afrjiPTmSifig' "T Tpr . -? 7T 151V. P"1-"; .' f tT rjpr-mrip-' THE PTTTSBtTRG DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY, 'JUNE 15. 1893. a:&imMsS3m-sS SigSSKrff&$8ias r i ii ii i ii iiiiiiMiii ii wihi i w utmm iiWiiiiiiiiiMM i iiiii 1 1 - .,-- -" '-JT " i"-ilP."-''' J.TW ' I i IMIMf - Bi$pfrfj. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY S, 1840 Vol. 47, No. 132 -Entered at Pittsburg Fostoffice November. 1587. as second-class matter. Business Office Corner Smithfield and Diamond Streets. News Rooms and Publishing House 78 and 80 Diamond Street, in New Dispatch Building. rAfTKKV ATWERTTSITCrc OFFICE. HOOM 76. TRIBUNE BUILDING. NEW YORK, where com rlete flies of THE DISPATCH can always be fonnd. Foreign advertisers appreciate the convenience. Home advertisers and Wends ofTIIK DISPATCH. hlle In New York, are also made -welcome. THE DISPATCH is TtavZarly rmsaleat JtrentaWs. 1 1 Union Sovare. JSne Tor, and V Ave de C Opera. Pant, France, where anyone who has been disap pointed at a hotel news stand can obtain it. TERMS OF THK DISPATCH. POBTAGE TOEE VS THETOITXD STATES. yurLT Dispatch. One Year -.....! 8 00 Dailt Dispatch, Per Quarter 200 Dailt Dispatch. One Month TO Ditlt Dispatch. Including Snnaay, lyear.. 10 00 Daily Dispatch, Including Snndav, Sm'ths, ISO Daily Dispatch, including Sunday, 1 m'th.. 90 Euxday Dispatch. One Year 250 Weekly Dispatch, One Year 1 25 The Daily Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at IScemsperweek, or. Including Sunday Edition, at 10 cents per week. PITTSBUHG. WEDNESDAY. JDNE 15, 1892. TWELVE PAGES SWELL ME RELIEF FUND. Although Pittsburg and Allegheny are Justified in feeling entitled to credit in having raised nearly $30,000 for the suffer ers from the Oil Creek floods in a little more than a week from the receipt of the news, the good work should not stop there. Much more money will be needed before the victims of the flood can be held to be safe from the dangers of pestilence or want The Pittsburg Belief Committee es timated the needs of the district at $200, 000, while the Philadelphia committee placed the requirements at S500.000. The fact that the attention of the country at large does not seem to have been attracted to the need of contributions renders it peculiarly incumbent on Western Penn sylvania not to relax its charitable efforts until the stricken valley is placed on its feet again. A great many people in Pitts burg have probably omitted to contribute, iimply because they do not think of it at the proper time. They should make a point of swelling the fund, with the as surance that they cannot give to a charity where it will be more directly useful m the relief of human suffering. AS TO KrVER OBSTRUCTIONS!. The sharp debate iu the Chamber of Commerce yesterday with regard to the pending measure for the removal of ob structions in river channels warrants the statement of two principles on which the question can be settled. The law should not permit suits to be brought in a manner which can be decided without a fair hear ing or by insufficient authority. There will be no gain by such proceedings. On the other hand, the experience of past years shows that more active measures are needed to prevent encroachments on the rivers, and, as manufacturers have been among the prominent offenders in this re spect, it is becoming for them to confine their opposition to new measures within the bounds of reason and. fact Inasmuch as the proposed law requires a decision of the United States courts for the removal of any obstruction, It does not look as if anyone need fear hasty action without a fair hearing. In the light of that fact it is also singularly inapplicable to talk of people going before an alder man and compelling railroads to tear down bridges and manufacturers to cut away embankments. THE HOPE OF THE CONFERENCE. There is a disposition among both the extreme monometallists on the gold side and the radical free coinage men on the sflver side to assert that the International Silver Conference can be productive of no results on account of England's opposi tion to silver. There is foundation for this opinion in England's past record on this subject, but there is equal reason for believing that England is receiving new light on it In the first place the assent of the English Government to be repre sented at a conference for increasing the use of silver as a money metal Is a recog nition of the wisdom of some meas ures In that direction. Next, the experience of England's monetary in terests conve-s a strong suggestion that the stock of gold is not now suf ficient to meet all demands. 'When the ac cumulation of gold by one Government can bring the Bank of England to a pass where it has to seek relief from the Bank of France, there Is a very strong argument in favor of enlarging the world's stock of available money metals. Finally, a most powerful argument on the English mind is the damage done by the depreciation of silver In those commer cial quarters where England's greatest wealth is centered. A very impressive ex ponent of this injury is presented in the statement that the failure of the Oriental Bank is due to the depreciation of silver, the loss to that institution from this cause alone being 17 per cent of its assets. When such results are experienced in England's East Indian commerce, she is exceedingly apt to discover that the discarding of silver twenty years ago was a great mistake. It is to bo expected that, even with these influences at work, it will be hard to overcome the English conservatism. But it Is also clear that m a sincere attempt to bring about international co-operation for the rehabilitation of silver is the one per manent and complete solution of the silver problem. THE HUNGARIAN EXAMPLE. The death of the Hungarian Minister, who introduced on the state railways of that realm the system of zone tariffs, causes a new direction of attention to the operation of that system. As usual the real point of the zone system is widely misstated, one paper asserting that it em bodies tho principle of charging exactly iiicsnmu lure no mailer wnat tne Distance trawled. This is true only within certain zones, which give the system its name. The fact Is th.it the distinctive character of the system which effected tho great lncrcaso of trafllr was the reduction of fares for f liort distances to a ruto per mile moro closely approximating the long distance rntrh. The most marked reductions under tlmt sj Mem as compared with ours were on distance from fifty lo two hundred milts, mid tho rrtVct of tho reduction It iilclont In the fart that,- vthlln I lie traffic hnsdoulili'i), the average distance traveled by imwteiigrrn lins decreased 01111 llilnl, Tim exuuiile Is peculiarly nppllrnhlo tn the Untied Mates, bora inn thn inurement of pnaaenger rate tins rrmnlnrd neatly stationary for innny yonr. i'rolu,lit have Wk undergone a steady reduction, with the compensating result of an immense mul tiplication of revenue from It, but the open passenger rates hare not been re duced in anything like the same propor tion. The example of Hungary shows what an Increase in travel and receipts from passenger traffic might be made by a corresponding reduction in local fares. It is true that in this country there has been something of the sort put Into effect by excursion rates with corresponding enhancements of traffic at especial inter vals. But, as a commentator remarks, the Hungarian plan puts an excursion rate within the reach of every man at all times. The returns show that it would pay the railways of this country to try the same experiment STOOD THE STORM. The cyclone reported from Chicago as having swept over Northern Illinois day before yesterday affords some basis for esti mating the character of those wind storms. The frequency of violent atmospheric disturbances of late has exercised a deci dedly disturbing effect on the nervous. But when we are able to test their results with accuracy, it appears that their prom inence is more the, result of the energy with which such news is sought out and made the most of than In any new devel opment of the destructive tendencies of the elements. When we analyze the Chicago cyclone we find that the wind reached a velocity of 68 miles an hour, or about 20 per cent short of hurricane force. If such storms are resistless, therefore, the tall building of Chicago would have been the scene of disaster which would cast tho oil region cities and Johnstown In the shade. But the actual damage is of a totally different character. The casualties were caused by the wrecking of half finished or flimsy buildings, by dislodged roofs and signs and by falling chimneys. Not a single one of Chicago's great buildings was in sufficient for the strain. The Democratic wigwam, a structure of canvas and poles, was partly wrecked, and a portion of an unfinished building at the World's Fair grounds was damaged. But reasonably solid brick and mortar proved that the so called cyclones are not so resistless that the attempt to construct buildings solid enough to defy them need be abandoned. It is true that reports come of the de struction of a country town in Northern Illinois by the same storm. But that de struction is open to the same question which suggests itself with regard to all these Western cyclones. Is not their damage due rather to the lightness of construction owing to the scarcity and costliness of building material rather than to any voilence of the elements beyond what mankind has experienced during all generations? THE COAST DEFENDERS. The experience of the Miantonomoh, the new vessel of the monitor class, on Its recent voyage is analyzed by the New York Herald with more particularity than the general reports. That journal finds that, while the vessel can float in heavy seasons, she is almost uninhabitable under such circumstances. This1 would prevent her "from doing effective service in time of war," and, the Herald says, "makes her an undesirable craft for peace cruising also." Beyond that the impossibility of using her heavy guns in a sea way re stricts her field of action to harbor de fense. This view may be conceded, as it was generally foreseen. Still, It does not fol low that the Miantonomoh Is not the style of craft on which the United States may with profit devote its principal expendi ture for heavily armed and armored ves sels. Both for naval and material reasons it Is more important that our battleships shall adequately defend our own harbors than that we be prepared with the means to carry naval warfare into the harbors of other nations. When we have just nar rowly escaped an Inglorious and unneces sary war, urged on the ground that since we have a navy we are bound to find it employment, it is plain that the enlarge ment of our navy by cruising battleships may prove a very dangerous and costly possession. Cruisers of the class we now have are a necessary provision against war. Reinforce them by adequate harbor and coast defenders, which shall make blockades Impossible and descents on our coast very hazardous, and our provisions for naval warfare will be adequate to any probable needs. In addition to this consideration the fact that the cruising battleships of the European type are lumbering, costly and of questionable utility, makes the non cruising qualities Of the monitor class of vessels far from a conclusive condemna tion of them. HOW TO DO IT. There are some decided examples from the other side of the Atlantic which it is well for Pittsburg to study. The little city of Newcastle-on-Tyne spent 50,000,000 some years ago In digging out a stream which originally in some spots was not more than two feet The income from that investment has since then been $28,- 000,000 while an immensely larger sum has been realized by the increase In trade and the enhanced value of property. The Clyde used to be fordable. Glasgow ex pended 560,000,000 on it and the improve ment has yielded 540,000,000 in revenue and made Glasgow one of the shipping centers of the world. The same lesson might be deduced from other European examples of ship canal construction, but the two cited are suffi cient Pittsburg has it within her power to effect much more positive results by securing the expenditure of a less sum. Thirty million" dollars In building the Ohio river and Lake Erie ship canal will add SO cents to the value of every ton of coal in Western Pennsylvania and will economize from $1 CO to 52 50 per ton on the manufacture of iron and steeL That saving within the next three years predicates by the next century a popula tion of over a million people In these cities and an industrial section from the She nango Valley to Connellsvillo and Browns ville of not less than threo millions. It means that this sectlou will become in tho lifetime of men now well on in years tho iron and steel center of tho world. Herieci mat tho judicious use of perhaps 810,000,000 as capital stock would secure this work and stimulate the Improvement of the Ohio. Could Pittsburg find a moro profitable investment for that sum? Eastern Penitentiary officials will find it a hnid task to give a iatlsIuctory explana tion us to the possession of a knife by a roan serving a Ufa tenunce for mnrtlor. As the, keeper was saved from tlio attack of the tmirdrror by Ills natch, and n tho only victim of the onuunght was nnothcr cnptlvo reeking to scciiro tho man of inurilaioiii Intent, ttiu probability Is that tho ofllclnli will not trouble themselves with any attempt to explain what appear to bo duo to their oiirelesinois. "FitiKK!!.Y" rivalry of the kind In which the IHsli Waders r Indulging Is tronirlr Ill-advised on the art of a general will be Home Democratic delegates to Chicago may iroll make the most of their opportunities lor Jollification in decorating cars and so forth on the wny to tho convention, for sackcloth and ashed should be theirraiment and adornment after they have been de feated in November, and of course they want to put off tho time of mournful monot ony as long as possible. Some of the police officials charged with taking part in that disorderly steamboat ex cursion havo been suspended. Quite right. Do it some more, and do it soon, Mr. O'Hnra. Platt and Miller should not take long to decide that the only decent thing for them to do, and the only course in tact to save them from political extinction, is to put their shoulders to the -wheel and work hard for the re-election of their party's nom inees and the cause of protection. Contribute to the Oil Creek relief fund for pity's sake, and in the name of patriot ism do not let Mayor Gonrloy lack money to carry out Ills plans for the Fourth of July. A writer in the St Louis Republic warns the summer girl against the dangers of eat ing ice cream too quickly. But the summer girl is not likely to pay more attention to him than to anyono elo who seeks to inter fere with her passionate love for darling ice cream. Meanwhile Miller's appointment as Collector of Internal Revenue is still uncon firmed by the Senate. Tho matter should be easily settled one way or tbo other now. Senator Hill is eking out a precarious existence on the attermath of a collapsed PrcsiUental boom, nnd it is a diet that he may be expected to lose weight on whenever his too latent modesty onables him to real ize its sllmness. Dark horses are beginning to figure as phantoms in Cleveland's nightmares, but they are likely to keep dark enough to pre vent visibility. If the damages caused by floods to Southern railroads would bring borne to road directors once and for all the iniquity of watering their stocks the Inundations might indeed bo regarded as a blessing iu disguise. An afternoon rotemporary has an al lusion to "Charles Hore," a Law and Ordor spy. Is this tho baseball players' famous "ChaileyhorseJ" Weather prophets might indulge with more safety than generally in a prognostica tion that wind will be even moro prevalent than usual in Chicago at tho opening of the Democratic National Convention ou the 31st instant. Every day increases the probability that Grover Cleveland will be privileged to be beaten by Benjamin Harrison a second time. The Windy City seems to deserve its name, for part ot the World's Fair buildings have been destroyed again. Are they made of paper these buildings, or is there so much wind as to make their erection difficult? A man may "blow up" his wife in peace, but when it comes to blowing up his house and lot the law steps in. Gentlemen who are inclined to walk up planks into second-story windows of houes other than their own should be warned that a straight and narrow path of thnt kind leadcth to the Central police station. Hill is still talked of for President It is, however, when tlio conversation would otherwise languish. It is surprising that any objection should be raised to such gl6rious evidence of the progress of civilization in Africa as is af forded by the news of religious strife in the land of heathendom and darkness. TnE Held family and its doings are a good deal written and read about these days. i It is not the country schools that com plain of the noise made by passing vehicles, for the paving around them is generally soft enough in mud or dust to drown tbe sound of a cavalry regiment at tho double. In the way of horrors from storms this June is certainly leading the procession. Work that Harrison and Iteid have had during tho last few days in acknowledging congratulations is nothing to the similar labors that will fall to their lot after tho election in November. MEN AND WOMEN OP NOTE. Hon. Wilson W. Aldrich, of Provi dence, K. I., was yesterduy re-elected United States Senator. The place for which Henry Labouchere is slati d in tbe approachlDg Gladstonian Ministry is that of Postmaster General, with a seat in the Cabinot. Ex-Speaker Reed dresses in a wild eyed assortment of colors, and when he is rigged out for street parade reminds one of a jolly old rainbow In convulsions. Kino Humbert has written to Emperor William indefinitely postponing his pro po?ed visit to Germany, on account of the condition of internal affairs in Italy. Mr. Enoch Pratt, of Baltimore, has purchased, for $30,000, a building in the Mon umental City which he has presented to tne Maryland Academy of Sciences as its homo. Herbert Spencer visits amusement re sorts in London regularly. His special de light is said fo be comic opera, which, in some of its forms should fully test hlsphll osoDhy. The clay model for Mr. Elliott's , eques trian statue of McClellan, which is to be un veiled In Philadelphia next September, is virtually completed, and will soon be ex posed for the Inspection or a committee. Rev. John W. Simpson, D. D., pastor or the Walnut Congregational Church, Cin cinnati, has been elected President of the Marietta (O.) College, and will enter upon his duties at the beginning of the coming collegiate year. TnE late James Ripley Osgood is sin cerely mourned in London. All London re membered with interest the famous walk ing match he arranged for Dickons' amuse ment In Boston, whon the novelist made his reading tour of America in 1867-18G8. William. K. Vanderhilt and W. Sewnrd Vebb will go to Chicago during the World's Fair in their magnificent steam yachts, providod tho vossels can be taken through the St. Lawrenco river and the canals which intervene betwoen the Lakes. Calliollo Temperance Blen. Scottdalk, June 1. SpeHaf Tho fifth annual convention of tho a T. A. Socloty of tho Pittsburg dioccso mot in session In St. Johns' Church this morning. Morning ser vices woro conducted by Father Ferdinand Kittle, of Lorettn, Pn,, nnd Fnthor A. A. Lambing, of Wllktnshiirg. Tho afternoon narrii.cn woro cunuuuieu by tne IlOV. Mr. Lambing, pastor or tlio church,- nsslstcd by his brother, A. A. Lambing. James A. Mc Namee, organizer, all ot Pittsburg, delivered ait addicaa. Itlder Haggard After a Pirate. TniHTOH, N. J., Juno M. Connsol for Itlder Haggard, tho novelist, to-day asked for and obtained from Jutlgo Groon, In tho United Slates District Court, n ruin to show cause njalnst tho Wavorly Publishing Company of Now York, llaggai d wnnts thorn restrained from Issuing In book form his novel, "Naldl tho Lily," whloh rnu as a serial in tho news paper recently. Nolhlng Small Abpnt Amsrlea. Baltimore Horald.) Mrs. Potter Pnliner! assurance that the natloni nf Ktirnpo nro Interested in tlio World's Fair nnd that most nt them will end appropriate exhibits will pleat tho prnplo of thl country. Thoro nothing mean or small about Amirloa, and the world Is beginning to And II out. eleotton whose main issue Bute. DEPEW IS HAPRY. He Sees Nothing bat Harmony and Success for thn Ticket in New York The Silver Flank In the Platform Pleases the Mine Men In All Sections. New York, June 14. Spedd. Calm, cooL and smiling, seemingly satisfied with hlmselfand announcing that he was more than satisfied with the result of tbe Minne apolis Convention, Dr. Chauncey M. Depew sat in bis private office in the Grand Central station this afternoon. He had been there since his arrival from the West on his private car at 9 o'clock in the morning, nts family and Senator Frank Hlscock bad ar rived with him. Awaiting his coming was Secretary of War Stephen B. Ellcins, who bad come on from Washington to convey to the man who led tho Harrison forces to victory in the Northwest- an expression of tne President's official and personal grati tude. The evidence orPresldental gratitude did not come in tho substantial shape of an ap pointment to tbe portfolio of State, which It had been hinted might be offered to the Senator. Mr. Depew acknowledged this in leply to a question by a reporter, and said that that was a matter which ho would not concern himself about. He hinted that he would decline tho honor if it should be offered. Whltelaw Beid, the candidate for Vice President, called whllo Secretary Elklns was still with Mr. Depew. Tho conference lasted for an hour and a half. rintt and Wilier Will Not Sulk. Senator Depew was confident that the Republicans from this State, who made such strenuous efforts to defeat Harrison for re nominatlon, will be found supporting him with a will. "Mr. Miller has already an nounced his intention to do so," said he, "and Mr. Platt, who is a good Republican, who had a right to hold a different- opinion regarding the proper'man to nominate, I have no doubt will do likewise. I have been in politics a great ranny years and havo sunerea aeront at conventions, w nenever I have been beaten I have made it a point to get out and woik harder than 1 would havo worked ordinarily for the success of the ticket, just to prove that there was not a fcor snot on mv head." Mr. Depew said that he bad received fully GOO Invitations to speak at ratification meet ings, but that ho will accept none of them nnd will save his throat for the fall, when he will goon tho stump. Regarding the possi bility of his becoming the recognized Re publican leader in the State and personally (Conducting the Harrison campaign, he said time ne was not a political manager; mat no knew nothing or the pcisonnel or the State Committee or the details of campaign work, nor had he heard thnt tho Plntt and Miller men from all over the State purpose holding a meeting in this city to discuss tbo advisa bility of turning Over the Republican ma chine to the friends of tho President, that thoy may conduct the campaign In their own wny for their candidate. A Cane That Will Be rresrrred. Dr. Depew told a story of the meeting of tho Harrison delegation which was hold in Market Hall Thursday and over which he presided. "It was that meeting," said he, "which determined tho result and nomi nated the President. The hall is a gieat bai n-raf tered room, and it was very difficult to make mysolf heard In it and to preserve order. I had no gavel and mechanioally picked up a oane belonging to an old gentle man who sat near me and nounded on a tahle. It was n vatlior turbulent mooting and that cane was constantly employed lor tho bettor cart ofan hour. It was a hand some gold-headed cane with some compli mentary inscription on it when I picked it up. I felt some compunctions about return ing it in the dilapidated condition I did. nnd thought that the old gentleman who owned it would be Justified in sending me a bill lor damages. I liavo since learned thatit wasa highly prized gift stick, bnt that the owner jiow sets moio store by it than ever before, and proposes to mko it a family heirloom to bo labeled 'tho cane which nominated Benjamin Harrison for President at Min neapolis, 169i " , The Silver Plank Satisfactory. A Chicago dispatoh says the silver plank in the Republican platform is more satisfac tory to the free coinage silver men than they were willing to acknowledge nt Minne apolis. It is of course "free coinage" which is tho wish of all sliver men, and which they hope to see ultimatoly the law of the land, but they were never deluded with the ex 'pcotatlon that the Republican party. In its platform for tbo "present campaign, would go to that length. Tbe plank adopted Is, however, very liberal, and the silver men clnlni that it Is a decided advance over any endorsement yet secured from n Republican National Convention. One point secured Is an out and out bimetallic declaration, and moreover a committal to coinage of the two metals at the present ratio. By the terms of the silver resolution the United States is de clared to be in favor of the use of both metals as "standard money." The use ot tne woro. "stanaarn." was made at the suggestion of Senator Jones, and Is full of significance according to tho silver men. Standard money means at the ratio established by law, and this is a declaration in favor of the upe nf the two metals at the present coinage ratio. The Next Beit to Free Coinage. The use of the metals as money is another point for which they strove. Under tho present law great quantities of sliver bullion uro purchased and stored. The silver men have been extremely solicitous that this silver should be coined. Tlio effect of storing it, they fear, will be to have people regard ltas merchandise, and for this reason they wanted a declaration In favor of Its use as raonoy, and by securing tbe declaration as to "standard money," the sentence is rounded out In accordance with their views. It was, the silver men sav, all tln;t could be expocted short of free coinage, and they hope will be accepted as satisfactory by the silver miners and others interested in the Industry. The ratification meeting held at tbe Auditorium. Chicago, lat night under the auspices of the three Ro- Sublican clubs of the city, tho Incoln, the Marquette and the Hamilton, attracted nn audience which filled the building In every part. The enthusiasm dis- Iilayed was no less rematkablo than the arge assemblage. Every mention of Blaine was received with a chorus or cheers which was ngaln and again renewed. Loyalty to the ticket nominated, and love to Blaine formed the key-note of at least two speeches, thoso of J. M. Thurston and Hi 1). ster brook, both of Omaha. HOW THE ELKS STAND. The Grand Secretary's Keport at tho Grand Lodge In Session at Uaffilo. BcrrALO, June 14. The Grand Lodge of tho U. S. B. P. O. Elks assembled in this city this morning. The Grand Secretary's leport for tho fiscal year 1891-92 shows that there are 222 lodges in good standing, with a total membership of 18,221. rfl.n .mnnnt rf fMiali nn llnnrl In tlm f-M nrf Lod"e treasury is SS0.898. Tho value of property of the Grand Lodge is $342,511 64, making a total valuation of assests, S433, 501 01. The amount expended for charitv by tne Grand Lod'40 during the year "was S28.187 77. The i eceipts of the Grand Lodge amounted to $15,300 and the expensos wore $10,100. Tbe total membership of the Grand Lodge is 1,100, of whom about one-third are at present in Buffalo. Forty-one new lodges have been organized. Grand Treasurer Bechel, of Omaha, was reported quite sick at bis hotel. BUM0B.S HOT BELIEVED. Hon. G. V. Masseys Appointment to the Supreme Conrt Discredited. Dovrn, Del., June 14. Hon, George V. Massey has not yot returned from Mlnne nnnlis but is now on his wny home and Is toxpoctcd to nrrlvo hero to-morrow. Mr. i'cnuewiii, nis law partner, say? iid uocs nut believe that there Ian word of truth ' report of his appointment to tho Suptemo Court. Mr. Pennewltl did not believe the Tiosl dent would mnke tho appointment us noun after tho adjournment ot tho Convention, hut believed Mr. Massojr merited tho np polntmeut for his steadfast support of tho Pieitdont, TESTING MICHIGAN'S 01BBYVANDBB. A United States B-nutntvlilp Depends Upon a Lawsuit In Urn Vpprr Peninsula. Lasiso, Mich., Juno 14 The Sitpromo Court this morning granted an ordnrtosliow cause why u writ of mnuilaiuus should not ho Issued, aniiipflllliig thn Sooretary of State to reeogtiUo tun bnunditriot of two repie BontftlKe districts nmdn by tho Hoard of hiipeirUors or Uouulitou coantv contrary tu the provisions of tlio radlitrlcttng not of Wl. A htnrlng wilt be hail on Juno 3ft. This question Involves ilia viltdlly of the entire sot, and, IriMdcntally, Hie political faith of ihsimxt Untied Htsiri "tnator fiom Mloli-igmu GENERAL STACKHOTJSK'S DEATH. The Congressman Snddenly Passes Away n 1th No Relatives Near. Washihqtoit, June 14. General Eli T. Stuckhouse, member of Congress from the the Sixth district of South Carolina, and a prominent member of the Farmers' Allianoe, died In this city at 1:30 o'clock this morning. He was one of the party that acoompanied tbo remains or tbe late Colonel L. L. Polk to Italcigh, N. C, last Saturday. Mr. Stack house returned to Washington yesterday morning. Ho went over to the House of Representatives, which is only one block from his residence, nnd at 2 o'clock went homo to luncheon. He complained of a slight nttack of indigestion, but seemed to be in good spirits. He remained nt home for n while, but returned to tho House be fore the adjournment of that body yester day. The General did not return to the hotel for dinner. About 12 o'clock last niirht Mr. Cntowas called to the loomsof Mr. Stack house nnd was told that he was dying. A physician was immediately summoned, but before his arrival General Stackhonse was dead. The only-persons at his bedside whon he died were his son and Representative Cate nnd his son. The remains will be taken to Little Rock, S. C., to-morrow for inter ment. Ell Thomas Stockhouse was born in Marlon county, S. C. Maroh 27, 1S24. He was educated In the publics schools, which he attended a few months each year and worked the remainder of tho year on his father's farm. He taught school four years, between tho ages of 19 and 23. In 1817 he settled on a farm. In 1861 ho left bis farm to respond to tho call of his State for soldiers. He served In Longstreet's corps. Army of Northern Virginia. Most or nls life was devoted to an effort to elevate and Improve Southern agricultnre, and he was several times elected President or the Srate Alli ance. He was elected to the Fifty-second Congress as a Democrat. AN 1NCBEASE TO THE MAHINE. Tlio Steamship China to Be Added to the American Mercantile Navy. WAsnreoTox, Juno 14. Representative Fowler to-day reported to tbe House from the Committee on the Merchant Marine the Geary bill granting an American register to the steamship China. Tbe bill, says an ac eompanlng report, grants the same privi leges to the ship as bos been recently granted by Congress to the Inman steamships City of Paris and City of New Torfc. The vessel is owned by a British corporation known as the China Steamship Company, limited, tho whole or whose capital stock is owned by the Pacific Mall Steamship Company, a email percentage thereof being set apart to qualify cei tain Englishmen to' act as direc tors. The vessel has no contractual relations with the British Government suoh as the Inman steamers had. During the reocnt trouble with Chile the Sooretary of the Navy had arranged to obtain her from the Pacific Moll Steamship Company In the eveut of hostilities, and tho committee is assured, the report nys, that tbe Navy De partment will pnt Itself on record In favor of the proposed legislation. If this bill be passed the company will not only build a vessel in nn American sliipyaid equal In tonnage to the China, as required by tbe bill, but the committee is assured by the companj 'a representatives that it will build two vessels of at least 8,000 tons each. The China is a vessel of about 5,000 tons regis ter. H0ME0PATHISTS IK 8ESSI0N. They Listen to Interesting Papers and At tend Meetings on SoIntlflo Subjects. WASHiaoroir, June 14. Tlio morning ses sion of the American Institute of Homeo pathy was largely devoted to routine busi ness matters. The address of the Bureau of Sanitary Science, prepared by Dr. D. H, Beckwltn, of Cleveland, was read by Dr. Buchrod W. James. The question of hold ing the next year's Institute in Chicago was discussed, and the proposal seemed to meet, with general approval. The question of taking steps to nave homeopathy lepie sented at tho Exposition was also discussed by a large number of members, and the whole matter was final! v referred to a com mittee to be appointed by the Chairman. On the adjournment of tbe institute seo tlonal meetings were held of the bureaus of sanitary science, opthatmology, otology and laryngology and obstetrics. At these meet ings a large number of valuable papers of a strictly technical character were read. Tbe paper of Dr. Henry F. Garey. of Baltimore, explaining his method for the cure of the deaf was, however, of general interest. This afternoon there were sectional meetings in gynaecology and sanitary solence. At the evening session there was a report from the Board of Censors, followed by sectional meotlngs In anatomy, physiology and path ology, and nervous and mental diseases. THE COLD WATER CONVENTION. Prohibition Forces Gathering In Large Numbers to Nominate a Ticket. Ciwcihhati, June Ik-ziSpecial. To-day's applications for hotel accommodations sliowed that every State and Territory will be represented at the approaching National Prohibition Convention. Ic is now a certainty that some 1,400 dele gates and alternates will be in attendance. Judge Amos Brlggs and Hon. James Black, both of Pennsylvania, are being boomed for the Presidental nomination. DEMOCRACY'S CANDIDATE. One week from Tuesday good Mr. Cleve land will quietly appropriate a third nomi nation for the Presidency at Chicago Minne apolis Tribune. Hill Democrats and all other Democrats unito in saying that they will support the candidate nominated at Chicago, whoever he may be. New York World. Amom the rank and file of Democrats throughout the State Mr. Cleveland's name is practically the only one considered in con nection with the Chicago nomination. Jh dtanapoHs Sentinel. The ex-President gave to his party two great issues tariff reform and honest, re liable finance at a time when it greatly needed them. At present it looks like Clovcland. Philadelphia Ledger. The fact is the Democratic party is sealed to Grover Cleveland. To defeat him for nomination would be a great achievement, and the enterprise invites gallant and ad venturous men. New York Advertiser. Cleveland's nomination appears inevita ble because, from his party's point of view, this cuurso is so manifestly proper and nec essary that all sensible men look for It, and would be amazed if it were not taken. St. Louis Qiobe-Democrat. No accurate tab has been kept upon the instructions of the various conventions that elected delegates. A large number of dele gates are Instructed for Mr. Cleveland, and so far as there has been any expression of the party, he has its almost universal confi dence St. Paul Globe. The Tlty of It. New York Commercial Advertiser. While John Redmond, M. P., is preaching peace among the Home Rulers in New York the Home Rulers are practicing it In Ire land in their own Inimitable way by thrash ing Mr. Harrington, M. P., and wounding 100 others. DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE. Long Wolf, Ognllsla Chief. An unusual ceremony took place at West Brompton. Eunlanil, yestcrdiy. It was the burial of Long Wolf, an Ogsllala chief, who died Sunday nt the Wild West eucanipiueut from the elfcctsof wounds received In various csmnalgns dnrlnr his esritr as n warrior. Ills body contained 2 Indict wnnwK ah of which had become inurn or les painful vlt "i'-r.Hlnir "? T!lC2 "' fr"" i-uinclndiiilng the recrnt'liiiliah'uutbresk In tho United St it. I.nngWoir iv the first Imllin to gne up Id gini tp General Miles. He did this In order In set a peaceahle exanplA In the hostile im miters or Ids It ind. The burial ceremonies were attended by .ill the members or the H lid West show and a hlx crowd ol Englishmen who hail never witnessed a proceeding so strange. Long Wolf's m likes tin) tilth Indian grave at West Ilrompton. General Clmrles Dnstsn. Gencrsl Charles Dustan died at Lake wood. N. J., Monday. He was born on Staten Island In 1MI. Ha served under (Icneral nurnslde for several lampalgns, and In IMS nritjtned froift Ihearmr and settled In Manama. lis was com inlitlonrd a. Major (Icneral In the Alabama Statu Mlhtla In l&ja. slue IfrCI he has ln-rn a rrild'nt nf Srw York. Ills lather was Captain llsno It. lltliUu, lni eoinniaiideil I he strainer Allsntlr, which w as wrrekrd nn" PMirr's l,Und In IMI, wheu Captahi Duslan and won or tho pant ncrs were drowned. Obllnary NoIm, rUHt'Il. MrDqNAI.n HlCIUSPSOir, Preildsnt ot th Savin! Ilsnknf llslllinore, llisnldnsl svlni InslltutUiii In llsUlnwti died risttrdtr of litni en um or Ins lung i. SOCIETY IN SUMMER. A. Letter Carrier's Sad Blander and the Result Xawn Fete at TfTlkinsbarc Garden Parly on If array Hill Avenue Graduating Trained Horses. A postman's laziness almost brought to an abrupt termination a llttlo romance below stairs ia Ben Venue. A letter was directed to the housemaid in one of Ben Venue's families, but when it came to be delivered the girl, who was snpposed to be visiting her aunt, was still absent. No one was quite certain when she wonld be back, or, with ihe delightfnl faith we have In domestics, if she would return stall. The postman, in his moments of relaxation from stern duty, had not been unawarn nf the pretty housemaid's charms. He had also become acquainted with her best "John." To save himself further trouble the man, who we are silly enough sometimes to suppose appreciates the sacred task Imposed, handed the letter to John. John anticipated a husband's privileges and opened the letter. It was from anothpr well beloved. Whether or not the United States Postal Servlco oan be sued for alienating John'o affections, or If It is Mr. Wanamnker or Postmaster Mc Kean or the postman that is responsible is a question. But snre enough there is a deal of Incompatibility in that little courtship at present. The picturesque Childs residence, facing Amberson avenue, was a point of Interest yesterday, owing to a fashionable reception given by Mrs. Childs for her daughter. A great many divided their time between the reception and the fete given by the Shady side Presbyterian Chnrch in Mr. Ben Thaw's place. At the reception there was a lot of pretty dressing, and, though the hours were late enough to bring things to a dancing termination, there was neither dancing nor mnslo. A number of assistants Joined Mrs. Childs nnd her daughter in welcoming the gnests, of whloh Mrs. Gill, Miss Pugsley, Mrs. Harvev Childs, Mrs. James Childs, Mrs. Wurtzand Mts Thompson were noted. The reception ended at 9. The beautiful Hampton Place property, at Wllklnsburg, was gay with colored lanterns and music last night, the second evening of the lawn feto given by the ladles of the Wllklnsburg Presbyterian Chnrch. There was every intention to make the windupof the celebration a memorable oc casion. Almost everyone in the borougb, as well as from Brushtnn. Edsewoodvllle nnd Swlssvale were there. The booths, decorated gaily and in taste, enshrined the fine girls or the chnrch, all or whom were nnxlous to dispose of their refreshments and other wares to whoever wonl d buv. The second evening brought out more than did Monday, and then It was guessed that 700 people were present. The grounds, with their great old trees, lighted up with Chinese lanterns, pre sented a veritable fairyland appearance. The booths and tables were in charge of the following ladles: Flowers Miss Carrie Patterson and Miss Sadie Keller: aids, Mls May Weldman, Miss Alter and Miss Mav Scott. Candy Miss Jennio McConnell and Miss Lon Ferguson, "xkls.Miss Mame FIntfcowsky, Miss Lon Campbell and Mis Xcttie Orr. Lemonade Mi's Lou Drinker, Miss Belle Brinkerand Miss Sarah Ferguson. Ice cream, cake and strawborrles were served at seven tables, which wproln charge of Mrs. E. T. Jackson, Miss Jllllle Reed, Miss Mary Ferguson, Miss May Kingsbury, Miss Myrtle Tucker, Miss Marie O r and Miss Shreni. A separate table for the sale of cake was presided over by Mls Carmack and Mrs. Keiner. The arrangements were under the general charge of tho Toung People's S.oclety of Chritlan Endeavor, nndthepio ceeds will be devoted toward clearing off tho debt on the church. It is expected that over SI, 000 will be made from tbe two nights. Preparations for the lawn fete to be given under the auspices of the ladies of St. James' R. C. Church, Wllklnsburg, are going on with the characteristic briskness. The fete is to be held June 29 nnd 30 and July 1, on tho Urge grounds adjoining tho church nnd belonging to it. There will be a num ber of booths and games. The annual lawn fete of St. James' is always looked forward to with much eagerness, and no paln are spared to make it succesuu. ine uev. a. A. Lambing, the pastor, Is one of the m03t popular Catholie clergymen in Allegheny county, not onlv in his own church but among the members of other denominations. Therefore the lawn fete will not be a sec tional affair, but will Include among its gnests representatives of all churches in Wllklnsburg, Pittsburg probably contrib uting a few admiring friends, also. A ritETTY scene last night was made by the garden party in Mr. Ben Thaw's Dlaco, on Murray Hill avenue. In tbe bands of a lot of brisk fairies of the good persuasion, who hail from Pittsburg, tho lawn was trans formed Into a spot fit for such to dwell In. Neither Hans Andersen nor Herr Grimm could have thought out more novelties than were displayed there. Moreover, It was ar ranged with all due regard for wet weather, since it appears that rain does not agree with fairies more than with cats. Commodi ous tents of shelter were erected in numer ous places. Some of the transforming fairies wero photographers for the nonce and "tnk" you while yon "smiled." Also they had learnt to deal with the future, and tam pered with your destiny in thebost accorded gipsv fashion. Jack Horner's pie, too large for a small boy, was seized by two young ladles, still or the fairy tribe, nnd they cave plums away with a deal moie generosity than men give np their seats to women these days In the street cars. King Strawberry was ont in force, surrounded as usual by at tendants, courtiers and flatterers. By some arrangement, either magic ring or other tal isman, the underground streams of the earth came into collusion with several lemon trees and the result was a lemonade spring. The musically inclined fairies played nn verv earthlike mandolins and suitars and wiled the "filthy dnst" out of the purses of tbe people. All these things were in charge of the Shadyside Presbyterian Church, and particularly to the following committees: Pnnch and Judy Mrs. George Shorman Scully and Miss Susy Pitcalrn. Gipsy Tent Mrs. M. B. Riddle, Mrs. Edwin Porter, Miss Lizzie Stevenson, Miss Lydla Murdoch, Miss Lulu and Miss Virginia Beggs. Jack Horner Pie Miss Clementine Bees, Miss Ltzzlo Stevenson. Strawberry Table Mrs. H. C. Bughman. Mrs. Van Meter, Mrs. Palmer, Mrs. Crooks and Mr. Hartzpll. Lemonade Miss Blanche Street, Miss Kntherlne Llpplncott and Miss Florence Aiken. Excoutlve Committee Mrs. Carter Beggs, Mrs. Ben Thaw, Mrs. Will Moorhead, Miss M. E. Dawson nnd Miss Martha Childs. Supper Table Mrs. George Dilworth, Mrs. Schoonmaker, Mrs. McLanahan, Mrs. Mc Laln and Mrs. Llpplncott. CaKO and Cream Mrs. Kennedy Moore head. Mrs. Harvey Childs, Mrs. Samuel Graham, MUs Burd Edwards and Mrs. York Smith. Flower Table Mrs. Will Edwards, Miss Bovle and Miss Ethel Atcblson. The fifth annual commencement exercises of the .Nurses' Training School of the Alle gheny General Hospital were held last night in the Second U. P. Church, Stockton avenue, Allegheny. A large nnmber were present and a nleasln? n.cture was presented by the cmssesiu tneir neat uniiorm aiuro ot wmie. Tho class this year numbers 19. An excel lent programme of exercises waa presented, and the evening was a pleasant one for both graduates and their friends. Rev. Dr. L. Mayor, minister of tho Eighth Street Temple, gave a short address on the "benefits derived from a thoroughly equipped hospital." Rev. Dr.W. n. McMillan followed in a brlof address, speaking of tho necossity for trained nurses. Rov. Dr. M. B. Riddlo then spoko or the requisite qualifications for a trained nurse. liev. Dr. II. F. Woodbum, FrcMdent of tho Board of Managers of tho Hospital and Training School then addressed the grad uates and presented them with their diplomas. Dr. Beatty followed with a few words of good advice nnd presented each graduate, in behalf of tbe Hospital, with a gold medal. Miss C. E. Perkins, ciilof nnrso of tho school, addressed tho graduates u to their mission and gnvo thorn advice and Instruc tion. Music and roadlngs interspersed tho moro solid part of tho programmo. Social Clint. Ti.s mnrtfogo of Miss Kutherlne Porrlno and Mr.Noaso wns the occasion of ono of tho Srettlest ccromonlals ever gracing Oakland othodUc Episcopal Church. The edttico was very prettily arranged with flowers. The bridal party was all in white, the pro cession being headed by two small girls carrying a basket or bride and Madam Uan tier roses. The nmlds and tho brlda nil car ried bride roses. Following the ceremony there was a reception nt Mr. I'ertine's house In Oakland. The bride wnnapnollat tho Sohool of Design lor Women, and Is ac counted a very pretty glii. It Is said that tho Iter. Mr. Mathews answers nil the reqtilramontt of a curato In tho eyes of critical Calvary Church. Mr. Mathews Ii not puroand simple a handsome man, but Is muoli more. Fascinating, a well bred oleunnco, and In tho pulpit a must acceptable eloquonoe, are among the virtues nlteadr dlsonvorud in the sltlng clergy man at Calvary. Kudmm of this diptrtmtnl r reminded that to-dkr l the eftnnai reoeptlrm l the Deseonsts' Hnme.tM Dinwiddle street. Ihe hours eel are from to lo r. u. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. New Yort City has fewer alleys than any other city in the world, notwithstand ing it is one of tbe largest. A woman by the name of Mary Evans, living In Harlem. New York City, is licensed captain or a ship of which her husband Is chief engineer. The largest telephone switchboard In the world Is that in the exchange at Berlin, Germany, where 7,000 wires are connected with the main office. Of the 200,000 women working at 100 dlffeient trades in Xew York City, 27,000 sup port their husbands. No doubt the same ratio exists in other large cities. A gold coin passes from one to another 2,000,000000 times beore the stamp or impres sion npon ltbeoomes obliterated by friction, while a silver coin changes between 3,250,. 000,000 times before it becomes entirely ef faced. Glasgow is famous among Scotch cities for its captive song birds. Belgian canaries bred In Glasgow frequently sell at 50 each. The skylark is often caged In GlaBgow, and the bird sings, though it does not breed in captivity. A company engaged in the manufacture of explosives In liew York has for sale now small bombs about the size of Frankfurter sausages, with which it is alleged the farmer can brinir down small showers of rain when ever he sees clouds over his land. r . An extra census bulletin, recently Is sued, shows that the size of families has been steadily decreasing for a number of years. In 1350 the average size of families was 5 50 persons, 5.23 in I860, 5.09 in 1870, 3,05 in 1880, and in 1890 it had gotten down to 4.94. Many tons ot beeswax are imported to New York from tropical and sub-tropical parts of this continent and from Spain. It is used in tbe manufacture of lay figures for musenms. milliners and mantua makers, and also for candles for ecclesiastical use. The smallest pony in the world recently arrived In tbe world on the famous Shetland pony farm on the Island of Bressay. It Is a little colt foal that weighed bnt 16 pounds and was only 19J4 inches high at its birth. It Is a perfectly healthy, well-formed animal A Spanish gentleman, accompanied by his wifo, has succeeded in performing the feat of crossing the Andes in a carriage. They started from the Argentine Republic and landed at Catania, a distance or 3C0 miles. Tbe vehicle was drawn by three mules. The Journey was accomplished in 11 dais. A brilliant young London surgeon has aroused the hostility of the profession by his outspoken denunciation of over drugging, and his advocacy of dietio treat ment of disease, and as a result hi' name w as removed from the medical register. He bus taken action to have his nanus re stored. Insects have recently destroyed whole forests in Powhatan county, Virginia, and among other trees the famous Pope's pine, a noted landmark in the Old Dominion. It stood for years on an eminence from which it wns visible for 20 miles or more around, and towered high aDove all surrounding trees. South Africa has been scourged by a locust pest, and considerable damage is still being wrought. A swarm of locusts crossed over one place iu a column over six miles wide, clearing pretty much everything be fore tbem. The mealle crop in the Orange Free Scite has been destroyed by the lo custs, causing a loss of over $1,000,000. The Gila monster, heloderma horridnm, is the only species of known poisonous liz ard in the world. It Is a native of the Gila river country in Arizona, and has seldom or never been seen at any great distance irom that stream. The Indians of Arizona be lieve the spittle, or saliva, and even the breath of tbe animal, to be deadly poison. Hundreds of years ago the old world printers used to chain copies of their books outside their offices, and reward peripatetic scholars who might detect errors with prizes graduated according to tbe serious ness of the slip a cup of wine for a broken letter; a cup of wine and a plato of meat for a wrong font or a turned letter, and so on in. proportion. In England "rocking stones" are called "loggans" or "logganstones," and have been known since early times. Ono of tbe most remarkable of these poised stones in tbe world Is now lying evenly balanced on top of Tandll mountain, in South America. It is 24 feet high, 30 feet long and weighs 23 tons. A man can move it with one finger; even the wind Is said to sway It to and rro. The Government of Holland has a pro ject on hand to drain the Znyder Zee. It is a vast lagoon of some 700 square miles super ficial area, and is useless on account of Its shallowness for purposes of navigation, white as agricultural land it is estimated to be very valuable. The cost of the dam is es timated at jC3.675.000. and of tho draining at .13,000,000- It is estimated that 30 years will be required to complete the whole. It doesn't require an expert to tell whether a diamond 13 genuine or not. The test Is very simple and can be made in any place and in a moment. All you need is a piece of paper and a lead penclL With tho latter make a small dot on the paper, then look at it through the diamond. Ir you can see but one dot yon can depend upon it that the stone is genuine, bnt If the mark Is scat tered, or shows more than one, yon will bo perfectly safe In refusing to pay 10 cents for a stone that may be offered yoa at $500. In Noble county, "W. Va., there is a fathomless sea, composed or salt water and oil. from which gas escapes with a tremen dous Toar. Twenty years ago a well was drilled there to the depth of 1,900 feet. Some years lator water and gas escaped from the hole with great pressure, tearing out the tubln" nnd cutting a cavern apparently hun dreds of feet deep and 40 feet In diameter. After It ceased to flow a farmer filled It np ond built a barn over it, and again, a few days ago, a terrific report announced an other explosion of the well, oil and water ponrlng out In abundance. In a single day the hole became fathomless and about 40 feet wide. The Maine law relating to boiler in spection needs bracing up if ever a statute did. In that State almost anybody is called an engineer. An instance is recalled where tho boiler of a large factory was left to tho care of anyone or half a dozen persons, nona of them having nn engineer's certificate. One or the men, being near sighted, thought lie saw a startling rise in tho steam gauge, and fled pakclpitately to the top of a neigh boring bill to await the expected crash, which never came. Another "engineer' ii said to have removed tbe steam gauge al together, nnd when asked his reason fot doing so, tbo "genius" replied that he "had tho safety valvo to depend upon." BEFKE311ING JOKELETS. Amicus "What are yon looking so sad Pott I wrote a Republican campaign song and by mistake sent It to a Democratic paper. Amiens-Was It destroyed? Poet No. Published as a guy. A I. Herald. "Thank heaven," sighed the editor, "for another day of rest: It Is such a relief to see Sun day nine 'round. " "Yes dear," said his good wife. "Now, strap the twins on yonr back, tase Molly and the basket ln-yonr arms and we'll walic three miles to church." Atlanta Vomtttutton. THE WOULD. Tell us what Love is. To wbat Is It assignable? ccrin. Lore Is Love Is ah. Well, Lovs Is nndennsble. Detroit Free Pre. "Hello, Jones, what are yoa doing with yonr coat buttoned up to your cblnt Are yoa sick?" wuiftv aiua!. wvi, t iftviiitvii ifc x nave on tie that Eiy wife selected. uMcazo mter-Oetan. American Girl Is it customary for some one to give the bride an 47 at a weddlog la Eng land? Englishman Yes. American Girl-But tbe bridegroom Is not Ktvra away? F.ns;llsliman-Kc, bnt he Is sometimes sold. AW Tort Frets. This man he lived a life of doubt; Ills heart was full of woe Uremic lis uevtr could Hud oat The things no man can know. JVcfy). Jnrv Is "Vliat ii the meaning of that passage or Pcrlntur which rtfers to things brlnf hidden from the wise and printout indbclns re vested unto banes and sneillnii? Jsnntngv-Wliy, have you nivrr tnst s tollrf Ian Just s:rsdutd?-AM York IhnM. Tramp 1'leaie, mum, wud ye give a poo; uffsrln' twin' a riltnsf Lady-MrrrT mil yon art rremhllnj all rfr. How your hand thakstl Ii lldrlak thsl Musts Hilar Trass a Me, nmai It's Mt bavta 7. jtrf1-. inifl jm
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