1 HE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, THURSDAY, JULY 21. 1892. fjje Sigpafrlj. ESTABLISHED FE11RUABY 1816 Vol. 47. No. 1C3 -Entered at nttsburg Postomce November, I8S7, 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. rATETSN ADVKKTISISnorrirK. JiOOM 78. TRIBUNE 1H11T.PINO. NEW YORK, where com Tjlete flies of THE DISPATCH can alwaTi be found. Foreign advertisers appreciate the convenience. Home advertisers and friends of THE DISPATCH. while lu New York, are also made welcome. TUKDISPA TCB is reavlarlv on sale at Brentann's. tlVnion Stuart, n lori, and JT Ave deTOprra. Taris. Ranee, where anyone who has been dtsap pointed at a hotel newt stand can obtain it. TEKMS OF THE DISPATCH. rOKTAGB TJVKZ W TltE CXITXD ST ATM. .TAII.T Dispatch, One Year f S M XJanvr Dispatch. Per Quarter ICO I) ailt DisrATcn. One Month 70 Datlt Dispatch. 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Scarcely had the speaker uttered the few perfunctory words of in troduction usual and necessary upon such an occasion before he commenced an as sault upon the principle and application of protection. Other matters which have been subjects of partisan dispute were practically ignored. The style and language of this attack are of small consequence. In some phases the wording may be a shade more moderate than the voice of the party in convention assembled. The spirit is the same, and it is one that must be rebuked in the interest of continued American industrial indepen dence. The Democratic party and candi date have been unable to profit by the les son of 1888. All minor differences will be lost sight of by the friends of protection in the patriotic task of repeating and em phas'zmg that lesson in a manner not soon to be forgotten. THE COBIPKOMISE CABINET. The report that an attempt will be made "to avoid a Gladstone "Ministry byadvising the Queen to summon the Duke of Devon shire to the task of forming a compromise Cab.net represents rather the wish of the Tories to find expedients to keep Mr. Gladstone out than any probability that it will be successful Exactly the same attempt was made in 1885, when the circumstances rendered it much more possible. Lord Hartington, who is now the Duke of Devonshire, was sent for by the Queen. He was then a leading Liberal and the issues were not drawn with such rigidity as at present But he recognized clearly that he could not form a ministry by himself. .Inasmuch as he has of late been an ally of the defeated Government and by as much as the issues between the parties are more emphatic, by .so much the more is it now impossible for the Liberal-Unionist peer to form a ministry which could command a majority in the Commons. There is not one-tenth the difficulty for Mr. Gladstone and his supporters in this proposal as there is in shaping a policy which will satisfy all fhe Liberals and all the Home Rulers. "With a majority so light that the defection of one man out of fifteen can wipe it out, it will require the most delicate management to carry through the measures which he proposes. It is said that the Irish members recognize the fact and propose to apply it by "squeezing" the Gladstone ministry, or forcing it to adopt exactly the programme that the Home Rulers shall prescribe. But as this would be simply playing the game of the Conservatives in precipitating an other general election, it is likely that the Home Rulers will see their interest in a wiser and more conservative course. It is certain that the situation calls for harmony and reasonable concession to keep the parties in favor of Home Rule together. Such a course may enable Mr. Gladstone to carry a moderate Home Rule measure; and that is the only sort of compromise that is possible under the present circumstances. SUSPENSION OF SENTENCES. A judicial practice which has been sanctioned by widespread custom has been decided illegal by one of the Supreme Judges in the State of Hew York which it should be remembered is not the final court in that State. The practice is that of suspending sentence of criminals who have plead guilty or been convicted "dur ing good behavior." The effect of this is to grant a qualified pardon, leaving the prisoner liable to be called up for sentence at" any time when in the judgment of the Court his conduct calls for it Custom has assumed the legality of this practice, but Judge Davy, of the New York Supreme. Court, holds that there is no warrant for it He asserts that the Judge has no choice after the convic tion of a prisoner except to impose sen tence within the limits fixed for the offense. "It leaves the prisoner at the caprice of the Judge," and, the- Court adds, "if a Court can suspend sentence during good behavior .in a case of grand larceny, why may it not in a case of mur der? If it can delay sentence for six months or a year I do not see why it may net delay it for twenty years." It is clear that the new practice estab lishes a conditional pardoning power in the hands of the Court That a Judge can exercise such a power after sentence has been recorded no one will claim; and there is no statutory or constitutional authority for the exercise of it before sen tence is passed. On the other hand the discretion given to Judges in the matter of fixing the sentences implies a power of clemency which goes close to inferring the propriety of the custom. As to the policy of it there Is more 'reason for believing that it is beneficial than legal. The Bench is less likely to misuse such a power than any othr functionary; and the effect of such mild treatment condi-. tional upon the reformation of the pris oner must generally be salutary. The first question of course Is to de termine the legality of the practice. Should it be held' illegal, the other ques tion would remain whether It might not be good policy to give courts that power, at least in convictions for the Ies3 heinous class of offenses. MOKE THAN ONE LAB OK COST. The New. York World quotes an asser tion from the Iron Age that the pay of operators in the wire rod industry amonnts to $1 95 per ton. Then it proceeds to point out that the duty on wire rods is six-tenths of a cent per pound, from which it proceeds to assert that "On nearly every ton of wire rods produced in tiis country, therefore, the American consumers pay a bounty of about $10 above the whole cost of labor." This is the sort of assertion that is often made by our free trade cqtemporaries, originally we presume in ignorance of the difference between the labor cost of per forming a final process of manufacture and the entire labor cost of an article. How superficial is the World's view can be seen from its assertion that the $1 95, which it asserts to be. fixed as the cost of rolling a ton of iron rods, is the whole cost ot labor. A moment's reflection might have shown it that there was labor cost in mining the ore, coal and limestone that form the original elements of the finished "prod uct; labor cost in converting the coal into coke,there into pig iron.the pig iron into billets; labor cost in the railroads which transport and tho machinery which handles the material in the various stages of its manufacture. The difference between the World's representation and the actual facts might have been seen if it had taken the trouble to examine the tariff long enough to find out what the duty is on the material from which wire rods aro rolled. If it should discover that the margin of duty on wire rods above the duty on materials is but one-tenth of a cent, per pound instead of six-tenths, it makes a difference. However that might be it is time for public journals to recognize that the greatest share of the difference between the ton of ore which is worth, pprhaps 50 cents in the ground and the ton of finished steel tools worth hundreds of dollars is the labor cost of the various processes and" the labor cost of the machinery by which the work is facilitated. THE CHOLERA IN RUSSIA. The reports of the spread of cholera in Russia indicate the terrible calamity which has been added to the woes of a country already stricken by famine and fever. The cholera is advancing from Baku in a way that threatens to sooner or later include all Russia in the epidemic. Thence it will require the utmost resources of civilization to prevent the spread of the scourge to Western Europe. The most repulsive feature of the epi demic is the exhibition of superstition, ig norance and violence displayed by the people at SarlofC A populace that is ca pable of mobbing Hebrews simply on ac count of their race might be suspected of anything; but a new revelation of brutish superstition and violent ignorance is given in the account of a mob which first creates a report that the doctors and nurses in the cholera hospitals are inventing the disease for their private ends, and then beats them to death. The existence of such debase ment may explain much that seems in comprehensible to American minds, and lies at the door of the system which domi nates Russia, and which seems to show little efficiency even in restricting the cholera to its starting point It is certainly to be hoped' that if .civili zation'is compelled to face a cholera epi demic the people will be capable of doing so bravely and sanely. But the utmost re sources of sanitary and preventive science should be employed to confine it to its original breeding places. VERT GRAVE ASSERTIONS. There is one feature of what is re garded as the final settlement of the Mo Garrahan claim, spoken of in the news paper articles giving its history, that af fords food for more than passing reflec tion. That is the statement that McGar rahan's claim has been sustained ,by the highest judicial and executive authorities, but that secret and external influences were employed to make these decisions of no effect Five times, according to this statement, this claim has been pronounced valid by high authority, including the district court, the Supreme Court of the United States, two Secretaries of the Interior, and by President Lincoln, who directed the patent for the land to be issued. But it is asserted this patent, though actually signed," "was, for some reasons not explained," never delivered. The records both of the Interior Depart ment and the district court have been mutilated; a copy of the patent obtained from the Land Office after much delay was sent in with the last two pages torn out, and when the Forty-third Congress directed the Commissioner of the Land Office to proceed against the New Edna Mining Company that official refused to do so. These are the means by which the Washington Post asserts the findings of the highest courts and the orders of the highest executive authority have been nullified for over a quarter of a century. If the statements are true it presents a more serious matter than is involved even in the disposition of & property worth millions of dollars. It is an assertion that the vices of our system are such that the decisions of the-court of last resort can be nullified by the corruption of purely minis terial and subordinate officers; that the orders of the President can be set aside by clerks in a Government bureau; and that this complete defeat of the system for main taining impartial justice and executive responsibility can be secured for the bene fit of that class of capital that sends its agents of corruption into the departments to hire the nullification of the highest authority known in the framework of our Government Are these things true? If so, they pres ent a most extraordinary case of destruc tion of constitutional Government by its subordinate agencies. A MONETARY NON SEQUITUR. A correspondentwrites to the NewYork Sun to point out the belief of "some of the ablest minds in this country and Europe that "the fall' of the price of silver has put 'England as well as this couiitryinahole and that the" 'Liverpool cotton failures are the direct result of the fall in silver." From this opinion is drawn the conclusion that this country must take the initiative in opening our mints to silver. M. Cernuschi is quoted as favor ing the opening of the United "States"! mints to silver, "even if undertaken single handed," and Emilede Lavelaye's opinion to the same effect is added in the words ."that the United States alone could safely and beneficially open her mints to the unrestricted coinage of silver." The willingness and desire of European authorities that the' United States should bear all the trouble and risk of re-establishing silver, as a money metal, is one of the peculiar features of the silver situation. But the condition pointed out doe3 no( indicate the conclusion. That the draw hacks and injury caused by demonetization of silver are world-wide Is correct; but tha't indicates that 'if silver is to be re established at its old ratio It must be done the world over. To let the United States restore silver alone, at a ratio less than the commercial one, would be simply to afford a dumping ground for the silver of the world. We might let England out of her hole, by permitting her to exchange silver for our stock of gold, but It would only put the United States deeper in the hole of silver monometallism. Possibly the United States could safely lead in the coinage of silver on a new ratio expressing the reference which has, in this generation,been established between gold and silver. But any attempt to re establish silver on the old ratio requires the co-operation of all the commercial powers to be successful. MAKING CAMPAIGN MATERIAL. There have been no remarkable mani festations of popular approval in regard to Russell B. Harrison. In fact, as The Dispatch has before pointed out, there is an existing doubt as to his political dis cretion, if not ability. The report of the Public Lands Committee of the House yesterday, though, will strike the general public as a rather far-fetched attempt to manufacture questionable campaign ma terial. The language used in connecting the President's son with the Yellowstone Park' scandal is so strong as to create the impression that its violence is intended to atone for a scarcity of actual evidence. The fact that such statements have been made in the official report of a Con gressional Committee, however, gives Mr. Russell Harrison the warrant to make such an explanation as may seem proper. So long as the allegations were merely anonymous gossip it was eminently fitting that they should be ignored. There is hardly a doubt that now that the charges, while still vague, have been given authori tative circulation, they will meet with a satisfactory refutation. The attempt to drag the President's name and family into such a petty job can hardly fail to recoil upon its authors. There is a striking difference between Hill's light estimate of the unimportance of his Senatorial duties when he desired to visit New York to foster his personal ambi tion1 In the Presidental direction and bis weighty regard for duty in Washington wnen lie is requesieu to atteiiu me meeting to notify Cleveland of his party's nomina tion. It Is well worthy of note, and the weather office deserves a vote of thanks for the fact that a'large number of people were gathered In Schenley Park for a concert last night and no rain fell. Notwithstanding the glorious defeat suffered by Pittsburg at the bands of Balti more yesterday the home team preserves its medlochral position on the list. It the other teams play badly enough, Pittsburg may rise through one or two places, but other wise it is well to remember that there are twelve cluDs in the league. Patriotism in Sicily should reach a phe nomenally high standard while Etna con tinues to provide magnificent pyrotechnic displays day and night without charge. The thermometer is altogether too much carried away by overweanlng ambition. Aspiration Is all right under ordinary cir cumstances and in moderation, but the mer cury shows a- supercilious and culpable contempt for the comfort of others In its productiveness of perspiration these days. Cleveland went to the platfoim, as the platform would not go to Cleveland; and now the country will "go for" both in a way. not to be forgotten. Al.li the talk about fears of offending Tammany in the selection of a Chairman or the Democratic .National Convention is but a slight illustration of the deep and peaceful harmony pervading the ranks of the free-trade-at-any-price party. The more the country learns of George Shiras IL and his abilities thebetterit will bo pleased by his appointment to the Supreme Bench. The national campaign of the People's party was formally opened yesterday. There is evidently a strong inclination in this amorphous organization to get in as much useless worry and work as it has time for. "What with Horaewood and Homestead, it is perfectly clear that there is no place like home for attracting attention this week. A Mexican officer is undergoing trial for his life by court martial for failing to arrest Garza. It is surprising that one man should be made to support so serious a charge all by himself. England 'Vill hardly have time to watch the American campaign before plung ing into tho unrest of another general elec tion. Last night's performance at Madison Square Garden is about the nearest approach that Cleveland and Stevenson will havo to an Inaugural celebration, so they naturally made the most of It. Oil wells appear inclined to dry up this weather. PEOPLE of prominence. Mb. T. A Edison is 5 feet 10 inches in height. John M." Corns, surnamed "Honest, John," has been Mayor of Ironton, O., for 22 successive years. The Queen is sitting to Princess Louise, Uarchioness of Lome, who is anxious to make a bust of her mother. The Prince of "Wales has a great dislike to dining late; he likes the good old fashioned hour of 7 best of all. It is understood .that Mr. Andrew D. White, of Now Tone, is to bo appointed United States Minister to Russia. Mbs. Humphry Ward is a wonderful linguist; she is vei ted In French, German, Spanish and ltana i literature, to say noth ing of Latin, Greek nd Hebrew. M. Burdeau, tl s new French Minister of Marine, was on i or Jules Simon's col leagues in the Lahtr Conference at Berlin and achieved conjtderable distinction in that capacity. T. J. Southard, now in his 85th year, is the oldest living shipbuilder of Maine. He lives in Richmond, and has built over a hundred vessels. (His name is a familiar one in shipping circles' all over the world. Mb.' Gladstone yesterday morning left Braetnar, Scotland, where he has been rest ing ror.several days from the fatigues of the Midlothian' campaign, and started on his Journey South. Ho travoled by way of Blairgowe, which involved a drive of 40 miles through wiltfmountain scenery. TnE Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Northwestern University has elected Prof. Henry Crew, Ph: D., of the Lick University, California, to the chair or Physics in the College of Liberal Arts made vacant by the resignation of Prof. C. 8. Cook. Dr. Crow is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University, and is now pursuing special in vestigations in his line at San Jose. i . o Diet for Socks. St. Louis Republic.) , 1 "Jerry Simpson will probably not get back to .Congress. SInce'-ne, has been wearing socks bis constituents wnk he has put his loot 111 lk ',, A LOOK AROUND. A Diamond street lunch counter man ran his place' for a time on thfc conscience plan. This is the scheme which was orig inated by the first sandwich lunch man in New York. You walk in, eat what you please, helping yourself from the various piles oi sandwiches, pies, cakes, etc., and then you walk up to the captain's office and settle on your own basis. You are supposed to run your stomach and conscience on the same scale, but it seems this does not work. A gre.it many people appeared to have bad memories and good appetites and it became necessary to establish a new basis. The lunch man locked himself up and took a think, and as a result be evolved a most in genious plan. As you enter the place you are handed a slip of six tickets, each repre senting an expenditure of 6 cents. (Waiters go about seeing that you wait on yourself and how much you eat. When yon have concluded your lunch the waiter tears off as many checks as you have eaten sandwiches or other portions of food. The unused checks are given to tho cashier as a credit andyou pay the difference between that and 30 cents. It is 30 cents to get in and what you please to come out. A party of Italians trooping off to some boarding house made a rather unusual sight on Fifth avenue yesterday. The first half dozen men had bundles in one band and shotguns in the other, while the long Indian file which followed carried the usual assortment of trunks, valises, boxes and packages. It was a rather suggestive look ing group. Last night seemed to be a night of jags not a national, amalgamated, comprehen sible Jag like that of Fourth of July or Christmas, but an aggregation of personal and private Jags in Juxtaposition. There were jags, howling jags in buggies scattered along the East End streets, together with the bair-smothercd,jags in carriages; stieet car Jags, some quarrelsome, some sleepy, but all muddled, prevailed to an unusual de giee, while perambulating jags strolled about the downtown streets or pushed swinging doors of jag shops. Dignified Jags in semi-disguise, and musical Jags sans mel ody wandered homeward together, and hopeless, helpless, hundred per cent jags were hauled off by the human scavengers who ride in brass-railed open wagons. The whyness of all this jaggedness is beyond me, but it was there. The clubs aud leading restaurants are fuller of prominent men than usual at this time of the year. Thore are a great many iron and steel men who usually ga away about the first or July with their families, but thh) year they are at home looking after differences with the workingmen. There can be no two opinions as to the feeling of the bar on the Shiras appointment. All shades of politicians agree that it is a happy selection. Mr. Shiras is a man of dig nity and of natural judicial instincts. He Is the best kind of a reader and student namely,, one who can give out what he ab sorbs. Socially he is a charming compan ion, full of wit and droll stories and quick to see the humor of a situation or occurrence. He has not been as active of late years as he used to be, but that is quite natural, owing to his success, his ample means and his ad vancing years. Pennsylvania need have no fear that her judicial lepntation will not be enhanced by the elevation of George Shiras. Immediately after the adjournment of Congress Senator Quay will go to Beaver for the summer. The xeport that he will spend any considerable time at Brigantine Beach is incorrect. The Senator's health has not Deen good since his sickness in Florida, and he desires the quiet of the Beaver cottage. There has been some talk about ex Speaker and ex-State Treasurer Boyer being a candidate for Speaker of the next House, but there is no truth in it. He will no doubt be the Republican leader on the floor of the House, while Charley Porter and Senator William Fllnn will divide up 'the work of looking after matters in the Senate. People at various resorts along the Jer sey coast unite in writing home that the water is colder than ordinarily in July, but bathing is as popular as of old in spite of this. There is little doubt but important changes will be made next year in the Baker ballot law. It is admittedly a failure as far as it goes, a costly innovation which does not afford any protection not given by the old law, while it does allow the majority parties to hold the polls unfairly in the large dis tricts in the cities. It will not be attacked as a whole, perhaps, but it certainly will be subjected to liberal amendment and re vision. Walter. COPENHAGEN A FEEE PORT. A New Plan to Be Carried Out at the Gov ernment's Expens. Philadelphia, July 20. An official commu nication has been issued from the Consulate of Denmark that, according to a recent law, it has been resolved to construct a free port at Copenhagen at tho expense of the State, the management of which, according to a Government concession, will be carried ou by the Copenhagen Free Port Comnany. The port is expected to be open to traffic in 1891. The greater part of the port-basins will have a deptn or water of 30 English feet, so that ships of even the deepest drawing can enter it. Vessel entering the port will be exempted from the payment of any dues to tho State, and only be charged with a mod eiate pierage. Merchandise, imported to and warehoused in the free port, will be ex empt from any duty, and dock-warrants can be issued for warehoused goods, so as to fa cilitate their sale or mortgage. The terri tory of the tree port will further comprise a ground large enough to afford space for the erection of manufactories and other in dustrial establishments. A HOSPITAL FOR DOGS. The Canines tollt Cared for by the TJnl verslty'or Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, July 20. The trustees of the University of Pennsylvania have adopted plans submitted by Frank Miles Day & Brother fo"r a hospital for dogs. Several similar institutions exist in Europe, notably one at Berlin. The Philadelphia establishment will re semble the latter greatly, consisting of a two-story structure with every facility for the treatment and diet of diseased canines. A commodious clinic room will be a feature of the hospital, and separate wards for patients suffering from mange, distemper and other diseases are provided. Bathrooms are fitted elaborately with reference to the needs of the inmato. The institution will be under the Jurisdic tion of the veterinary department of the college and will be completed some time in September. WHISKY INSTEAD OF SODA, By Mistake a Tarty of Ladles Are Treated to Too Strong a Drink. New York, July 20. An exciting incident occurred in aKtngsley street drugstore in Asbury Park, N. J., on Monday. The clerk bad drawn what was supposed to be soda water lor somo men, when a narty of women entered and ordered soda, requesting tho clerk to hurry. .He hantled the concoction to an assistant, who Dy mistake liandod.it to the women.' Oh, I'm poisoned! I'm poisoned!" cried each of the women as she tasted the liquid. The frlghtenod clerk then explained the mistake and admitted that he bad put whisky in the drink for the men. One woman rofuses to believe that the mixture she drank was not poison. She does not want to believe she drank whisky, as she is a strong prohibitionist. The clerk is look ing for a new position and the drugstore pro Srietor fears every man that enters the store as a warrant for his arrest. A Hard Time for Field. New York' Press. General Field, the -Feoples party candidate for Vice President, declared In 1880 that he was sorry ha had not killed moro Yankoes during the war, and he asserts now that he has no desire to retract the utter ance. It is evident that Field will have a bard time of it in running against his explosive mouth in this campaign. BEC0GNITI0N DAY EXERCISES. Graduation Addresses at the Pennsylvania Chautauqua at Alt. Gretna. Mt. Gbetka, July 20, opeeiat This was Recognition, or what is generally known throughout schools and colleges as Gradua tion Day. The exercises were classical and impiesslve. The 'march," as it is called, was marshalled by Eev. Theodore E. Smanke, and the procession, headed by the Beading military band and followed by the officers,' faculty, graduates and Chautau quans, marched over the streets of the groves under tho three symbolic arches, designating history, literature and faith, and through the "Golden Gate" into Chau tauqua Hull. Here addresses were deliv ered tho first on recognition; then an address by Chancellor Hark, which was followed by Dr. McKnlght, or Gettys burg College, Dr. George B. Stewart, President of the Pennsylvania Chautau qua, and finally the presentation of dip lomas by Dr. H.C. Pardee, Superintendent of the Pennsylvania district or the Chautau qua Literary and Scientific Circles. Letters were read Irom Bishop Vincent and others... In the morning Dr. Clarke Hob-, lnson recited and explained popular selec tions Irom Byron, Scott and Burns. An in formal faculty reception was held at 11;30, when short addresses were made by "Dr. Weidner, Dean of Biblical Research: Kev. Dunbar and Dr. Lewnrs. At 2 o'clock Dr. Weidner talked on "The Prophecy or Zach ariah"aud "Paul's Epistle to the Thessa lonians. This evening Dr. George B. Wend lings, the celebrated lecturer, delivered his "Saul or Tarsus" to a larsre audience. This has been the most interesting day of the as sembly thus far. ELECTRICITY INSTEAD OF STEAK. The First Experiment of Its Kind to Be Tried on a New England Bond. Worcester, July 20. The New York, New Haven and Hartford Bailroad will probably be the first steam railroad in the world to substitute electricity lor steam on a large scale. This road is known to be constructing a four-track line, but it is not known publicly that the two central tracks are to be equipped with special reference to the use oi electricity instead of steam to propel both freight and passenger cars over that portion of the line between New York City and New Haven, a distance of 74 miles. When the plant is ready, the distance be tween the two cities will be covered in 60 minutes. " It is probable that a light locomotive will be used, and that the electric power will be taken from an overhead wire, as in the case of most electric street cars. The central electric tracks will be fenced in and there will De no giade crossings. The arrangements at stations will be similar to tlioso or the elevated roads in New York City. A passenger cannot cross the tracks except by a bridge overhead or a tunnel under neath. A DABIffO BICYCLE FEAT. A Philadelphia Woman Safely Makss the Descent of Pike's Peak". Denver, July 20. Last Saturday Mrs. C. C Candy and her husband made the descent of Pike's Peak on bicycles. The feat has been accomplished by men before, but Mrs. Candy is the first woman who has ever attempted it. The only accident had was when Mrs. Candy was thrown off her wheel when on the side or a hill, down -which she rolled 100 feet. A boulder stopped her from f;oing anv further, and very likely saved her lfe. When they reached Timber Lane a heavy rain set in and the rest or the trip was made in the midst or a severe storm. Mrs. Candy is a native or Philadelphia and Is a rather small woman. On the trip she wore a man's cycling suit, it beinc impossible to wear skirts on such an expedition. SATISFIED WITH SllIRAS. He is a gentleman of fine presence, broad culture, and fully equal in all respects to the requirements ot the Supreme Bench. In dianapolis Journal. He is a well equipped lawyer whose ser vices have been in much demand through out Western Pennsylvania, and a mau 'of sterling integrity. New York Herald. The appointee, George Shiras, Jr., of Pitts burg, is a lawyer, of the first repute, and of unblemished private reputation, in the very maturity or his Intellectual and physical powers. Philadelphia Rxord. Mr. Shiras is one of the ablest lawyers in Pennsylvania, clean and high-toned in char acter, broad in intellectual equipment, well versed in public affairs and in every way competent to fill with credit and honor the high station to which he has been advanced. Philadelphia Times. Geoboe Shiras, Jr., of Pittsburg, who has received the appointment, is, eminent in his profession. He has never held public office, so that judgment as to his merits andfltuess must be based solely upon the reputation he has made at the bar. That is unexcelled. Philadelphia Ledger. His character is beyond reproach, and while his fame as an expert in corporation law strengthens the Supreme Bench intel lectually his good name as a man will in crease the respect and confidence that are fortunately felt for tho integrity of its de cisions. yew York Press. Philadelphia and the entire State has every reason to be gratified that by the ap pointment of George Shiras, Jr., of Pitts burg, this great Commonwealth will be again represented on the Supreme Bench of the nation by a gentleman who has every personal and professional qualification for filling the position with honor, distinction and success. Philadelphia Press. STILL HOPE FOB CHICAGO. Private Information lhat the Chances for the Appropriation Are Good Tet. Chicago, July 20. President Baker, of the World's Fair, stated to-night that he, had re ceived a private telegram from Washington saying the chances for the granting ot the appropriation or $3,000,000 were decidedly good. Some friends of the Fair were absent when the adverso action was taken yester day, and others who voted for the rejection will vote lor the bill when it is again brought up. Cap-and-Gown Beerptlon at Chautauqua. Chautauqua, N. Y., July 20. Special The Girls' Club gave a cap-and-gown reception at the college to-day, whloh was the leading event, from a social point of view, for the week. The main features were pictures of college girls shown the visitors as good rea sons for attending those colleges. The Browning lecture was as interesting as usual, and the historical literature or the Bevolutionary period furnished Prof. Tyler with materiil Tor an excellent talk. There was also a University extension conference this afternoon. New Name for tho Ticket. Chicago Inter-Ocean. "Cleve and Steve" may well be dubbed "the substitute ticket." Both furnished "substitutes" for the.war, and "Cleve" was substituted for Hill, nnd Steve substituted for Gray in the late flurry at Chicago. DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWIIEKE. Frederick G.LelnIlng, KfToIutlonlst. Frederick G. Leisling died in Dedham, Mass., Tuesday, lacking two months of Defug 100 years old. He was In exile from his native land because of the prominent part lie took at Frank furt and Badrn In 1818 and at Dresden In 1843 In the revolutionary attempt to overthrow the monarchv. He wus horn In Rclchenbach, September 2, 1792. He was the fattier of 12 children. Pater B, Stoy, Manafucturer. Peter R. Stoy, Vice President aud Gen eral Manager of the Ohio Falls Iron Works, one of the largest manufacturing enterprises in the West, died in Louisville. Tuesday evening, or disorders brought on br the grip. He was 87 years old. a very wealthy man and executor of V. (;. Dcpauw. the millionaire manufacturer, who died in New Albany, Ind four vears ago. Obituary Notes. M. ELLKNA, Italian ex-Mlnlster of Finance, died Tuesday. John llAanEOOR, the lawyer and writer, is dead in London. - , Fbakcis M. Stout, a millionaire railroad con tractor of New York, died at the Tbonsand Island House Monday night. Mtzb Masks, piano manufacturer, died at his residence In NewYork Monday morning, after an Illness which began Friday. He was born in Greenwich, England. SEWICKLEY'S SUMMER CIRCUS. The Frelty Tillage's Athletic Association Goes Into the Sawdust nine With Grsat Xclat A Country Fair Which Crowds Enjoyed. The Sewickley Athletic Association ha the leputatlon of never .doing anything by halves, but yesterday they rather beat the record. If they 1 ad painted the sky them selves it could not have been bluer or brighter. It was an ideal day for the country fair and circus, and nenrly 1,000 people en joyed the nl fresco entertainment in the beautiful grounds of the association at Sewickley. The offi cial programme promised a wonderful lot of attractions, from the very necessary ice cream and lemonade booths to a wild beast show and a circus with a real ring and dashing riders, and the Dromises were well kept. The non-arrival or the band for a time delayed the beginning of the fun, but about i o'clock the circus procession and the band wagon hove in sight, with all of Sewickley that was not already inside the grounds in their trnin. The cavaliers dressed in gor geous Mexican style, the generous display or color running over into the caparisons or the horses, were not easily recognized as Mesrrs. Ed. B. Coffin, Harry B. Jewkes, John E. Bishop, George C. Johnston, M. Baker, W. G. Cochran, Fred McMIUen, Eugene Murray, Joseph -McDonald and W. W. Osburn; and in the conventional cos tume of a circus clown Mr. Samuel U. Wil son's identity was completely hidden as he urove a liny pony in a reu anu yeiiow wheeled cart. The band-wagon's advent was the signal for the opening or the circus, and a rnsh hegnn for the lnclosure liberally covered with startling play bills, in which the performance wits to be given. A Gnuine Circn', Sawdust and All. But tbat heaven's canopy instead ot canvas covered the stands that rose from a 30-foot ring deep in sawdust, it was for all the world an old-lashloned country circus, in which Mr. It. T. M. McCready cracked his whip as ringmaster. All tho stands were filled before the show begun and pretty women and lovely light summer cottumes made them very good to look at within n shining circle of bhr forest trees nnd shady orchards. What followed was not exactly in the order as printed on the neat, little programme, but fur more laughable and amusing tnan any description can couvoy. The "alleged perrormers," as tho equestrians modestly called themselves, filed into the ring first and went through a series of evolutions that were the more creditabln by reason of the cramped quarters. The mounted men danced a quadrille in capital style before they gavo way to the other perrormers. Youngsters came next for the sack race, in which John M. Miller won the first heat and Nathaniel Naylor the second, while the lat ter finally carried off the prize. W. S. Beatty had not much difficulty in carrying off the prize in the barrel race, and then came the more serious matter of the tug of war. East Enders Win the Tug of War. In this the Sewickley teanrwas composed as follows: Messrs. Scovel, Bishop. McDonald and L. C. Beatty werepittedagainsttheFast End Gymnasium team, in which were Messrs. BItchey, Jones, Musgrave and Moore. The East End men were a powerful set, heavier aud better trained than their opponents, and they won the first heat rather easily by Bcven inches. In tho sec ond heat Sewickley won by three inches. The final tug was postponed till evening, when the Enst Isnd men again won with ease. An interval of two hours was allowed the spectators, who had fatigued themselves ap plauding and laughing, for re'reshments from 6 to 8 o'clock. A capital supper was served on the grounds, and with rdnewod vigor performers and spectators again be took themselves to the circus ring. Amid roars of laughter W. b. Miller finally cap tured the prize in the barrel rolling race, af ter Watson 'Adair and Euione Murray had each won a heat. It was dark when the high-jumping contest be gan, and the athletes were greatly at a disadvantage in the narrow ring under a very uncertain electric light. The con test, however, excited the audience greatly, Wililam P. McVay and James Brown enlist ing the snpport of the greater part or the audience as local champions. Mr. McYay stopped at 5 feet 4 inches, and James Brown at 9 leet 6 inches, while Mr. Dubarry, or the East End, also refrained from trying for a higher record. The Fan Was Fast and Fnrlons. It must not be supposed that these events. interesting as they were, constituted all. or anything like an ot tne inn. in the inter vals the chorus, Samuel IS. Wilson and "H. ltlder Haggard" the latter a popular Sewickley banker supplied broad fun in big doses, culminating in Mr. Haggard C w's being packed into a barrel and rolled out of the ring. The audience also lent itself thoroughly to the genial freedom of the hour and guyed the performers and applauded nt every Sosslble chance. A pretty little lvertisement was afforded in the perform ance of a couple of Shetland ponies, little darlings with cunning ways, hardly ont of the nursery, so to speak, and yet already able to perrorm several amusing trick, thanks to the training civen them by their owners, Mr. Joseph W. Warren and Br. H. S. Jackson, who at very short notice had lent the little beasts to swell the circus contin gent. Nor was the circus and athletic sports all the attractions offered. A wonderful col lection or wild bensts stuffed and innocu ousformed n side-show, the beauties of which Colonel W. W. Fullwood expatiated upon with great eloquence when he was not sending up oauoons. in the beat of the aft ernoon and the cool or the evening the vari ous refreshment booths were liberally pat ronized. The People Who Did the Work. Mr. George A. Gormley presided over the luncheon arrangement, with the aid of a large staff, and the other departments were assigned as follows: Ice cream Mrs. Rob ert A. Franks and aids. Candy Mrs. Joseph W. Craig nnd aids. Country store Mrs. Clara G. Camnbell and aids. Lemonade booth Mrs. James C. Chaplin and aids. The omnipresent and indefatigable genius or the whole affair was Mr. Frank Osburn, upon whoie shoulders most of the work fell, but there were a score of others, such as Mr. Joseph T. Nevin, non. George H. Anderson and Mr. Henry Bishop, who lent their best efforts, and the Sewickley Athletic Association has the satisfaction of knowing tbat their an nual fete was a great success from all points of view financially among others. CHICAGO SHABBILY TBEATED. Some Patrlotlo Utterances of a Represen tative Xewspaper of the South. Memphis, July 2a The Memphis Appeal Avalanche to-morrow will say editorially: "Congress has not treated Chicago fairly. Tbat city, with unparalleled enterprise, raised $10,000,000 as its contribution to the Columbian Exposition. It has kept every promise it made. The interest the citizens of Chicago have manifested, has come to be the common sentiment of all American citizens who love the "Land of the free and the home of the brave." That Congress should refuse an appropriation fur less than that which one patriotic city has made, will be condemned by the people, ir respective of section. "Southern Congressmen who voted against the appropriation have not accurately rep--resented tne disposition or this section, we are very sure. While it is true that the Southern States, for various reasons, made small appropriations for State exhib its, it does not; follow that there wns any lack of pride in the prom ised spiondors of the exhibition among the Southern people. They appreciated the lllia-ilf t.ir rf rhliM-n .. ft. H t u.. .... n .-. willing that Congress shall make the appro priation lor $5,000,000. There were other Federal enterprises wnioh were generously recognized in the appropriation bill whlcti conld have waited for money without hav ing the national honor brought into ques tion." The Old Church Organ Flint Again. YomtoSTOWW, July 20. fipeeto.'. A lively church light is on among tho members of the Methodist Church at Berlin Center, in the western part of this county, growing out of an effort to purchase an organ. Funds wore raised and a member induced a sales roan to place an organ in the church. A committee appointed to purchase the organ divided, three with jtlie minister voting airalnst It. The salesman then sued those who collected rands and was beaten. The end is not yet. Bound to Be So. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The sliver Senators now say that Colorado, Nevada and the rest of the silver-mining States will go Itepublican after all. Every other reasonable being in the country knew this all along. Old Wine in a New Bottle. New York Ledger; Scratch a labor demagogue and you'll find a Demoo-rat, CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Italy has 22 crematories. There are in all 135,000 miles of cable. New York city can boast of a one-anne bartender. Laplanders often skate a distance of i: miles a day. The nightjar has a cry like one lament ing in distress. Twenty-eight thousand patents wei granted last year. One pound of Indian tea will make 17 cups of strong tea. The average sunshine of London is onl 21 bonrs"per week. Two-fifths of the companies startei yearly in England fall. There are four English sovereigns ii circulation to one-naif sovereign. England has not been engaged in w& daring Lord Salisbury's administration. - Six million dollars are invested in thi manufacture of dynamite in the Unitec States. The Krnpp "Works at Essen contai 2,5(2 lurnaces. These consume 1,656 tons c coal and coke daily. The largest whale ever captured wa the prize of a New London whaler in ISss It yielded 163 barrels of oil. One of the Parisian newspapers is re ported to be experimenting with type o. glass with gratltylng results. Photographers claim that the facial re semblance of husband ana wife is close; than that of brother and sister. A buff leghorn pallet showed at tht Chicken Fair in Madison Square Garden ot January, 1302, was valuedat 100. A newspaper foreman has invented t device by which compositors are enabled u set type with both hands at once. The quantity of blood in the human body varies, but is generally about one tenth the total weight of the body. It is claimed that the drug clerks in Iowa can tell the difference between Old Tan and Holland gin in an instant. "Yben an Alpena, Jlicb., man is ar rested for being drunk he is sentenced for 60 days to a gold cure establishment. It is said that only five passengers were killed on all the railways of Great Britain, and Ireland during the whole ot last year. A "camel" and "beauty" are synony mous In Arabic. An Arab widow generallj mourns her husband with a cry or"0, mr camel!" . The most widely spread language in the world is said to be the Manaarin ol China, which is used in IS of the 1 provinces. The Salvation Army publishes 61 weekly newspapers and five monthly lnasa zines. with a total annual circulation of 45. 000,000 copies. x Three factories in the United States consume over 300,000,000 eggs per year in making albumen paper, extensively used ia photography. A woman residing in Jasper county, Missouri, is reported to have been mads dear dumb by a lightning stioko duringa recent storm. A minister in Albany, N. X., insisti that his salary shall not exceed that of his choirmaster, whatever that may be. Each gets $10,000 now. A French boy has broken two black cats to harness. He drives his pets in single as well as double harness up and down ths street every day. Six of the 30 stores in Slachias, !Me,, are owned and conducted by women, and are said to be the most successful business establishments in the town. Bishop Corrillo, of Yucatan, Mexico, has published a letter in which he insists that yellow fever existed in Central Amer ica belore the discovers of this continent. Six survivors of ths Harvard class of 1831, all of them over75 years of age, met at the Parker House. Boston, last week, and celebrated the flrty-elgnth year or theii graduation. In the Oriental Department of the British Museum a tablet has been deciphered as containing an, offer of marriage made by a Pharaoh to a daughter of the King of Babylon about 1530 B. C. . Inspectors iu the Adiroudacks report that more deer die from starvation than from any other cause. They have, been so well protected of Iato years that they have multiplied beyond the capacity of the woods to BUatain them. A journal published at Constantinople gives some particulars or the mercury mines or Almaden, where about 2,000 workmen are employed in this unhealthy industrv. The production reaches 55,000 to 60,000 fres cos (100 pounds each) per annum. W. J. Florence, the comedian, once offered $5,000 for a catch phrase about which an American comedy could be written. Nobody supplied the demand, and this, the costliest phrase oa recent record, has yet to be made unless it was "Hum. Koinanism and KebelUon." Among birds that have the power of imitation the parrot is the best; but, as a matter or fact, its voice is decidedly in ferior to tbat of tho mynah. a species of starling. Curiously enough, the male bird speaks in a high, clear tone, like that of a child, while the female has a gruff voice. An enormous school of barracuda was sporting in Monterey Bay, CaL, the other day, when, with the sudden turn, they headed straight for the bench without diminution in their speed, and were soon landed high and dry upon the shore. The belief is that the barracuda were driven ashore by a school of whales. The most valuable gold ore ever mined in the United States, and probably in the world, was a lot containing 203 pounds of quartz, carrying gold at the rate or $50,000 a ton. This auartz was taken from the main shaft of tho Michigan gold mine at Ish peming. Assays from the same lot showed that other portions of it were worth $U0,953 a ton. The most expensive municipal ball in the world and the largest in the United States is the city building of Philadelphia, upon whose yet unfinished tower the largest clock in the world is to be displayed. -Nobody knows exactly how much money it ha cost, but It cannot be far in the aggregate Jrom the amount Invested in the State House of Now York. SCISSOBED FROM SITTINGS. 'I notice," said the gentleman in search of lmormallon to Herr Most, "that Anarchists never strike. "Why is this?" That, ' said the great apostle of social progress with,niuch dignity, ls easily explained. No true Anarchist ever works. Doctor I am afraid yon will have to take a trip to the Kingdom of Heaven pretty soon. Miser (groaning) That will cost another nice sum of money. Traveling Is so expensive nowa days. First Student You haven't got any idea or what a contemptible opinion I have of our pro fessor. Second Student-Hnmph! I guess that's the reason yon didn't answer any of the questions lie asked you yesterday at the recitation. "Put on some more clothes, Handy!" shrieked the elderly aunt at tho watering place, 'folks will see you." she added, horror struck. Aunt Julia," replied Amanda, as she went out among the waves with all the trustful Innocence of a Texas statesman, what are we here fort" Friend of Hotel Keeper How in the world do you stand such cooking as your wife U giving you and don't say a word about It? Hotel Keeper Keep stlU for heaven's sake; If she were to hear you she would say that she would send at once for her mother and she wouldo the cooking. Mrs. Harlem Heights You must not laugh and make fun of everybody. Mamie. Mamie I dou't. mamma. The other day a Utile girl fell off a board fence and all the other chlldres laughed, but I didn't. That was right." 'Yes, 1 was the litde girl that fell off the fence. I cried." These labor troubles, Peterby, are going to ruin the country. Taking collectively" Oh. they don't bother me In the aggregate, Yerger. but simply in their individual aspect." Why so?" "Well, labor has been a trouble to me all my lifetime; I wouldn't wort a stroke if Icooldhelp It." Tommy Yon ought to see how mneh butter my step-mother putsonmybread. Johnny I" gnesa li's some of this bogus butter and she is trying it on yon before she eats any of It -herself. Thit
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