ktowpw; TWteVVir&T? W3TT-3" "SOwpiRJg J nu m niinnt!utruA - -rvrcro a nvn-t rrrrroomAV trA orrcr o- ionn ,THE PITTSBURa PI6PATCH, TUESDAY, MARCH 'a. 1892. Vjt2H$pa&(j. ESTABLISHED FEBRUABY, 8, 1MB Vol.47. No SO. Entered t Pittsburg Postofflce Aorember, 1S37, as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 78 and 80 Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. F.A8TERN ADVERTISING OFFICE. ROOM W. TRIBUNE BUILDING. NEW YORK, where com plete flies orTHE DISPATCH can always be found. Foreign advertisers appreciate the convenience. Home advertisers and Mends of THE DISPATCH. while In New YorV, are also made welcome. THESISrATCHtsntmlaHyon taleatBrenSano't, I Union Saltan, Hea York, and It Ave de P Opera. Font, Ranee, telere anyone tofto has been disap pointed at a hotel new stand can obtain it. TKITWS OF THE DISPATCH. I-0S7AG3 ITJtB IT THI CKITi;D STATES. ruiLT Dispatch, One Year 8 00 DAltT Dispatch. rerQuartcr 2 00 Daily Disr vtcii, OneMcnth "0 Dailt DiiPATcn, Including Sunday, lyar.. 10 00 Dailt Dispatch, Including Sunday, 3m'tlu. 1 50 Dailt Dispatch, including Sunday, 1 m'th. 90 Eukdat Dispatch. One Year 250 Weeklt Dispatch, One Year 1 25 Thi Daily Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at IScents per week, or. Including Sunday Edition, at IC cents per week. PITTSBURG. TUESDAY, MARCH 8. TWELVE PAGES CONGRESSIONAL IDIOSYNCRASIES. The fight in the House yesterday over the consideration of the Bland free coin age bill illustrates the inveterate tendency of that body to waste time in unimportant disputes and to decide questions of public importance not on their merits, but as they affect the issue advocated by one side or the other. It really made very little difference as to the decision of the issue whether the order fixing the consideration of the silver bill was taken up before or after the reading of the journal. If the free silver men were strong enougb to take it up first they could have done the same thing after the reading. On the other hand, the oppo nents of the movement might have seen that their fight was useless, as the vote showed, and that it could have been made just as effective before the public if it had been reserved for the discussion of the coinage issue on its merits. But the in curable tendency of the House to purpose less squabbling overruled these considera tions and the melee went on. It is also noticeable that the stated issue was not voted for on its merits. The issue on its face was whether a report from the Committee on Rules is in order before the reading of the journal. It might be sup posed that a vote could be taken strictly on that parliamentary point; but it was not. All the free coinage men revised their parliamentary principles to serve the imagined exigency or free silver as promptly as the Republicans in the last Congress shifted their views of parlia mentary law to suit the needs of their pet measures. The anti-free coinage men did the same thing on the other side, and therefore added to the demonstration that the Congressional mind is unable to decide an abstract question on its merits where partisan issues are supposed to be in volved. If the mathematical law that twice two are four should be found to affect the sil ver question and some people may claim that it does a very respectable contin gent of Congressmen would be ready to vote for a formal declaration that twice two are either three or five. ,WHO BMPLOY THE ABCH1TECTS? The statement that the Builders' Ex change intends to "discipline" two archil tects of this city, and the course of action assigned in connection with that discipline, contains remarkably instructive reasons for that portion of the public which may have money to invest in brick, mortar and lumber. The assertion is that these architects have not conformed to the rules laid down by the Exchange, and it is proposed to "notify all architects who do not conform to the uniform system that they must do so to secure the patronage of members of the Exchange." The general supposition has been that architects were employed by the people who paid for the building, and one of the chief reasons assigned why people should employ architects has been that they represent the interests of the owner and prevent the contractor from doing what he onght not to do. If the Builders' Exchange makes it a public issue that architects are subject to the dis cipline of the contractors, must obey their rules, and be governed by the threat of losing their patronage, it presents the question of building contracts and archi tects' supervision in an entirely new light If this reported policy of asserting the supremacy of building contractors over architects really prevails, it will be most effective in designating the boycotted architects as persons whom the owners can rely upon to represent their real in terests instead of being dominated by the contractors. THE JINGO CUI.T IN ENGLAND. Alleged expressions of flamboyant Americans in the London Times to the effect, that the United States will take the earliest opportunity of expunging Great Britain from the map of the world, furnish a striking illustration of the fondness of that journal for bogus documents. The first deliverance of that sort, being the signature of "Brigadier General Winter, V. S. A.," was promptly exposed by point ing out the fact that there is no such name among the brigadier generals of the United States army. Undeterred by this the Timet produces another communica tion which, with a notable paucity of in vention, repeats the Winter tale with a few added details, and is signed "Captain Scotte, Thirty-eighth Pennsylvania Rifles." We might possibly credit the Times with being taken in by some of the fire-eaters of the navy whose appetite has been sharp ened by their failure to make a mouthful of Chile, if one deception of this character had not previously been exposed. But it cannot plead being' taken in -after that, as it did in the Pigott case, when it repeats the idiocy of crediting a communication to a captain of a military organization which has no existence and who commits the offense of which we do not believe any Pennsylvanian was ever guilty, namely, spelling Scott with a final "e." The case indicates that the Thunderer is engaged in the work of firing the heart of John Bull by publishing bogus commu nications of alleged Americans of a char acter to make John get redn the face. Is it a part of the Tory policy to get up a war spirit for the sake of carrying the general election this year? If that is the game of Salisbury it will prove most dangerous at the breach. The English .people know that a war with this country would be an unqualified" disaster to both nations, Anw Ministry which would talk of war for elec tion purposes would be overwhelmed with defeat. - I GRANTS OF HOHOFOUBS. The resolution introduced in .the House for investigation into the management of Yellowstone Park is one that may open an interesting inquiry into the idea that it is proper for an Executive department to grant monopolies. This idea, if not corrupt, is essentially stupid; and yet it is one of the most persistent .notions of loot ' The' investigation is inspired by one favorite of this policy in revenge for an act which intrenches on its monopoly. The inspiration is worthy of little re spect; but the results of an inquiry may be none the less instructive. Some years ago the Interior Department granted to the Yellowstone Park Association the ex clusive privilege of building and operat ing hotels and transporting passengers throughout the park. The results-very mean and insufficient accommodations has been reported from time to time by correspondents and travelers; but that did not seem to be of any importance either to the Interior Department or to the hotel monopoly. Last week, however, the Secretary de clared the transportation privilege for feited, and transferred it 'to a Montana Republican alleged to have been named by the Hon. Russell B. Harrison. It was simply the taking away of a monopoly from an old beneficiary of official power and giving it to a new one. But the Yellowstone Park Association, like all other monopolies that meet with restric tions, takes this as an invasion of its vested rights and goes to Congress for the investigation. If the granting of monopolies on the public domain can be made a matter of Executive favor there is no reason why Mr. Russell Harrison's friend should not have some of the park as well as the earlier recipients of the same remarkable grant But it will be quite salutary to give the Interior Department a chance to explain on what principle of Republican government it undertakes to set up monopolies in hotel management and stage transportation at its pleasure. GBANGERISM IN A NKW PLACE, The war started In New York against excessive telephone charges has spread to Philadelphia. In the latter city a request by the Bell company for authority to lay conduits has evoked from the' Trades League, Builders' Exchange and several kindred bodies a demand that, as a con dition of these privileges as well as those already enjoyed by the company, Councils should enforce a reduction of the present exorbitant telephone rates. Now, this is rank Grangerism. It is ex actly the theory of the Grangers that, be cause the State has granted valuable fran chises, it is its duty to regulate tbe .use of those franchises so that the people shall not be burdened by unreasonable or dis criminating charges. It is one of the in dications of the vast difference it makes whose ox is gored that the Eastern cities, which have for a long time charged all the business woes of the nation to the de structive Grangers, should take kindly' to the application of exactly the same prin ciple to a monopoly which pinches them. The theory of rates fixed by legislatures, councils, boards or officials of any sort is essentially an unsatisfactory one. Bnt where public franchises have been granted of a nature which creates a practcal monopoly, it is the duty of the govern ment granting them to regulate the charges of the monopoly. - While.the tele phone company occupies the streets 'with Its wiiev Councils ."oi every -city should consider themselves charged with the duty of seeing that its charges are not excessive. INSTRUCTION AT PRINCETON. The grocers and boarding-house keepers of Princeton are making an exhibition of their devotion to the principle that any attempt to lower the cost of life to the consumer is flat burglary. The Univer sity Club having been organized for the purpose of establishing co-operative hoard ing at a price suited to slender purses, the boarding-housekeepers and grocers have combined against this horrid encroach ment upon their vested rights of big profits to be squeezed out of the students' board bills, y As the boarding-house keepers are to be left out in the cold by the University Club anyway, their threat that the treasonable clubbers shall go nnsupplied Is not very terrible. But it has rung the gro cers in; and the grocers issue the edict that the club shall, not get from them either a grain of sugar,' a bean of 'coffee or any other atom in the grocery line so long as it pursues its unhallowed object of liv ing at reasonable prices. And if any New York grocery house dares furnish the rebels against the regular hash foundries, Princeton grocers will boycott all New York and devote the metropolis to com mercial ruin by the withdrawal of their patronage. This is the regular spirit of the trusts and combinations. The consumer who does not yield up fat profits without a murmur shall be put under the ban. One can hardly help suspecting that the fervor of the Princeton grocers In this matter is due to the knowledge that the University Club would buy its supplies at wholesale rather than pay their big rates. It is much easier to renounce a trade that can not be got, and to try to shut it off by alleged boycott, than to refuse patronage which might be secured by reasonable prices. Of course, the University Club will get its supplies. There is not yet any .such monopoly in wholesale' groceries that an outside buyer cannot buy groceries for his money. Meantime the spite of the Prince ton grocers may afford the Princeton students a practical lesson in the use of combination for attempted oppression to the consumer and the value of free com petition as the protector of the people, , - These is a good deal of hopeful optim ism in Secretary Tracy's opinion tbat be cause we are worse off now than ever before for men to man our navy therefore we shall be better off in the future. During the discussion-on the defenses of Vancouver Island in tbe House of Com mons yesterday, the old question arose as to what share of fortification, expenses tbe Colonies should bear. The Canadian Gov ernment appears to have made promises which it is in n o hurry to fulfill. As bearing on the scare which war whoopers are en deavoring to raise, it is worthy of note that a motion for urgency In completing thn de fenses of Esquimau was defeated without a division. The recent shooting at Yokohama will be a striking proof to the Japs of tbe Super iority in culture and 'civilization claimed by America and England. Mb. Dingley continues to assert" that tho Democrats in Congress are gnllty of cut ting down expenses until after the Presl dental election. If so, Mr. Dingley might use discretion by refraining Vrom calling attention to tbe contrast between tbat Usourse and the one pursued bxtelastCoa - gress In swelling expenditures to an unpre cedented total j ust before election. . iF.there'be many cases such as tbat found by enumerators near Warrensburg, Yi Y., tbe wonder is that the State population does not increase more rapidly. There) were found living' great-grandmother aged M, her daughter a grandmother at 33, and her granddaughter'a mother less than fifteen years old with her child living. .Cranks notwithstanding, it is safer to be a millionaire in New York jnst aow than to live in proximity to any of the Spanish embassies in Europe. A new Weather prophet hasarisen in the West to predict a great storm which is to cross this country about the middle of March. As he had previously predicted a similar storm from February 23 to March 4, farmers may prepare for spring plowing about the date of bis second convulsion. -The new J Republican movement has already made such headway that the late political methods will soon be quite anti quated. . John Russell Young thinks tbat the next United',8tates Senator from Pennsyl vania ought to be a Philadelphian, The difficulty of finding an. available Phlladel pbian is recognized, but it is intimated quite strongly that Mr. John Bussell Young might serve. - Maybe Mr. -Cassatt is sorry he spoke now, but the law-abiding public is not, for the wheels nave boon started and will run on. ', hi Houi John I Sulmvan's discrim ination against color may be construed as an involuntary testimonial to tlie prowess of Prof. Peter Jackson, who has copied tbe vices of the white race to the degree of be coming a very efficient prize fighter. Japan will do well to exhibit her pro gress toward Western civilization by other evidence than that of political street fights. Now that, the Government has begun operations against the Whisky Trust some people are accusing it of making an insid ious distinction. Patience, gentlemen, tbey shall all have their turn. Everything must have a beginning even justice , During .the retirement' ef Lent many are preparing to appear in new plumes, paid for or borrowed, on Easter Sunday. Now that special trains are run for the benefit of people wishing to attend Western divorce cases, an Institution of gate money Inight be a lucrative source of income to be divided among the court officials and the parties to the case. Nor the least serious aspect of the Bering Sea trouble is the curtailment of tbe Presi dent's duck shooting expedition. The howlers for an ultimatisslmum to be sent to England should be taught tbat an ultimatum is a last recourse, and tbat even an ante-penultimatum would be out of place at this stage of tbe proceedings. (There may be an even number of voters lathe Electoral College, but the odds are all against their dividing equally. The Representative who votes against the wishes of his constituents, in an attempt to secure his own political being, is as bad as the man who parts with bis franchise for bard cash. , John L. Sullivan would do well to trust more to his big right arm and less to the Jawbone "Of an ass. "" It strikes an impartial observer that the ex-Speaker ahd Speaker are doing altogether too much speaking. and occupj ing public time by useless and unseemly wrangling. .. ' This i' the" season of license, and the poets are expected to make the most of it.- , PERTINENT PERSONALITIES;- Mrs. Cockrell, the Senator's wife, has been chosen Regent, for Missouri, of the Daughters of tbe Revolution. Secbetaby Blaine continues to im prove. He expects to resume bis duties at the Department of State in a day or two. Secbetaby Noble, accompanied by Mrs. Noble, has gone to St. Augustine', Fla. The Secretary expects to return next Mon day. 5 Sig. Faeini, who sang with Parepa, Nilsson and 'Lucca, is training a troupe of singers of African descent for the grand opera stage. Bishop "Whipple, of Minnesota, has just caught1 his first tarpon in Florida waters and the local papers contain Jocular references to bis previous success as a fisher of men. , Kate Field is authority for the state ment tbat George Washington used to give his gardener, .Philip Bater, $2 at "Easter, "with which. to get drunk four days andfour nights." The late Admiral Jurien was noted at tbe court of Napoleon IIL as one ofthe fin est conveners in France, and be was always a central figure in the late-surviving salons of those days. The Grand Duke of Hesse, the Queen's son-in-law, who is reported to be dying, made a sensation in 188 by marrying Mme. Kalomlne, tle beautiful divorced .wife of a Russian Secretary of Legation stationed at the Hessian capital. ", William Wirt Henry, of Bichmond, is said to be a grandson, though it would seem as if he must be a great-grandson, of Patriok Henry. He is a lawyer and an authority on all matters pertaining to tbe history of Virginia. A TSEE TIGHT. Dissatisfied .Democrats In Blair Use Their Mats, bnt Support Graver. Altoowa, Pa., March 7. Dissatisfied with the action of the County Committee in elect ing delegates to tbe State Convention, W. Fisk Conrad, the Democratic District Chair man, sometime ago called tbe convention which was held in Hollldaysburg to-day. Both the upholders of their County Com mittee and tbe dissatisfied faction held primaries Saturday night and to-day ap proached in fnll force. ' County Chairman Burke and District Chairman Conrad each tried to call the con vention to order, and in an Instant fol lowers of both were on 'the stage of the Opera House, 'where the convention was held, and harsh words led kto blows, and for over an hour there was a free fight. Men were knocked off the stage bodily, while many were thrown down the steps leading to tbe dressing rooms. Charles B. Adams, wbo bad been nominated by the committee adherents for Chairman, was thrown from a table he had mounted as was also one of the secretaries. Harmony was secured for a few moments, but once more tbe fight started and raged nntU tbe deputy sheriff and constables Jumped on the stage and declared the meet ing adjourned. The upholders of the committee tben filed ont, beaded by Thomas H. Greevy and A. V. Devley, and met in tbe court house, where tbey passed resolutions endorsing Cleveland and denouncing tbe district chairman. Tbe other faction also endorsed Cleveland but denounced ; the committee, electing the lutwwuur uaieoratca to tuo ocate uonventlon: E. H. FMckj H. P. Piper; Lloyd Lowthen James Condnn and Alexander McKnighC- The Temperance Tight at Loretto. JoHKSTOwir, Maroh 7. opeetai The peo ple of Xoretto, under the guidance of Father Klttell, are getting up strong remonstrances against all -applicants for liquor licenses at tbat place aau are having them numerously signed. A hotel run on the temperance plan will be opened there very soon. SHU a Say of Ho lor Gray. Washington plnt-lV ' 1 There is stai one ray of --hope for? Isaac Fnsey Gray Xet him demand ' that the Cai- oagoooja,pielmt kite-shapta tok U iewlcwsMs 1 .j & , AT JHE PLAYHOUSES. . Bhea In a New Play-Wlllard la The Mid dlemanNatural Gas Better Than Ever AH the Hays In Town Criticised. -The historical drama "La Czarina," from the French of Eugene Scribe, was presented last night at the Alvia Theater by M'ne Bhea. .It is an interesting and strong play, showing In its admirable construction, as well as-ln-the-snbUetyCo& its play, the mas terful hand of the expert French" dramatist. The play deals with one of the many in trigues Of Catherine, the wife of. Peter the Great. The Empress loves a young Polish Count, aad her husband gets wind of their passion, which is mutual. Peter bears of an attempt by Sapieha. the Polish Count, to meet the Empress alone by night in a cer tain part of the palace. Olga, the "daughter of Prince MenzUmff, alone shares the Empress' apartments, and to turn the suspicion from the imperial ludy Sapieha pretends that be was in the palace to see Olga, To test his slncerty the Czar orders Sapieha to marry Olga then and there. Olga is willing enough, for sha 'loves Sapieha. while be submits with bad grace. So they are married. Still Peter is not satisfied. His suspicions are aroused afresh by Olga't admission before her father tbat she knew nothing of Sapieha' presence in the palace air night. Sapieha is confronted with OTpaby the Oar and asked to explain. Again Olga comes, to the rescue with the confession, for she sees her husband's head is in danger, that she had made an assignation with Sapieha., ''How' is this?" asked the Czar at this Solnji "You said a moment ago that you new nothing 'of Saplba's -presence in the palacethat night" Ah, but Yonr MalestV fort-eta my father was present!" replies tbe quick witted Olga. Bnt this shrewdness and self sacrifice is wasted, for the Czar determines to make a clean sweep of all tbe conspirators as he believes them to h. WMln the Oar is plotting a general slaughter, Prince Menzlkoff uppurtunciy arops some poison in 1110 royal cup. and after a stormy closing scene with Catherine Peter the Great is food for worms. The company which Bhea has at hand for tbe performance of this plav is hardly equal to tbe task. Mile. Bhea herself is an actress of considerable charm. Her smile 1s the most engaging thing about her, as her eyes arc tbe most moving. If only our language had tbe gallantry to accommo date itself to Mademoiselle's tongue, we should have a better chance to examine her art. Site Invested the Czarina with muoh dignity, and tbe struggle of her emotions wben her husband strives to drag ber secret from her by threatening her lover's life was admirably pictured in her face. But the piav is not a one-part affair. It needs good actors in at least four parts. Mr. William Harris gave an exceedingly clever pictuie of the traditional brutish despot whether he was tbe real Perer tbe Great wbo founded modern Bussla is not worth inquiring now. Mr. Harris was especially powerful in the last act. Miss Una Abell as Olga was thor oughly girlish and engaging, and in the dis posal of the lighter touches, tbe oply ap proach to comedyin the piece was especially successful. Mr. Anjory's portrayal of a dissi pated Admiral was a good piece of character work. The rest of the cast was not strong. In the matter of scenery, costumes, etc., tbe production was artistic and rich. The Return of.Willard. One scarcely knows what to say abont such acting as E. S. Willard's in "The Mid dleman. His Cyrus Blenkam, the potter, is a living, breathing piece of humanity in whom the audience centers its affection on immediate acquaintance. It is( not often that a Pittsburg audience calls a performer before the curtain after a play. Mr. WUIard experienced, tbat honor at the Dnquesne Theater last night and that was the enthus iastic climax of a series of recalls tbat began with tbe ending of the first act. Tbe com pany is the same able one tbat appeared here earlier in the season. Marie Burroughs is the same sweet Mary Blenkam, Boyce Carleton tbe same purse-proud, ambitious Jot Chandler, and Harry Cane the scheming manager Batty Todd, all of whom we have known before. All are clever and fit their several parts ad mirably. "The "Middleman" will be the bUl all week, excepting Thursday night, wben "Judah," another famous character ization of Mr. Willard's, will be offered. Natural Gas Burning Brightly. There was literally not a vacant seat at the Bijou Theater last night, wben "Natural Gas," r the popular farce comedy was revived. Messr. " Donnelly and Glrard remain the bright stars, and immensely funny both are. Their new songs and business won favor at once. May Howard, the well-known vaudeville artist, also jumped In great favor at once. The company as a whole is a very good one for the purpose. Peer Mack's gagS in a negro part crease great -laughter and George Murphy's powers as a comedian of tne uerman variety were, as usual, leauy artisticin his work, and simply captured the audience. T'hu'-, with new choruse, new music, and some pietty girls, it is no wonder "Natural Gas" burns as, brightly as ever. - " The Harris Theater. "Minnie Oscar Gray and her really wonder ful trained dogs appeared at this house again yesterday, and once more in their popular play, "The Old Oaken Bucket." The sensational climaxes of the play were as heartily applauded as usual, and the crowds tbat did the applauding were limited in size only by the 'walls of thn building. From Thursday to Saturday "Vesper Bells" will be given. Stage Motes. Owtso to the absence of tbe principal comedian, "Satan" was not given last night at the Grand Opera House. It will be given to-nigbt. The Leonine woman at Harry Davis' Museum attracted crowds yesterday. She bas really a lioness' appearance. Cool Bur gess beads a good show in tbe theater. . The Night Owls bad a great audience at Harry Williams' Academy last nlgbt and gave a good performance. The new specta cle, "The Blue and the Grav," is leally beantlful and entertaining. The old favot ites in the company are as clever as ever. That most successfully managed World's Museum-Theater gave its patrons a more than usually fine treat last night. Its splen did attractions cannot be enumerated here, but"Kiao" deserves a special line to her self. She is a pel feet marvel, and must De besieged by crowds all week. A St. Paul, Mimn., dispatch says: O'Dell Williams, of A, M. Palmer's Alabama com pany, at the Metropolitan Opera House, St Paul, and Zenaide Vislaire, the Atlanta ildberley of the same company, were married to-day at 1$ o'clock by Di . G. D. -Andre ws. of Christ .Episcopal Chuicli, at nis residence in that city. The witnesses were Herbert Willlard, manager of tbe company, and Walter H udson, the vanguard for Maggie Mitchell. Mr. Williams was The Old Campaigner In Bartley Campbell's "Clio" and also tbe -original Judge In "Kit, . the ' Arkansas Traveler," a good many years ago. Miss Vislaire, who was formerly a member of Augustln Daly's stock company, is a native of Mississippi, a descendant of a well-known Southern family. Her grandmother, for whom she was named, was -tbe celebrated Princess de Beanbarnais, of the house of Josephlne,wife of Napoleon. 1 'THE SHADE 07 A TELEGBAPHBB Tattoos on a TaDle at a Seance and His Sweetheart Promptly Faints. MiLLERSBtma, O., March 7. Special. Ee ported manifestations were made at a spiritual seance in a residence in tbe north ern part of the. city last night. Shortly after tbe circle was formed under the glare of the gaslight peculiar rappings wore heard on tbe table, as if some telegraph operator were Sending a message. The telegraph operator at the railroad office was sent for, and, Jlstening to the raps, declared they were. made by an expert operator wbo seemed to know several persons present. Several messages were sent and received, the telegraphic shade declaring he was not happy because be had not lived right on earth. The spirit then said be wanted to talk to Miss A , whereupon that young lady in the cir.de promptly fainted and broke the combination, as nothing else was heard from the dissatisfied spirit. It Is said the young lady in qncstion had a dear friend, who was nn expert operator, who died some years ago. CXHTBAX AX2BICAH SEWS. Barillas, the Beaten President, Will Prob ably Leave Guatemala. Saw Fraioiboo, March 7. The Pacific Mail steamer San Bias arrived from Panama. She was the first mail steamer to dock at San Diego under tbe new mail contract. Tbe steamer broneht no information remrri. ing tbe Guatemalan elections. When sbe was at Guatemala everything was qniet.and Barrlllas, it was thought, would leave the country us soon at noaaible. iDOSSII News was received at Panama sbortly,be forehe San Bias left there or tar tulcide of Senor Pedro Montalso,a young Italian sculp tor of Carthagena,Who Jumped from the gaUerr of, the Church of San Juan to the flagging below. He was very highly thought atahd'-aad done work In thn Ontntl and Boath American Republics, LOOTS HUPTIAL XlfOSs Bow the Divorce Laws Are Besponslble " for Queer Matrimonial Episodes. BcdnxTOJC, March T. ispeefaf. In the sum mer of 1875 Miss Kate Landis, a rosy cheeked Pennsylvania Dutch girl, kept bouse for Mr. .Leaton D.. Sperry. Albert Babcock was the -farm band, and In tbe fall be and Miss Landis were married. '' He hired a farm the next spring, but be did not get along as well as his wife thougbt he ought to, and In 1878 she left him and got a divorce. Seven, months afterward Mrs. Babcock mar ried James Starkweather, a carbon county farmer. Starkweather was a widower with two young children, and he owned a small glace. His wife did not like tbe neigbbor ood and he sold out and moved to Cameron county. -in 1880 -Mrs. Starkweather got a divorce from her husband in another county, and in 1883 she moved to MCKean county and mar ried a middle-aged farmer, Azro Fellows. He had been married twice before, bnt be bad no children, and they lived together until 1885, wben Mrs. Fellows went to the western part of the State and got a divorce. In 18S7 she married H. L. Pbelan, a farmer of Washington county. He was a well-to-do widower, with a large family of girls, and Mrs. Pbelan lived with him until June, 1890, when she went away, got a divorce and be gan to work again. Meanwhile Babcock, her -first husband, stayed in Colley township, worked hard and accumulated considerable property. Last fall Kate retnnsed to Colley township. A week ago Thursday she gave up her place and said she was going to Washington county. Babcock went away the 'same day, and .on Wednesday last they returned to gether. Tbey were remarried in Buffalo. GEH. BUTLEB. BBATKH. He Indorsed a Note for 8119,000 and Now Must Fay It. Boston, March 7. Special. General Ben F. Butler has been beaten in a suit at law which will take a little over $16,000 out of his pocket. The suit was brought by the Pres cott National Bank, of Lowell, against the General on a note mado by A. S. Woodwortb and Harry H. Hale for a 12,500, dated June 13, 1886, and payable in four months to General Butler. The suit was against General But ler as indorser of the note, whioh he dis counted. The note was protested for non payment, and the General, on being sued In April, 1890, set up as a defense that he bought it of S S. Mosely & Co., Boston brokers, and they did not discount it di rectly. I Another defense set np later in tbe case. was iliac enfl nose war inaae on vne Xiora's Day, and was illegal and void. The case was tried at East Cambridge. The plaintiff ad mitted that the note was made on a Sunday, but declared that that made nn difference, because tbey were suing an indorser and that the indorsement was made on a Satur day, July 10, ISSS. The bank's judgment is for tbe face of the note and accrued inter est. The General will take the case to the Supreme Court. ' HTSTEBIOUS GHOSTS EXPOSED. The Cnexplalnable Made Clear by the Wheels of a Passing Street Car. New York Sun. J .Here is a strange thing. The windows along a 'Pittsburg street are persistently broken by missiles discharged against them at a high velocity. The police are driven to despair; the window insurance companies' detectives are baffled. Tben a pebble hums past the head of tbe pedestrian wbo is watching an electric street car and pene trates the heavy plate glass behind him, and the mystery is solved. It appears that the - railway company mended its permanent way with a top dress ing of screened river gravel. When the car wheel pinched one or these little round pebbles it shot out like a rifle ball. The world is full of ghosts whose games are less of a mystery by half than that of the Pitts burg electric street cars. F0BE8TALUHG THE SftDATTBSS. A .Military Fore Sent to an Indian Reser vation to Be Open for Settlers. San FRAircisco,March 7. Orders have been issued from the military headquarters here for a company of infantry and a detachment of cavalry to proceed to-morrow to Bound Valley Indian reservation, in Mendocino county, the Government having announced its Intentions of opening the reservation to settlement. A large nnmber of locaters have dispos sessed the; Indians -and pre-empted tbe choice traots. If is also stated that an or ganized band of cowboys has determined to make a forcible effort to forestall the legal opening of the reservation. THE FIELD PUZZLE. Justice Tan Brant May Do One of Four Things In E. M.'s Case. Nxw York, March 7. fipect'aZ. Justice Van Brunt made a decision in the case of E. M. Field to-day. He 'may do one of four things declare Field sane or Insane, submit the question toanother jury, commit Field for examination as to his sanity or appoint a commission in lunacy. In case Justice Van Brunt decides that Field Is insane and commits him, it is n question what will become of the orders of arrest in the civil suits. Was a Very Foolish Mayor. Philadelphia Times. The leaden lieel of Justice bas caught up with Mayor Wyman, of Allegheny City, but tbe iron hand- smote gently, tbe deposed Mayor being sentenced to pay tbe costs and meditate in the connty Jail for the period of three months. Short as the sentence is it will be qnite long enough to convince Mayor Wyman that he should never have offered himself as a candidate for Mayor withont knowing enongh abont the charter and ordinances of the city to avoid breaking tbe law and landing himself in Jail. There will be grave doubts in tbe minds of many peo ple wbetber Mayor Wyman was more knave than fool. There should be none in bis own mind tbat he was a very foolish Mayor. First Foreign Goods for the Fair. -Nxw York, Feb. 7. The first entry of goods destined for the World's Fair exhibition was made to-day ut tbe Custom House. These were ten cases of antiques, which arrived on the steamsbip Claribel from Port Limon. They Are Thoroughly Bed. Chicago Herald.i. Congressman Beed thinks tbat the Indians should be educated, yet they are moro thor oughly red than tbe rest of us now. SUNDAY AT THE WORLD'S.PAIB, . The effort which is being made In the Legislature to secure the closing Sunday of the New York exhibit at the World's Fair is a magnificent example of fool legislation. New York Advertiser. Uroir moral as well as physical considera tions the Exposition should be open from first to last to all who may choose to enter its gates Snnday,and especially to tbe multi tudes ot woiklng people who cannot well afford to visit it on week days. Worcester limes. Hasn't it been settled yet that the World's Fair is to be open Sundays? The National Sabbath Union is sending a protest against suoh opening. Is the union aware that it is only playing into the hands of the saloon- lsts and sharks wbo will start in business in Chipago to prey on tbe World's Fair visitors. Kansas City Journal. Wa'fully, believe that tbe World's Fair will be kept open Sundays, for we thank that the great mass of intelligent, progres sive people, while less t vociferous than the munerically.,fewer Sabbatarians, will-not permit" the greatest international Exposi tion ever seen to be controlled by narrow sectarian prejudices. Boston Herald. - - Thkbe is evidently a wholesome reaction agdinst the fanatical attempt to close the Chicago Fair Sundays. Some powerful reli gious denominations have contributed to this reaction; and there is little doubt that the directors of the Exposition will have the courage to respond to liberal and enlight ened public sentiment on this subject. Philadelphia Record. There Is no reason to doubt tbat Sunday will be duly respected in the course of tbe Chicago Fair. Tbe day will be regarded ac cording to the doctrine that Sabbath was made' for man. It should be a day of rest for the machinery, and for exhibitors whose attention. Is given special matters. It, does not follow, bowever.that the grounds should be closed and tb'e gallertos-of Hue fine-arts saw up' and darkened.-Cwtcftmafi Cemmsr- Wflsw WIssWwVJi , SIDE VIEWS OF PATTL How the Diva Came to Have a Audience In' the Wings for the First Time on Rec ord A Colonial "Beoeptloa and Other Society Happenings. .Incidental to Miss Louise Beaudet's professional 'engagement In town last week Is an experience which she says will cause recollections of Pittsburg and Fattl to min gle very agreeably hereafter. There is no role In "Nanon" In which Miss Beandet can appear, and so Friday night found her with an evening on her band and Pattl singing at the Auditorium.1 She'decided to go and, as professional people think themselves not true" to the craft If they pay an admission, ,she also decided to be a "deadhead" a "complimentary," to speak politely. Prob ably people know by this time that it Is easier to go through tbe eye of a needle than try to hear Pattl sing without the necessary $5. Miss Tempest made a bet that it was impossible. So did a number of. the mem bers in tbe Casino Company. The odds were heavy, too, in favor of Pattl against Beandet . When tbe crush was at its greatest, the sonbrette of the comic operastage accompanied by her cousin and a male attache stormed tbe side door of the Auditorium. Even Captain Dan Sllvis had to knock at that door, and though It didn't open to him, Miss Beandet. by some magic, got on its right or inside. Of course, the all powerful manager had to be- interviewed next. He was in despair. He wanted to oblige the young lady; but he got" his salary for obliging Patti and, what could be do? -Would Miss Beandet sit down on the stairs? Of course, Miss Beandet wonld sit on the stairs, and sbe did so, push ing by the door of Patti's dressing room, while the manager rushed away to try tbe temperature of tbe Auditorium and tbe temperature of the Diva's goodnature. Just as Miss Beandet was uttering philosophical reucuuoni upon a great woman jiko J.ain being willing,' under pressure of circum stances, to dress with other artistes when tbe minor msmoiseUes of .traveling com panies wbose names are never printed ex cept in tbe play bill, turned up their noses with a 115 a week scorn at snch a vile impo sition the manager came back breathless. "I have done what Leonid," Bald be, "and you can stand in the wings, bnt," be continued, "won,t yon move back into the sbadow a little whan Madam Patti appears? You see," and he shook his head lugubriously, "such a thing bas never been permitted before, and you know, if a Patti pout occurred in conse quence she wouldn't sing another night." Tbe- programme was carried out as ar- rangea, witn tne unexpected luxury of one chair in addition, at which the party took turn". AH the other artistes be came quite "chummv'' with the pro fessional theater party before Patti appeared on the scene. When she made her debut, there was a scamperln the wings, and a lightning change, while Patti's private secretary more Inspired than Patti herself, condescended to smile reas suringly. Meanwhile Patti was bowing and smiling in a gentle deprecating fashion as much as to say, "Oh please don't overwhelm a poor little, H,0O0-a-night woman like me," and Beaudet was peeping around tbe corner of a bit of scenery. Tbe enthusiasm of the plaudits in the bouse was catching and tbe French girl, forgetting ber bargain to keep dark, began clapping her hands and exclaiming "bravo." Patti caught the sound and realizing that it came from an unwonted place for an audi ence to be, turned round surprised, but catching sight of the delighted party now in full view or the wings, smiled in a quite pleased fashion and bowed-acknowledgment. Afterward Inst before Patti's ap pearance as Semtramide Beandet was pre sented. Patti was in high good humor. "An," she said, "what is the use of dress ing in these satins and Jewelry with such a light," pointing upward to tbe lamps, which immediately diminished to hair their illumination as though to support their reputation for usefulness. The quick wit of tbe French girl made tho occasion an opportunity for a graceful- retort. "What matters it, madame," sbe responded, bow ing. "Yjpuare a star yourself; and do not need them." Even the blase prima donna found a pleasure in the pretty incident, and afterward directed some of her best notes to tbe wings. She even called in good na turedly "behind her hand Its vont as the peo ple, owing to the late hour began to leave tbe ball, and the manager, who was spying the occurrence through a crack, in the cur tain, looked as though ten anxious years had been taken off his shoulders, since Pattl bad not lost her temper. Thus Miss Beandet won her bets; heard Patti sing, and didn't pay, either. A colonial reception is certainly a novelty, a thing much to be desired in these days, when the ordinary reception has be come a thorn in the flesh. When, tableaux, In which .the ladles are young., beautiful and charming, are added to tbe featnm first t mentioned) tbe affair positively becomes alluringly attractive. Such 'was the case with the entertainment given last, evening by tbe Yonng Ladies Foreign Missionary Society of the Emory M. E. Church at New Orpheus Hall." It was crowded packed to tho doors and every corner of the city con tributed its quota to tne throng, whose in dividual members were made heartily welcome by lovely ladies in cos tumes of a century ago. In this part of the entertainment Miss Emma M. Squires presided, assisted by two score and more confreres, eacb of whom outvied tbe other in making their guests feel tbat they would be welcome a second time if they "came again this evening." The tableaux commenced shortly after 8 o'clock, and it is not stretching the truth to say that none have ever surpassed them eitberin artistic merit orconceptlon. Tbey were actual urmg pictures 01 snpjects wnicn have won1 renown lor the originals in the centers or tbe art world. sThere was noth ing to criticise in the attitudes of the young gentlemen and there was mncb to admire in the posing of the yonng ladies. They seemed to intentively grasp the Ideas of the masters who transferred their thoughts to canvas. Miss Ida Hushes, Miss Pearl Abel, Miss Emma Squires, Miss Lyda Slmonds, Miss Ada Ayers, Miss Ada Pierce, Miss Clara Squires, Miss Bertha Bohannan, Miss Annie Little, Ming Charlotte Jeffetia, Miss Ida May Abel, Miss Ella Bailey, Miss Cora Wallace, Miss Margaret Holland, Miss Fannie Carson, Miss Mame Lydlc, Miss Car rio Crossman, Miss claribel Abel and little Misses Bessie Woolslair and Annie Kelly are to be complimented for the parts they filled in tbe living pictures. The most note worthy of theso were "Country love," in which Miss Ida May Ablo and Mr. Morris Hugbes were tho characters. In the "Wed ding Party," Miss Ida May Abel was a par ticularly beautilul bride. The -Story teller," in which Miss Emma Squires, Miss lyda Simonds and Miss Ada Ayers were tbe principal figuies, was also -one of the events of tbe evening. Wben the curtain rose for tbe last time it disclosed a remarka bly pretty picture. Xhe subject was "Love or Gold," and Miss Clarabei Abel tried to decide whether to accept tbe pelt of one sbe did not love or the handsome -outh to whom she had given her heart. It was a charming scene, well portrayed. There will be a repetition of the whole programme this evening when many of those who were pre sent last night will return with their friends and contribute their mite for the good of the misslonory cause. The force of instructors in the. city pub lic schools is being interested in a method or life insurance called "The Teachers' Inter-State Mutual Belief Association." It was Introduced to them last week by Prof. L. H. Darling, formerly of the Pittsburg High School, artd also at one time principal of the Indiana State Normal School. The plan Is somewhat similar to tbat known as the Tontine policy, being accumulation and maturing at tbe end of 20 years. Thefe.es required are very small. For initiation fee $8 10 is charged. A doctor's examination costs $1. Two dollars is paid yearly and fl at the death of any member. At tbe end of 30 years the insured person can claim 4K per year until death. If a teacherXlles within 90 days from tbe time she is insured sbe is benefited in no way; bnt after that time it goes to a oenenciary appointed oy nerseir. As tbe name indicates, it is a national cor poration and has its headquarters in Balti more. For this State it is. chartered nnder the laws of Pennsylvania. About 200 teach ers have already been iniuredand the inter est felt is so general tbat tbe plan will likely be taken up universally by the profession. Instruction has been received from Miss Mary Elizabeth Dawson, Secretary of the Pittsburg branch of the Needle Work Guild, that there will be a meeting of the organization on next Saturday at Mrs. Will iam A. Herron's house, '4887 Fifth avenue, Shadyside. It will take place at S o'clock la the afternoon. New York's Two Millions. NswYosx, March 7. The population of the city, exclusive of the Inmates of institu tions, who are to be looked -after by the State Secretary, is, according to the eensus Just completed, 1,800,891. Not Hard to Make aa Ultimate. Chicago Tribune. J From the data on hand it is not hard to estimate the probable amount of wort: .that will be done by the present Congress. Tour, sU or tea times Botsiagfenetkisr. JffntM ga'U CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. A tropical moth, called the "Atlas" moth, has a wlngspread of 1 foot. It is gray in color and flies by night. There are tropical cockroaches 4 inches long, with antennas to correspond, which readily become domesticated ia houses. In South America there are giant grass hoppers with bodies S Inches" long and a wing-spread of 10 inches. Owing to the fact tbat tbey are not very numerous, these formidable insects do not do much damage. There are many cases la which an ex traordinary Intellect has accompanied heavy brain weight, but the records show tbat men wbose mental abilities have never been questioned bare had brains under the aver age in both size and weight. By some statistics recently published it appears that, in the five years or life be tween the ages of 20 and 23, the mortality of unmarried men is 1,174 Iri 100,000, and of mar ried men only 597. From 25 to 30 the num bers respectively are 1,396 and 865. Professor Masso, the 'Italian scientist, in experimenting with the blood of eels bas discovered by injecting it nnder the skin of rabbits, rrogs. mice, guinea pigs, eta, that it is a rank poison, being similar in action to venom of snakes ofthe viper kind. Thomas Parr, who was born in Shrop shire, England, in UE3, lived until he killed himself from overeating in the year 1635, when be had attained the great age of 15S years. He lived in three centuries and tilled tbe soil until after the end of his 130th year. If an elephant was as altisonant or far sounding as a nightingale in proportion to his bulk his trumpeting could be easily beard around the world. On like conditions an ox bellowing in Australia could be heard In New York about 15 hours after making tbe noise. The invention now known as "bleei lng," tbe mode of varnishing pottery with a tbln film of glass, is believed to date back to the first Egyptian dynasty. Proof of this is found in the pottery beads, glass-glazed, fonnd in the tombs of tbe age above re ferred to. On metal rails a horse can- draw one and two-third times as much as on aspbalt pavement; three and one-third times as much as on good Belgian blocks; five times as much as on good cobble stone: 20 times as mncb as on an earth road; 10 times as much as on sand. A-Divers who helped to lay the founda tion of the great Eads bridge found that while they were nnder a pressure of. four 'atmospheres," or 60 pounds to tbe square inch, tbe ticking of a watch was absolutely painful to the ear. They also found' it im possible to whistle. .. . It is popularly supposed that aluminum Is the lightest of metals, but this is not the case. Magnesium is one-third lighter and is harder, tougher and denser. Until recently it was cheaper than aluminum. It is less affected by alkalies than the latter metal and takes ahigh-pollsh. There are most beautiful butterflies in tbe Malay Archipelago, of an exquisite blue and other iridescent hues, which measure 8 inches from wing-tip to wing-tip. la South America there Is a beetle even bigger than the Hercules beetle. It is over a foot long, legs and all, though its body is not so heavy. There were no less than 953 suicides in Paris during tbe year 1S91 231 sought watery graves, 113 blew out their brains, 89 hanged, 71 stabbed themselves, 62 used poison, 8t en Joyed asphyxiation, 75 threw themselves from high elevations, 151 deaths were from unknown causes, and 71 were crushed under trains or machinery. - Tama, tbe Greek Pluto, the Christian Satan, is 210 miles high. The hairs of his body are like palm trees. He punishes the damned by putting them in beds of boiling oil, sawing their bodies In 'two,- pouring molten lead Into their ears, pulling oat their toe-nails and tongues, and a vast num ber of otber varieties of torture. ' Taking the whole' of tbe married men and tbe whole of the unmarried men from tbe age of 20 to the close of llfe.lt Is computed that the lives ofthe former average 59 years, while those of tbe latter average only 10 years a difference of 19 years in favor of married men; tbat 1s, marriage increases the average duration of man's life by one-half lacking six months. So stupendous is the scale on which the visible universe is framed tbat a ray of light which wonld travel round tbe earth la 0.1336 pf a second of time, does not reach, us from Neptune rmder a period of more" than four hours; while from the nearest-fixed'star (alpha Centaurl) it occupies five and one half years, and from a little star called ma in Cassiopeia its journey occupies 90 years. The color of the shark's egg is black, of leathery texture. thin, tough and inform similar to a hand barrow, the body of tbe barrow being represented by tbe middle of the egg and tbe handles' by the four projec tions at the angles. These projections, which are called tendrils, are of use to enable the egg to cling to the growing seaweed at the bottom of tbe ocean, thus preventing It from being washed away by the currents. There is a good deal that is weird about the Galapagos islands, which it bas been proposed that Uncle Sam shall buy for a coaling station in the South seas. They are 16 in number five big and U. small ones, without counting ever so many little islets and tbe line of tbe equator runs dlrectlv inrougu me giuup. jevocbuoieas suo cli mate is not very hot, owing to the remarka bly low temperature of the surrounding waters. Most of the big spiders of the New World are of tbe sort which build nests with trap-doors lining a hole dug in the ground, with silk, fitting It with a door so artfully made as to hinge, beveled edge and spring tbat it is almost impossible to detect tbe fact that there is an opening, and, In some cases, actually planting seeds on this dainty portal for the purpose of concealing it with grow ing plants. Some nf the largest spiders catcb birds, and Individuals have been known tn capture good sized fishes, lying In waitfor tbem at tbe border or a stream. Following are some interesting statis tics of tbe rapidly developing sugar In dustry of Argentini: Tbe area of tbe cane plantations this year is 12 BOO acres, which, at the nsnal rate of production, will yield 1,879,000,000 pounds of cane. The area of cul tivation in 1SS9 was 34,230 acres and the yield was 1,507,000 pounds of cane. The gross value of tho crop this year Is estimated at (12,750, 000, as compared with $6,165,000 in 1889. There areSS sugar factories representing a capital value of about $20,000,000 in gold. Tbe actual production Jn 1889 was 77,000.000 Sound?, and this year's yield is estimated at 1,000,000 pounds or 82,500 hogsheads. IDYLS OF THE HOCB. "Has that lady who called on your mother gone yet?" t "No, and she won't go for another hour." 'Mow do yon know?" "Because she Jnst gotnp from her chair and said: "Wei. I mU3t S goodby. ' Hem Tor Press. ' Happiness is but a cake .Which the Wise and Merry take; Sorrow is a lump of dough Fools and cynics seek It. though. -Puck. Mother "What makes you so nervous, Charley, dear?" 'Charley I've bad two proposals of marrltge. and I really don't know whether to accept Clara with her brains or Ethel with her monej.-Judgt "I ask for no retention fee," Quoth Counselor O' Quirk, "No money, sir. unless ltbe Beward for honest work. ' ' ' ' He tried the case and won the same, -" And when it did befall "S A thousand for his client came -f He Just retained it all. Boston Courier. 5j "I verwy much enjoy calves bwains, you ., know." " . "Ah?" replied the yonng woman. "Doyoa? mean to eat or to think wlth1',WasMneton Star. Larkln I have a great deal of corre spondence to do, and it tires my bands greatly. Bunting W by don't yoa we a typewriter? Larkln If I did, people would And ont how . badly I spclL-Omito. Gray A Co.'s MmtXlv. The woman who would like to win Unbounded admiration. Wbo wants the world to pat her In A most exalted ttaUon. " Whose wish it is to bare folks call jj. Her lovable and aracloas, . " Will always have a imlle for su, And never wax loanaclous. . SomtnOlt Jbundk g 'Mrs. Snrjrthe I never could undentaa4; why it takes tea tailors to make a sua; . ifV Smythe (aawarUy) Why? ji Mrs.bmyue-Becaiel should fed jBJewtlsjf lmt.omtarefmi.er,-&cvIr3traUi 1 .-i iJ'Et ,i JA "', wKHsiM S-X-- . m1. il: i, j i3KS& t!al
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