T f - t -! 'F"rri ? n; 7nTy?"i'fi ? "v fifx-is1. ' fr-s. 4 ' " ' - V 4 . t "THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2. 1S92. ' 4.-3PtITXVrnfVHiW.9.J;" taK-Pr rWmaXiT 'VF 5TKSlWiraHf if.T" 4 lite Bpfc&. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8. lg6 Vol. . No. T60. raitcred atrittsburgPostonicc J.overflber.lSS7, s second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 7S and So Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. FASTFItN AlWRimblN'S OFFICE. ROOM TH. TKIBPNi; HlTH.DINfi. XHWYOKK. wlicrecom j.Iele flies orTm:DIMVTCH can alwavsbcrmind. Foreign advertisers "rpreelatc Oie romenirace. Home ad crtiscrs and friends of THE DISPATCH. vhilein New York, are also niadewcicome. 7IJF DISrA TC1I in rrfilarly on sale otBrrntann's. I ftiton Square. Seio Jorl.ana IT Ave ttefOpem. rant, Pmncx. Khere anymv tclm has been aisap jxrtnttit at a haUl nnr Klaixt ran nft'fftn it. lEKMb or THE DISPATCH. rfTAcr. tt.t.t isc the onited statu. yAm Dispatch. One Year ..... 8 m Daily DisrATCH. Per Quarter ..... 2 TO DIL1 WTATcn. One Montji TO Daili Di--i'ATcn. including i-unday, 1 year.. 10 00 Daily DisrATOi, lnclndlng bnnday. Sm'ths. ;ro Daily Disi-atch. IncludlngSunday. 1 m'tb... 90 i-uDsTDlsrATCIi. One Year T50 "W EFKLY Dl&rATCII. One Year 1 3 TUL Daily Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at ;j cents per week, or. Including Sunday Edition, at ;i cents per week. I'lTTbliUKfi. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY TWELVE PAGES NETTLED AT LAST. The opinions of the Supreme Court affirming the curative legislation for Pitts burg's street assessments are short and sweet. Thus a knotty affair Is settled; and the aVmtters on the improved streets will have to pay according to the benefits to their property. This puts tho city practically in the same position it occupied before Judue Williams' unsettling decision of more than aearajo. It gives the benefit of some experience and of better methods of pro cedure In ordering work and making as srssmentsfor the futuie but substantially it relieves the general taxpayer of the ap prehension of having to pay for the sev eral millions of dollars' liability incurred under the acts of 1887 and 18S9. There is one feature of the decision which is specially interesting. It is that which specifies that under the curative acts quantum meriut is to be the basis for assessments for all" past work. That is to say, that the contractor's original contract for the work is merely acceptable as evi dence of the cost of improvements, not as conclusive. This means ovidently that the parties assessed are privileged in any case to show, if they can, that the work was not-north the amount soughttobe charged lor it If this privilege extends to defense in court against the assessments as well as to the hearingsbefore the assessors it may lead to further litigation but this can simply affect the amount to be recovered and the fact will in any event remain that whatever is to be paid must be met by the property benefitted. THE SENATOR'S OPPORTUNITY. The sentence of the Beaver Court upon the publishers of the Star at that place for libel against Senator Quay six months imprisonment and SGOO fine will occur to the general public as pretty sharp. At the same rate of measurement it would require some of the Kev7 York publishers who attacked the Senator the balance of then: natural lives in prison to expiate their offenses in the same di rection. There is, however, one consideration which may mitigate the punishment. The high officials of Governor Pattison's ad ministration, who furnished the material for the charges against the Senator of im plication in the Bardsley business, will probably have enough influence with the Board of Pardons to secure a remission or modification of the penalty. Or the Senator himself may become magnanimous. Soon, under the genial skies of Florida, angling for the silvery tarpon or listening to the softening strains of the mocking bird among the magnolias, his spirit may nsetothatheightof philoso phy which perceives that where there Is vindication there is no need for vindic tiveness. This view, we think, opens up to the Senator his best opportunity in connection with the entire matter. AN UNCERTAIN EXl'KNSE. The estimate is announced that the cost of preparations for war with Chile will amount to about S2,000,000. This is a mitigation of 33 per cent from the figures given out about a week ago, with an ap parent inspiration from the idea that the nation ought not to spend so much good money and let it be wasted without any fighting to show for it. The country can very v ell afford that sum for preparations to sustain the national honor, and it will be a great deal cheaper than to have had a war. But the fact, that concurrently with this announcement comes the estimate of the Commissioner of Pensions that a max imum of 5160,000,000 annual expenditure for pensions is to be contemplated in the near future, creates a harassing doubt whether there may not be an indefinite expansion of cost on account of the Chilean imbroglio stretching down the vistas of the future. If the belligerents who have been lighting Chile so vigor ously for the past three months claim pen sions for their cracked throats, there is no telling how much the next generation may have to pay. ROOM OR BOOMERANG? Correspondence from Philadelphia to the Xew York Herald states that all the Democratic Congressmen from Pennsyl vania, with one exception, are preparing for united action between the present time and the date of the Democratic State Convention, for the purpose of capturing the delegation against Governor Pattison, with the fact not entirely kept in the background that the .ultimate significance of this move may be a solid delegation from Pennsylvania in the interest of David B. HilL If the movement were only a contest between the opponents of the State ad ministration and its supporters, and even if that movement should draw the lines against 3Ir. Cleveland, whose causo is nearly identical with that of Pattison, it would not call for much animadversion outside of the politicians immediately con cerned in the factional dispute. But if it appears that the movement takes the shape of delivering the Pennsylvania Democracy over to the uses of David B. Hill it is likely to "arouse very emphatic piotcsts on the part of the rank and file of the Democracy. The wishes of Pennsylvania Democrats may not be considered very important, in asmuch as they cannot in any event give the Democratic candidate an Electoral vote. But the popular element of the Democracy in this Slate has its preference for a candidate with a remote chance of election and its liking for a leader of clear reputation and honorablo affiliations. Tho intention to tie their representation to tho cause of a candidate whose character and' record will repel the votes of honest and self-respecting men all over the country will evoke a popular storm in the Demo cratic ranks that may convert this section of the Hill boom into a boomerang. It may be well to await developments before being too certain of either tho suc cess ordefeat of this schenre of conquest. But one thing is certain: the Pennsylvania Democracy has never permitted itself to bo captured in this way without kicking up the liveliest sort of a shindy first A MEMENTO FOR THE VETERANS. A very worthy suggestion is made in re spect to the State Encampment of the G. A.-B, appointed for this city the latter part of the month. It Is eleven years since the encampment last honored Pitts burg with its presence; and at the rate the old soldiers are going to their final account, the doubt exists whether Pittsburg will, after this event, again have an opportu nity of entertaining the encampment. The project now is to tender the veterans on the 25th a complimentary banquet at Old City Hall and it Is assuredly one which can be commended as fit from the points of view of history, of patriotism, of sentiment Old City Hall had a special glory of its own in the exciting and momentous days of which this younger generation knows only by tradition or by books. There, as the legends upon its walls faithfully record. Pittsburg's patriotic fervor and hospitality provided sustenance for im mense numbers of the "boys in blue" on their way to and from the fields of action. ICo city in the land won a worthier celebrity than did Pittsburg in this respect Nothing could be more appropriate than that the memory of those stirring times should be renewed by such a banquet to the survivors as is now proposed. How rapidly time is thinning the ranks of the veterans is shown by the fact that the death rate among the G. A. R. men of Pennsylvania is now 1,200 to 1,800 yearly, while eleven years ago, when the encamp ment last met here, it was but 400 yearly from a much larger membership. It would be a graceful and fitting thing for the peo ple of this city to act upon the suggestion, to subscribe the amount needed and make the necessary arrangements for a special entertainment at the hall to the twelve or fifteen hundred veterans who will repre sent the encampment Such an occasion within the Old Hall would have a more tender significance than'any other courtesy that could be planned. Mayor Gourley, who always rises to the occasion where the pride of the city Is concerned, would doubtless very cheer fully receive subscriptions for the purpose outlined; and if the project is agreed upon, the requisite money would quickly be sent in. A CHANCE FOR JUSTICE. The report that Fitzsimmons was cap tured in New Orleans yesterday will be welcome news to law-abiding citizens that one of the most desperate and defiant criminals of the day cannot laugh at jus tice and slip through the hands of the law. The organized crimes of Fitzsimmons, end ing with the murder of the officer sent to arrest him, were little in unison with the received ideas as to the protection of life and property at theclose of the nineteenth century. His escape after having btftn captured and lodged in jail was a startling evidence of inefficiency, if no worse, in the instrumentalities of justice. His recap ture gives the law a chance to demonstrate that crime is not triumphant and that thieves and murderers cannot override and defy justice with impunity. Now that he is in custody once more it is to be hoped that no more misadventures will cast doubt on the efficiency and in tegrity of the means of justice. A man, who has defied the laws of social organi zation as Fitzsimmons has, needs to be carefully guarded and promptly brought to trial and punishment There is urgent need for demonstrating in his case that hanging is not played out in Allegheny county. NATIONAL WATEBWAIS. In a well considered article on internal water routes, chiefly devoted to the deep water channels on the lakes advocated last week before a Congressional committee,the Philadelphia Press gives some extremely interesting statistics. In addition, by its intelligent indorsement of the general project of improved waterways, it thus demonstrates the growing magnitude of that subject: The, enormous and rapid growth mado by our lake commerce ought to stimulate the extension of water navigation in and about them. Tho Portage Canal, the Illinois and Mississippi, tho Pittsburg and Lake Erie and the Niagara Eiver Canal, to say nothing of the enlargement of the Erie, are all enterprises which would add to the wealth and production of the land. It Is a mltuke to saj- that the dav for canals is past. The Manchester, the Baltic, the Corinth, and the extension ot the Suez Canal, with lesser enterprises, aro all proof of the importance attached to canals abroad. A striking comparison of the effective ness, as well as magnitude, of lake with rail transportation is made in the same ar ticle. The vessels on the lakes a't the close of 1889 reached a total of 2,784, with a gross tonnage of 924,422 and a valuation of $48, 809,750, carrying through the Detroit river alone nearly 20,000,000 tons of freight "While these vessels cost only half of one per cent as much as the railroads of the United States," says the Press, "they car ried 22 per cent as many ton miles. This tonnage was carried for about S23,000,000, or one-seventh what it would have cost at the average rail rate." This Is a very striking contrast, although, perhaps, to be more accurate, the vessels should be com pared to the rolling stock of railways, and the waterways, whether natural or Im proved, to the railway tracks. Taking 12 per cent as the average proportion pf rail way capital invested in rolling stock the comparison shows that the means of trans portation on the water, costing 4 per cent of the railway equipment, carried 22 per cent as much freight In other wordsthe means of water transportation are five and one-half times as effective, while railway charges are seven times as great If tolls of CO cents per ton had to be imposed on the water traffic to repay Investment of capital In Improved waterways, the rail way charges will still bo three and one half times as great as the water charges. The point most worthy of consideration in this connection is that our Philadelphia cotemporary, in the paragraph quoted above, names five canal projects which would unite the rivers and lakes of the country as integral parts of a national sys tem of water transportation. Without the deepening of the Erie Canal these projects would cost about tfiree-fourths of one per cent of the capital of the railway system of the country. With it they might cost two per cent of the railway capitalization. They would more than double the trans portation capacity of the country, but the increase of the actual traffic would be multiplied by a far greater factor. The stimulus to the production and business of the country involved in reducing the cost of movine bulk freichts, like grain, ore 'and coal, to one-seventh, one-fifth or even one-third of the present cost, would be so immense as to almost exceed calculations. The railways are antagonizing the water way projects for fear that they would take away business; but the real effect of the cheapness of the fundamental freights would be to add to the railway traffic by its Immense stimulus of the higher class" freights. The important fact is that these projects for waterways which link the lakes and rivers together and reach the ocean should go band In hand. They are the essential parts of tho great national plan of internal water transportation, and should unite their forco for the realization of them all. They should cut themselves loose from tho duck pond and logging creek type of river and harbor improvements, but should form a united front in urging the creation of the national system of waterways at the earliest possible date. The capture of a hundred railroad work men by twenty-five hnndrcd or the Butte Workingmen's Union, in Montana, and tho enforced subscription of the captives to the union, marks a new era In the power of labor organizations. That tho affair was com pleted without a strugglo or any destruction of property proves the cleverness of the plans, but does not lessen the illegality of the compulsion. Madame Adam in giving a French view of "England in Egypt" in tho New -Renew indicates that France finds her great est grievance (In tho concessions which England has made to Germany to bo allowed free scope in Egypt, There is at least one creed which under goes great and rapid changes. It is the Crcede of Colorado, which, owing to a very profitable silver mine, has donbled its popu lation in two weeks, nnd is expected to nearly treble it again In throe months. It it evident that this Is an exception to the rules which govern most creeds. Nearly all the ministers of Hudson county, New Jersey, preached on Sunday against the iniquitous management of the Guttenburg race tract;. But the defiance of the law continues notwithstanding the ef forts of the pulpit. "Wakd McAllister lias hitherto been known first as the organizer nnd then' as the stoward of the four hundred. He is as suming so many ana such various duties that there Is everv probability of his being dnbhed its chief cook and bottle washer and humble everything else before long. Troubles in Spain and proverbial Span ish pride will be no help in the settlement of the dispute with France, and the condition of things in Europe Is such that very little Is required to upset the balance of peace. Many were those who scoffed at "Look ing Backward". as the utterly impracticable ideas of a visionary Utopian. Thev will do well to take note of the success which has attended the organization of a cooperative kitchen at Topeka. and moderate their strictures in accordance with the facts. It is said in some quarters that Beid music In Paris Is to bo superseded Dy the Blair of brazen instruments, bnt this is prob ably nothing more than tinkling brass and sounding cymbals. The latest proposal of the bellicose New York Recorder Is a fund to present three sil ver statuettes of Biggin, the victim of the Valparaiso mob, to Harrison, Blaine and Traey. Charitable people would do better to subscribe money for the expenses of the war preparations. The new French tariff is an instance of the adoption of protective'measures Dy an old country, with centuries of experience on -which to base its judgment. Nothing so clearly indicates the severity of the Russian sufferings as does the alto gether unprecedented and most significant action of the local administrative bodies in daring to most emphatically condemn the Government as the sonree of all their ills. Fitzsimmons Is a notable victim of the oruel cigarette. It betrayed, and, if Justice does not miscarry, will kill him. The statement that the condition of woman is that of a slave in nations where liquor traffic is forbidden is quite true; bnt to use that fact as an argument against pro hibition is to state as causo and effect what is really nothing bnt a coincidence. "The Stone Ago with the millage. is not to be compared The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church, so that a good crop of active citizens, from the ranks of those hitherto uninterested in the management of their local government, is to be expected from the assessment persecutions. PEOPLE IN GENERA!,. Senator Bkice, of Ohio, wears his hair in almost the iac-simile of a curly auburn wig. Lord Randolph Churchill says the "newspapers did nothing but lie about" him while he was in South Africa. Horace Greeley's only brother.Barnes Greeley, lives on the old family farm in Chautauqua county, near Jamestown, N. Y. The Sultan of Morocco, having been thrown by a white mule, has ordered the back of the contumacious beast to be basti nadoed. Mr. Buss is said never to have quite re covered from the suggestion that there aro two agriculturists in the Cabinet, himself and a wan haymaker. Dr. Howard Barringer at 94 is one "of the oldest physicians in New York and is still occasionally called in for consultation. At one time ho was a noted specialist In children's diseases. Mrs. K. L. Minor, of Louisiana, one of the Board of Lady Managers of the Colum bian Exposition, Is & successful sugar planter, and, with her brother, manages the affairs or a 6,000 acre plantation. Mr. Keid, the United States Minister to France, ntte.ided President Carnot's diplo matic dinner on Thursday. He still remains Indoors as much as possible by advice of his physician ae he' has not fully recovered from his recent illness. The decoration of an officer of the Legion of Honor conferred upon Mr. James Whist ler, the well-known etcher and painter, was given by the Government as a mark of its appreciation of Mr. Whistler's action in virtually presenting one of his pictures to the art gallery In the Palace of tho Luxem bourg. CAPIUBED A KOSA B05HETJB. It Was Beneath the Mattress of a Smug Ifler" Red in a Sow York Hotel. Nkw York, Feb. 1. Special Landlord Joel B.Erhardt, of the Sturtevant House, has bad for a guest since December Frank Stmonton, an art dealer. Simonton arrived there from Paris on La Gascogne. He brought a number of paintings una paid the customs duties on them. Ye.torday Treasury Inspector Traltteur went to tho hotel, and between the mattresses in Simon ton's room he found an unframed picture Signed Bbsa Bonbenr. It was spread out be tween the matresses like a plaster. At the custom .house It was appraised at 11.800. It was known as "Tho Chamois," a Swiss mountain and animal scene. A week ago, in oveEhaulinz other matresses. Colonel Erhai'dtTs men lound two $100 bills. There Are Not Enough Privates. Boston Herald.I The trouble with the Democratio battal-' ion In the Legislature is that there are too many Brigadier Generals and not enough I privates. LIVE WASHINGTON WAIFS. A New Jlovo fa Get Utah Into the States Horrors of the Itnsslnn Famine Con sultations on the Seal Fisheries Aflalr Confirmations Ilnng Dp for Awhile. Washington, D. C, Feb. L The ques tion of Utah Statehood is likely to become one of the poetical issues of the piosent Congress. Already a bill is ponding in tho House Committee on Foreign Affairs for the admission of Utah, and to-day Representa tive Bushnell, of Wisconsin, introduced in the House a resolution,statin thafUtah has a larger population than tho three adjoining States of Wyoming, Idaho and Nevada com bined, and declaring us follows: "WHEnKAS, Tho Piesidont, in his last annual message to Congtos, substantially recommended that this Territory should still bo kept out ot the Union until we have 'sntlsiactory evidence' that after ad mission tlioy would 'make, onforco and maintain effective laws asainst poljirainy, becauio. as a Tciritory, the lans of Congress can reach and punish pol3-gamy there, while as a Stato they could not do so; and Whorea tlndor such a lulc, and all tho ciicuinstunccs ana possible contingencies, it is difficult to determine what would be such 'satisluutoiy evidence,' or whether tho tiino for the admission ot said Territory into tho Union would ever arrive; and Whereas, An amendment to tho Constitu tion loiever prohibiting polygamy in the United btatcs and empowering Congress to enforce it, would have no longer any reason or excuse lor refusing Statehood to this great Ten itory: nnd Whereas, Such an amendment would, be sides, guaia tho small States adjoin in:; Utah ucainst an inundation Irom its polygamous minority, who may thus now easily gaiu" control of one or more of them, and so change their Constitutions and laws as to sanction and legalize polygamy thero beyond the power ot the general Government under our pres ent Constitution to gaius.iy, deny or in any manner interfere with; and Wheicis, It would seem the part of wis dom so to deal with this question of polyg amy as to effectually and dually dispose of it now while yet it may be easily done; therefore, Kesolved, By tho Senate and House of Hepretentstives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled tuo-thirds of cncli llouso concurring therein that this FiJty-second Congies hei-eby proposes to the Legislatures ot the several States the folloVing amendment to the Constitution of these United atates, to be known as article 16 of the amendments theieto, to wit: 'Sec tion 1 Polygamy snail never exist within tho United states or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Section 'i Congress shall have power to make all noedtul laws toon loice this ai tide and punish its violation.' " Horrors of the Russian Famine. The horrors of the Russian famine were rb-daj- brought to the attention of the De partment of State in a leport irom Minister Smith at St. Petersburg. He says in part: "Cold as well as hunger causes terrible suf fering. In somo neighborhoods large num beis of persons huddle together in some houses most conducive to warmth. Barns have been torn down and the boards used for firewood. Even thatched roofs are torn off and the straw made to feed tho dying embers; clothing is given away for bread; horses and cattle are sacrificed at a tithe of their value; fodder Is as scarce as human food, and in somo cases horse flesh has been sacrificed for sustenance. During the win ter there is no woik, and frequently fathers have lelt their wives and children to fight tho battle or want alone, because they could do nothing and their absence would leave fewer mouths to feed at home. The bread which many are eating is com posed of wild nrrock, potatoes, chaff and leaves, and these terrible conditions inevit ably produce disease. Within the radius of one mile there aro 120 cases of typhus fever, pestilence and hanger Hie daily gaining giound and nostilence is decimatimr the people. An official estimate of the number of those without tood or means ot support who require aid is given as 11,000,000 persons, and this is probably below the true number. The loss to Russia by the famine is estimated at $500,000,000. Up to the present time there have been few contributions from abroad, but the Government; and the people of Russia are deeply sensible of the spontaneous offers that have been made in various parts of tho United States." Arbitrating the Seal Sqntbble. Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British' Minis ter, called at the State Department this morning, in company with the British Ber ing Sea Commissloners.Slr Baden Powolland Dr. Dawson, who have just arrived in Wash ington from Canada. They had a confer ence with Mr. Blaine, and arranged certain preliminaries of the Joint conference to be held between the United States and British Commissioners who visited Bering sea last summer for tho special purpose ot investi gating the seal industry. The United States Commissioners are Prof. Mendenhall, of the Geodetio Survey, and Prof. Merriam, of the Agricultural Department. Each commis sioner has arrived at certain conclusions and the object bf the conference between them is to bring these results together mtoa Joint re port constituting the findings of fact to be submitted to the Board of Arbitration. It being practically conceded that the arbitra tion cannot be concluded in time to be effec tive during the coming season steps will at once be taken to secure a renewal of the modus Vivendi of last year which compact will expire May 1 next. Prompt action on this question 1 necessary In order that the sealing fleets may be advised in advance of preparing for their usual spring cruise to the seal waters. Supreme Court Allotments. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to-day announced the following allotments among tue circuits: First circnit, Horace Gray, Associate Justice; Second circnit, Samuel Blatchford, Associate Justice: Third ciicui , John M. Harlan, Associate Justice; Fourth circuit, Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice; Fifth circuit, Lucius Q. C. Lamar, Associate Justice; Sixth oircnic, Henry B. Brown. Aosociato Justice; Soventh circuit, John M. Harlan, Associate Justice; Eighth circuit, David J. Brewer, Associate Justice: Ninth circuit, Stephen J. Field, Associate Justice. Another Branch Soldiers' Home. Representative Snodgrass, of Tennessee, to-day introdnced a bill directing the Board of Managers of tho House for disabled soldiers to establish a branch of the Soldiers' Homo upon the Chlckamaugua and Chatta nooga Military Park, in Tennessee. An ap propriation of $120,000 is asked. Hlaine After nn Alaskan Survey. Secretary Blaine has, through the acting Secretary of the Treasury, asked Congress for an appropriation of $50,000 to complete the 'primary survey of boundary line be tween Alaska and British Columbia. Encouragement tor Agriculture. Representative Simpson, of Kansas, to day introduced a bill to promote and en courage agriculture by authorizing the United States Government to lend money on farm land at S per cent interest per annum. Jadge 'Woods Not Yet Confirmed. From present Indications the nomination of Judge Woods to be a United States Cir cuit Judge is not likely to come before the Senate for confirmation for several days yet. The Senate Judiciary Committee met to-dav. and it was the expectation that some action would bo taken on the nomination. It was announoed, however, that Chairman Hoar was confined to his room by illness, and would not be able to att-nd the sessions of the committee for a ncek at least. In this state of affairs, no attempt was made to secure a report on the nomination, and it will probably not bo called up again until Senator Hoar can participate in tho pro ceedings. Movements of Nival Vesvels. The Navy Department is informed that the United States squadron left Bahia Mon day for Montevideo. The flagship Philadel pbia is expected to arrive at tne lat named port in a few days. The Bos ton unci Yorktou n are still at Uallao, and it is not settled whether either or both shall be sent to Val paaiso. Secretary Foster JUnch Improved. ' Secretary Foster spent a short time at the Treasury Department to-day, but will hardly be able to resume actual direction of its affairs for at least a week yet. Ho is still somewhat feeble from his recent illness, but is gradually gaining strength. -Mexican War Flags Slay Oo Back. A joint resolution requesting the Presi dent to return to Mexico the flags captured by the United Mates Army during the Mexi can War was introducpd in the senate and Houso to-day. B When Cleveland Writes His Declination. Chicago Inter-Ocein.l When Cleveland writes "I am not "id it," Hill will be a happlor man. His miseries will come to a head later on. dUINQ FOE A MISEE'S WEALTH. His Hidden Treasure, Found by a Stranger Is Demanded by His Son. Tipyrjr, O., Feb. 1. An important case has been commenced in tho Common Pleas Court of this county which revives tne flnding of an unknown bnt large amount of buried treasure by Jacob Schmucker.a farmer resid ing a few miles south of this city, in April, 1S90. Schmucker wns agont in this city for a Toledo browing company, and after saving a few hundred dollars he purchased a farm in Seneca township, which for many years had been tho home of Samuel Cadwnllader, a wealthy and eccentric individual. Cad wnllader died In 1SSS, and soon the larni pascd Into the hands, of strangers, Sclimuckor purchasing it in 1800. Shortly nftor he took possession of the premises, Schmucker commenced ropairing the house, nnd whilo thus engaged ho and an aged Gor man laborer discovered tho gold and silver coin which had doubtless been secreted by the elder Caawallader. Tho amount of the find has never been mado public, but from the stories told by tho old German, who "squealed" because ho did not receive what ho consldoiea a Just share or the trcasmo trove, it is supposed to have been not less than $20,000. Schmucker nscd $4,CO0 of tho money in paving fftf a mort gage on tho farm and n large amount in ini provim; tho buildings and icnces. Learning or the find, It a Cadwallader, executor of the will of his father, Samuel Cadwallader, took leunl steps to seoure the money, nnd the sheriff roundabout $1,200 burled in the car den, where Schmucker had secreted it. This money, which consists of old Amorican and foreign gold and silver coin, Is atH in tho hands of tho Sheriff, and now the younger C.idwallader has commenced suit to recover the money Schmucker paid in discharging the mortgage and that used In Improving the premises.. Cadwallader aver that tho monoy wns deposited where Schmucker found it by his father for safekeeping, and prays tho Court to restore it to its rightful owners. There is little dbtiht in the minds of the public that the money was secreted by the eldor Cadwallader, but the question ot proving It may bo found Just a trifle dif ficult. THE PLANETARY BXHIBHIOlf. Jupiter, Venus and the Snn Well Worth Watching Now. Jfew York Sun.l During tho past year Jnpiter has shown signs of tremendous disturbance in tho dense cloudy atmosphere by which it is sur rounded, and the fact has been noted that such disturbances upon Jnpiter show a tendency to coincidence with the roturn of tho maximum sun-spot period. Just now the sun is becoming from month to month the scene of more violent aotivity than It has displayed since 18S3 and 1BH, and at the same time the great belts and spots upon Jupiter brighten and glow with color, and exhibit changes of wonderful rapidity nnd variety. We cannot yet precisely interpret tho processes of world making which are going on there, but they are intensely in teresting to watch. Venus, too, attracts particular attention J nst now, because observations to be made during its present visit to our side of the sun may settle the question that has been raised as to the correctness of Schlaparelll's conclusion, announced less than two years ago, that Venus always keeps one side turned sunward, or makes but one rotation on Its axis in the course of a revolution around tho sun. If this strange state of things really exists upon a planet whose size entitles it to be called tb.e twin of the earth, so many consequences follow, bearing upon the question of Its habitabillty, that there is hardly any direction in which In vestigation and dlscoverj1 could prove more fruitful and interesting. They are in every way a wonderful pair of planets which now attract all eyes to the sunset sky. TOOK HIS WORD FOR 81,000,000. Deacon White's WU Street Creditors Save Grrnt Faith In His Honor. New York, Feb. 1 Special. S. V. White was formally posted on the New York Stock Exchange to-day as a candidate for read' mission. The committee will vote on the application on Thursday. The terms of Mr. White's settlement with his creditors were made known yesterday. They''have no precedent in the history of WaU. street. In a word his Now York creditors, repre senting $1,000,000, havo taken his word to pay up, with interest, as soon as he is able. They have taken his word for $1,000,000. All have signed off their claims, and havo given Mr. White a fall release. They asked for no paper from him in acknowledgment of the claims. Mr. White said to them: "Gentle men, I will pay you with interest when I get on my feet again." This is in evidence before the Stock Ex change Committee. There being, therefore, no claims against Mr. White, his readmission is not disputed. Wall street men who learned of the action of Mr. White's creditors said it was the greatest compliment the street had ever witnessed. To his Chicago creditors Mr. White was enabled to pay 60 cents on a dollar. PENNSYLVANIA'S AID INVOKED In Behalf of the Hungry Peasantry of Bns sia, Since Congress Has Refused. Habrisbcro, Feb. L Special Congres3 having decided that it could not aid in the transportation of relief to the starving mill ions of Russia, the Governors of the States are now being asked to co-operate with tno Red Cross andtcindred organizations in de vising means to feed the Czar's snbjects with the overflow of American' granaries. Pennsylvania, through its Executive, is now asked to aid. Governor Pattison to-night received a letter from John W. Hoyt, Chair man of the Russian Famine Relief Commit tee of the United States, dated at Washing ton, indorsing the request. To this commu nication Governor Pattison replied: I have given publication to yoar communication and liae directed a copy to bo forwarded to the State Board of Charities at Philadelphia. It mar be that with the co-operation of citizens through the board a committee can be organized to co-op-erale with your committee In the noble worfc In which you are engaged. Any communication ad dressed ta tbe State Hoard of Charities of Pennsyl vania, No. 1023 Walnut street. Philadelphia, wlU no doubt receive proper attention. Baby Astor Still a Lawbreaker. Nbw York, Feb. L Special. J The certifi cate of birth of William Vincent Astor, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor, has not yet been registered at the Bnrean of Vital Statistics .at the Health Department. Al though it Is against the rules of the depart ment to give any information to any but the next of kin of the registration of births or marriages, President Wilson yesterday In structed the deputy registrar to make pub lic the registration of Baby Astor's birth as Boon as the certificate is filed. BRECKINRIDGE'S BREAK. Me. BRECKimuBOE is fearfully warlike in his efforts to secure peace. Aurora Timet. Mb. BRECKijmrDOE should procure a hitch ing strap and a curb bit for his imagination. Cliicago News. Does Mr. Breckinridge's resolution mean that he believes the President had received a reply to tbe ultimatum before he sent in his message? If that Is not its meaning, what Is it? Buffalo Courier. r Uicle Sam's "back was up" and that was reason enough that Chile should -"hack down." l'ossibly;if she had heard from Jerry Simpson and Brer Breckinridge, she might luivo sulked awhile longer. It is better as it is. Chicago Inter-Ocean. UyiroRTCSATE Breckinridge! we mean the Hon. William Campbell Preston Breckin ridge." of Kentucky. He would have dona better to cling to tnilff rerormas the only Issue for Americans, the onlyfloldfor states manship. Kew Yrk Sun. TnE Kentucky Breckinridge, to the ever lasting cTedlt of a few Southern Democrats, was promptly and emphatically sat on when he attacked tho President's motives in the Chilean matter and attempted to delay action by Congress on that question. St. Louis Glebe-Democrat. Comgulsjmax BRECKianirxjE'9 speech on the Chilean situation was an offensive slur at Piesident Harrison, wnich even his Democratic associates refused to back up. Mr. Breckinridge is a fine old Kentuckian, but the leaders ot his party need to muzzle him Philadelphia JJulUtin. Cosor.EESMAJf Bnr.CKisr.iDax, of Kentucky, has shown that a member of Congress "In the ranks" can mnko himtelf an issuo by bringing np a live topic at an opportune moment, nnd no doubt Congressman Mills has brilliant" expectations of futuroacJiiovo menta of a similar nature New York "World. COLLEGIATE BENEFIT. Helen E. Felletreaa'c Name Will Be Per petuated by a Scholarship in the Penn sylvania College The Debutante Will Be a Social Leader Alto Chat. A ndmbek of young ladies, members of the Alumnae Association of the Pennsyl vania College for women, whose names are: Miss Bachel Aiken, Miss Jennie B. Clark, Miss Hillman and Sliss Ewing.are arranging a concert, the proceeds of Which will be de voted to the establishing of what shall be known as tbe Helen K. Pclletrcau Scholar ship. Thero is not existing In Pittsburg to day, a collego similarly endowed, as It Is in tended tho Pennsylvania Collego shall be; indeed there aro nit many throughout tho United States, though lately Vassar College has been doinganoble work In thi3 direction. Even what is called tho narvard annex has been strangely forgetful of the needs for poor ambitions women, though it noes promise reduction of fees, clieap boarding houses and other liko. charity, which cannot bo other than calling to the nature of a yonng woman with aspirations for a college career. Too ranch cannot be done in collcjjes and among college-bred women this is an article referring to women's col leges nnd women students for a young women striving for a bigger and better edu cation. The Government is not intoroKting itself, so tho schools must do It for them selves. A movement like this in Pittsburg should be heartily welcomed and also en couraged by all thoughtful people. It is the right tning for the college to doandthoonly fault to be found with the whole affair is that such a step was not taken many years earlier, Miss Mario Decca has been engaged to sing on tho occasion of tho scholarship benefit, and as she is a very gi eat favorite here will doubtless draw a lanre audience. We donot presume to say that Miss Decca thought so when she committed matrimony a week ugo, but nevertheless this act win hot detract from the interest felt in tho charming can talrtce. Mr. Joseph Glttings will be Miss Decca'3 accompanist, and during her short visit In Pittslrurg Miss Decca will bo the guest of Miss Ewiug, who Is the secretary of tho committee in 'charge of the concert. It will bo given in Carnegie Hall on Thursday evening, February 11, the entire programme for winch appeared In The Scxday DisrATCU. There is snid to bo existing some objection to Carnegie Hall, though the na ture of tho objection Is not specified exactly. If it is because Cnrne:ie II. ill Is in Alle gheny,.tho objection cannot bo an insuper able one, slnco people visit their friends every day In that town and aon't find it too faraway. If there is anothor reason let r.s know It, and Allegheny, donbtless, will en deavor to do everything to make the oc sasion pass off agreeably. The springing into being of what is known as the younger set made up inpart ofgthis year's debutantes, last year's debutantes and men of several years standing has brought about a new social creation. Matrons no longer are destined to be solely the society leaders, for there Is strife among the yonng fry to acquire similar distinction. It is said to be astonishing how accurate and with what perspicuity, the youthful maiden, who a year ago was wrestling with pons asxnorum now wrestles with the pros and cons of drawing room success. She knows precisely if she dances with So and So in stead ot So and So, on Monday evening just exactly what her social thermometer will register on Tuesday mornIng. She is going to bo n success, even if it tnrns her heart Into a pincushion full of pins. She will liavf: the best men at her feet: that Is the men whosecompany will bestow upon her tbe most distinction. There's only one thing the matter with this clever young woman. She Is not clever enough to conceal her cleverness, but while sho is busy play ing her little game, unfortunately she shows too openly expressed an abhorrence of the games of others. She thinks she is playing tbe men, but its a smart woman who can pull the wool over the eyes of the male fre quenter of ballrooms. The aunual reception at the School of Design for Women, to which the annual ex amination is anterior, began yesterday after noon, anil was patronized liberally, though not so liberally as other years, by the art loving popnlation of Pittsburg. Naturally there is a good bit of sameness in an exhibi tion like this one there always is in schools but this year, a decided step has been taken, which, since it is largely a feature of the nudaf pictures, shows it to be approved by the powers that be. Thi3 Is. the Introduction of the human thzure: something the School Of Design girl used to'' i be terrlDiyairaia to attempt. Due need oe so no longer In the face or the success nshe has made of the attempt. The entire exhi bition in all its departments shows the care and faithfulness of the instructors and the painstaking of the pnpils, so that in every way tho exhibition must be a satisfaction to tne intelligent visitor. Social Chatter. Mrs. J. M. Scnoo.Tif akek did not, as was erroneously stated, entertain on last Thurs day evening, bnt intends to do so tbe coming Thursday evening, wind and wave consent ing. It is said that Mrs. Schoonmaker is go ing to revive on the accaslon the ci devant dinner dance that prevailed two years ago. At any rate there is to be a dinner and then a dance. Host. George K. WiirDLitfO lectured last night In the Wllkinsburg Opera House to a large audience on "Sanl of Tarsus," tho pro ceeds of tbe lecture being for the benefit of the public school library. The Misses nenning, of Wallace street, WilEinsburg, entertained tbe Wllkinsburg Chautauqua Circle last evening. An excel lent programme of readings and musical se lections was rendered. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Wilklnsbnrg will hold its annual meeting this afternoon at the residence of Mrs. Swift on Ross street. Officers will be elected for this year. A dramatic club and literary society has been formed by the yonng men of St. James' Boman Catholic Church at Wilklnsbnrg, with the intention of preparing a series of entertainments. An unusually delightful concert wfll be given this evening in the Wilklnsburg Opera House in honor of the 50th birthday of Kev. A A. Lambing, pastor of St. James' Church. Mrs. J. C. Kalsto. of Wood street, Wil klnsburg, will leave this week for Kansas to Join her husband, who is visiting there. Sho will remain two or threo weeks. IirvrrATioits have been Issued by Mr. C. W. Knight for a parlor entertainment this even ing. William Favorsbam a Benedict. Chicago, Feb. 1. Special. Before tho Augustus Pltou Company closed its engage ment in this city last week, one of tho prin cipal actors in tho troupe surprised his asso ciates by marrying. He was William Faver sham, the yonng "Juvenile man" of the companv. In Grace Church he was married to Miss Marian Merwin, wno is said to be wealthy and moves in New York society. Mr. Faversham was formerly in the Froh man Lyceum stock, nnd also traveled for a time with a "She" troupe. HILL'S COXYENTIO.Y. To Governor Hill: Don't. New York World. And Governor Hill-immediately did Chi cago I'nbune. . So Kill's Now York Convention is to meet February 22. He probably thinks "the bet ter the day," etc. Boston Traveller. It is not iard to predict who will be slaughtered in Albany on February 23 to make a David B. Hill holiday. N. Y. Tele gram. It is not definitely ascertained which or his trousers pockets Mr. D. B. Hill will carry the New York Demooratio Convention in. Chicago News. Sewator Hill has chosen Washington's birthday as tho date for his formal entry Into the Prcsidentnl field. What a fall was there, my conntryinen! Boston Herald. Settatoc Hill has decided to have tho Now York delegates selectod on the 22d or Fobru ary. This is a groat concession to the mem ory of George Washington. Washington Post. Most of tho United States Senators were on duty at Washington watching the im jortant Chilean mattors, bus a party by tho name of David was off in New York looking after Hlllian affairs. Chicago Inter-Ocean. The Better He Enjoys Himself. Toledo Commercial. Tho farther Clcvoland can get away from Hill the better ho seems to enjoy himself. Should ho ever become President of the United States again. Hill can hardly hope to be Socretary of State. Pretty Good Peace-Makers. Chicago Inter-Ocean. No patriotic American will object to Uncle Sam owning a fcwships.with guns sticking out. of the portholes. They are only peacortnai crs. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. The average Southern pine lands cat 15,000 feet of lumber to the acie. Belgium is the first country to make hypnotizing an offense against the law of the land. Germany is par excellence the toy- prodnclng country- There la a toy factory inSilciia which has been going on for SO years. The natives of Costa Kica not only be lieve in mermaids, but pretend to have seen them comb their sea-green Jiairand try the effects of their coquetry on unwary fisher boys. Lady crabs are an important article of food in the New Orleans market, but it is rarely that they are seen for sale In the North. Die KJag ("the wail") of tbe Canton Tessin is the "wandering spirit of a mother expiating the crims against the life of her child nnd appalling her heirers with" the preicntimeuf of impending ovil. Of all the creatures that God -ha made "under tho snn," as Ecciesiastes would say, tho most remarkable, as well as the mast nscles, is the tuatarra, a species of lizard knoMi to exist only in New Zealand. The rate of infant mortality is enor mous. In round numbers 5,000,000 sables never live long enough to talk; 5,000,000 mora never have a chance to walk or run, and 5,000 0"0 more never get old enough to go to school. A peculiar animal was captured in Oregon recently. It is not a coon, a polecat, a wildcat or cougar, but it looks like a com bination of all fonr. Its teeth are Ion" and sharp and its tail somewhat resembles a hos's ear. Thrashes and other birds crush the shells of land snails and extract their juicy bodies, as do also raccoons and wood rats, but woodland birds will not eat naked snails, -because the slimo on them sticks to their beaks and spoils their feathers. The most beautiful crabs in the world are procured in the neighborhood of the Farallono Islands, off tho Pacific coast. They aro called 'red rock crabs.' and speci mens sometimes sell in the markets of San Francisco for from $5 to$10 each, merely for curiosities. In the Ninth and Tenth centuries the greatest Kings and Princes of Europe all wore wooden shoes: not wooden boots like those worn by some of the Germans, Hol landers and Frenchmen of to-day, but wooden soles fastened to the feet with leather thongs. Twenty-four-carat gold is allgo!d;22-carat gold'has 22 parts of gold, 1 of silver and lof topper; 18-carat gold has 18 parts of gold and 3 each ofsllverand copper; 12-carat gold i half gold nnd has S4 parts of silver and 8J of copper. Its specific gravity is about Li; pure gold is '9. The cutting of hair as a mourning ob servance Is of very great antiquity, and among the ancients whole cities and coun tries were shaved when a great man died. The Persians not only shave themselves on such occasions, bnt extend the same process to their domestic animals. It is a curious fact that the "Arabian Nights," and "Anderson's Fairy Tales" have been translated into more different lan guages than anv other books, with flvo ex ceptions: The Bible, Thomas a Kempis' "Imitation or Christ," "Robinson Crusoe" and the maudlin romance of "Paul and Vir ginia." The head of a cat was once thought to contain a stone that would undonbtedlj have been the most wonderful and most de sirable treasure of all, could It only have had a real insteadof nnlmogirary existence, for that man who was so fortunate as to pos sess this precious stone would have all his wishes granted. Up to within a tew years the Indians of Alaska were accustomed to express their grief for the death of any important person age by nnman sacrifices, and the same prac tice Is largely lollowed In some parts of A Tica. At the funerals of chiefs of the Florida and Carolina Indians in former times il tho wives of tho defunct and his male relatives also were slain. In the neighborhood of the Bermudas the sea is extremely transparent, so that the fishermen can readily.see the horns of lob sters protruding from tbelr.hiding , places 'in'tho rocks at considerable depths. To en tice the crustaceans from these cranpies thev tie a lot of snails in a ball and dangle them in front of the cautious lobster. When he grabs tbe ball they hall him np. A seam ot natural coke, closely re sembling tbe manufactured article, has re cently been discovered in Kew South Wales, at the Bull! Pass Coal Mines. The coal measure at this point covers an area of about 550 acres and is 6' in thickness. Tho upper half of this scam is coal of a char acter differing but littlo from the ordinary Australian coals, while tho lower portion of tbe measure is a natural coke. The Imperial train which h&3 just been completed for the German Emperor hasco.-t the Prussian exchequer nearly 4,000,CW marks and has occupied more than three years in construction. Its 11 carriages, con nected by corridors, include a study hung with real Gobelin tapestry from Cbarlotten berg, a salon upholstered in white satin, a nursery, a reception room adorned with marble Btatuary, an oak dining room, a kitchen and bedrooms for several guests. Not long since the people of Acliill, or Eagle Island, lying off the.coast of Ireland, In County Mayo, were accorded a privilege raro in tbe annals of the human race nothing less than the uncommon sight of a stranded "devil-fish." The animal, although visibly shrunken and distorted, measured as follows: Length of tentacles, or Ion? arm, 30 feet each; circumferenco of body, 60 feet; circumference of tentacles near body. I feet eacb. Only four other instances of the appoarance of this strange monster in British waters have been recorded. In a catalogue of Mexican meteorites prepared by M. Antonio del Castillo, one mass is mentioned which exploded in the air and fell in widely dispersed fragments, portions of it being found in threo places at tho nngles of a triangle whose two longer sides were some 55 and 33 milos in length. Iu ono of these places tw6 plates of stone were discovered, lj'Uig 250 yards apart, which had evidentiy once formed one huge block. Measurements and estimations place the combined weight of the two blocks at 80 tons. In this one shower of ''moon stones," according to M. del Castillo's paper, not less than 3,(jC0 tons of rocks felL CTJBTAII.ED BtJJIOKESQUES. "I am sure George is lond of me. He said lie loved the ground I walked on." "No doubt he meant It," returned her experi enced confidante. "You know, dear, you own that ground. "WasMngtonPost. There's many a slip Twlxt the cup and the Up A truth we cheerfully grant; But therus often a slip. When it's been at the lip Sometimes a regular plant. Smith. Cfray Co.'t ifcntty. Eelle You didn't call around to escort me home from nrayer meeting, as yon promised. ChiIIy-Tes, I did. tool But I'll be shot If I could find the itage entrance to your church. " XorkJlcrald. "I wonder why Miss Aigely persists in wearing those beauty spots?" "Why, you wouldn't deprive her of even that bit of Job's comfort, would joaV St. Joseph Daily Heat. I was the first to compliment Her on the beauty of her sacqne: Yet, -when she passes now, her eyes A imlle of recognition lack. T Is not because I've Jilted been She passes by so proud and chill A salesman In a Store am I. ' , And she resides on Hurray Hill. Pae. First "Wall Flower (at the ball)' Handy you've been vaccinated lately, haven't you? Second WaU Nower-No. AVhy? (Spitefully) You .lon't seem to catch any tiling. Chicago Tribune. Architect And on these panels you wish, I believe, the double convolute. Mrs. Nonveau-Oh, no. Indeed I I said I wanted Jukt a plain wlrgle running down on each tide. Harper's Bazar. How pleasant is it every morn, , T As on the oilcloth floor yon light, . With frigid feet to grope for hours ' l'or slippers that are out of sight. clothier and. furnisher. Algy-Oh, I say, Veggie, MisTBudd awskcdaftcryoulastevculng. Weftgle The 'divine cweature! What I aid she sayr "' -"' Algy-She wautea to know who wasTyour caa- -perwonc. live been wondering all:daTjrbat ! meant Judas. . i1? . V '- sA&. sir 's &: rWi!B?l5l li??H . JUIU'W I
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