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HILLS DFGEORGfA.
Southern Life Abounds in
Tliases That Delight the
Artist Heart.
PENCIL AGAINST EIFLE.
Oick of a Winchester Interrupted
Ljell Carr's Sketching.
BROKZED AND BAREFOOT BELLES.
The Caution of the Moonshiners and Their
Trotectinj: Fires.
SCENES lYOUTIiT J1ILMIS OR ROUSSEAU
nrRnTEX for Tni dispatch, i
Are we ever to have en American "Ange
las?" Is there ever to be an American
Millais? Undoubtedly the task of building
up an American art must be the work of
American artists. From the beginning of
all effort toward the building up of an art
cense and appreciation in America, it has
been the custom to look to foreign schools
for teaching and to foreign sources for in
spiration, as if the keys to the mysteries of
the art had, like the keys to the mysteries
ot religion, been committed to some one
particular apostle, and the people of all
times and nations thereafter must bow
under the apostolic succession to receive
the eentiine article.
It is undoubtedly true that our native artist-
bare heretofore sought for material in
fo-cign ticlj and in foreign history more
diligently than in our own country, and yet
no country is richer in historical, tradi
tional unci natural suggestions than is Amer
ica. Its history is worthy the best efforts of
the lirst pai'.ters and its natural beauties
are ric'i in the variety of their sublime and
original suggestions of things that belong to
our history, and arc of greater initial and
i-onstantly increasing value than any other
nylc of paintin;.
'"te'ur qa ftoantles of th South.
Some of our Americm artisls have re
spond hi with a hichlr commendable pi ompt-ne'-s
to the call lor more or the national
quality in their work, as witness the ex
amples in th" last Aradcuy. Xcv England
Inndcavrs. hi-rl-or views, character pieces
rnd nanucs'spc were there in plcasins
rariety and number. All sections of the
conr.try wc-e noli represented except the
vtina and vrolipf South. This was repre
sented hr one solitary picture, a plantation
Feenr. by Mr. Ivcli f'srr. And yet no more
5a't. it 1i -1 ! tor "he work ol the American
srt'; rsistv on tin- Jaep of the earth to-dav
than is found in ti.e '"New South." In all
si ai i-rl;rs Ti-ittauy dear to the French
and Savov 'V.t to the Italian artist,
i'r ne-i Sin'li appeals to the Amercan.
Her ch.-iraot itic landsnpes, with their
r;o!i ai'd is'ird h"es, not to be found in
etji.al e iiiili.:i-iti n in any other country in
li.e i.o.-ni; her primeval forests and rugged,
cr-ggv mou.itatns; her bright vermilion
roil .si 1 ! elds of snowy cotton and deep
green lobacco and waving corn: her primi
ihe hinlian iman and unreconciled remnant
nj a lvmer cond tion of caste, with the
mvriad evidences ot a languid and listless
ci"il.7-'ion in slow procss of evolution to
i'i:'-th"n:- better are there in picturesque
and limitless variety.
Mr. C::-r had but recently returned from
an t-Ttrni'ed stay among the people of the
highlands of Georgia, and was lull of the
anisic beauties- ot that section of the coun
irv when he gave me a story of his experi
ence's. His portfolio told the story ot the
pat glory and present transition of the
rti-al South coctry better than it conld be
told in hundreds of pages is descriptive
type.
Fle'ds for a Ml'laU or Konssenu.
"I was prompted to go down there, in the
first instance, to spy out the land,' as it
were, to see it fiere were not in my oun
country landscapes and phases of life that
were distinctive types ot part of our na
tional character and history, and I have not
been disappointed. I have been more than
TiWsed. Within a radius of 30 miles ot
Tall 'poosa, where I roamed about among
the countrv peonle with my sketchbook,
there is material whic'.i Millais and Rous
seau would have envied.
"The Southern people are very peculiar
in some respects; but thev are just as nice
people as you would want to meet in gen
eral. They are hosoitable and generous,
and tolerant solongasjou avoid crossing
anv of their pet prejudices and they have
a heap of them. If thev happen to take of
fense against you they are more likely to
appeal to primitive, not to say aboriginal,
methods of redress. Starting out with my
wife one dav on a trip to the mountain back
of" Tallapoosa, we met a young fellow who
clerked in Hackney's Mill's. He called me
aside, out of earshot of Mrs. Carr, and said
to me, threateningly: 'Say, you mustn't
get aav with that gal down thera.
"'What girl?' I asked.
" 'That Hutchins gal Verdure Hutchins.
I've got a mortgage onto her, and I won't
have no foolin" about her.'
"I allavcd his fears, and seeing tbat he
was deeply in earnest and knowing that he
was a favorite with the parents of the girl,
I told him that if he wished I would put in
a good word for him with Miss Verdure.
" 'Well, now, that's right smart nice o'
rou. I'd be pow'iul clad ef yo' would put
jn a good word to me, 'cause that Sam Clay
he w ants to git her to go to the theavter wetn
himself to-morrow night an' I got to go to a
baptizin".' ..
" 'Who is going to be baptize?" I asked.
"'Ibe.'
Arjrnments of th Moonshlnr.
"The people are eminently religious.
Even up in the 'Devil's Kitchen," on the
mountain, there is a Baptist Church, of
which the pastor and most of the members
are well known to be moonshiners. They
are in a state of practical rebellion against
the .National Goternment, in this way:
They sre uncompromising believers in the
right of everj- man to make what he wants
out of the products of the soil and to trade
or cll it w ithout let or hindrance, and the
etiorts of the Government to collect its rev
enue tax on the products of the still are re
setted as an unjustifiable usurpation of au
thority, which they are consistently bound
to onpos" as long as they are able. Some of
their lcligious observances are peculiar.
Feet wHstiings occur at some of them at
stated interval', and the immersions of the
Baptists are made in the Tallapoosa river,
winter or summer.
"Thi old cotton gin and grist mill," said
he, shoiriii7 3 sketch, "struck the fancy o! a
visiting poet from Illinois, Mr. George
Bow en, and he wrote these verses on the
back of the sketch:
Where cross the old red Georgia, roads.
Tall nine trees shade within,
"Plantation picked," come wagon loads
Of cotton to the gin.
Tiio nntive commerce that avails
The "ciacVer'' comforts crude
Provide wiiat luxury prevails
In habitations rude.
The weatherbcaten gin each year
Moio feebly hales tne crop;
Its old gray lorni must disappear,
Its life of labor stop.
While mcm'ry points with loving pride
To glories tnat huvo been,
In peace and lond affection bido
The old time cotton sin.
A Harpy and Aged Ex-lavr.
"This sketch that I have called 'Mess
mates shows an old darky who used to be a
slave, and who still ding's to the old place,
tolerated by the owner because of the old
times. He supports himself by putting flag
scats and backs in spindle chairs. The old
Newfoundland dog is seldom far away from
him. and when the mistress of the house
sends old John a dish from the kitchen,
which she does very often, Towse is pretty
sure to have a share of it In this picture
John has just received a savory dish c-f rab
bit stew, and Towse is anxiously waiting for
his share.
"Old John is without incumbrances, and
under the patronage of his old master has a
comparatively easy time of it. Most of the
ex-slaves, placed upon their own resources,
found and still find it a matter of no small
difficulty to make both ends meet, and at
the same time secure their food and other
necessaries of life, simple though they may
be. There is generally a small garden
patch and sometimes a few acres of cotton
or tobacco or corn back of the cabin. Then
the colored owners or renters are also the
laborers and servants and often the mechan
ics (to a far greater extent in the South
than here, at any rate) for the neighbor
hood, and out ot all these resources they
manage to worry through patiently, and
with no great amount of hardship, a rather
indolent and objectless existence. Except
that they are not so large and soundly con
structed, the cabins of the freedmen are not
much inferior to the habitations of the
Georgia Cracker."
An Old Lndy's Miffortnne.
In his rounds Mr. Carr found one old
woman possessed of an old and once re
deemed railroad freight receipt which had
been palmed ofl on her for a ticket for pas
sage in the first steamer sailing from New
York for Liberia, and she was only waiting
to accumulate the money to take her to
New York before starting on her way. She
bad carefully guarded her "ticket" tor over
a year, and the artist had not the heart to
tell her ot the deception that had been
practiced upon her.
But the artist's trips were not always
nnattended with peril. Preparation was
made one day for an extended trip into the
country and beyond into the wilder scenery
of the mountains, and some of the girls, of
whom there were seven in 'Squire
Hutchins' family, determined to go aiong
part of the way to visit a relative who lived
about seveu miles out of town. In the
season the hills are full of snakes,
some of them of the most venomous kind,
but one seldom heard of any one being bit
ten by them. The girls went barefoot into
the hills, although they knew that there
were deadly moccasins, rattlers, cotton
mouths and king and vermillion snakes
about them. Thev were relreshinglv confi
dent of their ability to defend themselves.
Each was armed with a stick cut so as to
have a notch at the end, with which they
could pin a snake to the ground until they
could kill it. With their sticks they waded
fearlessly across creeks and shallow pools
and marshy places, and had considerable
sport with the lizards and turtles that they
round in them. They were a merry lot, and
made disparaging remarks about the tim
idity of a Northern girl who had declined to
accompany them.
V Character of tin Btonntalni.
After leaving the girls at their destina
tion Mr. Carr struck straight up the moun
tain through the woods. In a little while
he struck a road which a&orded pleasauter
travel uutil he met a citizen of the moun
tains whose reputation was known to every
person in the county and through several
counties in the adjoining section of Ala
bama. He was known to every revenue
officer in Georgia and Alabama, lor he had
been several years in the revenue service in
this section himself, during which period
but few illicit stills were detected, and the
"government" was on the best possible
footing with the people of that section.
But on one occasion, when the chief in
spector paid an unannounced visit to the
district with a strong force of deputies and
captured and destroyed a large number of
stills and kille 1 three ol the moonshiners,
among whom was a brother of the man in
question, he became disgusted with his po
sition and resigned and became the leader
of the moonshiners of the district. His an
cient stumptailed mule, known wherever
the mister went as "Old Ked Tiger," had
also suffered in the service and limped
along with one "game" leg. The moon
shiner never went abroad without his rifle,
aud seldom without his jug of "government
stock."
That's the local name for the moonshine
whisky, which is not whisky at all, but just
pure high wines, colorless and clear (unless
specially colored with berry jnice) and
awfully insidious. You taste it and think
yon could drink "a barrel of it," until
about four minutes after the first good sized
nip, and then you go rapidly through in
teuse feeling and excitement into profound
unconsciousness.
A Rub of the Moonshiners.
The moonshiner was disposed to prevent
the artist's purpose to mala; pictures in the
hills, suspecting that be was an emissary of
the government and bent on securing evi
dence against him and his fellows; but he
soon became iuterested in the sketches
shown to him, and when he failed to find
anything that could be construed into
evidence against him of unlawful dis
tilling he withdrew his opposition, with a
somewhat contemptuous sneer against the
"picters of niggers and old grist mills and
sech." The artist had not proceeded very
tar on his way when he came to a turn in
the road, from which several small
smoldering fires, apparently left by
camper, came into view. Wondering what
they could mean he proceeded to investigate,
aud found that in each instance the fire had
been made of the dryest twigs and tried
leaves and grass and then been covered
thickly with light dust, so as to make it
smolder a long while, with the apparent
purpose of producing a smoke and not a
flame. He proceeded from mound to mound,
expecting at some one of them to find some
evidence of a camping expedition or other
explanation ot the phenomenon, when he
came upon a moonshiner's still in fnll
blast.
He subsequently learned that it was a
systematic scheme of the moonshiner to
build a number of fires in the vicinity of
every still in order to disconcert the
revenue officers when they should attempt
to discover them. By this scheme they
generally gained time to destroy the
evidence of their work or to get away at
least with their "worm," the most
expensive part of their outfit There was
110 one in sight and not a sound to be heard
when the artist stumbled upon this scene,
and in duty bound he prepared to make a
sketch of the still.
Ominous Click of tlin Winchester.
He had hardly composed himself to his
task and was about to touch a light to his
pipe, without which sketching is seldom
satisfactorily done, when he was aware of
an ominous clicking once", twice in the
bushes just behind him. He turned in
time to behold a villainous looking fellow
just about to raise his cocked Winchester
to his shoulder, and to promptly throw up
his hands. With his heart in his mouth he
managed to sing out: "Hold on, friend; I'm
doing no harm." The moonshiner slowly
lowered his rifle and advanced to the shack,
and seeing whom he had to deal with and
what he was doing ordered him to "make
tracks," to "mosey" out of there "right
smart" last, and not to be caught nosing
around where he might get into a heap o
trouble a piece of advice the artist was
not slow to lollow.
"While there were drawbacks to the pur
suit of his calling, Mr. Carr passed an en
tire winter jn the South, aud has brought
back with him a large number ot sketches
and some characteristic landscapes' and
character studies in oil. While they are
decidedly unconventional, they are true to
the prevailing color and life ot this quaint
and interesting section of the country, and
for this reason possess a charm, both in the
subject and in the color, that is seldom
found In the more conventional subjects.
Ue has touched upon a field that is full of
interest, not only in the South, but with all
people who treasure the sentiment oi
patriotism and who are interested in the
portrayal of the natural and racial char
acteristics of all parts of our country.
A.L.
Diamonds, rubies, sapphires, opals, eta
set and unset. The larcest slock and lowest
prices In the city at Al. G. Cohen's, 86 Firth
avenue.
De Witt's Little Early Risers. Best pill
for biliousness, sick headache, malaria.
ANNA'S HOT SPEECHES.
Clarkson Tells His Side of the
Trouble With Miss Dickinson.
SHE SHOUTED FOE FREE TRADE
And Wayed the Bloody Bhirt, Instead of
Talking Bepuulicanism.
HIGHEST FEICE PAID IN AMERICA
rconnisrosTETfCE or tot dispatch.!
New York, June 1L Regarding the
coutroversy between Anna Dickinson and
the Republican National Committee, a good
many men of both parties are beginning to
say: "Well, seriously, how about that mat
ter? They didn't treat her just squarely,
did they?
I am employed by the Republican Na
tional Committee myself in the capacity of
writer, and more than one good intentioned
person has said to me "Oh, yon won't get
your money; lookat poor Anna Dickinson!"
Last winter, while on a Southern trip, I
met the Hon. Henry Watterson at a dinner
party, in conversation with him, I said: "I
know another famous journalist-politician,
General Clarkson,"
He bristled up at once and before the
whole party, in which there were half a
dozen ladies, be exclaimed: "What! that,
that rascal!" (The adjective was "Watter
sonian). "When he had exhausted his ready
supply of party animosity, he subsided and
with n delightful heartiness, added: "Not
a word of that is true. Clarkson and I are
friends he's one of the best fellows I
know." And then he told a touching little
story, a good deed of Clarkson's in aid of a
fellow being who had needed material help
and mental bracing up.
Ah, thought I, thus partisanship makes
cowards of us all (temporarily,)
Clarkson's Side of the Case.
It Is high time that the public know
whether the Republican National Commit
tee treated Miss Dickinson fairly, or did
not; whether three great strapping men,
Clarkson, Quay and Dudley, xleliberately
cheated a poor, helpless woman out of
money she had honestly earned or whether
they didn't I had a talk with General
Clarkson the day he left New York for the
Minneapolis Convention. He has been a
personal friend of my family for a dozen
years. I was brought up to regard him as
an honorable man, a gentleman, and one
especially sympathetic and desirous of
helping others in need of assistance. This
is the general opinion of James Clarkson's
personal friends.
"Tell me about Anna Dickinson and her
troubles?" I said.
"I don't like to talk about it," he re
plied. "That's what the Democratic papers say,"
I laughed, "and I would rather hear what
tdu say than what they think."
"Well, the reason I don't like to talk of
it is that Anna and I were near and dear
friends for a great many years, and the
chanee is a sid one to me." He spoke very
quietly and dispassionately. "I dislike
very much to controvert anything tbat
Anna has said." he frequently spoke of
her as "Anna" for she has been a grand
woman aud an unfortunate one "It seems a
sad pity to disturb the feeling of gratitude
and reverence which tbefeople have had for
Anna'Dickinson. Trouble, anxiety, disap
pointed ambitions, have made these later
years of her life a great trial to her. and I
am convinced tbat she is not responsible for
much that she says.
Miu Dickinson's Mental Condition.
"No," he continued, looking out of the
window and shaking his head meditatively,
"Anna never would have done as she has if
she were accountable for it I have never
heard such thrilling speeches as she made
in war3ays. During the years which fol
lowed our friendship continued Unbroken.
I stood by her publicly in my paper when
she made her unfortunate dramatic venture,
and felt the greatest sympathy for her be
cause of her keen disappointment
"When the preparations were being
made for the campaign ot 1888 she came to
Dudley and I and begged us to engage
her to make a series of speeches. I doubted
the advisability of it, and she went to
Hobart, of New Jersey, and made the same
request He finnlly" offered her S25 a
speech for a series. She came back to us
highly indignant at receiving what she con
sidered so small an offer, and pleaded with
me on account of our friendship to give
her the opportunity to earn 55,000, with
which to build a home for her mother, to
whom she is devotedly attached. I told
her I thought it would be n very good
thing for her mother to have a pleasant
home, but it was impossible for the com
mittee to build it
"Still she importuned us, and, finally, In
view of the wonderful effect her oratory
bad had in the past, and because of her
great belief that she could be of extraor
dinary value to us at that time, we engazed
her to give a series of speeches at $125 each.
Highest Prlc for Partisan Oratory.
"This is the largest sum ever paid any
campaign orator by any party. General
George Sheridan well, I onght not to say
what he was paid, but it was nothing like
that sura. And we had one remarkably
clever orator who was satisfied with $15 a
speech. The rest of the committee thought
Dudley and I had been pretty extravagant,
but we hoped that the results would justify
the expenditure.
"She gave 11 lectures in the West, and
the reports we had from them were to the
effect that she was talking war issues and
arousing much sectional feeling. The
fifteenth lecture was given in a town in
New York I have forgotten the name of
it and that was the last The next day we
had dispatches from the local managers that
Miss Dickinson was doing a good deal of
damage, and ought not to be allowed to
speak again. In that town were a good
many Southerners who were beginning to
think of coming over to us because of the
protection issue. Although, we were pay
ing her $125 a lecture to talk on timely
party matters, sne was oepending tor her
issues upon arousing the old war fire, when
we were most anxious to heal that wound.
Moreover, she was talking free trade and
we were advocating protection as the most
important issue for the consideration of the
American people.
"I at once remonstrated with Anna and
she became very angrv.
" 'Do you mean to dictate to me as to what
I shall say in my lectures?' she asked.
" 'We can't have you talking free trade
when we believe that the prosperity of the
country depends upon a protective policy,'
I replied.
She Talked as She Believed.
" "But I don't believe in protection,' she
answered, 'and I can't conscientiously talk
it' Yet we had engaged her at her own
insistence to help promulgate the principles
of the Republican partyl"
"Would it not have been well to have
found out before she spoke at all what she
proposed to talk about?" I interrupted.
"Her reputation for being a good Repub
lican was national; and," he went on, "when
the cities with which she had engagements
refused to let her speak she was incensed.
We tried to explain to her tbat she had not
kept her contract with us, bad not clone the
work lor which we had engaged her, but
she seemed entirely unable to comprehend
it Did it seem to you, would it to any
one, like the reasoning, of a rational mind
that a political party would pay, and pay a
very high price, for'spreading the views of
an opposing party?"
"In spite of this unfortunate outcome,
and her entire failure to keep her contract
with us to talk on timely matters and party
issues, we paid her as much as we should it
she had delivered the full 30 lectures, and
delivered them to our satisfaction. Be
sides the $3,750 which we paid for the
lectures, 15 ol which were never delivered,
we paid an expense bill of $750. In all we
paid her $4,500, although we received for it
nothing but injury party and personal.
We believed it the kindest thing we could
do for Anna Dickinson, besides allowing
the matter to drop completely.
Cava Clarkson a Tongue Lathing.
"When she found that the various com
mittees with whom she had had engage
ments refused her services she called upon
me with her friend, Mrs. Stewart, and
abused me soundly. It was the same Mrs.
Stewart who was with her when she had
called to make arrangements for the lec
tures, and whose testjmony was so against
her at the trial. Poor Anna I She talked
to me pretty harshly, and I left the room
alter a while. Mrs. Stewart followed me
and said: 'General Clarkson, although I
am Anns Dickinson 's friend, I don't want
you to think that one woman can sit still nud
hear another talk so without protesting.
You have shown a wonderful patience to
Anna, and I want to thank you for it, for
she seems in no condition to appreciate it
herself.
"After this, Miss Dickinson threatened a
law suit, but we believed that as soon as
the facts where known, the public would
understand the situation, and would see
that we had treated her rather more than
fairly, and that we were not dealing with a
woman who was in a condition to judge of
the merits of the case."
Tvllllnc to Hum His Story Published.
"General, do you mind if I publish what
you have said to me?" I asked.
"I have no feeling about the matter, ex
cept pity for Anna, and regret that our
friendship has been severed. Personally, I
would rather it would not be mentioned
again, but I am aware tbat it may be best
for the committee and the most humane
thing to her to go over the details. If you
write for a paper speak as kindly as you can
of Anna and her misfortunes."
Besides this, General Clarkson gay me
the following note:
Fifth Avium! Hotxl, )
MctTouk, May 29, 1892. i
Mies Drew:
Ton are liberty to use. for the purpose of a
newspaper article, the details I have given
you as to the controversy between Aliss
Dickinson and tho National Committee. We
paid her $3,750 for 15 lectures and $750 for
expenses while delivering them, or $4,500 in
all tho largest requital ever made to any
speaker by any party In this country.
J. S. Clakkbox
I do not expect any one with the disease
of partisan rancor upon him toreador credit
the above conversation. It is the story of
the friendship of a man and woman, and
written lor men and women.
Grace Esther Drew.
HIS VOICE FOR HARRISON.
Got. McKInley Enthusiastically
Greeted
by the Populace.
Miniteapolis, Minn., J,une 1L As
Governor McKinley left the Convention
Hall he was greeted on all sides with the
greatest applause. He took a street car for
the West House. The car was jammed
with people. They greeted him
with, "Well, you'll be nomi
nated by acclamation in 1896, anyway."
When he alighted from the car the crowd
on the streets followed him into the West
House. The jam of people there surrounded
him and called for a speech. As he mounted
the stairway he remarked to a friend he had
had nothing to eat since early morning, but
responded to the crowd: "Gentlemen, what
voice I have left is for Harrison, and
wherever he is, my heart follows."
For several days past the Governor's
friends have besieged him in an effort to
get him to consent to be a candidate, and he
said his name could not be used. He per
sistently declined to enter the race. To in
quiring delegates he tnaae the same
answer, that he was for Harrison.
For two days past his modest room
on the fourth floor of the West Hotel
has been besieged by delegates. One of
them said his State would go solid for Mc
Kinley if he would be a candidate. He
said he could not The Governor left
for Chicago this morning on a special
car of the Ohio Republican League. He
will visit Captain McWilliams, of Marshal
Field & Co., where Mrs. McKinley has
been a guest during the week.
OCEAIT FEEIGHT WAB.
Money Belns; Iost on Cargoes Carried to
Australian Ports.
New Yobk, June 10. Competition has
passed the point of being the life of the
Australian freight trade; to the outsider it
looks far more likely to prove the death of
it. As things now stand every ship which
sails hence for the colonies means a loss to
the people who send her out, whose receipts
for cargo do not equal the charter charges.
Freights to Australia are now only about
a third of the amount charged for similar
service a few years ago. The present rate
is 8 cents per cubic loot, and quotations
have not varied much from that figure for
two or three months. Just before that the
quotations were down to 7 cents, and inas
much as the cost to the charterers is figured,
at anywhere from 1 to 2 cents above the
present rate ot 8 cents, it is evident that
there is a fine chance for losing money.
The fight is goingon between one ship
ping house on one side and four others on
the other. The Australasian-American
Shipping Company (Limited), of Sydney,
was organized about three years ago with a
capital of 100,000. Most of its stockhold
ers were Australian importers, whose object
was to get freight at charter rates. Arkell
& Douglas were made the company's
agents in this city. They had been many
years in the trade.
As soon as the new company entered the
field four firms engaged in the same busi
ness prepared to entertain it They were
R. W. Cameron & Co., Henry W. Peabody
&r Co., Mailler & Quereau," and Arnold,
Cheney & Co. The four had no formal
agreement for co-operation, but they worked
together in harmony in their common cause
against the Australasian-American.
A very large part of the reduction in
rates is due to the cheapening of vessel
charters, but the rate cutting is responsible
tor much of it, cut following cut until the
present quotations have been reached. Both
sides admit that they have lost money, and
some estimates put the-joint cost bf the
game as high as $300,000. The last report
of the Australasian-American Company
showed a loss of a trifle over 13,000, and
was filed several months ago. At Arkell &
Douglas' office yesterday it was said that
the fight had probably cost the company
$60,000 and the other side four times as
much.
The four firms do not give out their figures
on the subject, but they do not deny that
war is expensive. Neither side, however,
shows a disposition to compromise. The
Australian importers, Arkell & Douglas,
say, contracted to give their freight to the
company, and the agreement still has two
years or so to run. This firm holds that the
old rates were aitogetner too nign ana that
the importers united for that reason.
By representatives of the other side it is I
explained tbat tne lour nouses are determ
ined to prevent foreign capital from gob
bling up the trade at the expense of Ameri
cans They look upon the old rates as
equitable with the existing conditions.
Exports to Australia include almost every
thing produced here, except textile goods
aud provisions. The trade is a fairly im
portant one. All ships used in it are char
tered. The flag doesn't count in hiring
them.
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Cheap Excursions to Chicago, Account
Democratic National Convention.
On June 16 to 20, Inclusive, the Pittsbors
and Western Railway will sell round trip
tickets to Chicago, from principal stations
on its lines, good to return until July 8 at
very low rates.
Perfect action and perfect health result,
from the use of De Witt's Little Early Risers.
A perlect little pill. Very small; very sure
Jimp Awhihg3 are neat and pretty, at
Mamaux & Son's, 39 Peuu avenue. wsu
Vo'.ksbrmi.
Pure lager beer, made from hops and maH
without a particle ot adulteration. Just the
drinK for hot weather. Bottled or on tap.
Manufactured by Eherhardt A Ober.
AT HARRISON'S HOME.
The
Old Enthusiasm for Indiana's
Favorite Son Revived.
FEW BLAINE SHOOTERS THERE.
General Agreement That Protection Will
Have an Easy Victory.
SOME DEMOCRATIC VIEWS OP IT.
rSFZCTAI. TrLEQlUM TO THE DtSFATCTI .
Indianapolis, June 11. Harrison
boomers took the town last night, blow
ing tin horns, ringing bells and shouting
for their chief. The Blaine men were very
quiet Excitement in the city during the
balloting was intense. The various
bulletin boards had their eager
hundreds of readers. Interest deepened at
3:10 o'clock when it was announced that a
ballot bad been ordered. As the votes be
gan to come in the crowds multiplied. At
3:30, when the aspect of things was de
cidedly Harrison-like, much of the en
thusiasm of four years ago was manifested.
The bulletin crowds were largely for Har
rison. If there were Blaine men in In
diana they were not shoutings McKinley
was not lacking friends, but the feeling was
almost unanimous for the Indiana man
among the Republicans. The following in
terviews with prominent men were had:
Governor Chase Harrison was the
strongest man considered, as far as Indiana
is concerned, and the strongest for the whole
country I believe. The generalship of the
Harrison forces at the convention was
superb. Mr. Clarkson and his associates
might as well stctj aside. I shall not be at
all surprised if Huston succeeds Clarkson
as Chairman of the National Committee.
Only What They Expected.
Claude Matthews, Democratic candidate
for Governor It is only what I ex
pected from the complete organiza
tion and the manner in which Har
rison's forces were managed. He has
been quietly at work, while 'Blaine has had
all the hurrah. I dnn't think it will have
any effect npon the Democracy In tho cam-
Eaign in this State. I think thore is such a
reach between the Harrison and Blaine
elements that it will be an extremely diffi
cult matter to reconcile thoin. A compro
mise candidate would have been stronger
than either in this State. Indiana will be
Democratic notwithstanding Harrison's
nomination.
x-Con;ressman English (Dem.) Harri
son is not as strong as ho was tbreo months
ago, particulaily in Indiana.
Ex-Governor Gray I have believed all
along that Harrison would bo nominated,
and I may say that Iregaidhim much the
strongest man in Indiana that could have
been nominated.
Thomas Tagarr, Chairman of the Demo
cratic State Committee Harrison Is weaker
by thousands of votes than he was last elec
tion. In tho first place because of tho In
ternal strife going on in the Republican
ranks, not only in ft. Wayne and in Indi
anapolis, but all oyer Indiana.
Democratic Seasoning; on the Basalt.
A great deal of this is due to his failure to
remember the men who did the hard work
in 1SSS. and the appointment instead of men
who simply looked wise and gave Mr. Harri
son a laige amount of high-coloted, but ex
tremely worthless advice. Before State
pride cut a laree figure. I want to say now
that State pride this year is a barren ideal
ity. There is not much or It left, and that Is
ot a poor quality.
The Australian system of voting will pre
vent any corruption or fraud, and. if the
Democrats do their duty in guarding tho
sanctity of the ballot, Indiana's electoral
votes win be cist for the nom
inee of the Chicago Convention.
There is still another reason why he
will be weak. Clarkson, Quay. Piatt, Miller,
Dudley and others were the men In 1888 who
raised the creater part or the vast sums of
money that were used. It, was these gentry
who made a notorious boodle campaign pos
sible and had much to Jo with the election
of Mr. Harrison.
Now, do you suppose they will work as
hard for him as thoy did then? May be they
will, but I dojbt it. No, sir, tho nomination
of Mr. 'Harrison moan that the present of
ficeh'olders will do all they can to elect htm,
whilo the majority of the dissatisfied Re
publicans, who think they should have been
lewaided, will be lax in their efforts, and
if they don't bolt the ticket will not do much
to help it succeed.
REID'S BOOM BORN.
A Card From a Committee of tha New
Tork Typogi aphloal Cnlon.
Minneapolis, June 11. Shortly before
the meeting of the convention the New
York delegation held a conference, and the
72 delegates of that State unanimously
agreed to present the name of Hon, White
law Reid, editor of the New Yok Tribune,
for the Vice Presidency. At this meeting
the lollowing communication was received:
To the republican National Convention and to the
Members of the New York Delegation:
At a meetlns or the undersisned, a com
mittee representing Typographical Union
No. 6, of New York, the following pream
ble and resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
Whereas, The differences heretofore ex
isting betweon our u lion and the New York
IViJwne have been honorably adjusted, to
the complete satisfaction of both sidos;
and,
Wnereas. Hon. Whitelaw Reid. editor of
the Tribune, has been favorably mentioned
as a candidate for the Republican party for
the office of Vice Piesident, therelore, be It
Resolved, That this committee indorse his
candidacy and request that he bo named for
the office. John a. Kemnt,
President Typographical Union N.6.
William J. ISreknaii, Thomas Hancock
Robert Costello, Piekoe P. Hurley,
Committee.
The gentlemen whose names are signed
to this communication arrived in the city
from New York and appeared before the
Empire State delegation at their meeting.
They stated that the labor organizations of
the country would be united in supporting
Mr. Reid because ot his kind offices in set
tling, upon his return from Europe, the
differences which existed between the
Tribune managers and the typographical or
ganization of New York.
CLARKSON WILL WORK HARD.
He Will Do as Mneh for Harrison as He
"Would for Another.
Minneapolis, June 11. A report
was current after the convention ad
journed Friday night that Clarkson
and other Blaine men on the National
Committee would resign, aud when seen
Mr. Clarkson smiled faintly, and said:
"There is not a word of truth in that report,
I am satisfied with the ticket, and you may
say that Blaine men never shirk their duty.
I will work as hard for Harrison as I
would for anybody else, now that the
nomination is made. The candidate gener-
U11J OClCUkS 1113 J110lllUiU, auui null I. WJ
the man. I don't want the place.
Huston.
of Indiana, and Carter ot
'
Montana, are mentioned. Both are
good men and both have had
considerable experience in politics. Hus
ton was mentioned for the Chairmanship in
188a Yes, I have heard C L. Magee
talked of for Executive Chairman."
ONE 07 FOKAKEB'S TBICKS.
Be Gets Even Georc H. Cox to Tote for
Governor McKinley.
Minneapolis, June 1L Ex-Governor
Foraker played a shrewd trick on the Ohio
delegation. The Blame people in the
Buckeye crowd had planned to throw the
vote of the State to McKinley, but they
kept it quiet until the time for the State to
be called. When Judge Nash commenced
to poll the delegation, Bnshnell and Fora
ker suggested that they support McKinley.
Coming from that side of the fence the
Major's friends were tickled, and they tell
into the trap.
Judge Nash was surprised, but he ac
quiesced with the majority. It was cer
tainly a , bitter pill for Cox, but.he swal
lowed it gracefully, with the other Foraker
men. and cast his ballot for the Governor.
That great good Is helng done by the offl
olal visits of Senior Vice Department Com
mander W. O. Russell was proved in one
Instance Friday night. Tho visit to Posts
236 and 155 in the hall of the former was one
of the most enjoyable that has been held in
this region for a long time. The noole sen
timent of fraternity, charity and loyalty
seemed to pervade all and the grnnd
speeches mado roused up tho good feeling
of the boys in a wny that augurs well for
comradeship in this vicinity. Among the ora
tors of the evening beside Comrade Russell
were Comrades Sample, of Post 123, and
Moreland, of Post 151. Besides Posts 236 and
155 thore woie present representatives from
Posts 128, 151 and 4S0. The Influence of meet
ings like this ought to last for years, and
doubtless will.
Another enjoyable meeting was that of
Post 83, when Comrade Russell was present.
Tho Senior "Vice Department Commander
took occasion to compliment tha post on Its
fine standing, and all the comrades a large
number were present, notwithstanding the
superfluity or rain wcro well pleased.
Amnncthe visitors was Comrade McKlnluy,
of Holllday Pot No. 12, of Wheeling, W. Va.
Tne Senior Vice Department Commander
visited Post 33 at Etna, Thursday evening,
and stirred the comrades up out thero con
siderably. Comrade Busoell was greatly
disappointed that Post 545. which should
have been present in a body, was not even
represented.
Post 41 was to have been officially visited
last Wednesday evening, but owing to an
unexpectod contingency the visit has been
postponed till Wednesday, June 29. On this
occasion tlio-comrades may he expected to
turn out en masse, and give the distinguished
visitor a fitting welcome.
Instead of going to Braddock last night, as
was the intention, Comrade Russell went to
Wltkinsburg and officially visited Post 513.
Post 128 was to have been visited Tlinrs
day evening, the 23d, but the post havins
something else on the tapis tor that evening
a postponement uas made till the following
Tiiursday, June 30. A large number of Com
rades will attend this meeting, which will
be a rousing one. Comrade Russell hopes
that all who intended to go one the 23d will
be able to do so as well on the 30th.
While Comade Russoll was well pleased at
the entertainment of Post 3 lust Monday
evening, he wants to attend a regular post
meeting and to that end Monday. June 27,
has been decided upon. On this date theie
foro he will officially visit Post 30.
Comrade Russell's schedule of official
visits this week is as follow-: Monday, Posts
111 and 329 (at ball or 111): Tuesday, Post
29; Wednesday, Pests 135, 2S9 and 470; Thurs
day, Posts 157. 206 and 230 (at hall of 257);
Saturday, l'o-ts 59. 127, 5G4 and 207 (at Pose
59's hall), McKeesport.
i
Hope for Pensioners.
Thore aro about 400 certificates at the
Pittsburg Pension Agency awaiting pay
ment, uhich cannot bo paid until the pen
sion deficiency appropriation bill becomes
a law, and under It a credit is made in favor
of this office. These certificates call lor
almost $100,000, and many a pensioner is be
coming impatient. The Washington corre
spondent of The Dispatch telegraphs that
tho deficiency bill will probably reach tha
President to-morrow and be signed at onco.
As quickly as possible alter tho measure is
signed a ci edit will be made ior tho differ
ent agencies, and payments will then ba re
sumed here as elsewheie. The doflciency
bill appropriates $7,000,00.
Many Inquiries nave been sent to Pension
Agent Bengongh as to whether pensions will
be paid on July 4, which happens to be the
regular day for payment. Comrade Ben
gougli states that the office will be closed, as
will all other Government offices, but pay
ments will begin at 7 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing, July 5.
Post Palaver.
Akotheb comrade was reinstated, by Post
88, last Tuesday evening.
Comrade Colbmax, of Post 83, was reported
very 111 at last Tuesday's meeting.
The Old Guard of Post 155 was present at
Post 236's meeting last Friday evening. "
Ay occasional old soldier will rally around
Comrade Ben Harrison's banner ere long.
Comrade ATcShane, of Po?t 157, is as quiet
as ever, but is a bustling worker on commit
tees. Comrade X. S. Rees, of Post 157, is still
quite ill, but he remains at his post of duty
notwithstanding.
A vote of thanks was passed by Post 151
last Tuesday evening to all who assisted in
tho Memorial Day exercises.
Post 155 will meet with Corps No. 23 and
Circle No. 52 next Friday a week, and dis
cuss a project the post has on foot.
Post 162 mustered another recruit last
night a week and last night the roll was
again increased. Larger posts must look to
their laurels.
The Grand Army Day Committee will
ineetan Common Council chamber next Sat
urday afternoon at 3 o'clock und legislate
regarding the Rock Point picnic.
Post 155, under the able, administration
and persistent hard work of Commander
David H. Speor, is boomlnir along and will
evidently land not far from the top.
Post 513 is the recipient of a handsome vol
ume of Humphrey's history of the lato war,
entitloJ, "Tho Great Contest," generously
donated to them by Baufmann Broj.
Past Department Commander Joseph F.
Dxssiston, who was a Harrison man from
the first, was so pleased at the result that
he passed around an abundance of fine
cigars.
Post 167's fair committee met Friday night
to further the arrangements lor the coming
fair. The prospects for success are very
Drignt. A nice time will ue guaranteed ior
everybody.
Commander I. K. Becker, of Post 259, re -quests
a full nttendanco of the members at
the meeting next Tuesday night, the date of
Senior Vice Department Commander Rus
sells official visit.
Post 157's meeting last Thursday evening
was as usual tin Interesting one. All the
kickers wore there, but not a single kick
was made, principally because thero Mas
nothing to kick about.
Post 157 will be officially visited next
Tiiursday evening by Senior Vice Depart
ment Commander W. O. Russell. The meet
ing is sure to be highly entertaining, and the
comrades should all turn out.
A gallant comrade or Post 162 was taken
unawares in the mcetlns last night a week
and presented with a spoon tor hie efficient
services. Comrade R. C. Miller made the
presentation speech in able style.
Comrade J. E. Johnston, who served two
terms as commander or Post 236, has settled
in New Jersev near Barncgat Bay, where he
will farm and garden. His family, who are
now here, will leave next Thursday to Join
him.
Post 153 met Friday night, bnt adjourned
quickly and went over to Post 236 to partici
pate in Comrade Russell's ofllcinl vistatlon.
At the next meeting Post 155 will have tbreo
recruits to muster und two applications to
pass on.
Post 88 performed the sad duty last San
day of layine t6 rest the remains of Com
rade Jacob Becker, late of Mansfield. The
interment took place in the Cliartiers Cem
etery. Post 83 was assisted by Espy Post, or
Mansfield.
Comrade J. H. Miller, Secretary of tho
Washington Committee of Post 3, has sent a
circular to the members or the Post request
ing theui to notify him atoncuir they nie
going with tho post to Washington. Imme
diate information is necessary in urdcr that
quarters may bo seemed. Post 3's party
ill be a very large one.
PostS's free entertainment for the com
rades and their families las; Monday oven
ins was a very enjoyable one and was largely
attended. The post is lndebto.l to the fol
lowing who partlcipated.ln nn excellent pro
gram: Misses Lillie and Hattia Donahue,
Alice Carter and Ida Pressor, pianists; Miss
Carrie Terrant, vocalist; Mi-s Grace McElroy,
Tlolinlst; Mrs. Anna Leah DIoklnson, whist
ling soloist: Misses Jennie Elliott and Edna
Parkhill, elocutioni'tsMr. Ed.Wenskowsky,
Tlolinlst; and the All American Sextet.
ANenthusiastlo circular reads as follows:
"National soldiers' reunion at Ca'dwell, O.,
Thursday and Friday, July 21 and 2i. Anni
versary ot Bull Run and Atlanta. Good
music Tou are invited. Good speakers.
Address of welcome by the soldiers' candi
date lor Congress, Hon. J. 31. DalzelL
Among the speakers scheduled to appear
are Secretary or War S. B. Elkins and jiliss
Anna Dickinson.
Union Veteran Iecion.
Samuel Lowehthal, of No. 6, ishappynow,
as Uncle Sam allowed him a $12-a-month
pension.
Comrade Peter Krimpel, of No. 6, is re
ported much better, and the chances are
now in his lavor.
Comrade J. M. Hats, or No. G, was present
at the Inst meeting, and brought in a new re
cruit. He made the capture himself.
No. 6 will hold its memorial services to
night at the room or Post 1G2, Gregg build
ing, comer of Federal and laicock streets,
Allegheny.
Comrade Charles Dornan, one of the boys
of Knap's Battery, now residing at Miil
vale, says he will visit No. 6 often if they can
get the Allegheny electric street car Hue.
No. 6 had a surprise party at its last meet
ing consisting of about 33 lady members of
Auxiliary No. 1, or Ladies of tho Union Vet
eran Lesion. Jhey came to present a silk
banner to No. 6 Colonel Danks was present,
and made the presentation sreech. J. H.
Stevenson, Colonel of No. 6, replied.
The memorial services or No. 6 to-night
will be for the following deceased comrades:
John G. Lehman, Company K, Fourth Penn
sylvania Reserves; Michael McLaughlin,
Company D, Ninth Pennsylvania Reserves;
Major John a Osterloh. Ninety-third Penn
sylvania; Charles U. W. Ueasltty, Company
B, Tenth Pennsylvania Reserves; Daniel
Rasp, Company K, boventy-seventh Penn
svlvanla; K. D. Barker, Company D,
Thirteenth Unitod States Infantry: R. W.
Weller. M. D., Company C, One hundredth
Pennsylvania. All their relatives and
friends are invited to pe present.
Tns following are some of the successful
claimants for pensions reported by J. H.
Stevenon 4 Co.: Thomas F. Oliver, Pitts
burg, Knap's Pennsylvania Battery: John
S. McCandless, Pittsburg, Co. I, One Hundred
and Second Pennsylvania; James Bowling,
Pittsburg, Co. H, Sixty-third Pennsylvania;
Ernest Frederick Glenshaw, Co. E, Sixtj
third Pennsylvania; Christian Muller, Pitts
burg, Co. E. Seventy-fourth Pennsylvania; J.
W. Wilson, Verona, Co. F, Pennsylvania Ind.
Battery: Jacob Mulder, Allegheny, Co. L,
Firth Pennsylvania Cavalry; Robert Ewer,
Oakland Cross Roads, Co. C, Ninth Pennsyl
vania Reserves; Mrs. Emma V. Suter, Pitts
burg, widow or John P. Suter, Co. A, Fifty
fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers: Mrs. Mar
gaiet Pearson, Bellevue, widow or James C.
Pearson, commissary sergeantOne Hundred
and Twenty-third Pennsylvania.
Contributions for this department should
reach The Dispatch office by noon Saturday.
These columns are open to all secret organ
izations, but news, and news only, will be
printed. Space Is too valuable to be given
up to the discipline of delinquent members,
notice ot meetings, praise of individual
lodges, advertisement of orders or mere
personal puffs.
Jr. O. U. A. M.
W. T. Kerr has been appointed Marshal of
the Allegheny county American Mechanics
both orders in the Fourth of July parade
at Greensburg.
Dr. Charles E. Diehl, of Sons of Liberty
Council 452, was last week elected Grand
Master of Pennsylvania of the American
Protestant Association.
Garfield Council 114, of Rochester, Pa., will
tender a reception to the Epwortb League
next Friday evenins at Rochester. W. T.
Kerr will deliver the address or the evening.
Tho order will celebrate the Fourth Of
Jnly at Greensbunr, this year. The pro
gramme has not been completed, bnt there
will be a parade, in which the uniformed
rank will participate.
Warrants for the institntion of the follow
ing new councils in Pennsylvania have been
granted by State Councilor Hcisler this
week: Bloomlns Valley No. 832, of Blooming
Valley, Crawlord county; Oxford No. 853, or
Oxford, Chester conntyl
.Srato Depnty n. C. Goodman and several
other prominent members will visit Colonel
J. B. Clark Council 1S6 next Thursday even
ing, and several addresses on questions
vital to the good or tbo order may be ex
pected. The Allen (Thlrtv-flrst ward) School will
be dedicated on Friday evenlng,tho 24th in
stant, under the ansplces o: Hill Top Coun
cil No. 83. A good literary and musical pro
gramme will constitute one of the features.
AH members are invited to attend. W. T.
Kerr will make the dedication speech.
The Advisory Council's visit to West
Bellevue Council No. 243 Tuesday evening
was interesting, and despite the heavy rain
from 6 to 9 o'clock, the attendance was good.
Addresses wore made by Hon. T. IL Baird
Patterson, or275: Rev. C F. Swift, or 240; W.
T. Kerr, ot 432, and Dr. H. E. Campbell, of 90.
W. T. Kerr was in tho East the past week
visiting Philadelphia. Heading and Atlantic
Cltv. While in Philadelphia he was for
several days the aue.it of State Councilor
Heisler. In Reading he was the guest or
Thaddens Stevens Council 202. He reoorts
great preparation nt Atlantic City for the
National Council session.
Tho American, o( this city, the official
orcan of tho order, sent a correspondent to
Oil City and Ti'usvillo to ascertain the loss
to thl3 order. He reports that among tho
bodies l-ecovered and Identified are thn fol
lowing members of tho. Jr. O.U. A. M. :F. W.
Bristol, of Beaver Fulls, No. 4S; Eugene
Fritz, of Soutn Oil City, 445; Grant Ter
wiiliger. of Oil Citv,339; William Terwlllizer.
of Oil City, 339, and Frank Eakin, of Oil City,
339. There are a large number at the mem
bers amomr tha missinsr. hut their fato can
not be known uutil the work of the lescuers
Is completed.
For several years tho Jnnlor and Senior
O. U. A. M. or Allegheny, Washington,
Greene, Fayette and Westmoreland coun
ties have fittingly celebrated Independence
Dav. Last year the parade was held In Con
nellsvllle. This year It will be held at
Greensburg. After parade dinner will be
served the marchers in Electric Park. A
circular sent out concludes thus: "We are
iroing to have a riproaring, howling big
time and we want everybody to como and
enjoy themselves." In nddition to the
parn'de there will he a fine patriotic pro
gramme. C. L. Bush, of Greensburg, is
secictary.
Only one week remains nntil the Atlantic
trip takes place. There has been to much
enthusiasm worked up over the excursion
that present Indications are that at least
L.5C0 poople will be in attendance. The first
special train will lnave the Baltimore and
Ohio depot at 1 o'clock a. m. Monday, June
20. National Secretary Deemer l.as just
is-ued this programme of the convention:
Tuesday morning, June 21, at 9 o'clock, tho
National Councilor, John R. Bolilits, or Bal
timore, will call the twentv-fourtn annual
session of the National Council to order.
Dr. Wright, Mayor of Atlantic City.and Her.
F. G. Dennis, or Stockton Council, No. 66,
New" Jersey, will dellveraddres-"e3 ofel
come. At "4 o'clock a parade will be held,
in which the uniformed rank with the Amer
ican Military Band will participate. It is
fully expected that 10,0t0 juniors will Do In
line, and the parade will be reviewed from
the balcony of the United States Hotel. At
9 o'clock the same evening a banquet will be
tendered the members of the National Coun
cil at which the following toasts will be de
livered: "Our National Council," J. R. Bob
II ts: "Our State Counoils." George E. Howard,
or west Virginia: "Our Order," 1 S. C, '. A.
Buscliman, or Maryland; "Our Flag," Rev.
F. G. D-nnis, New Jursev: "Our Public
Schools," Rev. George McCoilnm.Ohlo; "The
Press," John K. Kme. editor or The Ameri
can, Pittsburg; Our Future." National Or
ganizer Stephen Collins; "Oar Homes." R.
Lindsay Grier, Pennsylvania. On Wednes
diy evening there wilt be a public entertain
ment at which Prof. P. A. Shanor, of Mc
Keesport, II. J. Deily, of Philadelphia, will
deliver addresses. Sim. M. E. Biir. of Brad
dock, and the American Male Qimrtet, of
Philadelphia, will sing, and Fred Einer.son
Brooks, the CalllornU poet-humorist, will
recite.
I. O. O. Y.
All the Rebekah lodges nro prosperous,
mid this prospects for tho future are viiry
bright, the Rebekah Degree bring among
the best planned of any in existence.
During the present month Mrs. Phillips
and other motubers orTboodora Lo'ige havo
installed the officers of Hazel Rebekah
Lodge. Martha Lodge, Laura Vano Lodge,
and hud invitations from other lodges to in
stall their officers.
Avery pleasant and well-attended meet
ing or Thcradora Lodge No. 208 was held
Wednesday evening at Odd tellows Hall,
f-outtislde. Special D. D. C. M. Sister Louisa
K. Nullmeyer, assisted b- Sister Mary
Haney, G. W.; BrntnerD.'M. Lazarus, G. il.:
Sister Emily T. Coates, G. S.. and Sister
Mary Puilllps. G. 1. G., Installed the
lollowing officers for the ensuing term: N.
G., Sister Mary E. Brobeck; V. o.. Sister
Annie Lewis; Financial Secretary, Annie .
Selgfried; B 8. to N.G.. Brother J. A. Sny
der; L. S. to N. G., Sister Mary E. Haney. P.
G.; Warden, Sister Mxgale M. Rupert: Con
ductor, Sister 8arah J. Greavs; R. S. S., Sis
ter.Llzzie McCracken: L. S. Si. SLster Uenora
Doutbett; Chnplaln, Sister Carrie Down's;
O. G Brother Henry McEwan, P. G.; 1. G.,
Sister Annie Stewart; R. S. toV. G., Sister
Helen Triplett; L. 8. to T. G., Sister Mary
Pavne. A vote of thhnks was tendered
the Deputy and her assistants for the very
able and satis'actory manner in which they
installed the officers. The members of this
lodse feel proud or the fact that It stands
second on the list of tho successful lodges or
Western Pennsvlvanfa. financially, numeri
cally and otherwise. They also feel proud
of the staff, which Is composed entirely of
sisters. With the fine paraphernalia and
under the direction or Sister Mary Phillips,
P. G.. as cap'ain, the staff Initiates its candi
dates with that effect which tho initiatory
ceremonies are designed to convey.
Daughters of Liberty.
Brother E. W. Gaver has a council almos
ready ior iustitutiou at Turtle Creek.
Six councils have been organized In Penn
sylvania since the visit of .Brothers Staples
andBurkitt. Come again, brothers.
The elections are nearly here. Candidate
for representative to the National CouncU at
Philadelphia in August are swarming.
Unity Council will hold a picnic at Kin
ney's Grove next Saturday afternoon. The)
Americus Orchestra will bo in attendance,
and a large crowd is expected.
Lady Harrison Conncil No. 26 will plcnJa
at Grove station. Castlo shannon Railway,
Tuesday, Juno 14. Trains will leave for tba
groye every hour and 1,000 tickets are out.
Brother F. D. Thompson, or Allegheny,
will, with the assistance or the team from
the Pride of the West Conncil, lnstitntea
new council on Federal street next Thurs
day evening.
Smoky Civ Conncil No. 84 was institute!
on Wood street last Monday evening by
Brother G. E. Kepple and the team from
Unity Council. The council is composed of
a large and intelligent membership, and has
good prospects of success.
Star of Liberty Council No. 67 will hold Its
first annual picnic at Silver Lake Grove,
East End, Friday, June 17. The Committee
of Arrangements is Jessie Alexander, E. C.
Woodmansee. Callie Leech and John Black.
The general floor manager is A. J. Cyphers.
A. O. F. of A.
Court Continental 7,893 has a membership
or 39 1.
A new court is about to be established la
Homestead.
Court MorlaLs 7,379 will hold its annual ex
cursion Juls- 9 to Lock No. 4.
The Pittsburg Foresters had better get
"move on" them if they wish to keep pace
with their Philadelphia brethren.
Since the secession of the Order of For
esters from the High Court or England and
the formation or a Supreme and Grand Court
In tho United states its membership has In
creased each month during the year 1S91 on,
an average of I.OjJ.
An example worthy of practice by tha
senior courts Is given by Jnnlor Court No.
70. Tli'.s court was organized less than four
months ago and has initiated 73 members In
that time, and has collected enough money
to purchase a beautiful banner.
The second Sunday in June being devo
tional Sabbath in th A. O. F. or A., Court
Morlais 7379, Court Unity 5534 and Court
Pride ot Allentown 65. together with
Junior Court Bud or tho Forest No. 70, will
attend divine worship in a body at 10.30
to-day at the Methodist Protestant Church,
Eighteenth street, Southslde.
Improved Older Heptasophf.
J. K. Moorhead Conclave wUl have
fir
Initiates to-morrow evening.
Cap Shear Conclave No. 159 held an open,
meeting and progressive euchre party lass
Thursday evening, and a lagre attendance
enjoyed a very pleasant evening.
Brother Eberle, Archon of Friendship No
3, says he proposes to make his term the
most successful in the history of No. 3. Ha
is a hustler and will no doubt mako his word
good.
Pittsburg Conclave No. 89 had a larger p t
tendauce last Friday evening than It has in
the past year live new members were ini
tiated, three elected to membership and two
applications read. Alter the meeting re
freshments were served by Brother Ken
nedy. Much prai-c should be bestowed on.
Brother C. M. Fairman. Chairman of the Re
freshment Committee, lor tne elegant enter
tainment offered. Addresses were made by
Supreme Archon S. A. Will, Brothers S. A.
Duncan, N. C. Ayers, Ziegler, C M. Fair
man, Supreme Provost M. G. Cohen and,
others.
Loyal Orange.
The Supreme Grand Lodge wiU convene la
Allegneny City next Tuesday. Completa
preparations have been made by the Dis
trict lod'-e for the reception o: tne Grands
Lodge officers and tho delegates. Tne Sev
enth Avenue Hotel will be the headquarters
and a number or delegates will be here from,
all parts or the United States. Wednesday
evening next at Carnegie Hall, Allegheny,
the "(Seers and delegates will be present aa
a public reception, to which the membars of
all the Orange lodses and their 'riends aro
invited, as also the members of the ladies'
lodges. A number of the leading ministers
or different churches aro invited, amonj
others Rsv. Mr. Donaldson and Rev. Mr.
Lichlitcr, who will mako speeches suited to
the occasion. A musical entertainment will
be provided, and the largest gathering ever
held in the city by the Orange institution is
expected for next Wednesday evening.
Select Knights of America.
Colonel C. V. Lewis has appointed Com
rade W. A. Griscom, or No. 31, Adjutant of
tho First Eeilment.
S. C. J. M. Toi'd reports the order in a
flourishing condition, with a prospect of
making a great showing or improvement
at the next be.ssion or the GranJ Legion.
The picnic which is to be given under the
auspices of Bellevue L-5-ion No. 31. at Wind
sor Park, Bellevue, July 27, bids fair to be a
grand event. Every care is being taken to
make it a pleasant occasion, and every com
fort for the members or the order, and their
families, is being lookedafter by the commit
tee in charge.
The Golden Eagles.
Recent reports show that the Eagles have
increased in membership and in finances In
this State. Several new castles are being
organized. D. G. C. William Wendt has de
clinod to accept there appointment of D.G.CL
for the Third district.
An event of the season will De the reunion
and picnic at Shohola Glen Grove June II
by tne Southside castles. Knights of tbo
Golden Eagle. Among the different games,
sports, etc, will be a. match game or ball
played between Ormshy Castle and. Acme
and Avion castles. Refreshments will bo
served n the yroi c Good inusio will be la
attendance.
Sons of St. Georse.
The picnic last Monday was a grand suc
cess. A better day could not be desired.
About 4.000 people were present. The com
mittee feels proud or its labors. Tbe last
meeting or the committee will be Wednes
day, June 22.
The District Depnty will Install officers of
Central Lodge 42 to-morrow, Monaay, and of
Union Jack, Turentum, Saturday, June 18.
Two new members will be taken in at No. 43
to-morrow and turee will receive the rank
or Knight. The new degree staff will In
itiate members for the first time.
Order of TontL
A musical and literary entertainment wa
given by John A. Logan Lodge No. 35, Order
of Tontl, in its hall. West Diamond street,
Allegheny, Thuisday evening. The exer
cises consisted ot vocal and instrumental
music by the Davis Quartet, followed by
recitations by Miss Mary Nelson, selector
songs bv Mrs. Gilinore aud Miss McClarn,
zither t-olo Dy Prof. Keager, closing with
instrumental music by the American Club.
The audience was composed of many well
known residents of both cities. Tho
lodge is now about closing its firth year and
has a large and growing membership.
Soverelsns or Industry.
The I. S. of I., of Allegheny county, -will
give a picnic at Allqulppa Park June 14.
The main leature or tho affair will be a foot
ball match. Sister Hainds, or West View
No. 33. and Sister singhold, or Northsidu No.
8. who think nothing or a ten-mile ws.lk.will
show some feats or strength with Sister
Mitche, of Northsidu No. 8, as umpire. U. C.
Creese is Chairman or the Picnic Coinmitteo
and Albert Gray, Secretary.
IJ. ol U. r. nt Excursion to Roclc Point.
For the annual picnic of Brotherhood of
LocomotH e Firemen at Rock Point, Wed
nesday. June 15, excursion tickets will be
sold to that delightful resort by the Penn
sylvania lines at 60 cents ror round trip rrum
Pittsburg, fur trains leaving Union Station
at 7.30 a.m. and 12.20 r. m., Central time. Re
turning train will leave Rock Point at 7.30
P- M. BUTU
Seduced Bates to Chicago TIa Pennsylvania
Lines.
Excursion tickets will be sold from princi
pal ticket stations via Pennsylvania lines to
Chicago, 111., Juno 16 to 20. account Demo
cratic National Convention, at one fare tot
round trip, good returning untH July .
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