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TWELVE PAGES
THE CHAIEMAJfSHIP QUESTION.
The proceedings of the Republican
National Committee in connection with
the retirement of Clarkson can easily be
surrounded with more significance than
actually attaches to them. True, there is
to be heard in them an echo of the differ
ences crested bv the strangle for the nom
ination. But there is hardly enough in
that to exercise any vital influence on the
campaign.
It is a well established practice, based
on sound reason-3, that the activa man
ager of a nitional campaign shall be close
to the candidate in intimpcy and confi
dence. It Is manifestly difficult for Mr.
Clarkson to occupy such relations toward
the President after fighting his renomina
tion so vigorously at Minneapolis; and the
recognition of the fact has been frank on
both sides. The President has honestly
let Clarkson know that he preters another
Chairman; Clarkson has by retiring recog
nized the propriety of the President's
wish; and the committee, while exhibiting
a slight preference for Clarkson, has con
ceded the President's right to a choice.
The matter is one which in an ordinary
campaign might grow to serious differ
ence. But the position taken by the
Democrats so consolidates all Republican
elements that personal considerations can
not disintegrate them. The chosen Chair
man, Campbell, is a new man; but with
the multiplicity of interests involved in
Republican success, there is no danger
that he will l?ck for suggestions as to the
best vay of carrying on the Republican
campaign.
THE FINAL STRUGGLE.
The dissolution ot Parliament yesterday
precipitates the general election which
Great Britain has been preparing for dur
ing the past j ear. The question of Lib
eral sapiemac? with Home Rule as an out
come, or the continuance of the Salisbury
and Balfour policy, is before the English
people, and the popular erdict will be
recorded in a comparatively short time.
The diffrrence between British and
American campaigns is illustrated in the
fact that while out natioral canvass will
last for months about two weeks will
elapse betwepn the time that the English
parliamentary campaign formally opens
and the full knowledge of its result The
borough elections will be held during the
early part of nexl week. Tne county
elections may be stiung along till July
14, the latest date on which any ot them
can be held.
This is likely to be the final campaign of
the Home'Rule struggle which has been
wased with so much courage and persist
ency for more than a decade. With a
united effort of the friends of Home Rule
there is a good prospect for the triumph of
the caue and the final achievement of
self-covernment for Ireland by the middle
of next month.
THE NEW RATIO.
The prospect of an international con
ference to readjust the ratio of gold and
silver naturally evokes discussion as to
what the ratio shall be. The North
American Btnieto for July contains a dis
cussion of this sort, in which two Senators
and three Representatives develop a
rather wide difference of opinion as to the
proper ratio to be re-established.
Senator Sherman thinks the ratio should
be fixed so that the new silver dollar shall
have a dollar's worth of silver in it at
present standards. This would make the
ratio twenty-three to one, and establish a
silver dollar about one-half larger than the
other coin. This would seem to be the
logical course at first sight; but it omits to
take one factor into consideration. That
Is, that the present wide difference be
tween silver and gold is due to the de
pression of silver through ltsdisuse by de
monetization, and the appreciation of gold
through the increased need for it on the
same account If silver were resto'rpd large
ly to monetary use all over the world
there is no doubt that it would appreciate
somewhat and gold would relax in its nur.
chasing power. The exact" degree to
which the two metals would approach'the
old ratio may be a matter of opinion, but
that the process would take place to some
extent is indisputable.
On the other hand, the fourother writers
hold that the new ratio should be the old
European one of fifteen to oneestablish--ing
a dollar of actually less 'bullion "than
the present one. That this is not alone
the view of the free coinage men is shown
by the fact that Congressman Dalzell
Joins Senator Stewart and Congressmen
Bland and Springer in advancing that
opinion. The theory of the position Is
that if all Governments Join in adopting
that ratio the exchange ability of the
silver dollar for gold the world over would
maintain it side by side with gold. This
view is supported by the fact that France
maintained this ratio under free coinage
for nearly a century. The error of this
logic can be seen by pointing out
that It would be a fair deduction
for all the Governments to unite in
establishing 'a ratio of one to one, or
making silver dollars and eagles with Just
as much metal as the gold ones. It is
easy to see that under such an arrange
ment, while people could use the cheaper
coins all over the world, they would use
them exclusively, gold would be with
drawn for use in the arts, and the coinage
would depreciate to its silver bullion value.
The fact is that France maintained this
ratio when the ratio of supply for the
two metals was widely different from what
It ndw is.
The proper coinage ratio of the two
metals is somewhere between their pres
ent market ratio and the old coinage
ratio. There is room for .difference of
opinion as to its exact place; but a proper
estimate of all the influences bearing on
the relative value of the two metals will
fix it in the neighborhood of twenty to ona
"MIXING SHOP AND SENTIMENT.
It is rather amusing than otherwise to
hear the Trade Congress of Great Britain
and her colonies consisting of represen
tatives from the Chambers of Commerce
of various cities denouncing the Ameri
can protection laws for "selfishness." A
resolution affixing that epithet to our sys
tem was tearfully adopted at m yesterday's
session of the Congress in London. The
idea that industries can be built up and
trade advanced either for individuals or
for nations without that special regard to
the interests and circumstances of the
individual or the nation," which is charac
terized as "selfish," has probably
never found lodgment anywhere
excepting in 'the British Trade Congress
and in this year's platform of the Demo
cratic party. Patriotism was defined by
Dr. Samuel Johnson, in. a fit of gloom
doubtless, as "the last refuge of a scoun
drel" and now we have protection de
fined as selfishness by th,ose foreigners to
whom the privilege is refused of running
American industries out of American mar
kets that their own may get in.
From this line of talk and from some of
the twaddle that was lately in the atmos
phere at Chicago, one might suppose the
free trade believers both of Great Britain
and of the United States contemplated a
grand scheme of philanthropy and benev
olence, to be bounded only by the cor
ners of the earth, in , which it was to
be made and provided that no nation
should seek to better itself if thereby it
hurt the feelings or the comfortable situa
tion of any other nation. This, one might
suppose, was to proceed, even to the mag
nanimous extent of closing our own in
dustries to make a market for the products
of foreign industry. The people of the
United States, if tnis beautiful theory had
only been lived up to, would never have
entered upon the manufacture of iron or
steel, or glass or carpets, or silks not to
talk of tin because Europeans were at
one time or other furnishing each of these
commodities more cheaply. There was
just one vocation which by a consensus of
iree trade opinion would have been suit
able for Uncle Sam that of farmer. As
England has few acres in proportion to
its mouths to feed and as while it could
multiply its manufactures indefinitely
to meet the wants of the globe, it
could not add a single acre to . its
area, it would be quite content to take all
it could, the manufactures, and leave to
Uncle Sam, or the Russians, or the East
Indians, so much of the farming as it
could not itself do for want of room.
It has been very "selfish" of course to
interfere with this view of things but
such interference with other people's ar
rangements is the way of the slowly evo
luting world in which we live; and what is
more it has so conspicuously been Great
Britain 's way that its present appeal to char
itable sentiment must provoke an inter
.national smile. The worst of it is, how
ever, that in place of standing up by the
free trade they profess to believe in, this
English Congress inconsistently threatens
that it too will resort to nrotection against
cheap American breadstuffs'if the McKin
ley bill is not repealed. This shows a
want of principle, a lack of the true
philosophy of benevolence which teaches
against the doing of evil through spite, or
even that good may come of it
But what is more dismal yet is the re
flection that even-as,, the matter stands
the threat to bar out'American b'read
.stuffs is not genuine but1 a bold bad bluff.
No nation can successfully bar out from
its market what it catuipt itself produce.
Protection can only be applied to the de
velopment of home industry. There is
no -room for more industry in raising
breadstuffs in England; and if they are to
be got from the colonies to the exclusion
of American breadstuffs, that means that
the English consumers will have to pay
dearer for them without deriving any im
mediate benefit themselves.
In" a word, the United States has got
very much the best of the situation in its
economic system of Protection; and the.
criticism and complaints, extraordinary
remonstrances, and sad reproaches of a
sentimental sprt from good old Mr. Bull
arise after all, it must be remembered,
wholly from the fact that our system does
not suit him, his manufacturers, his mer
chants or workingmen. But it has not yet
come to pass that the United States is
making laws for the benefit of foreign
countries, nor will that sort of idea be en
couraged in November.
ONE FEATURE OF THE FOURTH.
A very pleasing feature of the" Fourth
of July celebration in Schenley Park will
ie the formal breaking of ground for the
Carnegie Library building. Time has
been occupied since the gift was made to
the city in making and approving plans
for the same. In the meantime Schenley
Park has increased in accessibility and
popularity, and it will continue to do so
from year to year.
This first tangible step toward the visi
ble.' commencement of the work will be
bailed with delight, and comes with pecu
liar appropriateness' on this 'occasion of
patriotic rejoicing. The work when com
pleted will beti great boon to Pittsburg,
and it cannot be pressed too much toward
the stage at which it will become actually
useful Such gifts as this one of Andrew
Carnegie's are an excellent evidence of
patriotismand are likely to directly en
courage that feeling while serving at the
same time as examples to others.
THE RJYEB BANKS.
The communication from Col. Thomas
P. -Roberts, published elsewhere, throws
valuable light on the discussion with re
gard to the encroachments on the river
banks. His communication is primarily
to correct the misapprehension that he is
opposed to legislation for tha full protec
tion of the river; but in that connection he
necessarily outlines important considera
tions in the treatment of the 'whole sub
ject CoL Roberts vpted against the indorse
ment of the clause of the river and. harbor
bill for the double reason that, first, he
thinks the regulation of what riparian
owners do on their own property outside
of the channel belongs to the domain of
State rather" than national legislation;
and, second, that the Chamber of Com
merce already stands committed to a
scheme of regulation under State legisla
tion .more efficient and judicious than that
proposed by-the national acts. This plan
includes the appointment of a commis
sioner to fix anew the high and low water
lines, and to follow that work by a Board
of Port Wardens, or Supervisorsj to take
especial charge of the work of preventing
and punishing encroachments on the river
banks against the State laws.
CoL Roberts' reasons for this attitude
are thoroughly considered and worthy of
careful study. The subject is a vast one,
involving important Interests on both
sides. It cannot ba disposed of in haste.
At the same time if State legislation is de
pended on to preserve the rivers, there
will be need of rigorous effort to secure
the necessary action by the State law
makers. '
,THE HIGH SCHOOL CANDIDATES.
The High School Committee of the Cen
tral Board of Education last night gave
out the names of the candidates with the
results of the recent examination. A
great deal of popular indignation was
aroused by the committee's inexplicable
tactics in departing from the precedents
of custom and issuing in the first place ft
mere list of numbers that was without
meaning to the general public. It was a
short-sighted policy, as the names were
bound to come out sooneror later in a mu
tilated manner from other sources if the
committee continued its refusal.
Half the value of this examination is
contained In the rivalry It provokes among
different schools and individual students.
And this benefit must to a large extent be
lost by an absence of publicity. The
committee would have saved itself a good
deal of trouble and the public a great deal
of dissatisfaction by acting in conformity
with the usual custom in the first instance.
Even now the repentance is not com
plete, as the percentages made by the dif
ferent students in the various subjects are
still kept under seal These facts are
bound to come out when the Board meets,
and it is well that they are. Students and
instructors can best learn their weakness
and increase their strength by a detailed
knowledge of these results, and it is a
great mistake to attempt to suppress the
facts of the case. It is to be hoped that
the evident displeasure caused on this oc
casion will prevent a repetition of the
blunder in the future.
Kaiser Wtlhelu said on Monday that
one of his Ideas was to march in battle at
the bead of bis people. Should the undesir
able happen and a war arise, on In:; to the
pugnacity of the warlord or some equally
trivial cause, it Is regrettable to think that
he would not have to bear the brunt of it
himself, and that his speech would prove to
be nothing but a high sounding metaphor.
Mr. H. M. Stanley seems to base his
claims to the votes of the people of Lambeth
on nis own prowess as an Aincan explorer
and on his wife's descent from Oliver Crom
well. Just how these things Indicate that,
be will make a good member of Failiamcnt
it is rather bard to see.
Any electric traction company which
knowingly keeps its tracks in such a condi
tion that free shocks are frequently ad
ministered to passing teams should be
taught right speedily that amateur electro
cution of this kind is a gift which Is any
thing but desirable.
One advantage of holding the Prohibi
tion Convention at Cincinnati is found in
the excellent facilities which that city
affords for the study of oeer enrdens. And
the ladies and gentlemen attending appear
to be making nse of tbeir opportunities to
collect evidence.
Palacto is on a journey to Europe. He
will probably bo soon heard of over there as
occupying a palatial residence and living in
a style of splendor warranted by his recent
ocenpation of the Presidency in Venezuela
and the opportunities it afforded for
plunder.
That anonymous system of publishing
the results of the High school examination
by numbers is no donbt delightful for the
nn successful candidates. But there are
numei'ons objections to tbo numerals from
the point of view of the successful students.
E:jgish civilization wears a strange
guise iindftr the stiess of political excited
ment. Liberty of.sseech and action are in
danger during this campaign across the
water of degenerating into that unbridled
license which involves mob tyranny.
Pittsburg lost another ball game to St
Louis .yesterday. But all is not yet over, as
there are four places more to fall through
before the home team reaches the bottom of
the list to be in keeping with its last year's
record.
And now Pittsburg's postoffice has
reached the first grade of the first class.
This is good news all around, and redounds
to the credit of Postmaster McKean, besides
indicating the growth of the city.
And vet again there is another new poli
tical party. This time negroes in Texas
have united to form an opposition to all
political parties hitherto established. Offices
seem to be tbe main attraction.
The man to be chosen as Allegheny
City's Auditor should above all things be
possessed of an untiring inclination toward
minutely accurate and scientifically practi
cal research.
If James F. Burke fail to achieve fame as
an individnal, and as President of tbe Col
lege Leagne of Republican Clnbs, it will be
through no modest shrinking from publicity
on bis part.
It sounds odd to hear of Prohibition dele
gates instructed to vote for a Kentucklan
and a Colonel for their part 's nominee for
the Vice Piesidency.
"Warships are making it warm for seal
poachers, notwithstanding the cool temper
ature to be expected from the high latitude
of Bering Sea.
It is harder to keep a straw hat on a man's
head In a breeze than to retain a Federal
office after a change of party in the ad
ministration. What with ice cream poisoning in New
York and sponge cake poisoning in McKces
port, the summer girl will be inclined to fast
this year.
Life appears to be one continual round
sf picnics Just now. But it is collective and
not individual life of which this is true.
The battle-ship Texas has been launched,
so there will in future be more excuse for
Texas shooting than heretofore.
Ground is to be broken for the Carnegie
library on tile Fourth and it will thus be an
other step nearer completion.
Designing women have a wonderfully
free scope in costumes tbis year.
The Latest Fish Story.
St. Paul Globe.
'"The Democrats need not fish for the sil
ver States," shouts an estoemed cotempo
rary from the otber side of the fence. Well,
we don't know about that; there may be sil
ver fishing In Buzzard's bay, and there may
not.
His Life Is a Mystic Chain.
Philadelphia Press.
Candidate Stevenson is having a bad time
of it Some are finding fault because be Is
alleged to have been a Knight of the Golden
Circle, while others fear he is a Knight of
the Silver Circle.
A Han 'With Expectations.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat. 1
The chief difference now between Hill and
Cleveland is that Hill knows he can never
be President, while Cleveland foolishly ex
pects election. -
Don't Be Too Sure.
Boston Globe.
This will be Grover Cleveland's third run
for tho Presidencyand the third time never
fails.
A LOOK AROUND.
"Thebe has been a remarkable increase
in European travel from Pittsburg, since the
jubilee year or Queen Victoria," said Steam
ship Agent .McCormlck yesterday. "So
many people bad a delightful time in Eng
land that year that they have in many cases
returned themselves and taken others with
them or have persuaded friends to cross the
ocean. Before 1S7 for a number of years
about 530 people went abroad from Pittsburg
for pleasure. I speak, of course, of first
class passengers. In the five years since
Jubilee year the 500 passengers have been
multiplied by five and 2,500 -is now the
average yearly figure. This year, hoorevor,
has exceeded an v I have known and irom
100 to 200 more Pittsburgers have gone or
will go abroad than hist year."
The railroad people tell about the same
story in regard to travel to American re
sorts. The demand for tickets is very large,
and excursions are filling rapidly.
A peculiar experience has fallen to
tbe lot of a well-knbwn Pittsburg physician.
While In Germany some time ago he de
termined to have the portraits of his chil
dren painted on porcelain by a well-known
artist of Dresden. Tbe pictures not being
ready when the Plttsburger loft Germany,
he ordered them to be forwarded to him at
Pittsburg. Not long since he lecetved
notice that the portraits were at the Custom
House. When asked what was the obaracter
of the package the owner told the Customs
officer that they were portraits ofhlnchil
di en. He was told that the duty was fifteen
per cent and this he cheerfully pieparedto
pay. (The package was opened by tho In
spector who upon, seeing the contents de
clared tl a.thoy could not be classed ns por
traits but weie piacques and were subject to
a duty or COier cent. No amount of reason
ing or argument woald change the rating of
the Inspector, and the doctor refused to pay
what he regarded as an exorbitant charge.
Finally he paid it under a wiitten protest to'
be submitted to the authorities at Washing
ton. To cap the climax the Plttsburger has
since received a letter from a lawyer he
never saw nor heard of in Philadelphia,
stating that he had sten the pictures sately
through the Custom House in New York,
and inclosing a bill for services. How the
Philadelphian came to know anything about
the pie tines is an enigma that tho doctor
has given up. and he is patiently waiting to
see where the next bill in connection with
the portraits will come from.
Croquet is not dead. I hear that it has
reached Philadelphia and threatens to out
vie cricket in popular interest.
"The new suspension bridge at Sixth
street will be strong enough for any railroad
train to run over at ordinary speed," said
Treasurer Boseberg, of the bridge company
yesterday. "It will be ono of -tho hand
somest and most substantial structures of
the kind in the world, and will cost about
$550,000. The roadway will be 61 leet wide, or
20 :eet wider than nt present, and there will
be a ten-foot passenger walk on each side,"
Since the West End Passenger Company
has incieased its capital threefold, it has
put itself in a position to provide fino equip
ment for itslines, which will put it on a par
with the Plttsbnrg, Citizens' or any of the
leading ti action companies. Its capital was
formerly 4500,000, and is now $1,600,000. It is
reported that the company, in addition
to having won its legal fight to be al
lowed to run cars over the Point bridge, has
practically obtained control of that struc
ture by pm chasing its stock. Tnis stock
has been selling at about $10 a share since
the company has been seeking it, although
before that it was almost without a quo
table figure, as the bridge has not been a
success financially.
In order to keep pace with the Demo
crats in propounding such a conundrum as
"Who is Stevenson?" the President stumped
the country "yesterday with that other in
terrogation, "Who is Campbell?" This
will remind some of the political patriarchs
of the famous question after the Baltimore
convention of 1S33, "Who is Pierce!"
Since D. P. Beighard set the fashion
locally for driving tandem he has been fol
lowed by a number of Plttsbnrg horsemen.
Mr. Reighatd has a very handsome 'team
and turnout and knows to a nicety how'
to keep his horses in Inaiau file and not
donble the leader up. A man who can drive
tandem well can drive anything else in har
ness from a goat to an elephant.
"They may make peace with the big fel
lows like Croker or Cockran or Murphy in
Tammany," says John Ennis, the Pittsburg
Democratic politician, "but the little fellows
in v the assembly districts will not touoh
Cleveland at any price. Tammany is
stronger in opposition than in harmony."
It is understood that the widow of Sena
tor Katan will not permit any public use of
letters o papers which he left, bearing upon
political or semi-political personages and
events. " Walter.
A TOWN CAVING IN.
Many Houses Will Certainly Be Engulfed
In a Worked-Out Mine.
Mrtebsville, Pa., June 28. Much excite
ment prevails in tho vicinity of Taylorsville.
A broad crack in the earth has taken place,
extending three-fourths of a mile, and resi
dents are moving their household effects to
a place of safety, expecting each minute to
see the earth fall in, carrying their homes
with It.
The crack follows a large vein of coal
which has been worked out by the Taylors
ville colliery, and the' pillars of Company 1,
which weie lert standing as a suppuit to the
root Or surface, have 'now been lobbed, and
as far as the 'pillars hare been robbed it is
threatening to cave in. Many homes ai e in
danger of being engulfed with the lall,
which is suie to take place at any moment.
CELEBRITIES IN CLOVER.
Lord Tennyson will soon be 83 years
old.
Madame Emma Nevada, the signer, is
making a successful tour of Spain, and is
being received everywhere with almost
regal honors.
Padebewski is spending a few days in
Paris, having lert London over a week ago.
He doesn't Intend to return to the .British
capital until October.
Brigadier General McCook, com
manding the Department of Arizona, has
been summoned to Washington 'to confer
with the authorities regarding military
affairs in that department.
Ada. Behan, the favorite actress at
Daly's,is said to be a rich woman. She owns
enough stock In a New York railroad to give
her a seat among the directors, has several
good mortgages and owns a $30,000 house in
an excellent location in New York.
Governor Russell rides in on his horse
every morning from his home in Cambridge
to the State House in Boston, a distance of
about three miles, and takes his seat at the
desk, booted and spurred, for the transac
tion of the morning's official business.
Bev. William P. Kane, of Blooming
ton, 111., has been elected President of Wa
bash College to succeed President J. F. Tut
tie, resigned. President Kane is a Presby
terian minister, 43 years of age, and has
for some years Leen one of the college trus
tees. Mr. Gladstone has received number
less messages of inquiry and sympathy
since the news of tbe injury which he sus
tained has ,become known. Among the
many promlueut personages who have com
municated with the aged statesman are the
Queen and Lord Salisbury.
Amdroise Thomas, tbe famous com
poser, is said to be contemplating retire
ment from the directorship of tbe Paris Con
servatoire, the most important musical ap
pointment in France. M. Thomas is in a
very critical stale of health, his illness being
much complicated by bis advanced age.
One of the most striking sights of the
niilitary review at Potsdam was the"6-year-old
Crown Prince in Chacpt and Grenadier
uniform marching for'tbe first time at the
head of his regiment. Nobody applauded
more heartily than the little Queen of Hol
land, who stood at one or the palace win
dows. '
OUR MAIL POUCH.
The Chnmber and the Rlvermen.
To tbe Editor of The Dispatch:
In your published proceedings of the do
ings of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday
I am put on record as the minority member
of tho Biver and Harbor Committee, and op
posed to the proposed cbango inthe national
laws permitting individuals or companies to
appear by private attorneys before the
United States Courts. Of course, the entire
question revolved about the matter of tbe
filling in of the river channels, etc., and to
appear to be opposed to apparently the Jnst
demands of the navigators of our rivers is a
very unenviable position for me. I think,
had tbe proceedings of the chamber been
more fully leported, I would not have been
called npon to enter a protest regarding tbe
statement as It concerns myself.
Divested ot all extraneous considerations,
the question before the Chamber was simply
whether to endorse the recommendation or
the committee or to leave tbe matter as the
law now provides, viz., informations and
proceedures for violation of the United
States law governing the .rivers, to go
through the United States District Attorney,
or, as was desired by the committee, that the)
proceedures be open to attorneys employed
by private parties, etc.
It was explained by the United States Dis
trict Attorney, who was present Dy invita
tion of tbe President ot the Chamber for tbe
purpose of answering questions, that in the
Federal conrts there was no such a thing In
the United States practice of assessing
costs on either parties bringing suit before
the United States Court, that the Govern
ment shouldered all these charges, etc., etc
The Chamber was further informed that it
was to the interest of tbe United States Dis
trict Attorney to institnte snits, as his fees
were Increased with the conviction of par
ties offending against the United States
statutes, and, therefore, that every Induce
ment was offered tbe United States Attor
ney to perform bis duties.
I had, previous to the meeting yesterday,
only a general idea of the duties of the
United States Attorney in matters of tbis
kind, but I based my objection to tbe report
of the majority on the ground that in a pre
vious report to the Chamber tbe same com
mittee had urged the appointment by the
State of Pennsylvania of port wardens or
commissioners to look after the rights of
navigators, as well as to define the limits be
yond which it would be be illegal to fill out
tho shores of the rivers, etc.
I am quite convinced that the United
States has ample authority to establish the
channel line of our rivers, fix the height and
span of bridges, etc., but so far as concerns
the privileges of the banks of streams, such
ns permitting their use for railway
and manufacturing purposes, that is
a question for the State, or the towns
and cities acting under the sanction of
State laws to regulate for themselves.
The point here referred to was discussed at
some length in a report presented and ap-
Iirovcd by tho chamber two years ago. But
. shall not go into particulars.
I would desire to sav now, so as to be cor
rectly reported, that I think while a part
or tne recent United States laws is very
desirable and important, that otherparts of
the ame act maybe unconstitutional.
Tbe subject is complex, and I think it
would be well thPt an understanding should
be bad between the State and the United
States authorities tegarding their respective
rights in the matter. At the same time the
position is a peculiar one, not possible to bo
settled by tho rulings of any court sitting
upon the trial of an individual case, and in
my opinion commissions should be ap
pointed both by the State of Pennsylvania
(.ar.J other States, if they wish to Join,) and
the United States, to hrinir nhmit. a reason
able understanding of the points involved.
The report or the Chamber of Commerce
or twoyeare ago lequested the appointment
by the State 01 commissioners to survey the
river, establish channel lines and prescribe
the regulations to prevent encroacraent upon
our rivers. After this was done har
bor commissioners or poit wardens were to
have been appointed to carry out the pio
vislons of the law. Anyone can see that if
wo had port wardens authorized to arrest
on siht any violators of the regulations of
a pioperly constituted Board of Super
visors it would be much better than to
depend upon the rulings of courts dictated
by the testimony advanced in Individual
cases. This is not to say that the conrts
would be closed to hear cases for that
could never be but as in New York Harbor,
or in Boston Harbor or Philadelphia Har
bor, properly authorized officials should be
appointed to carry out tbe laws.
But here In Plttsbnrg there is a clashing
between the riparian owners and tbe
rights of navigators, and It Is time that a
better understanding ot the bearing of all
the laws both of the State and of the United
States he had.
It is quite absurd to say, however, as some
01 the papers have said, that tbe wrangle in
the ClmniDer of Commerce was a viptory of
the manufacturers of Pittsburg over tbe
livermen. It was simply a little brush,
which I hope will tend to show the impor
tance of an early adjudication of the ureat
points involved. The present United States
law seems to have been aimed with special
reference to the rivers about Pittsburg, and
It is to be hoped that the final settlement of
the questions in dispute may be sat
isfactory to the interests not only of tbe
riparian owners, but of the navigators hail
ing from PittsDurg, the city which owns
more tonnage than any other city in Amer
ica. Thomas P. Eouxrrs.
Pittsburg, June 28.
STANLEY'S ELECTIONEERING.
Heskt M. Stanley continues to prove that
a very good African explorer may be a very
per candidate for Parliament. Buffalo Ex
pras. Stanley's citizenship is no longer in dis
pute, he has appeared on the English hust
ings and has been Jeered at by tbe British
costermonger. Baltimore Kerala.
Hexbt M. Stanley's first speech as a can
didate for Paillament in the anti-Irish Inter
ests emphasizes the proverbial advice to tbe
shoemaker to stick to his last. BCZouit Post
Dtspalcli. Mb. Stahxet can encounter tlte perils of
the Dark Continent without flinching, but a
stumping tour amon the London coster
mongers is too muoh for him, apparently.
Boston Herald.
Julxjino from the reports, it would be dif
ficult to find a man who possesses fewer
qualifications for stump speaking than the
famous discoverer, Henry M. Stanley. PIul
adelphia Inquirer.
Henry M. Stanley is not as much of a suc
cess as a politician as he was as an explorer
in Africa. Ho attempted to make a speech
the other day on political matters in a town
in England, but his hearers soon tired of
and howled him down. Harrubura Inde
pendent. . The innumerable American admires of Mr.
Stanley will wish him success in his cam
paign. But we can ouly laugh at the at
tempts to deprive him of bis rights as a
British subject on account of his career as a
soldier on this continent. Lancaster Ex
aminer. No American can feel much grief over
Stanley's breakdown at Lambeth. He has
been an American for revenue only and no w
an Englishman for honors only. When a man
has to get his wire to electioneer for him he
is in a pretty bad way. even if there are
precedents for it. Philadelphia Press.
A Ciilflsh In the Water Floe.
Carlisle. Jnno 23. The city water in tho
Grand Hotel at this place ceased to run yes
terday. Plumbers discovered an obstruc
tion in the supDly pipe. Hard work for
three hours disclosed a catfish a foot long.
A short time ago tbe elevator at the Seventh
Avenue ceased to work, and an investiga
tion of its water power showed a four-pound
salmon wedged in the pipe. r
A Cass of Necbsslty.
Boston TraveUcr.1
Bismarck says he will never hold office
again, and Emperor William agrees with
him.
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Mas. Boutelle, wife of Congressman Boutelle.
died suddenly at Bangor, Me., Monday night, of
heart failure.
Senor Begdndo Zuvillaga. a wealthy Cuban
merchantjiand a conuselor of the Banco Espaaol
at Havana, died Monday.
Bev. CIIABLES Daile, the oldest Congregational
minister In Maine, died at Falmouth Sunday. He
was born In Acton, Me., hi September 1S10.
J. F. Mc Lane died at hlsliome la Manonlngton
yesterday morning, aged 61 years. The- deceased
was the father ofG. B. McLane, of Boanoke, Va.,
land fame. x
John Boblet. a prominent citizen of Lebanon.
Pa., aged 71 years, dropped dead In the New York,
Pennsylvania and Ohio depot at Meadville yester
day. He bad been Tlilting- a son In the latter
town.
JUNE ORANGE BLOSSOMS.
The Klng-Zog Nuptials at the Belleflsld
Presbyterian Church Dlttridse-Een-ham
Wedding at Point Breeze Gossip
of Society's circles.
Socially, June is going out in orange
blossoms. Last night saw two particularly
notable weddings, as well as several others
less interesting because less large. The
prominence of Miss Zug's family, as well as
that of Mr. King, makes their nuptials in tbe
beantiinl Presbyterian church in Bellefleld
one of prime importance in the soolal world
of Pittsburg. Tbe engagement of the young
people, who were married last night, was
made public during the past winter, and
since then their popularity has made them
tbe recinientg of many congratulations
Tbe wedding was that prettiest of com
binations a church ceremony and a. home
reception. The religious services w ore un
usually late, taking place at 9 o'clock, after
which tbe reception to Mr. and Mrs. King
continued until midnight, they leaving
shortly after that hour for the East. Mr.
Charles Zug's house stands on Fifth avenue,
and is one of the largest and handsomest of
the residences in that older pirt of the
town. It wns beautiful with nowors from
the conservatories of John U.& A. Murdoch,
tbe mantelpieces and thedlningroom tables
especially being artistically arranged solely
with white bloBfoms. To add to the pic
tnresqneness of the scene, the grounds were
lighted with numerous torches. Tho hand
some billiard room, a large apartment on
the third floor, was relegated to tbe nse of
tbe bridelor the presents, which have been
pouring in on her since the Issuing of t be in
vitations. The room was draped in white,
her favorite color, and the elegance and the
number or the girts that it holds is more
than falls to.the averago bride.
All day florists were at the church pie
puring it for the bridal party, nero white
also was the sole color or the flowers, they
being intermingled with a mass of green
foliage and all forming a background to the
bridal party when it entered the church at
the hour announced. In tbe evening the
tell tale awning was hung, and shortly after
a policoman white gloved and in private
uniform made bis appearance. His duty
afterward was to throw open the carriage
doors and escort their occupants to tho ves
tibule and theie lellnquish them to
tbe ushers Sir. John Wilson At
wood, Mr. J. Augustus Phillips,
Mr. T. Beed McKnight, Mr. Goorge
Breed Zug, Mr. Charles Gordon Zug, Mr.
Thomas O'Connor Jones, Mr. Henry Irwin
Rankin and Mr. Wilson McCandless, Jr.
Tho pastor or the church, Mr. McClelland,
presided. It was expected that Dr. Holland,
Chancellor or the Western University,
would have been a fellow officiating clergy
man, but, unfortunately. Dr. Holland is
away in Now York and probnbly by this
time on the ocean bound for Europe,
so that it was impossible to have
him present. The service was ex
tremely simple- The church was filled
with handsomely flocked women. A wed
ding in June always makes ono wonder why
ever bride is not a Jane bride; for there is
no time so advantageous for displaying
toilettes, last night being en evidence of
this. A great many living in the fashion
able vicinty, on account ot the lovely night
walked to the church, wearing handsome
street gowns, but the majority drove, and in
every such instanct, there was an exodus of
stunning gowns and lots of pretty women.
The bride's dress was a handsome white
satin gown made extremely plain, and hav
ing almost a bell skirt, with the princess
effect in the back, lengthening ont into a
supeib court train. The bodice was high In
tho neck and had long sleeves. The severity
of its style was sottened by some rich
dnchesse lace. Over all wa? thrown a mag
nificent wedding veil held in place by a
wreath of orange blossoms. The veil fell to
the ground with tbe folds of the train.
White roses formed tho bridal bouquet. Miss
Bboda Edwards Zug, the young sister
of the bride, was ber maid of honor
and sole attendant. Her gown was a
simple white mnlle frock made in
a very girlish style and trimmed with white
lace and white ribbons. White carnations
formed her bouquet. Mr. King was attended
by Mr. Frank Jones King, bis brother, as
best man.
When the ceremony was over the party
drove to the house when Mr. and Mrs. King
received their most intimate friends, until
midnight. Then the young peonle drove
away amid congratulations. Mrs. King wore
a dark tnUor-m.ide going away dress and
looked remaikably handsome and happy.
Point Breeze Presbyterian Church
had a weddlug within its ecclesiastical walls
last nL;ht that was one of the most interest
ing and fashionable of the season. The
bride was Miss Mary A. Benham
the young sister of the pastor, the
Bev. De Witt Benham. and the bridegroom
James Duncan Dit bridge, of Marlon, Ind.
Tbe coremOny took place at the chdrqh at 8
o'clock. The wedding party entered in tbis
order: The four ushers, Mr. ItobeT Monroe,
Mr. Norman Wooldndge, Mr. Edward Dith
ridge and Mr. William Humphreys. The two
flowers, Janie Lloyd and Margaret Bell, and
after them alone came another flower girl,
little Edith Ditbrldgc, sister of the bride
gioom. The bride came next on the arm of
ber brother, Mr. William M. Benham. They
were met at the altar by Mr. Benham, the
clergyman, the bridegroom and his best
man, Mr. James Munroe. Tho ushers wore
bontonnieres of white carnations, tbe
bridegroom a bride rose and the minister
and best man, white roses. Prof. Joseoh
Gittings played for an entrance, tbe march
from "Lohengrin." Afterward during the
ceremony music pianissimo wag rendered,
and as the wedding party retired the Men
delssohn pealed lorth. The ceremony in
cluded the more elaborate ring service.
The chnrch was decorated by A. M. and J.
B. Murdoch very prettily with palms and
other luxuriant plants and masses or wblte
daisies. The young friends of the bride as
sisted with tbe arrangement and brought
many wild flowers In tribute of their affec
tion. The wedding gown was of white faille,
with a heavy brocaded silk train. The
bodice was cut round iu the neck nud
trimmed with orange blossoms. A sprav of
orange blossoms was worn in the hair. The
white tulle bridal veil was caught at one
sideby another spray of the name blossom,
and fastened in with a magnificent solitaire
diamond pin, Mr. Dlthrld.'e's gift. The
other accessories of tho toiletto were white
satin slippers, long white cloves and the
bridal bouquet, or white roses. The little
girl attendants wore sort French mull
dresses with round neck and elbow sleeve,
trimmed with lace. Harmonizing with the
frocks were the dainty kid slippers and
gloves. Over their arms they carried fancy
broad brimmed bats tied around with whlto
satin ribbon and filled with daisies.
After the ceremony tnere was a small re
ception at tbe home of the bride's mother,
on Boulevard place. The decorations here
were entirely of sweet pea and plants. He
freshments were served to guests who had
assembled to congratulate the happy pair.
The future residence of the bride will be nt
Indiana, where Mr. Dithrldge has business
Interests as President of the Dlthridse Bros.
Lead Glass Works in that town.
The bride, Miss Mary A. Benham, is the
young sister of tbe pastor of Point Breeze
Chuich. She is a charming girl and basal
ways been unceasing In her attention to tbe
church work which usually falls on the
feminine members of a pastor's household.
Among tbe most valuable of the presents re
calved and one appreciated more than al
most all others was a dozen after dinner
coffee snoons nresented by the Benham
Band of the Point Breeze Chnrch, or which
she was in charge. The bowl or the spoons
bears its monogram. In addition to the
bride's otber girts, intellectual and social,
she has won recognltlbn in sacred music,
her voice often leading in an impromptu
choir in Sunday school as well as otber Im
portant occasions
Social Chat.
Fbom Carlisle our correspondent writes of
the marriage last night of Mr. Thomas K.
Bav, of Pittsburg, to Miss Etta Beed, of New
Wilmington, the ceremony taklngplace at
the house of the bride's parents. The Bev.
Thomas Lewis presldod. A special train was
run fiom New Castle for tbe accommodation
of tbe guests, and contained a number of
friends of tbe happy young couple from
Pittsburg. Succeeding a short wedding tour
Mr. and Mrs. Bay will take up their resi
dence in Pittsburg.
Miss Habt semplk, who is temporarily a
resident of Oakland, since the disastrous
fire at her Sewickly home, has arranged to
spend July and August in part at Sagers
town and afterward at Chautauqua. At the
Inland watering place Miss" Mary Macrum
will Join her, to remain for the month of
August. Tbe Pittsburg Horary, wnich Miss
Macrum so efficiently manages, always
closes for a few months during the most in
tense of the summer weather.
Tax management of the First Allegheny
Day Ndrsery at 203 North avenue wiU keep
open house to-morrow, the Allegheny school
Jnbilee day. Tbe ladies In charge promise
to furnish delicious coffee, appetizing sand
wiches, cake. Ice oream, berries, peanuts,
etc The nursery building is located on the
parks, and Is easy of access. Last year the
same work was carried on, and an encour
aging monetary result accrued to the insti
tution. .
Dk. Nobcboss, Principal of the Pittsburg
Female College, and Mrs. Norcross sail for
Europe this coming Saturday week. Their
plan or travel is Liverpool, London, Paris
and the large cities of Italy.
Mas. T. B. Bceliiob, accompanied by her
sister. Miss Heiner, of KIttaning. passed
through the olty yesterday on their way to
visit Mrs. Burleigh's Western home in Yank
ton, Dak.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Cabbage is a cure for intoxication.
Ten percent of the population of Indil
are widows. N-
Vanilla flavoUng is obtained from the
fruit of an orchid, n.
The foreien trade' f China last year
aggregated $250,000,000. N.
A college for undertake- j, t,e jatert
thing in Philadelphia. N
New Hampshire Jiai three wonn treas
urers of savings banks. n.
When terrified an ostrich will traTeu
the rate of 25 miles an hour.
The human skin is exactly like that ol
a fish, as it is covered with minute scales
overlapping each other.
The royal title of Majesty was no
known in Fngland until 1537, when it was as
snmed by King Henry VIII.
At a recent test in Sumatra the oil 0
that Island was found to be superior to eithe
tbe American or Busslan product.
There are over 2,000 tons of silver ban
55.000,000 silver dollars and $55,000,000 In gol
coin stored in the Philadelphia mint.
It is stated that among every 1,00
bachelors there are 33 criminals; amon
married men the ratio is only 18 per 1,000
The original portrait of Pocahontas
painted in 1612, now the property of a Lon
doner, will be exhibited at the World'
Fair. ,
It is proposed to rear insects for orna
mental purposes the same as foreign flowen
and plants are acclimatized in hot-house'
and gardens.
The bull ring of gay Paris has been
continued since the Exposition of '69 lr
spite of tho vehement protests of the Hu
mane Society.
An engineer has recently devised a ne?
electrical machine by which weeds and ob
noxious grass can be destroyed in a mini
mum of time.
A woman in Paris recently committee
suicide by applying leeches all over he
body and in that way died irom exhaustloi
of the capilUry system.
A Bangor somnambulist, while walking
in bis sleep, hooked a five-pound black has;
in Lake Chemo. and awoke to find hlmsel
struggling in tbe water.
Most of the immigrants this year cam
from Germany, the Fatherland furnishin
135,000. Ireland sent 60,000 and Italy a lei
more than that number.
The heat prevailing at Bombay is ab
normal, and the death rate has risen to ov'e
V) per 1,000 per annum, being the hfghe.3
figure attained within 12 years.
A bachelor in Baltimore recently gav
as reason for his refusal to marry that hi
considered yonng married women the mos
ill-behaved creatures in existence.
In New Holland the woman cut them
selves with shells, and keeking tbe wound
open a long time, form deep scars, whici
they consider highly ornamental.
A California wine dealer disoorere
that mice had forced their entrance to hi
champagne bottles and got away with 1
bottles of tbe mnch-coveted beverage.
Six hospitals have been founded fo
women physicians, in Philadelphia, Nev
York, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco am
Minneapolis, all of which arc successful.
In Iceland men and women are in ever;
respect political eqnals. Tho nation, whic
is about 70,000 poople. Is governed by repre
sentatlves elected by men and women to
gctber.
Japanese jugglers are deft smoker:
Several of them will sit before a curtain an
from the tobacco smoke, which issues fror
their months, will form a succession of read
able letters.
It is proposed to introduce a new specie
of vermin into th's country. The people c
California aro plagued with gophers, an
and they propose to bring the wongoore t
war on the gopher.
A New York lady h?s a. weakness f
murderers. She spends at! herpaeSi
money on bouquet", whioh she carries to th
cells of the condemned and presents thei
to the occupants. ,
During last year 3,741 bodies: were erf
mated In France. Three new crematorie
were added to tho number in Germany I
1891, and Italy has 21 crematories, severe
being movable ones.
- A pursuit among Englishwomeu.is tha
of bookbinding. 'Many country houses hav
rooms specially fitted for the purpose
where the ladles of the family exercis
thelrindnstry in this direction.
The usefulness of carbonic acid wate
in extinguishing fire has often been referre
to, and not-long ago a pharmacist, who bar
fcned to have a lively Incipient fire on hi
lands. ued his soda fountain for this pui
pose with most satisfactory results.
According to a recent report of tbe in
spector of mines, 6,112 women are employe
at coal mines in Great Britain. No wome
are employed now to work below the su
face, but or tbe number named 5,819 wome
are employed in the actual handling of coa
Twenty-two acres of land are needed t
sustain a man on flesh meat, while tho sam
amount of land nnder wheit feeds 42 people
under oats, 88 peonle; nnderpotatoes. India
corn and rice, 176 people, and under th
plalntain or bread truit tree, over 6,000 pe
pie.
It is claimed that a double-yolked eg
was hatched by a hen near Gettysburg r
cently. The farmer was greatly amazed t
find two little chicks grown together arte
the fashion of tbe Siamese twins. On
or the chicks is said to be a ben and th
other a cock.
There are 955 religious papers in th
United States, whose combined circulatio
is about one-eighth of all the newspaper
published in the country. The Methodlsr
publish 117 papers, tho Iloman Catholics 12
Baptists 126. Presbyterians 53, Protestar.
EpiscoDals 17.
The microscope has revealed many wot
ders, among others that the common cate
pillar has 1,000 muscles in his body: that th
drone bee's eyes each contain 1,300 mirror,
and that the large prominent eyes of th
brilliant drogon flies are each furnished wit
23,000 polished lenses.
"What the handsome is to London an
the four-wheeled cab is to New York, th
fiacre is to Paris. It is a more comfortabl
vebicle than the other two, and was name
not after St. Fiacre, who is the patron salr
of the gardeners, but because the first of it
kind was made in the Hotel St Fiacre, in tb
Bue St. Martin, In Paris.
The way people cross their feet is oite
Indicative of characters. Neat peopl
usually put the right foot over the left, whll
disorderly people generally put the left ove
the right. Everybody knows bow muc
character is expressed In the wearing of th
hat, and why should it be thought surpru
ing it a man should tell what he is by th
way he places his feet.
FLIGHTS INTO FUNNXDOar.
Gus De Smith "Whew!
HostetterSIcGlnnis-What's tha matter?
That cigar yon are smoking. It smells drea
ful."
"Yes, I know It."
"You can't have any pleasure smoking It,"
Yes, I can; Ton sea, the longer Ismoknlt tb
happier I "M be when I'm done. " Texas Sllinoi
Tommy Uncle Jack, I often hear 'ec
talkln' aboat safe burglars; what do tbeymeant
tkat Wnd of a bnrglarr
Uncle Jack There Is the only one kind ofasaf
burglar, my boy, he's the one that's in Jail. Bo
Ion Courier.
too irccn.
Why did the maid refuse to wed
The man s'le said she would?
Was li because he was not kind
Or eTery thing that's good?
On. no. It was because, alas!
This trould-be. erring blood
Did tuck his necktie in his shirt
To show his diamond stud.
Clot Mer and Furnisher.
Husband Ton say you've had that bon
net six months. Why l'va ntver seen it before.
Vife-I know it. I only wear It to church. J
Xork Herald.
Little country girl There! You've spC
a lot of rich cream all over your nice new dress!
Visiting cousin (from the city) What different
does that make?
"it'll make a great big grease spot."
"O, hownasty! It Isn't a bit like the'ereamw
have at home?" Cnlcaao TrUtae.
THE SCMMEB OIBL.
. Although you find her full of grace, 1
And charms none can withstand. ft
Don't think because you take her face
That you can take her hand.
Sat Xork Evening
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