THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1892L
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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
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