....? s (n
TOO
TO
I imr.. 10 00
Smiths. 2 30
, lm'th.. no
.; ;so
13
ercu liv carriers at
Sunday Edition, at
.V. JAM-'AltYl.
iSOl 18!3.
f ours is movins so fast that
y lime for retrospection. It
y travel and talk, in these days
ctricity, but even Time itself
jus to run swifter than ever. X
tlead almost soon as born, and
ieeme to the w cuts verj' short
Jewell to the Old.
ere is more than mere fancy in this.
.ite scientists insist that the years of
n jwe increasing in number, it is un
sttonably the fact that mechanical in
itwns and absorbing interest in the in
itial and eommeicial ventures of the
arepnttui:: Time throuRh its most
,ei paces. The issues of every day life
wtl one upon another o quickly ss lo
lv little openinjr for sentiment or cere
ny. The year is done: a year has be
i: and the procession of human activi-
goes straight on, without an interrup
t, f ISM. it may be said that it presented
?! particularly gratifying phases of
ioal affairs. The crops of the season
m famous for their plenteousiiess;
.'.ness in general was good; and the po-
cai features were such as to inspire
:fiience. The one great question of
eclioii for American industries which
"tencd to boco-me a permanent divid-
3ie letw ecu ii;e Republican and Dem-
iMc partife- wrs passed upon favorably
ioje Interest) in the fall elections; Mr.
ies reciprocity measure put forward
j promisint. lilo-sons indicative of
jei-ous ln;tage lurcafter: with the
ition of the Chilean imbroglio, no
d seriousjv darkened our relations
ft foreigu powers. Disturbances of the
ilegfs between labor and capital were
"a jrrquent through the country in
ItJian in previous j ears. Tlierc weie
!ps the uual number of catastrophes
casualties; l''it fortunately no horrors
Stteh an extensive scale as shadowed
record of previous years. The "crip"
s the only epidemic visitation, and ths
Mty of lha -is, not in proportion to
ewermoi' oerof cases dcve!opud.
Soeally, was a prosperous year for
yiiKHK's leading industries, though out
e f these there were som? embarrass
its of undertakings and individuals,
By through ruist-.fces of financial cr-
wHons. The strike in the building
es was alo an untimely check to Pit s-
rg's growth, and the restoration of coal
fcwl, in jdace of gas, brought back once
ire tlie black cloak over our city, which,
le famous in times gone as the trade-
rk. and symbol of Pittsburg's giant in-
Ties, is far from welcome from the
dpoint of comfort. But 1891 had abo
ood things to offer chief among them
complete establishment of systems of
1 transit, making the suburbs easily
''.Me for residents, saving time,
J jSvmc an a;r of go-aheadi-
ieas tc the city which it
r had before. The demonstration
Pittsburg could go back to coal and
retain its supremacy as a manufact-
"g center counterbalanced beneficially
return of smoke. Another gratifying
nre of 1891 has been the completion of
ral Hiacnificent new buildings in Pitts-
. nd the projection of others which
1 greatly add to the architectural adorn-
h of the city.
"e trHst 1S)2 will find everybody in the
taanity confident of even better things
e future. There was never a time
n energy and enterprise so pervaded
local air as it does now. It Ls felt that
strides made in past years have but
igfet us to iifithreshold of a much
erwid quicker development, in whose
itssll Uical interestsare bound to share.
''offie, therefore, 1892.
K SUPREME COUItT VACANCY.
e attention is being given to the
Hie Judgeship by a few other coun
j: the State which have candidates to
t If the Republican leaders "have
'a notes of the situation they will, how
, he likely this year to turn their atten-
Allegheny countv when choosing a
Wte. Heretofore in several instances
rejected tli cbims put forward on
X of Allegheny county candidates of
HguMied merits and possessing strong
-liar support: and for considerations of
tetical politics" took up others'of les
rif. In tw o of llie-c instances they lost
ensuing election. Xow, when an op
lOMky wises anew to make siine recog
ti I the metropolis of the 'West, they
)wrdly be likelj to give Allegheny
tile cold shoulder,
he xreat interests of Western Pennsyl
w iway well l: reiresented on tho
iwe Bench by an adequate proportion
rirtg- familiar with tliem. As pro
id ami capable jurists of the law can
' be o!eeled in this .section as eis
re. The political situation is such
we nxpecl Allegheny county to re-
f mure lavonible consideration in the !
Stf Convciitiou than has been its
r limiij years past
k or tii:: v;: m:s noixo s.
year just closed has seen some good-
raumgcs on the political board. Presi-
i candidates have arisen and fallen,
e elections of last November upset
iitolat.ons of many shrewd observers.
oho statesman at least has reason to
txt 18H1 kindly. Tor James (J. Blaine
ilirhas brought forth good abuud-
. . U5ven the sickness ' which for a
M& him tew. and compelled him
vflpetetc st the seaslion; for
ail, kill ite compeiiratro.Es; for it vs
rause for an cmtpouring'of affection
IIS
ieusWeucli as lew
jfSvoked. The year
.tronger health than
aV long while, and nn-
. firmer hold upon the
and the nation atlarge.
ocratic party is still shift-
rom one leader to another,
mocratlc organs like the New
i.are unable to say whether
.and has increased his forces
ue year, and doubt clouds the
other Democratic suns, the history
year just closed points plainly to
j G. Blaine as the almost unanimous
ce of the Republican party. What
year will evolve for Jlr. Blaine de-
nd very largely upon himself. ITe
ommands his own destiny as far as a
man can.
GIVING CHIIX A CHANCE.
Nobody should object to the administra
tion's circumspection and avoidance, of
haste in treating with Chile. There were
earlier chapters in this serial wherein the
United Stavs was falsely placed by pre
cipitate action. All thiough the Chilean
civil war this country, as far as the mass
of Chileans could see anything of it, lent
its sj mpathies to the Ba'.macedan party,
which, if it had triumphed, would
have erected a despotism in place
of a republic in Chile. Since then
our people hive taken the trouble
to learn-a little more about their neigh
bors to th South, and while the unfortu
nate ValparrJso episode has given us a
considerable grievance the comprehension,
here of the trying crisis in her home af
fairs from which Chile has barely emerged
undoubtedly h?.s prevented the growth of
a detire for war in the United States. The
rumors of warlike preparations in our
shipyards have not found an echo in the
national heart, and the authoritative de
nial of these rumors by Secretaries Blaine
and Tracy has been welcomed probably
everywhere except among the officers of
the army and npvy,whose only hopo of ac
tivity and rapid promotion lies in a war.
Though no determination of the ques
tion is in sight the probabilities are all in
favsr of a pacific one, and the whole
affair may prove beneficial if only in the
light of a prasiical illustration of this
country's need of a navy, such as is being
create It is instructive to note that
Chile's navy will shortly be re-inforced by
one of the most powerful ironclads afloat,
which is already afloat in a French port
and in process of armament But it no
longer seems likely that the White
Squadron will have the lively task of
intercepting El Capitan Prat, as the new
Chilean war vessel now lying at Toulon is
called.
iviir.rtE I"5 WINTER?
Here we are in January and as yet we
have hardly so much as shaken hands with
winter in recognizable shape. A few light
touches of frcst, a trifling flurry of snow,
hardly enough to whiten the ground, are
all thit we have had outsido of the alma
nac's cold print to remind us that two
winter months have come and gone. The
sun is already a week's stage back from
his Southern journey, and the days will
begin very soon to lengthen palpably.
The absence of frcst and snow
might le borne with considerable
cheerfulness if any certainty about
the weather ths month and the
two following it existed. But if we make
up our minds that the "icy grasp of win
ter" i obsolete to-day, to-morrow may
freeze our new-born plans to death. There
is still plenty of time for winter to pay
this continent a longer visit than anybody
on it cares about That's the uncomfort
able reflection for those who must regard
extreme cold and snow as enemies, at
tacking the health and the pocketbook,
and they are in the majority. In the great
wheat-growing district?, on the other
hand, the absence of snow has already im
periled a large portion of next year's crop.
Perhaps among tho good gifts of 1892 will
he an assortment of weather to suit all
parties.
AMERICAN roETS SXCBBED.
The selection of Sir Edwin Arnold as
the Chicago World's Fair poet has called
forth the ery natural query: What is
the matter with American poets? To
this Chicago replies that there is consid
erable the matter with them, or more ex
plicitly that they are not extant to-day.
Holmes and TVhittier are notto be thought
of because both are past working with
the vigor that would be expected in apoet
iaureate on exhibition. About the
other men who would be included in a list
of American poets the general opinion
seems to be that they are not heavy
enough. It is hardly hypercritical to
hazard a doubt about Arnold's weight.
The Xew York Advertiser rather un
kindly disposes of one American candidate
with the remark: "Mr. Stedman never
was much of a poet, except in his mind.
lie may have stirring, poetic thoughts,
but he has not been able to express them
up to date." What about Thomas Bailey
Aldricli, James Whitcomb Riley, Richard
Watson Gilder, and twd or three other
gentlemen with or without three
barreled names, who have been ac
cused of writing poetry? Are they
all too light compared with the stocky
Britishtr who turned the light on Asia? It
would seem that the World's Fair people
think, so.
The process by which the selection of
Arnold was arrived at has not been re
vealed, but it is not unlikely that the
choice of a foreigner was forced by fears
of the jealousy of his brethren if one of
our native bards were taken. What
special fitness Mr. Arnold has for the post
is not very clear, but it is at least certain
that his appointment will not sow discord
amengthe British poets. Tennyson and
Swinburne will regaril Sir Edwin':? ele
vation with complacency at all events.
It is too late now, but a good plan would
have been to intrust the poetic destinies
of the Fair to an amalgamated association
of poets, as it were, preferably all native
bom. Then the work could have been
parceled out comfortably among, them.
Thus the metaphysical side of the Expo
sition might have been given to Air. Gilder;
Mr. Aldricli could have penned sonnets on
the lake pier and the Venetian canals;
Mr. Riley might have found inspiration
for new dialect matter among the live
stock and agricultural exhibits, and pos
sibly among the visitors while E. C. Sted
man and a half a dozen other poets could
have been turned loose on the various de
partments. The product of verse, if not
poetry, would have been mighty interest
ing readinjr, and would rot have needed
anything like the glossary and footnotes
Sir EJwin's lucubrations are sure to re
quire. Tiik decision of the Coroner's jury of
investigation in the ease of Bernard
Mohan, which jesterdny completely
and specifically exonerated the opemt
lug dentist, is evidently no more than
just and proper under the ciicmnstanccf.
Doctors may differ us they always will: l.mt
when a deutUt has lcen operating sncces
inlly as Dr. Vatc for ororSO years, uiul lib .
sin ai':L-:lietie tn mtcIi gmeral iip, it unuld
.bo erunis injustice :o wt unan ncro.inla- '
billty because of mi incident which, bow- t
plunzo tin's as liav opinion oraprejudl-,!
cial character from a competing dentist -were i
admitted Into yestert " .report In our local.
columns. The amplo verdict of the Coro
ner's, jury upon tho full hearing ofitlie evi
dence Is a sufficient vindication for Dr.
Yates.
TuExworld suffers., from waves of crime,
and jusfrnon-dynamite cranks are maktns
lifo noro periloasithHii ever in nil tho chief
cities ofthe cardi. Dublin and London l)olh
were startled bymxploslons yesterday.
-ARTiirjat CELLTKn's death is aiblow to
English light opera, which Auiericawill feel,
too. The writers of jtood opera coniiquo
music are very rewSnllivan and ttellier are
all England could boast, and now she lias
hut ono. In this country it is even nioi-e de
plorable, for there is Jiardlyono composer of
ability who lias deemed it worth while to
illuminate opera comlqne with hi" art, un
less it be Itesinald Delvovcn, tho 'composer
of'Eobinllood."
A urtoimei! was expelled from a Texas
train for wearing a rod neck-tie. The cow
boys who bhowed tljis susthctfc uiceness
of taste, doubtless goua tip from ithcir red
hating bullo.
Tub Xew York lforfd offers a variation
of tho old suggestion to insure railway
travelers' safety by buckling a director to
the cowcatcher, in apian to prevent'suoh
acuincuts as occurred on the New York Cen
tralitho other dav by tiebig a director to Uio
rear platform. Human lives -would notbo
left to tho mercy of abrakeman and a red
flag irtlie WorltTxiplan were adopteiL
THE-Kuglish sparrow has disappeared
from ADeghouy City, thanks to tho air gun
of the small boy. Tho question new is, how
to abntctlie smalliboy.
BelvavLockwood modestly says: "Jilr.
Blaine and.I stand.in the same position, for
both of us,.if nominated for the 1'restdoncy
next year, will bo rorccd to accept." So u
lepetitlonof the terrible struggle between
Mrs. Z,ockwood and tho other lellows who
wear ahem! is inevitable!
SrMPTOJis of the grip are variously-described,
but at-least tho man ho lias bad it
canea-iilybe identified by his belief in the
disease.
Eaising money or collecting supplies is
only half tho work of relieving thestarving
peasants of Hnssia. The Minneapolis mil
lers who have colIectedGO.OCO bnri-jJs of flour
will have to send guards along with it to
keep it out or the bands of Kusslats "better
classes.
Shekmas and Fokakck would be
equally pleased to see the other3wear off
on tbe Ohio Senatorship to-day.
The explosion in Dublin Castfe is not
necessarily the work of Force fanatics, but
unlets it is clearly proven to be an accident
it will hurt tho Homo Kale party in Ireland,
Jut as all such inhuman nndinsneiprocccd
ings have done in the past.
The Signal Service should'swear off and
give the country some settled-weather, hot
or cold, from now on.
Senator-Goveenok Hili, has hung on
to all his offices to some purpose politically.
There is nppaiently no doubt-that be bene
fits most of all by the decision or the courts
which makes tho Seir York legislature
solidly Democratic.
PEOPLE OPmX TALKED ABOUT.
Cardinal Gibbons is very fond of
childien.
Lyman J. Gage, of -Chicago is now out
of danger.
Mks. ELizAnETif Stuaut PiinLrs
Wakd is seriously ill with influenza,
Seceetaky Elkins has six of his
children with htm all the time. His eldest
daughter is married.
rniNCE Geohge or Wales has recov
ered from the typhoid fever, and has gone
to Xorfolkshlre, where thoPrincoof Wales
will reside during the winter.
PniNCE Henry op Orleans, the eldest
son of the Duke of Cliart res, who has already
acquired some reputation as an cxploier,
has gone on another expedition to Asia.
Mrs. Talbot, widow of the late Gover
nor Thomas Talbot, of Massachusetts, has
presented to the Lowell City Hospital an
endowment of $5,000 in memory of her hus
band. Mme. Tateno, wife of the Japanese
Minlstor at Washington,-can' talk English
well enough to go shopping, and she spends
just as much time over it as her American
acquaintances.
Will Carlf.ton does not looklike the
conventional idea of n poet. Ho is tail,
broad-shonldored and ruddy-faced. Carle
ton works for money, with fame as a sec
ondary consideration.
Hon. KonEirr T. Lincoln, the Amer
ican Minister, Mr. Henry IVhite, First Secre
tary of the American Legation, and Major
J. C. Post, the American military attache,
are visiting Mr. and Mis. William Waldorf
Astor at Taplow Court, Maidenhead, in
Berkshire.
BOWDOIN COLLEGE IU LUCK.
A Deceased 'Woman's Will Glvpg One of
Her Three Millions to the Public.
Sax Fbaxcisco. Dec. 3L X deed of trust
and the will of the late Mrs. Catherine
Garceton, of Oakland, Cat, who died Tues
day night, was made public to-day. Tho de
ceased' as the. only sister of tho late Dr.
Samuel lierritt, a prominent resident of
O.ikland, from whom she inherited her
weMth, estimnted at $.1,0CO 000.
The .will makes n number or beqneststo
"Onersons, mostly relatives in Maine, and
the residue of tho estato is to constitute
trut iund to endow a hospital at Oakland
and Bowdoin College, Maine. It i e-ti-matedthe
hospitnl will leceive $000,000 and
Bowdoin College $100,000.
HEW TOBK'S GROWTH IN A. YEAB.
Nearly C0,000 More People In Gotham Than
There Were In 1830.
New York, Dec. 31. Special.) -The Health
Board estlmatni the present population of
the city at l,6S0,79fl. against 1,G3I,S32 a. venr
ago. The police census made it 1,710,715 in
1830. Tlies-e are the vital statistics lor tho
two years: 1S9I, 43.034 deaths, 46,60t births.
15.G74 marriages 23.90 death rate; 1-90, 40 230
deaths, 39.250 births, 1I.P93 marrWgus, 24.64
death rate.
Pneumonia and consumption caused, as
they did In 1 DJ, more than 5 GOO deaths
apiece tar more than any other kind of dis
eae. There weie nbont three times as many,
cases of smallpox and scatlet fever last
vear as in 1690.
-NEW YEAR'S RESOMJTJO.N'S.
Goodbv to 1S01. AUoona Tribune.
Givaand bike is a good motto for these
days. Omaha World-Herald.
A resolve that will not dissolve is what is
wanted about this time of the year. Harris
Inirg Patriot.
The perennial reformer is now drafting
his New Year's resolutions and readjusting
his braces Detroit Free Press.
Tire best way to keep a diary is to keep it
clean. Never write in your diary, my son,
unless you desire to be sorry nt sonio Jtittire
time in your Hie. Boston Trunscrijit.
Before turning over ft new leaf a valuable
lesion may be gained by 'carefully consider
ing the sorely battered condition of the leaf
turned over a year ago. Chicago limes.
If everybody would begin the year ISM by
resolving to let whisky alone, live within
his income, pay as he goes, treat everybody
as ha would like to Ue treated, and vote the
Republican ticker, uhat it glorious country
this would be. RocJioter Democrat.
Discretion the Better Part of Va'or.
ClllcnpoTribnncl
D!cretinu ixi-tll! the bettor part of valor.
This 'may not lo the av it founds In tiio
vernacular of the.ChiIe.ius, but they appear
to be getting the idra.
Important DH,loD-l.tihe Inter-State Coir,
. T, ..-."--- . ,,"i '
'" "'" I ftrrtwn-ToUl lrii
Must Pj Their Way. Unless They Come
Under th Bead of Thou a Who Olher-
iritn Compensate Railroad Companies.
Washington, D. C, Dec 3L The
Inter-Mute Commetce Commission to-dav
.. ,,. , ,.,, i ra iipsociation, in ession in oarnegie
announceiMts decision in the railroad pass ( given by each one tn turn, according to age, ' JIaIIi Allegheny for the nast three days. Be-c-nsc.
Tho Boston and Maine Kailroad Com-( and at such place us he might designate. ' sides tho literary featnrcs or tho morning, a
pany, .In Its answer, stated that it wa3 in
me habit or giving passes as a unsiness
feature of its administration, to numerous
clashes of portions, which it specified in tho
answer as follows:
Clas 1 Includes Bick, necessitous or in
digent persons in shot t, all cases or charity,
strictly.
Class 2 Includes gentlemen like Hon.
James X. llmdbury, long prominent in tbe
public i-crvfce.
Clas 3 Includes proprietors, of summer
hotels and largo boarding houses, conform
ably to a practice which has long existed
among the railroads of New Knglnnd.
Class 4 Include wives of employes and
other iuimcdate members of tho employes'
Umilic.
Class 3 Includes nil agents of ice com
panies and all milk contractors doinjr busi
ness on 'the line of tho Boston and Maino
Itnilroad, or any part thereof; extending be
tween nny two' &tate: said agents and con
tractors traveling on tho lines in the conduct
of their business.
State Officials Who Tilde Tree.
Class C Includes the higher officers of
State in the Mates of Maine, New Hamp
shire, Vermont and Massachusetts, and cer
tain piominent officer:, or tbe United States,
like Collectors of Customs.
Class 7 Includes tho railroad commission
ers or each of the St,te- of Maino. Now
Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts.
Class S Includes tho members of tho Kail
road Committee, fur tho time being, of the
legislatures of each of the'Statesol Maine,
Now Hampshire, Vermont and Massachu
setts. Cias 9 Includes persons who are trustees
under mortgages on the propel tv of the cor
poration, and w ho are entitled to inspect Its
property b3 virtue of tho deed of indenture
constituting them trustees.
Class 10 The schedules annexed, called
complimentary, include persons whose good
will is important to the corporation and
who o long as tho general practice of rail
roads remains w hat it now is, might jntly
take offense if in the matter of free trans
portation they wero to receive fiom tho
Boston and Maino ltailroad different treat
ment fiom that received from other rail
road corporations.
The Commission Does Its Duty.
This concession imposed upon the com
mission the duty of giving construction to
the act lo regulate commerce In respect to
the right of a railroad company to give
inter-State passes to such classes ot persons.
The commission meets the question bqnaie
!y, and in its opinion discusses tho statute
and cites authorities at some length, and
concludes that branch of tho case in these
words:
"Without further citation of authority,
tho construction wo give to section 2 of tho
nctroresulnre commerce is that where the
service of the carrier subject to the net is
like untt cotemporaneous' for diffeiens
pnsscngers, tho charge to ono of a greater
or less compensation than to another con
stituted unjust discrimination and is unlaw
ful, unless the charge or siich greater or less
compensation is allowed under the excep
tions provided in section 22; and that where
tho traffic is 'under substantially similar
circumstances and conditions in other re
spects, it is iio. rendered dijs.milar, within
the meaning ot the statute, by tho fact that
such passengers hold unlike, or assometimes
termed, unequal official, social or business
positions, or belong to different: clashes as
thev ordinarily exist in a community, or are
arbitrarily created by tho carrier."
Politicians Squarely Itnled Out.
This would exclude the right to give
inter-Sfnte. passes to certain classes speeifica
in the nnswer, which included "gentlemen
eminent in the public service," higher offi
cers "of States, prominent officers of tho
United States," members of railroad legis
lative committees and persons whosegoo'd
win is important to the corporation.
There wero other classes of pass holders
named on the answer whoso passes, though,
in lorm free, wore treo only in name bccauo
in reality there was some consideration for
them, such as those issued to newspaper
men in exchange ror advertising; to hotel pro
prietors, ice dealers and milk dealers, and to
some other persons who are claimed to stand
On special ground of right. As to theso
classes of person the commission s'lid that
tne investigation would have tobo extended
to enable it to passu satisfactory judgment
therein, and that to avoid the dolay which a
proper and full investigation of these classes
WOnld occasion, and In view of their minor
importnuceand yet peihaps greater diffi
culty of decision, and of the urgency ithat
defendant should be informed nt this time
ot the decision upon the leading question
invWved, namelv, the general construction
of the statute npon tho subject of free trans
portation, tho commission concluded to
hold tho case as to snch special classes of
parsons for snch further investigation as
might bo necess'iry to put it in full posses
sion of all the facts before passing upon
them, and in tho meantime to lsue an older
applicable to the classes first named, in ac
cordance wtth the construction at law as
set forth, this being pursuant to tho practice
in other cases.
THE TH1ED TIME THE CHABH.
raithrnl Lovers IVcd After Trying for IB
Years for Their rarenJV Consent.
Zaxisvilix, Dec. 31. Special.' At Chester
Hill, a little placo In Morgan county. Will
Dowees, when a mere bo"y, foil in lovo with
bis playmate, Miss Carrie Worstall. The
girl was willing but her parents objected,
and the brokon-heartod Lochiuvar went
West. Five years later he returned and re
newed his suit. Miss Carrie was still will
ing, but again tho parents interposed, say
ing Dewees was too poor. Again the lover
turned his face to the West. This time he'
remained aw ay ten years.
A tow days ago ho returned, having ac
cumulated a fortune of $25,000. He for the
last time asked for the hand or his youthful
love, and was reluscd. They wero nearing
the doubtful age of mat lenhood and bache
lorhood, and thought they knew their own
minds at last. They were, therefore, married
without tho parents' consent, and last even
ing started lor the Western home the bov
had promised his faithful bride many.years
bclore.
A VICI0ET FOB THE BUBS PABTY.
The
Ivvangellcal Factional Fight in an
Illinois Circuit Conrt.
Fbeevort, III., Dae, 31. Judge Shaw, of
tbe Circuit Court, to-day handed down his
decision in the Esher-Dubs Evangelical
Chnrch light. Bishop Esher Drought suit to
eject ministers of the Dubs taction at ltock
Giove, Stephenson county; Brookville, Ogle
county, nud Fatrhaven, enroll county, and
for an Injunction to restrain thorn from ex
el cising their functions as Evangelical min
isters. This Injunction was denied, tbe Court
holding that tho Dnbs conferences held in,
Chicago in liOOand 1E91, at which these min
isters wereappolnted, wnsdeclared the legal
conference of this State. The East Pennsyl
vania conference was declared legal fiom,
thonnturoor its call, and voluminous sta
tistics wore read bulling on the proof as to
which was the oder conference and which,
according to tho laws of tho Church, had
the right to call such meetings.
KENTUCKY SH0BT HALF A MILLION.
Institutions Dodging Taxes Hay Be Bron
;ht
to Time by tho Legislature.
Louisville, Dec. 31. In his mc?sage sent
to the Legislature to-day Governor Brown
points out the probability of a deficit or
nearly $500,000 at the close of the fiscal year,
and indicates that it will be met by using
tho JCCO.OOOof wartax to beieturaedto tho
Statu by the Federal Government. The
money belongs to the public schools by eir
nctincntor last winter, and a bond for it
will be issued in favor ot tlio schools.
He calls attention to $A01I,022 ot jailiond
property that has not paid taxes, undsas
the law exempting roads lor live years from
their construction seems unconstitutional,
and tho tax should be collected. He Amis
only eight counties havo collected county
tax on .intoxicating liquoK, and asks that
the taxtie collected and negligent officials
punished. Uetlnda lotteries still iu opera
tion, nud'asks for their suppression. "
A Former Plttubnrger Go.'s a Wife.
Massillox, O., Dec. 31. iJc-eiaClCharlcs
C. Horton, proprietor of the Hotel Conrad,
this city, formerly head clerk ot. the Sttll
mau, Cleveland, aud the Hotel Anderson,
Pittsburg, "was married m Jauioslown. X,
Y., tills evening, lo Mi3s -Maud Hall,
daughter of Dr. Henry P. Hall, of that citv.
Ihe Tragedy oil nt YVashln;
;ton.
Uulroii Ji.umal.l
TJ:o "Iiivided Kingdom, or "tho Fall of
DeiiiorTHC'! the tragedy that holds the
boaruj, lu Washington itow.
omr a -otr tst PlTJTTTHTTnW
JUB A A AQtlilCM a U U1V11 it
55--? "'
Five Mi-ntMtJaV
-iT;' .-iit.vi
"Dinner "Annually v for
Kisht Tears. - '
New Yomt, Dec. .11. ISneciol. A remark
able reunion took place at the Everett
Honso this j'venliijr. Forty-eight years ago
five young men, at that time. residing in
Concord, N, H., asm-eel to meet on the last
night ot the year for an annual sapper to bo
i The compact by which they were bound to
gethcr was a very short and flight on,e
i '1 heir piinelpal object was social enjoy
ment, but they wero serious enough to agree
.that they would not uso intoxicating
liquors as a beverage, or engage in games of
chance. Tlioj woie all, in time, married,
and pursued their dlffeicnt' business call
ings indifferent parts of the-cotmtry. But
the annual mectfirs was never omitted, and
to-night they celebrated their forty-eighth
annual festival.
All wefo piescnt and in good' health.
There is only Jive years' difference in their
ages, the youngest being 07 and tho oldest 72.
They are inclined to bellovn that stieh a
record is unmatched in club history, whero
tho original ini'iubeis have all survived so
many cars. There has been but a single
tleutli in any of their immediate families in
all that time. Tho gentlemen composing
this "mystic llvo" aro Hon. J. C. A. II ill and
George A. lllanchard, of Concord, X. II.;
Hon. Charles A. Tutts. or Docr, X. 11.;
Joseph S. Abbott, or Washington, and Dr.
William W. Hurd, of this citv.
AN 1MP0ETAKT DECISION.
Granting tho State tlio lllght to Tax" a Col
lateral Inheritance".
llAERisnuno, Dec. 31. Special. Judgo
Bittinger, of Yoik, has decided.a collateral
inheritance case of considerable importance
in favor of tho State. George Small died in
Baltimoi e about a year ao, leaving as a por
tion of his estate n one-third interest in n
joint partnership controlling a flouringmill,
real estate investments, etc., tho whole be
ing n orth $4-)0,t.OO. The ft ido v took one-half
of her husband's Intel est, wh'ch was $150,000,
leaving $75,000, upon which thoSlato claimed
a collateral inheritance tax of 5 per cent,
amounting to:i.7J0.
Thecxeeutois contended that the estato
was pot liable lor the tax because Small was
a losident of lialtimoie, and tho stock being
personal property, lollnwed his person in
law, and was taxable, if nny here, in Mary
land. The Attorney General, on behair of
the Commonwealth, argued that the estate
beingan interest iu a joint'stock partner
ship, engaged iu business in Pennsylvania,
nnq the leal estato being capitalized as
stock, tho stock was actn.illy within tho
Commonwealth of PcnnsvUnnia, and there
fore taxable heir. Judge Blttlmrcr sustained
the Commonwealth's contention, and gave
judgment lor tho amount claimed.
A BIG FLAX COMPANY
Incorporated In Illinois With Three Million
Dollars Capital.
Chicago, Dec. 3L An extensive company,
backed by Eastern capital, has been organ
ized in Chicago for tho innnufactme of
American flax. A licenso of incorporation
was issued to it under tho naino of the United
States Linen Manufacturing Company
by the Secretary of Stato at Springfield to
day. Tho capital stock is placedat $3,000,000
and the nominal incorporators aro Andrew
Spear, Gcorgo F. Kaudall and Thomas Wil
son. Speaking for the new company, G. W.
Cook, an attorney, said the people backing
the scheme had money In abundance, and
that they Intended to build extensive fac
tories in or about Chicago. "I am not at
liberty to give definite information as yet,"
bo continued, "hut will do so in a w eek or
ten days. At picsent nearly all tho flax
used in this country is imported. This com
pany has demonstrated to its own satisfac
tion that it can manufacture the article
much cheaper than it can bo Imported, and
at the same time furnish us good an article
as that made in foreign countries. Tho
company is a backed by Knstcrn men, who
have the money to invest, and who are con
fident tho enterprise will win."
EGYPTIAN BELICS.
The Museum of tho Stto Will KeceiveTTro
Mruicntocs of the Past.
Philadelphia, Dec. 31. The museum of
the University of Pennsylvania will be en
riched by several valnnblo contiibutions
from the Egypt Exploration Fund, discov
ered by M. Naville, at tho site of Ha-kho-
Pnenu (Hcracleopnlis Magna), tho modern
Ahnas-cl-Medinet, Upper Lypt, during the
explorations of 1501.
They include two largo fragments of an in
scribed column from tho nuns of the Great
Temple of Harshefi. of red granite of Syenn,
dating from tho time of Rameses II., XIX
Egyptian Dj nasty, about U. C. 1500. Another
object fiom tho same templo and of the same
period is a sitting statue or Kameses II., of
heroic bize, with lemaikaUlo remains of
color, in three pieces, tho throne being very
fincly inscribed. Its material is tho red lime
stonoof Gebel Ah mar.
DEAT11S 1IEKE AM) ELSEWHERE.
Bishop Stmno! Adjal Crowther.
The lit llev. Samuel Aiijni Crowther,
D. D., lllsliop or NlRcr Territory, died to-ilay in
London. He was a nutiro African, and his his
tory, extending ovrr 70 year or more from a state
of abject scrviturtu to the Episcopate, ls a very
romantic one. Ills original mime was Aujal, and
his family lived tt Ochugii. in the Yarnbu country,
2U0 miles inland lrom the night or Benin. He was
carried off In 1321 by the Ero Mahometans: was ex
changed for a horse; was again exchanged at Dali
dalulno, where ho was treated with great cruelty:
as then again bold ns a slave for some tobaceo;
was capturid by an English man-of-war ana lauded
at Merra Leone In ISS. He was baptized hf 131i,
tak I ng tlio name of the Evangc'Ilcal Vicar of Chilli
Church, Xewatc street. Samuel Crowther. In
IBB ho married a native girl who had-been taught
iu the same senool with lihn. Then for several
jcirshe served as sclioolmatcrofKegeiits Town,
aim subsequently accuuranleil the first Niger ex
pedition. Alter arriving Id England ami studying
at the Chnrch Missionary Colligc at Islington, lie
w.isonlaineil by the bishop of London, lie was
alterward an aelle cleigunnu at Akessa, trans
lated Ihe Rtblo Into Yorubru aud. undertook vari
ous other literary wnrksof a religious character for
Hie lieoellt of lii African brethren. He was con
secrated first illsliop of Niger Territory, West
Africa, June 2, 14.
Princo Victor Ilobenlobe.
Influenza continues to claim victims
among the princely families ot Europe, the last
person of that class to' die from tbe disease being
Prince Victor llolienlobe, who was sojourning in
London. He had been ill for some thin, suffering
from a cancer. He contracted lnQueuza A few davs
ago, but It was supposed he was recovering fiom
the eflects of Hut atttck. Hn was an especial
favorite of Queen Victoria. Prince Victor Fi a ids
I'ercllnan Eugene Gtistave Adolpbe Constuiitlu
Frederick Hohenlolie as born at Langenbnrg on
Xovemberll. IKli Uewas the second brotherof
Hermann l".rnet Frauds licrnarrl. Prince of Hoh
enlolie. the head of Hie Ilohenlolie-Langehurg
branch ofllic lamlly. InlSSl Prince. Victor Jlohen
lolio tooktlie name of Count or Clelelnn. the sec
ond title of tlio Prluce of llolienlobe.
ltobcrt AV. Vandevort.
Eobert W. Vandevort, father of John "V.
Vandevort. of the CaTCgie association, died on
Wednesday, theioth 'lit., at Ids residence at Pasa
dena, Cal. Mr. Viimh'tort was in Ids 8-rt year,
going to l'aarteivt about eight year ago with his
son, John W., who waj in poor health.
Oliifnary Jfotes. s
MAKQUIS he PiOf AFir.L, Portuguese Minister to
Germany, died at IScrlta Wednesday or influenza.
SiONOit Caclo A. Ciiizzola, the veteran oper
atic manager, died in Paris Monday of consump-
uoii.
It. AUSTIN' KoiiERTO.T, one of the founders of
the American Art Association, died late Tuesday
night in Paris.'
GtoiiGE W. WALI.INO, for many years Superin
tendent of the New Yurk Police Department, died
yesterday moi nlng at Ids home iu Eoyport.
FiiEDiniCh. I!. WHIOUT. tlio well-Lnonn artist,
died Tuesdav In South Wejuiotith, Mas., aged 42
years. He excelled especially In crayon uoriralts.
PltOF. XATIIAX PJE1IKIS8 SETMOUn, 1,1,. D.,
for years a proi'eisor In tlio Western IJcscrve, Col
lege. Ohio, thed of the grip Monday at the resi
dence ot his son, I'nii.T. 1). beyjnour, of Yale, In
New Haven.
T. II. AkmstisOXO, ex-I.lentenaut Governor of
Minnesota, died of llrlglit's disease Wednesday
cvpiiing. at tliengoof fcUjears, atAllx-rt Lea. lie
served in hotii UoiL-esol Hie Legislature, and was
an Influential llepulilleau.
CaitaixMj L, VlliPKV, one of the few remain
ing pioneer steamboat ui'en, died at his home la
Louisville, Wednesday, aged 8J. The last boat be
commanded wnsllio'Iom Sherlock, iu the Cincin
nati and New Orleans trade.
fc, S. CG3E, Michigan's Brst ltailroad Comiujs
sloner, died at Kalamazoo Wednesday of pneu
monia, aged 71 years. He was widely known East
aud West, and a capitalist of public spirit. His
rattn,ai report were deemed an authority b the
UiilteJStates,and n ere sought lu England, France,
Germany aud ltussla.
Edmund T. ItitooKK, a descendant of Henry
llrooks, who was cniut otcd with Oliver Cromwell's
army, and who after the. u-eesstou and restora
tion of Chart's II. lu rBO came to America, was
Jmried In t'lteslilre. Conn., Wednesday. Henry
Hniok-ir.dde-eendantsliive resided In Cheshri
since i'i'ti,-i!ifl HielogivihliioccupSelbylLe UrojKi
j.i.Ktli 1h'Ait the- jtcvo.Uii.m Is oue ul tho laud
inai Li of thai par: of tbeitatc.
& fiCTjy'tp'S.'aqrsBawsi
j,na-iiAsi:iAUiJ2iisui
State Music Trachors" Convention Is Jfr,
and tho Visitors Bars Oon A Quiet.
Social Week Still Gires Ifasblonabie
Women Somrtlilng to Do.
Yesterday brought to a close the third
annual Convention of the SlatoMusic Teach
ers' Association, in session in Carnegie
business meeting was held. In which tbe
annual election took place. Thero was little
that was interesting nt tho election, things
being very .far from fever heat, for it was
moionmattet'of form, and only confirmed
almost the entiic slate prepared and pub
lished on Tuesday. Tho following are the
officers for tho vear 1892, when, as yester
day's Dispatch stated, tho convention will
bo held in Heading:
President, Edward A. Berg, Heading; Soc
lotary and Treasurer, William Wolsieffcr,
Phlladalphia.
Executive Committee Carl Moter, Eead
imr; Arthur Witticli, Heading; Thomas
u'Bocket, Philadelphia.
Fro-fiunime Commitfo .Tos. II. Glttings,
Pittsbirr: A. W. Borst, Philadelphia; itoscoo
Htitr, Willinmsroit.
Auditing Committee I. II. Kurzcnknabe.
Hairisbnig: 31. II. Kcllar, Beading; C. A.
Marks, Allentown.
The dual position of S?oretary and Treas
uier, leally the laborious one of all the
offices, was lenderetl, comparatively speak
inir, a bonanza, uv attaching loitn snluty
o5Ij0 per year, it being thought that tins
nominal 'urn wilt render refusal of tho office
lev, likely. Tho programmer again intro
duced tho high order of mtisio which has
mniked the entire convention, as well
as making Fittsbnrg better acquainted
with some of Its own particular talent. A
good attendance p.itioni7.oU it jesterday,
and It was common remaik ntnong the vis
ltors that Philadelphia' attendances hist
j'car compared very unfavorably with that
of Pittsburg on tho present occasion.
3Ir. Paul Blouct (Max O'Kell) has con
sented to appear in Pittsburg again 'before
ho leaves America for a tour of Austratfa,
the date of his coming being Saturday, Jan
uary 9, when he will lectuio in Carncgio
Hull, Allegheny, on "Amorica as Seen
Through Frond) Glasses." Tho distinguished
lecturer has been brought hero under tho
auspices of the Mission Fraticaise and forits
benefit. Tho Chancellor or the Wostorn
University, Bev. W. J. Holland. D. D., will
be Chairman and introduce Mr. BJonct. The
following comprise the patronage of the
lecture: " '
The lit. Iter. Bishop of the- Dloecs" of Western
Peunsjlvauli aud Mrs. .Wiiltehead, the Chancel
lor or the Western University of Peni'sylvaiilii
and Mrs. Holland, ltev. (icorge Hodges and Mrs.
Hodges, the rector of Bishop Bowman Institute
and Sirs, Coster, Iter. D. George Pun ea and airs.
Piirves.
ltev. Dr.-ltlchard S. Holmes and Sirs. Holmes,
liev. Dr. J. P. E. Kumlerand 3Irs. Kiimler, Kcv.
Dr. Woodbiirn and Mrs. Woortburu, Kev. Dr. Izer
and ilis. Izer. ltev. Dr. Norcross aud Mr. or
cross. Miss S. II. Kllllkelly, Mr. aud Mrs.
Charles .1. Clarke. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
S. Clirke, Mr. aud Mrs. Louis Clarke.
Colonel anil Mrs. E. Jay Allen, Mr. and Mrs.
licuben Sillier. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph If. Dllworth.
Sirs. J. M. Jones. Sirs. E. 31. Ferguson. Mrs. and
3llsses Ilusscy. Mrs. J. It. bcott and 3Ils Scott,
Sirs, and 3liss Suydam, 3Irs. andSIiss aiiaw, 31 r.
and Sirs. James A. Chambers. 3lr. and 31rs.
Henry Hoklshln. 3lisa Harding, 3Irs. aud
3Iiss Wlietler. 31r. and 3Irs. Pontefrr.ct,
31rs. Park Painter. 3Iisses 3Icrcur. JIIss Critten
den, 3Iits Snwye-r, N'orth avenner Mrs. Slorrison,
Mockton avenue: 3Irs. llakewcll. Arch street;
3lr. and Jlrs. Theodore Nevlu. Mrs. Dr. Flcni
mlng. 3Ir. and Sirs. Woods, 3Irs. and Misses Jlc
Knight. Sewlckley; 3liss Emma 3IcKee. Sir. and
Sirs. Florence O'Neill- Mr. and Sirs. C
A- Book. Str. and Sfrs. James JIcKaj-,
Sir. and Sirs. W, Schoyer. SUss 3tarianne Srhojcr,
Dr. Slercur, Dr. Sutton, Dr. King. Dr. K. V. Plt
'"'rn. Dr. and airs. Allyn, Dr. Slatsou, Dr. and
31 -s. F. JlrCann, Sirs. John Scott andSII-i Scott,
. .r. anil Sirs. II. T. Slorrls. Sirs, and Sllss Kler,
Sir. William Humphreys.
Social Chattor.
The members of the Unitarian Chnrch, of
Pittsburg, which meet in the Old University
building, have arrangod a sort of Dante
camcric for every Wednesday fortnight,
when they meet and discuss the philosophy
and lellgion of the author of the "Coinedi.i
Divine." 3113 Lyman, who ls a relative of
Mr. St. Johns, the pastor, and a charmingly
cultivated and typical Boston gentlewoman,
conducts tlio researches Into the genius of
the gteat Italian, the littlo company ot his
worshippers having obtained the most note
wortbv of modern translations of his works
and other writings concerning them. It is
said that these little intellectual com
munions nie among the pleasautcst of their
kind in tlio city.
Tun Electric Club, a recently formed or
ganization for superinducing tho social
chai-acteristicsoftlio.se connected with tho
electric business in this city, will open Its
doors to-day for the first time. Tho clnb
honso is on'Penn avenur, near Eighth street,
and has been arranged with a view to the
comfort and pleasures of its members. Tho
Elito Orchestra. Emil C. Heinricks, leader,
will bo present during tho hours of recep
tion, which begin at 12 noon aud end at mid
night. Tnr. acknowledged belle of this season in
Pittsburg society, Miss Julia Watson, was
given a coming out ball last night iu the
Pittsburg Club by her patents, Mr. and Sire.
31ark. W. Watson. The house was beauti
fully decorated with flowers, and a repre
sentative Allegheny and Pittsburg gather
ing filled the club theator and Its adjacent
apartments. '
Tiiekk wero several tbostcr parties at the
Alvm Theater last night, and the andipneo
gencralb' was.lnrgely made up of society
1eople. The loges aro becoming popular for
ox parties, and one was so occupied last
night by the Misses (3) Carpenter, and Miss
Brj-ner, Mr. 11. Bishop, Mr. lfobinsou, Mr.
Pearson and Mr. Burns, all of Sewlckley.
Mas. Wallace Imuoff gave a delightful
entertainment to her lricnds yosterday'af
ternoon at her residence, Penn uvenne,
Point Breeze. The hostess was assisted bv
Sirs. Hnrry Imhoffj Jlrs. S. J. Carr, of Balti
more, 3trs. W. H. Kolland Mrs. B.S. Ambler,
of Salem, O.
Sliss Walters, the very charming daugh
ter of Dr. J. S. Walters uiulayancee ot this
.season, gave a luncheon last night for Miss
Cullen, or fimaueipuia.
Miss Bessik Hale, of Ellsworth avenue,
gives an afternoon tea, to-day to ladies nud
men, which will be followed by a dance in
tho evening. ,
Miss Kose Callery has issued Invitations
for a hull to be given in a short time.
MBS. HABHISOH'S NEW CHIHAWABE,
It Arrives nt tho V hito House and Bears
' tho President's Name.
WAsnisr.Tox, D. C, Dec. 31. Special.
There was received at tho White Honse to
day, from Frnnce, tlio new chinawnre or
dered by Mrs. Harrisou for use at dinners in
tho Executive Mansion. There aro
250 pieces in tlio set and it is
intended that the service shall be used
for tbe first time at the Cabinet dinner
on January 20. Jlrs. Harrison de
signed the plates, which are the hand
somest ever "used at tho President s
table. Tho pattern on tho two lurger
sizes has golden eais of tasseled corn on a
l.neksround of imrerlal Prussian blue.
Njvhich lorms the rims or the plates. Encir
cling tno inner eagooi inn jun, ami encioscu
by a gilt band, at e 4 gold stars, whilo in the
center or each plate is tho coatofaruis of
the United States.
Photographs wero made of the famous
war eagle, "Uncle Abe," of Wisconsin, to
furnish the pattern of tho national bird,
from beneath whose outstretched pinions is
tho motto "E Plunbus Unntn" in raised
letters of blue. Mrs. Hurrisou had stamped
upon the back of each piece of tin's china, in
gilt letters, "Harrison, 1832." Xoue of the
other tableware hitherto used at the Ex
ecutive Mansion has been thus designated.
QUICK DETECTIVE W0BS.
Tho Adams Expreis Company Has Never
Failed to Apprehend Its Hobbeis.
Ciscisxati, Dec. 31. General Jlanager
Weir, of the Adams Express Company, con
liiius tho report pnbli-tficd this morning of
tho capture of the leader of the gang of rob
bers who robbed the St. Louis aud San Fnm
eiseo train just out or St. Louis eatly in De
cember. Ho also saj s it is the quickest piece
of detective work in the history of tiaiu
robberies
The company became possessed of a
knowledge of the personnel of the gang
within sii daj-s alter the iobber,but they
had scattuicd to all points of the compass
and are not vet all located. Manager Weir
says the ctedlt of discovering the gang is
duo to Chief Harrigau, of St. Louis, and the
arrest alreadj-made and those to follow win
doubtless be made by the Pinkertons, who
are constantly retained by the express com
pany and aro working harmoniously w ith
tho St. Lonis people. Tills arrest, Colonol
Weir sav, keeps up the inlo that In no case
has the "Adams Express Company tailed fo
apprehend the rolibem of Its train.''.
The Philadelphia. Mint's Coinage.
PnitADiirHiA, Dec 31, During the year
which is justdrawing toa close there were
coined at the Philadelphia Mint o'ver 92,000.
COO pieces, with a valuation of 113 000,000.
Owing to tho discontinuance of tint cuimigo
of the silver dollar after July 1, the total Is
nornsgreatasthatoflastjear. JSvo'y hing
is ho a- iu read'ii'ss to commence the coinage
lor HS2 on Saturday.
K r - -?.. T MT r -
i ' TT .'
. The Exposition llpnaced. ..
To the Editor of The Dlstiatctu
As a Ifo manager of tho Pittsburgh Expo
sition, and in behalf of a number of asso
ciates, I desire to prcsonfra few facts rela
tive to the forthcoming election for direct
ors: First Does it occur to tho merchants of
Fittsbnrg and the life managers who aro
antithetic In this matter, that circumstances
mayarlsp to prevent an Exposition In isar:
Second Does it occur to tho gen'Iemcn
who are iu rho opposition movement, thnt
complications may follow in which the
courts might bo-akcd to declare which Is
tho legal board, and pending the controversy
the doors of the Exposition wonld be closed,
nnd $100,000 lot to the merchnnt ntid man
aTopiout ilurij'g tho fall of IS!)J? Should the
matter be carried into tho court", it would
certainly ihke a vear to decide the question.
Third Do tbe" opposition leaders know
that fho tlo-.itinc debt of over 203,000, which
existed three or fonr' veirs ago, has now
been reduced to about $10 000? irihevdonot
attend the forthcoming annual election tho
report w ill enlighten them. If Is' easy to
demonstrate who accomplished this, and
eo.mmon courtesy demands that we give
credit wheritis due, viz. to the present
ditcctory. Now, if tuo present board is
ousted, who is goiivr tr provide lor this
floating debte Certainly the incoming board
would not ask the old directors to carry the
paper or the institution if such ttngratetni
tn-iiment should he meted them.
Fourth The ptoicctors of .this enterprise
havp given manvof their best j-rarstoits
develnpnint and success, and have person
ally guaranteed, from yi ar to year, tho pay
ment of Its filiating debt. Certain it is, that
not a lifo manager iu the opposition move
ment ran show as much public spirir, and
I think I am safe in saying that not one of
the gentlemen in the opposition movement
can show as liberal contributions In actual
cash tow urd the establishing of the Exposi
tion. Fifth Ucrorpncehns been made to the fact
that new blood is wanted in the Exposition
directory and, hence, tho rotarv system
should be adopted. I have only this to say,
that the first eentlrmnn to drop out of the
Board was Sir, Joseph T. Specr, who re
signed: tho next was Sir. Charles o. Scull,
General Passenger Agent or the IU& O.. who
also resigned; the next was the lute 3Ir. J. J.
Gillespie, removed by death: the next was
Colonel E. J, Unger, "vyho resigned, and tho
next was William 3lcCrccry. removed bj
death, The vncanc!"s occasioned by these
changes have been filled by the Board as
thev ocenrred. bv snch well known citizens
as Colonel J. M. Schoonmakor, Charles Don
nelly, and other equally nromlnent gentle
men. This number of' changes In a tevr
years should meet tho wishes or the life
managers ho desire fo seo tho rotary sys
tem adopted.
Sixth IT in private business a man, or set
of men, create and successfully carryon a
business enterprise, common sense snggests
that the management be left in their hands.
Here wo have the illustrations in a public
enterprise: The present Board of Directors
have placed to their credit three of the most
successful yenrs ever accomplished bv an
Exposition society. No ono can successfully
controvert this stntement: hence. I think
they should be carncstlv requested to con
tinue to manage its affairs, at least until it is
completely nnt of deb.
Seventh I would ndvis" tho lire managers
who havo not nl-eadvdone n to -end in
their proxies to Presid-nt Bindley for the
re-election of the old board, and that, if
possible, f hey attend the annual meeting on
Ja n ua r v B. rEiicv F. s M ith.
Decocdeu 31, 1391.
MBS DAVIS MUST TBY AGAIN.
Jefferson's Widow Files a Complaint That
Alnst He Slado Over.
Xw York, Dec. 31, Special. Judge
Dugro, of the Superior Court, has sustained
a demurrer to the complaint of Sirs. Varina
Davis, widow of Jefferson Davis, in her
action against Bobert Belford and Edward
Lange. She is permitted, however, to serve
another complaint. The demurrer was on
the ground that she had improperly joined
separate causes of action. She made a con
tract to write two volumes of memoirs of
her husband, which Belford was to publish
for six years. She was to rcceivo 2J per
cent on the retail price of the books sold.
She says thatEanco agreed to give a bond of
$10,000 "that Belford wonld keep tbo agree
ment. The book was published last Srarch, and
three months after Belfoid msdo a settle
ment, showin-j 4.001 37 credited to her. She
alleaes that Belford is now insolvent, and
that ho and I-augo have tried to constrain
her to assign the contract. She akort SMXH
ns against Bel'ord. 10,000 from Ltingo as
liquidated damages, a decreu. declaring tlio
contract broken, and an injunction to pre
vent Bolfoid assigning the coutract to
others.
A CAVS BICH WITH SIL7EB
Found by o 3IInIng Prospector Among 3
Pile or Rocks in Canidn.
Kisgsto.v, 0T.. Dec. 31. A miner, whilo
prospecting on a farm in Barry township,
discovered an opening among some rocks
which was choked with debris and tnngled
berry hushes. He cleared away the debris,
entered and was soon in a care of consider
able, but nt present unknown depth.
Two hundred feet from the entrance a
sheet of water was encountered. The miner
secured silver stalactites, which lie'has since
beaten into rings. The ore in sight is very
valuable. Further investigation will follow.
It was an old tradition that this cave existed
nnd that tho Indians made ornaments from
the ore In it.
IIiK fZAI! IX TROUBLE.
AxrrnKR plot to nssrfsinato tho Czar has
boen discovered- Iferopswo-ensabundant
ns plots, Hussla could food tho world. Chi
cago Globe.
Ir the Czar should insist on using some of
his ministers as dynamite shields ho wonld
serve his subjects well. Sew York Commer
cial Advertiser.
Llt us all hope thnt the Grand DnkeSer
gins is suspected of'treason." It may mean
a leader for a formidable; revolt against
Czarism, and that would mean a freer nnd
kinder government for tlio Uttssinn people.
Boston GUie.
Bcssux officials at Warsaw report tho dis
covery of a conspiracy to remove the Czar.
Many students and prominent citizens are
implicated. The great weakness of Btissian
conspiracies is their liability to be dis
covered. Bvffa'o Express.
TflK report that the Czar Is about'to banish
his own brother from tho realm Indicates
that ho Is a good deal like the man who
didn't invite bis brother to his wedding. He
had to draw tlio line somewhere, and he
drew it there. Boon Herald.
WEr.oto with rcgrut that the bomb throw
ers are again after tho Czar. Has tho Czar
noticed that tlie ew York stylo of frustrat
ing a nitroglyccrinistis to drawn portly
clerk into the imminent deadly breach just ,
In tho uick of time? Seic York Adiertiser.
Farmers Favor Kcatl Improvement.
Asoxsacno, Dec. 21. Special Tho
Washington County Farmers' Institute is
holding its annual meeting hero to-"iay.
Prof. L. M. Bonham, Secretary or the Ohio
State Board of Agriculture, delivered an ad
dress on "The Honest Farmer," and Hon.. A.
T. 3lcKclvey lectured on "Burnt Becrea
tions." Tho orntr of the daj-, howev er.was
W-W. Hunter, of Buffalo, Pa., a prominent
stockman of Washington count-. Ho
answered the question. "Which is the Best
Kind ofa Horse." Tho conven '.ion i strongly
in favor or :i regular, systematic effort at
road improvement.
IIolHdaysburg's Rolling 31III to Kcsumc.
HoLI.lDVSECitc. Dec. 31. Special. Tho
large lolling mill, rurnacos and frunchi-i-s
of tho Hollidaysburg and Gup In.n Wotks
v ero Mild by the receiver-this morning to
Hon. A.S. Lundis". trustee for the first mort
gage ci editors. Tim consideration wnssi,,
355. Theso woikslmvc been shut down mr
the past year, bur are expected to resume,
soon witli a complement of 230 men.
Jnctc 1'iost Lost Ills Bearings.
Detroit Free Press."
People who have fioznn to death aro Doing
found in Sunny Italy, while hero a winter
overcoat was a burden on Christinas Day
Jack Frost seems to havo lost his bearings.
Tho Men Slarchtd Down the 1IIIL
Boston Xcws.J
General Miles with 10 0J men inarched up
the hill and then marched down again.
Longing for a Scrappy New Tear.
Omaha WorU-JIeraUl.l ' ' . - .
Naval circles seem to bo longing for a
scrappy new year.
'CURIOUS.CONDENSATIONS.1
)!
Vs' r' . t - '5
Thirty-four pounds of raw sugar make
zi pounds or renticu.
The choir of the '2Iormon temple atj t
Salt Lake is 300 strong.
Dogs will be trained for carrying mes- -
saes during wars in Austria.
Germanium 53 a chemical substance, but
it is worth CO times its weight in Sold.
A Alichignn man has an apple which ho
picked up 19 months ago, and it is still pcr
icctly sound. "
In England during the past nine mouths
there were OS collisions, in which 102 people
wero killed or inlnrcd.
X company has been formed in Califor
nia for the purpose of making printer's ink .
from crude petroleum.
jii immense body of gray copper and
bromide has Imnn struck in tho Monte Cristo
mine on Shield's Gulch, near Osburn, Wasli.
The metal in a 5-cent nickel piece is
worth about half a. cent, nud 15ccnt3will
purchdse copper cnongh to make $2 worth of
cents.
Folding.Iinen is an accomplishment in '
which each woman in Holland is expected
to he proficient before she becomes mistress
or a home.
X dissolnte linguist, a teacher of seven
different languages, has been jailed at Lara
mie, Wvo., lor beating his wife, who sup
ported him by taking in washing.
At a reccut family reunion in .Jlissotiri
two unusually fat babies were proudly ox
hibited by their fond parents. The oldest,
aged . ye irs. weighs .107 pounds, and the
ounest, aged 2J-f years, weighs 03 pounds. .
A Stockton well borer recently found
the tooth of nn animal as a depth of 1121
feet. It recemblcs the tooth of a monkey.
Another tooth, apparently, that of a herba
ceous, animal, was found at a depth of 900
feet.
The Japanese believe in. serpents 800
f'ect long and large enough to swallow an
elephant; foxes with eight legs; monkeys
with four curs: fishes with ten heads nt
taehod to ono body, the flesh of which Is a
euro fur bolls.
A clothing company of Taunton. Mass.,
has received an order for a pnir of trowscrs
71J i inches waist, 19 inside seam, thigh II.
kneo 31. bottom 21, for a man who weighs 600
nudhelsonlv 20 years old at that. It will
take three yards double width cloth to do
the work.
Calvary, the hill near Jerusalem, where
the crucifixion of Jesus occurred, Is formed
of limestone. Tho shores of the Dead Sea
aro lined with pumice stone, showored. one
of some volcano that destroyed Sodom and
Gomorrah, which cities finally sank Deneaih
the waters or the Dead Sea.
The natives of Madagascar formerly
followed the moon In determining tinif, hue
since the influx of missionaries the Queen
Issued nn edict thnt the Christian year
should bo followed. Bo? in commencing tlio
vc.tr the date of the first daywas set some
tiino in Oetober or November.
Jinny a huntsman through a long life
has chased tbe fox with enthusiastic ardor
who would be surprised to know that In the
very tip of his tail or brash is a little bnnch,
of hairi, from 23 to 3J in number, which gives
forth to the despairing and almost van- ,
qulshed beast the refreshing ana stimulat
ing odor of violets.
The largest gold coin in circulation in
nny country In the world is tho gold "Ioof
of Anna in, the French colony in Eastern
Asia. It is a flat, round piece worth about
$300 in American money. The next in sizo
to thi uuwieldly coin is the Japanese)
"obang," which is exactly equal in valuo to
ten English sovereigns.
The coats mentioned in the Bible were
square garments of lino lamb's wool, worn
by every Israelite. Thero was a hole in tho
center for the heart to go through, and 1:
hnn; down before and behind. It was a coat
py dav, a covering bv night, and a shroud in
the grave. If seized" by a creditor It bad to
be returned at sunset.
Take a pencil and multiply twice two
are four, twice futir are eight, etc., and you
will find that In the twentieth generation
you had l,Wf,."i7.; ancestors, without coam
ing tho intermediate generations, and that
in tbe thirtieth generation you had over -
l.CCOOOO.COO ancestors, without counting those
between yourself and tho thirtieth.
Perhaps the most novel craft ever
sailed on San Dioio Baj- was. tho one
launched by J. D. Palmer, tho house
mover, thu other dav- Tnccraft in question
was a five-room cottage which Mr. Palmer-"
had t-tken a contract to move to South S.in
Diego. It was loaded on two barges and
drawu by a naptha launch.
A classic account of the distribution
of wheat over tho primeval World shows
that Cores, having tauzht her favorite. Trip
tolcmus, the ait of agricnlture and tho sci
ence of breadmaking, gavo him her chariot,
a celestial vehicle, and that in it bo traveled
night and dav distributing this valuable
bread grain anion? all nations of the earth.
Pierre Kuan, an aed banker of Paris,
had u prophetic dream o, few years ago
which told him that he would live until tho
year 1 02. He as so Arm in the belief that
the dream was correct that he had a monu
ment erected with his name, age and tho
dale, 1902, cut npon.it. The old man has
just died aud the marble-cutter has another
Pierre finau inscription and date pat on.
In Dikoa, iu Ademouah, in Logone and
elsewhere small cotton strips are tho regu
lar currency. In Bagirari theso strips are
so small that from 70 to no of them would
have to be pieced together to make a shirt.
In Darfoor the gray, course shirting circu
lates as nionej-, and in Tfont, in Upper
Egypt, this material is dyed dark or bluo
and then cut into pieces of three yards'
length.
The Japanese believe in a species of fox
which, iru"livestobe53 years old without
having been chased by a dog, transforms
himscTfinto a beautiful woman. This samo
fox if ho lives to the age of 100 years, gains
some new ponrer, among which is that of
beeouilii" a wonderful wizard. When he
re-iches The ag- oi 1,000 years ho becomes a
celestinl fox with nine golden-colored tails,
and has thepoer of going to heaven when
ever he chooses.
A pin manufacturer in Ansonia, Conn.,
is about to utilize some CO barrels of imper
fectpiusin building a sidewalk in front of
his re-idence. Thero is in that town a small
niece of sidewalk built of scraps from tho
nin f-ictorv, which bv corrosion nad become)
,...'-.1 in'ii fuw vears that it renuired muc-ii
r hard work in drilling aud blasting with dy-
tele-'raph pole, although it was but three or
fourmches thick. It bids fair to last as Ions
as a sidewalk of solid brass.
JOKELETS FB03I JUDGE.
"Why do those two young ladies look so ,
tad. nana?"-
Because each one has a new bonnet, my son.
and each one thinks that the other has the
prettiest."
It's well to know just now, when Xew Year s
calling
U with us once again with all Its "balling."
That if in mixing drinks yon are particular ,
You'll very scluom Io.se vour perpendicular.
Ted Did you go calling in a cab? ". .
Ned No; I came home In one.
"How lasvish old Sol is with light," said-,
the exuberant lover one happy, sunshiny day. c ..
Yes," ntnmcd the loved one facetiously. "I
think Sol uiitotU! a sort fcf prodigal sun.'""
roon, nun. iiuiias xatcrc -J"
lie swore off from poker aud smoking antl
wine. " S
And everything else lie considered pollution;.
But he railed to liieui) to hi preaching divine, .
Kur the first thing he broke was his good resolu
tion. - , .
A.Jliscalculation. "Comstock and Bag
lev were pretty full when they drove Into the yard
la'-t night."
Yes: tl was all the result ofa miscalculation."
'How wan that?" ,
Well, Iiagley lellsmctlicy proeuredllqnid sup
plies ror feu miles and arterwsrd found the drire
was onlv seven."
"1'our times in my life I have been glad
tint I Hid."
Onlv four?"
'Yes: once when I jras married and the otuer
three times when I gotnirdlvorce.'.'
Economical Mabel Arc you ?tin3 "
kiep a diary this year. Amy? . t
Amy X: It Isn't necessary. I have W Iear
yet, ns good as new. ,
"We're feeling blue about the s's
For now this man of gall.
Will fill Ids pocket full or ullU i-
Ami make his New Year call.
AlcCorkle Swear off, ilcCrackle?
MrCracMe-Yra. n
McCorkle?; 1 ringing
McCrawAJe NoiawearinslofT.
,f