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JO 00 Daily Dispatch. lncludlngStindav.am'ths. ISO Daily Dispatch, including Sunday, lm'th. 90 Suxday DisrATcn, One Year IV) Weekly" Dispatch, One Year 1 Ss Tint Daily Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at Jf cents per week, or, "Including Sunday Edition, at 10 cents per week. FRIDAY. MAY C. ism. TWELVE PAGES an unjust measure. President Harrison has signed the Geary Chinese Exclusion Bill as amended by the joint committee. While the hill has lost many of its objectionable features by the acMon of the Senate, it still con tains provisions which are unjust and sure to cause friction between America and China. The clause likely to cause most objection is that requiring all Chinese laborers now resident in this country to obtain a certificate of residence from Col lector! of Internal Revenue. Though the term "laborers" is popularly supposed to apply only to a limited class, dictionaries would warrant a stretching of the word to Include all who work either by their muscles, their brains, or both. The re quirement goes behind the conditions un der which the Chinese were admitted, and Is a distinct abrogation of past treaties. That there are reasons for limiting the Influx of Chinamen is indisputable, but there is no justice in discriminating against objectionable immigrants of one nation while admitting those equally un desirable frbm other countries. The jeopardizing of American interests in China, whether in the form of life and limb of American residents or in the risk of a cessation of commercial intercourse, is the height of reprehensible folly. A policy that risks international courtesy for vote-catching purposes is of a dis honorable kind and unworthy the name of statesmanship. KEMEMDER THE TOUNO. ; Deeply mistaken though he is on some questions of the greatest national Impor tance, Grover Cleveland is in one direction at least far more perspicuous than any man approaching him in prominence he fore the country. He has a peculiarly happy faculty of realizing the immense demand for a patriotic training of the youth of America. His speech at Ann Arbor contained words of tho soundest advice, and he lets slip no opportunity of emphasizing the importance of instilling the duties of citizenship into the minds and consciences of the rising generation. Apropos of a national public school cele bration of Columbus Day he asserts that public schools "are the greatest feature of American life." T He is right in this, and it should be con stantly borne in mind that schooldays give greater opportunities for the reception of national sentiment than can ever occur in later life. The responsibilities accruing to this fact cannot be too fully acknowledged and lived up to by those who have in hand the rearing of Young America. Parents can show no wiser patriotism than by set ting an example to their children in the proper discharge of their civic duties by drilling them in national principles, and by using their every effort to see that true love of country and respect for its institu tions take a place of prominence in pub lic school education. Tnn L 1TV OF BUSINESS. Mr. A. J. Cassatt.intheJYorfA American Renew for May, inquires why the cheap cab system of the European cities cannot be brought into use in America. He finds that in London 12,000 cabs earn an average of five dollars per day on an average charge of fifty cents per trip, while In Paris 20,000 earn the same daily average on an average charge of forty cents per trip. But in Xew Yoik there are but 1,500 pub lic carnages which make an average charge of a dollar per trip and earn an estimated average of seven dollars per day. Such an inquiry from a gentleman of Mr. Cassatt's standing shows a failure to recognize the tendency of the day. When great capitalists are combining to prevent the necessaries of life and the transporta tion of commerce from being brought down to a competitive level, shall not the hackman have the privilege of keeping up his high charges? When the ethics of cor porate management include the violation of public policy and the nullification of law to prevent sugar, coal and light from becoming cheap, it is a mild adoption of the fashion that the drivers of city convey ancesshjuld turn up the nose of contempt at the pauper cabs of Europe. So long as the great staples are to be made costly by combinations of capital, it is a mild example of the law of compensation that people who permit these things have to pay steep charges for riding in hired carriages. BOSTON SPIRITS. That Boston ladies are prone to theoso phy, esoteric Buddhism, and occult sci ences which deal with spirits has long been known to inhabitants of less enlight ened regions. But the announcement that "a gorgeously fitted up liquor sa loon, 'exclusively for ladies,' has been opened in Boston, and is being liberally advertised," as made by the Boston Keics, comes as a terrific shock to the ears of people of less refined surroundings. Surely there is some error in the word ing. "Liquor saloon" should be replaced by a title more obscure and less vulgar. The very highest aspirations of the nation, as hitherto upheld by the learned women of the center of the universe, are in danger of falling into disrepute. It is impossible to believe that the devotees of learning and the arts, to say nothing of the exemplars of the graces, should condescend to even permit the liberal advertisement of sucha place designed fortheir exclusive patronage. There must be some error, and it will probably turn out that, the place is really a 6plrit chamber, or some--thing intellectual of that kind. But the error snoum oe exposed and apologizedfor uy iue inisiaKen j.ews, or ine lair tame 01 I hose will suffer IMPROVEMENT NEEDED ALL ROUND. The facts relative to an increase in Are insurance rates in Pittsburg, as given in another column, are in startling contrast to tho following remarks from the New York Commercial Bulletin: The recent Pittsburg lire reminds under writers that this patticular ccmotery forflre underwriting funds has' done nothing In the line or rate raising, although tariffs there are notoriously inadequate. Underwriters make out a good case for themselves with regard to the increase' of rates on business property," though their arguments from the amount of losses are equally effective on behalf of the estab lishment and maintenance of a salvage corps by their employers. Insurance com panies who intrust local business to their agents are surely illogical in disregarding or opposing the opinions of their repre sentatives, who are best qualified from a knowledge of the circumstances to esti mate local needs, and whose recommenda tions for a salvage corps are supported by the precedents of other cities. The fact pointed out by The Dispatch the other day, that rates "on dwelling houses are two or three times as high as those on similar property in Philadelphia, although losses in that direction have been very small, still calls for explanation. There is an apparent injustice which de mands investigation, for it is manifestly unfair that householders should be exor bitantly charged in order that heavy losses in business sections may be compensated. . While it is evident that- insurance com panies have not done all thnt is to be ex pected of them, there is also no doubt room for an improvement in the appli ances used by our Fire Department The welfare of Pittsburg demands liberal ap propriations for its protection trom fire no less than a thoroughly business like and efficient application of the same. In this matter, as in most others, economy de pends on the relation of results to expendi tures more than on the mere amounts ex pended. RESTRICTION NECESSARf. The action of the Immigration Bureau in requiring its Inspectors to obtain statis tics as to the number of immigrants be coming a charge on the public in one way or another is highly commendable. Such statistics are indispensable to the framing of such measures as shall exclude unde sirable immigrants while permitting the entrance of those classes for whom there is still a demand. Some action must cer tainly be taken to remove existing evils, but it must be well considered or tho remedy will prove worse than the disease. Pittsburg is excellently fitted as a source of information on tho career of immigrants, as the influx of foreigners makes this city at the'same time a great gainer and a large loser hy .the present system of immigra tion. The best method of dealing with the matter, as suggested by The Dis patji, is the taxing of steamship compan ies according to the number of passengers they carry, in order to form a fund to in sure the public against any expense which the foreigners are liable to become without such a provision. Such facts as are now being gathered should easily pro vide the basis for such a scheme. straining at the gnat. There is an undue tendency to hyper criticism in the action of the House of Representatives cutting down the State Department's contingent funds.on the plea thatthat payment of $25,000 in the" Italian dispute should not have been mide with out authority of Congress. When political opposition leads to raising such a trivial point it creates an inference that it is ex ceedingly hard up for something to criticise. The very name of the fund from which the payment is made shows that it is placed at the disposition of the President, to be used for unforeseen contingencies in international matters. To use a portion of it in making a small payment to settle a dispute that was hampering the Govern ment in more ways than one seems to be entirely within its proper scope. This is especially so, since lo delay the payment for an appropriation by Congress with the chance of its being made a political stalk ing horse by the opposition might .have defeated the settlement Tho fact is that a vexatious dispute, which brought into especial prominence one of our weaknesses as a diplomatic power was settled at an extremely cheap price. The attack on that step show3 a disposition to strain over a gnat in foreign matters, while cimels of a domestic nature are swallowed without winking. ARGUMENTU1I AD PECUNIAM. An inquiry into the view by which the business interests of Sioux Palls look at the divorce industry of that thriving town arouses unfavorable comment in the New York Pott. That journal finds a striking evidence of depravity in the fact that the revenue which the fame of the place for sure and swift divorce is bringing in c.iuses the people benefited to regard it with complaisance if not with enthusiasm. One prominent suitor for divorcc.made a prosperous season for the business inter ests by spending 510,000 while waiting for the favorable decree, besides making lib eral gifts to the churches, and her new husband also made the money market easy. Consequently, the inquiring cor respondent finds one lawyer declaring that the notoriety secured by tho attacks on Sioux Falls does no harm, as "it adver tises us abroad and brings, thousands of dollars here," and the popular temper of that locality is exhibited by the fact that a correspondent who wrote a scorching attack on the divorce business was promptly invited to leave town. It is sad to learn that the, people who make money by a gross abuse of this sort should find plenty of those stereo typed phrases by which to relieve their innermost conviction that a thing which swells the total of sales must be on the whole a tolerably good thing. There is something familiar about those pet terms of bringing money here, spending thou sands of dollars among the local mer chants, and tho popular indignation at any attack on the general vested interest. These expressions,, common to the wor ship of the pecuniary deity, awaken in the mind memoriesof similar arguments from other localities and with regard to other things. Of course, they have never been heard of in New York. The esteemed Post would never be guilty of compound ing the' sins it is inclined to by damning those it has no mind to. It would not point the finger of scorn at Sioux Palls for letting pecuniary motives influence opinion, while using exactly the same, though, perhaps, more skilfully wrapped up logic with regard to combinations to enha'nee the necessaries of -life, to inject values into dropsical stock, and to swell the fortunes of manipulators of stock gamblinx. Nevertheless, we repeat the phrases have'-a familiar "ring. One of our cotemporaries objects to the consideration of the namo of Eobert T. Lie- the wearers of indigo throughout the world. coin as a Presidental factor on tho ground that he is a negative quantity, having only been a good Secretary of AVar in time of peace and a creditable and efficient Minister to the Court of St. James. This sounds rather odd in view of the estimation in which the country holds the ability of that other older Lincoln who entered the doors of the White House without having shown competency in any office half so important as either tho war portfolio or tho first for eign mission. "VVnEN sarcastic allusions to the Presi dent's message-writing capacity are inter polated in a lecture on Shakespearc,polltlcal strife is ncaring its climax. "When Bepublican delegates from West Virginia swell tho ranks of uninstructed to go to Minneapolis, Secretary Elkins' rela tions to Harrison and power in the State spoken of indicato the extreme probability that the absence of second term instructions is in some cases at least the result of a deep laid plot on tho part of administration sup porters to avoid an exhibition of their full Etiength at tho outset. Holmas finds the role of economist a thankless one simply beoause his rendering of the character is an entire misinterpreta tion. NOW that spring is fairly with us a co temporary devotes some space to advice as to tho proper way to care for umbrellas. It is sad to note that the most obvious re quirement that they should never be allowed out of the owner's grasp is con spicuous by its absence. In other respects tho advice is sound and peculiarly seasona ble. The possibility of an invasion by Teed and company should bo more than enough to make the Shakers shake audibly. PiTisnuKG will be all the better for the enforcement of the ordinance regulating cab faies. Drivers may object to tho aboli tion of their chances for extortion, but the law is against them, and they are not likely to resort to the practice of those safety matches, which strike only on the box. Merky May is having a gay time, and no one can complain of an absenco of vari ety in her entertainment. Mr. Huston's method of making census returns, by a combination of information derived from the Philadelphia directory and his own imagination, may have saved him a good deal of tronblo at the time, but he will piobablyfind that he has to pay dearly lor it now. Controller Morrow seems to revel in a fray, and six fights simultaneously in no wise make him afraid. Kailijoad companies really ought to re member that bridges should be constructed and maintained to carry trains. The publio has a strong impression that when it travels it should cross biidges and not crush tliem, go over them and not through thorn. Holman's idea of doing something is to exert himself to prevent the House from doing anything. Prince Kussell may be his father's only son, but if the accusations of his shady transactions in the Yellowstone Park matter be proven he will receivo few tokens of fatherly favor until November has made such details of minor importance. The Baltimore Terminal, in spite of its name, would seem to be a story without an end. It is quite on a par with Milbaak's snobbishness that he should suppress the name of his last combatant because, he has conceit enough to consider that his antag onist was beneath him in social standing. Poor PhiladelphiansI They were beaten by the Pittsburg ball team yesterday. Not the. least remarkable feature in the case of the man accused of posessing a hun dred and twenty-one wives is the fact that so many modern women should be willing to confess that they have been victimized. Puneral cakes should be found among the mourners round Carl Pretzel's bier. Ex-Senator Ingalls is coming to the top of the political heap again. There is an lrrepressibillty about this man that puts the never-falling frost-bitten peach crop to shame. Some of the Economites are persuaded that Duss does too much as he likos. K0TES OF ROTABLES. The Archbishop of Canterbury believes in throwing open mnseumsand public build ings on Sunday alter church hours. Prof. Brander Matthews is not handsomo, but he is goad ami ho is admired. He likes to write about the theater and actors. The ex-rancher, the Marquis de Mores, denies that ho is an Anarchist: he defines his position as that of a revolutionary So cialist. The name of the Postmaster General of Siam is Somdetch I'll radio w Fa Bhaumangst Swauguvusga Kooma I'hra Bhaunhadda roongseo Vavadey. Galusha A. Grow, who was once Speaker of the House, has announced his dostre to bo selected as the Permanent Chair man of the Minneapolis convention. Queen Nathalie, of Servia, has a finer head of hair than any other feminine loyal personage In Europe. She generally wears It hanging in two plaits down her back. Miss Irene G. Wood has taught school in Cochesctt, Mon., without interruption in the R.uno room during a period of 73 con scedtivo years. She is now taking her first vacation. In order to comply with some legal formality, tho marriage of Mrs. De Wolf Tay lor, an American, to Mr. Austin Lee, Secre tary of the British Embassy here, has been postponed for a lew days. The engagement of Count Herbert Bis marck and the Countess Margaret Hoynsls announced from Finnic. Tho Countess is the granddaughter of Robert Whitehead, in ventor of the Whitehead torpedo. Hugo Munsterhurg, M. D., Ph.D., of Freiburg, Germany, has been elected to pro fessorship in philosophy of Harvard Col lege. He will have charge of experiments in psychological research for advanced stu dents. Mr. Bouguereau, the famous French painter, is said to make more money than any other living French artist. Specimens of his somewhat artificial, though delicate, talent are to be found in tho drawing rooms and galleries of most American millionaires. Plttsbnrgers In New York., New Y'onir, Mav 5. Special. Tho follow ing FIttsburgers are registered at Now York hotels: O. M. Bingham, Imperial; C. II. Hitchcock, Grand Union; H. C. Hull, New York Hotel; O. Miller, Hotel Normandie; H. Morton, Astor House; II. Phillips, Astor House: K. Solomon, Hotel Imperial; D. Wenke, Continental Hotel; J. F. McCanaless, Imperial; W. n. Speer, Westminster; Mis. C. Havs, Fiith Avenue; H. P. Patton, Fifth Avenue; Q. Wright, Jr., Fifth Avenue. Both Have the Same End In View. Detroit Journal. J Some of the idle rich youths of Boston are carrying on an amateur circus In ordertokill the time. The Democratic Congressmen are doingtho same thing in Washington and ap paiently for the same purpose. An If in the Road or Adjournment. Washington Star. That is a very large "If" standing between Congress and adjournment on tho 15th of July. lp Doesn't Always Capture a Frlis. Washington Star. The early boom does not necessarily catch the Presidental tid-blc t A DOCTRINAL DISAGREEMENT. Why Rev. Mr. Van Dyko Resigned From Princeton's JTacnlty A General Disin clination on the Part of the Professors to Talk on tho Subject Simply Ex plained Alter All. lOrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Princeton, May 5. Several members of tho faculty of the Princeton Theological Seminary were surprised to-day when tlioy heard of tho attempt of a New York morn ing paper to orcato n sensation out of the teslgnatlon otllev. Paul Van Dyke, who has occupied the Chair of Church History in tho seminary for the last three years. It is said that the story tins written by a student who is in sympathy with Dr. Briggs, with the object of Injuring Princeton Seminary. The faculty ot the seminary treats tho matter with indiffeience, and assorts that vory little significance attaches to the resigna tion. Dr. Green is confined to his bed with sick ness. In reply to several written questions taken to his room, regarding Van Dyke's resignation, ho sent back the reply that he was too sick to answer them. Dr. Warfleld, Professor of Systematic and Polemical The ology, said: "There is nothing to bo said on thamatter except that Mr. Van Dyke asked the Board of Directors not to consider his name as a candidate for the Chair or Church History, and tho board simply acquiesced and appointed another man. Mr. Van Dyko was not a professor. He was employed only for a term of three years, which term had ex pired. The reasons given bv Mr. Van Dyke for resignation cut no figure with tho board. The board took no notice of them, but sim ply granted his request." At Tarlanca With Westminster. In reply to a question whether Mr. Van Dyko resigned because ho was at variance with the Piinceton theology. Dr. Wai field answered: "Ho was at variance with the Westminster standards, lather than with the Princeton theology, if he did not accept tho doctrine of pretention." 'Do you consider the doctrine of preteri tion essential to or an important part of the Calvliilstlo thoolo.-y?" "It is an important and essential part of it," the doctor replied. Whon asked ir he had heard that ex-President McCosh sympa thized witli Mr. Van Dyke, ho said ho had nothln-r to do with that. Dr. Warfleld laughed when told that it was reported that tho retirement of Mr. Van Dyke was brought about by the demand of an avowal on his part that he will accept the standards of the Church in tho sense which has aiwR5-s been put upon them In Prince ton, and conform his teaching to this inter pretation and never depart from it. He was then asked if Mr. Van Dyke's views on the ology did not indicate a leaning to Brlggs ism, but evaded the question by saying that he "did not know Mr. Van Dyke's views of Union's theology." He did not state his views in his paper to the board, but gave tho views of Princeton Seminar." Proud of Ills Own Pupil. Dr. McCosh was asked his opinion on the subject. Ho was unwilling to say much about the question of preterition. To the question whether he considered the doo trine nt stake one of such vital importance as to demand the withdrawal of Mr. Van Dyke. Dr. McCosh rcnlied that he did not. but ho declined to speak iurther on that question. He referi ed to the character and abilities of Rov. Mr. Van Dyko with evident pleasure anu appreciation, no was prouu to claim him as a pupil of himself, and went on to st.Ue that the loss of such a man could not but bo felt by the seminary. Although he made no comment of weight with reference to the questions involved, and wanted it distinctly understood that the entire matter was one in which he had taken no part. Dr.McCosh said ho sympathized with Rev. Mr. Van Dyke, and does not consider the grounds upon which the Board of Direc tors accepted his resignation as sufficient to warrant such action. He also said that ho had intended to speak in behalf of Dr. Van Dyko, but was not able to be present at the meeting when the matter was discussed. Mr. Van Dyke Explains One Point. Bev. Mr. Van Dyke was seen this even ing in regard to ills resignation. He said: "I have nothing to say, except what I have said in my letter of resignation. My per sonal relations with the professors of Princeton have always been of the most friendly nature, and my resignation is tho result of doctrinal opinions." 'You don't believe that preterition is es sential to the Calvinistic system of theology?" the reporter asked. Mr. Van Dike said he did nor. In reply to the ques tion whether he could subscribe to Calvin's theology, as taught by Piinceton, If the doc trine ot preterition was expunged from it, Mr. Van. Dyke lepllcd: "I can only say that I find no fault w lth my standing a.s a Pres byterian minister, nnd am perfectly loyal to the doctrines of our church." "But preterition is a doctrine taught by tho Westminster standards," said the re porter. Mr. Van Dyke replied: "Yes; but I don't care to enter into a discussion auout my orthodoxy. That has never been ques tioned." There Is a division among the theology students because of Mr. Van Dyke's posi tion ns a theologian. Some are for him and some are against him. THE ECCLESIASTICAL OATH. A Qaehtion of Clinrch Government Dis- cussed by the Episcopalians. Philadelphia, May 5. At this morning's session of the convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, tho substitute for the amendment to the constitution, offered yes tciday, was taken up and discussed. The substitute is as follows: "Piovided, That no clergyman shall be entitled to a scat in tho convention who is bound hy any oath of ecclesiastical obedi ence other than such as is requhed by the book of common prayer, or by the constitu tion and canons ot tlic P. E. Church of the United States, or bv the constitution and canons of the P. E. Church in the Diocese of Pennsylvania." Tothis substitute an amendment adding the following words was offered: "And which now U incompatible with tho inde pendent action of such clergyman as a mem ber of tho convention." Both the substitute and the amendment were freely and vigor ously discussed, but no action was takon boloro the morning session came to an end. Line Tnrns Oat Nine New Preachers, Cikciksati, May 5. Lane Theological Sem inary, tho divinity school of the Presby terian Church at this place, held its fifty sixth commencement to-day. Nine young theologians took their degree', six of whom have already been established as pastors. DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE. Joseph M. Iladden. Joseph M. Hadden, recently of TJnion town. Is dead at his home In Bessemer. Ala. Ills death, being sudden, was a great shock to his friends In Fayette county, V ho supposed he was la the liest of health. 3lr. Hadden was born In Uniontown 37 years ago, and until recently had been one of Its leading business men. Last winter he resigned his position as President of the Coun cil and went to Alabama, where he started a hotel. He had just taken charge of Ita few days ago. Tnc remains will be brought to his former home for in terment. Charles A. Barry, Crayon Artist. Charles Alired Barry, once celebrated as a crayon artist, died In Boston Wednesday, aged 62. tor eight years he was supervisor of drawing In the public schools of Boston, and for two years was in charge of the Rhode Island School of De sign. He was appointed Deputy Collector, which otlicu he relinquished last year. Mr. Barry was one 'of the original founders of the Boston Art Club lu 185). and went to Springfield, 111., In I860 to make a crayon portrait for Abraham Lincoln. One of Whtttlcr's poems, 'Ulsters,'1 refers to one of Mr. Barryfs craon drawings. Jacob Mnttern. Jacob Mattern, of Hollidaysburg, died yesterday ac the residence of his son Frank, 139 Washington avenue, Allegheny. Deceased was born In Huntingdon county in 1303. In 1349 he did business on Water iitrppt. this cltr. and after a successful career removed to Huntingdon, return ing to Pittsburg last year to pass his declining years, ifeceaeu was mi Deceased was the father of the late John C. .Mattern, o survive lilin. , druggist. Ills sous, trans; ana Robert, Obituary Notes. Mas. Mart McCarthy died Wednesday at the County Farm In Wilton, N. II. She was 101 years old. First associate Justice Lawrence Mc Cullt, of th- Hawaiian Supreme Court, died April 11, of heart disease. Dos Jose Pilo. who figured prominently In the early history or California and was one of Fre mont's active opponents during the struggle Tor the possession of that State during the Mexican War, died Sunday, aged 8.3. Martin "BORNTRAEoin, President of the Louis ville Anzclger Company, died at Louisville yester day. He had been sick several months. He was horn near Marburg, Germany, ia 13.3, and came to Louisville In IMI. I J. M. DORLASD, the well-known newspaper cor respondent and advertising man, died at his home lu Atlantic City yesterday. Mr. Dorland has for II years been connected with Philadelphia and New York newspapers. OUR MAIL POUCH. The Biusman Case Its Treason. To Hie Editor of The Dispatch: The case of tho Rev. Mr. Bausmrtn, of Rochester, now settled by the severanco of his pastoral relation to his church of that place, has seemed a mystery to most people. What was the nature of his alleged heresy? All the parties interested seemed to bo de sirous to preserve some secrecy in regard to the matter, but it has at last come to bo more clearly understood. A good Presby terian of that vicinity has thus stated the lnattci- Ataftro in Rochester, some time ago, a shoemaker and his little child were bnrned to death. The man was a "skeptic," but otherwise nothing was alleged against him. Their home being burned, the funeral services wcroholdatMr. Bausman's church, ho officiating. In tho course of his address ho said lie did not know where the two un fortunate had gone, but wherevor thoy were "tho mercy of God was still over them." Tho remark stirred np much feeling and discussion, and tho Allegheny Presbytery was at last obliged to take hold of the mat ter with the final result already stated. The case, however, has a wide inter est for most thoughtful persons and deservos more notice than It has received. Mr. Bausman has much ability as a proncher and was beloved by his people. It Is clear that bis "heresy" ,did not shock them, or make any breach between himself and their affections. Nearly all wore desirous to 're tain him as their pastor. He himself con stantly reafllrmod his belief in God's tender mercy toward all his children in this or any other world, nnd denied the charge of heresy. The I'icsbvtery, too. were very re luctant to deal with him. Evidently thoy had some sympathy with the kind, brave utterance which liad soothed the heirt of the poor widow, so suddenly nnd awfully bereaved of her dear ones". They were better than their creed. Nevertheless, to bo consistent, they had to take some action in the matter. They did the best they could, and after his voluntary resignation they gave him a letter of dismissal to a Congrega tional body. Ho Is now free to preach to any churoh which may call him. The Presbyterian friend who gave this information said he thought the Prebvtery had dealt too liberally with the offender. "They should havo 'fired' him. They would huvo done that three centuries ago In anothor sense but times have changed and though creeds mav bo savage, men are not. But this certainly seems n sad and strange state of affairs. Hero is a church bereaved of a loved and efficient pastor, and himself sent out to wander in search of another flock, while the Presbvtery mourn the loss of a valuable member whom it had neither the heart to treat with stern discipline, nor the courage to let alone. And all because hoexpiessed his honest convictions under chcumstances which seemed to impel their utterance. And this is only one of many caes which are cropplngout over the whole country, especially in the Presbyteiian Church, perhaps because she has at once a hich culture and a stringent creed "two things which so badly together. The remedy for this state of things lies, perhnps, in the more general adoption of the congregational form of Church government. A minister with deep convictions, whatever shape they may take, will then fail only if he tails to persuade his people of their truth. If he cannot give them the spiritual food they hunger for, they, being the proper Jud;os,alone have the right to dissolve the re lation betweon them. No third power should be allowed to step in to dictate or tyrannize. Only thus will peace be secured in the wide realm of the Chnrcn of Christ, M. G. Allegheny, May I. Mr. Bese's Explanation. To the Editor of The Dispatch: In your Issue of May 2 you publish an item entitled "Put Himself on Record." Will you kindly publish the following statement of facts in regard to the matter: On February 5 I compromised with the city in court, in accordance with the wishes of my wife. February 8 I engaged D. E. Sheridan, architect, to make plans and speci fications to remove andremodel saldhouses, and on March 23 I received a notice from Street Commissioner Samuel T. Paisley to re move said obstructions in ten days. On March 21 I received In payment from the city $1,733 15. Up to thnt time several con tractors submitted bids for the removing and remodeling of said buildings. I did not obtain possession of tho building which was destroyed until April 7. On April 9 I was compelled to bring suit to obtain possession for another house whlclrlmd to bo removed. On April H I obtained possession .of this house. On Apfil,12 the city authorities, not bv carpenters, but by street scrapers, de stroyed my house'. On April 13 Mr. Bigelow assured me that they would not touch the romalning houses, but give me time to re move them. Apt 11 18 tne contract for re moving and remodeling all the houses was to be awarded. It was impossible for me to obtain possession of all the premises until April 11. The city authorities destroyed one of the houses on April 12. I appeal to public opinion if it was leasonable to demand the removal of a building 28x52 leet in one night, and if it docs not look as if somebody had It in forme. F. Bese. Pittsburg, Mav 5. BEWSPAPEES HOT TO BLAME. Why tho Church Attend ince Is Not Satis factory to the Shepherds. Pittsburg Times. Two million people in tho United States lead Sunday newspapers. This is tho esti mate made by Colonel McClnre of tho Phila delphia limes, and he is a fairly trustworthy authority. The effect of this reading is great, but whether good or bad need not be discussed. Assuming It to be bad, as the Presbyterian Manner of this week does, when quoting Colonel McClure's figuies, the ques tion arises: Supposing these papers all suppressed, what do those who favor the suppression of them propose to offer in place of them? Sermons? One bundled and fifty thousand people In the two cities of Pittsburg and Al legheny nro said to be non-church-goers. They i ould continue such if not a Sunday newspaper could be had west of the Alle ghenies Thousands of these people do not more than glace nt tho papers, and many do not even that. Tho trouble is not in the Sunday newspa pets. It began beforo they did. It began with tho cheap literature, and will continue so long as literature is cheap and the aver- oge sermon what Is it now. What is a sermon? A speech on a certain subject. Itnouldbe easy to nnme subjects nnd men who would draw thronging congre gations every Sunday in the year. The men Would not be Ingcrsolls nor the sublects agnostic, either. The men would be alive, and likewise their subjects. Now, candidly read the list of church announcements in the Saturday papers and say if either preacher or subjects are nlive. Is a young man, and many are youns until three score, going to leave a good novel, an attractive history, an engaging poem, to walk to church and hear a speech on one of these subjects? But going to church is not meroly to hear a sermon. It is to worship. Pardon, that is what it used to be. There Is no uo flout ing the fact that religion now is almost ex clusively an Intellectual matter. Mr. Glad stone compared this age with tho palmy ago of the Greeks, when they ceased to pray and began to inquire. He assuredly is right, and that is the lact which tho churches have to face, and not the Sundav newspapers. Do they expect to successfully faco it with the sermons and subjects which the Saturday newspapers announce? It appears so, and tbcrotoie the chaos. The peoplo like good sermons and will go to hear them, whether thoy be on doctrinal matteis or merely those of practical moral ity. Any preacher who can furnish such will havo heaters. There are somo in Pitt s- burg who do. The age demands livo men in tho pulpit, not those who think they are alive A eentury ago peoplo sat piously under the dtoppings of the santuary. Very few do now, or if they do, they fall asleep. What churches need nre preachers who know the thought of the time, who recog nize it, who have the ability to deal with it as attractively as the writers do. Until that need is supplied tho non-church-zoing class in tho cities, which give character to the intellectual and moral life of the time. wills row apace m number ana innuenco. Squeezing n Democratic Club. Johxstowx, May 5. Special. Deputy Revenue Agent Dinsmore to-day notified the members of the Iroquois Club, tho lead ing Democratic organization here, that they would be prosecuted if they did not ply a revenue'tnxforthe sale of liquors in the club. After consultation the tax was paid. A Suicide Takes Sugar or Eead. Massilloit, May 5. Special. Peter Wll helm, a bachelor, aged 40, was lound dead in his room.to-day. Tho man has repeatedly threatened to take his own life, and a broken packagoor sugar of lead was found In his room, bearing out the theory of suicide. . SERVED BY KING'S DAUGHTERS. An Interesting Incident at the Ilome for Incurables Donation Day at the -InstitutionMay Fair and Festival for the Aged Colored Women's Home. The beautiful Home for Incurables, on Butler street, never looked more attractive than it did yesterday afternoon. Besides tho natural environments of tho place, which in themselves are of a rural and de lightful character, tho members of tho Board of Managers had exerted themselves to make the interior as fresh and spring like as the outside. To accomplish this they had placed flowers and greenery hero and there throughout tho bnllding. In overy in stitution in the two cities fonnded by Miss Jane Holmes and her brother, Mr. William Holmes, are pictures of them both. In the home at Butler street there are two large portraits, and yesterday they were taste fully decorated with ferns and inies, hung artistically on one corner of each frame. The ladies of the board say that it is impos sible to honor the memory of the founders too much, and it was a labor or love Indeed to adorn the frames for yesterday's recep tion. The purpose of the reception was to raise money for the new hydraulic elevator that the board is about to place in tho Home, bat donations or any kind were received with gratitude. Tho money for the elevator did not come in as largely ns the ladles had hoped, but It Is expected that when it is generally known that funds are needed for this purpose there will bo more contribu tions. Donations of Dainties and Necessaries. There were a good many donations of groceilcs, books, drygoods, fruit, etc., hut not so much as in former years. Mrs. Will iam Thaw sent a generous contribution of mouoy and a letter of regret Jhtt she could not be present. A sad occurrence at the Home yesterday was the death of Miss Anne Kirkwood. one of the inmates, who had been suffering from a complication of dlseasos for n number of years and was utterly helpless. She had been nt the Home for the past three years. She was a good Chtistlan, and when tho end came was quite prepared to go. The visitors yesterday went all through the Home, and were very much pleased with tho excellence of the arrangements, all conducing to the comfort and cheerfulness of the patients. Particularly were they struck with the "Sun Parlor." a large, airy room of glass on the second floor, that com mands a view of tho city from three sides, and is actuallv what it profeses to be a sun parlor. Thore have been fire escapes attached to the Home within the last year or two, In the shape of long brldtres that lead from the halt doors on each floor. These fire escapes ncre viewed with a great deal of interest by the visitors, many of whom had never seen them before. In an Institution where most of the patients are unable to walk, stairs are of little use, and it is for this ronRon that the managers are de sirous of putting In an elevator as soon as possible. Served by the King's Daughters. Refreshments were served yesterday from 2 to 5, in the shape of ice cream, cake, Rus sian tea, etc., under the direction of the King's Daughters. Mrs. George Scully handod around the Russian tea. She was Miss Reese up till last winter, she being one of the pretty bridss of the season. The King's Daughters ore all pretty, intelligent girls, and they brightened up the Home with their presence in a way that could hardly have been uccompllshod by anything else. Their merry laughter resounding through the halls and looms was in itself a treat to the patient sufferers of the institution. The young girls were the Incarnation of beauti ful, breezy spring. Among them were Miss Bird Edwards, Mis Elizabeth Tindle, Miss Birdie Faber, tho Misses Gertrude and Fan nie Smith, Miss Grace Taylor, Miss Blanche Street, the Misses Martin, Mrs. Will Ed wards and the Misses McCulIum. Among the managers were Miss Fressly. the President, Who seemed to be every where nt once and making everyone feel at home: Mrs. N. M. Smith, Vice President; Mrs. George Taylor, Secretary, who has taken the place o: Miss Mary McCandless, obliged to resign on account of the large amount of work on her hands in connection with the Columbian Exhibition; Miss E. Stevenson, Mrs. W. Miller, Mrs. Book, MiS3 Arbuckle ana ocuers. The annual May fair and festival for the benefit of the Aged Colored Women's Home was opened yesterday in Lafayette Hall and closes this evening. Judging by the. large, attendance and the pleasant manner in .which everything is. carried jOtj the fair wilj. De sure to De a great financial success. The. hall never appeared to better advantage than It did yesterday with its jolly-faced, busy workers attired in gay, spring-liko dresses. There are prettily arranged ice cream nnd refreshment tables in ch&rae of Pittsburg nnd Allcghenv ladies, and a num ber of dainty booths filled with useful nnd fancy articles for sale. The fiower booth, orange tree and cliocolato stands nro pre sided over by pretty, wiome young girls whose principal trait seems to be unceasing good humor. Dinner will be served to-day irom u:3u a. m. io a r. ., anu iue special features of this evening will be the unwind ing of the Maypole and music by tho Iron City Band. Tho ladles who have the arrange ments in hand are: Mrs. D. S. Richards. Mrs. E. Hawkins, Mrs. E. Johnson, Miss S. Ma loney, Mrs. S. Dorsey, Mrs. E. Cain, Mrs. Kate Strothers, Miss S. Delaney, Mrs. M. Allen and Mrs. C. Stinson. Social Chatter. To-morrow evening will bring to a close the German Lutheran Evangelical fair that has been so successfully carried on nil this week In Old City Hull. A good musical pro gramme will be presented, and it is expected that the German element of the two cities will be largely represented on the occasion. Last evening the fourth annual tea and re ception of the Ladv Gladstone Lodge No. 20, Order of Daughters of St. George, took place In new Turner Hall, Sonthslde. There was a large attendance and a great deal of pleusuro for every one. To-morrow afternoon the one hundredth Carnegie flee organ recital will De given In Carnegie Hall, Alleghony. Mr. Ecker has prepared a particularly strong programme lor the occasion. The Carnegie Musical Society will give a vocal and instrumental concert in Carnegie Hall, Allegheny, next Tnesday evening. A good programme has been prepared. The Allegheny General Hospital promises to reap a goodly benefit from "Belshazzar," Judging by the large audience it has been drawing every nisht at the Alvin. Mr. aud Mrs. Williax J. McCaxce, nee Hodge, the bride or two weeks ago, have issued at home cards for to-morrow. Their residence is at Edgcwood. Tub annual meeting of the Children's Aid Society of Allegheny countv. will be held this afternoon In the Dispensary building, at 4:S0 o'clock. The sixth annual meeting of the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society of Pennsylvania was held yestorday in Mc KecspOrt. A charmikolt appointed noonday lunch eon was given yesterdav by Mrs. Theodore Hbstetterat her home, Western avenue, Al legheny. The last of Madame Howard's Mctster slnger lecture-recitals was given last even ing at the Pennsylvania College for Women. Last evening a concert, followed bv a ball, was given under.the nusplces of the German Vereln at the rooms, Penn avenue. Miss Mart SrEKR entertained 15 ladles at luncheon at tho Duqucsne Club yestetday. CONTENTION SrKAWS. As to the nominations at Springfield but what's the difference: Chicago Tribune (.Rep.). That "anti-snap" convention in New York will put a razor edge on every tomahawk in the camphor the Tammany braves. St. Limit Globe-Democrat Rep.). This is the month of the New York Demo cratic White Elephant Convention. Senator Hill holds tho leading strap of tho animal that was given first prize. Joliet Journal Rep.). Delegates to the Springfield Convention, while admitting that they are free-born American citizens, confess that they are subject to the rule of one man. And that's what Hertz. Chicago Mail. A good many enthusiastic delegates walked to the State Convention of the Peo ple's party in Maine. The Republicans will do their walking after tho early part or No vember in this particular year of grace. Detroit Free Prets Dim.). Wirn uninstructed delegates from New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Massachusetts, Maine and Colorado, the Minneapolis Con vention will not bo devoid of interest. There will bo plenty or room to play pontics, Chicago Inter-Ocean Rep.). Wtomiso's female delegate to the Minne apolis Convention is said to be charming in appearance, but has little to say. A Repub lican National Convention will at least have something material at which to "point with pride." Cleveland Plain Dealer Dem.). CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. The theaters of Xondon are now fum gated after each performance to prevent tl spread of the grip. Elections in France are always held c Sundays, in order to suit tho convenience workingmen and peasants. The earth, at the equator, moves at tl rate of a mile in 3.6 seconds, four-tenths of second slower than the velocity of a cannc ball. The Legislative Assembly of Styria, i Austria, has passed a law forbidding po people to marry without a special licem from the authorities. A French chemist is reported to hav discovered a process by which cottonsee oil can be so refined as to make It one of tb best lubricating oils known. Citizens of Perry, Ga., are wonderiner a young chicken owned by one of thei which has four legs, two of which are wher the tail feathers ought to be. A judge in a Massachusetts divorc court has laid down the law that when woman obtains a divorce sho shall not b permitted to resume her maiden name. The Salvation Army believes in th use of printer's ink. It puclishes 31 weekl newspapers and five monthly magazines with a total annual circulation of 15,000,00 copies. Copenhagen has under consideration plan for a circular street railway to glrdl the cltv and connect with all tho othe lines. The system will be double trackei the entire length. The earth's surface only exceeds thi moon's by about 13 times. The moon'i surface is fully as large as Africa and Aus tralia together, and nearly as largo as Nortl and Soutu America without the islands. In Mashona, when twin babies an born, both are drowned. This Is one of those savage customs which discourages the na tive census taker and makes him a strona advocate of conversion to Christian privl lege. Scranton, Pa., has a remarkable whee whioli weighs 403,000 pounds. It is a Co; wheel 51 feet In diameter and 18 inches ffice, and has a capacity of 30,000,000 gallons ol water and 2.000 tons of sand per 24 hours run at a velocity of ten feet a second on the inner edge of the bucket. A young woman in Blaine, Me., whosi father died In Andersonville prison, draws a Government pension on that account, and she needs It. She is only 28 years old, bn her chest measure is 65 inches, waist 6 inches, and she weighs 415 pounds. Sue u unable to stand longer than a minute or two. A praiseworthy arrangement has been arrived at between all the French railway companies. In future every employe, of no matter what lino, will bo entitled toa return free pass once a year to any station in France, and his family living with him to passes at one-quarter the usual passenger rates. A calculation of the average volume of the water of tho gulf stream that passes Cape Florida in one hour gives the enor mous sum of 90,000,000,000. Were this amount evaporated, the remaining salt wontd re quire more than 100 times the number of seagoing vessels now afloat in the world to carry it. Mr. J. Korosi, Director of the Hunga rian Bureau of Statistics, taKlng 24,009 cases as a basis, reaches the following conclusions: Children, whose father Is less than 20 years of age, have a weak constitution. The issue of lathers of between 25 and 40 years are the strongost, while the descendants of fathers of over 40 years are weak. When Sheffield first became famous for Its cutlery, a peculiar shaped knife, designed for a variety of uses, was made with great care and sent to the agent of the Cutlers' Company in London. On one of the blades was engraved the following challenge: London, for thv Hie, Show me such another knife. Some novel fire escapes have been added to the Narragansett House, Provi dence. They "form a spiral curving about a standplpe five inches in diameter. This standpipo is so adjusted as to be readily connected with the street hvdrants and at each story can be connected with hose, thus adding another precaution against Are." . The. Italian never buys a stiletto, but manufactures It at home o-.t of any material that he can lay, his hands upon. There are twoillstlnoc brands of the article, the city and the suburban, the first being made by the gentlemanly member or the Mafia; who resides in town, and the 'second by his brother, who tolls far from tho madding crowd. A horse was killed by bees at Leslie, Go., recently. A colored woman was driv Ingby a place where the pestiferous little in sects were being hived. A swarm alighted on the horse nnd began stinging him. The woman ran off to secure help. When she came back it is said that there were three colonies of bees on the unfortunate animal. They were finally driven off, but the horse died shortly afterward. The Shanghai Debating society has been considering why tho young men of Shanghai do not marry. Tho impression fa that the fault is in the "chit system," the local name for tho credit system, by which 'l things are charged at high prices, instead of being paid for at low prices. The majority J of tho young men were in favorof abolishing . this system, but the young women were ' against it and swamped the boys. "While Edgar Bates, a geologist of Angola, was prospecting In Jackson county, Mich., lie discovered in a stream a peculiarly marked stone, rudely cut by a blunt Instru ment. With the aid of a microscope he was able to decipher an inscription running to this effect: "Samuel Bernet; I was taken by the Indians near Sandusky, atid I expect never to reach that place. If my friends I am to bo burned. April 16, 18t9." The old-time viol was the first instru ment of its kind, and furnished the plan for the modern violin, which, however, is 700 years old. It is said that Charles IL Intro duced it into England. Ono of the finest makers of violins was Stradivarius, or Cre mona, who exlsed in the early part of the eishteenth century- Violins made by him are worth thousands or dollars now, and hlgh'.v esteemed by collectors and per formers. The marriage ceremony practiced by the people of Borneo Is very short and sim ple. Bride and groom are brought out before the assembled crowd with great solemnity, and seated side by side. A betel nut Is then cut in two by the medicine woman of the tribe, and one half Is given to the groom. They begin to chew the nut, and then the old'woman, after some sort of incantation, knocks their heads together, and thoy are declared; man and wife. PICKINGS FROM PUCK. He (planning an elopement) And at 13' you sneak quietly out of the'house and meet me at the corner. I won't have a carriage, as we mast be as economical as possible. V She On, I've made papa promise to pay for tha carnage, George I . He got a message from his wife. It knocked him off his pins. TVlth tears of Joy he read these words: "Instead of triplets, twins." Bridget (new acquisition in a Boston household) Does the mantel want to be dusted, mum? Mrs. Emerson Inanimate objects cannot want anything, Bridget: but I wish the mantel dusted. Pray, be careful of the vahses. The grocer's the tailor's, the milliner's dun, And things that distress u. all come on a ran; hlle the gifts we're awaiting to add to our Joy Arc 'most always brought by a messenger boy. Peckhara The devil is an enigma to mf. v Stlckncy now so? Peckham With such a bad name as he has, anl such a Legislature as the one Just adjourned, wlir he didn't get It changed. Two pairs of lips just meeting A noise outside the door 1 Two persons quickly separate As they would meet no more. It proves to be a false alarm Two persons as before. Miss Bedbud My mother tells jse, Colonel, that you are a great traveler. Colonel Alpenstock Yes: Miss Bedbud. Elnrt the war I have done little else. Miss Redbud (Impressively) I presume that what started you ofi. Soon will each champion pugilist Find It necessary To bounce his trainer and employ A private secretary. Kirby Stone I won't be home to dins'1 to-day. my dear. Job Lott has Invited a dozen ot us to a discharging bee at his house, to-night. Sirs. Stone Discharging bee? What'athat? Kirby Stone He wants to tell bis errant that she's got to leave. ) . a.. ;.-:-t C'.;.,-A.,!. J - -vi ' -) 0 ' .V . "&HHSfK-ci
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