MMMHMBMMMMMBMMsMHMMlMMli jMFfirepgysai BSKSr- y 'i'-r'rM .- -," . - rrv, is " . iiSpiiWBDtiH? tfSSSft ,.3!HE - PITTSBURGr --,. "c,sra " ''Trai"'JJ9!'JVw-!Hp'. TS?''1 'VJWJW mil lil, ,'ne9HH 16. 'I892L - : - . . : - ?j? s . - IJje BH ESTABLISHED FEBRUAEY, 8, 1S46 VcU 7. No. SS. Entered at Pittsburg Postofllce ovember, 3SS7, as second-claas matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 78 and So Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. rASTFTCC ADVKUTlSrNt; OFFirF, KOOMT8. TRIBUNE BUILDING. NKW YORK, whore com plete flies of THE DISPATCH can always lie found. Foreign advertisers appreciate the convenience. Home advertisers and friends of THE DISPATCH. bile In New York, arc aUo made welcome. THE DFSPATCIIU rtavlarly on taTe at Brentano's, t Vnton S7VOTC, .Veto Tort, and IT Are de VOyra, rang, trance, chert anyone who has been disap. xnrff at a hotel news stand can obtain it, TJsRSIS OF THE DISPATCH. TOSTACE FK2E IX THE UNITED STATES. Daily Dispatch. One Year S 8 CO Dailt Dispatcu. Per Quarter S 00 Dailt Disr tcu. One Month 70 Daily Dispatch. Including Sunday. 1 year.. 30 00 Daily Dispatch, Including bunday, Sm'ths. ISO Dailt Dispatch, including Sunday, 1 m'th. co SvndayDispatcii. One Year 550 eekly Dispatch. One Year 1 K The Daily Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at Jf cents per week, or. Including Sunday Edition, at rf cents per week. PITTSBURG. WEDNESDAY. MAHCH 16. TWELVE PAGES Till! ATTORNEY GEXKKU'S ACTION. The bill iu equity filed by the Attorney General with-reference to the leases and agreements known as "the Reading deal" puts the legal issue in a clear form. There has been some dispute as to the course the administration would take in this matter, but the action of Mr. Hensel energetically followed up will characterize Governor Patterson's second term with the same sturdy defense of public rights against corporate aggression as his first The bill sets forth that the railroads combined and controlled by the leases and contracts are parallel for certain portions; that the principal ones have been, prior to the agreement, competing for freight and passengers and that they are all compet ing in the transportation and sale of 'an thracite coal. It might have averred that the purpose of the leases and consolida tion was the suppression of competition; but it meets the same end by pointing out that the securing of the control is in viola tion of the Constitution, against public policy, and void. This bill will bring the question before the courts authorized to pass upon it. Un less the corporations are able to show a very different state of affairs than that disclosed by the Attorney General's bill, the decisions of the same courts in the South Penn case leave little doubt that the leases will be declared void. But, while securing such a decision will be as decided a credit to Attorney General Ilensel as the first case was to Attorney General Cassiday, that will not finish the work. Mr. Hensel should see that the Constitution is obeyed and that the rulings are not nullified in actual practice, as was done in the South Peun case. If Attorney General Ilensel presses this issue to a complete victory the second term of Governor Pattison will fittingly complete the good work of his first term. agement which put the Government in the unique position of supporting the right of Conservative members to vote for meas ures in which they are pecuniarily inter ested indicated beyond doubt that some one had lost his head. But the attempt to put the burden exclusively upon Balfour's shoulders will fail, for the simple reason that the presages of Tory defeat antedate Mr. Balfour's leadership. Balfour assumed the leadership under circumstances which justify the applica tion of Captain Pearson's epigram on Paul Jones, "He fights with a halter about his neck." The doom of the Tory parry had been recorded in the bye-elections for nearly a year before Balfour succeeded Smith in the leadership of the House. Stubborn fighter as he is, Mr. Balfour could not, nor could any other man, over come the demoralization and disintegra tion of a party which knows that its further life is only a question of months. The cause of the Tory defeat is the Tory policy. Balfour has his share of responsi bility for that policy; but he cannot be made the exclusive scapegoat had aignpd a reciprocity treaty with us, that Nicaragua had done likewise, and that Spam had withdrawn the opposition to our agreement with Cuba. INDISCKEET ILLUSTRATION. The Philadelphia Inquirer, in its weekly cartoon on current eeuts, gives a promi nent place to Mr. Dalzell's Senatorial as pirations. That the Inquirer should repre sent Dalzell delivering a speech in the Senate, standing in shocs as much too large fop him as those of a full-grown man would be for a six-year-old boy, and that his fellow-Senators should be represented as stopping their ears, is a natural conse quence of the Inquirer's character as a Quay organ. But the entire picture is an indiscretion for an organ of that character in pictorially representing the possibility of Mr. Dalzell's occupjing Mr. Quaj's place. Moreover, as that possibility repre sents a Pennsylvania Senator occupying his place in the Senate and displaying the ability to speak for both Pennsj lvania and National interests, it is calculated to create an overwhelmingly popular demand for Dalzell. The esteemed Inquirer will have to cultivate discretion as an organic qual ity. THE WORLD'S FAIR APPROPRIATION. The following inquiry propounded to The Dispatch is worthy of full consider ation: To tlie Editor of The Dispatch: The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hav ing appropriated the sum of $300,000 toward the World's Fair, it is discussed in some po litical circles that this money is unnecessa rily -spent. The Dispatch would favor a number of its readers by giving its opinion, and if, on the contrary, any benefit to the State itself will be deriv cd, please give a statement what can be expected. What -Rill Pennsylvania alone benefit ftom the Colum bian Exhibition? A Politician. Taking the subjects inquired upon in their natural order, the benefit Pennsylva nia will obtain from the World's Pair will be in proportion to the value and attract iv eness of her exhibit. People come from rll parts to international exhibitions for the purpose of learning new things in the arts, nnd sciences from the collected enter prise of all sections. Enterprise especially romes there to learn if there is anything in machinery, inventions or improvements of any kind ttjat can be adapteJ to its section. Xow, if Pennsylvania has anything in the line of manufactures, minerals or natural products to sell to other sections of the country or world, the best oppor tunity for bringing the fact home to others is by an exhibit of our products and re sources which will command the attention of all observers. To suppose that Penn sylvania can gain nothing from such an inhibition is to allege that she has nothing worth selling to other people; to doubt whether the exhibit can be made attractive is to doubt Pennsylvania's ingenuity. Neither idea can be admitted by any true Pennsj lvanian. If the money is judiciously expended, that S300.O0O will be the best investment ever made out of the public funds of the State. As to whether the methods adopted are the wisest, and best calculated for the greatest results, that can be most ac curately predicated when we have seen the exhibit NOT BALFOUR'S FAULT. The unmistakable signs of.Tory defeat which pervade the English political situa tion have led to an evident attempt on the part of most members of that party to make Balfour the scapegoat. An outcry too unanimous not to suggest prearrange ment is heard that Mr. Balfour as a leader of the House is a failure, and that the un comfortable position in which the Cabinet now finds itself is due to .his incompe tency. As a vigorous member of the Ministry Balfour has his share of responsibility for the situation. It is also true that the man- A TIMELY SUGGESTION. In a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of electric railways pro pelled by the overhead wire system, the Philadelphia -Press makes a pertinent and timely suggestion. It takes the same view as Trns Dispatch, namely, that as long as the trolley wire is the most practicable and economical method of electric pro pulsion its advantages must be conceded as balancing its disadvantages. But the Press suggests that grants of the privilege to put up overhead wires should "be under the condition "that the trolley wires shall go under ground just as soon as any rea sonably economical and practical method to enable that to be done has been discov ered." The Press further specifies that the authority to decide whether any new method is practicable shall rest with the city. There is no doubt of the propriety and necessity of such a condition, No electric railway desiring to yield a show of respect for the public safety and public right could object to such a condition as a part ot the grant to it of a valuable privilege. If the business of cities was carried on with even a fraction of the foresight neces sary for the successful conduct of private business that condition, with others, would have been so obvious as to make its public suggestion unnecessary. But, as the grant ing of privileges in the streets rests on a very different basis from business princi ples, the Preti performs a valuable public service in calling attention to its justice and necessity. But it is worth Inquiry whether, even If such a condition is not specifically made in the grant, the nght to order a change Is not inherent in the city. The power of directing an electric railway to remove the overhead wires when some better method appears is a regulative power. It is a principle of law that the grantor of a franchise on the public highways not only retains a regulative power over it, but cannot, even by express contract, alienate that power. The city has the nght to for bid a man to erect on his own private property a building dangerous to the public; and it would be a much less ex treme exercise of the same power to re quire railways occupying public streets to remove overhead wires when It is clear that there is an acceptable substitute. The condition suggested is a good one to incorporate in all grants; but as soon as storage batteries or nnderground wires demonstrate their practicability, City Coun cils that are inspired solely by the public welfare can enforce the change, condition or no condition. 1 UNCLE SAM AS A LANDLORD. Senator Vest, of Missouri, with an ap parent determination to distance- the liberality of other Senators in the natter of public buildings, submits a proposition to fit out 988 towns with buildings, no one of them to cost over $20,000. As the prece dents of public building grabs make it clear that no self-respecting village or town would permit itself to be put off with less than the limit, the investment of Gov ernment funds in bricks and mortar hero proposed is 519,760,000. Vest's proposition seems to be a grade better in the quality of equitable distribu tion than the grabs now in fashion for one place at a time. But it deserves a little ficuring. A Government list gives the total rentals of postoffices in nearly twiee that number of towns at 744,000, or about $387 for each. Capitalized at five per cent and making no allowance for care of building, this would represent an average of $7,700, or a little over a third of 'the proposed limit. This suggests to the New York Evening Sun that "the argument will berasy and simple that the Govern ment shall build a bigger house than it needs and get back its interest in rentals to business men. It will be difficult to carry out Mr. Vest's scheme without grad ually making the Federal Government a great landlord." Kaiseb "Wilhelm has ordered the ex clusion Of punch from his list of literature; this is one respect in which he and the American public agree, though for vastly different reasons. 'Now that Hill has nominated Harrison as the undoubed Republican candidate lor the. Presidency, it only remains for Harri son" to. return the compliment and the mat tor will bo decided. Benjamin really owes David something for the Kindly patronizing tones the latter has used in speaking of him and his administration. LIVE WASHINGTON WAIFS! Tub Paris police force may be effective enough in capturing criminals, but it ap pears to be remarkably unsuccessful iu pro venting crimes most seriously affecting pub lic) safety. 'There Is a proposition that the Harrison delegates should go to the Minneapolis con vention In hats of the stylo which caricatur ists bavo made familiar. This would be all very well lor tbo hat manufacturers, but there should be no hiding of lights.under bushels, and it takes a Harmon head to sup port a Harrison bat. The Louisianians who lynched a colored girl of 15 for U too indiscriminate use of "rough on rats," went far to v indicate her action in treating tliem as vermin. If the experience ot the delegation which went to bury the late Representative Kendall, of'Kentucky, teach Senators and Representatives the necessity of improve ments in country roads, the inconveniences suffered will be a very small price to have paid for the lesson learned. Trolley wires are under debate in Philadelphia, but the probability is that they will make their appearance overhead beforo long. "Woman is rapidly progressing toward an absolute equality with man in lucilities for higher education. Yale in this country, and St. Andrew's in Scotland, are both to be con gratulated on the removal of antiquated and unreasonable discriminations betweon the sexes. The attempt to burn a heretic in Pern is quite in keeping with the advance of civi lization iu our own progressive Texarkana. What an outrageous misconception of Justice it is to shoot down an officer of the law in order to hang his p'risouer without trial! Districts which show such ignorance of the duties and rights of citizenship aie unfitted lor the responsibilities of self-government. The monopolist's professed love for'the public is only exceeded by his ical desire to fill his pockets fiom their purses. After the news that the Louisiana lottery, will seek a home in Mexico, it is highly appropriate that Jay Gould should negotiate for the purchase of a castle in tho same country. There are vatiotics of gam bling, but all aie united by a strong family likeness. There is no increase of intemperance in Pittsburg, but there aie more people than usual chasing growlers Just now. Doubtless, if the assault of a German Consul by a mob in Ecuador should lead to international trouble, tho United States would rush lnto-the breach to support the Southein republic. The Consul did notwc.tr our uniform, nor was he an Egan or a Mc Creery. If you have not gone to the dogs yet, you probably ill go witin the next day or tw o. There is no cause for wonder that Gov ernor Abbott, of New Jersey, should aid and abet such a combination as the Reading deal. New Jersey has been trained to expect such things from its officials. PERTINENT PERSONALITIES. The Ohio Society of New York City will give a complimentary dinner to tho" Hon. Whitelaw Held on his return fiom France. Andrew Carnegie and party, who have been making a tour of the Pacific coast, left for the East in a special coach Monday night. President Harrison gets up his state papers in a legal and red-tape style, just as lr no was preparing briefs. They are neat, conipaot and concise. Mrs. Grover Cleveland's friends report that she is now perfectly well, but paler than, she used to be. Little Ruth is a beautv, liealthyhearty, happy, and with big violet eyes. One of the largest salaries received by any man in thls.country is draw n by Mr. C. A. Grlscom, the" chief of tho International Navigation Company, who receives $60,000 a year, and is compelled as an offset to reside I in Philadelphia. The late Baron de Loe, the diplomat, was renowned as much for tho beauty of his wife as for anything else. The Baroness was a Ficnch woman or surpassing good looks. Whenajoung girl, she made a con quest of Bismarck at the Casino of Biarritz. Mrs. Theodore Havemeyer has presented to the Eev. Father Colton, of St, Stephen's Roman Catholic Church, the finest set of priest's vestments in this country. She lound them in an obsenre shop in Paris, paid 11,300 for them and $700 more to have tbeni restored. "Ward McAllister's onlir rl-iin-Iifni. iri. But why stop there? When that point visiting not long ago in Philadelphia, and at is reacuea me solution oi tne social problem will be in sight according to no less than two schools of social thought. The Banra Investigation on .Again How the General Borrowed 8300 F.-om an Attorney Proclamations of Retaliation Issued Against Three Sooth American Countries That Won't Reciprocate. "Washington, March 15. Pension Com missioner Raum was examined before the House Investigating Committee to-day. Ho' was questioned as to Ills connection with the Gypsum Mining Company, and refused to answer, saying that ho would not answer any questions rola'ting to his private affairs. jut. nneeier sain mere was no power 10 compel the testimony, and the matter could be brought up later, and it necessary, taken to the House. Mr. Cooper asked if witness had not borrowed money on the indorse ment of an attorney named Lockwood. The witness said he had borrowed $500 of Mr. Lockwood. In answer to fnrther qnestions he said that ho met Lockwood on the street and asked him for a loan of $500 for a few days. Lockwood replied that he did not have it, but lie conld get it. They went to tho office of John W. Thompson, President of the National Metropolitan Bank, and wit ness got $500 on a note for three days in dorsed by Lockwood. He paid the note and 50 cents interest at the end f the three days of grace. The making of tho note hadno re lation whatever to the promotion of a female- clerk. General Raum said lie had made speeches in Mr. Cooper's district in Indiana, before the last election, and tried to defeat him. A number of old soldiers had called on him with reference to pension matters. He had taken their memoranda and Jesse Weeks, an Indiana politician, liad 'written tho facts in reference to ench claim, to the pension office. He had informed Mr. Dunbar, Mr. Cooper's Republican opponent, that he would see that requests from him in rela tion to pension claims received attention. He had given this privilege to other promi nent citizens in aiuerent parts oi mo conntry. The letters and his orders in the matter were nn file and wonldbepioduced. Representative Little, of New York, asked if the Commissioner had ever given Demo cratic candidates for Congress the privilego oi inaKing claims special." nnu n mo pen sion office was not in that way being used for political purposes. The Commissioner did not recall any case in which he gave Democratic contestants special privileges. Tho investigation committee then ad journed. The Cabinet meeting to-day was attended by all the members except Secretaries Blaine, Foster and Noble. The issue of proclamations of retaliation against those countries which have refused to enter into reciprocal trade relations with tho United States under tho terms ot the McKinley act was the principal subject of discussion, and it wns decided to issne proclamations of this character at once nsainst three countries f South America. The three countries aie Colombia, Haytl aDrt. Venezuela, and as to these countries the President to-day issued his proclamation declaring the duties set forth In section 3 of the McKinlev act in force ai to sugar, molasses, coffee and hides, the product or or imported from them. Separate pioclamations ot the same purport ai issued to each country. The Bering Sea question was referred to only incidentally at to-day's Cabinet meet Ins. It is pretty well settled that nothing fnrther will be done in this matter untl note of the 8th. inoisting on a renewal of tho modus Vivendi. If, however, a response is not soon received, it is understood that tho President will call the attention of the British Minister here to the fnct that this Government ii awaiting Lord Salisbury's re ply to the President's note of the 8th in-" stant, and asking that the matter be brought to ms attention. It is said at the State Department that the Franco-American treaty, signed at Paris to-day by President Carnot, is for a limited oommeicial recipiocity, tho details of which are as yet nnknown n't the department, it having been n I most solely negotiated by United States Minuter Reid. At a conference of the Democratic mem bers of tho AVays and Means Committee to day, it was decided not to pi ess a vote on the wool bill in advance of the taking up of the silver special order, but to resume con sideration of the bill after the special order relative to ine itianu mil is aisposca oi. The Senate to-day confirmed "W. H. Law rence, of Pennsylvania, as Secretary of Lega tion at Rio De Janeiro. Secretary Elki.nsJuis issued a general Older for the establishment at Fort Kiley, Kan., of a school of instruction for drill and practice ror cavalry and light artillery. The President lias recognized Neftal! Guerrero as Consul General of Chile at San Francisco, Cal. IHQEBSOLX. AND DKP2W. Be- The Latter Replies to the Colonel's mark Upon Christianity. New York, March 15. Special "Colonel Ingersoll made my hair stand on end." So said the genial and eloquent after-dinner orator, Cbauncey M. Depew, to-day. Mr. Sepew had paused a few minutes in the "dead rush" of business to talk a little abont Colonel Ingersoll's speech and his own (Mr. Depew's) reply made at the meeting in honor 'of Frederick Douglass at Cooper Union last night. "The Colonel is a rattling good speaker," he continued. "Last night ho spoke without notes. He attacked the Christian religion in snch a way that I felt that I must reply, and so I spoke my mind. The morning papers re ported my remarks. I have before me one of the reports. It is nearly correct." Colonel Ingersoll made a vigorous plea for the rights of man, but also made a vigorous at tack upon the Christian religion, and called upon the negroes not to follow the God of the whites, or any God who had permitted slaveryln the woild. A corrected report of Mr. Depew's reply is as follows: ' I have heard Colonel Inger soll on many occasion', but rarely listened to him when ho was so eloqnent as upon the present one. His tributes to the true dignity of man, the equal rights of all and the up lifting of every race to better relations with each other have never been exceeded. I beir, however, to differ from Colonel Inger soll on one point, and in so doing call the attention or the colored people, in their search for the truth, to the fact that slavery was universal In the world wheji Christ ap peared upon the earth, and just so far as the true spirit of Christianity has extended slavery has disappeared. I desire also to call the attention of the colored man in his studies of the progress of emancipation of the race to another fact, namely, that the conscience of the North was aroused to the point at which it brought the country to a condition which resulted in the War of the Rebellion, and emancipated the slave mainly by the teachings of the Northern Christian pulpit." Mr. Depew wishes it understood that he has no animosity against Colonel In gersoll. He is his friend personally, and has the highest regard for him and his intellect ual ability, but dbes not agree with his views concerning God, Christianity and religion. He thinks he did his duty in replying to the Colonel in the presence of an audience that filled every seat in the large hall of Cooper Union. The audienco was composed of whito and colored people, with mauy Span iards, Cubans and Haytlans, who had been attracted by the announcement that Mr. Fredeiick Douglass would lecture on "Hayti and the HaytUns." LADY HENRY'S ADIEUX. DBIFT OF THE POPULATION. Henry George is the leader of the school which would abolish landlordism. While this means of doing it is not the road he has selected, it is plain that if the Govern ment should go a step further and under take all classes of buildings landlordism would be effectually abolished by merging it into the hands of the Government. Tho ultra Socialists, who believe in a commu nity of property, can find the most direct method of reaching their goal in the same proposition. Mr. Vest need only enlarge his bill to the extent of having the Government build everything to land the country on the brink, or verge, of the millennium con templated by Mr. George on one hand and the Socialists on the other. THE ARGUMENT HOLDS. As the result'of a typographical error, a miscalculation appeared in our editorial yesterdaj under the headmg"Municipal Ex penses Compared." The statement, "Phila delphia levies by arateof &5 mills on 5735, 000,000, a per capita of abont $o 50," should have read "Philadelphia levies by a rate of 18 5 mills on 5735,000,000, a per capita of 513 00." Corresponding correc tions should be made to read "Three" in place of "Two of these cities exceed Pitts burg's levy of $12 per capita," and Phila delphia should be omitted from the sen tence stating that our tax levy in propor tion to population is more than double that of Chicago. Our argument still has backing enough from comparisons, especially when the nature of Philadelphia's streets and parks is remembered. Moreover, Pittsburg can afford to be second to none in matters of municipal efficiency and economy, and should insist on leading the cities of America in these respects. a luncheon given in her honor, assumed airs of superiority which caused the other women present mingled amusement and rage. During the.luncbcon she lemarked Iu a supercilious tone to a bright girl on her right: "Ab, have you anyone hero who fills the somewhat important place in society that papa docs in Now York?" "O, yes several,"' sweetly replied the girl addressed! "but they're all colored men." BISHOP AMD JflTNISTEB. It was significant, that while Mr. Dock cry was remarking in the House yesterday that "the Blaine reciprocity scheme would prove fallacious," the news was being given to the country that the French President Sensational Remarks of a Maryland Metho dist Clergyman. Baltimore, March 13. At the regular weekly meeting to-day of the Methodist min isters, the ltev. N. F. Rice said of tho rela tions or the bishop and elder to the minister: What responsibility has the presiding elder? None. Yet he is the man who is chosen to come between the minister and the bisbop. and there is a secret meeting. lie stabs you ahd me, my brethren, in the- buck, without having the couraze to come forward and say so, or even tho manhood to come to us nnd invite us In so that we can defend ourselves like men. 1 tell you, my brethren, in that secret chamber, plots are laid -und carried out to ruin the reputation and character of the minister, by the presiding older, whilo the bishop mnzzlos them by "Don't you say anything about this."' There Is no law in the church that allows the bishop to muzzle ' the elder, but it is the practice that lias been in vogue for years nnd is carried out to tho.verv letter. I. heard of n secret meeting that went on some six j ears ago, in this self-nppointod cabinet that, should I expose tt no'w, would bo a very bombshell iu your midst. At that meetinz charges were laid against me by a presiding elder, nnd I never heard Of it until Saturday last. Just to think, for six years this chartre hna Iiacm laid agninst mer, yet I never heard of it nntll nowl They did not have the moral courago to appeal to lay manhood, but sat therein that dark, secret chamber, and, like cow ards, hatched up this plot to stab me. while me Bishop sat and listened, and then said: "Don't Bay anythlns." Ue closed by stating that unless thero was some change in the policy of the church in regard to this, as well as other things, there would come a revolution in the ministry. Mr. Rice wns frequently interrupted by ap plause by the 75 ministers, which shonod that all were in sympathy with him, and remarks of "That's true," "You are right," conld be heard from all parts of tho room: At a session of the Baltimore Conference last week a memorial was adopted by a large majority asking the presiding Bishop (Fos ter) not to appoint as presiding elder apy minister, who had previously held that efflce. The Judiciary Committee of the House agreed to-day unanimously to report to the House, with n recommendation that it lay upon the table, a resolution looking to the impeachment of Hon. A. P. McCormick, Jndge of the District Court for tho Northern district. Tho resolution h a introduced by Rcpi eientativo Bankhead, or Alabama. The committee Is of the opinion that tbo charges contained in n preamble to the resolution do not present a case calling for impeach ment, the evidence before tho committee showing the charges to be unfounded. The Senate, in executive session to-day, listened for two hours to arguments by Messrs. Vorhees and Tnrple in opposition to the confirmation of Judge Woods, and to Mr. Hoar's defense of the nominee. Tho Judiciary Committee had in its repoi t placed Judge woods' name at the head of the list of Circuit JndgeB, so it was not possible for any of the other nominations to be acted upon until the Woods case was disposed of. Congressman Belknap is about to in rroduce a bill which has for the cause of its existence tho article on "Tho Numerical Strength of tho Confederate Army" by A. B. Casselmun.in the March Centum Magazine. Mr. Casselman, now a member of the Bomd of Pension Appeals, was formerly special agent of the Pension Bureau. During his investigation In the South he Became con vinced that the numerical- strength of the: Confederate armies hud never boon correct ly reported, because of the imperiect records kept oy their officois. The bill provids that the Secretary of War shall cause to be enumerated the names borne upon the muster tolls by the so called Confederate armv, which are on file in his department; to have the totals thereof tabu lated by regiments and companies, and In respect to suchrollsas hemav have occasion to believe-are defective to procure, through special ngents and other efficient means, trustworthy information and supplemental evidonce tending to show the total number of men who served In that army during the lato civil war. Overcrowding or Cities Is Fraught tVlth Many Unavoidable Dangers. Age of Steel.I A recent censns bulletin shows we are no exception to cotemporaneous history in the city drift of rural population. In tho year 1S90 there were 3,715 towns and cities in the United States having a population of 1,000 or more. These contained au aggregate popu lation of 20,109,074, which is about 12 per cent of the entire population. Three cities have over 1,000,000 inhabitants each, while in 1880 there was bnt one wityh this number. Seven cities, with 100,000 inhabitants or more, have a total population of 5,803,14. There are 21 cities with 100,000 and under 400,000, with an aggregate population of 3,894,816. Thirty cities having from 60,000 to 100,000 people totalize nt 2 022,822. Sixty-six range from 25,000 to 50,000 with an aggregato of 2,268,886. Ninety-two towns graduate from 15,000 to 25,000 with a total of 1,801,592: and 133 with a census of from 10 000 to 15,000 people figure out a total of 1,659,020 inhabitants. It will be oeen that 351 cities and towns include 17, 450,170 people, being more than one-quarter of the population of the entire country. As showing the relative increase ot town population during the decade, there were but 72 towns in 1SS0 havinir 25,000 Inhabitants or more, with an aggregate population of only 8,605,193, or a little more than 17 per cent of the total per cent of that Year. These figures indicate the aren and energy of our national development, with the concurrent but less observed lact that the ti end of the native rural population to cities is unfortu nately abnormal. Thero are, of course, equalizing forces incessantly operative in the distribution of population that to some extent counteract excessive pressure in cer tain localities, but in spite of these, as with the Ten Commandments, we may forfeit their obligation and protection by disregard or disobedience. Cities that develOD with natural grow th are the fruits of civilization. Out when congested aie menaces to public good. They arc the breeding places of lux ury and indolence, vice in the drygoods of the dude, anarchy and discontent with the unemployed, and the Sanhedrim of Shy locks and Kobespierres. Their overcrowding ipay not be unavoidable, but their dangers are none the less, with the historic precedent and warning of the Parthian stabling his horse in the palaces of Rome. She Is Faying Them to the Worklns Classes and Will Talk to the Welsh Iron Work ers Here The Homo for Destitute Women Asks Aid. To-DAY Lady Henry Somerset will leave for Pittsburg in company with Miss Willard and Miss Anna Gordon, with the intention of lecturing in Old City Hall on Thursday evening, under the auspices of the W. C. T. U.', to an audience of the Welsh iron work ers. Lady Henry's further plans are: Fol lowing her Pittsburg lecture she will spend two weeks at tbo seaside. April 7 she will make her last address in this country in Boston. While in Boston Miss Willard, and probably Lady Henry, will sit to the noted woman sculptor, Anne Whitney, for the marble portrait busts, which are to be placed in the Woman's Temple In. Chicago. Lady Henry will luncheon with Whittier before leaving Boston, after which she will go to Portland to investigate the working of the Maine law. While there she Will be the gnest of General Neal Dow. Her next move of importance will be to board the steamer for Lnrope. Lady Henry will doubtless return to this country for the World's Fair. The Home for Destitute Women, situated 929 Penn avenue, will be vacated on April 1, a. new plnce of residence having been se cured at 956 Penn avenue. In the new quar ters the managers hope greatly to increase their work, and desire most earnestly the hearty, generous support or their friends and the public generally. The new house will be more commodious, as well as more convenient, than the present one, thus en abling them to accommodate the large and increasing number of worthy homeless and destitute women who are constantly seeking a place of shelter. In an appeal addressed to the public the managers say, throuzh Mrs. J. B. Dunlevy, their Secretary: "We are desirous to help the many who nro sick from expos ure and lack or food, needing medical treat ment. Mothers with their little children who are widowed, or, as is often the case, have been driven irom their homes by drnnken, brutal husbands and fathers, nil claim our protection. Our means are not adequate to meet tho demands made upon us. Tho treasurer reports an almost depleted treas ury, with a household to maintain averaging upwards of 45 per month. The board of managers appeal to those possessed of this world's goods to remember tho noed of the Temporary Home for Destitute Women.' We will be most thankful to those who are about to tenew their house fnrnlshment if they will kindly send to the home any articles of inrnlture and carpets which are betas discarded, or to these addresses: Mrs. F. K. Brnnot, Stockton avenue, Allegheny, or Mrs. J. B. Dunlevy, Cliff street, city." In connection with the work of the Women's Christian Temperance Alliance is a cure worked on victims ot intoxication by Dr. Franklfn, of Sixth avenue. Itlsaparely phllanthroDlo matter. Dr. Franklin receiv ing all patients sent by tho Alliance and treating them free of charge. The method of cure is not at all similar to that of Keeley's, nor in any way in line with it, but is said in every case to have been tried with successful results. It is for the purpose of raising money to prosecute fnrther tho work of the cure Ibat General Hastings ha been invited by the Alliance to speak on Friday in Old City Hall on "The Story of the Johns town Flood." The next most interesting musical event in Pittsburg will be the visit of the re nowned D' Albert on next Monday evening. Pittsburg became acquainted with the great pianist last winter when he was hero in com pany with Sarasate. This will be DAlbert's first appearance In-Pittsburg in a recital in which he carries the entire burden or tho entertainment. Those directly in musical circles and lovers of music are anticipating a most agreeable treat on Monday evening. A BASCALLY CHINESE INTEBPBETEE. YANKEE DOODLE IN AFBICA Issuing From a Phonograph, Frightens a Monarch Into Gond Behavior. New York, March 15. Si Hassan Ben All, the Moorish Chief who left here last sum mer to collect rare exhibits from tho African wilds for the AVorld's Fair, has communi cated with N. J. IHbeley, of the Federal Im migration Bureau. The explorer states that he has arrived nt Fezez, when at the Court of Moulay El Hassan, the Sultan, he succeeded in creating a most profound impression and enlisting the sympathies and aid of the Sultan mainly by means or un Edison phonogiaph, which he caused to play "Yankhe Doodle," "Down on the Swnneo River," and to deliver a Fourth of July spread eagler oration. The Sultan and Court belleveU that he controled spirits, and furnished him with a special escort for his expedition. Predictions Go by Contraries. Chicago Tribune. 1 Clearer and warmer weather is promised for to-day. This makes the outlook squally and uncertain. DEATHS II EKE AND ELSEWHERE. He Is Accused of Conniving With British Capitalists for Pay. Waseikqtoit, March 15 Special The false rumors which have been spread broad cast regarding a supposed uprising against the present Chinese dynasty, are based upon the misrepresentations or Ho. the inter preter of the Chinese Legation at Washing ton. It is said that he is in connivance with British capitalists who control the com merce of the treaty ports of China, and it is through tho influence of the English that he has been suffered to retain his position in Washington during the terms of the past three legations. As the Chlneso Minister can't speak En glish, all communications to nnd from the State Department must pass throngh his hands for translation, and in this way it is said that he has been able to grossly mis represent and misinterpret tho communica tions katween the United States and his own Government, to tho advantage of tho British capitalists. It is reported that he is com pensated handsomely for this, to the extent of $500 a mon th. Had it not been for his mis representations there would not have been nny trouble between the United States and China in regard to the latter accepting Hon. Ilenrv W. Blair as tho duly accredited United States Minister to China. Before the Chinese Government appoints nn interpreter to any legation, he must first be a graduate of a university in the country to which he is accredited, and must thoroughly understand the Mandarin lan guage. Of course there are but compara tively few of such men, and they are woll known to the secret diplomatic service of England, nnd consequently are always used to farther the ends of British capital and interests in China. The Chinese Minister lias, it is said, not the slightest faith in this man Ho, and has spoken of him as a rascal not to be trusted under any circumstances. It would not bo at all surprising should Mr. Tsui peremptorily dismiss Mr. Ho from the Chlneso service. MR. ClEYEUXb'S LETTER. rUBEBCTJLAB CONTAGION. The Price or Health Like That of Liberty Is Eternal Tigilance. Philadelphia Record. J The discovery reported from Berlin that the ejections from the mouths and nostrils of consumptive persons are less effective agencies for the spread of consumption than had been supposed is somewhat reassuring. It has been found on thorough investigation that many of the swarming tubercle bacilli that affect the sputum of persons suffering with pulmonary disease are dead. T.his in creases the chance of escape for those who may be brought ihto contact with tuber culous contagion, bat it gives no assurance of absolute exemption. Recent examina tions of-mllk and viscera fiom-tuberculous cattle, made In the pathological department of the University of Pennsylvania by Dr. Formad, at the Instance of the State Board oi Hlth of New Jersey, have shown that the danger irom tlie use or milk rrom in fected animals has been overdrawn. It would appear from Dr. Formad's obser vations that unless the udder of the cow be infected with the bacilli (which seldom hap pens) the milk, though an impoverished and imperfect food, is not contaminated. The same tiling is to a large extent true of the flesh of tuberculous animals whose lungs may nave been in a state of advanced de generation; Evidently we have only reached the stage of half-knowledge in respect to the germs of cousuraption; but we have so far advanced as to be sure of the necessity for caution. Tod much painstaking is better than too little. The example set by Mr. Joseph E. Gllllngham in dooming a part of his fine Jersey herd to slaughter in the In teresrof the public safety is worthy of all emulation. The price of health, like the price of liberty, is eternal vigilance. Mercler Has an Outside Dizziness. WashlnKton Post. The Hon. Honore Mercier Is now experi encing an "outside-the-breastwork" dizziness. Consnl John II. Stewart. John H. Stewart, United States Consul at Antwerp, died In Paris Monday at tbe Hotel Binds. Mr. Stewart was well known In Pittsburg. He was born In Maryland G2 years ago. For many veirs hewas connected with the hard w are firm of Josech Woodwell &. Co . and married ,tlie daughter of Mr. Woodwell, br. That lad j- died about four years ago. and a little over two years ago Mr. btewart married a 51is Haraing, of Brook lyn. Mr. Stewart's connection with the Consular service befran under PrestdentGnnt. He irai first appointed tn the Consulate at Turk's Island and then moved tol.elpslc, aiurwardbelnsr transferred to Antwerp, where he held tbe position contin uously for years up to the time of Ills deitli. lie was a ltepubllcan, but was a Tery warm personal friend of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Cleveland, and was one or the few Republican Consuls re talned in office under Mr. Cleveland's, regime. When Mrs. Cleve land was abroid Mrs. Stewart was her chaperon. It is probable that Mr. Stewart's remains will be brought to Pittsburg for burial, ashealwars looted upon the Woodwells as his dearest friends and rela tives and Pittsburg as his home. Thomas Hockley, Archtcologist. Thomas Hockley, a well-known archaeolo gist and art lover, died of pneumonia Saturday afternoon at his residence In Philadelphia, In his 54th year. After being admitted to the bar. Hock ley enlisted In the service of Ills country, and was iu one of the Pennsylvania volunteer regiments. Upon the close of the rebellion be engaged In Ills profession, meanwhile taking up antiquarian studies, in which he ultimately attained a world wide ren-itatlon. Ills collection of antlnultles Is a notable one. and is especially rich In Ftruscan ntor's Hill's nlics. He was a member of a great manv public- ! . . .1. nlrlted organizations. In many of which lie was a Statement tn: controlling spirit. Obituary Notes. Sib Henry Bouvixre William Bbaxdj Vis count Hampden, late Speaker of the British House of Commons, Is dead at Brighton. Dk. J. H. Chafix, of Merlden, Conn.. Is dead. Ho wa CO years old, a native or Leavenworth, Ind., and w ell known In tcicnlluc and 1'ducattonal cir cle. Eugene II. Clapp, a wealthy and successful business nfau of Boston, and a leader of the Third Partv Prohibitionists iu Massachusetts, died bun-day." Azeel Gr.o veb died at Beaver Dam. Wis., yester day, aged 57. Ho was the most noted dropsical patient In this country. He had been tapped 310 times, and 4,600 pounds of water drawn from him. Mother Deciiantal, of St. Francis Xavler's Convent, at Ottawa. 111., died Monday at the age of 78. Shelook the veil at Merer Convent. Plttsburir. M years ago, and had spent her life in founding hospitals. Habby W. Stowmajt. 40 years old. died Monday at his residence In Frankford, a suburb of Phila delphia. At the aire of eight years he was called the "Infant drummer." so proncient had he be come in flaying the tenor drum. Rev. Frank Smiley died In a Chicago hospital, aged 3 years, ltev. Mr. Smiley graduated at Dickinson College. Carlisle, Pa., Xnd was consid ered a bright and promising young Presbyterian minister. His remains n ill be brought to Carlisle. Sir Henby Bouviebe William Braso. Vis count Hampden, Is dead at Fau. Ho was born In 1814. had been a member of Parliament, and was In the Cabinet fromlSM to 1853, and Speaker or the House of Commons from Wit to 1S84. He was a lineal descendant or Sir John Hampden, the famous patriot, and also of the Dacre family, wno came with William tbe Conqueror. Gboveb Cleveland wants it to be distinct ly understood that he i3 in tho race even if he isn't quite so spry as some other folks New York Prest I Rep.) Mr. Cleveland's suggestion that "the peo ple should be beard in tbe choice of their party candidates'' is timely and pertinent. Indianapolis Sentinel I Dan.). Mr. Cleveland's letter is a new and needed declaration of independence for the mass of Democratic voters from a pen that has the 'right and the authority of public proclama tion. NewYork Times Dem.). This is not the message Mr. Cleveland should have sent to his party. He has been twice honored by a nomination for the Pres idency, and once elected, no should let that suffice. yew York Adiertiser (Ind. Rep.). The only significance of the Cleveland let ter lies in tho fact that It is not a letter of withdrawal, based on the dissensions in New York, but an Intimation that he is in the hands of the people to dons they like with him. Cleveland Plain Dealer (Dem.). It is in this obvious matching of the decla ration to the factional exigencies of the hour, which shows him as a politician not nbove the craft of the trade, that Cleveland has blundered in a way that will disillusion ize the masses. New York Recorder (Rep.). Tnr purport of tho letter is not doubtful. Mr. Cleveland is fairly "in the hands of his friends." We particularly commend to Sen- attention the ox-President's that this high offico is not "some thing to be won by personal strife and active self-assertion." This is certainly a home thrust. Sew York Tribune (Rep ). This letter will bo of great service to the Democrats, for it makes their duty clearer than it has been up to this moment. New York State is now hopelessly divided be tween the followers of Senator Hill and those of Mr. Cleveland. If either is chosen for the first plnce Now Tork by that fact takes its place among the doubtful States. Sew York Herald (Dem.). A Healthy Sign In Pennsylvania. Chicago Inter-Ocean. Tho Senatorial contest in Pennsylvania has begun before all other political ma nuevers. Congressman Dalzell is a candi date for the seat now held by Senator Quay, and the greatest contest among Republicans in Pennsylvania will be between Dalzell and Quay as to which shall have the greatest following in the next Legislature. This is a healthy sign in Pennsylvania, as it will keep free from scandal the action of the Legisla ture when it meets to elect a Senator. C'arkson Another Sick Statesman. Des Moines, Ia March 15. A private dis patch received from Mrs. J. S. Clarkson states that Mr. Clarkson is improving slow ly, but is stilt helpless. She writes: "Wo hope to be able to take him to Hot Springs the latter part of next week." Mr. Clarkson is suffering from an acnte attack of inflam matory rheumatism. I CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. The street cars in London, Ontario, run on runners in winter. It is related that a Georgia dog re cently swallowed a silver fork without in jury to itself. Japan has a baseball nine composed of Michigan, Harvard. Tale, Princeton and Columbia men. Denmark Is the most drnnken country in the world. Its yearly consumption of In toxicants is double that of Germany. Returns just published show that the population of the colony of Western Austra lia on December 31 last was 53,235 32228 males and 21,0o7 females. Missouri is the first zinc-producing State of the country. The nation's total production was 234,503 tons last year, and 93,131 tons came from Missouri. A Chinaman reached St. Stephens, K. B., last week on his way to Calais, Me., hav ing come from the Pacific coast in bond. It Is the first case of the kind ever known in New Brunswick. Blood travels from the heart through the arteries ordinarily at tbe rate of about 12 Inches per second; its speed throngh tho capillaries is at the rate of three one-hun-dredths or an inch per second. The Patagonian lieEts his pipe, throws himself down with his face toward the ground, and swallows several moathfuls of smoko in a manner which prodnces a kind of intoxication lasting several minutes. The City Marshal ot Corvallis, one of Oregon's most thriving cities, the busy me tropolis of a seaboard county, issued a notice recently that "in the future no cows will bo allowed staked out in the city limits." It is known that the hoofs of horses were protected by boots of leather at a very early period In the world's history at a time which at least antedates Pliny and Aristotle, both of whom make mention of the fact. The ancients firmly believed in monster serpents ot all kinds and of both tbe land nnd marine species. During the wars with Carthage a great snake is said to have kept the Roman armv Irom crossing theBagrades river for several days. XHis is the way a Texas reporter began his written account of a wedding, to which he had been assigned: "A cloudless sky, ruled by the radiant moon and gemmed with millions of stars, arched grandly the nuptial night." A man, when detected in the act of burglary in Piedmont, Ala., recently, begat crying, and requested to be flogged, saying that he deserved it. His request was granted by his captors, arter which he was ordered to leave town and never return. Two little islands furnish four-fifths of the cloves consumed by the world. The Islands are Zanzibar and Pemba, and a little while ago Arabs found it very profitable to bring slaves from the African lake region to the coast and smuggle them in tbe night over to Pemba to work on the clove planta tions. The record of the immense wheat' crop in theDakotas last year is incomplete yet. Because the elevators were full to the roofs, nnd nat enough can could be had to carry the grain out or tbe State, thousands of bushel- or wheit were piled np in the streets or several North Dakota towns during tho winter. A genuine old Roman circus placard, a thin slab of stone three feet long, has been acquired bv the British Museum. In tho upper corner there are boles for cords to pass through, so that it might be hung up outside the theater, and it bears this inscrip tion in Latin: "Circus full. Immense ap planso. Doors shpt." The French crown jewels are said to have once iucluded among their number a perfect dragon, two Inches in length, carved from a ruby of the first water. When tbe Summer Palace at Pekln was sacked a head of Buddha, carved from a magnificent rnby, fell to the Duke of Brunswick as his share or the spoils. After his death it sold for X6,0. Many travelers have described the famous "rain tree" of Padradoca, Isle of Feno, the most notable accounts of it ap pearing in Peter Martyr's "Indie Oceiden- tale" and Kamusio's "Hist, delle Indie." John Cockburn, 1735, describes a tree at Vera Pas, Central America, from which pare water continually dripped from every leaf and branch. The Liverpool bark JIarv Mark, hound for Rio de Janeiro, has been 63 days on tho way and has got only as far as Cardiff. Sho started from Liverpool on December 21 apd put back twice to Liverpool in a disabled condition. Then she went ashore on the Welsh coast. She returned again to Liver pool leaky, and afterward she put into Car diff in a damaged condition. One ot the most celebrated opera sing ers of the past generation, at whose feet half of Europe lay at one time, was buried last week as a pauper in Vienna. She was Bosa Czillag. She was particularly great In "The Prophet." Sho died aged 58, having lost her voice 18 years ago, and having been for the last two years a cripple. When quite young she married Hermann, the conjurer. wiiose Droiner survives mm. A Georgia farmer is raising two calves that nre being brought up to help them selves, and, as a consequence, require less care. They are kept in the barn.near a well, from which water is taken by means of a common cistern pump. The calves have learned to operate the pump, and whenever they want a drink they pump it. Ono pumps while the other puts his mouth un der the spout and drinks, and they take turn abou A late scientific authority states that by saturating a bullet with vaseline its flight may be easily followed with the eye from the time It leaves the muzzle of tbe rifle until "it strikes the target. The course of the flight is marked by a beautiful ring of smoko, caused by the vaseline being ignited on leaving the muzzle of the gun. This smoke ring will remain suspended in'the air forsome little timcarter the bullet strikes if the day is not too windy. Evidence increases that the universal language will be English. It has already taken the place of French in Germany and Kussia. All tho deliberations of the recent conference concerning Samoa were con ducted in English instead of French. A gentleman in Liberia says that English has driv en out every other foreign tongue from the west coast of Africa, where once Portu guese was dominant. This progress in India is steady, as it is also in Japan. KHYNKLES AND KHTJIELETS. Ethel There goes Miss Sykes with a man. Cholly-ls that remarkable? Ethel Perhaps not; but at her age it is Import ant. Harper t Jktzar. "A flower of fancy I inclose," I wrote, w hen sending her a verse. She answered, praising much my thrift. Because 1 had not roDbed my purse;. But In a postscript added this: "Tour nower I value more than aU The gardens yield, but tell me. dear. If I shall wear it at the ball." Hew Tork Herald. Gus de Jav Y-a-a-s; I had a hahd time, yon know, with tbe fevah. It was thought foil a time that I mlghMose my mind. Young woman Cgreatly Interested) And did yon, Mr. de Jay? muling ton Star. "1 lifted a mass of iron weighing 300) pounds at the store to-day. t boasted Sumwav. "Did you?" replied his wife, admiringly. "Now see If yon can lift a couple of hods of coal from the cellar. "Puck. My wife's economy is such She demonstrates It overmuch. t In cooking, and therein, she says. She saves me much In many ways. ' The saving is. howe'er. I find To quite another line confined. It makes me save my appetite For cares where they cook things right. Boston Courier. "Boston is a much maligned town." "How do you know?" "I was over there one very wet day recenUy and the blue stocking element Is away in the minority." Smith, dray 4 Go.' Munthly. Cholly (languidly) Jeamest Jeanes Yes, sir! Cholly-Come to the window and wink at this gahl for me. Aeto Tor Herald. "Let dogs delight to bark and bite, For 'tis their. nature to;" Especially when their barking brings Or dollars not a few. Somertet Mies. Neighborly So your boy is studying to be a lawyer, eh. Parsons? Limberllp He am, sahl Nelghborly-Do yon tnlnk him fitted for that pro fession? Limberllp-Fitted for 't? w'y dat boyconldn' reekernlcede trufoefyo' paint It red an' bang It on his bed pes', Boston Jovmal. it - v ' j ty Jan. -- .11- "- c i.& ' dJ tJU-i. 1 -. Jtnfib.. t -, ,, ".,- S.feist.fe' I&2b,- w 2 MW9LKH InErnfrffW S-KiA.. r ' - VsL . . . ... . . - . aA'yrrwHySTr.. . w m ffA7fjf7viv--w - -vrjtr.J-A--ti-4i- 5 ,j?j , ,. Aw ii -lt "isMHHtWWHsiilaBHMItisKSHiSi "8gWaBiPWSeHsKPsBliWgSBCTBKWHIBBsBBIH
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