tfimjif krswp9 RP1 ""MF" THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY, ' " JANUARY 6, 1892. i$g&t ESTABLISH Ell FEBKUARY . 1S46 Vol. . No. t3. Entered at Pittsburg Potofflce loveiDber. lt. as beeonu-cmss mailer. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 78 and So Diamond Street, in New Dispatcli Building. T-.A"5TTnV AUVF.RTISIVrc OFFirE. ROOM TR. ORIBT'NE Brn.PIVO. NEW YORK, where com plete flics ofTHE IIIM'A IVII "II always dp lounu. Foreign adertiers npprwi-ite the convenience. Home advertisers aurt friend of! HE DISPATCH, while In ew York, are alo made -welcome. JHKDISTATCH1 i?vlnr!ynn mlratBrrntrmn's. t Vmon Souarr. -Vis larl.tiwl 17 Are lieVOpem. rant, Prance, irhere anyotr icto ha been dwrrp pcinted at a lukcl nacs x'an'i can cUam if. TEBMS or TlIE DISPATCH. T-OtTlOr TT1EF It TTir TMTED STATES. TiAIITDiRrATcn. One Year 8 CO Paii1 PlTATCH. Per Quarter ICO Pah PlsrATClI. On Month "0 HaILT Disr ITCH. Including S"ll ("..it. 1 Tear 10 03 T ILT Dispatch, including Mmd-l-. 3 m"hs 250 Dailt Dispatch. Inducing cundav. 1 m'th.. 10 f-rDAl Tlisi ATCIl. One Yur I W Wfeki.1 Di-p vrcn. One Year IIS Tnr Daili DisrvTCHl:. ilnhered bv carriers at 15 cent per week, or, imJndiiigfcund-iy Edition, at 10 cent per week piTTSBurG. Wednesday, januakyo. GOOD J OK TDK POLICE, There is ground for decided public satis faction in the successful capture by the police of a portion of the burglars who have been plunderinc the residence wards of the city. Merely as a reversal of the apparent practice of letting the house breaking industry go on undisturbed, this is a change full of gratification for citizens who hae a preference for being protected from crimes against persons and prop erty. But (here is specific reason for public satisfaction in the detail that the arrests were the result of .systematic work by the police in following up clews, locating -the thieves and in securing a portion of the plunder. This can be taken as an in dication that the era when the police give up every burglary as an insoluble mystery is ended, and that a new one of active, earnest and intelligent ferreting out of all criminals has taken its place. If this promise is made good the citizens or Pitts burg can rejoice in a renewed security on the streets and in their home. Let the police continue the good work they have shown in this case and they will give the best justification for their exist ence for abolishing crane in Pittsburg provided the criminals after they are once lodged in prison, are not permitted to walk out ot the jail or court house. THE E4ST CHILE IX RUMOR. The rumor, in jesterday's telegrams, that the new Chilean Government has in structed its Minister at 'Washington to ex press its sincere apology "for the unfor tunate and deplorable attack" on Amer ican sailors at Valparaiso is to be taken with a good deal of leservation. The principal reason for awaiting confirmation before placing much faith in it is that nine-tenths of the news sent to the United States from Chile, not only during the present dispute but during the entire Bal macedan conflict, has turned out to be either absolutely untrue or materially colored. There is reason forthinkingthat a foun dation for the report may i xist in the de termination ot the Chilean Cabinet to ex press its regrets over the occurrence, and to show the best evidence of its regret by the punishment of the rioters on whom actual proof of ciime has been fixed. This would be in accordance with the previous course of the Chilean authorities, who, during all the asperities of the correspon dence, have held to the position that while the Chilean Government was not properly responsible for a sailors' riot, it was in duty bound to use it best efforts to punish the rioters, and to show its entire opposi tion to what these ofiicialshave frequently termed "that lamentable occurrence " It might also suit some one in Chile to repre sent this as an unqualified apology. As for the difference between the two, the people of the United States will be fair enough to recognize that if the Chilean Cabinet expresses its regrets for the riot, and secures the punis.iment of the rioters, it will have done considerably more than the Harrison Cabinet was able to do with reference to the New Orleans affair. "OnitITY" FOK AMERIC. The Duke of Marlborough, after the proverbial stormy youth which seems to be the regulation experience of the En glish ari'-toeracu has taken to sociological btudies on the United States. Looking atj this country through the rose-colored glasses of the Hammerslev fortune, His Grace of Marlborough naturally thinks it very charming, and says as pleasant things about us as the first Marlborough ever did to a woman whom he betrayed or a minister whom he sold out. We can credit the present "Duke with more sincerity, how ever, for among his remarks, is a predic tion which he evidently regards as favora ble, but which believers of the democratic system may look at in a different light The Duke predicts that "in a not distant future, America will be possessed of a representative class of landed merchant nobles, who will vie in luxury and in wealth with an thing that the Old World ever produced." The idea tli3t the exhibition of "luxury and wealth" by the favored few is some thing which a nation should aim at is nat ural to a Marlborough whose family great ness is founded on the pursuitof those ob jects b means of favoritism. But to a demo cratic nation such an assertion is calcu lated to suggest an earnest inquiry whether that betrayal of the purposes and nullifi cation of the principles on which this nation is founded is actually taking place. As a question of fact there is too much real foundation for the ducal prediction. The erection of a class of "merchant nobles" is not an avowed purpose, except among the ultra-silly of Xew York fash ionable society. But the tendency of the methods by which great fortunes are created is to build up a privileged class, among whose manifestations the founda tion of great landed estates is becoming a prominent incident The details of the operation by which this class of "nobles" is coming into ex istence differ from those by which the European prototype was founded; but the essential features of the operation are identical. The European aristocracy was founded on success in the science of mili tary force, which was the power of that age; the American plutocracy rests on conquests of money-getting. Both repre sent a system of privilege and favoritism. The friendship of a money king is as im portant to the ambitious now as the patronage of an earl was in the medieval days. The privileges of the elder aris tocracy are rivaled to-day by the escape of individual responsibility through cor porate organization, and the success of Jmm the corporations in ignoring and nullify ing laws which ought to restrain them. All of this is a complete betrayal ot the democratic principles on which this Gov ernment is founded; but it is the legiti mate result of the earlier betrayal by which corporate wealth has been left free to ignore public obligations laid upon It by the conditions of its creation. A pre diction like this from a member of a de cajing aristocracy, under the impression that it is complimentarj, should arouse the American people to a rigorous inquiry whether they are content to let the in fluences creating a privileged class com plete their work. A EOG-ROIXING IDfiAj The devious tendencies of the human mind are again illustrated by the latest revival of suggestions as to what shall be done about building naval -vessels on the lakes. Eastern papers have had a new intermittent fit of supporting an alleged desire of Secretary Tracy's to carry on the business of naval construction at what they allege to be "the first-rate shipbuild ing ports of Buffalo, Erie, Cleveland, Detroit, Bay Cityand West Superior." It is not proposed to build these vessels for use on the lakes, and it is claimed that merely constructing them there would not be a violation of the treaty of 1818. The purpose of the proposition seems to be to build vessels there in order that the Gov ernment may make a demonstration of its inferiority in the matter of ship canals by requesting permission of Canada to take the craft through Canadian water-ways to the ocean. There has been one allegation that ves sels could be built more cheaply at the lake shipyards than on the seacoast; but the obstreperous Bates, who made that assertion, has been so sharply suppressed as to rob his statt ment of authority. Lake cities how gratifying progress in the con struction of lake craft, but there is yet no evidence that they are supplied with facil ities to build heavily armored iron-clads or fast cruisers. The fact that they could send no vesels to the ocean of greater draft than 12 feet would limit their work to the smaller naval vessels. If any bids should prove that ships of that necessary class can be built cheaper on the lakes than on the seaboard we have no doubt that the treaty of 1818 could be appeased by leaving them in the ownership of the builders until they were taken to the ocean ports to be delivered to the Government, armed and put into commission. But it is remarkable that none of these considerations of economy, availability or standard of work receive much attention in the current propositions to establish naval building on the lakes. The idea simply is that the expenditures on a navy must be divided up on the log-rolling principles of the river and harbor bill. The same principle governed the con struction of vessels on the Pacific coast under the pretext that it was cheaper to build ships there than to take them there. But as all materials had to be transported by rail to that coast, it would have been cheaper to have sailed them there as ships. The pretext is reversed in the Jake propo sition. But the underlying principle is identical of meeting the suggestion that the lakes should be considered in our naval policy bv proposing to give them some of the pork. In that light the fact that Chicago, Milwaukee, Thunder Bay, Grand Traverse, Marquette, Toledo, San dusky, Fairport and Ashtabula are left out in the cold will produce strenuous dis cord. All such ideas indicate a persistent blindness to the main factors in the case. The one respect in which this Govern ment is at a disadvantage is that our more far-sighted neighbors have connected the lakes "with the ocean by ship canals. The way to rectify that is to build the ship canals ourselves. When that is done the vessels can be built where the work will be done best and most cheaply, whether it is at West Superior, Pittsburg or Chester. AX ABSENT SArEGCtRD. The parting of a brake chain on an electric car coming down Troy Hill, the other day, resulted in a runaway and a smash up, from which the passengers providentialty escaped without serious in jury. The fact calls attention to the need for a reserv e of brake appliances on the high grades encountered by nearly all our traction lines. On these grades the sole precaution of the electric lines is in their brakes. The cable cars have the additional resource of being able to grip the cable if their brakes fail. But as experience has shown that cable cars can lose both grip and brake power the possibility of the loss being simultaneous shows the absolute need of addit'onal precautions, both on cable and electric lines. It should not be difficult for inventive genius to devise some means of stopping a car wholly independent of and in addition to its brakes and motive power. When that is done, and not before, will the full measure of safety for travel on our hill lines be attained. A GOOD BUSINESS BVROIIETER. The migration of business houses is an interesting feature in the growth of cities. The movement of such a center of attrac tion as the postoffice always gives rise to alterations in the direction of retail trade. The recent change in this city is no excep tion to the rule, and the owners of prop erty in the line of the new postoffice are reaping a legitimate harvest. Removals are expensive undertakings and not de void of some risk; so that it is encouraging, as a promise of prosperity in the business outlook, to note the number of such changes now on hand in the city's favored district ELECTRIC AXD OTHER EOADs, Another expected extension of the elec tric railroad system is presented as the prediction of "a practical man" that within two years the hills of Southern Chautauqua will be "strung with electric roads for the purpose of moving the grape crop." The advantage held out is that the roads can be built more cheaply and more quickly than macadamized roads, and are therefore more availa ble for this purpose. If the electric road is materially cheaper than the steam railroad of the same gauge and capacity, there can be little doubt that it is destined to extend itself into a great many sections where traffic is to be found in quantities of considerable volume, though not large enough to attract the steam system. But there is still room for doubt whether the electric road is superior in economy to the steam railroad, in places where the latter can be used. The track for one must cost as much as for the other, capacity and durability being equal. The question, then, is whether electric power can be applied more cheaply than direct steam power; and up to date that is very far from being demonstrated. The assertion that the electric road is cheaper than a macadamized highway also calls tor investigation. It is plain that a railway to be of much use must be laid upon a solid bed. If not, Its usefulness during the muddy season will be very slight and its hazards far greater than an ordinary mud road. But with a solid road bed the essential condition of a macadamized road is attained without the extra cost of ties and rails. There is no real rivalry between improved wagon roads and electric railroads; the two serve distinct-functions. The New York JVrw bis reached the double-leaded stage of frothing at the month for war with Chile, and its last effort is a column and a half pronnnciamento, in which the assertion is made that "in the diplomatic communications emanating from the Chilean Government there is nowhere to be found a word of regret for the tragedy or condemnation for the outrage oxcept in one place." That is, there is not in the com munications which the Prets lias published, that journal having been careful to omit publication of tlie communications which referred to the "lamentable" and "regretta ble" occurrence, and gave official assurance that the guilty parties should be punished. Of such misrepresentation as this is the war howl manufactured. Stiil we fail to observe that any of the gentlemen so anxious to engage in the noblo exercise of war have gone down to flght Colonel Gaizn, who has invaded United States territory and fired on United States troops. THE comments of esteemed Republican organs and the communications of tho Pres ident's message on the wickedness of ger rymanders might gain increased force if they noted the announcement that tho Ohio Legislature is going to re-district that State so as to make 16 Republican districts, and 7 Democratic. But the indignation on that score will be confined to the Democrats. The gerrymander which arouses the wrath of the party man is the gerrymander of the opposite pal ty. Theke is reason to congratulate Secre tary Foster on the brilliant success with which his present form of statement con ceals information concerning the condition of the Ircasnry. There is an intimation of the power of the literary man who catches the public attention in the report that the long-delayed recognition or Sir Frederick Roberts' services, as Commander-in-Chief of the In dian fnices, bv his elevation tothe peeraze, is due to Rudyard Kipling. The passing references to "Bob's Bahawdcr" by Kipling's three musketeers of this century have told the world more of that general's foresight and ability than it has ever learned from blue books or official reports. It is a delightful surprise that the cold spell should have staved with us so long; and jet there are folks rash enough to prophesy a further duration of seasonable weather. The German Government will have trouble with the Socialists very soon if it continues the line of action indicated in its circular to the Stito railways which in volves a reduction of wages, a dismissal of employes and a consequent increase of work for the surviving servants. Tnn confiscation by the German Govern ment of the printers' strike fund is an act at once most aibitrary and unjust, and it is difficult to conceive any kind of defense for it. ! Trr at the c.nrnoration of TJnhlin should hesitate to congratulate tho Queen on tho m image of the Duke of Clarence is not to be wondered at. The "noble" dnko has more than all the vices of his father's youth and about as-much brain power as the av erage chicken. The fatal result of the quirrel at a chnrch door at lit. Carracl, this State, is one more argument foi tho avoidance of discus sion on religious topics. The famine in Russia has reached serious proportions, and contributions for the suf ferers are being subscribed in many di rections. If America cared to raise a fund it would bo a very palpiblc proof of the superior prosperity enjoyed under a Re public. TJkcee Sam should make haste to settle amicably with Chile. The Indian ghost dancers are at it again and the army will have its hands full. TnE double-leaded announcement of the New York World that it is going to elect a Democratic President this year leaves a lit tle io be done outside tho offlcoof that organ. ItViU permit the Democratic convention to nominate a candidate; and it will do the rest. ' KXOWX TO THE WORLD. It is reported that the doctors who are in attendance on the Queen of Roumania des pair of saving her life. James Whistler's portrait of his mothei his been purchased bv the French Government for the Euxurnbuig Gallerv. Chairman Bount has decided to ap point Mr. Barlow Willingham, of Forsyth, Ga., clerk to tho Committee on foreign Af fairs. , The Norwegian composer, Grieg, and his wife have just been celebrating the twentv fifth anniveisiry ot their first public ap pearance. Thfodore von JIommsen, the famous German histoiian, celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of his professorship in the Uni vei sity of Berlin a lew days ago. Senator Stavford believes that mag netism can be developed in men and horses by intelligent effort, and in bleeding thoroughbieds on his California stock farm he has made experiments to that end. Colonel "Dick" Howard a prosper ous and,highly admired lesident of Cone sett, R. I., (New Pnovidence), is believed to be the only survivor now left ot John Brown's historic party at .Harper's Ferry. THE father of the Princess Mav Victoria, who has very recently suocumbed to the charms of Princo Collars and Cuffs, used to be called the Duke of Tick on account of the extremely precarious condition of his finances. Secretary Noble has appointed Thos. Nary, of Gull River, Minn., and Charles Hasden, of Champlin, Minn.. Exammeisand Appraisers of Chippewa Indian lands in Minn., under the act of January 11, 18S9, with a view to their further sale. FIQHX WITH A TARANTULA. A Yonkers Grocrr P.nns Across a Surprise Party in a Hunch of Bananas. New Tork, Jan. 5 Christian Gaul.a Yonk ers grocer, was cutting off the bunches ftom a branch of bananas when honoticeda cone shaped nest clinging to one of the steins. While h" was examining it an ugly tarantula dropped to the floor. Tho grocer hemmed it in on every side by boxes, collected all the penknives he could find and began throw ing them point on at the insect, hoping to pin it to the floor. Tlin first knire stiuck a lood wide of the maik. Tho tarantula leaped upon it like a flash and endeavored to bury its claws in the handle. Suddenly it maae a leap toward Mi . Gaul. Fortunately for him it was benumbedby the cold in the store, and consequently was not possessed of its usual activitv. It struck the side of one of the" boxes and fell back on the floor. Mr, Gaul took a more deliberate aim and threw another knife. Again the tarantula made a leap and-endeavored to bury its talon in the weapon. Kn-fe after knife was thrown, with the same result. Finding that his aim was not sufficiently accurate to kill tho insect in that manner, Mr. Gaul fastened a knife to the end of a long stick and approachpd his foe from be hind. Then he lowered his improvised spear until the blade was within a few inches of its body, and made u sudden jab. Tho blade struck the tainntula fairly in the middle or the back and pinned it to tho floor. After a few convnlhivo movements or the legs the fierce insect died: By actual meas urement its body was 1 inches in length. With Its legs spread it covered a diameter of fi inches. Even in its benumbed condition it could leap 2 feet irom the floor. THE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. One more proof was afforded last evening of tho dire need of this community for an adequate and permanent muilc hall. The octagonal Cyclorama Hall, with its single central circle of lights placed well up toward the lofty concave roof and streaming down upon a brilliant audience numboring at le ist 1,500 of our best people, presented a most pleasing picture, save for the big, paintlcss sounding board hastily put up behind the stage. But the requisite acoustic properties were lacking, the sound was blurted and muffled by a continuing vibration which was not sufficiently broken up by the streamers stretched from center to circumference at Conductor Damiosch's suggestion in the afternoon. More hangings will be put up to day, it is promised; and, maybe, if they muzzle tho Fort Wavno loco motives and chain up the animal that keeps ponnding lronin the cellar, this evening's concert mayjie distinct and satisfying. This unfortunate condition makes it im possible to blame certain shortcomings in the effectiveness of last night's concert upon tho distinguished performers whom the Al legheny Musical Association has had the en terprise to engage for the occas'on. Enough could be heard of the orchestra which, with its gifted young conductor, ap peared here for tho first time to make it clear that Mr. Walter Dam iosch's tact ard good fortune in securing that $50,000 annual guarantee fund enable him now to command permanently a bettor body of players than have for tho past dozen years been wont to play under him and his more eminent father. Tho addition of such artists nx Brodsky, Hekking nnd Koert, for example, counts for something, to say noth ing of the enlarged opportunity for re hearsal. This orchestra has a clearer title than ever to rank among the thieeor four best in the country; though it will take some time and, probably, some other things to make in all respects the equal of the Bos ton Symphony Oichestra, with which Pitts burg is most familiar. The programme opened with the "Tann haeuser" overture and closed with the "Rakoczy" match two sterling woiks of their kind, but which should have been re placed by selections which all the orchestras and brass bands havo not combined to make trite and stale even in Pittsburg. The same remark applies to the two woiks for full orchestra piogrammed this evening. Where people nie limited to one, or at most two visits of a complete orchestra each year, the constant repetition of the same pieces is a genuine grievance. Plenty of equivalents can be found in orchestral literature, Just as pleasing to those who know and care lit tle about what thry aie to hear and much more valuable and satisfying to tho grow ing class that does care and wants to know more. The oftheard overture was, moreover, played with less perfection of detail and general effectiveness, than on several former hearings. The wood-wind, not hav ing warmed up. opened it with slightly false intonations and the strings failed to swell as they should in the passionate pulses that throb mj ottcn in the Venus music. Aveiy exciting climax was produced, however. Mr. William J. Lavix, happy Bene dict though he is, was sadlv circumstanced in the big echoing hall and with the over loud orchestra and did not attain tho suc cess of his former appearance with the Allegheny Association. His mellifluous tenor had not the resonance, nor he, last evening.the passionate forcefulness to carry Walter's beautiful prize song ("Die Meistei-singei'-) over the richaccompaniment winch Wagner meant to be subdued to a difficult degree of softness. The tempo of the charming allegretto which stands for the usual slow movement in Beethoven's Seventh Symphony is one of the moot points upon which the doc tois difter among themselves. Mr. Damiosch's pace was the slowest of the slow and the music lost some of that sunny, lomantic character peculiarly belonging to this one of the immortal nine. Mr. Dam loschitnpiovcd the time which ho thus ex tended to cultivate refined dynamic effects with marked success. In respect of delicate nuances and general tonal balance this was the best larger woifcof the evening. The one important novelty was tho Theme and Variations that foims a finale to Tsch aikowski's third orchestral suite the same which the flerv Russian conducted himself at Carnegie Music Hall, Xow York, with such superb effectiveness. The theme is rhythmically striking and characteiistic: it is simplv announced by the violins. In its treatment the leader 'Of the younger Russian school displays at once his learning and the sponta neous outflow of his national traits. After halt a dozen distinct variations, all sharply 'contrasted in treatment, there is subjoined an extended rhapsody by way of finale, iu which the theme is led throughout tho whole gamut of orchestral expression. The prominent part lor solo violin occuinngln this latter section wasglven by Mr. Brodsky with u lovely, sensuous tone and artistic interpretation. Mr. Damrosch read tho work intelligently, though the defects of the hall muddled his eftects to a considera ble extent. Anotjifr novelty was the "Norwegian Artists' Carnival," by Svendsen, the dean of Danish composers and conductors since Gade's death. It should hae been called a "picnic" lather than a "carnival;" it was moie gay than giddy, more frolicsome than furious had more archness than abandon. Two morceaux foi strings were also new. One, a "Serenade Francaise," by Burgmein (nom Ce plume of Ricordi, the Italian composer) was a dainty imitation of the old French style of Rameau and his i!k, a very naive bit of woik. The other was a Xorwegian melody, by Grieg suipassingly lovely in its tender, haunting pathos, and displaying a variety of effect not often got from the strings alone. It was interpreted con amore by Mr. Damrosch nnd his men; quite tho most admirable perform ance of the evening. Mrs. Ida Eulcr-KIein showed an increased strength and lichness of voice as com pared with hflr former appeaiances here and was able to move tho audience to actual enthusiasm, compelling a repe tition of her number, Elizabeth's greet ing to tho hall of song, fiom "Tannhaeusoi." She sang with passionate intensity though without quite the breadth and dignity of style requisite. The "Rakoczy" mnrch the form in winch Berlioz, for his "Damnation of Faust,-' cast the old national airinhented by the Hungarians from valiant Franz Rakoczy of the eirly Eighteenth Cen turywas played with much vigor and spirit, bringing the evening to a close in a blaze of brass. This evening Mr. Damrosch will begin the programme with Weber's "Freischuetz" oveiturc. Ml. W. A. Laffeity will then lead the forces including, besides the oichestia, the Allegheny Musical Association chorus, with 31i s. Ida Klem, Miss Mary Binkerd, Mr. J. W. Lavmand Mr. Homer Moore, in solo paits through Sir Julius Benedict's enntata, "St. Cecilia." Mi. Damrosch will conclude the evening with Haydn's "Kaisei" quartette, played by tho string oichestra, and Liszt's symphonic poem "Lea Preludes," inserting possibly one otheroichestral woik in the second part, if tho piogramme be not found too long. C. W. S. Money In the State Treasury. IlAnniSBCRO, Jan. 5. Special. Tho Stato Treasurer's monthly rcpoit shons $762,703 25 in tho sinking fund and 5,i30,C71 17 in the general fund. It is out of tho latter fund that the schools of the Stato will receive the annual appropriation of $3,000,000 in Juno. After that date the general fund is not expected to be very large, except Just before the school payment is made each ycai. Garza's Eccentricities Explained. Chicago Tribune. The statement that Garza is an ex-sewing machine agent may explain some of the eccentricities of his recent career, but is certainly no palliation. Canada's Opportunity. , Chicago Intcr-Ocean.l Chicago might take advantage of leap year to propose annexation. WHY HABEISOH "WAS CHOSEN. The Queer Barzain Said to Havo Been Ar ranged by Secretary Elkinn. CLBVELAJ.D, O., Jan. 5 Special. A point of great importance is announced by a gen tleman of this city who knows what he is talking about, in regard to the nomination of Benjamin Harrison in 1S8S This point explains many things that havo heretofore not been well understood and makes plain why several subsequent events have taken place. While the convention was .in session in Chicago and tho result was still in doubt, Stophen B. Elkins, who was practically in charge of the Blaine interests, took a fast train for Indianapolis and held an interview with Benjamin Harrison, laying the follow ing proposition before him: "We c-innot nominate Blaine," siid Elkins. "The doubt that exists about his heilth and the qnestion as to whether he would accept are insurmountable obstacles. We have de cided that ou are the roost available man. We can nominate you. We will do so on one condition viz: that you will accept with the understanding that you shall hold the office for one term onlv, that at the end of your first term if James G. Blaine's health is in such condition that he can accept ho shall have the nomination without opposi tion on your part. You cannot be nomi nated without our help that is a settled fact. Womifeethe further stipulation that aou shall put Mr. Blaine In j our Cabinet as Secretary ot State and shall permit him to make as much of a record as he can in that office, without let or hindrance." Mr. Elkins insisted that there was no time to waste in delay nnd that the decision must be made immediately. He insisted further that Harrison could not be nominated with out tho accession of the Blaine men, nnd that this accession could only be had on the conditions named above. After a short de liberation ami consultation with the friends at home Mr. Harrison decided to accept tho conditions. Mr. Elkins toofe the train to Chicago and the outcome is well known. Hnmsonwns nominated. Blaine was put into the Cabinet. The great record has been made by him and Mi. Harrison well kuows, according to tho claims of the gentleman who informs us, that he is held to the agreement he hns made. Tho selection of Elkins as Secretary of War is a manifestation of appreciation of the service the latter gentleman peformed in nominating Mr. Harrison. Should anything happen so that Mr.Blnine cannot accept the nomination this j ear, of course Mr. Harrison will be renominated nnd his managers feel that it will be a mat ter of advantage to have Mr. Elkins in line with that end in view. It is considered, however, by those who know most of the matter tint Mr. Blaine till be demanded bv the great mass of the Republican paityand nothing can prevent his nomination. TALK OP THE TIMES. It is a little eailv to be worrying about the ice crop. Boslort Herald. We may be happy yet but it's a long time coming. TnE West will probably furnish the Re publican Presidental candidate. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Mr. Blaine may have a woid or two to sav about that. Xow France wants a lociprocity treaty with us. She is speaking lather late, hut perhaps she can be accommodated. Buffalo Express. Let the good work go mat ching on. The proposed now wings to the White House w ill cost 41,000,000. They must be try ing to convert it into a flying machine. Omaha World-Herald. It is a living ma chine that is it makes money fly. Colovel nEMvr WatteksoVs mind is just now in the condition of a tightly coiked bottle of apollinans Chicago 2?ctvs. On the contrary, Mr. Crisp has pulled tho stopper out and the Colonel went oft with a fizz some time since. The country will soon have an opportunity to size up the statesmanship of David B. Hill and see how little there is of It.Xew York Recorder. Jones, who pays the freight, thinks"!). B." has already shown too much statesmanship. Ox old Ohio's flghtmg-ground John Sher man's tents are spread, and John himself is pnncingiound to punch Foraker's head Chicago Tribune. Ho seems to have already accomplished his -puipose figuratively speaking. Ir ex-Senator Ingalls could swear off from the contemplation of himself for one year he would be a greatlv improved man in 1893. Chicago Tribune Too late now for puch a course. A bad hnbit is not broken off readi ly at such a short notice. ELECTEICAL MOTIVE POWER. A Schema tS Revolntionlz" the Process of Minnfactnring Flour. St. Paul, Mt:: , Jan. 5 An event of in terest to manufacturers and scientists is to occur here within the next twp months, viz, the election of a great flour mill to be oper ated entirely by electucity. The structure is to be on the site of f he St. Paul Roller Mill, burned two years ago. and is to bo under the direction of Kingsland Smith, f St. Paul. If the experiment proves a success, all of the great mills of St. Paul and Minneapolis, including those of Washuum's and the Pillsbury English syndicate, wrll use elec tricitv as motive powei. The watr of the falls of the Mississippi is being used only tor the uenemtion of electucitv. Kingsland Smith some j ears ago invented the loller piocess, which then created a revolution in flour making. He has been expenmenting w ith electricity, applied to a mill model, for tho past year, and announces that he has solved the problem of manufactuiing flour with "harnessed lightning." He says: "I have become thoroughly con vinced of iis cheapness and its entii'e prac ticability in tunning even the heaviest flour millmachlneiy. Moreover, I think that it will revolutionize tho whole question of motive power, and in the next two years all great manufacturing concerns will be run by electricity." AN INDIAN SKELETON DUG UP. It Was Found 'W ith Other Kcllcs by Workmen Digging a Cellar. PBiLADiLrHiA, Jan. 5 The skeleton of an Indian has been found by workmen digging a cellar nt Fiankford avenue-and Ontauo street. The exc nation for the cellar, which is 80x100 feet, is almost complete d, and during the progress of the work several Indian relics hao been exhumed. OnSat uiday, in a strata of bluish clay, a toma hawk and several ai row heads weie d tip up, and near them, in a sitting posture, with his lace looking toward the east, sat the skele ton of the red man. The oones weio carefully collected and pliicod in a thed used as a tool house, and invitations will be sent to a number of scientists to make an examination of the re mains, which aie in an excellent state of preseivation. A quantity of numpum, in closed In an caithcm pot, shaped like a cocoanut, was found at the feet of the skeleton. It is supposed the skeleton is that of a waiiior, and Horn the quantity of wampum, or Indian money, and other ai ticles lound by his side, must havo been a prominent peionage in his tube. Iteclornclty Goes Mnrching On. New York Recorder. A new commeicial treaty with San Salva dor! So reciprocity goes marching on. CAXADVS INDEPENDENCE. Lahocchkre has scarcely given John Bull time to digest his Christmas dinner until he piods him with Canadian independence. Omaha World Herald. Canada is on the verge of independence, but she has not decided jet whether sho will go it alone or tomo into the Union. Wo will welcome her as a sister. Boston Ifews. Canada comp.ains that none of her public men was made a knight on New Year's Day. When she comes into the Unioi we'll make all her people sovereigns. Sew York Re corder. ' Miss Canada, this is leap jear. Do you hear? II 3 ou want a union with Uncle Snra, populai opinion will uphold you in "pop ping the question" any time during the year lS'tt. Think it over. Philadelphia Press. LABorcHEREmay be right in his statement that it would bo u sad tiling to turn the Canadian Indians over to ourconupt Indian Bureau, but Canadian annextion has its perils'lor us whites, too. Think of our Treas ury at tho mercy of Mei cier and idlleagued. Omaha World'Herald. DANCING IN PENN'S WOOD. Sirs. Christopher Magee Entertains Grown up Friends In the Afternoon and Young People In the Evening Endles Go West With the Journalists Lire In the Tollte World. Mrs. CHKisTorHEK L. Magee cave an afternoon reception yesterday Iroml to6,sup plementing it with a danco to 'the younger people in honor of her nieces from 9 o'clock in the evening. Peunsjlvan. the beautiful Magee lesidencc, which might be said to Join all the characteristics of a gentleman's country house to the advantages of a su burban villa, was beautifnlly prepared with flowers. It is n large house, many rooms of which would not be strained much in ac commodating tho dalpty Queen Anne, in which this generation revels. The re ception was held in the music room, where intheevenihg the young guests disported themselves in the dance. Roses were the principal decoration, and In suitable places about stood great vases of long stemmed American Beauties. The guests were served with refreshments in the dining room at small tibles which stood round a center table, on which weie vnses full of the beau tiful Mis. Lung rose. The dressing rooms, which are all on the second floor, were not lorgotten either, and the wraps of the guests had as much of tho flowers as had their wearers. The brisk fall ot snow of tho diy before gave the grounds a beautiful winter garb. Mrs. JIagee was assisted in re ceiving by her Hters, Mrs. Frederick Magee and Mrs. Pease, of Masillon, O. Tho fashionable world was fully repreiented.Mr. Magee came home in time to greet a few of his wife's guests, but the greater part of them had made their adieus before that gen tleman's ariival. Mb. George H. "SVelshoss, who left last night for San Francisco, by way of Erie, where the Eistern delegation will be joined, is accompanied by Mrs. Welshons and liis sister, Mrs. Cameron. The only other lady in the Pittsburg party is Miss Sophia J. Keenan, sister of Thomas J. Kce nan, Jr., President of the International League PressofCIubs,which convenes in San Francisco next week. Fittsburg's feminin ity is not to be largely represented at the convention, nnd women in jonrnali-m not at all: for Miss Keenan, who could lav claim to tho title, is going pnvately as the guest of her brother. Mrs. H. Kirk Porter is superintend ing a series of extensive and elaborate im prdvements in her East End lesidence which, when completed, will make it one of the most perfect establishments for the dis pensing of private hospitality in the city. Mr. and Mrs. Porter being art co moisseurs as well as art patrons, an art gallery is among tne additions being made, some at tention will hereafter be given to private theatucal performances, in which Miss Hegeman is said to takealivelvinterest.and to this end a small theater i3 being beau tifully fitted up. ' Colonel and Mns. J. M. Scnoox makep. Mrs. Carter C nrtis Begas, Mrs. Le Moyne, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kirk Porter and Mv-s Hegeman have signified their intention of becoming patrons of tne Max O'Rcll lect ure in aid of the French Mission on next Saturday eveuing. It promises to be one of the most fashionable events of the season of this kind, and undoubtedly w III be the most aiistocratic audience Mr. Blouet has ad dressed m this city. An absurd lumor has gone abroad that Mr. Blouet will speak in French, possiblvbv some one confounding tho cause and the lecture. Tho public may disabu-o its mind of this, as the lecture, "America as Seen Through French Gla-ses," will be delivered in English. Rooms lime been prenarcd for the distinguished French man's ai rival at the Kennmwr Hotel, where he will bo tho guebt of Prof. Henri Rolliu Parker, Secretary of the French Mission. The method of applying the excess of money over expenses realized by the itiner ant concert of the Yale College Mandolin and Glee Clubs is not generally understood. The funds are eritiiely used for scholarships for young men who either can pay but part of their college exnensos or must put them selves t rough byieason of their own dili gence alone. The faculty of Yale is given control of the inonev, nnd it is left in their power to put it to the best possible nc. It is a very practical wav of aiding gentlemen who are unfortunately situated regaiding this world's goods, and, at the same time, an agreeable wav, as there is no unnecessary tinkling of cymbals. Social Chatter. A coMijro spirited discussion between Mrs. Andrew Easton and Mr. 3Iooron "Celtic Feudalism versus Chartered Ownership" is being looked forward to with great in terest bv the Traveler's Club of Alleghenv. Both ladies are foremost in the club, and in consequence when the debite takes place, as it win on next i nuay in uarnegte nan at 2 o'clock, there will be a lull representation present. 1 Horon it has been stated as such several times, .Miss Margaret Brown's german at the Pittsburg Club on Thuisday evening is not a coming out ball. Miss Brown is one of tho debutantes of the season, but the forth coming dance is not an affair at which she is expected formally to blossom forth, but simplv an elegant function given in her her honor by some of her relatives. Mr. Walter Damrosch. as the son-in-law of Mr. Blaino and protege of Andrew Car negie.attracted a fashionablo audience to the Cvclorama Auditorium, Allegheny.last night. Such a gnthering only empha-ozed more stronglv thin ever the need in Pittsbnrgof a fine music hall instead ot the miserable mikeshifts in the way of auditoriums that it enjoj s at present. .Tames Whitcovb Rilet is being enter tained with true Pittsburg hospitality, and all that lemains to make the Hoosier poet's visit a svmphonv in fact, is for him to rhyme about that "true Pittsbnrg hospi talitv." Mr. Rilcv Is as good a dinner com panion as he is a singei. A rxvASTT event of last night was Miss Rose Cillery's evening party in honor of Mrs. cnanes i.tvingston, oi .New ioik. Mrs. Livingston was Miss Keating, and her wed ding in Sacre1 Heart Chinch wasalashion able fnnction of a month ago. Mrs. Thovus M. Carieoie goes to her Southern home on Fi id ly to rem lin for the w inter and will he accompanied by her family. During her absence her town bouse remains closed up. Thf friends of Mrs. H. K. Porter will be distressed to le irn that sho is confined to her bed and quite ill. Mr. Porter will ac company her South as soon as a journey is feasible. Mrs. Marv SnrrER. sistcr-in law of ex Alderman Shaeror, of the T-ventv-ninth waid, was married list night to John" Pasha, of the Souihside. I Mrs. Charles Livixostov is visiting in Pittsbnrg, and Is receiving many attentions from her friends in town. Misstelh.Havs gives a lrnchoon this afternoon for Miss Fiances Inman. Mrs. Dewtes Wood gives a card party to night for Miss Fulton, of New York. GREENLAND'S GLACIEBS. A German Expedition 1 III Devote a Year to Studying Their Movement". Berltv, Jan. I. Tho Berlin Geographical Society will next year' begin the study of glacial phenomena in Greenland. The pre liminary expedition sent outlast summer has returned. The pai ty, under the leader ship of Dr. E. Von Drygalski, spent six week3 in Southwest Greenland for the pur pose of selecting the most desirable place for the study to advantage of the ice move ments. After visiting a number of tho largest gliclal stream-., Karijak Glacier in about 70 34' north latitudo was selected as the beat place to carry on their vi ork. A house and a complete equipment for a year will be carried out next spring, and the party will c my on their observations for at least 12 months. The Geographical Society hopes from the study of these enormous ice movements in Greenland to derive impor tant data Tor studying the glacial age, which at one time coveied North Germany with ico. DEFECTIVE B0ILEES. Seventeen British Warships Cannot Get Up Sufficient Steam. Lojidox, Ja A. 5 Tho Pall Mall Gazelle says that 17 British warships are furnished with a certain class of boilers, which are unable to generate steam sufficient for the vessels to attain tho speed with which they are credited. To make the changes nccessnrv, the Gazette savs, will involve an outlay or X10U.000. The Vulcan, tho new protected torpedo depot ship, is now being repaired at n cose ofX30, 000, and. according to the Gazette, the Thun derer and tho Devastation will be the next vessels to have their boilers changed. He Got There Just the Same. Toledo Blade. The first name of the new Senator from Kansas, Mr. Perkins, is not Ell, though ho "got there" just the same. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Jf, Alexandria has the largest artificial harbor in the w orld. Over 20,000,000 copies of hymns have' been sold since 1872. Moneylenders in England frequently charge COO per cent. The total income of the Church of Eng land is about $1,000,000 a week. The Italian Government raises 515,000,- " 000 yearly by holding lotteries. The smallest parish in England is Hil cot. It has but seven persons. -wPetitions to the British House of Com mons must be written, not printed. Forty-five per cent of the water drawn for domestic purposes in London is wasted. Turkev is rarelv boiled in this country, while it is a dish highly estimated in Eng- , land. A fir tree 33 feet in circumference has been found in Whatcom county, Wash ington. Over 160.000 couples have been married in the Manchester Cathedral during tho last 33 years. , Barbers usually gamble with the money eirned by shaving dead men. It brings luck, they say. Three times as much spirits are con sumed in Scotland, according to the popula tion, as in England. The three longest South American rivers outsidn of the Amazon are the Rio Mederia, Rio Negro and Orinoco. Eggs are fried in shapes of hearts, stars and other devices by means of pans having sunken places in these shapes. Out of an Indian population of 250,488 there are but 2 619 voters. The Indian vote will not be an issue in the next campaign. "When Columbus discovered America he found that the Indians possessed dogs. They were direct descendants of the wild coyotes of the plains. Thousands of men, women and children in the mountains of Spiin and Portugal are busied in cutting cork. It is a domestic trade, nnd it occupies whole villages. Lobsters often travel in regiments, seeking new feeding grounds. Their mi grating armies are always led by the biggest and strongest ones, while tho maimed and weakly struggle along behind. Many of the London photographers are introducing electric lights in their studios Doth for taking the pictures and printing the negative, the long periods of fozgy weather preventing the uso of direct sun light. During the 2T years ending with 185.", 1,491 new papers were started in New York, including 60 dailies and 611 weeklies. Of these papers 1.105 died before tho end of tho 25 vcars, leaving a percentage of about 33 survivors. A French physician claims to have cured 12 caes of consumption bv placing tho patients for two or three hours every day in a compartment filled with com pressed air containing the vapora ot creosote mixed with eucalyptus. A remarkable family of eight old wo rren is living in the same house at Vexo, Sweden. Three are widows and five are old maids. Their ages aggregate within a year or two of 700 years, each of the women being nearly 00 years of age. Consul Heath savs that many of the houses in Catania uto built of the lava which poured forth from Mt. Etna in great streams on the neiahboring clay beds. This mixture of clay and lava is now mixed and used to great advantage in building. The largest part of the coast of France that is suitable for the growing of oysters is divided into spaces of 30 yards square. These pirks are sold to the fishermen for $60 apiece, and the beds under proper cultiva tion are made to yield enormous returns. The Mormon temple at Salt Lake City, which is of enormous dimensions, is built in the form of a true eclipse, and a person standing in the focus at one end can carry on conversit'on in a whisper with another who places himself in the focus at the other end. Large ships were not unknown to the ancients and some of the most roomy at tained dimensions equil to ships of modern times. Nevertheless they were unmanage able monstrosities, almost at the mercy of wind and wave, and utterly unfit to cope with the fnry of a hurricane. An Oroville bootblack has brought suit against a "Native Son" of that place for im personating him at a masquerade, ne alleges that he has Ven guyed since the ball to the extent of 51,000 and that his feelings are lacerated to the extent of $2,500 more. Hence he brings suit for $3,5COlamages. In Ireland only one shamrock is known. It is an indigenons species or clover, which trails along the ground among the grass in meadows. The trefoil leaves are not more than one-fourth the size of the smallest clover in America, and are pure green in color, without any of the brown shading of white and pink clovers. The longest electric railway in the world is to be constructed in Russia. The project is being considered of constructing a line from St. Petersburg to Archangel, a port of the White Sea. a distance of more than X) kilometers (I'M miles). The electric current is to be lurnished by a series of generating stations distributed along-the line. So late as the middle ages cats were comDaratively scarce in Enropo and were so highly prized that anyperson who killed one were obliged to pay aflne. This penalty sometimes was required to be paid In the shape of a pile of wheat big enough to cover the slain animal when ib was held vertically by the tip of Its tail, the nose touching the ground. Three miles an hour is about the aver age of the gnlf stream, ithongh at certain places it attains a speed -of 54 miles. In the Yucatan channel, for instance, where it is 90 miles wide and 1,000 fathoms deep, the cur rent is not over a auarter of a mile an hour. In the Straits of Beminl Che current is so rapid as to give the surface of the water the appearance of being a shebof fire. Zerah Colburn was the most gifted mathematician ever known. When only 8 years old he raised tho number 8 success ively to the sixteenth power, and in naming the last result, which con ?isted of 13 figures, he was right in everv one. On being asked the sqnaie root of 10o,929, he answered 327 before the old gray-haired philosopher ques tioner had time to put it dcynm. He was next asked how many minutes there were In 48 years and instantly replied eSiSS.SOO. and five seconds later gave the astonished savanta the exact number of seconds. MEDDLING WITH TEIIIXES. Fifth avenue nurse The children want to know, mi'am, if they can wash their faces. Fifth aTenuematron-Certalnly not. Marie. This Is Fldo's diy for a bath. Judaer The people are not feeling gay To-lay. becan'e tlicy nnd.' That when the old year went away He left his grip behind. Srw Tork Press. Baggs- Say. W fellow, there's a new ten dollar counterfeit out. Jaggs I know it. and that's henr I happen to be onl" to about the same extent. Boston Courier. "William Ann Are yon going to send your con through college. Uncle Treetop? Uncle Treetop I guess so ir the President ever write me how much the tuition it. Wil llam Ann What college ha-re you in mind? Uncle Treetop I understand that the Electoral College Is about as likely as any on 'em. Harper's Bazar. , She rises up relieved to-day, For rest has come at last; "Now heaven be thanked." wie hear her say, The shopping craze Is pastl" Colorado Sun. Barbara That was "Comrades" the band was playlnjr Just now. Annt Kate (who Is not musical) Why. how did you know? Somtrxille Journal. Nickleby I never knew of a man whoj did so little quarreling with his wife as Rankin does. Snuecrs Whr, they don't live together! I know It!" Boston Xaes. Blest be the New Year's Day that saw The man who loudly swore He never would In all his life faing "Comrades" any more. . Washington Star. f Mephisto If St. Peter doesn't stop send ing American crank Inventors dowa here I'll throw up ray job. Asmodeus What is the trouble? Mephisto Why, one of these fellows came to me to-day and submitted plans for having this place heated witi' steam and hot air Instead of brixa tone. Sew lark Herald. 1
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