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TVOKK OF THE CHAMBER.
Tbe report of Colonel T. P. Roberts to
' the Chamber of Commerce on the subject
of increasing the usefulness and member
ship of that body introduces a subject
which should be of vital interest to every
citizen. The summary of the report given
elsewhere will show that the immediate
object aimed at i3 to secure a larger mem
bership and a more active participation of
the business community in its work.
The Chamber of Commerce of this city
has throughout Its career shown an ap
preciation of its important work and has
discharged its duty to the best of its
ability. But it has been hampered in a
double sense by the failure of the business
interests at large to give it the active and
interested co-operation it deserves. Its
means, derived from the fees of a little
over two hundred members, are not suffi
cient to defray the expense of all the
work it might do; and its utterances do
not carry the full weight and in
fluence that would be accorded to the de
liverances of a body actively supported by
the whole city.
The report proposes that the work and
capabilities of the Chamber shall be laid
before the public by means of a banquet
to be held in the near future. There is no
doubt that such a function would draw
attention to the importance of the business
organization. If not only its present work
but its capabilities were fully understood,
it.would gain the united support of the
community. The Chamber of Commerce
should be the means of exploiting
the present business interests of the city
and of furthering every enterprise for
their expansion. It should publish annual
statistical reports of our trade and manu
factures; use every opportunity for in
creasing the fame of our resources; afford
means for securing the support of the
business public for projects of importance
to the community's progress, and stand as
,the authorized representative of the united
interests of Pittsburg on all topics affect
ing their prosperity.
The Chamber in its present status has
done this work as well as it can. The
usefulness it might attain, if the whole
community will comprehend that it repre
sents their united cause, is beyond calcula
tion. It is to be hoped that the proposed
banquet will arouse the public to a full
sense of the importance of this organiza
tion. A CONSERVATIVE FORECAST.
Estimates of the result of the coming
elections furnish as absorbing a pursuit in
England as in the United States nowa
days. The London Time .makes a fore
cast of the respective strength of the par
ties in the next House of Commons as fol
lows: Conservatives. 254; Liberal Unionists,
42; Liberals, 200; Nationalists, 82; doubt
ful, 92. This has about the same deci
siveness as when a Democartic organ on
this side of the ocean figures out a majority
in the next House for its partyora Repub
lican journal should see in the campaign
of this year the presages of enough elec
toral votes for a Republican victory.
Indeed the main significance of the Times'
forecast is its admission of a large enough
doubtful vote to give the Liberals and Home
Rulers a majority over the Conservatives
and Unionists of 38. The attitude of the
English political organs toward elections is
much the same as those of our own free
land; and for the Times to .formally pro.
mulgate the conclusion from the outlook
that the control of the next House of Com
mons is doubtful is a good deal like a dec
laration of its opinion that the prospect is
decidedly in favor of a Tory defeat Of
course, the Liberal claims are more positive
for a large majority in the next Parliament
An average between the two, as a safe
guess, would give the Liberals a fair work
ing majority, and indicate the beginning
of the end of the Home Rule struggle.
A SMALL SUBTERFUGE.
The assertion of Jlr. Havemyer, Presi
dent of the American Sugar Refiners'
Company, that the price of sugar has not
advanced since the monopoly of that com
pany was completed by the purchase of
the Philadelphia refineries is merely an
illustration of the stock plea. The super
ficial truth of the assertion and its sub
stantial falsity make it a typical specimen
of the Trust sophisters.
The date of the signing of the prelim
inary option for the purchase of the Phil
adelphia refineries is stated at March 4,
the formal transfer being a few days later.
Negotiations for the purchase had been
In operation for some time previously,
and it is an open secret that the consoli
dation was practically assured some days
before the signing of the option. The
price of refined sugar on March 1 was 4
cents; on March 2 it was advanced by two
of the Philadelphia refiners to 4c; on
March 3 all prices advanced to 4 3-lCc;
and immediately following it was put up
to 4K0- It thus seems that Mr. Have
myer's assertion is correct in the follow
ing sense: Sugar has not advanced since
the Philadelphia refineries were absorbed;
it was put up immediately before the ab
sorption, and after the certainty of ab
sorption was assured the amount of the
advance equaled 511,250,001) on the an
nual consumption of the whole nation.
Whether the advance will be any
greater in future simply depends on the
question whether the Sugar Trust 4 can
squeeze anothereighth centoutof consum
ers before ' attracting the competition
of foreign sugars. It is probable
that the price has already been put
close up to the lino at which
surars can be imported which indicates
just what the nation would save If the
'protective principle were 'cleared of com
plicity with the Trust extortions by re
moving the half-cent duty on Imported
sugars.
Mr. Havemyer's denial that the monop
.oly has advanced sugars "since the acqui
sition of the Philadelphia refineries"
shows the very small hole through which
a big combination can creep In regard to
matters of public policy.
THE SENATE'S INJUSTICE.
The letter of Mr. J. R. Young to Vice
President Morton, concerning his re
moval from the office of executive clerk of
the Senate, calls renewed attention to the
fact that the method which the Senate
chose for the assertion of its dignity was
something which it would he gross flattery
to call dignified.
Certain diplomatic documents, which
Senatorial tradition required to be kept
secret, leaked out as usual, and the special
correspondents published them all over
the country the next morning. No harm
was done by the publication; but the Sena
torial dignity was shocked. It is noto
rious that the Senate secrets leak out
through the Senators; but the Senators
could not well discipline themselves with
out serious inconvenience. A scape
goat was needed and Mr. Xoung was
selected.
The manner In which the removal was
effected displays the pettiness of the act.
Mr. Young was first called upon to resign;
but after he had claimed his right to a
defense against the accusation the reso
lution was crowded through without any
inquiry and without the slightest oppor
tunity for defense on the part of the
accused clerk. The method of removal is
prima facie evidence that the charge of
disclosing Senatorial secrets was a pre
text, and the most charitable view of it is
to suppose that Mr. Young was made a
scapegoat for the garrulity of the Sena"
tors themselves. This leaves the clerk
in a much better light than the honor
able Senate. If that 'body cannot use
common justice In defending the secrecy
of its executive sessions it will do well
for itself by getting rid of, -the secrecy
which produces such demoralizing effects.
A GOOD INVESTMENT.
The fund which George Peabody left
thirty years ago to build model tenement
houses for the poor of London has in
creased in that time from $750,000 to more
than 55,000,000. The work of reinvesting
the earnings from the first buildings
erected in new erection has caused that
decided increase, and stated by the physi
cal results has provided for the artisans
and laborers of London 5, 070 '-houses with
11,273 sets of apartments, yielding an aver
age rental of about $02 50 per annum.
We remember a recent remark that the
erection of model tenement houses would
be a greater benevolence than the found
ing of free libraries. The assertion can
hardly be agreed to for a reason that
shines out from the above statement It
was a benevolence for Mr. Peabody to de
vote a large fund to demonstrating what
can be done in that line and to keep the
increment constantly enlarging the same
work. But when the results show that in
thirty years the use of the money in that
way has created a property worth seven
times the original donation, the work is
taken out of the domain of benevolence
and put in the category of money-making
enterprises. Much more is done in the
way of improving the homes of laborers
by showing that a sound and remunera
tive investment can be had that way than
by holding it up as a charity. The most
important result of Mr. Peabody's enter
prise is the showing that by compounding
the revenue in the same investment it has
yielded an average increment of $125,000
per annum, or 16J per cent of the origi
nal investment
It is possible, indeed, that a larger re
turn might have been secured by people
who invest In slums and rookeries,
although it is doubtful if, with the element
of stability taken into account, the invest
ment would have been as good. But so
long as people prefer to make money cred
itably rather than discreditably the results
of the Peabody fund display the erection
of model tenements as a stable and remu
nerative investment
COMPETITION IN NULLIFICATION.
A striking example of the pass which
the nullification of constitutional "provi
sions by the great corporations has
reached is furnished in the purchase by
the Pennsylvania Railroad of the entire
output of some large anthracite collieries
in the. Hazleton district, and the state
ment that negotiations for the control of
more were close to successful comple
tion. This step puts the Pennsylvania Rail
road into successful competition with the
anthracite coal combination. In that
respect it is a move not wholly without
satisfactory features to 'the public. But it
Is a significant commentary on the preva
lent policy of corporate aggression that
the advance of one corporate'eombination
can only be met "by another-corporation
which rivals it in ignoring the"" spirit if not
the letter of the State Constitution. The
Constitution forbids any railroad corpora
tion from engaging in miningor manufact
uring enterprises. If taking charge of the
entire outputof a concern doesnot come
within the meaning df that clause it evi
dently comes within the intent of it to
keep transportation companies from ab
sorbing Hie enterprises 911 their lines. Be
yond that it 'may at some time become a
pertinent question whether, the business
of a wholesale coal dealer is not entirely
ultra tires for a railroad coporation.
Yet it is the fact that the alternative to
this step was to let the anthracite inter
ests In question fall wholly under the
grasp of the Reading monopoly. The
salutary principle of the Constitution has
been ignored so long and so persistently
that the whole anthracite interest has
come under the direct or indirect owner
ship of the transportation companies. It
might have been better if the Pennsylva
nia road had been able to stand up for
the principle of the thing even if its rival
gobbled the entire anthracite output. But
being after its share of the traffic, and
having shown in the past that it does not
care for a little thing like Constitutional
or charter restrictions, It went ahead re-'
gardless of both, with the result more
satisfactory than usual in such cases that
thero will be a little approach to compe
tition in the anthracite trade.
Yet it might be supposed that among the
great corporations there would be some
minds clear-sighted enough to foresee that
some day or other this example of con
tempt for legal restrictions may rise again
to vex them.
Soldiers in England are assisting in the
repair of telegraph wires damaged-by un
usually, severe weather. Out West our
military are dealing -with armed forces of
cattlemen, whose Ideas of 'constitutional
authority and the rights of property are
shown by flghting"for the redress of wrongs,
In preference to litigation, and by the whole.
1 p .l - u. -v :tjK2ra. v-4. 11T 1 iFi'n'i iir,ltfffffiyr.iiiiEiw'i t'i1'fiiiH tnSri Jjmtt ", rrtk ja3BSMaa8i 'iriWyMBi MafcSifty'iliiifcwfi '
ale destruction of wires. We are a great
country, Dut our Immensity, with all Its
vast advantages, Is a trifle inconvenient at
times.
. WrrH Russell Harrison indiscreetly di
.plomatizlng for bis respected father and
Governor ttnssell, of Massachusetts, doing a
little quiet tract-distributing on his own ac
count, there is reason to believe that our
youthful politicians itre Inclined to be rust
lers, in a manner.
THE immense potentiality of a two
lettered word can well be estimated from
the frequency with which "If figures in
Presidental prophecies.
Of course, any chivalrous interference on
onr part to prevent Britisli encroaohments
on Venezuelan territory would be en tirfly in
keeping with the indignation aroused by
statements that England was seeking to in
fluence Chile in our recent discussion with
that country.
It is understood that France wMl take
unusual interest in- our Presidental cam
paign since certain Algerian questions may
demand solution.
Monday was the occasion for pastoral
amusements and jollitlcation in the past.
But times and customs have changed all
that, and the day of mirth has become the
anniversary for the agitation of social
grievances, real or fancied, as tho case may
be
Hanging a politician in effigy for boss
ism may be all right as a pastime, bnt tho
only way to do business is to execute him
at the polls.
Republicans in Congress would be act
ing with a' higher wisdom in formally pro
testing against the abuse of the Record than
by adopting retaliatory tactics and inter
polating extraneous matter in the same
reprehensible manner as the Democrats.
Fellow-feeling makes us wondrous
kind, and especially when Fellows' support
is given to the needs of an improved navy.
To judge from the number of marital
rumors afloat in connection with tbe En
glish Royal family, Queen Victoria's vigor
must be well preserved to allow of such
active employment in the exciting industry
of match-making.
If Holman should not receive his eight
eenth election the popular idea of the force
of habit would receive a severe blow.
The manly tone of ex-Chief-Executive-Clerk
Young's lettor to Vice President Mor
ton is in marked contrast to the sneaking
fear of publicity which characterized the
actioni of the Senators who caused his un
just dismissal.
Advocates of corporal punishment
should be Interested in learning that Iowa
school teachers are on strike.
While probably exaggerated, the re
ports of hidden treasure in the capital of
Dahomey throw some bright light on the
reason for a costly military expedition to
vindicate French honor and piotect French
citizens.
Some politicians assert that to-morrow's
convention at Harrisburg will be only quasi
Republican. The vote on the Noyes-Rockwell con
tested election to-day will be indicative of
the degree to which machine politicians can
coerce a great party when a simple question
of legality is at issue.
Milliners just now are making married
men long to be millionaires even more than
usual.
AVylie avenue cars have trailers now,
and they are useful in their way. But the
efllcient street-sweeping trailers worn -by
the ladies are what arouse real public en
thusiasm. A Quay ought to be specially and. indi
vidually interested in our canal project.
If New York really proposes .to make
Boss Croker its Mayor, the country should
reconsider its decision that Boss lltll 'is un
fitted for the White House.
The news from Venezuela is revolting.
IN TBE UIGHLR YALKS.
SECRETAitr Ttacy is confined to his
room with bronchial trouble.
Sir Arthur Sullivan is still confined
to his bed in Monte Carlo, but the doctors
give hope that he will be well enough to be
moved to England next week. '
The late Prince de Chimay was, like
most European Princes, an accomplished
musician. For years he played first violin
in the most exclusive orchestra in Brussels.
Algernon Charles Swinburne was
55 years old on April 5. The bays are grow
ing yellow on the poet's temples and his
pen has not been very productive of recent
times.
The late Prince of Furstenburg practi
cally owned the entire country between the
Neckar and the Danube, in which is sttuatnd
tbe Black Forest, the Schwarzwald, dear to
song and story.
Ingalls reiterates his disinclination to
re-enter public life. More true Joy this Kan
sas Marcellus exiled teels than doth Cresar
Peffer with all tho winds of Washington
toying with his whiskers.
Justice Lamar, who has been very
seriously ill, is now convalescent and able to
walk about the house. lie has not been out
doors since bis last illness and will not go
out until the weather becomes settled.
The King of Siam possesses one of the
finest collections of jewels in the world,
fie has determined to tell a part of it, and
has sent an agent to Paris to dispose of
a quantity of superb diamonds and unset
rubies.
A LADY TEACHER H0H0EED
By Having the New Town or SIsseton Re
named for Her.
Bnowii's Valley, Miss:, April 18. SjjeciaL
The new town of Sis&eton has had its name
changed to Ellington, in honor of Miss Efflo
Stamffor, a school teacher, who was the flrst
woman to reach the place. She made the
journey from Brown's Valley to the north
ern"boundury lino nil alone, riding 45 miles
on the Utli Instant, aud sleeping that night
in a tent.
Tho next morning she rode alone 21 miies,
following the boundary until she met the
crowd eagerly hastening to the icservation.
She placed herself at the head of the men,
and thus rode to the new town, and hai
been complimented by having it named
after her. The town has already a number
of stores, a lumber yaid, a hotel, a black
smith shop and a millinery establishment.
CHANGED FOB THE VETEBANS. ,
The Society of tbe Army of the Cumber
land Will Meet In September.
Wasihsqtox, Arjril 13. At a meotlng of
the executive officers of tho Society of the
Army ot tho Cumberland, held hero to-'day,
the date for the next reunion of tbe society,
to be held on the battlefield of Chickamauga,
was changed from that fixed at the last
annual meeting at Columbus, to September
27 and 28, of this year. This change was made
so as not to interfere with the coming en
campment of the Giand Army of the Repub
lic in this city. Many veterans have ex
pressed a purpose of attending both re
unions, if this change in date should be
effected.
General II. V. Boynton, of Washington, has
been appointed corresponding secretary of
the society, in place of General II. M. Cist,
who has gone to Europe for an indefinite
period. This brings all the executive offices
of the society together in Washington.
Morn Discipline Than Principles.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Tbe Pennsylvania Democratic platform is
more devoted to discipline than to prin
ciples. They.possibly expect the delegates
to Chicago will be as quarrelsome as those at
Harrisburg.
THE CONTROL' OP CONGRESS.
Odds In Favor of Anaie Republican Sen
ate and Democratic 'Vtouse Tn Margin
In Each UranchXikely to Be Narrowed
Where Republicans Will Make Gains.
SPECIAL TELKGKAH TO THE DISPATCH.
Washington, April 18. Unless a polit
ical tidal wave of most unusnal proportions
sweeps the country this fall the complexion
of Congress bids fair to bo the same as at
present, without regard to which party is
successful in the Presidental contest. The
Democrats may reduoe the Republican ma
jority in tho Senate, and big Inroads are cer
tain to bo made on present unwieldy major
ity in'the House, but there is little prospeot
that either side will entirely wipe ont the
lead ot the other in their respective strong
holds, Tho six new States, with their 12 members
of the Senate, 11 of whom are Republicans,
have preserved that body to the party of
protection, even in. the crash of 1890. The
present status of .the Senate is 17 Republi
cans, S3 Democrats and the two indepen
dents, Peffer and Kyle. Thero is very little
chanco of the Republicans making any gain
over these figures this year. There are sev
eral Republican States, like Ohio and Illi
nois, now represented by Democratic 'Sena
tors, but their six-year terms have jus t com
menced. Tho only States in the doubtful
list which elect successors to Democratic
Senators next winter are Indiana, New Jer
sey and West Virg inia, and in all three the
legislative districts are so arranged that even
if the Republicans secure a plurality for
President their chances of capturing the
Legislatures are v ery remote. Indiana Dom
ocrats had a two-thirds majority of the law
making Dody even when Harrison carried
the State in 18S3, and the situation in New
Jersey and West Virginia is similar.
Where the Democrats Bave Hopes.
There are jnst three States in which the
Democrats may hopo to mako Senatorial
gains New York, Wisconsin and Montana
in all of which successors to Republican
Senators aro to be chosen by the Legislatures
elected this fall. In Now York the Demo
crats are now In control in both branches,
and between this and November will redis
tiict the State in such a manner that they
fondly bellevo defeat In the Assembly will
bo impossible, and they expect to replace
Mr. Iliscock with a colleague of Hill's faith.
The Republicans, though, anticipate a gen
eral rovnlsion from. Tammany methods in
the Empire Stnte which will aweep the
present regime out of power.
In Wisconsin, too, tbe Democrats are in
control and hare gerrymandered the State.
The Supreme Conrt has knocked out the
gerrymander on technical grounds, but the
Democratic Governor will undoubtedly call
a special session or the Legislature to try it
over again before November. Senator Saw
yer will make a vigorous fight to obtain his
re-election, while Vilas wilt try to secure a
Democratic colleague. Montana has always
been close, and the present Republican
Senators were only seated after a lengthy
contest which was carried-to Washington.
Tbe Democrats are now in complete control
in the new mountain State, and confidently
claim they will elect the successor to Sena
tor Sanders. Republicans depend on the
tight drawing of lines in, a Presidental year
to regain the ascendancy.
some Democrats lay claim to Connecti
cut's Legislature, but tho advantage of the
districting rests with the Republicans thero,
and Senator Hawley is confident ho will
succeed himeir. To barely tie the Senate,
therefore, the Democrats will haye to carry
all the three doubtful Legislatures of New
York, Wisconsin and Montana, hold their
own elsewhere, and secure the votes of the
two Independents, Peffer and Kyle, unless
gains are made In some entirely unexpected
quarter. The odds are largely In favor of
continued Republican control.
Sura lo Cat Down ths Big Majority.
The present majority against the Repub
licans in the House of Representatives in
round numbers is 153, and only a most com
plete political convulsion can entirely wipe
out this lead, secured, ns it is in many in
stances,' by gerrymanders of doubtful and
Republican States. But the Republicans ex
pect, and with good reason, to make big
gains, aud if the Alliance should secure anv
considerable number of soats in the South
the tesult may be interesting.
In Ohio the Republicans will make their
greatest gain, as under the redisricting act
the complexion of tho delegation will be re
versed, insuring a chango in eizht seats and
n net gain of twice that number. Harter,
Johnson. Warwick, and, a.licst of other well
known free trade disciples have been placed
in hopeless districts; and thoihCongrassional
careers are nearirjgla dlose.'Th.ere is a bare
possibility that Johnson may pull'tliroiurb.
ns he is personally very popular in the city
of Cleveland, but otherwise tho Republican
slate will be unbroken,. , .
In Pennsylvania, too, there will be a gain.
The two additional Congressmen under the
new apportionment,'4 who" 'are elected at
large, are certaliro-be Republicans, and the
1 lseaver valley district lost in isso by the
f bribery war between Phillips and McDowell
will bo redeemed. 'The Increased vote of a
Presidental year, with protection the issue,
may result in the upheaval of one or two
normally Democratic districts in the Key
stono State. In New York the Democrats
now have 11 large majority of the delegation,
and have passed a redisricting law which
is intended to insure that they will retain
control. The Republicans, though, confi
dently expect to regain several seats.
Mugwumps Who May Be-Misslng.
In New England several of the Mug
wumps now representing'Republican con
stituencies are likely to be among those left
in tho cold in November. Both of the Rhode
Island Congressmen arc now Democrats, out
the Republicans expect to choose the suc
cessor to at least one of them. The same is
true of New Hampshire, and in Connecticut
the present representation of three Demo
crats ami ono Republican may be reversed
by hard work. The Massachusetts Legisla
ture has 1 edlstrlcted tho State, and the Re-
nublicans expect to make quite a change in
tbe present tree trade representation.
In Indiana the Democrats have an iron
clad gerrymander in operation, and only a
complete rout can lose more than a seat or
two. Illinois, though, where the Republi
cans lost more heavily' than almost any
other one State in 1890. u ill show the oifects
oftbeieboundln many sections. Michigan
and Wisconsin have both been redistricted
by Democratic Legislatures in the endeavor
to hold on to most of the nlnces secured two
years ago, but slight Republican gains are
probable. Iowa Will surely show quite a
change, and the decadence of tho Allianco
craze in Kansas and Nebraska should nearly
restoie the old-Unie, Republican representa
tion in those States.
In tho South, with tho exception of Vir
ginia and West Virginia, there is little pros
pect of more than tho election of a Republi
can Cougiessman horn and thero. In the
Virginias it is expected that several seats
will be gained. Any other changes in this
section are more likely to bo in the direction
01 tue tnira party.
In summing up. therefore, even san
guine. Republicans do not expect to secure
more than C0or63ofthe scats now occupied by
their opponents, making :i net gain of about
125. This would leave the Democrats still a
margin in tho neighborhood of 25, unless the
Farmers' Allianco should develop enougli
strengh to make an effort to secure the bal
ance of power.
WHO INVENTED D0NCHEKKH0 W
An Englishman Repudiates It and Backs
Himself Up With a Committee.
New York Herald.
"I will give a prize of $100 to anyono who
can prove that the expression 'don't you
know,' or, as it is often rendered, 'doncher
know,' was ever used In England by a real
Englishman," declared a person of the Brit
ish persuasion the other day.
"The phraso had its origin in Philadel
phia, where it is much in vogue, because
certain dudes there believe it is English.
No Englishman ever says 'Don't you know.'
The expression he tloes use is 'You know,'
such as 'I'm going np to London, you know,
to get me new trousers, you know.' 1
"Tills may be a startler for certain young
men about town who by dint or great prac
tice are able to 'interject doncherknow' at
about overy ten wordsin their conversation.
I'm sorry to hurt their feelings.
"I tee you are Inclined to doubt me," the
Briton weut on, "and I tell yon what I'm
willing' to do reler tho question to the
British Minister at Washington, Rev. Dr.
ltainsloid. of St.' George's Church, and the
British Consul in New York City. I'll abide
by their report-'.' y -
In the Baca With the Rest or Them.
Chicago Inter OceanO
Pittsburg is to have double-decked street
car's this summer. The Smoky City may not
be as big as New'Yoi-k or Chicago, but it is
not slow about metropolitan Improvements.
The'll Maktf a Big Noise
St. LonlsGlobe.Dempcrat.
There will be 10,000 spectators in tbe Minne
apolis Convention to shout the' batUo-'ci-y of
freedom. -,,,;
THE HEW:BEBIHO SEA MODUS.
A Ilappy Mean Struck Between Blaine's '
and Great Britain's Demands.
Wasbihotox, April J 8. The modus vivendl
for the protection of the Bering Sea seal
fisheries daring the pendency of the arbitra
tion which has been a subject of negotiation
between Secretary Blaino and the British
Minister, was brought to the Capitol about 1
o'clock this afternoon. For some reason,
not now apparent, it was under injunction
of secrecy, and therefore was not laid be
fore tbe Senate in open session. Mr. Sher:
man was notified by the President of the
nature of the communication, and ns soon as
he could do so he moved that the Senate go
into executive session. Accordingly, the
doors were closed, tho galleries cleared, and
the seal question taken up.
It appeared from the reading of tho docu
ment that Mr. Blaine and the British Min
ister have been spending the time since
March 26 last, when tho British Government
consented to renew the modus, in trying to
phrase the conditions relative ta. damages
so as to secure advantages for their respect
ive Government!-. Indeed, it appears that
all of the hesitation and reluctance exhib
ited by Great Britain in consenting to tbe
renewal was ai-sumed with the purpose of
obliging this Government to accept terms
tor the adjustment of damages that would
insure Great Britain against heavy loss in
the event of a decision adverse to lief by the
arbitrators, and on the other hand, would
promise the assessment of such a sum of
money against the United States as would
go far toward healing the soreness still felt
oy unci.su aipiomats at the lonniaauie
judgment rendered against them by the
Geneva arbitratipn.
Secretary Blaine has been endeavoring to
bring the statement of liabilities of the two
partles,back to the basis laid down in Mr.
Wharton's note of July 23 last, while the
British Government has sought to escape
the direct responsibility for tho unwarrant
able killing of seals and for anything moro
than the difference between the 7,500 skins
which the lessees of the Seal Islands took,
and tho 100,000 skins they might have taken
had tho modus of last year not been en
forced. The agreement just reached Is said
trt hft n. ffiir mMn hnfirAi.n h t.wn ATtrAmn
'propositions. It appears that It will, unlike
me nrst moans, require the approval or the
Sena'.e, inasmuch as the last document pro
poses a permanent settlement, of damages,
and provides lor tho means or adjusting the
claims. The discussion to-day was gener
ally on tho same lino that has characterized
the preceding debates, and somo Senators
called attention to what they regarded as
Imperfections in tho dooumont. It was
finally leferredto tho Committee on Foreign
Relations.
CHBISTXAN ENDEAV0B C0NVEHTI01T.
SXadlson Fquaro Garden Not Large Enough
to Accommodate th Delegates.
New York, April 18. Preliminary arrange
ments are nearly completed for tho Eleventh
International Christian Endeavor Conven
vention which Is to bo held at Madison
Square Garden, July 7 to 10. The flrst con
vention was held June 2, 1832, at Portland,
Me., when there were only six societies and
481 members. The convention at Minne
apolis last July represented 18,274 societies,
with a membership of 1,003,980. By January
lof this year the number of societies. had
increased to 18,500 and the membership to
1,100.000.
The prospects are that tbe convention this
year will be larger than any hitherto held.
Every state and territory will be repre
sented and delegates will bepiesent from
many foreign lands. It is difficult at this
timo to estimate the number who will nt
tend. So far over 13,000 members have signi
fied their intention or being present. In
Now York City and Brooklyn alone the
memDership of tho societies is about 13,000,
and the membership in New York State,
New Jersey and tho other -States within an
easy reach of New York City rises into tho
IN,
hundreds of thousands. Tho great question
with the committee of arrangements is how
to take care of tho vast number of delegates
who may bo confidently expected. Provis
ions have already been made for holding
two overflowing meetings near the Garden,
which will be as carefully planned and con
ducted as the meetings.
These conventions are not for legislative
purposes, nor are any elections held. They
are held to awaken a. greater interest in
church work and all leligious matters and
the results looked lor and generally realized
are a greater activity bv the members of the
societies in the churches to which they be
long in all lines of Christian work and
benevolence. It has been decided to assign
the delegates from each State to some par
ticular hotel. Should ono hotel be Insufficient
the boarding houses In the. vicinity will be
used. About 15,000 persons will require ac
commodations. A reception" committee
consisting of 400 young people is being-organized
to look after the comfort and con
venience of the visiting delegates.
AN EVIDENCE OF BABBABISM.
A Freeport Resident Complains of
Bad
Roads and Unfair Assessments,
Robert Anderson, of Freeport, in speaking
of the valuation of farm property and. the
necessity for better roads, said yesterday:
"In the Harriso'i township lands were as
sessed by the assessors at from $53 to $60 per
acre, and the commissioners added 70 per
cent. In the township of Pawn, adjoining,
and only divided by tho township line,
lauds equally good, with better facilities for
getting tomarket, were valued at 425, and
were not raised by the commissioners. The
property of the largest and most profitable
manufacturing plant was valued at less than
one-tenth of its value. To show you that is
correct, take their houses, 210 in number.
They rent nt an averago of $10 per month
aud make $25,200 per year, and their assessed
valuation is $269,925. That shows that the
houses alone pay over 9 per cent on their
whole valuation, and their immense plant
covers many acres of ground and is one of
the most valuable in the State. I very much
doubt whether there is another In this State
that pays as large a percentage on the
capital stock. Now the farms do not pay
12 Dei- cent on their valuations, and the most
unproductive property that they own Days
between 9 and 10 per cent. In other words,
all the rest of the propertvin the township
01 ever' Kind is taxea 23 times more man
this wealthy company, and the larm prop
erty in Harrison township is taxed from
three to four times as much as the adjoin,
insr township.
"The road question is in a still worse con
dition, as the operatives unite on somo man
anions them, and elect him Supervisor, who
has no more interest in good roads than tho
King of the Cannibal Islands, and just ns
much Judgment for roadmaking. Money
that wo pay lor roads is wmse than wasted,
and we have tho worse roads I ever saw. and
they are getting worse every year. If the
roads are any evidence of civilization, we
aro the most barbarous people, if not in tho
world, at least in Pennsylvania."
Three Definitions of Woman.
"Woman is a lyre, the sweetness of whose
tone derftuds entirely upon tho skill of tho
player."
"Woman is a creature with long hair and
short ideas."
"Woman is to man what the key is to tho
watch she winds him up, legulates him and
keeps him going."
THE COMING CONVENTION.
Tni: convention will be a harmonious
body. The delegates will not forget that
they representee best people in tho Com
monwealth. Altoona Tribune (ijqi.).
Uxlikk as with the Democrats week be
fore last, thero will be no fight for party
control involved. Tire evidences are that
the leaders are acting in utmost harmony.
Wilkcibarre Record lliep.).
Tniir.E will be no trouble nt tbe Re
publican Convention. The delegates will
meet and mako their ticket and ndjourn.
This is a Republican State and this is.the
Piesidontal year. Tbe party has no time
for bickerings. Philadelphia Inguirer Rep.).
Tue presence of so many leaders in Har
risburg will be calculated to give encour
agement to the cause, and the voung men
of the party will construe tho display as an
evidence that organization is complete and
the fighting forces in excellent trim for tho
tattle. Harritburg Call IRep.).
Tms will be Republican week at Harris
burg, but there is not much public interest
in the convention. , The , delegates seem to
be concerned about the candidates to be
nominated, 'as the "leaders"' 'have appar
ently kept hands off and left the convention
free to make Us choice. Philadelphia Ledger
iRepl).
There is not likely to bo any repetition in
next Wednesday's convention of any of the
disgraceful scenes of last Wednesday's con
vention. Boss Quay usually gets his own
way, but he doesn't hare to sleep all the
previous night in tho Opera House and
brandish dirk and pistol to do it. Barrit
tntrg Patriot IDem.).
PRETTY VETERANS
Working to Raise Funds for tho Mem orial
Borne at BrookvlIIe Bazaarand Camp
fire at Old City Ball Tea Party at Trin
ity Church Gossip of Social Circles.
Martial enthusiasm was at its height in
Old City HaU last night. Memories or the
old days of nearly 30 years ago were aroused
by a good, old-fashioned campflre, as it is
called, where songs, stories and general en
tertainment were rife. It would not be con
venient to build an actual campflre In a ball,
but the off-hand ceremonies can be observed
ns well as in the woods or fields where the
soldiers songht relaxation from their hard
ships daring the war. Senior Vice Depart
ment Commander William O. Russell pre
sided.at the campflre last night. . There were
many interesting addresses, among which
must be particularly mentioned that by
Senator A. F. Thompson, of Lykens, who
told, in a plain, unvarnished way, the
good work that is being accomplished by the
Women's Relief Corps at the Memorial Home
property at BrookvlIIe. The home is for old
soldiers and their wives, and it is Indeed a
haveifof peace for the worn-out warrior and
those who are near and dear to him. There
is a debt of $5,000 remaining on the home,
and it is to raUe money enough to pay this
debt that the series of entertainments in
Old City Hall this week aro being givon. A
number of songs, choruses and recitations
were rendered during the evening. Miss
Milligan, the elocutionist, took part, and tho
choir of Post 157 sang some taking selections
that made the blood bound in the veins of
the veterans as they recalled the stirring
days of the early sixties. Tho quartette
oonsisted of Miss Carrie Tarrant, Miss Mary
Ott, Mr. II. L. Horburg and Mr. Bees. The
band of Alexander Hays Post 3 gave some
really clever music during the evening, the
overture in particular provoking prolonged
applause. There was a very large attend
ance. The hall is tastefully decorated
with flags andflowers,and the pretty booths,
that will be used in tho fair all the week, aro
themselves things of beauty. Nothing was
sold In the hall last night but lemonade.
The booth was fostooned in blue and vellow
material and was in charge of Hiss Lizzie
McGntre. This Is tho flrst time the G. A. R.
as'a body ever assisted the ladies in any
work. They are doing all they can now to
make np for previous neglect, the veterans,
seeing tiiat tho ladles aro doing good service
and deserve all the assistance that can bo
given them. Tho Ladies' Auxiliary of Pat
terson Post 83 will assist at tho fair on Thurs
day night. To-morrow and for the rest of
tho week dinner will bo served dally from 11
to 2 o'clock and suppor from 5 to 7. Itisex
peoted that nil business men nnd others will
patronize this department. The viands will
be of excellent qunlity aud well cooked and
the prlco of tho meals will bo deoidedly reas-
onaDie. Avery ovening mere win ue a "-liferent
programme and tho indications are
that a week of patriotic pleasure Is t o be en
joyed. The annual tea party at Trinity Ii. C
Church, corner of Center avenuo and-Fulton
street, commenced last night. It will
continue this evening, the party always
lasting two days. The party is given in the
school hall. The two rooms on the lower
floor aro used as supper rooms. There are
lace curtains at the windows, relieved oy
bright green lambrequins, which show up
very effectively under the chandeliers, and
wax candles on the tables. The tables last
night were tastefully arranged, with a pro
fusion of flowers, si! ver and glass, all glow
ing, glittering under tbe softened lights.
As usual, there were crowds at the tables,
and tbe ladies in charge were kept busy Tor
two hours in satisfying the require
ments of the guests. They were equal to the
task, however, and no one was sent away
without being fully satisfied. It was de
clared by all who took supper that they had
never sat down to a better prepared or Def
ter served meal. On the second floor tables
for the entertainment of the gentlemen are
provided with cards, etc. The dancing hall
is on the third floor, whero arc also the
lemonade and flower booths. All were well
patronized last night, nnd the probabilities
are that the ci owds will be much larger this
evening, Judging from the expressed deter
mination or those present, to -come and
make all their friends come for the closing
night or the lair. Tho fair Is a decided
financial success so lar. The proceeds will
be devoted to tho benefit of the school.
The marriage of Miss Amelia May Smith
to Mr. Dean G. Gocweyis announced to take
place on Tuesday, May 3, in tho Park Ave
nue Presbyterian Church.
A wedding that will be interesting to
nianjr Tlttsburgers is to take p'lace.in Phila
delphia on the 9th of May. The brido will
be Miss Louisa O'irae, one of tho fairest
daughters of the Quaker Citr, and the groom
a verypopular Pittburger, Prof.Kirchner.of
tbe East End Gymnastic Club. Prof. Kirch
ner has hosts of friends in this city, all of
whom will wish him the greatest happiness
in his prospective new state.
A dress rehearsal of "David Garrick"
was given at Morganza last night, by the
young people who are to ive an entertain
ment to-night for the benefit or the Fiesh
Air Fund. Tho performance was very
smooth, and augurs well for the quality of
that to be given in Masonic Hall, Allegheny,
to-night. The Interest taken in that glorious
charity, tho Fresh Air Fund, insnres a largo
audience this evening, nnd the good work
already done by tho cempany makes it cer
tain that "David Garrick" will have a worthy
representation. The Western University
Mandolin Club will furnish the music
A very interesting address was delivered
by Rev. A. A. Lambing last night at Lafay
ette Hall. Ills subject was "The Other Side
of Missionary Life," and the speaker man
aged to extract a L-reat deal of information
from it. Ho was frequently applauded, the
audience listening to his words throughout
with the most eager attention. The lecture
was given under the auspices of St. Bene
dict's Commandery, No. 189, R. C. U. K. of
St. John, and the proceeds will be devoted
to the benefit of St. Benedict's Colored Cath
olic Church.
The ladies of St Brendan's Roman Cath
olic Church will give a tea party this even
ing. It Is expected to be a delightful social
occasion. The church was dedicated last
fall, tho pastor being Rev. Father Moly
neaux, late of St. PauPs Cathedral.
The "Wilkinsbnrg Hall Assocfation, T
O. O. F., gave a reception iu the Opera House
hi that city last evenlug. .
Two important weddings are announced
to take place to-day. One is that of Miss
Mary Elizabeth Thurston and Mr. Lewis
Buckley Stillwcll, at Calvary Protestant
Episcopal Church, and the other. Miss Naucy
Hodgo to Mr. William J. McCance.
Mrs. "W. C. Moreland will give a re
ception this afternoon in honor of Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. G. House.
The Marlboro Club, of Allegheny, gave a
dance in Cyclorama Hall last night.
The Glee and Mandolin Clnbs of the
Western University will give a concert at
Sewickloy on Friday, tho 22d instant, at
Choral Hall. On tho 29ch instant, they will
repent the entertainment at Carnegie Hall,
Allegheny. This will bo tho flrst annual
concert of the clubs since their organization.
Stilt Slorx I Needed.
New York Evening Telegram. I
If every committeo appointed under the
Grant Monument Association would but
contribute $5, it seems as though the goal of
that movement might soon be reached.
DEATHS OP A DAT.
Matthew' G; Elllotr.
Matthew G. Elliott, fifth descendent to
Dr. Elliott, the apostle to the Indlnns. died at Ills
home In New HaTen yesterday. He wis born in
Kent. Conn., in 1S35, and removed to Xcir Hnven
in 1823. Aside from being a member of the Court
of Common Council he was one of the promoters or
tne Fiirmlngton Canal, the New Haven nnd I.iirtu
ampton Railroad and a director In the iew Haven
havings Bank.
Joaeph Kinkead.
Joseph Kinkead died last night at 11:30,
at his home at Turtle Creek, in his 70th year. He
was veteran of the Confederate and Mexican
wan. For 15 years he had been agent of the Penn
sylvania Railroad at Turtle Creek, and wu highly
esteemed by his superiors for his honesty and In
tegrity. He leaves a widow and three children.
M. B. Clark, tJ. S. N.
Chief Engineer M. B. Clark, retired, died
at hi residence in Washington, D. C. jettcrday
morning. . He mi the Inventor of the deflective
armor no used on warships of all nations.
Jarob Glover.
Jacob Glover died" yesterday at Dudley,
N. J. He wu formerly one of the proprietors of
the Eohlnoor Colliery at Shenandoah.- Pa., a man
with a national reimtatlon as a coal operator.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Football wai a iavorite game among tho
Greeks and Romans.
A'French soldier can earn 5 shillings a
month pocket jnoney.
A Philadelphia Chinaman glories 'ia a
pigtail S feet 11 inches in length.
t A turnip seed increases its own weight
15 times In a minute when growing.
The cocoa tree of the Maldive Island
every month produces a cluster of nuts.
Among English people dark brown hair
is more than twice as common as hair of any
other shade.
A chicken ranch in Bellingham Bay,
Pnget Sound, has 100,000 fowls. It is said to
be the largest iu the world.
At the present day sacred pigs roam in
violate about the Buddhist monasteries of
Canton and elsewhere in China.
The largest telephone switchboard" In
the world Is that in the exchange at Berlin,
whero 7.000 wires are connected with tho
main office.
The. City of London is the smallest of
cities, but tbe most valuable. It has. an
area of one square mile which produces a
rental of $7,010,000 per annum.
People in Japan are called by tho
family name flrst, the individual, orwhat
we should call the Christian name, next,
and then tho honorific thus, "Smith Peter
Mr."
It is said that in all the forests of the
earth thero are no two leaves exactly the
same. It is also said that amid nil peonies
of the earth there are no two faces precisely
alike.
In the towns and cities of Chile all tho
shopping of any consequence is done in tho
evening. In Santiago the stores are open
till midnight, and during hot afternoons
they aro locked up.
A law is to be passed in Costa Rica
making the sale to foreigners - of Indian
antiquities collected in the Republic a
crime punishable with severe penalties. A
similar law is to be passed in Ecuador. - "
Switzerland has the largest army of any
nation of Europe in proportion to its popu
lation. No standing army is permitted' by
law. but all citizens are liable to serve, and
in turn undergo annual military training.
Bees are said to desert a hive on' the oc
casion or a death in tbe family, unless they
are Informed of It by rapplrig on tho hive
whilo announcing the death. In some
places it is said the hives in such a caso
should be draped with mourning.
An ancient copper mine, which was fitst
worked 1183 years ago, is abont to "bo .re
opened in Mnsashi, Japan. Old Japanese
manuscripts of undoubted authenticity men
tion this mine. Its galleries and levels are
in some cases just as they were 700 years
ago.
The oldest woman in the conntrywho
is a preacher, it is, thought, is therRey. Lydia
Sexton, of Seattle', now 93 years of age. .She
has been iu service about half a century.
For eight or ten years she was an exhorter
bcim e receiving a regular license to preach,
in 1S51.
After the famine of 1847, lace making
was revived In Ireland. Limerick, the most
successful Irish lace, is not really a lace ae
all. It is tambour work upon net and
muslin. The Irish point, so called, is. tho
ancient cutwork, Deing made in quite the
same way.
So great has been the development of
the petroleum fields in Peru that pipe lines
have been run from the main nells to tho
coast. The opinion is expressed that tho
Peruvian Held will soon be able- to-supplv
tho demand of all the west coast of South
America.
Along the Colombia river a kind of
bread is mado by the Indians from a moss
that grows on the spruce fir tree. This moss
is prepared by placing it In heaps, sprinkling
it with water and permitting it to ferment.
Then it is rolled into balls as big as a. man's
head and these are baked in pits.
The "superfluous woman" has notwhol
ly abandoned New England, but she is dwin
dling, so to speak. The aggregate popula
tion of the six States increased in the ten
years 17.2 per cent., but the number of males
increased 3T5,632, or 18.1 percent., while the
females increased 335.1S4, or only 16.3 per
cent.
During seven months of last year more
than 200 buildings were struck by lightning
in England, including 21 churches., and
chapels. 114 residences, 21 farmhouses'nnd
ricks, and 9 Hotels and public 'booses. Dur
ing the same time 18 men- and women -wero
killed by this. cause, besides 93Jicattle,j35
horses and 153 sheep.
One day in 1830- a working jeweler,
Joseph Gillott, now tho famous steel pen
maker, accidentally split one of his flno
steel tools. Being suddenly required to sign
a receipt, and not finding bis quill nen .at
hand, he used tho split tool as a ready-substitute.
This happy accident led to the idea
of making pens of steel. ,
In Oriental countries locusts are util
ized as food. They are sometimes fried and
served with rice and .dates, sometimes
boiled, or baked, occasionally salted and
ground up into cakes, and frequently boiled
in milk. The Digger Indians rejoiced in the
great swarms of locusts of 1875 as a dispensa
tion of tne Great Spirit.
A hermit who died in Logan county,
O., recently, was a great hoarder of curios.
He lort a library of choice works worth, $2,
500, nearly a score of guns, some of them old
flintlocks; enough trousers to start a store,
and clocks, watches and revolvers by tho
dozen, the Inventory showing nearly 1,000
separate groups of goods.
The Paris Exposition of ISjo cost 55,000,
COO, tho London Exposition of 18G2 $2,300,000,
the Vienna Exposition of 1873 $7,830,000 and
the Paris Exposition of 1883 $i;,50O,0CO. The
$22,000,000 which it is proposed to spend on
our Columbian Exposition shows that Amer
ica can beat the world when it comes to a
lavish expenditure or money.
A unique triple wedding feast was en
Joyed in a Bohemian village early this
month, when a young couple were married
on the same dav that the parents of tho
bridegroom cele'brated their silver wedding
and his grandparents their golden wedding.
On tne same uay a uminuiiu wcuuin
was celebrated at Helllngenkreuz,.lnear
Vicuna.
A remarkable diamond has been re
cently found on the Koffeyfonteln Diamond
Mining Company's ground In Australia,
which appears to bn of such value that even
competent judses hesitate to name a price
commensurate with its worth. It Is said to
bo or a beautiful shade of pink, entirely de
void of spot or blemish, and to weigh 13
karats.
One of the old stories is that in the year
lfilfl two councillors of Christian IV. of Den
mark, while sailing between Norway and
Sweden, discovered a merman -swimming
about with a bunch of grass on his head.
The v threw out a hook and line, baited with
a slice of bacon, which tho merman seized.
Being caught, he threatened vengeance so
loudly that he was thrown back into the sea.
IDYLLIC nUMORESQUES.
Brian I think you do. Smith an injustice
in speaking of him as you did Justnow. .
Ryan Perhaps that's so, but it! an injustice he
thoroughly deserves. Denver Sun.
The frosty airs of winter
Are losing now their sting.
And soon the blustry winds win howl
And wake the sleeping spring.
'The Brtekmaier.
"That's an angel of a house!" said she.
"Not quite." he replied. "It has only on,
wlug. ' ' ifarper' Bazar.
It's nice, when winter wars are waged,
To look ahead to springtime.
Meanwhile the pretty girl engaged, ,
Will dream of wedding-ring time. Judje.
Penelope Jack is such a noble fellow.
Perdita In what way?
Penelope He Is willing, to marry me although I
know all about his past. Sew Tort HeralcU
The snow has left the ground once more,
The leaves begin to bud
And when she goes to walk, her trail
Now tralleth In the mud. Cloak Review.
"How this garment has faded! And the
talesman told me they were fast colors."
'Deed; ma'am," replied the washerlady. "an
ye'd 'ave thought they wor. Judgin' be the rapid
ity wld which they wlnt." Wathington Star.
, She was very thin,
Bat I very soon found
When I stepped on her dress,
lliat It made her look 'rounl.
Brooklvn'Oavle.
Moop There goes Shoop. He's the big-
geat dcadbeat In town.
Kloop So he 1. He's done me out of money
more than once.
Moop Why. I've saved -fortune on that fellow
by oot having had them I Smith, Gray (.'a.'
Monthly.