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riTTsr.URO. TTEsDY. JANUARY It
TWELVE PAGES
A TIMELY .MESSAGE.
Mayor Gonrley's mcysage deals almost
exclusively with the subject of city taxa
tion and finance. It makps suggestions
which commend themselves with peculiar
force to the popular judgment, and which
Councils should take into careful consider
ation. If the conservative policy which
the Mayor outlines is adopted for the com
ing year the caues of complaint which
have been recently foreshadowed in pes
simistic views of the city future will be
well-nigh removed.
Biicfly summarized, the Mayor's argu
ment starts out with the fact that during
the past five years the city expenditures
have increased 75 per cent. The most
sanguine view of the increase in popu
lation cannot suppose it to be over half
that ratio, so that expenditures have gone
ahead of the gain in population by an in
creased ratio of two for one. The In
crease the Mayor points out, is not in pay
ments of city debt and interest w Inch are
slightly decreased; it is not in the Depart
ment of- Charities which, notwithstanding
the gain in population, keeps its expendi
tures within a' fixed limit; and in edu
cational purposes the increase has been
about commensurate with the growth of
school population. Of the $1,800,000 in
crease over the expenditures of 1886, not
less llmr- $1.500,000-is in the Departmentof
Public Safety and the Department of
Fiihlip Works, and makes an amount al
most equal to the entire appropriations of
six years ago for oil the expenses of mu
nicipal government
With these facts in mind the Mayor
points out that under the increase of as
sessments a thirtcen-mill tax will proba
bly produce about as much revenue as the
filtcers-inill tax of last year, while the in
come from licenses will make an increased
revenue of SJOO.OOO. Reviewing the esti
mates of thf different departments, that
of the Bcranment of Charities for the
same amount as several years past is noted
with approval. The estimate of the De
partment of Public Safety, asking an in
crease of about $90,000, is discussed with
the conclusion that as the increase is nec
essary for adequate fire and police pro
tection, the city can well afford the ex
penditure. It is in the .estimate of the
Department of Public Works that the
Mayor critHses the proposed enlargement
of expenditures by the sum S"04,721, on
the face of the figures, and of 5055,035 ac
cording to the views of the Mayor.
With the Major's remarks on the neces
sity of cutting down this estimate, The
Di-patcti is in full agreement except that
he does not go far enough. Most citizens
will agree that Ihe large expenditures in
that department during the past few
ye?rs have been of great value and were
tucli as the city could well afford to make
during a prosperous era. But the time
has cone when it is not only necessary to
hait the increase in city expenditures, but
to lay aside a portion of the revenue to
meet impending contingencies. To do that
requires retrenchment in items of expendi
ture which can be postponed without
detriment to the public welfare. The
work contemplated by the estimates for
public works, contains numerous instances
of that class. The Mayor recommends re
ductions aggregating nearly half a million
dollars in the items of parks, water supply
and highway bureau, and he might have
made a material addition by proposing a
radical reduction in the estimate for
repaving.
Xo one can doubt the propriety of re
paving when the city is in financial cir
cumstances to do it But in view of pos
sible complications in tbe city's finances
on the one hand and on the other the fact
that most of the streets proposed to be re
paved are already in possession of pave
ment antiquated in character, but solid
enough to perform their function of keep
ing vehicles out of the mud, it is plain that
this expenditure can be largely cut down
without serious injury. Wherever there
is a pavemenfso worn out that it does not
perform its work, it should be replaced;
but the necessity of replacing cobble
stones with Ligonier blocks is not so gen
erally urgent as to forbid its postponement
till the city's finances are in a more as
sured condition.
If the estimates are properly cut down,
a thirteen-mill tax will meet the city ex
penditures and the deficiency from last
year; while the fifteen-mill rate, if main
tained, will yield a surplus to be laid aside
to meet the still indefinite contingencies
of the muddle about the street acts.
7.IIJ.IXG SLACGIITEKS.
Two coal mine disasters during last
week one in the West, the most whole
sale in its loss of life formany years, and
the other at Sliamokin, this State, very
serious but not so commanding in its ap
palling features give new force to the
principle so often urged in these columns
that no constancy of vigilance or thorough
ness of precaution can be too great to give
to the work of preenting loss of life in
this industry.
These fatalities have evoked from a co
temporary an intimation that all the safe
guards that can be devised seem to be use
less. Doubtless none can secure perfect
safety, and were all of the known pre
cautions actively maintained fatal acci
dents would still occur in that dangerous
calling. Nevertheless, it is a fact that
ninety per cent of the lives lost in coal
mines during the past twenty years have
been sacrificed by the neglect of well
known and self-evident precautions. There
is no reason to regard the calamities of
last week as exceptions to the general
rule. The .1anht,r at the mines in the.
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Indian Territory was plainly due to the
grossest carelessness; and it is safe to ven
ture a prediction that the case at Sha
mokin will, when investigated, show a
similar neglect of some obvious and well
established precaution.
It thus appears that the greatest diffi
culty to be overcome is not the dancers of
mining, but the carelessness and indiffer
ence of those engaged in it. Stephenson
and Davy invented the safety lamp sixty
years ago, and yet to-day men are imperil
ing their lives by mining with naked
lamps, and to that recklessness some of
M"i notable slaughters of the past few
years have been clearly due. It is plain
that if any power exists to make miners
and operators alike careful to use every
known precaution, the total of this loss
of life would be greatly diminished. Bu
when ne.ther humanity, legislation, profit,
nor the love of life can prevent the care
lessness which produces these disasters, it
is a puzzling question what motive is left
to which an appeal can b3 addressed.
M'KIM.EY'S IDEA.
The inaugural of Governor McKinley,
who was installed at Columbus yesterday,
deals largely with State affars; but in'
many respects his recommendations touch
upon questions of national interest It is
especially interesting as showing the views
of a statesman whose reputation has been
made by his leadership on a single topic,
when he gives his attention to subjects
outside of his specialty.
The support of both a State and national
appropriation for the World's Fair is the
first example of this sort, and ft is followed
by recommendations for the improvement
of country roads and for the protection of
railway employes both live topics all over
the country. A further recommendation
as to ballot reform is made, and the new
Governor lays down an unexceptionable
principle on the subject of Congressional
apportionment, namely: "The districts
should be made so as to give the party ma
jority in the State a majority of representa
tives and so arranged that if tli2 party
majority shall change the representative'
majority shall also change." Let us hope
that the Ohio Legislature will observe the
last named principle in correcting the
Democratic gerrymander; but it requires
considerable faith to do so.
Governor McKinley also takes up a na
tional question in the discussion of the
canal policy of the State. In Ohio the
process of killing off the canals by trans
ferring them to nrivate control has for
some unexplained reason not reached the
complete success attained in Pennsylvania
almost a generation ago. Perhaps it is
becausr it has gone far enough to render
the canals nearly useless and the railroads
have not until recently wanted any more.
But with regard to recent propositions to
absorb the remaining canal property, the
Governor points out the importance of
waterways for inland transportation, and
declares that "it is time to call a halt to
the policy of disposing of the people's
property without adequate compensation. "
This looks like a rather weak conclusion,
as the logical deduction from the premises
would be that it is time to revive and im
prove the canals. But as it represents a
marked improvement on the prevailing
policy with reference to canals, it merits
enthusiastic approval for going as far as it
does.
LOOKS LIKE EXrOKCEMEST.
It is exceedindy gratifying to learn that
one representative ot the Department of
Justice has found a prominent trust, of
large capital and national scope, which he
hopes to prove guilty of a violation of the
anti-trust act of Congress. The disposi
tion of United States District Attorneys
with tegard to the circular of Attorney
General Miller, issued last year, has been
either to ignore it entirely, as was don", in
this district, or to carefully pick out some
combination of petty character and local
scope. But the United States District At
torney at Chicago is going to prove him
self a man of entirely other metal by
selecting as the object of his legal atten
tion the Whisky Trust.
The Whisky Trust, or, as it is more for
mally named in its last articles of associa
tion, the Western Distilling and Cattle
Feeding Company, is a combination of as
wide national reputation and of as radical
a character in illustrating the monopolistic
methods as the Standard Oil Company or
the Sugar Trust It has a more complete
monopoly than either, the last indopend
ent distillery in the production of com
mercial high wines having been brought
into the combination after some prelimi
nary tuition in the line of attempts to blow
it up. Its capital even without the water,
which is more plentiful there than in its
product is counted by tens of millions.
Thus we see that United States Attorney
Milchrist, of Chicago, has selected an ob
ject worthy of his legal steel, and the
gratifying fact is demonstrated that one
appointee of the Department of Justice
believes in carrying out his instructions
and the laws of the United States.
But while the crushing of the Whisky
Trust will be an achievement to make the
record of any -United States District At
torney, that outcome is not yet by any
means assured. It still remains to be
demonstrated whether the laws of the
United States can bring the hitherto nn
conquered power of concentrated capital
into subjection.
CHANDLER'S REFORM.
Senator Chandler has pushed his politi
cal quarrel w ith the Boston and Maine
Railroad to the degree of intioducing a
bill 111 the Senate for the purpose of break
ing up the entire system of railway free
passes. His bill is the most stringent ever
proposed on the subject, making all free
transportation unjust discrimination within
tne meaning of the inter-State commerce
act
It is rare that partisan fights produce so
unobjectionable measures of revenge as
this. Senator Chandler is convinced that
his enemies in the Boston and Maine
management are using free passes over
that road to his political disadvantage,
and proposes to adopt this means of pun
ishing them. Yet the measure of revenge
gives no ground for criticism except that
it attacks a really minor corporate abuse.
If Senator Chandler's anti-corporation
zeal could be worked up to attack the
great corporate evil of nullifying any
legislation that does not sujt the corporate
interests there is reason to hope that he
might make things very lively for the
corporations before he was done with
them.
But Senator Chandler's reading of the
character of legislators is radically differ
ent from ours if he has any idea that there
is the slightest chance of getting his bill
passed by a Congress the members of
which would thereby cut off their own
privileges of free transportation. The
Senator's knowledge of such things is
greater than ours; but nevertheless we
will venture a proDhecy that it will bo
effectively shelved. The only chance of
its passage is in its being taken as a bluff
between the two branches.
Senator Chandler, however, is to he
welcomed in the character of an anti
enrpnration Tnf-rror. It iu to be hoped
TTTP?'- PITTSBimC? "
that like most new converts, ho will show
the sincerity of his conversion by his zeaL
Jerry Simpson's accusation that the
crop returns of the Board of Agriculture are
used for the. purposes of speculators, before
coming into the hands of the tillers, is a
serious onel And it behooves Uncle Jerry
Kusk to bestir himself to the best ,of bis
ability ror the 1 efutation of the charge. The
prostitution of publlo departments for the
furtherance of private schemes Is a crime
which cannot be dealt with too severely.
The seed bureau heretofore has been the
butt of political humorists; but the assault
of the Alliance statesman is not a Joking
matter by any means.
It is a relief to hear that the troubles in
Southwestern Kansas are nearing an end.
That an attempt should bo made to prove
the Insanity of Judge Botkin is a great sur
prise. Keports indicate that the madness is
all on the otherside.
Gas men are complaining in a circular
that' they are not to be allowed sufficient
facilities for a displav at the World's Fair.
The Fair officials leply that gas lias gone,
or is rapidly going out, except as a fuel.
Bourke Cochrane as Senator from !New
York would be an ideal "mo- too" attach
ment for David Bennett Hill.
:
A Xew York justice is reported to have
actually brouiht a blush to a policeman's
cheek. The officer had brought in an old
man on the charge of selling a candle during
the prohibited hours or Sunday. Justice
Tilbreth complimented the man of law on
the efficiency he must have shown in his
precinct If ho had come, down to such, small
offenders.
Apples and arsenic are better spelled
with an a, and that is all there is in the
scare which is trying to make out that ap
ples are poisonous because the trees have
been washed with polulions of atonic to
keep down the grubs.
Republican leaders and organs are
Jubilating over the failure and lack of
harmony In the Democratic House. They
remember that they ran the House once:
and misery loves company.
Reports from St. Paul point to a serious
division in the forces of the Minnesota
Farmers' Alliance.
The four classes of matter as distinguished
by the postal authorities render this conn
try's postal rates more complicated than
those of any other, and Senator Crosby's
proposal to lower the rates on third-class
matter to the cent-an-onnce standard of
the existing fourth class is to be commended
if only on tho score of simplicity.
The backbone of the late cold wave
seems to have been broken, but a new ono
is announced to be forming in tho North
west, which may or may not add its share to
the much picdicled and still unrealized hard
winter.
SOFT air, slimy sidewalks, and soft places
to fall on are the things of the piesent. But
the fashions of tho weather arc the most
changeable of nit modes and wo shall see
what we shall see.
London is langhed at for its crossing
sweepers, but Pittsburg crossings are no
laughing matter.
The announcement at the close of a din
ner party that "A collection will now be
taken for tho poor" would considerably
astonish most of the paitlclpants. The sug
gestion was made bv Alexander Dumas and
Im already been acted upon in the case of a
banquet to a Mexican railroad magnate.
The decision of the United States Court
at 15o-ton with regard to duties on goat hair
points very clear v to the necessity that the
intentions of Congress should be expressed
by the literal meaning of the words used.
The report that, Joseph li. Foraker has
substituted a large-sized Piesldentalbee in
bis bonnet lor tho latp Senatorial one is
probabl v a gross misrepresentation as to the
size 'of tho bee.
Texas is promised a lively time if the
railroad strikers and their supporters hold
out.
The Chileans hav.e cot to the additional
step of indicting some of the persons who
engaged in that Valparaiso liot, which, it
may bo remarked, is several steps fuithor
than the United States has been able to
proceed, with regard to tho Xew Orleans
rioters.
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"Uneasy lies the head that wears the
crown," and Frank Bi own, Govoi nor-elect
of Maryland, lias proved the truth of the
adage slnoo bis wife's Jeweler persuaded
her to have her diamonds set as a tiara.
The discovery of the source of the Nile
has hitherto been the source of many mis
taken claims, hut it reallv seems that Einin
Pasha has gotten to the root of the matter at
last
St. Paul is not the only city that wants
a weather maker.
PERTINENT AND PERSONAL,
The Empress of Austria and the widow
and d.iughtcrof the Khedivo of Egypt are ill
with tho grip.
Ex-Congressman Marcy, of New
Hampshire, is slowly reoovering from a long
and serions illness.
Mrs. John Sherman has never had a
photograph or other picture taken since her
husband first entered Congress.
Blaze deBhby is the "lioness" of Paris
this winter. The blazer was named for her
some years ago, her admirers think.
Among the guests at the party at Sand-
ringham, on Saturday, were the Duke and
Duchess of Flfo and the Duke and Duchess
of Teck.
James Gordon Bennett, who has had
a slight attack of influenza, is about to start
for Cairo from 1'iris, when he will go to
Abysslnln.
Mrs. Maria Steele, a daughter of
Francis Scott Key, author of "The Star
Spangled Banner," is critically ill at her
home in Annapolis, Md.
Mrs. Josephine Moody Lethe, who
was recently admitted to the Colorado bar,
is the wife of Judgo Herman E. Luthe, of
Denver. She Is an artist also.
Ibsen is lionized in Christiana, but they
won't permit his plays on tho boaids up
there. The "pillars of society" must be
reasonably firm in Scandinavia.
Miss Mary E. Wilkins, the New Eng
land writer, is a nativo' or Brattleboro, Vt,,
and IS described as' a "pi ettyi blonde, blue
eyed girl of refined and gentle manner."
George Kennan, Siberian traveler and
expeit in Nihilism, is one of the best tele
graph operators in the country, and pounds
the keys right nnd left with ambidexterity.
Mrs. Augusta Evans Wilson is living
quietly at Spring Hill, a suourb of Mobile.
The author of "Beulah" Is said to bo loath to
welcome Amelie Elves as a lival in Southern
literature.
A MIGHTY VOICE OF THDNDEE
Sets the Indians in tho Territory to Danc
ing TJrer Since Nfw Year's.
Gcthuie, I). T1., Jan. 11. Four ghost dances
are now in piogress among tho Indians of
tnis Teirltory. None of the danceis express
any hostility tonard the whites. In the
Wichita icservation teveral hundred aro
dancing day and night. In the Cherokee
strip the Otoes say that on New Year's Eve,
while they were holding their annual festivi
ties, a mighty voieo of thunder to prepare
for the coming of the Messiah was hoard,
and thny havo been dancing ever since.
Many havo died from exposure to thoseveie
weather.
Thero will not be any serious trouble with
tho Indians unless the Government at
tempts to etou them. They are determined
tolreep'up tho dance, and there would suiely
be bloodshed should any attempt he made
tonolsr tht-m.
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LIYE WASHINGTON WAIFS.
Washington, Jan. 11 Speaker Crisp's
condition Is so far improved that his associ
ates of the majority of the Committee on
Rules believo ho will (be able to meet with
them this week for the preparation of a codo
of rules. Messrs. ditchings nnd .McMillln
have been, individually, studying the situa
tion, nnd it may be said that the rules of tho
Fiftieth Congress will form the "basis of the
new rules. These do not differ materially
from thosoof the Hfty-flrst Congress, except
in the matter of authorizing the Speaker to
count a quorum nnd to determine whether a
motion is dilatory. Theso featuies will
probably be eliminated, but somoiestriction
will be applied to the introduction of purely
filibustering tactics to the detriment of
business.
Funeral services over the remains of
Admiial C. B. P. ltodgers were held this
morning at St. John's .Episcopal Chuich.
Thej- were conducted by the rector, Dr.
Douglass. There was a very large attend
ance, including tho Vice President. Secre
tary Blaine, Secretary Tracy, Justice Gray,
a number of Senators, Sir Julian Pmncefote,
and nearly all tbe other fotelgn Ministers,
besides a great number of other friends of
lesser prominence. General Schofield, Ad
m'rals Wordep, Franklin and Howell, Gen
oial Park. Judge Hngner, Pavmnster General
Vfalmough and Bancroft Davis wre the
pallbearers. Judge John Davis, Qovellon
Brown, A C. Tyler and Lieutenants CowIps,
Mason and Buckingham were the ushers,
and six sailors fiom the navy ard acted as
bodv-b'aiers. At the conclusion of the im
pieaslvp services tbe remains were taken to
the Pennsylvania Railroad station and con
veyed in a special car, areompanied by the
family, to the family burial ground.
"Hlquiescat in pace" was the part
ing leremrk of Justice Brewer to-day when
he dismissed from fnrther attention of tbe
court tho case of the United States versus
the Dps Moines River Navigation and Rail
way Company. The court fqr the eighth or
ninth time rendered a.itecision holding good
tho title of thp navigation company to the
lands. A ripple of subdued laughter passed
along the bench at the remark of the Jus
tice, nhlch doubtless reflected the wish of
the whole court that it has passed on tho
case for the last time.
"Steve" Elkins is a much-talked about
man since he went into the warofflee. Here's
a bit of gossip nbout bis West Virginia
palace. Tlio Elkins mansion, in the beauti
ful little town of Elkins, Is a magnificent
structure. When the new Sec'retary of War
goes homo with a lriend, or a number of
friends, or thoy drop In upon him unan
nounced, it causes no inconvenience. The
great mansion simply becomes a hotel. The
guests are asslgnod to their" rooms and to
each is assigned a servant. The hours for
meals are announced, and each anest is told
that If he or she Is not on hand at tho propel1
meal hour they must eat alone; but it is
only necessary ti press nn electric but
ton and call a waiter, to get anything the
nnrket affoids. The guests are told that
they are at Ilhertv to do as they please to
take any kind of horse and vehicle thore is
in the stable, and go riding or driving; that
guns and dos mav be taken into the enor
mous forests, and thero can bo hunting and
fishing galore. It would be no troublo to
Mr. Elkins to take half of Congress and the
President's Cabinet up into bis beautiful
ho'ne and entertain them royally upon the
slightest notice.
TnE hparing ot the Chicago Anarchist
cases of Ficlden nnd Schnnb .as postponed
to-day on motion of the Attorney General
of Illinois and with tho consent of General
Benjamin F. Butler, who was in couit, until
next Monday.
The House. Committee on Appropria
tions to-day referred to the sub-Committeo
on Deficiencies, when appointed) tho resolu
tion introduced by Mr. Hendcison, of Iowa
foran in'ostiga'tion Into tho progiess nnd
management or tho World's Columbian Ex
position. The sub-committee has tho privi
lege of leporting to the full committee at
any time.
Tnr. President to-day sent to the Senate
the nomination of Kalph K. Nichols to bo
Register of tho Land Office at North Yakima,
Wash.
TnE Society of the Daughters of the
Revolution have decided to give an exhibit
at the World's Fnlr ot the manners, customs
and domestic lllo of tho revolutionary or
colonial period. On February 22, Washing
ton's Btithday, the society will bold a
congress heic. The prognmino presents a
series o' interesting events. On tho morn
ing of Fobruaiy 22 the credentials of mem
bers will be presented, hut Hie chief event
will be tho annual address by .Mrs. President
Harrison. In the evening it is proposed
to hold a grand colonial ball. This will
be the bill of the season, and many old-ttmo
cowns, with heirlooms ofi-aie and curious
Jenclry will be once more put to nsp. On
Tuesday evening thriewill be orations by
meinbei 3 of tho Sons of Revolution, and also
Sons of the American Revolution. On Wed
nesday, thnZitli, there will be tne election
of officers for tho national oiganizatlon.
The Senate has ratified the commercial
treaty with the Congo iree States.
BACILLUS OP THE GRIP.
If tho little devil cannot be clubbed to
death perhaps he can be muzzled. MUwau
kee Sentinel.
Dr. Koch's son-in-law has discovered the
bacillus of the grip. Let him hit it with a
club at once. Louisvil'e Post.
Tnis helps us about as much as the dis
covery of a lion helps a man who is in a
Jungle without a gun. Miluaukee TTTjcojuin.
A German scientist has discoveredanother
microbe. If this keeps up thero will bo no
room in the not Id for people. Atlanta Jour
nal. It is said that grip germs have been caught
and photographed- This is letting light in a
subject rcgaraingwhlcii we have been some
what in the dark. Dulxith Tribune.
The fact that the influenza oaclns is the
smallest of bacilli, accoiding to a Berlin doc
tor's discovery, does not militate against
the thoroughness of its work after It onco
takes the road. W'asliinzton Star.
The grip has a long pedigree, says Prof.
Nothnagel, the Austrian court physician,
running back to the ninth century. It gripes
humanity for three or four years and then
dies out for 20 years or more. We are all
waitir.g for its vacation. Detroit Journal.
Dr. Pfeiffer, of Berlin, has discovered
that the grip bacillus is the smallest, most
unanimous and insinuating little cuss alive.
We have been aware of that fact for some
time. How to kill him before he kills you is
the perplexing question. LouliviUe Times.
LADY S0MEBSET AMERICANIZED.
She Is Delighted W ith the Conntry and May
S'ltle In Chicago.
Ciiicaoo, Jan. 11. Svenal. Lady Somer
set and Miss Francis E. Willaul will assume
editorial charge of the Union Siqnal, the "or
gan of the World's Women's Christian Tem
perance Union, vico Miss Mary Allen West,
who has gone west on a six month, vaca
tion. According to rumors which were cur-jpntto-diy
Miss West will not letnrn to the
Union Signal as its,editross-in-chipf. Lady
Somerset has become so interested in tho
work in .America, and so attached to the
United States as a country nnd Chicago as u
city, that she will take up permanent abode
here.
The Intent Constitnted the Crime.
Savannah News.
Tho Pittsburg man w ho "held up" an Alle.
gheny lailioad train "Just for a joke" got 30
davs in the workhouso. DcLauzbtcr, who
held up a Central Railroad tiuin for busi
ness, ot ten years in the penitentiary. Tho
Penusvtvanian drew pistols and tcirorized
everybody, butthe Judge pioDably said that
the intent constituted the crime.
Both Cmxie Up Smiling.
Detroit Journal.
It was expected that tho grip would bo
Saralyzed In its struggle with Ben Butler,
ut both came up smiling.
TUE WEATHER
(WBITTEX FOB THE DISPATCH.l
The air to-day was as mIM s May,
And the skies to-day were fair:
But streets onr way are of slimy clay
The walking Is bad out there.
The bright bine sky, if you looked so high.
Was flecked with white clouds fleecy;
But you'll heave a slph as'you pin by
The sidewalks black and greasy. '
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"WfUjfTj
NTJAkx" ' 12 18925
SUNDAY NEWSFAFEBS.
To Attack Them Is to Attack the Liberties
and Rights of the People.
Toledo Commercial.
An organization called "The Law and
Order Society" has begun a crusade in Pitts
burg, Pa., to suppress tho publication of
Sunday newspapers. Preachers have been
denouncing the Sunday newspapers until a
ciowd of enthusiasts have been thoronehly
convinced that they are notdolngtbclrduty
to the Lord, nor to their fellow man, unless
they devote their time, talents, energies and
wealth to this work of suppressing the dis
semination of worldly Information on the
Lord's Day, commonly called Sunday. There
is a statute on the laws of the Commonwealth
prohibiting all worldly employment on thnt
da' evcopt works of charity and necessity.
The proceedings aro justlu theirinclplency,
and it Is too early to say exactly what form
the prosecution and the defense w ill assume,
but when under the full agitation of earnest
conflict, it promises to be a crusade worth
following. The society is strongin money and
respectability, it has the inducement of
fines and costs to incite It to full activity
and constant exertion: the Sunday newspa
pers of that city hnve been long established
and have great mental and considerable
financial resources. It may bo regaidedas
a buttle of giants, and go far toward estab
lishing a precedent from which a more dis
tinct iuterpietation of the Sunday laws may
be made. It is not probable that the pnb
lfshers of Sunday newspapers will rely npon
the charitaDle defense; contend that the
pnbliihlng of a Sunday newspaper Is the
work of charity. They will probably con
cede that it is pnblisbed as a business enter
prise, for gain, but is It a work of necessity?
This depends on a definition of necessity
within thf- meaning of the law. It may be
contended that mankind can exist without
a newspaper, nnd it would be difficult to
deny the truth of the assertion.
But when it comes to presetting; this pro
fession is followed for pecuniary gain, and
mankind could exist without it, but it
would require a singularly constituted legal
mind which would conclude that preaching
on Sunday Is a violation of tho law. Tho
choirs nnd organ plaj ers in tho churches
are frequently professionals, paid regularly
for their services, and tho services could be
conductod without them, but is anyone wild
enough to assume that this purely worldly
employment on Snndny Is violation of tho
law 1 It Is possible for people to subsist on
cold victuals on Sunday; shall every house
wife who prepares a meal on that day,
therefore, be liable to punishment for en
gaging In this worldly employment of
cookingJ Aline must evidently be drawn
somewhere for a definition or necessitv,
other than that without which an indi
vidual could not possibly exist. It has been
admitted by the courts that whnt may bo
tho luxuries of a people in one state of adv
vanccment may be necessities to another
state of advancement; not because thev
could not exist without them, but because
they havo btxemeapart of their accustomed
enjoyments or conveniences of life. News
papers havo grown in to the lives of tho peo
ploof all enlightened nations: they aro es
sential to the dissemination of information
among the people; they aro a necessity as
truly as preaching the gospel ia, or .conduct
ing lines of transportation which hnve been
hold by lesal decisions to bo necessary. To
attack tho Sunday nowspaper is to attack
the liberties and tho rights of the people. It
is an effoi t to restore to that exten t the daric
ages: to curtail the means of obtaining Infor
mation at the earliest po-ible moment of
the transactions of the woild. We expect to
see this senseless crusade result in a decided
dctcat.
A SH0STEB CREED COMING.
The Old Westminster Confession to Be Rel
egated to Ancient History.
New York, Jan. 11. The General Commit
tee on Revision of the Presbyterian Church,
of which Dr. William C. Roberts, of Lake
Forest University, is Piesident, will meet
in this city to-morrow. The principal object
of this adjourned meeting is understood to
be the reception and consideration of re
ports of the action of the various Presby
teries throughout tho country on the sub
ject of revision. Tho committee bad in
vited this expression of opinion.
It is believed bv fome who are well In
formed that tho final result will bo the ap
proval of the plan outlined by tho Chicago
Presbytery, namely: Tne retirement or the
pmsent creed as a historical monument,
and the formulation and adoption of a
shorter declaration of belief in kcoping with
tbe requiiements ot the piesent.
OSSIFIED. YET HE LIVES.
A Long Island Iilnn Diags Out a Painful
Existence.
Port Jeffersox, L. I., Jan. 11. Edward
Emmons, 37 yeais old, has been living in a
stateof ossification since 187G. Emmons was
one of tho crew of the schooner Julia Willis,
Captain W. B. Daycon. At tho ago of 21 be
leturned from a sea voyage, and before the
schooner, reached this port he was stiicken
with rheumatism. For nearly 16 years ho
has suffered the most excruciating agony,
while his body and limbs, except bis left
arm, became rigid, as if deprived of all their
joints. Even his Jaws aro closed and set,
and he takes bis tood through an opening
made by the loss of two front teeth. Em
mons is able to move his left arm .sufficiently
to feed himself, but It is with difficulty.
The patient speaks quite distinctly and is
able to see and hear, although both of these
senses have been impaiied by the ptogress
ot tho disease. He has grown so emaciated
that his mother and sister, who take care of
him, lilt him in and out of bed as If he weie
a log of wood. His only pastime is reading,
ana as his appetite is-good he may live sev
eral yeurs.
HUNTED TWO FDMAS.
Sever Hunters Injured and Nine Hounds
Killed by the Animnls.
Leifsic, O., Jan. 1L The greatest hunt
ever undertaken in the State took place near
heie yesterday, when 7C0 men and 51) hounds
turned out to run down two pumas, which
for two weeks havo been preying on lh e
stock in tho neighborhood. The beasts
wero encountered early in the afternoon,
much to the sorrow of hunters and hounds.
The light was kept up until daik, with the
jesult t:iat seven of the hunters are danger
ously Injured, at least two latally, and nine
of tne hounds arc dead. The pumas are
now surrounded in a swamp and the fight
nill be renewed.
D00 MEAT DID NOT CUBE.
Death of a Consumptive Who Tried an
Ineffectual Remedy.
Mukcie, Id., Jan. 1L George Howell, tho
consumptive who sought relief by dieting
on dog meat for the past two weeks, died
last night. Mrs. Howell denounces the al
leged remedy, and accounts for tho lelief
berhusbaml obtained nt one time in tne
tollowingmnnnei: Through confidence in
the meat, the victim partakes moiefrcely
than of anj' other diet, theieuy receiving
nourishment for a time, but a for penna
nent lelief, sho says the icmedy is a fraud
SEEKING THE COXYEXTIO.Y.
Milwaukee is eager to secure the National
Democratic Convention. Chicago would like
to see her In possession of thu political plum,
Chicago Inter Ocean.
New that St. Louis has resigned its claims
on the D"tnocratic National Convention iu
lavor of Kansas City, what has Milwaukee
got to say about it? Chicago Tribune.
The fight for tho Democratic Presidental
Convention nojv seems to bo between St.
Paul and Kansas City. As betw e-n the two
Colorado would rather see the latter place
win. Cbfoi (icio Abu. ,
TnE fight for the Democratic National Con
vention appears to bo between K:uisu3 City
and Milwaukee, with tne chances in favor of
thofoimerif sound and practical reasons
me to prevail oversuperficial.ind irielcvant
ones. St. Louis Glolie Democrat.
IsiDiAXArou't is said to bo doing mnch
quiet work on its Democratic Convention
boom. Blocks of flvo methods are not popu
lar in tho Democratic party. Coma out
openly, Indianapolis, or drop out. Kansas
City Times.
St. Louis is said to have formally with
drawn from tbs contest for tho National
Democratic Convention. St. Louis evidently
proposes to avoid excltlemont and husband
all her resources to come lo Chicago during
the World'sTalr. Chicono Inter Ocean.
lv r'
AMONG THE BEAU MONDE.
Third Dance or Mondny Evening Series at
the nttsburg Club Arrangements for a
Coming Opening Reception Various
Functions Noted and Polite People Par
agraphed. The third of the series of Monday evening
dances was held in tho Pittsburg Club
Theater last night, when. In spite of the
lowering nd altogether unattractive natnro
of the evening, a reasonably good atten
dance was present. It is no longer
to be doubted that these Monday
evening dances are not what they
were. Tho interest is dting out, but
tho failure is not duo to any mismanage
ment by tho present committee, which was,
if memory serves well.appoln ted this season.
The people are tired and these young men
were, unfortunately for them, put in charge
just at the beginning of the end. The great
est credit possible ha been won by the com
mittee by It undeviatingconrso of energetic
effort to"cnrry an old man of tbo woods on
Its shoulders. What Is krtbwn as the small
dances is surely replacmg the older func
tinn.tbe politic nature df which Is evidenced
by the fact that tho first of the two dances Is
given at tbe Duqnesne Clnb nnd the second
at tho Pittsburg Clnb. It is not impossible
to conceive the next season without a Mon
day ov6ning dance as it ft knownc-day and
a series of two small dances flourishing and
multiplying, or else tho complexion of
things will suddenly take on another hue.
TnE opening reception at 'the Pittsburg
Club, previously arranged for Thursday
evening, 21st inst., has been delayed until
the succeeding Thursday: n disappointment
abont the furniture, which did not arrive
when expected, being the cause of the post
ponement. The reception will be given by
the Governing Committeo of the club, as
sisted by a number of their fashionable
women friends, under whose chaperonage
the entire club shall be thrown open for the
inspection of that fortunnte wond to which
it belongs. Associated with Mr. WHl.am N.
Frew, the President, on the committee aro
Mr. Frank P. Snroul, Mr. William G. Park,
Mr. Wynn R. Sewell. Mr. W. IC Shlras, Mr.
Nathaniel Holmes. Mr. William G. Price.
Mr. Joseph R. Dilworth and Mr. J. Harvey
White. The ladles' committee Is composed
of Mr. W. N. Frow, Mrs. F. P. Sproul, Mrs.
W. G. Park, Mrs. W. R. Sewell and Mrs.
Joseph Dilworth.
ItEDFEKN is making the going-away dress
of the Princess May of Teck against thocom
ing ceremony which makes her the wife of
the heir presumptive of England, It is to
be of white cloth, of English manufacture,
trimmed with sable.. Ellse, the famous
dressmaker, is making tho wedding gown,
the satin for which is being woven-at Spltal
fiplds. The brocadefor the train is being
presented by the Ladies Committe of tho
National Silk Association. The dress will be
trimmed with Homtou lace, and the train
will bu borne by eight bridesmaids, all of
whom are to be daughters of dnkes, earls or
marquises. They will wear white and stiver,
trimmed with May blossoms, in compliment
to Princess May's prettv name. Tho ne s
papers at the present timo are quarreling
over the place to be selected for the wuilumg
ceremonials, but thevall unite in saying that
Windsor will not be the placo. This last is
quite likely correct, since, when the English
people are talking of a wedding1 .piesent for
the Duke and Duchess of Clarence In the
form of a fat check, it would be moie politic
to peimlt them a view of the parade, white
elephants and all. Undoubtedly it will take
place In London, and the date is set for Feb
ruary. There is a possibility of the Linden Club
adding a cafe to its otherwise cosy and con
venient clubhouse. It has always been a
matter of i egret that such an essential part
of a clubhouse as a kitchen should have
been forgotten by those who planned tho
building, as it is absolutely necessary w hen
suppers are being served on cotillon nUlits.
There is also a comp'aint that service in tho
neighborhood of the clulihotisc is very bad.
Since the portcutious sister clubs in town do
not hesitate to havo a iati lug establish
ment for tho ue of their memoers, thero
seems no reason why the Linden Clulishould
not fill n want keenly felt and increase its
exchequer nt the same time. It is evident
that should a movement like this take a
tangible form the prornotei s of it will not
want lorencouragemcnt.
foclal Cl.atter.
It Is said. Max O'Rell's lectnre on Satnrday
evening was not a fininci.il success, anil
that the 3IissionFrancalsu is something near
$120 out of pocket thereby. Lecturing at a
business seemi.to be vastly overdone. So
far as PlttRburg's experience goes the gen
tlemen who came here traveling on their
brains, hae "Jonaced" everything but
themselves nnd have sunk the ship, while
they escape a comfortabl" scat in the
whale's stomach. It is agi eat pity that so
worthy a cans as the Mission h'ou!d not
have received more encouragement.
It Is conceded on all sides that Miss Nina
King, whoso debut came off three weeks
ago in the Duqiiesnu Clnb, is by all odds the
prettiest of tne season's debutantes. Tho
snme authority, divine by majority, declares
Miss Julia Hntson to be the most power
fully supported young woman probably
Pittsburg has ever seen socially. Moreover,
Natuie has been very kind to her also, so
uotween tnis and that, aiiss n atson u noth
ing if not a success '
A decision" of the Linden Club for the en
tertainment of its members by a eau3crie.ln
troducing literary and musical features, has
materialized for Thursday evening. Mrs.
McDonald, a lady from Boston, said to be a
singer of power nnd taste, will innke her
first appearance, and a talk on physlcil cul
tuie w ill be given by Miss Elizabeth Wright.
The entertainment is under the auspices of
tho club, and admittance to it is by invita
tion oniy.
The Misses Lewis, of Hazelwood, gave a
tea patty yesterday afternoon lor friends
w ho are visiting tne fnuiily. By the way,
Hazelwood appropriates to itself two of the
prettiest girls in ton n Miss Bertha Scnlly
and Miss Edith Lewis, whose tvpes of beauty
are s neatly of the same order that they
liave been mistaken for each other. Hiss
Lswisit, somewhat the younger of tbe two
and is just home Irom school.
People are saving that it's a pity there Is
no spectators' gallery at the Pittsburg Club
Theater similar to that in the Doquesne As
somblee rooms. There are so many people
who do not wish to dance the entire evening
or even to do ho at all, who would enjoy
such a convenlepce. The foyer answers tho
purpose somewhat, but is by no means equal
to the other.
Ix Vienna there is a club of rich men
pledged to marry poor girls. IT n member
marries a rich girl he is fined L,0M, the
money being presented to some woithy im
pecunious couple engaged to be married.
Heaven send that the good work spread
and that apostles shall b.3 sent out to ail tho
world to preach such a gospel.
TitEMnenosyme Club, of Allegheny, gives
a house entertainment at the iiome of Miss
Young, who is one of its members. Miss
Adelaide Laie, ono of tho cloverest mem
bers of the dead and gone East End Dra
matic Club, will support ono of tho char
acters.
The engagement of Miss Ihmsen to Robert
G. Matleni, announced in the early winter,
culminates in a wedding iu February, which
will tuke place at the home of the Uliilo In
Edgenoodville on the llitli of the month.
Theiie Is talk of the fortnightly euchres
Veiiu ri-estahllshcd at the Linden Club this
winter. Ihey weie among the most asree
ablo and successful torms of entertainment
Indulged in at the club last winter.
Mrs. K vtheiuxe Oldshue, who Is spending
the winter at tho Kennunvr, has become the
belle of that any place, and ut its bulls, is tbe
bought after of all seekers.
Miss Kate E. EMrFiELD, of Indiana, Pa., is
the gnct this week, ot her cousin, Mrs.
Porter E. Calhoun, oi Firth avenue, Oanland.
Invitatioxs have been issued bv Mr. and
Mis. W.N. Frew for a dinner ut the Pitts
burg Club on Friday evening.
Mns. A- E. W. PaiStk has been confined
to bud seerul weeks with a sot ere attack oi
thu grip.
Miss Jessie Lvoss,, of Western avenue, is
visiting ut her former homo in Marion, Ind.
The Mises Lewis, or Hazelwood, gave a
sleighing party on aaturday evening.
To-day Miss Blanche Playford will bo mar
ried to Mr. Edgar C. Boj le.
A leap year party rntertained by Mrs.
Chaplin on Friday eveuing.
The Misses Fitrrel, o Craig street, glvo a
dance on Thursday night.
The Iinhoff-Graff wedding this evening.
Bnuclcanlt Not Married br Ihe Mnyor.
Chicago, Jan. II. A few days ugo it was
announced tbat Aubrey Boucicault and Miss
Amy Bushbv. theatrical people, would be
married by Mayor vVashburne. This morn
ing the Mayor Informed that he was without
the powers of u civil magistrate, so tho
couple called on Rev. Dr. Clinton Locke, of
Grace Episcopal Church, who portonned tho
cereinouy. '
The Boom Needs No Pepsin.
New York Advertiser. r
Anyhow Mr. Blaine's Presidental boom
needs no pepsin.
curious Condensations! g
It takes more than 100 bees to weigh aa
ounce. . , r
The otter is growing scarce even in ih
extreme Northwest.
An acre of pasture land contains on an
average 36,000 worms. ,,.,,
A Texan pony found the watch which
his master had lost and brought it to him in
his mouth.
In Ventura connty.Calilbrnia, there It
snlphnr spring that is hot in tho morning
and cool In the beat of tbe day.
Recently at Amador, CaL, a block of
marble weighing 100 tons was quarried and",
cut up Into columns for a new theater.
A French scientist declares that the
domestic pets of tho world carry at least SO
per cent of the common contagious diseases
from house to house.
The flora of the east coast of Florida
contains msny species from the West Indies,
which havo been brought bv tho equatorial
currents through the Carribean Sea into tbe
Gulf of Mexico and around by the Gulf
Stream.
Some fishes have horns which aro
actually outgrowths of bone on tbeir heads.
The box fish, which Inhabits tbe warm
waters of the globe a little fellow six or
eight inches long has horns an inch In
length.
From the small island of St. Hilda, off i
Scotland, 20,000 young gannets and an im-.-mense
nnmber of eggs are annually .col
lected; and although this bird lays only one
egg per annum, nnd is four years in attaining7
maturity, its numbers do not diminish.
A hole 1-500 of an inch in diameter hat ,
been considered remarkable, but nowadays
Jewels with holes much smaller in diameter
are required for several purposes. Thev aro .
inserted in plates fordrawingwireand fiber,
and are used in electrical, mathematical and "
nautical instruments.
There is a species of crow in India
which assembles in flocks of about 20 or 30 in''
tho recesses of forests, and whose note so
exactly resembles the human voice in loud
laughing that a person ignorant of the real
cause wonld fancy that a very merry party
was close at hand.
There are in the world 147 educational
institutions called universities. The largest
is in Paris, with 9.215 students; the next in
V!cnn3. with 6,220: tho third In Berlin, with
5527. The smallest is a branch of Durham
University, Fourah Bay College, in Sierra
Leone, with 12 students and five professors.
Fornearly half acentury Mount Everest, '
or Gaurisacker (as It is known in Europe
nnd Asia), was thought to be the apex of the
world. In 1S8L however, a Captain Lawson,
sent out by the British Geographical Society,
discovered a peak an the Isle of Papna
which is 32,763 eet in height. He named it
Mount Hercules.
3Ir. Francis Darwin has proved by ex
periment that insect or meat fed plants bear
heavier and more seeds than those nnted.
He grew two lots under similar conditions,
feeding one with roast meat and tbe other
with nothing. The pampered plants bore 210 .
seeds to the others' 100, with a superiority in
weight of seeds.
The echo at the Eagle's Ksst on the
banks of the Killarney is renowed for its re
petition of a bugle call, which seems to be
repeated bv a hnndred instruments, nniil it
gradually dies away in the nlr. At the re
port of n cannon the loudest thundors re-,
verberate from the rock and die in seem-
ingly endless peals alonj the distant mount
ains. The official report shows that 890 people ,
committed suicide in Paris during tho past
year, 243 of whom hanged themselves, 205
were drowned, 164 asphvxiated, 138 shot, 65
jumped from windows, 3J'were poisoned, 24
stabbed, 5 run over bv trains, and 13 left by
methods miscellaneous. Among the drowned,"
and window jumpers tho majority were
women.
Behind the temple at Beni Hassan great
pits have been found containing multitudes"
of cat mummies. The cat was regarded s
an emblem of the sun. Its eyes being sup
posed to vnry in color with the progress of
he luminary through the heavens. Like
wise its eyes were believed to undergo a
change each lunar month, for which reason
tbe beast was also sacred to the moon.
Four years ago no white man was per
mitted to enter' Matabeleland without a
special permit from the King, and mission
aries were advised not to attempt to settle
in his country If they valued their lives.
Lobengul.i has Just made a new treaty with
tho British South Africa Company by which
lie cedes to them a large tract of country
In addition to Mashonnland, and gives them
nil the powers and privileees thev require.
Tne company now controls 400,000 square
miles In Matabeleland and Mashonaland.
The present extent of the Vatican is
enormous, the number of rooms, at the
lowest computation, being 4,422. Its treas
ures of marble statues, ancient gem, paint
ings, bopks, manuscripts, etc., are to be com
pared onl v with those in the British Musenm.
The length of the Statue Museum alone is a
fraction over a mile. Conservative writers
say that the gold contained in the medals,
vessels, chains and othor objects preserved
in the Vatican would make more gold coins
than the whole of the present European cir
culation. When all the particulars of the censns
are out It will probably bo fnnnd that there
are nearly 20.C0J w omen in the United King
dom who earn their living by nursing. The
nuniber,seems enormous, yet becomes com
prehensible when we consider that thennrs
Ingstaffof the largest Jiospital In London
numbers 250, and that the nursing staffs of
th seven largest hospitals reacn total of
3,100. And there are 123 hospitals in London, ,
besides the numerous institutions which
supply private nurses, of which teveral em
ploy over 1M) women.
The really famous fan painters of Eu- .
rope are Albert, Cheneviee, Houghton,
Eugene Ciceri and Lassallez. Albert is a
pamtprof miniatures, and his trainingshows .
in his work on fans. His figures have a re
markable beafrty of finish. Cbenevlereis
strong in costumes. He delights in depict
ing gay groups of Parisians. Houghton's
work Is noticeaDle for delicate finish. Clceri ,
is almost alone in painting Alpine scenes.
He will cover the wholo faco of a fan with a
great Alpine landscape, and one easily '
recognizable by those familiar with the Alps.
Lasallez is peculiarly rich in coloring. Fans
p-iinted by these artists are sold for $125 to .
tbiw each. y
MOMENTAItT SMILES.
Young Wife Don't say anything abont j
this to mamma. Filed, ,..
Hii'biml-Certalnlynot. ,j
Young Wife iVjcanse she woold ssv. "I told you
so." and It would please her, for for she really
IJd. Seu) York Herald. a
So common 'tis for some doomed man to ;
Lifeless beneath tne ele-trlc wires that smite hua, T
Wl lh ghastly humor now the papers call
The shocking episode, a current Item."
-Pact,
"Is it true, Shykes, that you are going to
marrv your typewr!'01'?"
"Yes, It's true. Glfzzard. I was paying her as
high a salary I could aflordr She wautcd more,
auil something had to be doue." Chicago Tribune.
The lioss Look here, Tomsou. ou've ,
piloted that laundry slgn"Laudry.;' Wnatdoyou
mean by such work as that?
Journeyman I dode dow how it was, unless It's
because I've got ad dawful cold Id the head.
Harper's Bmar.
What a queer combination of cheek and
pervershy.
Insolence pride, gab. Impudence, vanity,
Je-ilousy. hate, scorn, baseness. Insanity,
Honor, truth, wisdom, virtue, urbanity.
Is that whimsical biped called man!
Who can fathom the depth oriils Innate depravity. ,
To-day lie's all gaiety, to-morrow all gravity.
For Mowing his own horn he has a propensity.
Even under clouds of singular density.
Oh, m) tblcal clay-bank called man !
Brickmaicr.
"Keep a stiff upper lip," said Miss'
Blecker to her friend Miss Emerson, of Doston.
"Yes," replied the latter, 'I Intend to mala-
tain a superior labial rigldty." Judge. u-
Intruder I would like td show yon this J
"Ode to Winter." '
Ri tor I don't want to see It. I know already"
what's owed to Winter. It's a plumber's bid.
Texas Sitings. " '
As every dog must have his day ' '
And every cat his nljtht, n
So mistletoe has come and gone, .i
Aud now is "out or sight."
Brootlyn Eagle.
Miss de Muir (at reception, to stately
young lady) Miss ulghup. permit me tolntro-'S
duce my brother. Major deMuIr. . 3
Miss Ulghup I am glad to meet yoa,MaJord
dp Mulr. Are you in the army. Major? . tt
The Young Han-Mo, Miss Hlghup, MaJoU
ay Christian name. ,, . " Z
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