horse thrown to the ground. The men were pitched out and severely cut and bruised. The horse was also badly out. It was the flist time the horse had been driven thiough the stieets since the latal accident. A Treasured Dralt for 6 Cents. Zanesville, Dec. 23. Special J. P. Pierce, who was postmaster at Duncans Falls under three administrations, and who was dismissed bv Cleveland, has just re ceived a draft for'6 cents for the balance due him by the Treasury Department. Mr. Pierce has refused all offers lor the draft and refuses to get it cashed. Mistaking the Outside for the Inside. Boston Globe. Congress is essentially an assemblage of committees,and the country is mostly taken care of with closed doors. This is pioper and legitimate, but some people mistake the outside for the inside of things. Never Clnan a Loaded FlstoL Mansfield, O., Dec. 23. Special.' This morning at Perrysvile, east 'of here, Fred Grotzinger, aged 16, while cleaning an old revolver accidentally shot and instantly killed bis 8 year-old brother. ST. LOUIS MILLERS WIN. The Inter-State Commission Decides Against Two Bailroad Companies. Washington, D. C, Dec. 23. The Inter State Commerce Commission to-day, in an opinion by Commissioner Veasoy.announced its decision in the case ot the Hazel Mining Company, of East St. Louis, against the St. Loiris, Alton and Teira Haute Bailroad Com pauy and tho Illinois Central Bailroad Com pany. The facts decided ore briefly as fol lows: Bates for the transportation of flour origi nating at St. Louis or East St.Jjonis and shipped over these Hues are the same, and such flour is forwarded by the first named carrier from its receiving station in East St. Louis. St. Louis shippers deliver flour to rail or wagon transfer companies at their stations in St. Louis, and the defendants bear the cost of transfer to the East St.Louls railroad, station, the charge being 6 cents per barrel. St. Louis shippers sometimes deliver to the Wagon Transfer Company at their mill doors and then bear. half the cart age, the laijroad the other hair. The Hazel Company is a manufacturer and shipDer of flour over these lines, in competition with St. Louis miller and loads it on cars fur nished by the company on a side track near its mill at a cast nfuhnnt 3 cents a barrel, be ing required to load cars accoi ding to dis tance of destinations and to clean and re pair the cars before using. The commission holds that on flour des tined to points outside the State which the first carrier requests the petitioner to haul to its station or which it is compelled to haul, proper cars not being furnished on such side track, it is entitled to a redaction of 6 cents a hand on rates in force as long as the railioads bear that amount of the cost of cartage for other snippers. The rule reqnlring the Hazel Company to clean nd repair cars furnished on the side track is unreasonable, but that it shall load such cars according to stations is not unieason able, and rates on flour loaded by petitioner in properly cleaned and lepaired cars so furnished are upon the facts propeily the same as rates in force on flour originating in St. Louis. Questions arising under a practice of paitial or absolute free cartage, or growing out of the existence of side tracks to shippers' doors, must depend largely for solution on the particular cir cumstances of each case. STEAK BLEBS FOE "WINTER. A Californian Invents a Vehicle to Go to the North Vole Ic. San Fbancisco, Dec. 23. A young Califor nian, of Truckee, thinks he has solved tho problem of Arctic travel, and brought the North Pole within the pale or civilization. The machine he has invented is a sort of steam motor sleigh. He has been using tho first machine which heconstructed a small one run by hand power for snow and ice travel among the mountains during the last two years with entire success. He is now having made at the iron works a largo one to be run'by steam power. If no Arctic explorer takes advantage of this new means of reaching the North Polo by express, he will use it for hauling passengers and towing logs and carrying freight iu the high Sierras, and will have it on band for trans ferring passengers over snow blockades on the Central Pacific. The sleigh bed is sup ported by two double 12-foot runners. The engine, of six-horse power, is placed in the rear end of the vehicle, and the whole machine weighs only 1,800 pounds. Screws In the roar drums zaugo the depth of the "bite" of the shovels. The machine needs no roads, can climb steep grades, and go anywhere, over snow or ice, where the way is not obstructed by thick timber or perpen dicular cliffs. HE LOVED HEB PHOX0OBAFH. An Heir to Millions Marries a Beauty Who Carried Off a Prize. Boundout, N. Y., Deo. 23. ISpecial. A romantic marriage was celebrated at Sau-gerties-on-the-Hudson, last evening, - the contracting parties being Albert D. Steen ken, of Brooklyn, and Miss Mattie Adams. The marriage is said to be the echo of a1 prize beauty contest. When the newspaper which started the contest published the pictures of 42 of "the most beautiful women in the country. Miss Mattie Adams, the- oriae, was one 01 too lacues so nonorca. She is an exceptionally beautiful lady of 21. a blonde of the most ravishing tvpe, a gifted musician and a conversationalist of rare ability. The groom is 26 and will in herit the greaterjjart of his father's fortune, which runs into the millions. His father owns enormous interests in the National Lead Trust and has a monopoly of the sul phur and uitrate of silver business. Accord ing to the friends of the couple the groom fell in love with the bride's picture when it was published, and he obtained an Intro duction to the lady who has become his (Wife. NINETEEN IN THE FAMILY. They Traveled in a Body and Took Up a Good Deal of Boom. St.ouis, Dec 23. Among the arrivals at the Union depot last evening was the family of John B. Fisher, which consisted, beside himself and wife, of 17 children, tho oldest of ' whom was 21 years and the youngest 3 months. Allwoie brunettes, closely resem bling each other, and as they walked into the ladles' waiting room carrying bundles they attracted considerable attention. The woman appeared to be about 40 years of age, and from the looks of her red cheeks and quick step had had very little illness in her life. Her husband was probably about flvo years older than she, and was also a picture of health. Ten of the childi en were boys and seven girls, all of whom were neatly dressed. They were bound to fat. Joseph, where they will reside in the future. They took up all the space in the waiting room, but the children were all well be haved, and the older ones were kept bnsy in watching thelryouuger brothers and sis to rs JIVE THOUSAND SUII0SS. Many Men Would Take a Bride -With a Small Dowry ami a Team. Vineland, N. J., Dec. 23. John Hankinson, tho rich old farmer residing at South Vine- 'l.i.id, who a couple of weeks ago inserted in a number of papers an announcement of his willingness to give a lOasre farm, $300 in cash and the pick of a team of horses or mules to any youn&man of good character, under the age of 23, who would marry his daughter, "a girl of fine looks and bright disposition," has received nearly 5,000 re plies. The replies represent no less than 12 States. The farmer and his lovely daughter are now in as big a quandary as ever, having no way of determining In Jnst what partlcula one of the ardent swains is the most desira ble. Twb thousand of the writers sent their photographs, and the old man has in conse quence enough pictures on hand to start a goou sizea rogues' gallery. Mm Is Building The Foundation. Washington Star.J Mr. Mills evidently doesn't Intend to in dulge in any active effort to mak6 trouble in the present Congress, but he bids fair to make a flrst-cias3 trouble nucleus. Numbered Among the Silent Explorers. New York Commirclal Advertiser. Now that a lelief expedition is to be sent out for.Pe.iry, he can at once, and without moreado.be numbered among the silent band of explorers. Frond, of December's Weather. New York World. Decembei's weather record is one for any winter month to be proud of, even if the fogs have come at the last. CDTS AT FOREIGN LANDS. Uncle Sut to Chile: Time will soon Be up. New York Recorder. And now the peace of Europe is said.to de pend upon au If. It is a very powerful word. Boston Kews. Let China stay away from tho World's Fair if It chooses. Confucian 'to China, anyhow! Chicago Tribune. Msie. La Grippe holds two kings in the pending European game and a full hand generally. Boston Globe AS an altern itive of starvation, even the grip is a godsend "in tho Czar's dominions. iVeto York Commercial Advertiser. The English people seem to feel ranch solicitude lest the bride fit PrinSe Collars nn-ldnff should have to do up his linen. Chicago Times. Chile has t alunble nitrate beds. There is possibility of war with that little republic. Steve Elkins is to be tho new "Secretary of War. Chile had better conceal the nitrate beds or hurry up that, apology. Detroit Fret JVew. Ulafe, Lf?SsSiSfejfe'Sg HONEY IN FLOWERS. Pittsburg One of the Few Towns That Supported a Chrysanthemum Show Innumerable Functions Still Occupying the Society World's Attention Brief Mention. Pittsburg has gained distinction as being one or the few cities where a chrysanthe mum show has been successful financially. The recent one, under the direction ot the "Florists and Gardeners' Club of Pittsburg and Allegheny," patronized with such en couraging favor in the Auditorium last month, has netted its piojectors thesnm of $730, at the same time leaving untouched a reserve fund of Sl.WO; a. result they had hardly dared to wisu for, let alone hope for. Being the first ever held here, this is all the more pleasurable, and, considering the extreme youth of the organization, the more remarkable. Tho club deserves every en couragement when it makes another at tempt, as it is hoped it will do-another season. Whatever heartburnings there were and heartburnings usually tollow competi tive exhibitions were nisei' kept for pri vate view only, and, therefore, Pittsburg has nothing but agreeable lecollections of the flower show. The organization already named, which has obtained for itself so uniqne a place, has the following gentlemen as officers: Mr. E. C. Beineman, President: Mr. P. 6. Randolph. vice i-iesiuent; iir. TeaerieK uunci, treas urer; Mr. George Esterlee, Secietary. Among the guests at the coming-out ball for Miss King at the Dnquesne Club on Tuesday night were: Mrs. C. L. Magee, Mrs. James frays, Mrs. F. M. Magee, Mrs. Singer, Mrs. Wynn B. Sawell. Mrs. Kate Von Bonn horst, Mrs. Andrew Fleming, Mrs. Kennedy, Miss Mary McClelland, Miss Ada Gerdes, Miss Stella Hays, Miss Josie Woodwell, Mrs. William Boss Proctor, Miss Liaie Sutton, Miss Sellers, Miss Hussey, Miss Lei beneck, Miss Lucy Haworth, Miss Daisy Brown, Mr. and Mrs. George Clapp. Mrs. Smith, Mrs. McKnight, Mr. and Mrs. George Wood, Mrs. Holmes, Mrs. Hart McKee, Mrs. Zng, Dr. and MrS7-C. Sutton, Mrs. Arbnthnot, Miss Marearet Darlington, M133 Louise Singer, Mr. Scaile, Mr. Lindsay King, Mr. Nathnniel Holmes, Mr. Donelson, Mr. Albree, Mr. Murdock. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin, Mr. and Mrs. John Walton, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Eea. Miss Nora Oliver, Mr. Joseph Seibeneek, Mr. and Mrs. O. D. ThoniDSon, Mr. and Mis. Park Painter, Mr. Bonrdman, Mr. and Mrs. Penneck", Miss de Sallies, Mr. and Mrs. Orr.Mr.Fiank Willock, Mr. McMillin and 3Iiss Nellie Gillespie. As well ns formally Introducing Miss Kintr, the ball on Tuesday formally opened the scison af tho Duquesne CIud which more than ever Is to be identified with the doings which mark the polito world's winter sea son. Miss Stella Hays, who is rapidly gaining distinction as one of the most delightful of the younge-hostesses, made an exceedlnsly felicitious choice of flowers for the dinner she nave on Tuesday for Miss Julia. Watson. The table was decorated solely with green orchids, which were also nsed for the boutonnieres and corsage bunches. The orchid has a tint not unlike a bronze green, and tne ribbon nsed matched the flowers perfectly. Social Chatter. S.vsiuei. W. Black and his sisters Miss Jane and Miss Jessie Black, have moved into their new-and beautiful residence at Edge worth. Mr. Black's new house stands upon the terrace above the Fort Wayne tracks, and is a very handsome examule of the col onial style, with modern porches and a porte cochere. The interior decorations are also colonial, white and gold prevailing, with hardwood floors and oriental rngs. Xhoso who have seen It say that it i3 a charming country home. Not the least among the charms Is the view of the Ohio valley and the river hills which it commands. The latest thing in cards for social pur poses is seven-handed euchre, in which all the deck Is used, seven cards being dealt to each person and four remaining to the widow this is of course including the joker. Fifty points is the game, and a lone band counts 14. A bid of seven entitles the bid der to choose three partners. This ingenious variety of the gamo originated recently at a Sewickley card partv. Inthis connection it is interesting to remember that Sewickley claims the honor of inventing progressive euchre to a gaping world. Little Miss Marguerite (Baby) Harden, the pivot on which turns the domestic wheel of Manager and Mrs. William B. Hay den's honsehold, arrived in town yesterday. At herroyal command, the shops were ex hausted of their contents yesterday to give her small majesty a fitting Christmas: the first she over has spent in the Smoky City. a& was tms tiny gin wuo, alter slapping ner 10 Keep aacan irom musing ner siapnuise again." . . Mas. Frank Srar-in will give a party on Monday evenins next for her daughter Miss I Annie Semple. The young people who will tnrong iurs. aempie s oewicKiey resiuence are expected to appear in the costumes of "ye olden tyme." Mn. and Mns. Edwaud O'Nek. and family, of Sewickley, are in the East for the Christ mas holidays visiting relatives in Albany and Philadelphia, and contemplate a trip to Washington, D. C, befqre their teturn. When James Whltcomb Eiley delivers his lecture next Tuesday eveninz at the Pres byterian Church, Sewickley. he will be sup- pqrteo. dy dacK irwin, me noted louuist, and Carl Better. THEYnle Log Club, of which A. E. Mur doch Is Secretary, has a stag uarty to-night at tho Cafe Boal. Covers will bo laid for 16 people. "Dr." and Mrs. William H. Daly oliaperoned a raity to the 'Duanesne Theater Tnesdav night to see Bobson in "She Stoops to Con-' qaer. - . Miss Frances Marshell has issued invita tions for-a dinner on Monday evening, In honor of Miss Julia Watson. STAGE HEWS AND GOSSIP. There will be matinees at all the theaters on Christmas Day. The sale of seats for next week beginsat all the theateis to-day. The pretty plaintive' idyl of to-day, "Little Lord Fauntleroy," will be presented to the New Year's pati ons of Harris' Theater all next week. Daniel Boone and his trained lions, which nre said to be wonderfnl beasts, will be tho sensation at Harry Davis' Museum Theater next week. Nearlv 100 people will appear in "The Lit tle Becruit," which is to be given Thursday night and Friday afternoon and evening of next week at the Auditorium, on Penn ave nue. It is promised that "Birds of a Feather," which is next week, to be played at the Grand Opera House, has nothing but laugh ter in it, and Charles Bowser, Frank McNish and other comedians in the cast ought to make the promise good. Less clear in its meaning is the title "melodramatic com edy," with which "Birds of a Feather" Is labeled. To-day the change of bill at the Alvin Theater is radical. In place of Jefferson and his associates in high comedy there will be John E. Bice and a corps ot low come dians in a new farce comedy, called "A Knotty Affair," which is said to be more legitimately funny than most such thintrs usually strc. A fentiuo of the farce is the dancing of a minuet In the Kirmess scene; and for the dance and the costumes of those who figure in It much is promised. "JackBotal of the2d" Is the successor of "The Still Alarm," and it comes to the Bijou Theater next week with Harry Laoy in the heioic role. "Jack Boyal" is a war time play, telling a storv or the Draft Blots in New York City in 1863, and Is said to be desperately exciting. William A. Brady is the manager, and has mounted the play in his won tedly lavish style. "Jnck Roval" is from the pen of the distinguished New York critic, "Nym Crinkle," A. C. Wheeler. Manager Henderson will bring to the Duquesne Theater next week his own great spectacular extravaganza "Sinbnd, or the jfaid or Balsora," just fresh from great triumph"! in Chicago and the West. In "The Crystal Slipper" and "Blue Beard" .Mr. Hen derson gave the public finer spectacles than this city- had ever seen before, and he has done what most managers in this field con-) spicuously have not done, kept his promise to the public. He says, and the Chicago 'Jr " papers nave Dome ine statement out, that tho ballets, the scenery, the costumes and "the actors iu "Sinbad" are better than they weie-in his previous productions. The list of special features In "Sinbad" are worth examination. There is no denying that Bicbard Mans field's namu npon the bills is a guaran tee of an artistic peilormance,and the reception of his work this season elsewhere has justified" his claim to have surpassed all previous efforts this season. He brings to the Alvin Theater next week a company containing Miss Beatiice Cameron, Miss Emma v. Sheridan, W. J. Fej-guson, as well as others of ability. Miss Sheridan has won popu larity with The Dispatch's readers as an author since she was last seen here. Mr. Mansfield will display all his varied talentsasanactorin a remarkablo reper toire, which, includes "Beau Brnmmel," "Don Juan," "Prince Karl," "A "Parisian Bo mance'J and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr, Hyde." A nurse the other day, was foundrtvithherl2-''000-00 ls Produced In France- Tho right wrist tightly grasped by her left hand, TFrench consumption of raw silk in1 1890 was rJH . CDEIOUS CONDENSATIONS.!! ' A tnrnip weighing 15 pounds has been dug in Oregon. ' The latest calculation makes the earth's age 1,626,730,000 years. There are 40,000 Anarchists and 1,000, 000 Socialists in France. Last year nearly 40,000,000 artificial teeth were made in America. In the Solomon Islands a good wife can be purchased for 10,000 cocoanuts. The largest barometer ever made is th one in St. Jaques tower In Paris. Itisll feet5 inches high. The greatest celery gardensin the world are at Kalamazoo, Mich. They cover nearly 3,000 acres ol land. Aluminum is now being used for beer mugs. It is said the metal keeps the beer sharp for a long period. New chnrches in Maine have kitchens built in them so that suppers, eta, can be provided on the premises. It is expected that the cedar wood from which lead pencils are made will be unob tainable inside of five years. At the age of 50 a man has spent nearly 20 years or sleep, eaten 17,000 pounds of bread and 16,000 pounds of meat and has imbibed 7,000 gallons of liquids. There are three places in the world where woman is on an absolute equality With man. Thesfl r Tepland thA Pitralrn I Islands and the Isle of Man. The pumpkin in Africa grows on a tree generally about U feet high. The bark of k the tree is white as chalk and smooth, so mat mey iook iiKe marble columns. Chinese gold miners are doing a rush ing business in Nevada. It is said that they average $6 per day per man, while .their .ex pense for living costs less than 23 cents. Tobacco nsed for a year's supply of cig arettes, at the rate of 16 to one ounce, would be 3,859,373 pounds or 265 tons 9 cwt. 3 qr. 5 ft. Loudon alone consumes 1,000,009 per diem. If a man abuses his wife in Butte, Mon tana, half a yard of crepe is tacked to his door as a reminder that a repetition or the offense will be followed by a call from the undertaker. During the reign of Nero an expedition was sent from Borne to explore the amber producing country, and so successful was the party that a present of 13,000 pounds of amber was brought back to the Emperor, including a piece weighing 13 pounds. A man in.Maine who has an aversion to company has removed the elevated walk to the front door of his house, and now goes in bv means of a ladder, which he draws in after him. He has also posted this sign: "No callers wanted on the Sabbath." Lake Baikal, in Siberia, is the deepest lake in the world. It only has an. area of 9.0C0 square miles, but it has depth of from 4.000 to 5 000 feet, so that is volume is nearly equal to that of Lake Michigan. Bussia most people are accustomed to regard as a very cold country, and so it is in its northern region, but it has a large area in the southern part of the temperate zone. It will surprise many to learn that It has an area of vineyards amounting to about 438,250 acies, the average yield of wine from them being 65,300,C00 gallons, of which rather more than half is grown in tho Caucasus. Great progress has been made in photo graphing the spectra of the stars. By doubling the lines of the' spectrum of Beta Anrigae at short Intervals thatstarhas been found to consist of two suns revolving about each other in only four day, with a velocity of 150 miles id a second. The distance be tween the components is only 16,000,000 miles, or about one-sixth the distance between the earth and the sun. Basking sharks, which at maturity measure from 30 to 40 feet in length, are easily approached and harpooned, and on the west coast of Ireland as manyas 50) have been taken in a single season. The liver often weighs as much as two tons, yielding six to eight barrels of oil. A few years ago, when sharks' oil was of greater value than it is at present, the oil from a single full sized specimen would often realize from $200 to $2S0. The total production of manufactured silk in the world, perannum, is estimated at a value of .64,000,000, and of this, at least not mnch under 10,000,000 sounds, the value of which ls reckoned at from X 10,000,000 to 12,000,000. Takmsr in the value of wool, cotton and other fiber in mixed fabricsof the silk factories, the total will amount to about .16,000,000. Following are the dimensions of the four largest dams in the wor!d:cL The Wal nut Grove dam, near Prescott, Ariz., 110 feet high, inclosing 750 acres, with a capaci ty of 4,OPO,000,OCO gallons. 2. The Merced dam, Central California, 1 mile long, 60 feet high, 633 acrercapacity 5,500.000,000 gallons. 3. Sweetwater river date, near San Dieso, Cat.. 50 feet high, 725 acres, capacity 6,000, 000,000 gallons. 4. Tho Bear Valley dam, in San Bernardino county. Cal . is 60 feet hi2h. inclosing 2,230 acres, and will hold 10,000,000, 000 gallons. In Canon Diablo, Arizona,, a hole 625 feet deep, supposed to have been made by a meteor, has been found. It is 2 miles in circumference. The theory is that from the appearance of the walls and the fact that they have fonnd many pieces of meteor c iron around the hole the meteor pen etrated the earth to. a depth of 700 or 800 feet before it exploded, and this accounts for the strange phenomena. Three pieces of the meteor, weighing 300, 600 and S'iO pounds, respectively, were found on tho mesa with in two miles of tho crater. In Cuba a person with, a sore or wound of any kind will not look upon a dead per son, fearing that the spot will become in curable. The rum used in washing a dead body is, however, regarded as a sure cars for all eye troubles. If the light from a, cindle or lamp falls on the face of the dead, death will shortly come to him or her who was carrying the light. Bain during a burial is consideied an excellent "sign" throughout the islands. If one. measures his own height with a rod which has been used in measuring a corpse for the coffm he himself will die with the year. A stroke with the hand of a corpse is believad by the West Indian to be a sure cure for all pains and swellings. . LIGHT LITTLE LACGHS. ""Wisht I had big feet," sighed "Willie. 'Why. Ueari" asked his mother. "I'd have bigger stockln's for Christmas," said Willie. Harper'' s Bazar. "When maidens on their horses proud, Fair in the autumns aftermath. Bide thro' tbepark It's natural They should prefer the bridal path. Philadelphia Times. He How old are you, Miss Dolly? She (sweelly) How old would yon think? He (carerulljr) I aon't know, batl'ra sareyou're Tounger than any one would think. Life. Mrs. Hicks Dick, why don't you study your Sunday school lesson?' . . DlckHlcks-Theteachersaid next time I dlda't have It I was to be sent home. Sea York Herald. 7 The lads who went a courting long ago, When Cupid's manners were sedate and slow, Ort vied for her attention with tho spinning wheel so neat. That responded to the rythm of her pretty little feet. That girls are different now, full well we know; But Ire who fondly seeks to play the beau Still finds a doushtr rival In the wheel that turns so fleet And sees her on a bicycle go dashing down the street. Puck. Bulfinch "What's the matter, my dear Wooden? Tfou look heated. Wooden-ileated Well. I should thins I might. I Jf st stepped into eld Gotrox's office to ask for his daughter, anil I hadn't spoken three words Dcfore I was fired. Boston Courier. Molly Just think, Lucy, my aunt has1 got false hair and teeth. Lncy-That's nothing. I heard my pa say thatj mr annt who lived In Houston had a false tongue. Texas Sif tings. ' I like each well remembered dish " r My country days have known. Save one. which I devoutly wish " To nether worlds had flown. - But gleeful waiters never fall Maliciously to pass - Of sea green apple sass. A ' 1 Sew York Herald, j He And your genealogy has been traced back to the sixteenth centnry? Do yourknowi much of the collateral branches? v p She No: we were Interested In our ancestors only, and mada no researches as to any of their children.-fudge, . ' ' . "
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