THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1892L 4 'f&ZT' M O If V jje m$sm. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8. 1S46 I Vol. 47, No. 59. Entered at rittsourg Postofflce November. 1SS7. 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. EASTERN ATWEimSING OFFICE. ROOM 78. TRIBUNE BUILDING. NEW YORK. where com titcte flics ofTHE HlbPATCH can always be found. Foreign advertiser. PPreclatetlie convenience. Home advertisers and irieuds of THE lHsrATCU. n hlle In New York, are also made welcome. THE DISPA TCTI U regvlarltl on k at Drentano's. f Union Square. .New Tort, and 17 Ave d'l" Opera. Farts. France, where anyone tpftn has been disap jtointcdat a hotel netrs stand can obtnin.il. TERMS OF THE D1SPATC U. rosTAOE rr.EE is the csited states. Daily Dispatch. One Year ? S 00 Dailv DisrATCH, I'er Quarter - CO Daily Dispatch, ne Month 70 Daily Dispatch, lncludlneSundav, lyear.. 10 00 Daily Dispatch. Including Sunday.Sm'ths. ISO Daily Dl'PVTCH. Including Sunday, lm'th. 90 StrxriAY Dispatch, One Year I W Weekly Dispatch. One Year 1 2 TnE Daily Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at "35 cents per week, or, including Sunday Edition, at SO cents icr eefc. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1S92 TWELVE PAGES Parties who have changml Itacir residence will please leave new address at the busi ness office, in order to Insure the uninter rupted delivery or The Dispatch to their homes. BALLOT REFORM'S FIRST TEST. The first test of the Baker ballot law was made at the ilcKee's Rocks borough election yesterday. The interest in the subject of ballot reform causes, that elec tion, as a practical test of the system, to be closely watched. The impressions gained by observing the single election held under its provisions and the com ments of the voters are duly reported in our local columns. It will not do to place too much im portance on the unfavorable expressions evoked from people who are simply brought into contact with a new way of dome things. It is almost inevitable that, when the average voter is told that he must vote in a certain way when he has been accustomed to vote in another way, he will declaim against the foolish ness of the change. The folly or wisdom of the change depends upon matters that may be beyond the observation of the average voter, and the new system should not be condemned on such testimony. This is especially true when one of the complaints is that there was not time for all voters to prepare their ballots in a precinct containing 900 voters. The law cannot be held to be given a fair experi ment if an election district containing that number of votes was not divided into at least three precincts. Nevertheless, some reports come from the test election which create a doubt of its fulfilling all that is claimed for it Thus it has been set up as the strong point of the law that the provisions as to giving out and accounting for the ballots will prevent substitution. Tet if is as serted that specimen ballots were abund ant in the hands of ward workers around the polls and the state of the voting was declared to be known at almost any given hour of the day. It is well, however, to remember that these allegations come from opponents of the system who are not unwilling to discredit it The general test of the act will come at the general election next fall, and before that test is made it would bo indiscreet to make up positive conclusions concerning it THE LAW ON TRIAL. Reports from Somerset indicate that the energetic efforts to capture the mountain moonshiners and murderers have dwindled away into futility. The announced proj ect of placing pickets around the outlets of the mountain region in the hope that the outlaws will kindly come out and be caught simmers down into a method of letting the public down easily to the fact that in the last decade of the nineteenth century, and within the limits of the State of Pennsylvania, there is a section where the State's warrants do not run. The disclosure of the fact that within a day's journey of Pittsburg there is a sec tion of country where the laws of the State and Government are powerless, where murder is committed with impunity as the revenge of law breakers, and where the State cannot make its authority felt or extend its adequate protection, is not a satisfactory picture of energetic enforce ment of the laws. The character of the country can hardly be accepted as an ex planation of this state of affairs, for there are other mountain regions where the laws are supreme. Indeed, if we mistake not, there have been plenty of periods in which the supremacy of the law was fully acknowledged in exactly the same district where it now is held at defiance. The efficiency of the law and the Gov ernment is on trial when confronted with a state of affairs like that reported from Somerset county. If it cannot prove its power over a few square miles of mount ain it is time to find some substitute that will protect life, enforce the laws and punish crime. "WEALTH AND CITIZENSHIP. Prof. Swing, m a recent article on "Stu dents of the State," puts his finger on the weak point in our social system of the present day thus : "The pureuit of property," he says, "lias transformed little Jeffersons into Board of Trade inon, little baieroot Franklins into railway presidents or bondholders." Tho dollar does not consume all our time. If it did the case would be hopeless. "It simnly consumes tho heart, and a dollar lover ceases to be a State lover. The merchant is not pressed for time; he Is Injured by a vice, lie deliberately permits the dollar to alien ate his affections, and to follow gold he will ingly and shamefully abandons tho blessed home founded for him by the w isdom of the ages." "Wc believe that in these few words Prof. Swing indicates the root of nine tenths of the political evils of the present The general idea that wealth is the aim of life reacts injuriously upon our political system in more ways than one. In tho first place, those who are bent on securing wealth by legitimate means are so ab sorbed in the pursuit that they do not give the time to attend to the duties of citizen ship. Consequently, political management falls into the hands of those who are in politics for the same object, and who secure wealth by methods which range from the questionable to absolute plunder. When wealth is made the uni versal object of pursuit, how can those who will not leave it to . discharge the duties of democratic citizens blame others who look after these duties for the money that is in it? This is not so great a source of dcmoral- ization as the universal tendency to make monetary success so complete a triumph as to condone the means by which it is obtained. 'When a man becomes a mone tary power all who seek the same goal are ready to make his power and wealth their sole standard. The means of acquiring property that are injurious to the masses become n vested interest. The abuses which consolidate wealth in the hands of the few are tolerated both by those who wish the good will bf the powers created by them, and those who desire to copy the same methods for their own enrichment The creation of wealth per se is not an evil. The multiplication of property means the increase of comforts for the whole population. But that "this effect may have its highest benefit the distribu tion of wealth must be the widest possible, and the means by which the few obtain the greatest share must not be winked at And above all it should be remembered that no multiplication of material benefits can be any compensation for the loss of independence, justice or the active and intelligent patriotism which leads men to interest themselves in politics .solely for the public welfare. TIIE NEW JEESEr ILLUSTRATION. The veto by Governor Abbett, of New Jersey, of a bill legalizing the anthracite coal combination terminates one of the characteristic illustrations of the connec tion between political deals and corporate manipulations A sketch of the corporate relations of New Jersey politics is given by an Eistcrn paper, which bears the rec ommendation of being in accordance with well-known facts. For many years New Jersey legislation was strongly under the domination of the Pennsylvania Railr6ad, ex-Senator W. J. Scwell being the political manager of the great corporation at its New Jersey end. Although the power of the railroad had waned of late years it held its strong hold in the New Jersey Senate until the pres ent session. As an opponent of the Penn sylvania Railroad the Lehigh Valley had cooperated with the Democratic politi cians who had been fighting the old rule, and was therefore considered to have es pecial claims on the new regime. When Governor Abbett's supporters therefore gained full control of the Legislature at the same time that the anthracite coal combination wanted legislation to order it was considered incumbent on the Demo cratic Legislature to railroad through what was wanted. There is little reason for doubt that the bill was passed with Abbett's foreknowledge and consent When an agitation was raised against its injurious character the Governor was put in the position of going back on his allies or declaring himself to be subject to the combined corporations. Yesterday he made the wise decision to accept the first horn of the dilemma and vetoed the bill. The Impressive feature of this state ment is the disclosure of the impossibility for the practical politicians of serving the public interests and keeping free from corporate control. After the New Jersey Legislature had served the Pennsylvania Railroad for years its only refuge as a re volt from that power was in the arms of a rival corporation. It does not seem to have entered into the minds of tho legisla tors that it is their duty to show neither favor nor prejudice against one corpora tion or another; nor did they con ceive that to turn out legisla tion prejudicial to the public and in favor of one corporation was simply an aggravation of their old sub servience. Under the storm of agitation subsequently aroused Governor Abbett was forced to take the public interest into consideration; but that is a subject which the New Jersey law-maker regards as entirely foreign to his business. So far as popular interests are concerned it does not make much difference whether a practical politician serves one corpora tioa or another. But the results of divid ing up those gentlemen as retainers of opposing corporate interests should sug gest the importance of starting a new breed of politicians who will represent the public interests. JOURNALISM TS DIPLOSIACY. The question whether editors succeed as diplomatists being barred by the previous testimonials as to the success of Messrs. Whitelaw Reid and Charles Emory Smith at Paris and St Petersburg, the alterna tive presents itself of inquiring whether diplomacy succeeds with the editors. There certainly seems to be a doubt on this point suggested by the fact that Mr. Reid Is already at home with the inten tion of resigning his post, while Mr. Charles Emory Smith is expected to re sume his editorial duties about the 1st of May, leaving our relations with the Czar to other hands. Mr. Murat Halstead, who did not go to Berlin owing to offended Senatorial dignity.can, by studying; the ex ample of his esteemed cotemporaries, con sole himself with the reflection that he was thus saved the trouble of resigning. There is significance in the fact that while the President assigned three of the five first-class missions to prominent editors, tho two who were confirmed have resigned their diplomatic honors to take up the editorial o.ir. Is the editorial position more grateful and less surrounded with red tape? Or have these journalistic war horses smclled the battle of the Presi dental campaign afar off, and found that they could not remain contented in Europe while the fray is on? IMPERIAL RASHNESS. Our friend William, war lord and Kaiser, has just been making the mistake of his life. He has already found out that he could not do just as he chose about educa tion bills and similar truck, but that is nothing to the bad break he has made more recently. When an effete monarch under takes to encroach upon the prerogatives of the free and untrammeled press of the great American republic he courts his own destruction. That Is the sad mistake which William has made. He has permitted his officers of the law to prosecute the director of the public library at Aix-la-Chapelle for Use majette in having allowed to be placed in its reading room a newspaper of this country containing an article reflecting upon his eccentricities. Thus William declares war upon a free American press, and brings his fate upon his own head. We are sorry for the misguided young man. We have always been disposed to treat him fairly and give him credit for good intentions while making allowances lor his not knowing any better in a good many ways. In this case we feel a sym pathy for his misguided rashness; but that cannot mitigate the penalties of his stepping on the toes of the Yankee news paper. If he had taken the trouble to consult any of our newspaper diplomatists they wouldliave kept him from making such a vital mistake. But as be has blindly rushed upon his fate, he may expect to be doomed to destruction by all the journalistic powers of this country from the Arizona Kicker to the blood drinkers of the Eastern Jingo newspaper. This marks the beginning of the end of William's, career. When it is too late he will learn that there is one power he should never have dared to defy and that Is the great American newspaper. V RUSSIA'. "GENTLEMEN." What a mockery it is to speak of usurious Russian landowners as gentle men I Men brutal enough to use starva tion as a means for striking hard bargains for that labor which is the peasant's only possession and his only safeguard against a repetition of the famine, are very far in deed from that definition which describes a gentleman as "one who never inflicts pain." Never was there a greater ex hibition of utter absence of conscience than that made by such actions on the part of those who are almost entirely re sponsible for the state of affairs which has produced the prevalent disaster. These actions of the comparatively wealthy are in staking contrast to the sacrifices under gone by the poverty stricken to alleviate the wants of their famishing families. It is not wonderful that such of the peasantry as emerge far enough from the darkness of ignorance to see the unjust inequality of their lotshonldseeka remedy in explosives. The poor are actually too physically weak to rebel now, and they are too ignorant to realize the injustices under which they suffer. But knowledge will come in time, desperation will eke out attenuated physiques and retribution will follow. A bloody nemesis can hardly be avoided, and even the slauehter of tho stony-hearted oppressors could not call out sympathy for them. "Love w ill find the way" is the bnrden of nn old sour; which Is generally accepted as apioverblal truth. SteubcnviUe appeals to be an exception to the general rule, since Love has been defeated there Ave times within a year on offering himself for various offices. But ho may find tho way in some dim and distant future if he prone by defeat and continue to persevere. Governor Abbett, of New Jersey, has refused to be an abettor of tho Reading Deal's unconstitutionality. If his veto of the bill to legalize the combine be not enough to settle the question it ought to be. The statement made by City Attorney Moieland durintr the Are engine argument yesterday that Pittsburg is at the mercy of syndicates should arouse public Intel est as well as proper and prompt inquiry. After someone turns on tho light others should turn on tho hose and wash the privileged combines'off the face of the corporation. To judge from the caucus performance, it would seem that Allegheny Councils should meet in Scbcnley Park alongside the other animals. If there be any danger of trouble for England in granting home rule to Ireland it will come from the people of Ulster. They are foolish enough to threaten to resort to foice on behalf of a union which will only be tightened oy granting to the Irish ma jority the right to manage their own affairs. "Pleasant Valley conductors have some of them caught the misappropriation disease. Presumably from some peculiarity in the Allegheny atmosphere, or from casual contact with some of that city's officials. It is understood that money is plentiful and that there is a big demand for votes in the Rhode Island market just now. If railroad passengers arc to be depend ent for their safoty on the presence, obser vation and pluck of red-skirted women, as tbey were at the Bakerstown tunnel, the latter should be placed at regular intervals along the line and be well paid for their ser vices. The City Club has been incorporated in New York," its leading object being to secure the election of fit persons to city offices. May it grow and prosper, and may its ex ample be largely followed! What we want is more religious princi ple in politics and fewer political methods in matters of religion. Minister Egan and Consul McCreery have been granted leave of absenoe. Prob ably Chile is too polite to celebrate their de parture with undisguised Jubilation, but if they are coming home they should be greeted with a fitting reception. "Women are apt to be down on women, so it is not surprising that at Bloomlngton, Illinois, they voted with the party who suc ceeded in electing school directors opposed to a "petticoat regime." When politics are purified some of the churches will be closer to heaven than they aienovr. It is quite likely that the Prince of Wales is tiring of tho social dissipations of Europe, but his health will have to be bad Indeed before he can be persuaded to under take the labor involved in a hunting expe dition on the Western plains. It costs a man rather more than five dol lars to insult a Pittsburg policeman. Dr. Parkhurst and the grand" Jury of Now York should be thankful that they do, not live heie. Vegetables will soon be coming up, as the man baid on taking a doso of ipecacu anha. If any circumstances can justify suiside they must exist in tho famino-iidden dis tricts of Russia, whcie a father has the mental suffering caused by the starvation of his lamily added to his own physical agony. McKee's Rocks has the honor of being the first to test the Baker ballot law. If it shut out tho pati iots who had tho "rocks" the new system will be a welcome innova tion. The still hunt up in Somerset was a trifle too noisy. No doubt the tribal disputes in Tripoli will be mado an excuse for extending the power of some philanthropic European Gov ernment in Africa anxious to restore peace for reasons of humanity, trade and territory. PEOPLE OP PROMINENCE. Congressman Springer has arrived at Virginia Beach and is feeling better. Charles Gayakre, the historian of Louisiana, is living in a state of destitution in New Orleans. Like Mr. Gladstone, the late Prof. Free man was one of the few Englishmen who could address a Greek audience in their native tongue. Senator Plumb used to be the greatest newspaper reader in Congress. Ills place in that respect is ntfw partly filled by Senator Palmer, of Illinois, who pays great attention to journals and journalism. Lord Dutfekin is only the eighth am bassador sent by Great Britain to France since 1814: whilo the latter power has been leprcscnted at the Court of St. James by no less than 38 men iu thatperiod. Joseph Frothingham, of Exeter, N. H., is 90 years old, and relates that he was at chui cu at Salem, Mass., on tho Sunday when the United States ship Old Ironsides was chased into Marblehead Bay by three British frigates. Senator Butler has decided to convert his plantation into a truck farm, for he be lieves that the over-production of cotton in the South is responsible for much of the poverty existing there among the small planters. Me. Leroy Payne, or Chicago, knows that it is better to be born lucky than rich. Eleven years ago he leased a lot or ground on Michigan avenne for 99 years at a yearly rental of $2,600. .' Somo time ago he sold his" lease for $409,000. OF NATIONAL IMPORT. The 'Significance or Pat Egan's Home coming The Silver Men Taking a Best Harrison Anxious to Get a Few Weeks Off Clemency Withheld. Washington, April 5. Special --Pat Egan's diplomatic careor is at an end. The authority for this statement is the same which about one month ago stated that the Clan-na-Gaol diplomat was about to be re called, and this time Assistant Secretary Wharton confirms the nows. He makes a qualification namely, that Egan has simply been granted leave of absence, to which no significance should be attnehed. But, just the same, a great deal of significance is at tached to it, and tho fact that 3Ir. Egan takes his leave the same time that Montt leaves this country gives weight to the sig nificance. Unless Tire Dispatch's corre spondent is . misinformed, Egan will never be sent upon another diplo matic mission for "this country, and this much is absolutely certain, he will nof, even if President Harrison should bo so far out of touoh with tho public pulse as to keep him in tho service, be sent to Chllo again. The news of his recall is received hero with such ejaculations as: "It's high time. lie should never have been sent there, and having been sent, ho shonld have been recalled immediately it was discovered that he was a persona non grata." That ho was not so recalled was because the Presi dent was persuaded that ho would alienato the Irish vote from the Republican party by recalling him. Tho plan now is to have Egan come back here, get the Republican organs to give him a, coat of whitewash, pat him on the stump, and let him file the Irish Republican heart for Harrison, or whom soever the convention may nominate. Should the Republican nominee be elected, Egan may be retained in office. To throw off suspicion that Egan's loave of absence is a recall, leave of absence lias also been granted to Consul McCreery. Mr. Wharton said to-day concerning it: , "Leave has simply been granted to both because they have been a long time away from home. The diplomatic rohitionsboteon Chile and the United States are most cordial. The nuestinn nf inrinmnltv to the lnlured Balti more sailors and thqtr families is the only issue under discussion, and that will be sot tied in proper course of time." Neverthe less Egan lias been recalled, and lor it the country will be gratified. A bill of much importance to the rail way postal clerks of tho country was to-day favorably loported by Senator McMillan, from the Postoffice and Fostroads Commit tee. The bill ro-classlnes the clerks and adds two more classes, at salaries not ex ceeding, respectively. $1,600 nnd $1 80O, be sido increasing the maximum salaries of all the other classes except the first by about $100 a year. An adverse report was made to-day on Mr. Peffor's bills "To create a fund for the payment of pensions, and for setting our army of laborers at work on extensive pub lic improvements, for removing the strong est incentive to crime among tho poor and to vice among the rich, and for protecting tho American fiom the Influx of undue alien competition." Indefinitely postponed. Mr. Pierce, of Tennessee, one of the foremost advocates of the silver bill, leaves Washington to-night for his home, to be ab sent for about ten days. In his absence the silver men will not put into execution their threat to filibuster against every thing but tariff measures. But there are grumblings of discontent among the silver Democrats, and if. before Mr. Pierce's return, the Com mittee on Rules doss not report a cloture rule, it is their intention to adhere to their original programme. No members have pledged themselves in writins to this course but at a private meeting, hold two or three davs ago, 75 silver men ere present and ex pressed themselves in accord with trie plan oi ODStrncting legislation until mey were assured of a direct vote on tho Blaud bill. In order that Utah" may not go unre presented at tho AVorld's Fair, Mr. Washing ton, of Tennessee, Chairman of the House Committee on Territories, to-day leported favorably a bill introduced by Delegate Caino, providing for tho 'appointment of a commission to see that Utah is properly re presented. The bill appropriates $50,000, this amount to be met bv increasinsthe taxa tion rate of the Territory from 2 mills to 2 mills on the doltor. Fob several .weeks past the President has endeavored to secure a few days' respite from his official duties, but tbey have been of so pressing a character that-be has been unable to do so. He had several trips in view, but has had to abandon them all for the present. One was a visit to Benjies, Md., for duck shooting, and another was a visit to North Carolina for snipe shooting. He i detained in Washington by the still unsettled state of Bering Sea a'ffairs, and will not leave here until the arrangements for a modus vivendi for the present season have been concluded. It is possible that this business may be consummated this week, and in that event the President will make another effort to get away for a few days' recreation. The President has made the following in dorsement on the application for paidon in the case of Clinton E. Dixon, convicted in Nebraska of murder and sentenced to be hanged April 22, 1892: "It seems to me that this is a case of murder in the first degree. The element of malice aforethought is clear ly present. The preparation of the weapon and the calling of the deceased out of his quarters, shows a purpose to kill, and the motive is also made clear. Under these cir cumstances I cannot interfere. Petition denied." Kepeesentative Bacon, ot New York, reported from the Committee on Banking and Currency the bill agreed upon by the committee to carry into effect the recom mendations of tho "International American Conference looking to tho incorporation of the International Bank. Secketaky Noble to-day expressed his regret at the non-arrival of the record of In dian allotments in the Cheyenne and Arapa hoe reservations in Oklahoma, and said that this dolav would piobably result in the post- Jionemcnt of the opening of the surplus ands to settlement until the 15th inst. The House has passed the Senate hill au thorizing tho Velasco Terminal Railroad Company to construct a bridge across the Brazos river in Texas. Also the Senate bill making Velasco a sub-port of entry. The Supreme Court vhas decided that a new trial must be given Logan andthe other convicted men in the Texas case involving a conspiracy and the assault upon the Marlow brothers while in charge of United States offlceis. A BILL was reported in the House to-day nnthorizing-the State of Wisconsin to place in Statuary Hall a statue of Pero Marquette. Senatoe Mills has been appointed a member of thp committees on Coast De fenses, Mines and Mining, Patents and Post Offices, to fill vacancies created by the re tirement of Mr. Chilton, his predecessor. "Whitelaw Reid, United States Minis ter to Fiance, called on tho President, this morning, in company with Secretary Blaine. He presented n draft of the extradition treaty concluded with France, and it will bo transmitted to tho Senato for action. Minister Reld's resignation will not take er fect until his successor shall have been nominated and confirmed, and it is under stood that the President will tako no ac tion in the matter for two or three weeks, in order to give Mr. Reid an opportunity to close up certain unfinished work connected with the commercial agreement with France. The improvement in Justice Lamar's condition continues. It is reported at his residence, to-day," that ho rested easily last night, and that the prospects for his com plete recovery in a shoit time are encourag ing. ' Owing to the absence of so many mem bors, the Cabinet meeting, to-day wag of very short duration. It May Bo the Babies Will Kick. Chicago News. "Check your babies before entering the grounds" would be an attractive sign at the entrance to tho World's Fair. In fact, a plan making baby-checking possible has a.lreftdV'hefin dftvfsnH- Now will snmennA get up a scheme for checking the babies' lungil, 1, - THE CLUBS IHTEBESTED. Some Strong Points on the Liquor Question Laid Before tho Court Philadelphia Record or Monday. Tho fate of all tho clnbs in Pennsylvania which keep sideboards is now banging upon a word from the Supremo Court. Tho case which has proved the occasion of this com ing momentous decision that of the Com monwealth against Patrick Tierney, steward of tho Ellsworth Clnb, who was convicted last October of selling liquor without a license was argued before tho full bench yesterday morning. Although Tierney contended in Quarter Sessions that ho was simply selling to mem bers of the club at retail "liquor which, as a corporate body, they held as common prop erty at wholesale, Judge Pennypacker re fused a new tiial on the ground that clubs are amenable, to the act of 1S37, and were bound to apply for a license in accordance with its provisions. Attorney John G. Johnson, who appeared yesterday vwith Maxwell Stevenson and David C Harrington, to persuade the Court to the contrary, made a strong appeal. "The question is not," he stated, "whether clnbs erected as shams to evade tho license laws should be punished. With these the Court or Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia has re peatedly dealt through juries. The by-law3 of tho duly incorporated Ellsworth Club made puicnased liquors its property and forbade their sale to any others than its mombors. The small amount additional to the cost wsa necessary to defray incidental expenses. "It is impossible to hold that there was a legislative intent in 18S7 more than In 1S58 to do more than to regulate the sale of intoxi cating liquors. Tiie act of 1S87 is not a pro hibitory act. Its whole object is to regulate the sale of liquors to the public, nnd to re strain the public sale to persons not in a fit condition to drink them. "For SI years alter the passage of the act of 1836 clubs were in the habit of furnishing liquor to their members in their clubhouses. The act of 1887 did little more than to pro vide a different method of obtaining licenses. "One or the requisites of the act is that tho place to be licensed must be necessary for the accommodation of the public and entertainment of strangers and travelers. If, then, the Court holds that It is necessary for a club to have a license in order to sell liquor to Its members, thoie is no law In Pennsylvania under which such a license can bo granted." Lewis D. Vatl's argument on behalf of tho Commonwealth declared the question for the determination of the Court to be 3imply: did the delendant sell liquor? As to this, he ueclaied: "When it was delivered to a member of the corporation for money paid to the corporation, or its agent, nnd going into its funds, it was a sale to that member the same as if it had been passed by a stranger to the corporation in the same way, and tho liquor by such salo then became the absolute property of the member, the same as if he had purchased it in'a saloon or at any other place where it is sold." SWEATING OUT THE SWEATERS. Chicago Manufacturers Don't Take Kindly to the Congressional Inquiry. Chicago, April 5. Almost the first person to appear to-day in the Federal courtroom, where the Congressional committee has been Investigating the "sweating system," was Bishop Fallows, of the Reformed Epis copal Churoh. "I'm not here to give testi mony," he said, "bat to listen to what the witnesses havo to say. Next Sunday I in tend to preach on this evil." Congressman Sherman Hoar, of Massachusetts, examined the witnesses to-day. They were mostly from the labor unions. The manufacturers were conspicuous by their absence. On the ground of unwarranted Interference with private business, the few who so far ap peared objected to the propositions that makers tag every garment, so thero be no difficulty in distinguishing carnients made In "sweat holes." The manufacturers gen erally contended that danger of contagious diseases being communicated throuzh clothing coming from such dens was ob viated by the usual "pressing" the theory being that the heat from the flatirons was .enough to kill the germs. Mr. Rothschild, a prominent manufacturer, when asked his objection to a national law and registered tag, replied: "Well, I don't want to give every lazy Irish, English, Scotch and Amer ican tailor the nzht to pry into my bnsi nes." The investigation will bo continued in Boston. FOUND A MORAL UAH AT LAST. After a Dry Spell of Three Months In Charlotte, a Methodist Gets a License. Chablotte, N. C, April 5. Last January the County Commissioners refused to grant licenses for the sale of whisky in Charlotte, and since then there has not been a legal ized saloon in the city, though "blind tigers" have abounded. The Commissioners denied tho licenses on the ground that the appli cants could not prove a good moral charac ter. A dozen or more applicants were re fused licenses last month. Thomas J. Wilson made application for a license. Wilson was a countrvman. but was a member of the Methodist Church, of Char-" iotte. There was an exciting hearing of his case, and Wilson got the license. In the meantime Wilson had been read out ot his church. He will open his saloon to-morrow. CAUGHT IN A MUD SHOWER, A Passenger Train Near Tnpeka Meets a Very Remarkable- Experirnco. Kahsas Crrr, April 5. Tho through ex press on the Union Pacific Railroad, which reached this city at 7 o'clock this morning, had a most remarkable appearance, being covered ith mud to the depth of fully an inch. The headlight was completely cov ered, and the engine nnd coach windows were so plastered over that they were dark. The trainmen say that at Rossville, Kan., near lopeka, the train ran into a shower of mud, which came down for some time irom the clouds. It is supposed to havo been taken up by a water spout. Nothing for Them to Reform. New Tork Recorder. 1 That reform Congress is unable to find any thing to reform. A Spring-Timely Warning. Chicago Times. Never put off till to-morrow the winter overcoat that seems too warm to-day. DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWIIERE. Washington Booth, Baltimore. Washington Booth, ex-Collector of the Port of Baltimore, died Monday morning after a lingering Illness. Mr. Booth held many posts of Importance In Baltimore. lie was appointed Col lector of the Port by President Grant In 1873, and served in that capacity for three years, when he was obliged to resign on Account of ill health. Ue was Vice President and director of seTeral large businesses, and was also resident Consul for Chile in Baltimore. He was 71 years old. William Schrailor, Journalist; William Schroder, editor and proprietor of the Pottsvllle Jefferson Drmokrat, died Monday night of pneumonia, aged C5 years. Mr. Schroder was a Genuau by birth and came to this country In J849, rising from a railroad laborer to the editorship of the most widely circulated German newspaper In Schuylkill countr. Ills paper Is considered an authority on politics and national Issues by his countrymen In his section of the State. Obituary Notes. KeV. Dr. Lake, of Morden, the most eloquent preacher in Manitoba, l3dead. Samutl II. Hemple, a well known retired com edian, died at his residence In Philadelphia Mon day. Mrs. Wei.thea Little Spbaoite, widow of Hon. Seth Sprairue, -died Monday In Duxburr. Mass. She was 103 years old. Mbs. Meiiitable Daytok. of East Haddam, Conn., died Sunday, aged 104 years and 11 months. She Is said to bare been the oldest person In Con necticut. ATTonMET John F. Begos, who was charged with complicity in the murder of Dr. Cronin, but on trial was acquitted, died in Chicago yesterday morning, of pneumonia. William L. Prettymajj, the private Chicago banker and lumber merchant, whose failure for S5C0.O00 caused his indictment for fraudulent prac tices, on which charge lie was awaiting trial, died yesterday ofpneumouia. Daniel W. Moore, for many years proprietor and editor of the Clearfield Republican, died in that city Sunday. During the administrations of Presi dents Pierce and Buchanan Mr. Moore was a confi dential officer in the Postoface Department. Henbv B. James, for many years chler of the customs division in the office of the Secretary of the Treisurr, died in Washington. Sunday, aged 87 years. HeTas considered an expert in customs matters, aud his Judgment was highly valued in the department. ABCTfER C. Corns, son of Joseph Corns, pro prietor of the Corns Iron 'Works, Masslllon, died yesterday from consumption. He was a very popu lar young man. or extensive acquaintance, 23 ; acqu i, the 3 'iSJoler Uutoa ifitionai Baak, MasslUoa, DISHES TOO GOOD. TO USE. Exhibition and Beccption of the Dnqursno Ceramic Club Meeting of the Ladles' Aid Society of the Soufhslde Hospital A Very Pretty Wedding. The rooms of the Academy of Science and Art never presented a more attractive appearance than last night. It was tho occasion of the reception of the Duquesno Ceramlo Club, and the ladles in charge had exercised a great deal of taste in making the apartment in which the pottery exhibits were arranged a very temple of art. Tall palms and out flowers were disposed here and there, many of the flowers being in vases decorated by members of tho clnb. Silk drapery was used, sparingly but clev erly, to improve the appearance of tho room, pictures and other things having their outlines softened by this means. To add to the charming effect of the bazar-like appearance of the room, a piano in an ad joining npartmont was played by friends of the club in turn. One of the prettiest things on exhibition was a Cupid and Psyche painted on a tile, tho background being a cloud fleecy and gray, on which the lovers seemed to Do ris ing to Olympus. Tho work on this piece is beantlfullv done. Tho artist was Miss Frances Kuhn. A coffee cup and saucer, with a painting of Margaret Mather as Juliet on one side, and Frederick Panlding, as Romeo on the other, was exhibited by Miss Sallie Keenan. Another of Miss Keenan's exhibits was a rose jar with por traits of four well known actresses in Shake spearian characters. Tbrv were Modjeska, Ellen Terry, Margaret Mather and Marie Wnlnwriiht. Mrs. Charlottn Lake had a prettv picture orRatihacl's Cherubs on tile, and Mrs. Simeon Bissell showed a lamp, the bowl of which wns two or three Japanese ltllies, on a dark maroon ground. This was set offby al.irge shade of old rose silk and white lace. Another of Mrs. Bisell's specimens was n china tray, on which were a pair of Louis XIV. fignrcs. Mrs. C II. Anil had a lamp, of which the bowl was Nile green, with a wreath of mag nolias. The shade was of Nile srreen silk and white lace. Tho lamp-i were lishted. nnd nil their beauties were thus brought out. Miss Ford exhibited a tete-a-tete, and Miss Emma Patton a picture of n girl gather ing oranges. Mrs. Frank Dinser had a vase on which were depicted a rustle maid nnd her lover tnklng an evening stroll. Miss Elizabeth Rohb, who is considered one of the finest miniature painters in the city, had a tiny medallion portrait or a beautiful little maiden of about C summers, whose golden hair framed an ansollc facp. This piece was indeed a gem. Miss Ida Lindsay had a tall cabinet pitcher of Crown Iieruy, and Mrs. Frank Wallace a vao entwined with wild flowers, as well n a tray on which were EaintcdtwoT-ouis XIV. lovers "urronnded y applo blossom". A unique exhibit was mado by Mrs. Aull. It consisted of a dozen coffee cups and saucers, no two of which wore painted alike and half a dozen frnis plates of fanciful design. Mention must be made of the "Hero and Leander" on tile by Miss Sallie Keenan. Tho expressive face of the unfortunate maiden is excellently done. Miss Anderson, of the School of Design, hrtd lent an oil painting of an immense bunch of chrysanthemum"!, Mr. Hetzel one of his sunsets, $ind other artists examples of their work. In a small alcove were arranged articles for sale, consisting of rose bowls, bonbon boxes, scrap saucers, vases, plates of all kinds, etc. There was a large sale of thee things. Ten ner cent of the receipts of the alcove sroes to the club treasury. The Duquesne Cenmio Club was organ ized on the 1st of January last, and has made wonderful progress since that time. It Is recognized in Pittsburg as something lor which there was a demand. The officers are: President, Mrs. William T. Liljeiren; Vice President, Miss A. W. Anderson; Secre tary, Mr. C. H. Anil; Treasurer, Mrs. Simeon Bissell. The club is busy now mak ing arrangements to have an exhibit at the World's Fair. The reception will be con tinued this afternoon. The Ladies' Aid Society of the Sonthside nospitr.1 held its first annual meeting in St. Mark's Guild House, South Eighteenth street, yesterday afternoon. Mrs. McMillan, the President, called the meeting to order at 4 o'clock. The Treasurer's report showed that there is $9,190 ?4 in the treasury. The money was raised by means of a lawn fete on Mrs. McBryce's lawn last snmmeranda fair in the Auditorium in the fall. After the reading and approving of the Secretary's re port the Visiting Committee reported that they had visited tho hospital on tho 19th of March, when they found the matron sick with the grip. The hospital was, in conse quence, not in as good order as usual. There were eight patients in one room that was not large enough for so many. Mrs. Mlley, tho woman who was shot by her husband, was In a dying condition, and the committee tried to got someone to administer religious consolation to her. Before they could ac complish their purpose the woman was dead. Lost Saturday tho committee visited the hospital again and found every thing in good order. Mrs. Millan, the president, read her report for the past year. She made a very inter esting address. She aia that the society had been enabled to do good work, and she hoped for much more in the future. The society was organized on April 5, 1S91, Dy the calling of a mass meeting in Odd Fellows' Hall, Southside. The first money the society made was 600, from a lawn fete, which they placed in bank and have guarded religiously ever since. She suggested that work be de voted to raising the proposed Thomas A. Armstrong lund, for the purpoJO of estab lishing an Armstrong ward in the new hos pital. It is particularly desired to mako this fund a worklngman'R affair. Mrs. Mc Millan said that particular praise was due tho Executive Committee of the society for tho good work they had done during the year. The society extended sympathy to Mrs. Fiost.widow of the secretary ot the hospital. The president expressed the hnpn that by this time next year the new hospital will bo in tho hands of the builders. All the old officers were re-elected for the ensuing year by a unanimous vote. One of the most interesting weddings of the season was solemnized last night in the First United Presbyterian Church. The bride was Miss Sarah Wallace Ramsey and tho groom Dr. Robert B. Fenee. Rev. J. W. Reed, D. D., performed the ceremony. The ushers were Mr. Howard Ferree, Mr. Clifford Ferrce.Mr. E.Arensberg,Mr. Frank Lanahnn and Mr. Groff. The bride is a pretty blonde. She wasgonnedin a white satin, fashioned after a girlish mode,and carried white lilacs. Her maid of honor was her sUter, Miss Hal lie, who wore a vellow crepe de chine, and her boquet was roses of the same tint. Tho four other maids were Misses 3Iay Reed, Nellie Holden, Eva Ramsey and Alice Der rington. There wns a reception to tho younir couple at thoir new homo on Liberty avenne after the wedding. A'SUCCESSFTJL musical aud literary en tertainment was given in the Westminster Presbyterian Churcb, Allegheny; last night under the auspices of the Organ Society. A mandolin and guitar club rendered several selections acceptably, and among others that contributed to the entertainment wore Miss Nettle Slack, Mr. James Lambie, Mr. C. M. Borah, etc Pbof. Bveon "W. King appeared last night as Mr. Gotightly in "Lend Me Five Shil- linss" at the Duquesno College. He was supported Dy some of the pupils of his school of oratory. CLEVELAND'S LATEST SPEECH. Now stand back and listen to Rhode Island's responses to Grover Cleveland's great second-term bid. Ne w York Advertiser. It maybe that 3Ir. Cleveland meant David B. Hill when he spoke of "unsteady lights in the wilderness of doubt and danger." Buf falo Express. Wheit it comes to talking Mr. Cleveland can be more voluble in the language of Mug wumpery and more mnte in Democracy than any other citizen of the land. Hew York Sun. Mb, Cleveland's speech at Providonce, like all of his previous utterances on the tariff subject, was remarkable only for the unsatisfactory nature of his remarks. PAtfa 'delphia Inquirer. The ex-President rarely falls in speaking to enrich the literature of political discus sion with a phrase or two well Worth re membering; and the Providence speech was no exception in this respect. Detroit Free Press. Gboveb Cleveland did not dare to men tion silver in Rhode Island. To have done so would have been statesman-like and mor ally courageous. To keep utter silence on one of the great issues before the country was cowardly. New York Press. Me. CLEVZLtaD covered himself with glory in his Providence speech last night. If Providence smiles upon hi efforts to attain the Presidency again the State of Rhode Tsinnri wtn mil nn a. hi? Democratic rualnr. wa. ...... ..... .-- j. a , V I ity next Wednesday. Rao York Advertiser, CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. The total production of maple sugar this country last year was 32,95A927 pound There are 4,200 men hard at work the fourteen buildings which are to be eref edon the World'sFair grounds at Chicag' A Philadelphia lawyer won a case thi had been in the courts slnco 1314 by exhi lttng a l'Si signature that was lately di covered. Modern London occupies only one-ha of the area of the great city of Nineveh wb the latter was the capital of the anoiei Assyrian Empire Aurelien Scholl, a French journalis is authority for the assertion that only 11 817 duels fonght in France with the pa: threo years had tragical results. Anyone that has an empty purse shonl be careful that the moon does not shine i it, or else that pnrse will not have any thin in it as long as the moon doth last. An expert safe- opener in Charlestoi Mass., a few days ago, mastered in 40 mb utes, so it is said, tho intricacies of aloe that was capable of 100,000,000 combination A man has been arrested down at Bet ford for sitting under the window of h divorced wifein the small hours of the nigl and playing "Home, Sweet Home" on French harp. Mr. Potter, a visitor to Dade City, 7 years of age, is one of 11 living brothers iiutasin-ioueaia nas ocenrreu mtneian ily for 65 years. Mr. Potter resides at Bow! ing Green, Ky. The first train run in Great Britain wa botween Stockton and Darlington on Set tember27, 1825. George Stephenson was th driver, and the speed was not more tba. flvo miles an hour. A Kansas City man has a mania fo killing rats. He sallies out at night witl terriers and engages in the work with mncr enjoyment. He says he will not stop unti he has killed 100,030 rodents. Some scientists say that the peculia. flavor of made sugar is due to the preseno or impurities in the sap, and that if thesi impurities could be eliminated thesuga: would taste exactly like pure loaf sngar. n Italian entertainment is most frugal a little wine and water, some very warn orange flower water and a fow cakes are of fcred. Tlie Germans entertain simpl'-, ant one has to be educated up to their peculia cooking. The report just issued for the past yeai on the trade of the consular district o Mozambique states that In the port o lnrenzo Marques, with its population ol 3 630, there w ere 713 deaths in the year, o: about 200 per 1,000 of the inhabitants. There are many people now living wh will have only one birthday to celebrate foi nearly 12 years to come. This strange clr cumstance is due to the fact that they were horn on February 29, and to the further facl that the year 1900 will not be a leap year. The capital of the column of polished syenite from Uanes, Egypt, in the Mnseurr. of Archa20lO'.ry of the University of Penn sylvania is in the British Museum. The colnmn is 14 8 feet in height and is engraved with hieroglyphs giving tho names and titles of Ramses II. The two longest words in "Worcester, Webster or the Century dictionary are said to bo palatopharingcolaryngeal and trans substnntiationalists. A longer one is noted in "American Notes nnd Queries;" it is methylbenzomethoxyethyltetrahydropy ridinecarboxylate. As to the Guelph land at last sur rendered bv Germany to the representative of tho late King of Hanover, it is of interest that the delunct Majesty by his will ap pointed Queen Victoria executrix, and also left to Her Majesty and to each of the Prin cesses, her daughters, a legacy of 1,000,000 thalers, or j150,000. Dr.Leon Paul, of Paris, has lately come out in favor of sterilized subcutaneous in jections of solntions of sheep's brain as a cure for paralysis. Ho claims for this ex traordinary medicine that it has no injuri ous reaction, and that in almost every case in which he has tried it there has been a marked improvement in the patient's con dition. The microphone is the latest absolute test for death. Recently a St. Petersburg woman, who was subject to fits of catalepsy, apparently ceased to breathe, and was looked upon by her friends as dead, ner medical attendant, who knew the history of the case, applied the microphone to the re gion over the heart, and was thus enabled to hear the faint sounds of its beats. Caiman Levy, the great Paris publisher, for many yeara sold an annual average of 1,725,090 volumes and 2,GO0,0GO periodicals. Besides this he maintained 14 paper mills, 3u printing offices, 12 bookbinding establish ments and 5 other manufacturing establish ments. He began life as the proprietor of a little open-air bookstall with a capital of $2 23 and died worth about $15,000,000. There are 900,000 miles of telegraph lines in the world with approximately 2,500, 000 miles of separate wires. Europe alone has 67,463 telegraph stations out of the total of 465,000. The world's yearly messages are put down at 296,000.000. r"rom this nnmber57,500,000 nre messages transmitted from one country to another. The total receipts for tbo world's telegraph service amount to upward of $450,000,000. A recent case shows that it is not en tirely Imagination that attributes abnormal thickness or the skull to the negro. A short time ago, Nancy Sharp, a colored woman, 32 years old, died suddenly and mysteriously without medical attendance at her home in St. Louis. At the autopsy it was found that her sknll was fully an inch thick at the fore head, increasing gradually to an inch and a half at the back of her head. A new means has been found for shut ting off an electrical current without in jury to the dynamo when wires happen to get crossed or there is overheating from any cause. The essential parts of the apparatus are four needles so arranged that when tbo voltage in the wire is increased above tha limit from any c.iue, one of the needles will emit sparks and so burn through a flno thread. This thread is connected with springs which shut off tne current when the tension is broken. One of the best imitations of gold that has yet been made consists of 103 parts of pure copper, 14 of tin, 6 of magnesia, 58 of salammoniac. 18 or quicklime and 9 of cream of tartar. To the melted copper the mag nesia, salammoniac, quicklime and cream of tartar are added in thi? order, each in tho form of a powder. After the mixture has been stirred for half an honr the tin is incor porated with it, and the mass is then heated for a further period of 35 minutes. There suit is a malleable compound capable of taking a high polish and very slow to tar nish. IDYXLIC ITCMOKESQCES. "Very prelty sunset," he remarked. "Yes," she replied. "1 don't wonder that peo ple write about the shades or evening. I had no idea that there were so many different shades or that they matched so nicely." Pomona Timet. I'm not seeking office oh, no; I'm glvlog the matter no care. I'm not In the bands of my friends. Bnt most all my money Is there. Sew Xork Berate. Tom Dewitt You know they say th groom Is not the best man at the -wedding. Mr. Norrls No: nor afterward, either. Smith. Graff 4 Co.' Jlont My. Professor Tour physiology demonstrates to you that "man is fearfully and wonderfully made" Student (In undertone)-Nothlng remarKahle la that; so Is boarding honse hash. Boston Courier. The bear and the eagle went to sea In a fleet of Ironclad boats. Says one to the other: "I'm sure that w Can lick anything that floats." And tne llou roared iu Impotent rage. While the seals in Bering Sea Wondered why men shonld light aoout them And for the fur seal company. Chicago Times. Bond There's no sense in your yelling front" to your bellboys. Clerk Why notr Bond They're always behind. Soma" Beits. She Yon tell me that Mrs. Laker has given up art? She wrote me that she was wedded to,t- . .. He That was true then; bnt she Is a Chicago woman, you know, Ktw Tork Press. No bird we find in last year's nest And therefore may we scorn It: Bnt 'tis the small boy knows It best It's different with the hornet. Washington, Star. Ethel I couldn't manage to get along wlthoat art. Maud Of coarse not; such complexion J JUAUU-U. WU1N UV, 0UVW jaiitettune, - Sao XirkBcraU. 0
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