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Including Sunday.Jm'ths. ISO D ULY DlvrATCH. including Sunday, I m'th. SO Scmiay Dispatch. One Year tV V r fklt Disp tcii. One Year 125 TiicDail DispatciiIs delivered by carriers at :.' cents per week, or. Including buuday Edition, at If cents ix r vi tvk. WEDNESDAY, MAY 4. 1331, TWELVE PAGES THE 50DTIIS1DE rr.CE ISRIDGE. It is not surprising that a diversity of opinion is shown as to the proper site for tl-p proposed free bridge to the Southside, but it will be unfortunate if that is allowed to stand as an excuse for delay. JTo mat ter where the bridge is placed it will not suit even body. The general principle, therefore, to govern the choice should be the creates? convenience to the greatest number, taking all the circumstances into account. If some, as must be the cise, are disar pointed it will be well to bear in mind ti.at this free bridge must be fol lowed by others for other localities. The suggestion to utilize the occasion for civing access to the hill wards, to the Iis: Liberty valley and to the Schcnley P.trk district, by making the new bridge connect not only with Second avenue, but with Forbes stieet and Fifth avenue, con tinues the most important of the many that have ben mad". This is a feature which She best judgment will commend. VTl.erever the site is chosen it should be b"l! In view. Any bruise ending on Sec-- atomic alone will to a great extent t duplicate the toU bridges with- 1. giving the quick and direct access w liioli is desirable from the residence por tions of the city to the Southside, and which should be greatly beneficial to all sections. The facility with which such a bridge, with three outlets in place of one, could he Lu-lt at Soho, stronsly recom mends that site. The lines and the levels of Second avenue, Forbes street and Fifth avenue clcs-ly approaching each other theie, wculd permit at comparatively small additional cost a stracturo so ar ranged a to txive access to all three of these main aiteries from the Southside. It wonM requite no extraoi dinary engineer ing skill 10 plan such a bridge, ending on the Piitbanr side with three outlets, adapted to the three grades to be reached. At present neither by toll bridce or otherwise, is there any communication ex cepting a c.rcuitoiis and tedious one be tween the Southside and the greater part of the city wh ch lies beyond Grant street. This is an important consideration. But wherever the bridge is to be placed, the sile snould oon be selected. The work should not be allowed to lag, now that the money Is on hand to go on with it. TIlC TKtSTV gki:,vt MISSION. The energy with which the anthracite coal combinat.on puisnes its mission of ci'eapenmg the cost of coal by its superior business 01 ganization is strikingly shown by its advance of 15(g2o cents per ton in the East last week, the rates to the Western peop'e hating been previously advanced 25 tents. Likewise, the appointed mission of the trusts to confer benefits on the people was exemplified by the Electric Trust, with 850,000,000 of fiat capital, in its attempt to justify some portion of that dropsical capitalization by charging the World's F.iir 1.200,000 more thin a competitive price for electric lights. Of course, the SuarTrust pursues the same disinterested mission by its recent addition to the cost of sugar for this nation of about $13,000,000 annually. If the 'rusts keep on cheapening things this way the cost of living will be cheap ened so far as to be out of sight for the ordinary laboring man. THE PUTATIVE OPPOSITION. As a supplement to the review of the situation as regards the selection of dele gates to the Democratic National Conven tion, made recently by The Dispatch, a summary of the action of States in sending delegates to the Republican gathering is inlerestinn. Such an one is presented by the New York Commercial Advertiser with regard to the action of 31 conven tions, including two Territories and the District of Columbia. The showing on the Republican side differs somewhat from the strong preponderance of Cleve land on the Democratic side. It is true that Harrison is the only candidate in the fild, but of the 31 conventions only twelve, sending 218 delegates, are in structed for him. These include the Southern States, the doubtful State of In diana, and the Republican States of Ne braska and South Dakota. In three of the Southern States there is a dispute as to the regularity of the instructions, and in South Dakota the instructions were only carried by a very close vote. On the other hand 14 Northern States, two South ern, two Southwestern Territories and the District of Columbia have sent 390 uniu structed delegates atterformally indorsing the administration. This showing of 63 per cent more dele gates that aro not pledged to Harrison than the number which are is widely taken as indicating a shaky outlook for the President's renomination. That would be a legitimate conclusion if there were one or more candidates whom the uninstructed delegates could take up. But the fact is that there is no opposing candi date, and the character of ihe Great Un insiructed makes it difficult for them to unite on an available man. If the 390 could take up Gresham, for example, it might put a new face on the political situation. But Gresham is the last man whom the leadprs of this element would accept. The fact is that 200 of 390 un instructed are under the direction of poli ticians who have more concern with the distribution of patronage than with thn direction of national policy. Harrison is in a position to deal with these gentlemen more immediately and promptly than any other candidate except perhaps that the Jovial Thomas B. Reed could offer a gen eral and sweeping partition of the spoils. Tho large preponderance of the unin stnicted element is a disclosure that the President is by no means indisputably strong with his own party; but the char acter of the putative opposition does not afford much ground for the expectation that it will withstand the arguments of Federal patronage. FIRE AND INSURANCE. Some new issues are introduced into the discussion raised by the recent fire by the Interview with Major Wiliiam ilcCandless, President of the Board of Firo Underwriters. Major McCandless points out that as a result of conferences last year the policy was out lined of increasing the firo protection of the downtown district by multiplying the fire plugs, which would not only decrease the reliance on long lines of hose but mitigate the blockading of streets by fires; by the transfer of smaller engines to the residence wards; by the increase of crews so that the heavy three-inch hose could be handled with more celerity, and by the purchase of a fire boat and water towers, which would increase the effective means for fighting fire for quite a distance back from the river front Thess things do not seem to have been done; and the head of the insurance interest presents it as a cogent question, why they have not been done. These points only increase the fores of what The Dispatch lias already said about an authoritative inquiry into all the points on which criticism has been made, in order that the course of the city shall be clear for the future. The Dispatch has invariably indorsed whatever expen diture is necessary to afford full fire pro tection to the business part of the city. In the last appropriation ordinance it ac cepted as based on valid reasons the in creased appropriations for the Department of Public Safety, supposed to be for the purpose of providing this protection. Recent experiences appear to afford a strong argument for promptly making the changes agreed upon a year ago. Meantime, will the insurance men on their part answer a fair and pertinent question upon the other side of the case sJnce the subject is up, viz.: Why are tho owners and tenants of dwelling houses in Pittsburg charged two and three times the rate for insurance that insuranca com panies are glad to get upon dwelling houses in Philadelphia? Whatever may be said about the losses upon business property in Pittsburg it must be admitted that there are very few losses on dwelling house property in the city, yet Pittsburg ers have to pay at tho rate of 80 cents for three years where Philadelphians get their insurance for half or even one-third that, and can get a perpetual insurance for 52 CO. VENEZUELAN PASSION. Civilization has a good deal of progress to make yet in Venezuela, if reports thence are to be credited. War is bad enough with all its modern refinements without any retrograde to the methods of the dark ages. Here is a Dictator who has been fortunate enough to capture the son of the General leading a rebellion against him. This man, Palacio, threatens to shoot his hostage should his father succeed in getting within a league of Caracas, the capital. In return, the prisoner's father, General Crespo, promises that should such an outrage be committed he will improve upon it by burning Palacio at the stake. Comparisons are at best unprofitable, and the barbarity Exhibited at the recent Tcxarcana lynching prohibits this country from indulging in stone throwing. But it is clear that humanity has much to do bo fore Venezuela can be recognized as more than a semi-savage country. Apart from these considerations, however, the employ ment of such tactics indicates the heat of passion and the stern determination which animate the southern revolutionists, whose performances arc too often regarded here as a harmless pastime. NOT LIKELY TO ROLD GOOD. It would be a very comfortable thing for the river coal men if the theory of Mr. Grant, of Morgantown, that there is no law allowing tolls to be charged on inter State freight by. the Monongahela Navigation Company, were to stand the test of the courts. It would likewise be a very bad thing for the Monongahela Navigation Company. But we would not advise the river men to bank much on obtaining such a decision, nor is there any need for the Navigation Company's stockholders to unload their investments in expectation of such a rul ing. The slack water improvement stands on the same legal foundation as a railroad, and both of them on the same basis as the old turnpike improved by a corporation. All are highways improved under cor porate charters from the States. They are of different classes, being water highways and land highways of characters each adapted to different sorts of vehicles. Their right to charge tolls rests on State charters; and any constitutional rule which required inter-State freight to pass free over one class would apply equally to all. There is no national statute au thorizing railroads to levy charges on inter-State freight, but, as Justice Bradley cogently pointed out in his dissenting opinion in Wabash vs Illinois, the rail roads derive that right from State legisla tion. Besides that, in natural equity the right ot a corporation to charge a toll for the use of its improvements cannot be disregarded without injustice. The Dispatch has heretofore clearly declared itself in favor of freeing the Monongabela river from tolls. But the way to accomplish this is by condemnation of and compensation for the improvements made by the Navigation Company. The United States has commenced this work, and the pait of those interested in making the river free of tolls is to urge on the rather leisurely process. A JOINT OBSTACLE. Our esteemed jingo cotemporary the New York Press notes that Spain is in such financial difficulties that it is pro posed to increase taxation on numerous industries, to put stamp duties on tobacco and lucifer matches, to impose higher duties on wines and spirits, and so forth, all with the hope of adding 55,000,000 to the revenue. This suggests to the Press that "it might be an opportune time to inquire diplomatically at Madrid if she is willing to dispose of Cuba to the United States." It might be If it were not for two objec tions. First, that Spain has frequently and forcibly declared that the one thing she will never do is to sell her sovereignty of the Island of Cuba. In other words, Spain will not do it on any terras. The other objection is that while it would be un fortunate for the United States to embark on any rohcy of territorial acquisition, the one property of all others which she does not want is that land of bandits, ex-slaves and unrepublican landed proprietors that breeding place of lotteries and yellow fevers known as Cuba. In other words, common sense in the United States does not want Cuba on any terms. When the joint obstacle of a government that will not sell Cuba and a government that does not want Cuba as a gift can be overcome, then the time may be oppor tune as suggested by our New York co temporary, but not until then. SiLVEnrniESD has become Victoria Woodhull'spilvate secretary. If his name carry no Southwestern States the lady's chances lor success are slim indeed. The immense growth of Pittsburg was very creditably illustrated by our cotempo rury, tho Commercial Gazette, In its special business edition yesterday. The tale of this city's great development cannot, fortlie best interests of all, bo too often or too elaboiately told. Pittsburg is still traveling in its seven leagued boots. The Dispatch delights in chronicling its progress from dav to day, and it says "well done!" to every effort of its cotemporaries in the sarao direction. When the same spirit is thoroughly diffused anions all classes "of citizens, Pittsburg's march to vaster proportions will be greatly acceler ated. Impostor Teed might take kindly to feathers alone, but when they are offered mixed with tar ho is little likely to regard them as a becoming angelic outfit. Governor Flower has taken two leaves from Biaiue's book. The latter feels himself disqualified for the Pres.dontal race by physical weakness and has called in the ad vice of a professional wrestler to counteract the stress of ofllclal labor and the disastrous delights of tho dinner table. But Flower has taken time by the forelock and engages nightly in an hour's boxing with a rub down to lollow. He evUently hopes to make up in healthy tissues what ho lacks in states manship. More Dels irtism is nowhere when a l'residental contest is to be prepared for. A Habrisox "transparency" has caused a row in a New York Republican club. Tho particular transparency in question was not the President's civil service views. O'DONOVAN KOS3A says that convicts are helped to this country by tho English Government, and of conrse ho ought to know. Moreover it may be regarded as cer tain that his inclination would render him liable to err in favor of the British govern ment he loves, rather fian against its inter ests which ho has striven so hard to foster. There is more than one Presidents! dark horso who could be fittingly described cither :is stalking horse for others or as talking horse for himself. If railroad companies would confine in J urios ai ising fi om wrecks to members of the fraternity of tramps stealing a ndo there would be little to complain or, but unfortu nately no such limit is made, and the paying innocent passenger rnns Just the same risks as the gentlemen who scorn to walk and are too proud to work. Tctjn abont is fair play and the actions of the Huntingdon Reformatory officials hair ing been investigated riotous inmates are to bo "placed 011 trial. Were the truth known, there are many people w ho could sec up as a delense for the non-payment of taxes the claim made by a Kentuckiau that his estato was equaled by his debts. But the moral courage of a colonel is necessary before recourse can be had to so dospcratc a measure. McKeespoet finds "speak-easy" raids so profitable for the city treasmy that the illicit industry is really iu danger of ex termination. As for throwing cold water on the en thusiasm of our firemen, thereby dampening their ardor, no one would be foolish enough to try to do that. Even were such action desirable, the hoso used would berve the puipose very fully nnd lender any further effort entirely supererogatory. When you see by the bill posters that "The Drummer Boy of Shlloh" is on at tho theaters it is safo to look up your spring un derwear. Senator Sherman seems to have re considered his refusal to ever enter the field for the Presidental nomination. He has in timated to a Chicago man that he would not refuse if offered the prize, and, singularly enough, the Chicago man believed him. Fuller details are necessary to substan tiate that rumor that .Cleveland fatheis a Presidental boom lor the Chief Justice. Experts declare that the air of the United States Senate chamber is not of very bad quality, in spite of a general belief to the conliary. Can this be explained by "leave to print" in tho Record instead of personal delivery on current topics! A mayor should be a great deal more than a figurehead, but a head forfigutesis a useful possession for sucb an officer. If weather in Philadelphia be such as it is in Pittsburg, the strike of 500 grammar school boys may be explained by the in dolence which accompanies spring fever moio readily than by a change or princi pals. It is abont time for Coleman Drayton nnd Aureli.in Scuoll to see if they can shoot, so they u ill not feel lonely. As the fine tor sealing in Bering Sea is twioe as much under tho American law as under tho English, poachers should pray for arret by British vessels. Or, hotter still, avoid danger liom either by regarding the law. A MISS & as good as a mile.and it appears that in the Allegheny postoflice she is better than a Myler. "WniLE Anarchists confine their efforts to sell-destruction in tho manner of the fanat ical ciank who hanged himself in the Cen tral station, they will achieve moio popu larity than they can othei n Isc compass. Deeming is now "in irons." In a short time it will be difficult to locate him so def initely. A conservatory; of glass and iron is peculiatly typical of Pittsburg's industries, and its contents should urouse more en-, thusiusm than exists at present in the pur suit of the beautiful. It is the magnetic pole that now forms the center of attraction to Arctic explorers. Surely Deeming has crimes enough on his head without adding authorship to the list. But perhaps this last offence is only a final eltort to demonstrate his insanity. lie May Have to Retire. 3IcKecsport Herald. If many moieof the Law and Order spies aro shown up in their truo light McCluro should leturn to bis country home and seek some worthier object for his talents than the bunday newspaper. Old Unough to Have Sliver Threads. Chicago Times. It is abont time that a store of precious metiils was accumulated by the Grant Monu ment Association of New York. The asso ciation is certainly old enough to have silver threads among tho gold. Worse Than a Thunder Storm. Toledo Commercial. Presently the noise and con fusion of Demo cratic hosts clashing together will be heard in the land. Democrats never did dwell in harmony and peace. Backward About Coming Forward. St. Louis Republic lr, as alleged, tlicro is a strong Hill senti ment in Texas it is very backward about coming foiwaid. -THEIR PECDLIAR-POLITICS. Tho Articles of Faith to Which the People's Party of Maine Subscribe Many Charac teristic Demands Laws for Labor as Well as Capital. Gardiser, Me., May 8. The State conven tion of the People's party of Malno assem bled to-day with 100 delegates present, in cluding many prominent labor men. It was practically a meeting for organization. There is no fiipd to assist delegates to at tend the convention, and they are at their own expense. Some walked from 10 to 20 miles in order to be present. The Commit too on Resolutions reported the following "Articles'of Faith:" We heartily indorse the platform adopted by the Industrial Conference, at St. Louis, February 22, 1892. tVe demand a safe, sound and flexible cur rency, which sliail be lull legal tender for all debts, public and private, to be con trolled by the national Government without the intervention of private corporations and issued to the extent of $50 per capita. As n step in the light direction, we de mand tho free and unlimited coinage of sil ver. Ve demand that all revenues shall be lim ited to the necessary expenses of the Gov ernment. . tVe demand a graduated income tax. We demand that labor shall reoelve the same protection that is accorded to cap ital in its various forms in this conn try, nnd to this end we demand that Con gtess shall enact a law that any person, firm or corporation who shall employ the labor of foreigners not naturalized shall pay into the United States Treasury $1 per day for every day such foreign laborer is thus emploveu, or such a sum as shall be equal to the high est average protection to capital employed In the various industries of this country. We demand that all land now held by capi talists and corporations for speculative pur poses shall be reclaimed bv the Government and held for actual settlers only. We demand that all trusts and combina tions of capital for the purooseof controling the nricea of nrtlclos of neeessitv shnnld be placed under the ban of law and made a penal offense. Wodomand that the Government shall at once tnko charge of railroad, telegraph and telephone systems and manage the same in the interest of the people. We demand a livinor svstcm of taxation. - We demand an eight-honr system in all mills, mines, trades and factories. We demand eqnal -suffrage regardless of sex. We recognize the saloon as the mortal en emy of all the above named leforms, and, therefore, demand strict enforcement of the statute laws and the enactment of such na tional laws as may bo necessary for its com ploto and universal overthrow. For Governor. L. C. Bateman, of Sears monr, and for electors at large J. B. Clark, Bangor, and W.H Harris, Anburn.were nom inated bv acclamation. J. II: Swan, W. G. Soulo, Wm. Hobbs. G. C. Walker, J. E. Campion, W. M, F. Harris and Henry Petts were nominated for delegates to tho Na tional Convention at Omaha. LEFT THE METHODIST CHT7ECH To Become an Episcopalian Is the Action of a Southern Divine. Norfolk, Va., May 3. Special. One of tho most surprising things that has hap pened in Norfolk in a long time ooourred last night. It was tho resignation of Rev. Dr. William E. Evans, pastor of the Granby Street M. E. Church, one of the wealthiest Methodist churches in tho Virginia Confer ence, with a view of becoming a clorgyman in tho Piotestant Episcopal Church. Tho first in timation the Episcopalians of Nor folk had of the proposed change was during a visit of Rev. B. D. Tucker, ol St. Paul's P. E. Church, to tho doctor soon after Easter. The visit had no relation whatever to the change, but it was then nnd there that Dr. Evans unbosomed himself and tola of his pm poses. Dr. Evans feels that he will be happier in the Episcopal Church, and therefore more useful. His letter to his Presiding Eider conveying the credentials under which he has for 16 years performed the duties or a Methodist minister was written last night and mailed this morning, so that he who was yesterday pastor of one of tho most prominent Methodist churches In the South is without tho Palo of that denomination. in quo time ne win a pply for oiders in the Dr. Evans' salary was dioceso of Alabama. $3,000 a year. EUSSIA'S VIQIIANT POLICE Spoil a Plot in Which an Americas Woman Was tho Central Figure. New York, May 3. Mrs. Theophila Kra mer is probably1 now on her way to Russia, but if she reaches theie she will land In the bastile in short order, as both she and tho object of her visit are too well known to escape the Russian police. She wanted to go with the Red Cross relief to the lamine stricken distiicts and would then leave and then elude tho vigilance of the officials and assist the Nihilists. But Mrs. Kiaemer's plans were discovered and she was dropped trom the list of those to go by the Tynehend. However, she lias disappeared and it is believed she is trying to go on her own account. The Russian secret police are said to be closely on her track and watching every movement. Mrs. Kraemer is a naturalized Polish woman, who lias lived in this country nearly all her life. P00E SEN'S TROUBLES. General Butler Again Sued by the C. T. Jewett Pub'lihlng Company. Bostok, May 3. Special.-General B. F. Butler has to withstand further litigation on account of his book. Suit was yesterday begun in the Suffolk county Supreme Ju dicial Court in which the General figures as the defendant and is sued for $50,000. The plaintiff is tho C. F. Jewett Publishing Com pany, who claim that the Geneinl has vio lated the teims of a contract made with it on September 15, 18S9, wheieln It is alleged he agreed to give it the work of publishing his book. General Butler will have 30 days within wbicli to lespond to the allegations. A former suit was brought by the same plain tiff against the General, seeking to have the court older him to perform his part of the alleged contiact. This last named suit went to tho Supreme Court full bench on ques tions of law. rZ7 PIEECE'S B00MEB DEAD. George B. Proctor, Who Made a President, Dies at the Age or 84. Boston, May 3. ctaf. Mr. George B. Proctor, of Welleslcy, Mass., who made him self famou half a century ago by starting tho Presidental boom of Franklin Pierce, died Monday aged 82 years. From 1812 to 1832 he bad charge or tho Democratic head quarters in this city, and when Franklin Pieirecamo homo Jiom tho Mexican Wnr his Boston friends rallied about hlin and at the old headquarters they started the boom which bore him on its tide into the doors of the White House. At that" titrte party headquarters was a decided innovation, and this movement, which put Pierce into the Presidental chair, was undoubtedly the first one of importance from such a souice. PERTINENT AND PERSONAL. Ambroise Thomas, the well-known com poser, is seriously ill in Paris. A great deal of anxiety has been cansed in Catholic circles by Archbishop Kenricks' inability to fill his confirmation engage ments. Senator Stanford contemplates giv ing his Nob Hill lesidonco in San Francisco to the State to bo converted into a free pub lie Hbrnr3 Emperor "William will visit Queen Victoria in August next. He will arrive at Cones on tho imperial yacht Uohenzollern on August L One of the prettiest girls in Utah rather a dubious compliment, peihaps is Mrs. R. W. Sloan, of Salt Lake City, who is a grand daughter or Brighain Young. Miss Anna Dickinson, who was seriously ill at New York where she was stopping, was much better yesterday morn ing, and her physician pronounces, her out or danger. Dr. Mansfield Merriman, of Lehigh Univeisity, has been offered tho chair of Mathematics in the Chicago University at a salary of $7,000 a year. He has taken no action regarding the offer. TnE Ecv. Dr. George H. McGraw, who has been the pastor of St. Paul's Mctho dist Episcopal Church in Now York, for tho last three years, has formally renounced the Methodist faith and has been confirmed in the Episcopal Church. IN WOMAN'S REALM. Dau;hter of tho American Revolution Ar ranging for a Series of Lectnres T. TV. C. A. Reception Kennlon of the Sterrett tV. C. T, V. Gossip or Society. There was an important meeting at the residence of Mrs. Park Painter, BIdge ave nne, Allegheny, yesterday afternoon of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The business of the meeting was to perfect ar rangements for a series of lectures by Miss Jane Meade Welsh, the first of which is to be given on Monday, Way 33. There was a large attendance at the meeting yesterday, and tho greatest interest was manifested by those present. After due consideration the following programme Was submitted by committees that have had the matter in chaige, and adopted unanimously by the meeting: Monday, Mav 30, Miss Welsh will lecture on "The Making or the Constitu tion," at the residence of Miss Denny, ill Penn avenue; Wednesday, June 1, "Alex ander Hamilton," also at Miss Denny's; Sat urday, June i, "Thomas Jefferson," Mrs. Park Painter'" house; Monday, Juno 6, "The War of 1S12," Mrs. Hogg's, 78 Church avenue, Allegheny; Wednesday, June 8, "John Qnlncy Adams," also at Mrs. Hogg's; Satur day, Juno 11, "The Capture of a Common wealth," Mrs. M. K. Moorhead. 6221 Ellsworth avenue. These lectures will all commence at 11 a. m. They will not be exclusive in any sense of the word, the public generally being invited to attend all of them. The committee of armngemonti are Miss Julia Harding, Miss Knte McEnight, Mrs. Howard Morton, Mrs. O. D. Thompson, Mrs. Frank LcMoyne. Miss S. Ening, Mrs. W. J. Holland, Mrs. Walter McCord, Miss Burg win, and Mrs. Cl.arles McEnight. Tickets for the course of lectures can be obtained of any of these ladies. The sale has already commenced, and there is no question that Miss Welsh will be welcomed by very large audiences. Tho ladles having tne lectnres in charge are very enthusiastic, and are de lighted with tho Interest the enterprise has awakened in Pittsburg. The new building of the Central Young Women's Christian Association at 121 Penn avenue will be formally opened Friday evening or this week. A reception will be held on that day from 3 to 5 p. M. and from 7 to 10 p. M. The association was organized in June last, so that it is not a year old, but already has a membership of over 400. Some of the most prominent, ladies in the two cities are members and are working hard for its success. The new house is very com modious, having 23 rooms all elegantly fur nished by the ladles of the different denom inations or Pittsburg and Allegheny. The intention or the association is to rent some or the rooms to young ladles and to servo luncheon every day at a lower prico than it can be obtained or the same quality else where. Girls employed in business houses, factories, etc., can take their lunohes with them to the association's rooms and eat their meal there, buying coffee or not as they pleae. They will be welcome to come, to enjoy their lunch, to rest, to read and to make uso of the place as if it were home. Women out for a day's shopping are invited to come in and rest. There are toilet rooms snnpllcd with all conveniences, and, in fact, everything that should he found in tho Ideal club house for women. Beauty as well ns utility has been carod for in the tnrnish- ment of the association's rooms and plc tmes nnd bric-a-brac, oarefnlly chosen, are seen on every side. The officers of the asso ciation areas follows: President, Mrs. James B. Scott; Vice Presidents, Miss Essie Price and Mrs. A. J. Norcross; Secretary, Miss Annie D. Robinson; Treasurer, Miss J. L. Lewis. Yesterday afternoon the ladies of the Sterrett W. a T. U. met at their rooms, North avenue, Allegheny, for business, and later in the day enjoyed a social reunion. At the afternoon, committees appointed some time since to visit all the publlo schools and find out whether physical cul ture was taught in them, reported that it was and that the teachers as well as the pupils were very much Interested in the study. A lunch, free to all, was served from 6 to 8 p. m., after which theie was a pleasant entertainment, consisting of ballad singing, recitations and select readings. Among tho performers were Miss Blanche George, Mr. Luther Harper, Miss Carrie Uerber.Miss Amelia Hill, Miss Alexander and Master Lindsay Barr. These rooms on North ave- nuo ai o known as the "First Allegheny Day Nursery." Tho purpose of the Institution is to caro for tho children of mothers who have to go out for the day to work. A charge of 10 cents a day is made. Formerly the charge was S cents, but the mothers thought it was too little, so the fee was raised to 10 cents. Tho children are fed and washed and the larger ones sent to school, while the babies are kopt at home and taken care of all day. It Is an excellent institu tion and does a great deal of good work in a modest, unassuming way. The German fair in Old City Hall is progressing most satisfactory. There was a very large attendance yesteiday both for dinner and supper, and the entertainment was unusually good. Tho Gerraanla Band gives a concert every evening, and last night the church choirs of Mt. Washington and Homestead rendered vocal music. A feature of to-day will be a visit of the little ones from tho Orphans' Home at West Liberty. They will go to the fair in a body. The room containing contributions from the Em press of Germany and other notable ladies was opened yesterday for the first time. Miss Bertha Vierheller is in charge of tho room, the establishment of it being her own dca. She wrote to a number of distin guished ladies nsking them to send some thing for the fair, and all have rospondod. The Empiess of Germany sent a porcelain placque, accompanied by an autograph let ter, in which she expressed her entile sympathy with the cause for which the Jalr is given. Tho placque is decorated with a picture in colors of Sanssoci Castle, tbe favorite residence of tho old Emperor William, grandfather of the piesent Kaiser. Mrs. Governor Pattison sent a very kind letter, with a pietty linen table square. Mrs. Gai field's contribution WB9 a dainty haiidkerchlof case, and Mrs. McKinloy's ten pairs of knitted invalid slip peis. Mrs. Mclviuley ishoiself an invalid, and tho slippers aie her own work. A fancy w orKbox nnd brocaded pincuhion, made by the wife of tho Indian cnief, Yellowhead, of Canada, are among the interesting articles shown. One present, that cannot be put on exhibition in the hall, is a building lot at Bell's station, on what is known as the Little Sawmill nun roaa. xue lot is jiux'J5ieet, and is the gift ot a piominent real estate agent, who desires that his name shall not bo made public An interesting wedding took place in the East End last night in tbe Park Avenue Chinch. The couple were Miss Amelia May Smith and Mr. Dean D. Goewey, and they weio made one by Rev. Mr. Chalfant, tho pastor. The bride wore a cream white crepo dc chine robe, with pearl passementerie, her veil being held iu place with a spray or oiange blossoms. Tho maid or honor was Miss Sadie Lawton, who wore a lavendar gown, trimmed with chiffon, and carried lavendar lilacs. Theushers woie Lou Latty, Lon Stewart, Will Means and James Adams. The happy pair have gone to Niagara Falls and Canada for the honeymoon. Last night the commencement exercises oftheMonongahela City High School took place in the Opera House, in the presence of an immense audience. A pretty idea in the preparation of the very tasteful invitation was the insertion of the words "Unfinished Still," intimating that the real school days commence in the world after the graduating and receiving of diplomas from the authori ties or tne niguscnooi. Tiiograauateswere as follows: Harriet Hamilton Hazzard, Lituruliene Carson, Margaret Eleanor Al ton. Floienco Rosella Dlckerson. Mary Catharine Brings, Jane B. Dewalt, Margaret Cecilia Cassady, Emily Clarke Byeis, Mary Jane Anderstm, Evelyn Van Voorhis, Mary Elinira Pollock, Cora Latta, William Taggart Dewalt. Colonel James Fairman, A. M,, a son of an officer or Beinadotte's army and an aitist, traveler and orator, delivered an nddiessonart before the students and fac ulty of the Western University yesterday. Tho speaker held the attention of his audi tors lor nearly an hour and was well re warded by tbe heavy applause which gieetod him at the close. Chancellor Hol land at the close of the Colonel's address spoke in warm appreciation of what he styled the education or the discourse, and expressed the hope thaf ere long Pittsburg would inaugurate a legitimate school, or art ouascalo and in premises worthy or the wealth and intelligence or the Iron City. Social Chatter. The Coraopolls cornet band gave a splen did coucert in the Presbytenan church, Coraopolls, last evening under the direction ot Mr. Thomas F. Eirk. The band rendered soveral good selections, concluding with a number that was applauded as heartily as an thing during the evening. It was en titled "A Good Humored Band." Among the well-kmm n artists that took part wero Miss Bertha Galentin, soprano: Mrs. LaBelle Kennedy, mezzo soprano; Mr. Joseph C. Breil. tenor: Mr. L. A. BIcketts, baritone; Mr. Harper Smith, cornetist, and Mr. Harry P. Ecker, accompanist. The Philharmonic Society Orchestra, of Pittsburg, assisted. There was a lance audience and the concert was an entire success, particular credit being duo Mr. Kirk for his management and artistic work. A ciiinscixo entertainment was given Inst evening at the Auditorium under the direc tion of tbe principal and teachers of the Thuma Dancing Academy, it was the ninth annnal children's carnival and fancy dress party, entitled "TerDStcnore's festive irov," and it was a credit to the institution under whoso auspices it was given. There were a number of pretty fancy dances by tho chil dren, all of which were- executed with smoothness and precision, and elicited the warmest applause. The Westmoreland County Christian En deavor Union met in tho Parnassus Presby terian church yesterday afternoon. The so cieties of Greonsburg, Latrobe, Jeannette, Mt.PIeasint.Derry. Llvermore, Delmontand Parnassus were represented on the program. Theevtnlng session of the convention was addressed by Rev. A. C. Applegarth, D. D., and Rcr. John F. Patterson. Madame Cokstakce Howabb gave her sec ond lecture-recital, "Die MeistersinecrSj" at the Pennsylvania College for Women, East End, last evening. The last one is to take place to-morrow evening. Mss-'Dazxa Aibzrts will lecture this even in t before the pupils of tho Pennsylvania College for Women on "Gastronomizing." This is the first of a series of addresses on domestic science. S. T. McClelland and daughter, or Alle gheny, .went East on the fast lino last night, on a short visit to Eastern cities. OUR MAIL POUCH. Not an Occupation for Honest Men. To the Editor of The Dispatch: In an editorial of your estimable paper of yesterday, entitled "A Beam to Be Re moved," you refer to the unsavory repu tation of tho agents employed by the "Law ond Order" organization to proenre evi dence against violators or the Sunday, or Sabbath, law. In the course or your remarks you proceed to say: "Tbe necessity or agents or good standing was recognized by a re ported assertion of the ohiet officer of the society," etc. Will you kindly permit me to annex a lew observations to your state ments? I believe nnd I tbink every good man will agree with me in this opinion tnat an honest and reputable man will never engage in the nefarious and odi ous business of systematic espion age. To make a living, or to earn money, by playing the spy, is an absolute Impossibility to an honorable and conscien tious man. The very fact that a person en ters into such an employment causes us to doubt his honesty and uprightness, sup posing he is awaro of the nature of the busi ness. To induce a man to sell a cigar, or a glass of lemonade, ora newspaper, nnd then to report him that is an avocation, just as dishonorable, and contemptible, and mean, As the callini' of those men whom some of the Roman Emperors employed to Inveigle others into rash utterances against the Em peror and then to report them on the charge of "Lesee Mnjestee," which men Taritus has branded for everlasting times. One more remark 1 may be allowed to make: It appears to me that the newspa peis in their criticism on the agents of the "Law and Order" organization have missed the vital point failed to hit the real point at issuo. The legal machinery of a civilized country ought to be so arranged and regulated that the business of organized espionage could find no place 'therein, far less a legal and recognized standing. Is itnot a iad and queer spectacle to see spies that arc stigmatized as criminals in the public press, appear before a court of law, as prosecutors of'honest men, who have come, by request of the public, into conflict with a law which is against the spirit of the age, which ought to havo been alterod, and adapted to the changed conditions of onr time, long ago! Is it not a monstrous in congruity to behold criminals poo as en forcers of the law, and reputable citizens as violators of the law? Is not, in the last Instance, this Sabbath law, in its present anachronistic form, responsible for the ex istence of this "Law and Order" organiza tion, with all its disgusting features and nauseating excroscenses. A Reader. McKxesport, May 3. UNLUCKY MAEY STUAEX. Blotfjeskft nnd Her Clever Company in Schiller's Powerful Play. "Mary Stuart," Schiller's powerftil drama, was presented at tbe Duquesne Tbeater'lasc night by Mme. Modjeska and bcr admirable company. The interpretation of tho playas a whole was artistic, Modjeska once more making a pathetic and romantic figure of the unlucky Queen of Scots. Mr. Thai berg played the Earl or Leicester with quiet in tensity, and Miss Kato Meek gave a dis tinctly clover performance as Queen Bess, who is anything but "good" ns Schiller paints her. A fair-sized audience appreci ated the good acting and the play. To night "Much Ado About Nothing" will be given. BOOMS THAT ARE BACKWARD. Mb. Cleveland has bought a new house in New York. This may bo a happy omen for that "good. Western man. Chicago Times. No convention of any State mentions "Senator Hill's man Friday" Governor Flower for Presidental nominee. Chicago Inter-Ocean. Governor Boies' boom is as big as the Black hawk county convention can make it, and there may be very good growing weather by and by. Toledo Commercial. Ip Senator Hill reads the proceedings of the various State Democratic Conventions ho must have begun to wonder wbero he comes in. Chicago Tribune. Some of the county gatherings in Iowa de clare for Boles. The State Convention, too, will mdoise him, but It will be careful to tell the delegates to vote for Cleveland first. Bt. Loins Globe-Democrat. Jonit Sherman must feel queer to see his name put forward by tho silver statesmen as their candidate for Presidental honors. The silver act of 1830 is responsible for this phenomenon. Boston Herald. Tom Reed's yellow shoes and red sash would make a picturesque entry on the Presidental course. But the chances are lie would not be able to count a quorum on his side at Minneapolis. St. Louts Bepublic. Sexatou SnioiMAN Is not a candidate for tho Presidency, but his refusal to answer hypo thetical questions would seem to indicate that he might take the nomination if it were offered to him. Who wouldn't? Cleveland Leader. DEATHS IIERE AXD ELSEWHERE. Dr. John C. McQnlston. Dr. John C. McQniston, of the Southside, died Monday night at his home. Picnic street and Berg avenue. He had been 111 some time past, suffering from inflammation of the bowels. He was 35 years old and Is snrvlTeil by wire nd four children. He was a member of the Southside Med ical Society and the stiff or the Southsld- Hospital. Last evening an autopsy was held by the deceased's fellow physicians to ascertain the exact cause of death. Hon. William Henderson, Indiana. Hon. "William Henderson, one of the oldest and most prominent lawyers of Indiana, dropped dead at noon yesterday, at his home In Indianapolis. Mr. Henderson was 73 years old and was a lifelong friend of the late Vice Presi dent Hendricks. Mr. Henderson leaves a wife, daughter and son, the Utter. Rev. W. B. Hender son, being managing editor of tbe St. Louis Jfitf- uoniinem. J. Foxcroft Coir, Landscape Painter. The well-known landscape painter, J. Foxcroft Cole, died Monday evening, at his resi dence in Boston, or pneumonia, aged 5 years. Mr. Cole has been a frequent contributor to the Paris salon, and his pictures have been of a supe rior order of excellence. Obituary Notes. CoraT notSTEiXBOBO, the eminent Danish statesman, is dead. TnoMAS HonLER, formerly a prominent English opera singer, who married the DowagerDucuess of Newcastle, is dead at Monte Carlo. Herman Cosack. Sit., head of the Uthoxraphlng and publishing flrm of Cosack A Co., of Buffalo, died Monday morning, aged 66 years. John B. MrRFlir. superintendent of the south ern division ot the West Jersey Railroad, died suddenly of paralysis of the heart Saturday, at nls home In Mlmllle, N. J. He was 27 years old. Robzrt D. Fowler, of the Anglo-American Provision Compiny. Chicago, died yesterday morning In London of typhoid fever. Mr. Fowler was bora In the neighborhood of Belfast, Ireland, and was about !S3 years old. His fortune Is esti mated atfl, 500,000. Rev. JoiixK. Demarest, D.D.. pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Gettysburg, died at his mother's residence In Hackensack bunday night. In his 49th year, of consumption. He was pastor of the Gettysburg church 17 years, and when forced to quit preaching a few weeks since he ten dered his resignation, which was not accepted, and he was continued under full salary. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Every hare on a farm costs or wastei annually Is. 6J. at least; every rabbit 2s. The University of Oxford has appli ances for printing in 150 different languages. Sixteen skeletons of ancient Indians were recently dug up in a field near Merced, Col. Out of the 32 ducal and princely fami lies established bv Napoleon I., 11 are ex tinct. There are said to be 1,500 snakes known to naturalists, but that only a few of them are poisonous. The export of apples to Europe from Portland, Me., will be 1,000,000 barrels larger this year than last. Arrow heads covered with hiero glyphics were an Interesting find in Lake county, CoL, recently. Gustave Dore, who never saw the Ni agara Falls, put upon canvas one of tho grandest paintings of them ever executed. Two-thirds of the total number of chil dren under ten years of age in the United Kindom are Insured in one forjn or another. In a court in Mississippi an important case was interrupted because one of tho lurors caught the mumns and gave it to the other 11. At an English wedding recently the hride, in default of a male relative to per form that office, was given away by a young er sister. In Normandy not fewer than 5,000 dif ferently named varieties of tbe acid or bit ter apple are known and grown for the man ufacture of cider. Food costs little more here than in Europe. It has been ascertained that the cost per family for food in tho United States is $243 63 a year against $222 S3 in Europe. In China a man cannot by will dispose of his land in favor of any one person, whether relative or stranger; it must be dis tributed evenly among all his male children witnout exception. A paper published in Greenland is said to have the longest name ever given to a newspaper, but as tbe people of Greenland can tee to read nntll nearly midnight, that doesn't matter much. In the loft of an Oldtown, Me., store are 10,000 fancy baskets, tbe result of the work of Oldtown Indians during tbe last winter. They are of all shapes and colors, and insured for $6,000. "We owe many things to Japan, bnt it is not generally known that the pheasant of our preserves can trace its pedigree on one side to the more brilliant bird of the Land of the Rising Sun. Such is, however, the case. Bullets made of precious stones are rarities in warfare. But during the recent fighting on tbe Kashmir frontier, when the British troops defeated the rebellious Hun za, the natives used bullets of garnets en cased in lead. In an old trunk in a forgotten corner of a garret of a house in Martinsville, Ind., the other day, were round $10,000 in gold coin. It is supposed to have been deposited there by the father of the present owner of the place many years ago. Pliny tells of an Arabian giant, Gabara, 9 feet 9 inches, the tallest man in the days of Claudius. John Mlddleton, born at Hale, in Lancashire, In tbe time of James I., was 9 feet 3 lnche in height; his hand was 17 inches long and 8 Inches broad. Hand-mirrors of metal are still in com mon uso in Oriental countries. In China nnd Japan they are nsually made or bronze, slightly convex and about 12 inches in di ameter. The Japanese woman who is so fortunate as to owi a mirror regards it as the most precious of her possessions. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners that is to say, the Church of England pocket by far the greater share of the mining royalties exacted in the County of Durham. The total of these royalties last year is esti mated at about 620,990, and of this enor mous sum about one-third went to the church. The population of the German Empire was 49,423,470 on December 1, 190. The relative n umbers of the federated German States staid as follows: Prussia. 29,557,307; Bavaria, 5,59982: Saxony, 3,502,6S4; U'urtemberg, 2.CSU.552; Baden, 1.657,867: Elsass-Lothringen, 1,602,506; Hesse, 992 8S3. Thenuraber of males In Prussia on the census day wa 14,702,151. It is not uncommon toseethe famine stricken districts of Bussla families wander ing about with a cart full of coffins from ohurch to church, until they can And a priest who will perform the last rites gratis. They aro often finally forced to bury their relatives themselves, and tbe piece of ground allotted to them as a cemetery by the municipality of Tumen is already over crowded with graves. It has been computed that for every bird or the rarer species such as the hum ming bird, the orange and scarlet cock or the rock, tho oriole, and the kingfisher that is worn in a woman's headgear, at least ten have sufiered the death pang; counting in the young who die of starvation, tho wonnded which fly away to drop down and die in tho woods or among the reeds, and those which aro mutilated and destroyed by the pellets so much ai to be unavailable for purposes of decoration. The colors of Great Britain are red and blue; or the United States, stars on the bluo with white and red stripes- The Austrian colors are red, white and nine; the Bavarian, red: those of Denmark, red with a white cross; those of France, blue, white and red; of the Netherlands, red, white and blue: of Portugal, blue and white: of Trussia, white; of Russia, white, with a blue cross; of Spain, black, yollow and rd: of Switzerland, red with a white cross; of China, yellow: or Mex ico, green, whito and red. Some insects are remarkable, not only in possessing protective coloring, but also a wonderful chango of form. Such as tho leaf and stick insects, which deceive even tho practiced eye, so closely do they re semble in shape and coloring the leaves and twlg among which they live. They are for tho most part large, soit, defenseless creat ures, and would readily fall a prey to the countless multitudes of insect eaters weie it not for the almost perfect manner in which they simulate the objects around them. JOKELETS FROM JUDGE. Charles Miss Spindle has pretty teeth, hasn't she? Maude (spitefully) Tes, and quite reasonable, too. If you have rowed against the tide, And ad your ready cash Is spent: If von have nothing left bnt pride The landlord's sure to raise the rent; "Who was Atlas? "A famous highwayman." What?" A highwayman, ne held up the earth.' Mr. Plowshare (approaching hotel clerk's desk)-I'd like tu git a room." Cleric (In a loud volce)-r'ront. Mr. Plowsnare No; a back ua'U duef It comes any ehsaper. (Sotto-voce) Wonder how he knowed I was deif. He growls abont tii coffee and he grumbles at the steak; He makes remarks abo at the bread his mother used to bake. And fosters tho impression with his weary little wife That her cooking Is the worst he ever tackled In his life. Butatnoonhe seeks the lunch-room and he grabs a chunk of pie And struggles in a manner that brings moisture to the ere: Ho tosses down the sky-blue milk they ladle to the herd. And hands his money to the clerk and never says a word. An Important Advantage. Adlet Mur derers in New York State have one tblag la their favor. Gasket Do yon think It is an advantage to be electrocuted? Adlet-Certalnly. They can say they were not born to be banged. Briggs What is the trouble with Miss PInkerly and her sister? I bear that they don't speak. Griggs No. They very foolishly Joined the same church. Whether fixed up or just as they grow, There's no fruit of which I'm more fond; For the only kind I can't go. 1 And, is the strawberry blonde. Penfield You know that girl that Bangle took to the theater so much? 1 believe they are en raged. Miss Dunn Why; has It been announced? Penfield No; but he has stopped taking her e the theater and goes to church with her now every Sunday evening. a ,.. mmiMiwmimWMiMM d&tfMitiM &...&& X -r r j ty i'IT tu -'"tr in V nJftt rWtfatgMgtf Mffi ft T 1
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