m&swm $&pim&s THE. PITTSBimG- "DISPATCH, -WEDNESDAY, - FEBKUAET' 17, 1892.' Mje Bffpafrlj. ESTABLISHED FEBltUAKY, Vol. 47. No. 10. -Entered at ritttinrg rostofflce November 18S7, a& second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 78 and So Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. EASTERN ADVERTISING OFFICE. ROOM Tfi. TRIBUNE BUILDING. N EV YORK, where com plete files ol THE DISPATCH ran always be found. Foreign advertisers appreciate the convenience. Home advertisers and friends of THE DISPATCH, while In New York, are also made w cleonie. THE DTSPA TClt is rezvlnrli on .i V at Krentnnn's, S Union Square, Snn York, and V Are Ae VOprra. Paris, France, where anyone xeho has been diiap jmintiiiat a hotel noes stand can obtain it. TKKMS OF THK DISPATCH. POSTAGE FREE IN" Til- UNITED STATES. Daily Dispatch. One Year $ 8 CO Daily Dispatch. Per Quarter 2 00 Dailt Dispatch, One Month "0 Daily Dispatch. including Sunday, lycar.. 10 00 D MLT Dl.rATClC including Sunday, S m'ths. I M Daily DisrtTCII. Including Sunday. 1 m'tli. M BrNDAYDiPrvrcii. One Year 2 SO Weekly Ditatch. One Year 1 25 The Daily Dispatch is dclh ered by carriers at 15 cents per week, or. Including Sunday Edition, at 10 cents per week. riTTSBUlIG. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 17, TWELVE PAGES THE LESSON OF THK ELKCTION. Ifwas assumed on all sides from the first that the City Hall administration peo ple would carry a majority of Councilmen yesterday this because of their organiza tion, their determination and their com mand of the ward workers, including, of course, a great many of the city employes. It always has been and always will be the case that unless organization begins be fore agitation mere pre-election ardor, however well based and justified, will not win extensive victories. But, not withstanding the superior resources of the city administration people, it is gratifying to know that a popular sentiment suc ceeded in securing thereturn of Mr. O'Don nell in the Sixteenth, Mr. Wainwright in the Fifteenth, air. Ferguson in the Seventeenth and Messrs. Baum and Stewart in the Twentieth wards. The independent course of at least one of the above and the independ ence sure to be shown by the others make their presence in Councils desirable. It would have been to the interests of the city, as heretofore pointed out, if the minority had been increased a great deal more. However, it will be a tremendous mis take to assume that the agitation, even if it had not borne fruit in the election of Councilmen, is lost On the contrary, it must have a good effect. None recognize better than skilled politicians that dissat isfaction when widely diffused among the taxpayers is capable of being organized and made effective. Among the Council men elected yesterday there must be some who, even if they ran under City Hall auspices, are by no means so far com mitted to any policy there as to be unable to recognize the timeli ness and force of the criticisms which have been called forth by the extravagant estimates of the Chiefs for the present year. The local leaders of the party will be foolish indeed if they take no apcount of this. They have seen that the citizens are willing to pay for effi cient but not extravagant service, and if they are to maintain their hold they must give a proper regard to criticisms sup ported bj the facts and offered in good faith. They know that persistent dissatis faction would eventually lead to peima nentand successful organization against them. The Dispatch judges, therefore, that notwithstanding the usual victory in poiut of numbers for the regulars, attention will be paid to the demands for stricter economy. It expects that the obnoxious estimates will be reduced, and that a good many, if not indeed a majority, of the men who were yesterday chosen, with the help of the City Hall administration, will be found voting when the ordinance comes up for appropriations mora closely based upon actual needs, and not exceeding the total of last year's expenditures. In fact we should think that, considering the light which has been thrown on the question during the canvass, the interruptions to business in Pittsburg by building trades strikes, financial difficulties during the year, and the necessity for calling a halt in expenses which liave increased so rapidly, the Chiefs themselves will see the wisdom of cutting the city coat according to the amount of cloth the taxpayers can furnish without a sense of oppression. This is at least the spirit which the public would like to see among City Hall officials, who, if they want to make the most of their op portunity, will gracefully recognize it. VIGOROUS MKASTJKES NEEDED. The warnings as to the possibility of typhus in Pittsburg prove not to have been misplaced. A case from the plague-importing steamer that recently landed its load of infected immigrants at New York is reported which yesterday gave strong indications that the disease is in the city. This will call for urgent and radical measures of prevention and isolation on the part of the health authorities. No effort should be spared to limit the disease to those who brought it here. Citizens can aid the work and use the most efficient means for their own protection by estab lishing cleanliness and thorough sanitation as the order of the day. It is pertinent to state that the effective isolation of the disease does not consist of leaving a case in a crowded quarter of the city. It was exactly such isolation that caused the smallpox epidemic of a dozen years ago. CONFUSED INSTRUCTION. It is more than probable that our es teemed cotemporary, the Philadelphia Times, is right in asserting that no legisla tion against business gambling will change or check a popular disposition to that evil But it is to be regretted that it supports that argument by such assertions as the following: A man gambles on the future when he de cides between business and a college educa tion. Ho gambles on the future in the choice of his profession or trade. He gam bles on the future in his selection of a wife. He stakes his prosperltyand his comfort.ora part of them, on every transaction into which his strife for fortune forces him or which opportunity offers him. The darkening of the subject by such erroneous assertion is especially unfortu nate in view of the fact that any reform of the gambling tendencies of the time must be secured by an improved public opinion. No such public judgment can be obtained through instructions which so utterly fail to draw the vital distinction between gam bling and accepting the necessary, chances of life. For the sake of insisting on a better understanding of the subject it Is worth while to point out to our cotempo- 8, 1S46 rary that in the assertions quoted it com mits itself to statements essentially un true. Without quarreling about the terms in volved in a definition of gambling, it is im portant that the evil of it consists in the fact that the money gained by it is some other person's loss, and the money lost by it gives no return. Its characteristic is that it is an attempt to gain money with out giving an honest consideration, while the true criterion of legitimate, business is that in its transactions there is always a mutual benefit When a staid Philadel phlan starts down town to buy food for his family he takes the chances of being struck by lightning or run over by the cable cars; but he does not seek to make a gain by the loss of some other person, which is the vital characteristic of gam bling. He simply accepts the chances, which may surround acts necessary to the maintenance of life and the welfare of society. The saTne rule applies to all the illustrations quoted above. To say that marriage is a lottery is a poetic metaphor, and not a social truth. It is true that gambling is to be lessened, as the Times intimates, only by convinc ing people of its folly and dishonesty. But there is little hope of doing that -while public journals are unable to enforce the vital fact that the evil of gambling lies in the effort to get other people's wealth without giving a fair return for it THK CHAMPION BLBNDEK. There is necessity for an investigation either by the minority of the House Coin age Committee or the lunacy authorities of the District of Columbia as to what freak of inspired blundering inserted in the minority report against the Bland free coinage bill the following unique state ment of the enactment and effect of the bill: That the mints of this country shall re ceive all the silver which may be sent from any quarter for coinugo into dollars, 16 of which snail be convertible into one gold dollar. It is perfectly clear that at the very moment the Treasury of the United States shall refuse to pay gold coin upon demand no one else will receive 10 silver dollars in lieu of one gold dollar. TnE Dispatch has already placed itself clearly in opposition to the Bland proposi tion for silver monometallism. But the extraordinary genius for blundering which is displayed by the succession of asser tions, first, that the bill contemplates the exchange at the Treasury of 16 silver dol lars for one gold dollar, which it does not; second, that for the Treasury to give one gold dollar for 16 sliver dollars would be to its disadvantage; and, third, that no one else will receive 16 silver dollars in lieu of one gold dolIar,isso stunning that it will be a public service to inquire whether Mr. Williams, of Massachusetts, the clerk of this committee, or some exotic genius per petrated it Every one with even a superficial knowl edge of the coinage issue knows that the proposal is that one silver dollar, contain ing 16 times as much metal iu weight shall be exchangeable for one gold dollar. As to the unique transaction set forth in the official document quoted from, a very little figuring will show what it amounts to. The person who gives a gold dollar tor 1C silvers will thus buy 13J ounces of silver for a dollar. At DO cents per ounce the bottom rock price for silver the metal he would thus get for a dollar would be worth 512 15 for use in the arts, giving him the very neat little piofit of 511 15 on an investment of a dollar. We can find hundreds of thousands of people who will engage in that transac tion if Mr. Williams will find the people who will furnish the silver dollars. AN UNACCKPTABLE SUBSTITUTE. The Louisville Courier-Journal inquires with regard to Senator Stanford's great scheme for furnishing tho holders of agri cultural land with funds at cheap interest: "Why does not Senator Stanford organize an association of millionaires who will lend the farmers money at two per cent? Aren't the millionaires better able to lend it at that rate than the taxpayers?" Our esteemed free trade cotemporary should be informed that this arrangement would not suit at all. It would not suit the millionaires who are in Senator Stan ford's position, because it would fail to furnish them with loans on their millions of acres at two per cent, which they could reinvest to yield ten percent. It would not suit the taxpayers either because, if the Stanford brand'of millionaires should loan their fortunes out at two per cent it would be necessary for them to get up some scheme for getting the money back, either by direct means like the Pacific railway grabs or the slightly more indirect ones of trusts and pools. "Whatever was loaned so much below the market rate for money the public would have to make good to them. No, esteemed organ of the star-eyed goddess, your substitute will not da Even supposing that Senator Stanford could be persuaded to accept it, it would cost the people too much money. NE1"B FOR IMPROVEMENT. Public opinion has been stirred up in Philadelphia on the question of summary arrests by the police. The exercise of the raiding practice in rather extraordinary manner has given a good deal of point to the protests. It is doubtless due to this warm discussion that Judge Gordon, iu giving an opinion on a case involving the power of arrest on view, to state the law as follows: The right to arrest a citizen by any police man without a warrant is one which it is well to define both for the benefit of police officers and tho Commonwealth. A police man has the right to arrest for an offense committed. In his presence without a war rant, but he has no right to arrest any citi zen Without a warrant for an olfense which he did not see committed. Judge Gordon's high standing does not permit us to question the accuracy of his judicial statement of the law. We can therefore only say that if this is the law, it is, in dire need of being amended in the light of practical common sense. The rule strictly adhered to will defeat justice in many caes by the escape of the crim inal Under this rule an officer who is in formed that a robbery or murder has been committed, and is following hot on the trail of the criminal, cannot arrest him un til he has gone and sworn out a warrant, which will afford time for the criminal to clear out By this rule if an officer had seen Fitzsimmons, and recognized him, after his escape, he could not have ar rested him, because the officer did not see him commit burglary or kill Gilkinson.' With Judge Gordon'sassurance that this is law, there is an obvious necessity for its thorough revision to conform to the needs of modern society. The climate of Pittsburg is certainly such as to rejoice all interested in the pros perity of lanndrles. But there are many who believe that there never were nucli de structive people as the washers of this city, although they have such a volume of busi ness that they ought to make a point of tender handling. v Albany has been so demoralized with wire-pulling that a wire message to the effect that tho Prince'of Wales is expected there In May, on his way to Ottawa, meets with little or no belief. Tho actions or tho heir to the English throne are generally so much public property that there is no doubt but that a vi9it to Canada woula have teen heard of from England long before Albany got wlndof it. Wo shall probably hn5r next that Senator Hill's nbsence from Washing- ' ton lias been dne to his preparations for tho reception of the royal visitor. But the presence of royalty and Ilill at the same time would jnsuro the rnln of any city. Albany must beware PlTTsnrjRGERS will be very foolish if they do not deroto their energies to insure tho success of the movement to establish a university extension here. There are few communities better fitted toproflt by courses of lectures than this city, and tho establish ment would be an incalculable boon. The New York World make-! a plea for tho Indians that they should appear at the World's Fair undermoro dignified surround ings and with greater independence than will bo tho case if they appear only under the, auspices of the Wild West show. Tho National Government is urged to see to it that tho aborigines of our country have a fair representation. Theoretically this, idea is a good one, hut in practice it i.3 doubtful whether it would do more than change the exploiters to profit by the savage from Buf falo Bill to the Indian Bureau. And to Judge from past experience it is doubtful whether the alteration would be beneficial to the Bed Man. New York began the enumeration for its Stato censns yesterday. The severest criticism which Superintendent Porter has" yet repeived is the willingness to abide by a Tammany enumeration in preference to the one he made. ' The Industrial Conference to he held at St, Louis on Washington's Birthday prom ises to mark an important step in national politics. The interest of party leaders Is naturally attracted, and there is promise that a movement will be set on foot which will exceed in magnitude any organization that has hitherto been formed for represen tation outside regular party lines. Such a movement, in the existing discreditable con ditions of partisan machinery, will enlist the sympathies of all who have tho welfare and dignity ot the country at heart, if for no other reason than that it will lesson the power of bossism and its attendant evils. Nothing can brine greater discredit on the law than the employment of unscrupu lous men for its vindication. There is no penalty too severe for crimes committed in the name of the law or in order to obtain a conviction. There is much about the circumstances brought to light In connection with the fire at tho Dallmeyer building which makes it of prime importance that the actions arising from tho evidence at the inquest be carried out thoroughly so that the matter may be probed to the roots. Arson is a serious crime, in the prevention of which the public Is especially concerned. Then, too, a law abiding community cannot afford to allow witnesses to be threatened with impunity, and no effort sh6uld be spared to bring the intimidators to the severe punishment they deserve. TnETiH never was a bill whose supporters sent out such a specious set of arguments as do those of the Bland Freo Coinage Bill. And no measure was ever 4n such need of the special pleader's misleading art. The supporters of the Beading coal deal are either interested parties, or they are gifted with memories which enable them-to forget that no large corporation has been organized in the past which has: been for the benefit of the public. Precedent is a good thing upon which to base argument in the absence of evidence that the monopo lists are seeking to do anything but fill their own pockets at the expense of the people. The Canadian reciprocity commissioners had to go homo with nothing to show for their journey, but cablegrams assure us that it is none the less a cold day for Eng land Just now. It is difficult to analyze the political outlook when a leading Democratic paper declares that Cleveland "Is the choice of an overwhelming majority of the Democrats of the United States," and goes on to say that someone elso had better bo selected for nomination because of tho split in Sev York. It really looks as though Tammany had some claim to omnipotence with regard to the Democratic paity. ArROPOS ot the importation of music for next season's Exposition, there can be no doubt that It would bo a good thing to en courage Pittsburg to blow its own trumpet. The weakness of the Tory Government in England was clearly shown by its difficulty in securing the defeat of Mr. Sexton's amend ment by a majority of only 21 votes from a total of 387. This close voting points to a very early dissolution and an overwhelming majority for tho Liberal party, pledged to home rule, at the general election. Chile's good sense is evidenced by "Minister Montt's inquiries into the educa tional system of Pennsylvania. Now that Mayor Gourley has issued his appeal for the famine-stricken sufferers of Russia, Pittsburgers should lose no time in proving that their humanity Is not less gon erous than that of other neighborhoods. Take Johnstown as an example and see to It that we contribute as largely in proportion to our wealth and population. Some dire calamity may be expected in this State if both our Senators continue their absence from Washington. The passage of the bill introduced in the Ohio Legislature to uiake mileage tickets transferable would be ajjreat convenience to travelers. Furthermore, it should be sup ported because dishonesty Is encouraged by and constantly practiced for the evasion of the present rule, which forbids the transfer rencoofsuch tickets. FAVORITES OF FAMB. The Queen's favorite wine is pale sherry. M. Tn LYesseps is critically ill, but his phyuicians deny that his condition is hope less. Assistant Secretary Nettleton left Washington yesterday morning for Chi cago on business connected with the World's Fair. Victorien Sardou, the famous drama tist, is writing a novel, the subject of which will be the scenes portrayed In his dramatic work "Thermidor." Mrs. !Ballington Booth, wife of the Commander of the Salvation Army, was given a reception at Chicago Monday night by Mr. and Mrs. William Borden. Me. G. P.A. Healy, the veteran Amer ican portrait painter, will leave Paris in a few days with his wife and daughter for a brief sojourn in tho United States. Miss Kate Miner, one of the women managers of tho Columbian Exposition, Is planning to exhibit a Creole kitchen at tho Falti- -She nnd her brother own and manage a sugar plantation of 5,000 acres. Herbert Gladstone has returned to London from Nice. Ho says that his father who is still sojourning on the Riviera is in the habit of taking regular six-mile walks, and that his pedestrian exercise, seemingly excessive for one of his advanced age, does not seem to tire him in the least. Patent Suits on Polling Booths. HAERismmo.Feb. 1C Special. D. Barnard &,Co., of St. Louis, to-day issued a circular to all the County Commissioners in Penn sylvania, stating that the voting booth adopted by the State Bnasd is un Infringe mentupon tbeirpatentnnd threatenlngsults for damages if they are purchased trom any manufacturer not licensed by them. Two firms, one in Salisbury and the other in Marietta, have secured the right to con struct the booths, and it is stated that they will have to work to their full capacity to supply all the counties in time for the November elections. - LIVE WASHINGTON1 WAIFS. The Three Democratlo Tariff Bills Beady to Report Chairman Springer Not An tagonizing the Silver Men Tho World's I Fair Investigation The Anti-Option Bill's Great Grind. Washington; D. C, Feb. JG. The meeting or tho Ways nnd Means Committee was short and decisive this moraine, but final action was takon in this very brief time on three important bills. By a strict party voto the. Springer freo wool bill, tho Bryan free binding- twine bill, and tho Turner bill placing cotton tics, cotton bagging and ma chinery for manufacturing the same on the free list, were all ordered to bo favorably re ported. These measures have already been published at length. The committee ad journed until to-morrow moniinir, when it is understood that Representative Cor.kran will call up for favorable report tho bill re ducing the duty on barley to the original rate in effect before tho passage of the Mc Kinley bill. There have been frequent re ports within the past few days that a rivalry oxists between the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Coinage as to the matter of precedence in the House. The Committee on Coinage has already re ported a free silver bill and demanded n date for its consideration, and the Commit tee on Ways and Means has ordered favora ble roporU on threo taiiir bills. Chairman Springer, of the Ways and Means Commit tee, does not think it is a irtattor of any im portance which particular bills receive first consideration. "So lar as I am concerned," sald ho, "the idea of antagonizing the Coin ago Committee with the business of tho ft ays and Means Committee has never en tered mv mind. The Committee on Ways ana Means lias proceeded as expeditiously as possible to prepare the legislation which it would submit to the House, and whenever tho House is ready to take up this legisla tion the motion for that purpose will bo made. But there is no desire to inter fere with other business ot the House, and there will be no rivalry on my part between the business of the Ways and Means Committee and that of other commit tees of the Hquse, and I am sure there is no necessity for apprehension or Jealousy. Everything, I am sure, will work harmo niously, aud I hope tho result will be satis factory to ull concerned. Certainly I shall not antagonize the business of any other committee in anv potty rivalry for pre cedence, as I think all committees should have a healing. Neither do I think it a mat ter of particular concorn whether ono measure or the other should fli st be consid ered, as ample time will be given to con sider all measures of imnortanco before ad journment, and, theiefore, before the Presl- uonisi election." The Appropriations Committee of the House to-day provided for the conduct of tho investigation authorized by tho House into the expenditures made from the money appropriated by the Government iu aid of the World's Falrprojeot at Chicago. Chair man Holman was authorized to designate a sub-committee to make the investigation. He said that in looking over the ground he had come to the conclusion it would be bet tor to select tho standing sub-committee, whose business would bo least interfered with by giving it charge of tliewoikof in vestigation than to interfere with the woik of all the sub-committees by the selection of a Bpecial sub-committee. He named the sub-committee having In charge tho Dis trict of Columbia appropriation bill as the ono to make the investigation. Tho mem bers are Messrs. Dockery, of Missouri; Compton, of Maryland: Breckinridge, of Ar kansas; Henderson, of town, and Cogswell, of Massachusetts. Tho sub-committee was instructed to prosecute its inquiry in Wash ington, and not to visit Chicago unless sub sequently authorized 'to do so by tho full committee. It wns also Instructed to in quire into and report to the full committee all the facts it ascertains, omitting any recommendations. In other words, the sub committee Is to sift the facts for the full committee. Representative Dubborbow, of Illi nois, to-day introduced in the House four joint resolutions bearing on matters con nected with the World's Fair. The first authorizes the President to request of the Government of Spain, or the municipal Government of Genoa, of the Duke of Veragua, the descendant of Columbus, and of such other persons or corporations as may be thought proper, the loan of the articles, papers, books, maps, documents and other relics of Columbus and the per sons associated with htm, or with tho dis covery and early settlement of America, for exhibition at tho World's Fair. The Secre tary of the Navy Is authorized to detail one or more vessels for the transportation of the articles, books, etc., referred to, and the Secretary of War is to detail whatever mili tary guard that may bo necessary for their care and protection. The other resolutions propose to authorize the President to extend to Alfouzo XIII, to the Queen Regent of Spain and to the living descendants of Col umbus an invitation to attend the opening ceremonies of the Fair as the guests of the Government and tho people of tne United States; also, to authorize the President to extend an invitation to the Presidents of the other American republics and to the Gov ernors of American colonies to participate in the ceremonies attending tho dedication of the World's Fair buildings on the 11th, 12th and 13th of October next and the cere monies attending the opening of the Exposi tion on the 1st of May, 183J; finally, to au thorize tiie Librarian of Congress to oxhlbit at the World's Fair such books, papers, doc uments and other articles from the Library of Congress as may relate to Christopher Columbus and tho discovery and early his tory of America. . The papers in the case of Major Lewis, O. Overman, tho engluoor officer recently tried by court martial in Cleveland, O., havo been received at the War Department, and aro being reviewed bv Acting Judge Advocate General Lieber. They will also De reviewed by General Schofield and the Secretary of War, in tho order named, before being sub mitted to the President for action. The im pression prevails that a decision has been readied adverse to tho Major. A large number of gentlemen, princi pally repiesontlng the New York Produce Exchange and the Now Orleans Cotton Ex change, assembled In the room of the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning to pre sent their views relative to the WaBhbume anti-option bill. J. W. LaBoutsse, repre senting tne new uneaus toiion r,xcuauge, was the first gentleman to address the com mittee in opposition to the bill. Charles W. Ide, President of tho New York Cotton Ex change, said he considered the situation critical. If either of the bills introduced iu tho Senate and House were passed the business of the exchange, he said, would be ntteily destroyed. Mr. rue believed that Mr. Hatch, author of the bill in the House, failed to realize the widespread use of the piesent system in dealing in futrtre deliv eries, and that he did not realize tho diffi culty, if not- the impossibility, of framing a law which will kill speculation and still allow legitimate business to exist. Attorney General Miller has in structed Examiner Dougall to make a thor ough investigation of the charges against United States Marshal Paul Fricke and his deputy marshals for lack of vlgilnnce in the matter of tho pursuit of Garza and his band. It has been broadly Intimated that tho Mar shal failed in his duty in the prosecution of this case, otherwise tne Mexican revolution ist would not have been able to have eluded the United States troops when they were closeN on his heels. Nothing had been re ceived at tho War Department for several davs indicating any material change In the situation of affairs along the Rio Grande. Army officers are of the opinion that the revolutionists are still concealed in the chaparral on the American side of the river, and that many of the residents are rcsponsi blorfor Garza's concealment and knowledge of the actions of tho military authorities. A RESOLUTION to-day introduced in the House by-Mr. Fithian.gavo warning that the gentleman from Illinois Is preparing to re sume hl fight against all mail steamship subsidies and appropriations. Immediately niter the reading of the journal, Mr. Fitbian prcsonted a resolution calling for Informa tion as to all contracts under the ocean subsidy law. "I ask that the resolution bo considered at once," said Mr. Fithian. "I object," promptly interrupted Mr. Dolllver, of Colorado. A single objection being fatal, tho resolution was referred to a committue. To the Associated Press Mr. Fithian said: Yes, it is my intention as a mem ber of the Committee on Morchant Marine and Fisheries to continue the fight against the steamship subsidies. I requested all this information personally from the Post office Department, but I was unable to get 'what I wanted, so I determined to call for it In this way." The House Committee on Post offlces and Postroads to-day adopted Mr. En loe's resolution with an amendment calling on the Postmaster General for all informa tion concerning contracts made under the mail subsidy act. The House Committee on Military Af fairs has adopted a resolution providing-for the reappointment of General J. L. Mitchell, of Wisconsin; General W. J. Sewell, of Now Jersey, and General A. T. McMahon, of New York, at the expiration of their terms as members of tho Board of Managers of Na tional Homes for Disabled Volunteer Sol diers. The Bering Sea negotiations seem to be progressing a trifle more vigorously now that the matter of Canadian reciprocity has been disposed of and Secretary Blaine and Sir Julian Pauncefote are able to devote more attention to the question. The Joint commission had an hour's conference with Secretary Blaine and the British Minister at the State Department this morning, and 'at its conclusion the commission resumed its sessions. It Is surmised that an effort is be ing made to completo the work of the com mission by the time Lord SalisDury is ready to act in the matter of the treaty of arbitra tion now before him, in order that there may be no unnecessary delay in reaching an agreement as to a renewal of tho modus Vivendi. TWO LITTLE COMEDIES That Wero riayed Very Prettily by tho Tuesday Night Clnb. The Tuesday Night Club gave a couple of pretty comediettas at the Pittsburg Club Theater last night, The first was "Orange Blossoms," by J. P. Wooler, a farcical trifle, In which the cast was as follows: Colonel Clarence Mr. Faber Mr. Falcon Hope Mr. Brown Mr. Septlmns Symmetry Mr. Howe Isabella Clarence (wife to the Colonel) Miss Reymer J lolet Hope (wife to Hope) Miss Harding Louisa Miss Morgan Mr. Howo had tho largest share of the work in "Orange Blossoms," and he made a very amusing misogynist, who is captured at last by the charming but willful misan thropist. Louisa, charmlnzlv nlaved bv Miss Morgan. Miss Hnrding was as clover as usual, and Indeed the whole performance was nicely finished. , In the second play, "Woman's Rights," by T. A!. Palmer, the cast was as follows: Major Brown Fitzgerald (unattached) " . Mr.MeKnhrht Horace Temple (a young harrister)....Mr. Phillips Bclllngham Whyte (a gentleman lock") ?. Mr. Scott Constantla Semper (a mature.malden) .'. :...Mrs. Uormly Annie Lovelelgh (her niece. In lOTe with Horace) ..Miss Ilawoxth Miss Haworth, whose Jliss Ilardeastle was the most notable amateur performance of last season in Allegheny, had no difficulty in making Mas Loveleigh a most graceful and bewitching little Heroine. The audi enco fell in love with her almost as quickly as Horace Temple, and she received the un usual compliment of a double recall in the middle or a scene. Mrs. Gormley made the old-maidish foibles of Oonslantia Semver ex tremely humorous, and Messrs. McKuight, Phillips and Scott assisted in acting the laughable story with much spirit. Mr. Mc Knight's make-up as a dyed and padded old beau was highly artistic. Both plays were very prettily mounted. Between the plays the election of the club's officers for the year took place, and by unanimous consent these gentlemen were elected: W. R. Sewall, President; A. II. Chllds, VicePiesident; Oliver Page, Sec retary, and J. D. Lyons, Treasurer. The standing committee for the year were also announced. THE READING C0HBIXE. That coal combination has not got things exactly where it wants them yet not by an anthracite. Chicago Tribune. It would be some protection against the anthracite coal monopoly if the taxes on all other kinds of coal and fuel were repealed. A'eia York World. The combine is essentially a trust, though that word Is very carefully avoided in the announcement made. What trusts are for tho people know very well. Providence Tele gram. , The Reading Railroad's big deal is an at tempt to control the entire anthracite ooal output of Pennsylvania. The magnitude of this monopoly Is now 40,000,000 tons per an. nnm, valued at $160,000,000. Toledo Blade. There is a clause in the Pennsylvania Con stitution forbidding railroad companies from consolidating with or gaining control over competing lines, but it is calculated that the latest combine can ride through it or over it. Boston Herald. The formation of the monster coal and carrying trust in the Pennsylvania district is a move on the financial chess board, that will vitally interest' every householder in the country. Although the men who are at the head of this trust allege that it It not formed to control prices, history fails to tell of a trust that did not do so. Kansas City Times. A BOTTLED MITTEN. A Young; Woman's Action That Is Puzzling Wisconsin People. Racine, Wis., Feb. 16. A well-dressed woman walked up to the Court House steps this afternoon and deposited a bottle upon them. Two officers saw the act. They thought it was a plot to blow up the build ing and kill the officials, and got out of the wa,y. After warning the people to be care ful, ono of the officers plucked up couraee and carried the bottle into the Sheriff's office. The big Sheriff turned a little pale, but he opened it. Attached to the cork was a string, and at the end of the string was a little led mitten and a note, which read: "Will cure love in one hour." The scared crowd made a break for the street, and the officers are looking for the woman. They want to know what officer sho left the bottle for. . WALES MAT NOT COME. The Prince Hal Not Yet Notified His Ma's Servants Hare to That Effect. Nw Yonit, Fob. 10. Special. A dispatch from Albany printed to-day, said that a pri vate citizen in that olty had received a cablegram which stated tho Prlnoo of Wales, nttended by a retinue of-25 pornom, expected tolnnd in New York on May 23, arid go hence to Niagara Fnlls and Canada. William Lane Bookor, the Britsh Consul General, said to day: "Tho Prince of Wales has not told mo that he 1 not coming, but I do not believe ho intends to visit this country or Canada." DEATHS HERE AXD ELSEWhERE. Iter. George K. Hare, Educator. Eev. George Emler Hare, D. D., S. T. D., LL. D., oneoflhe best-known Protestant Episco pal clergymen In the country, died at tils residence. In Philadelphia, Monday after an Illness or several mouths. Dr. Hare was born In that city In 1S03. For a time he was assistant rector of Old Trinity Church, New York, and while living In the metropolis married Miss Hobart, daughter of the Bishop of that diocese. After Ailing a charge at Princeton, N. J. . for several years, he. In I8H-4.1, was assistant professor of Latin and Greek at the T T.i I vitrei fv rtf lVnnBvlpaniR- For a ntimht- nr ;earssuD,equentlr, Dr. Hare was head mister of the Protestant Episcopal Academy of Philadelphia, OieSiaUl r.llDlUN)LAUniCIUJ .'. A JIUBUCl lng In IBS3 to a'snme the nrofessorsh rcslimlnar In IHjs to a'snme me proiessorsnin or Biblical learning at the Philadelphia Divinity bchool. This chalr.together with that of professor of .New Testament literature, he occupied lor 15 years. Obituary Notes. Fnrxciss Dabinka, widow or Prince Danilo, of Montenegro, uncle of Prince Nicholas, the ruler of Montenegro,- Is dead In Venice. Colonel McCAitTiiv, edltorof the Nlcholas vllle, (Ky.) Journal, died Monday. He was Assist ant Secretarv of btate under Governor Knott, and was at one time an editor of the LoulsTllle Courier. Horace Leemax Kuert died In Cleveland Mon day. Sir. Emery formerly lived In Albany, where he owned a large manufactory. He was an Inven tor of some prominence. His body will be taken to Albany tor burial. Earl Clickixger. a commission merchant of Columbus, who for the past two weeks has been buying and shipping apples from Bedford, died yesterdav at the Hotel Arlington of pneumonia, alter an illness of a few days. JOB C. Crestman died at Choconut, Pa., Fri day, aged 97 years. He was at the battle of New Orleans, participated in all the Important .engage ments of the Mexican War, and was In 47 battles of the Rebellion. He was never wounded. Hexry Wardle, M. P. for South. Derbyshire, England, died yesterday. He was born In 1832, and was senior partner of the firm of Salt & Co.. brswers. or Burton-on-Trent. Mr. Wardle was a Liberal, a Home Kuler, and In fayor of the affirma tion bill. Solomon Fleecer, one of the oldest residents of Butler county, died in Chlcora yesterday, at an advanced age, of general debility. He was born there aid always lived In Butler county, being among the first to locate lu the town, and was made its second postmaster. MISS A. D. DooliItle died Monday atthe resi dence of ex-Senator James E. Doollttle, In Racine, of pneumonia, after au Illness of three weeks. Miss Doollttle, who was a cousin of the ex-Senator, was for many years the principal of the Fttznugh Street Seminary for young ladles at Rochester. N. Y. Jacob Crone, a resident lor Donaldson. Pa.; for over 50 years, died Mondanlght, aged 73. He was a pioneer of the Western Schuylkill coal field and opened the railroad between Trcmont and Pine Grove, becoming Its first President. When he located In the district there was but one house In Tremont and none In Donaldson, - , , 'r ' ' OUR MAIL POUCH. Professor Totten and the Aurora. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Evidently the prophetto Professor of Yale College has bit on the short-hand and handy method of jumping to his conclusions first and afterward arranging factors to sustain them. He refers to the auroral dis play of the night of February 13 as due to the big tunspot, which is directly due to tho perihelion of the planets. Well, let us do a little, just a little, reason Ing,in a mild, easy way, on this proposition, with a view of seeing how it sustains itself. The sunpot is a fixed fact. It is there, has been theie for some time and will remain there for some time to come. Presumably, its poteney was not restricted and limited to last Saturday evening. Now, if the display on tho evening mentioned was "ducto the sunspot,-" will this distinguished Professor be kind enough to rise up nnd explain why we have not an auroral phenomenon every clear night so long as the sunspotmaintalns its potency? Another point. If Prof. Totten were liv ing some distance northward of the Arctic circle, where auroral displays of indescrib able grandeur almost constantly illuminate the heavens during the long Polar nights, and which, while unseen by intelligent human beings, have nevertheless been go ing on for thousands, yea, tens of thonsands of years, would he then Jump, In such an off-hand manner, to the conclusion that an unoffending spot on the sun was the direct factor In tho case? now does he father such displays, when he has rnn short of a stock of sunspotsT Ho quotes Dr. Halley and tho late la mented Prof. Proctor in support of tho dec laration that we have m authoritative data on auroras back of 1367. Very well. There are many other lacts of that and earlier periods, of which we have no "anthoritative data," but this is only testifying to the superstitions ignorance of the time and the lack of scientific light. There were 12 cen turies of sunless, starllzht night, but Nature did not suspend operations. A decimal fraction is a terror to a Digger Indian, and his mental machinery is knocked silly in tho endeavor to grasp an understanding of the pieceosion of the equinoxes, but this docs not disprove the convenient utility of uecimnis, nor aoes it militate nn loin against the motion of the equinoctial points along the plane of the ecliptic. Magnetic storms, with and without a vis able auroral accompaniment, have occuved in all the ages and will occur so long as the earth has an atmosphere, preserves her dally rotation on her axis and pursues her orbital Jonrney around the sun. It seems incredible when great facts stand forth In unmistakableslgnificance,when they are even written in plain view across the heavens, that any one professing to be con versant with the operations pf nature and stands forth as a "Professor" to impart knowledge to others, should so disclose his lack of understanding of tho integrity and consistency of common physics and should so wallow in the shallows. Nota f e w.only.or the dismal ideas that havo fallen on ignorant mental soil, to trouble and perplex humanity, camo from a bad liver or an impared digestion, and if some of the prognostications that are lust now emana mg from the Connecticut Professor be not of this order, there is every indication of a close kinship. N. Wamtox, Pa., February 15. A Card From Sir. Marshall. To the Editor of The Dispatch: In an afternoon paper of Monday, 15th Inst., I am represented as reflecting upon Mr. Bennett, one of my associate counsel in the defense of Mayor Wyman. It has been a rule of my life not to notice newspaper mis statements. However. Justice to Mr. Ben nett demands a reply. I have never uttered a word in disparagement of Mr. Benhett. His labors in the preparation of the defense were skillful. Intelligent and exhaustive, both as to the law and the facts. In no In stance did his work fail to elicit my warm approval. He had my entire confidence and we were harmonious in consultation and trial of the case1. It affords me pleasure to say that Mr. Bennett did more to prepaie both tho law and the facts for the trial than any of the legal gentlemon employed, and all his work was performed with skill, in telligence and courage. Tnos. M. Marshall. PiTTSBono, February IB. PHONOGRAPHS FOR DEAFNESS. Sounds Transmitted by Vibrations to the Brain. Baltimore, Md., Feb. 16. At the Southern 1 Homeopathic Medical College a public dem onstration was given yesterday of the uses, of the phonograph for the cure of deafness, a discovery made by Dr. II. F. Gary, a pro fessor iu the eye and ear division of the col lege. An exposition of the principles of the treatment was given. It is the massage of those parts of the ear which transmit sound into tho Drain. The phonograph produces this result by giving continuous and suc cessive vibrations at regular intervals. This it does with certain degrees of Intensity and frequency according to the exigencies of the case under treatment. In bad cases a series of intensified shocks. at the rate of one to the second, is produced against the memDraneous tympanum or drum. In cases or not over five years' standing the vibrations aro given with more frequency and less intensity. The noises or thumps so made are given by means of de pressions made with a stylus at regular in tervals in the wax surface of the phono graphic cylinders. Thus they may be varied and they originate in the phonograph itself, and are not introduced from any exterior source. Every depression causes the little transmitting needle In the Instrument to strike the diaphrame connected with the phonograph and to reproduce tho same dis tressing nolBes which a deaf person continu ally hears within his brain. SPOTS ON TUB SUN. The appearance of a big spot on the face of tho sun affords opportunity for the forma tion of a new political party. Philadelphia Intpttrer. It Is calculated that the spot on the sun is 18,000 miles In diameter. That makes It al most as Imposing as a spot on one's char actor. Boston Herald. It the sunspot is responsible for the ex isting weather there will be a general and heartfelt wish that the sun would quit the spot business. Detroit Free Press. Astronomers are interested in that bfg spot on the sun. The astrologers are certain also that something is going to happen. It generally does. Toledo Commercial. PREACHES UPSIDE DOWN. A Salvationist Who Will Exhort While Standing on His Head. Eau Claire, Wis., Feb. 16. The Captain of the Salvation Army contingent in this city has hit upon a new'. scheme of soul saving nnd penny catching. The brave officer advertises that, on Sunday evening, be will preach the gospel standing on his head. He will be supported in this painful posi tion by two of the female soldiers of his command, each of whom will hold one of his legs just below the knee. KILLED BY A JOKE. It Was So Funny That It Gave st Girl In curable Hiccoughs. Sea Isle Crrr, N. J., Fob. 16. Miss Flora Springer, the daughter of Jesse Springer, of Goshen, Js hiccoughing herself to death. About threo weeks ago she laughed violently at a Joke cracked by a friend in the dry goods store of Partridge A Richardson, in Philadelphia, where she was employed. The laughing brought on an attack of hic coughs, which has continued ever since. She was brought home Saturday in a critical condition. Her physicians have used every remedy known to medical science, but have been unable to relieve her. They despair of saving her life. A Strong Point Illustrated. Boston Herald. There is at least one strong point about Mr. Carnegie's gospel of wealth. He dem onstrates that ft can be practiced as well as preached. This is illustrated In his latest gift of $100,000 on top of his $1,000,000 donation to Pittsburg's library. Theological Seminaries In Council. GKTTTSBCRa.Feb. 16. Forty delegates from the theological seminaries of the Middle and New England States, representing the Mid dle district of the Inter-State Missionary Al liance, convene hero' to-morrow for a two days' session. Indulged Too Freely. Chicago Tribune. The Mayor of Allegheny, Pa., has boen found guilty of malfeasance in office and will be thrown out. Perhaps he has been indulging too freely In Monongaheli, I - i -nrv CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. i Thunderstorms occur most frequently at sunset. Japanese women are almost wholly veg otarians. Coons are notr hunted in the South witl roman candles. It takes jnt 27 51 notes to weigh much as a $30 gold piece. Nearly 900,000 grown English peopli can neither readnor write. Three hundred and thirteen places art licensed for stago plays in the kingdom. There are 14,000 Band of Hope unions having a gross membership of more that 2,000,000. An Augusta, Me., dentist is creditec with having takon gas and extracted one o his own teeth. The town .of Union, Me., boasts of j citizen who in threo days last week drank 21 gallons ot cider. Along the coast of the United State: ?,HrIns tne ,ast u years there havo been 16, 123 casualties to vessels. On the 10th day of December, 1825, TTC banks stopped payment. Tho Bank of F.ag land's credit was saved by the timely issue of 1 notes. Farmer Hardin and Lawyer McKinner, of Sloberly, Mo., went to law over a 10-eenl do,f- .efarmer lost the suit and also lost over $100 In costs. The Turks believe amber to be an Infal llble guard against the injurious effects- ol nicotine: hence its extensive use for the mouthpieces of pipes. Nurserymen now sell trees on the.15 year plan, that is the nurseryman Is to re ceive choice of any two crops grown on the trees Inside of 15 venrs in murmi,,' r t.- trees. Eight hundred and forty yards of cot ton thread weighing one ponnd Is numbered 1. If a pound contains twice that nnmbei or yards the number is 2, and so on down the scale. The people of Great Britain consume about five times as much tea per head as do the inhabitants of this country, and the consumption there is steadily increasin" every year. " Coins are weighed at the mint (o a hair's weight. Not lonz since a hair fell into the weighing machine, and until it was discovered a large amount or coin were rejected. The statistics of the London Fire De partment, just published, show that there were nearly 3.C00 fires in London last year, and during that timo 61 lives wero losfrat fires and 207 lives wero saved by the fire men. Orange blossoms for weddings are of comparatively modern adoption. The Sara cen brides used to wear them as emolnms, and the custom was probably introduced by the Crusaders on their return from the Holy Land. A tame groundhog is owned at Jloberly, Mo. He went into winter quarters under the house December 1 and on the 2d of Feb ruary be appeared on the surface and ont about his business all day. although it was cloudy from morning till night. Drewy, on the authority of Davalia (historian at the end of sixteenth and be ginning of seventeenth centnries), states that Charles IX. used bridges of cordage at the siege of Piretius, toward the close of the sixteenth century, which Is, perhaps, their first introduction to Kurope. Engineers of railroad trains in Texas and most of the Western:Statos carry revol vers, and often rifles, In the cab. for various, contipgencies that might arise. They amuse themselves by shooting at the telegiaptt poles orany other mark while running at full speed, and attain a wonderful skill in marksmanship. Tn Berlin there is no personal liberty. The police methods greatly aid in the pre paration of an accurate censns. No room can be rented at a hotel or boarding-hmi-e. and no apartment or house can bo legally leased, nntil the landlord has .sent to the po lice the name and pnrpose of the newcomer and the length of time for which he Mill probably make the city his home. The oldest old folks' dance on rtcord camo off recently near Snpplngton, Mo. The Xlttncewasled by3Ir. and Mrs. Parke, aO respectively 78 and 73 years, and th yotf,,--est dancer in the set was Miss Mary Parke, a merry voung maid of 50. The music was furnished by Prof. Dick Wells.aged 75,ho-"e fiddle was made by his great-grandratiier. and the tunes played were older than the fiddle. The most curious of pets is that pos" sessedby some Singhalese children. It is nothing more or less than an immense rhi noceros, with plates of tongh hide like an armored ship. He Is Just such a beast as has killed scores of daring hunters who have penetrated the Jungle. But this big fellow is as gentle as Marv's lamb, nnd niim.. children to play on his back or squirt sn eot ened water into his mouth. An eminent French statistician makes a clever and graphic presentation of the thrift of the French people. He says that a duplicate of the Eiffel Tower, which weighs between 7.000.000 and 8,000,000 kilogrammes built of -silver and with two additional stories added, would barely represent the actual savings of the French people depos ited in the national savings banks. Tho kilo gramme is 2 ponnds 3.2R ounces. Considerable ingenuity is displayed by a firm of "engravers, printers, and makers of novelties," in the fqrm of a letter marked "personal," enclosing a faded rosebud with its leaves and the firm's card, with this noto In a girl's handwriting: "Take back tho flower thou gavest. I love you no longer. AH my affection Is now given to Messrs. So-and-So because they do such beautiful printing. I am no longer yours. Maude.'" Ants are used by the Indians of Brazil to draw together the edges of wounds. It Is well known that the grip of the jaws of tho Brazilian ant does not relax even after death; therefore the Indian who has received a wound draws the edges of the skin together with his fingers, then places five or six ants along the gash. The ants grasp the skin with their Jaws, and the line of the cut is narrowed. The Indian then pinches off the bodies of the ants, leaving the heads ad hering to the gash. In a few days the wound will be healed, and the ants' heads may be washed off. LIGHT LITTLE LAUGHS. Miss Budd (wishing to impress her youth fulness upon her listener) My mother looks young for SO, does she not? She married at 33. Her listener Er was that her er second mar riage? Puck. I remember, I Temember. The cot where I was born And where It was so difficult To get up in the morn. And well do I recall how Pa Would com. In with bis gad And expedite my rising By those wooing ways he had. Boston Courier. "That was qnite a little joke of mine," he Ktld with enthusiasm just after he had exerted him self with a bon mot. ' "Did yon see It?" "Oh. yes," she answered wearily. I saw It last week In a newspaper." Washington Star. Kutten Yes, that's a good story. And yon tell it capitally. It will suit my purpose exactly. Drj de Yonr purpose? "Yes. I am compiling an Encyclopedia of Chestnuts.' ' VhicagoTrlUme. J There's Just one thing to kick about T here I am boarding now: They haye a lot of drrgoods clerks Nice oojs, as all allow But when I get down to my bash, I'm busy, don't yon see. And they talk about anecktle. 4 t auu say it cost iu. l -Smith, Gray Co.U Monthly P Ethel "Why does Miss Sears always wear that piece of court plaster on her chin? Maud-She thinks some man will faU In love with her "on the spot." Demcr Times. "Hullo!', said the Chestnut to the Bobin, ' What are you?" I'mallttleblrd,"sald the ISobln. "Wnatare you?" "I'm a little burred too." said the Chestnut. Harper' Toting Iblks. ' ' I like the European plau l Of living: 'tis so neat. "J-i You dine with your friends whene'er you can. And when you can't don't eat. -XeiBToTkHeraltP Featherstone I hear that when you call on Miss Grosgraln. and her father is home, yoa always wear a dress suit. 'I Bingway Yea. You see, that gfces him theiav presslon that I am well flxea. ,. -,r.rJ Featherstone Urn. Yon would Jbe in- a, aire pickle, wonldn' t yon. If the old man. should strtijj joa fora V?-Cfottfer and Fuw(shir. " " .i - XsteieJ'J: 35ftaW3W93 . .1
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