TBE' PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, TUESDAY, AUGUST 16. 189a
Wjje Bigplrij.
ESTABLISHED
FEBRUARY
Vol. 47. No. 194. Entered at Pittsburg Postofflce
November, 18S7, 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.
EASTERN ADVERTISING OFFICE. ROOM 76.
TRIBUNE BUILDING, NEW YORK. where com
plete files Of Tilts DISPATCH can always be found.
Foreign advertisers appreciate the convenience.
Home advertisers and friends orTHEDISPATCH,
while In New York, are also made welcome.
THE DISPATCH Is regularly on sale at Bren
tano's, 5 Union Sanare, New York, and 17Avede
l'Opera. Paris, France, where anyone who his
tm disappointed at a hotel news stand can ob
tain it.
TEEMS OF THE DISPATCH.
POSTAGE ritEK IIC THE UNITED STATES.
Dailt Dispatch, one Year $8 CO
Daily Dispatch, Per Quarter 2 oo
Dailt Dispatch. One Month 70
Dailt Dispatch. Including Sunday, lyear.. 10 00
Dailt Dispatch, Including Sunday,! m'ths. 2 50
Dailt Dispatch, Including Sunday, 1 month E0
Sundat Dispatch. One Year 2f0
Weeklt Dispatch, One Year 1 25
The Dailt Dispatch is deUvered by carriers at
15 cents per week, or, including Sunday Edition, at
20 cents per week.
PITTsBUBO. TUESDAY. AUGUST 18 1897.
TWELVE PAGES
ABBITKATION NOT SOVEREIGN.
Concerning tbe Homestead wage dis
pute the Boston Globe refers to the fact
that Massachusetts lias a State Board of
Arbitration, and then exclaims: "Suppose
that Pennsylvania, like our own Common
wealth, possessed a duly accredited and
justly honored State board of arbitration.
Suppose that both sides in the Homestead
controversy had laid their cases before
such an impartial tribunal, what an enor
mous outlay of money, what a terrible
loss of life, might cave been prevented."
Bat while our cotemporary Is supposing
why not suppose the whole case. Sup
pose that Pennsylvania had by law pro
vided for voluntary arbitration and the
parties on both sides did not believe in it
Suppose that two separate strikes against
the result of an arbitration had proved
that arbitration was not final; and sup
pose that every sensible man saw that
compulsory arbitration could only be
tyrannical in order to be effective.
Arbitration, conciliation and conference
are great things for settllne labor troubles
when the parties in the dispute are ready
to resort to them. But Pennsylvania has
got further along than Massachusetts in
learning two points from experience. One
is that arbitration is useless where the
parties will not arbitrate; the other is that
when both sides are willing to settle the
matter by reason they can generally dis
tance the arbitration method by coming to
an agreement among themselves as was
done last week by the iron manufacturers
and the Amalgamated Association.
FLAMMAKION AND MARS.
Elsewhere will be found a communica
tion from M. Camille Flammarion on the
state of affairs in Mars, and also a short
description of what is visible to Prof.
Heeler at our own observatory over in
Allegheny. Monsieur Flammarion is an
astronomer remarkable for his visionary
and speculative inclinations. He knows
as much as most scientific stargazers,and a
good deal more than many. But he
scandalizes a number of his fellows by his
leadiness- to theorize In a way which
makes the chief charm of his writing to the
general public He does not always assume
more than other astronomers, but be gen
erally indulges more In may-bes than is
the way with most dry-as-dust scientists.
Every fresh observation adds a little
jre to man's knowledge, of his red
neighbor. Science progresses, and in as
tronomy no less than its other branches.
But the progress is slow and steady.
Yiews and theories as advanced by Flam
marion and other speculators are enter
taining and instructive, but they must
confessedly wait for the light of the future
to confirm them as facts or dissipate them
as mirages. Professor Keeler's devotion
to astral studies Is rewarded by an Im
provement in his instrument And his
careful drawing of Mars will prove by no
means the least valuable among the mul
titudinous contributions to the research
on that planet
AN ABSURDITY SOMEWHERE.
Commenting on the fact that a battle
ship has been constructed at the World's
Fair out of stone and cement to look just
like the real article, the Buffalo Enquirer
finds something anomalous in the fact
that the United States cannot exhibit a
real battleship at the Exposition. It as
serts that it is on account of the "moss
grown treaty" that the Exposition draws
on a stone quarry for material for a man-of-war,
and, further, that it is absurd that
the United States cannot sail Its ships
wherever it sees fit in Its own waters.
This species of comment exhibits a re
markable failure to take Into considera
tion two points. The first, that if there
were no treaty restrictions in the way the
United States could not exhibit a battle
ship at Chicago. The smallest gunboat
in the United States navy could not reach
the lakes without asking a foreign Gov
ernment for the use of its waterway. No
cruiser, much less a battleship, could go
there by any route. Naval science has
not yet reached the art of picking up
armored cruisers and carrying them over
the land or of sailing ships drawing 25 or
30 feet through canals 12 sjeet deep. Es
teemed cotemporaries should take
natural possibilities into consideration be
fore talking of absurdities.
The other point is that; while it might
be pleasant to have a real battleship at
Chicago, It Is the reverse of absurd that
the United States and England have set
for 64 years the example of disarmament
on the great lakes. It is a triumph of
pacific civilization that these two great
Governments have shown the world how
a chain of vast inland seas cau be used for
commerce without maintaining expensive
armaments. The treaty of 1818 was one
of the measures of statesmanship that
should not lightly be abandoned. The
United States should provide itself with
ship canal connection with the lakes as
Canada has done. But to attack the
treaty of 1818 is trying to turn the progress
of civilization backward.
TIME FOB SANTTABY WOBE.
It is encouraging to receive reports of
vigorous work on the part of the New
York authorities in the line of sanitation.
It is stated that the health authorities of
that city, although agreeing that tnere is
no immediate or even prospective danger
of a cholera epidemic, "are exercising just
as much vigilance and taking just as
thorough precautionary measures as
though the dread disease were actually
raging at Liverpool, Southampton and
London, and bad actually engaged trans
portation to the United States."
While experience teaohes us to make a
liberal grain of allowance for the differ
ence between profession and performance
of municipal authorities, especially In
New York, the course referred to Is ex
actly the right one to take. It is not
necessary on account of cholera alone.
The presence of that plague In Eastern
Europe gives cogency to the gospel of
cleanliness and health; but there are just
as good reasons for keeping cities pure in
the diminution- of indigenous diseases
as in the fear of an exotic importation.
The thorough sanitation reported in New
York should be adopted byevery city In
the country. If all our cities are put In a
state of complete cleanliness, not only
will the cholera find no breeding ground
If it should ever reach our shores, but
other diseases will be checked. Typhoid
fever, scarlatina, diphtheria and a score of
other rlagues are susceptible of having
a check put on them by this means, which
is well worth the effort
Every city should establish a thorough
sanitary system. Even if the cholera
never reaches' our coast line the work will
be the most remunerative that canbedone
for the public.
.
THE LIBERTY STBEET SIDEWALKS.
The announcement that the Mayor has
taken the warpath with regard to the ob
struction of sidewalks on Liberty street
calls attention to a reform which Is made
every few years, but will not stay re
formed. At least twice before the enter
prising commission merchants of that
street have been temporarily convinced
that the majority of their goods should be
kept inside their warehouses. But after
each agitation the irresistible pro
clivity of the barrels of potatoes and
apples, the crates of poultry and the boxes
of peaches, to stray out to and beyond the
curbstone has reasserted itself.
Liberty street ought to be the finest busi
ness avenue of the city. It is the back
bone of the downtown region as Broad
way is of New York, and It resembles
that great thoroughfare in the other re
spect of being the widest of the business
streets. But two causes combine in keen
ing that arterial way below its real dig
nity. One is the occupancy of the roadway
by the Pennsylvania Railroad track; the
other the tendency of the merchants to
blockade the sidewalk. Possibly the latter
think that the example of the railway
track justifies them In making the block
ade complete. Whether from that cause
or from the conventionalities of the trade,
it is the fact that a large number of the
merchants use the sidewalk not alone for
unloading and loading goods, but for the
display and sale of merchandise to such
an extent that the expert pedestrian who
13 in haste always takes another street
We wish the Mayor success in his effort
to clear the obstructed sidewalks. It Is a
work of public necessity and should be
done this time in such a way that the side
walk will stay cleared. When the Mayor
has accomplished that much needed re
form he might address himself to the
larger task of keeping railway freight
trains off that important avenue during
business hours.
THE BISE OF THE STORAGE BATTERY.
A report of an extended trial of the
storage battery In Milford, Mass., presents
facts indicating that this ideal method of
propulsion is far on the way to practical
success. The drawbacks of the trolley
make the subject one of undoubted in
terest to all cities where electric transit is
required. Storage battery cars have been
in operation at Milford for sixteen months.
During that time there -bay not been a
single day's failure of the line in summer
or winter. Six miles of track are run over,
including grades of 8 and 10 per cent,
and in all cases the power has been ade
quate to surmounting these grades at an
even rate of speed.
The improved storage battery car
weighs less than the trolley cars used in
Boston. They carry power enough to run
long distances, one car having run fifty
miles without recharging with a surplus
of power at the end of the run. This is
partially due to the fact that the action of
the wheels in running downgrades is used
,to recharge the batteries, an exact record
of one trip showing that 17 per cent of the
power from the batteries was returned by
this method In going down hill. The
storage cells are constructed of rubber in
such a way that the "buckling" of plates
which was wont to disable the older style
of battery does not take place. The bat
teries are changed at the terminal station
in a very few minutes.
Beyond the great achievement of doing
away with trolley poles and wires the ad
vantages of this system are quite positive.
An accident cannot bring the whole line
to a sudden stop. The electric lamps in
the cars are not extinguished, as in the
trolley cars, when the trolley is thrown off
the wire. The whizzing sound of the
trolley car is asserted to be abolished.
Electrical buttons ring signals which in
other cars are sounded by bell ropes. But
the great advantage of the storage battery,
if these reports are not overdrawn, will be
Us abolition of the overhead poles and
wires. That is something that should be
done as soon as the practicability of the
storage battery is completely demon
strated. The poles and wires are an en
durable nuisance so long as they are neces
sary to improved transit, and no longer.
If the reports from the road at Milford are
not exaggerated the day is not far distant
when they can be completely abolished.
THE PABTY TAPE LINK.
The short-lived rumor that Judge
Gresham was about to take the stump for
the People's Party gave one or two Re
publican journals of the peculiarly organic
stamp a cbanco to make a record for
themselves. This was done by assertions
that Judge Gresham was controlled by
"inordinate ambition" and "disappointed
greed of power. " The fact that these strong
qualities were dependent on his support of
the Third Party stuck out between the
lines of some newspaper comments; but
the Milwaukee Sentinel placed the matter
beyond doubt by frankly saying: "This
is supposing that he makes this speech as
reported."
This peculiar attribution of moral quali
ties, conditionally on circumstances, is
phenomenal. If Judge Gresham holds
one clais of views he is swayed by am
bition, vanity and greed; if he sticks to the
party of the organs he Is all right The
partisan measure of public acts has been
worked very vigorously in times past, but
the organ of the present was the first to
conceive the test of making the purely
personal qualities of a man depend on
his party ties.
Judge Gresham did not make a -fool of
himself, but that did not prevent some of
the organs from doing so.
A suspected train robber imprisoned in
California was actually discovered in an
attempt to escape. It was the discovery
that was remarkable. '
The latest thing in pipe lines is a pro
posal to carry grain from Buffalo to the
ooait by thotr asenoy. A good many grains
of sense will be necessary to make the un
dertaking a suooess, and In the meantime
several grains of salt are necessary as an aid
to teller In the aobeine.
Such appalling accounts of the Czar's
appetite nave reoently appeared as to make
one wonder tbnt famines are not a perennial
Institution in Bussia.
POSSLBLT the absorption of heat necessary
to the observed shrinkage of snow on Mars
is partly responsible for the cooler weatber
Jiere.
Irishmen ought to realize that tlie'causa
of Home Ku'e is Just as much injured by such
fights as occurred at Limerick between Par
nellite and anti-Parnellite factions on Sun
day night as by adverse votes in Parlia
ment. That new searchlight on Mount Wash
ington is not half as powerful as the cam
paign record-searcher's eyesight.
McKeespobt officers have taken into
custody again a cowthlef wbo has escaped
from tbeir clutohes on three several occa
sions; possibly they know his habits well
enough by this time to do able to "bold him.
As our ball games occnr in the daytime
tbey detract little irom the popular atten
tion directed to Mars.
A New York cotemporary complains
that the rule of gangs in that city is increas
ing. They should be made to walk tbe
plank, and something more fatal than the
gang-plank too.
Between rapid transit and blocked side
walks, pedestrianlsm in Pittsburg promises
to become a lost art.
Oysters will begin to come up from the
seashore after their vacation in about two
weeks now.
Tammany is anxious for the demise of
the anti-snappers' organization, and It would
seem that no less substantial a meal will put
the devouring tiger Into a thoroughly placa
ble temper.
That "Band of Gideon" was probably
made secret lest its weakness should be dis
covered. Allegheny has the money to pay for a
new postofflce site, but there is some danger
that real estate owners will prove blind
enough to the city's interest to render it
sltoless.
Grasshoppers in Ohio are doing more
damage than mosquitoes in New Jersey this
season.
If the florists gathered at Washington
think of painting the town red, it is to be
hoped they will do it artistically with scar
let geraniums or something of that kind.
Sporting folk are beginning to complain
that Lamplighter has been kept too much in
the dark.
The attempt of certain Democrats to
make a campaign issue of the force bill
rather indicates the disastrous force of their
party's tariff plank than anything else.
Love that includes arson in its armory is
altogether of too ardent a nature.
There have been so many different tours
of Inspection made that It is evident Pitts
burg's parks should have tbe benefit of
every other city's experience.
A strike at Buffalo does more damage
tban a bull in a china shop.
Nights are getting longer, and Pittsburg
has more Knights to the square lnoh this
week tban usual, bnt that does not mean
that this city is benighted.
WITH FAME AND FORTUNE.
Elisha McAnincha has been ap
pointed an Inspector of Immigrants at the
port of New York.
Herr Ltjdwig Kuben, the New York
musical manager who has been seriously ill
in Copenhagen, is now out of danger.
Miss Htxlyartj is now the lady tennis
champion or England. She is a short and
slim yonng lady but very agile and possessed
of marvelous quickness of eye and hand.
Mr. "Sidney "Woollett, who sailed
recently for England, will pass a brief time
in London and then repair to North Devon
for rost and recuperation alter his long and
dangerous illness.
Governor Peck, of Wisconsin, says
that he "likes his Job real well," and rinds it
"much nicer to be Governor George Peck, of
Wisconsin, than to be just plain old George
Peck, of Milwaukee."
The Czar of Russia has become fond of
cricketing, and has not only organized two
clubs, but occasionally bats an over; re
minding one, by bis style and slze.of Alfred
Mynn, the big man of the old All-England
eleven,
Mascagni, the composer, annoyed, by
tbe wide publicity given to a statement to
tbe effect that he has taken to gaming, has
sent to a Milan journal a card in which he
says, "It is true that I play but only bil
liards." Justin McCarthy is a gray-haired,
bushy-bearded, mild-mannered little gentle
man, wbo wears spectacles. He is gifted
with much energy, being a politician, an
editorial writer, a novelist and a Ji Is tor Ian.
He is profoundly courteous, and his Parlia
mentary colleagues are said to lament his
"distressing want of native feiocity."
General .Toubert is the leader of the
opposition in tbe Dutch Republic of tbe
Transvaal. At present Joubert, who is
more tban half Frenchman, is occupied
with a struggle for the Presidency of the
.Transvaal with the piesent incumbent,
Kriiger. President Kruger represents the
stalwart and anti-English element of the
Boers.
MANY HILXIOHB IN SIGHT.
A Quaker City Claimant to tbe Chadwlck
Fortune Looms Up.
Philadelphia, Aug. 15. Twenty years ago
this month Cornelius Cbadwlek, of this city,
first learned that he was next in line to tbe
heir at law to the fabulous wealth of old Sir
Andrew Chadwlck, who died in England in
1768. 4
After persistently fighting in the Court
of Chancery with tbe 101 English agents and
barristers this score of years the
enormous estates of the old English
knight are now in sight of tbe Amer
ican olaimnnt, and a compromise is
soon expected by which Mr. Chadwlck, wbo
is now the heir at lawand a powerful New
York syndicate, which is furnishing the
sinews of war to prosecute the claim, will
receive n large portion of tbe estate, valued
at not less than $187,000,000.
At the time of Sir -Andrew's death his pos
sessions had grown to 1.100,000, mainly in
London real estate, where he owned over
L000 houses. He bad no children.
v Tiie Philadelphia claimant bad not tbe
means necessary to prosecute nis claim, so
he took a wealthy New York syndicate in
with Mm, and their leading lawyer has been
in London for over a year prosecnting the
claim.
With Clover, Mot in Clover.
Chicago Tribune.
The tour-leaf clover has teen adopted as
tbe badge of Democracy during the cam
paign. The cold English of lour-Ieaf clover
indicates, that it is seldom found, and in this
respect its adoption by the Democracy is
quite proper.
i
To Be Deolded Later On,
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Cleveland asks the anti-snappers if they
are going to let np on Tammany, and
the an Us tell him he will find out on elec
tion day. 1
Knor Each Otljer Too TV ell.
Boston Herald.) .
This is the fourth time that Victoria has
been obliged to send for Gladstone. The
Grand Old Man will not need an introduc
tion to the Grand Old Lady.
ACROSS THE CONTINENT.
Several routes can be traversed by
trans-ooutlnental tourists. To get a olear
Idea of tbe extent and diversity or the land
you live in better go one way and oome back
another. Then there are two other lines
left tor a trip that can be taken gome other
time. These four long lines eaoh furnish
fresh scenio wonders, traverse the' same
country in name but not in nature,
climb and cut through the same
chains of mountains but by different
passes, longer tnnnels and steeper
grades. So thei e is no need for monotony in
crossing and recrosslng from ocean to
ocean, and ehoosing the route to suit tbe
season too. The Northern Paolflc, to my
mind, is a splendid summer highway. Of
course tbure are long stretches of sand and
sage, but this is offset by intervening miles
of areen grazing lands and the splendid hill,
dale and forest views from Montana west
ward. To return in Summer the next best
route is the Union Pacific, Just far enough
south to pass through regions that make
the traveler who went westward over the
line further north imagine he is whirling
through another world, so far as topography
and scene are concerned. Then there's the
two lines still further down on the maps,
which can be reserved for future use by
those whose desire it is to see the magnitude
and the wonders of Undo Sam's big baili
wick. .Of' course there are disappointments as
well as surprises. The Rockies up which
yon will olimb will not De the ideal Bockles
of your school days. The spots made
historic ,by Indian outbreaks and yellow-backed
novelists will seem very
ordinary. The people you will peep
at from the car window or-rub up against at
theseotion stations will be very like the
every-day folk you Jostle at home. The
small towns' that dot the plains, hug the
hills or nestle in tbe valleys between the
mountains have the same air of rural repose
in the main as tbose of tbe East. Where
the wind occasionally tears things
the structures are squatty and deep-cellared.
There's a lonesome look in tbe eyes of some
who are forced to dwell alone out there, to
be suro, but that's quite natural. Still this
sameness only convinces you that this
country,"" so far as its population is con
cerned, is mainly alike through and
through, ,'judging from swift appear
ances. It's the vastness, the variety, the
possibilities, tbe romance and the reality
that will attract and impress even the
casual observer. There's room for millions
more, but the links in thelivlng chain across
this vast country are not so wide apart as
most people imagine.
As AN objeot lesson of our growth and
progress the going one way and the coming
back another even though the loops take In
but a half section of the continent is In
structive, entertaining, broadening. It will
convince you that the widely separated
sections are surely becoming self-dependent
as well as self-reliant. It will demonstrate
that tbe resources of one spot are nearly
duplicated somewhere else that where
there are drawbacks on the ono hand there
are advantages on the other. So you will
come home less narrow minded and with a
better knowledge of the land you live in
and the people thereof than can be obtained
from any other source.
Still there's no place like home, after
all. I didn't see tbe bustle, tbe Jostle, the
going and the coming quiokly of Pittsburg
in any other city, not even the
Michigan-washed metropolis. Nor did
I hear those homelike noises our clanging,
puffing, pulsating, forceful noises that re
mind the stranger within our gates that we
are busy by day and hard workers by night.
Nor did I see lefleoted in the clouds that
hnng over other cities tbe red rays from the
fires of forge and furnace. Nor did 1 Jostle
in their streets broad-shouldered, flre
bronzed, comfortable-looking men of mus
cle. Nor did I see rosier-cheeked, healthier
looking, sweeter-faced lasses. Nor did I see
mercantile marts as well patronized, street
cars as crowded, thoroughfares as wheel
worn. No, the push and the pushers were
not so marked, but i. leisure nnknown to
our folk was apparent.
And we of Pittsburghave scenes of our
own that cannot D&'tfouacL e&sewhere. Did
yon ever climb at night by car or limb or
vehicle tbe winding steeps round about?
Did you ever look down from the hillside
avenues upon tbe white and red lights that
shine and dance through the somber clouds
in the valleys below? If so, did you ever
see such night pictures elsewhere? Next
time yon go away climb to the heizhts and
see for yourself. There's nn place like home
scenio or otherwise. Geo. A. Mabdbit.
DISCUSSING THE CANAL TOLLS.
Bow the Newspapers of Canida Regard
Their Governments Action,
Touohto. Out., Aug. 15 The Jfail says:
"A proposition Is to be made to the United
States Government to the effect that tbe
rebate" on grain shall cease with the present
shipping season, the reason put forward for
this delay being the reluctanoo of the
Gouernment to lnrerfer with or disarrange
the contracts already entered into
by vessel owners. This is a rather
weak settlement of the business. The pro
posal is neithor dignified nor statesmanlike.
Either the Government are right with ro
gai d to the i ebate or they are wrong. If the
present arrangements with regard to canal
tolls and rebato are tenable, they certaihly
ought not to be relinquished on account of
the threats of a foreign power. Ir, on
the other hand, they cannot be valid,
they contended, they should be aban
doned at once. If vessel owners, who
have made contracts for the season,
are liable to lose tbrouzh the Govern
ment revising Its fiscal arrangements
it is plain tbe arrangements previous
to tbe revision was faulty. It is
therefore the duty of the Government to re
imburse them and not to seek their reim
bursement at the hands of a neighboring
state."
The Montreal Herald (Liberal) savs edi
torially on the Government's decision in re
gard to the canal tolls: "If the authorities
at Washington are satisfied with this there
is no reae on why any Canadian should ob
Joct. It is a cheap solution of an interna
tional difficulty of much gravity. The Gov
ernment has done wiso in holding out an
olive branch to Washington. If the Wash
ington Government Is in a generous mood it
'may be satisfied with this evidence of the
Canadian Government's desire to have
peace."
C0HGBESSMAN WARWICK'S FUHZBAL.
Preparations for th'i Last Kites at Bis
Home In Masslllon.
MASSKtoir, O., Aug. 15. ISpectal A largo
number of telegrams of sympathy and con
dolence .were received to-day by the family
of Congressman Warwick; nearly all of his
colleagues responding. Among the number
was one from General Adlal Stevenson, and
among the first received wns a particularly
touching letter from Governor McElnley.
The remains and the Congressional Com
mittee will be met at the station at noon to
morrow by a committee of prominent citi
zens and escorted to the Episcopal Cburcb,
where-the body will lie in state for an hour,
the mneral service being held at 2 o'clock.
A largely attended public meeting of citi
zens was held to-nlzht in response to a call
from Mayor Reed and fitting remarks were
made by ex-Senator Howells, Hon. B. H. Fol
ger. Judge O. E. Yonng, David Atmater and
others and appropriate resolutions adopte J.
The City Connoll, the Young Men's Demo
cratic Club and the Warwick Junior Clnb
took similar action to-night.
NEW KIND 07 HONEY.
Wooden Currency Issued by a Slick Yankee
In a Mexican Town.
Pueblo, Met., Aug. 15. There is great
scarcity of copper coin in the town of San
Jose-a-Catana, and the merchants and peo
ple have for several months been suffering
much Inconvenience on that account in
carrying out business transactions.
An enterprising American named Jerome
Walter conceived the unique idea of issuing
wooden money, and a few days ngo he
stamped the wooden pieces with a seal and
sold them to the merohants at an enormous
discount. The merchants put tnom in cir
culation at 1 oent eaoh and succeeded in
getting enormous quantities out.
Then they refused to redeem them and
that caused trouble. Tbe State Government
will pnt an end to the circulation of wooden
coins. Walker has disappeared with his
fronts and Is supposed to be in the United
tates by this time.
NOT JEXxT, BUT HYDE,
A Trusted Boston Man Absconds With All
Left or Tiro Estates.
Boston, Aug. 15. Snrfa The more the
affairs of James E. Gil man are probed the
worse they appear. It begins to look as If
his thieving began long ago nine years
ago, when be took the Walker estate
in bands. There are no records among
the estate's papers to show how
$150,000 of property has been dis
posed of, whether it was taken
piecemeal or in one grab prior to Ills absond
ing. Tbose who have investigated say that
Instead of thousands only $92 is left.
There is good reason to believe that Gil
man took $45,000 in cash or easily convertible
securities when he went awav. The figure
tbat his liabilities will reaoh cannot be
told yet with certainty, but as his mother's
property was in his hands his embezzlement
will reach in tbe neighborhood of $300,000.
When one of his associates was
asked if there was a woman in the
case he promptly scouted the idea,
but one who speaks on authority says there
was a woman and that Mrs. Glfman knows
who she is; further, that the woman lived at
the South End.
Appearances now indicate that this man
In high social and business circles will
Srove to have lived a Dr.-Jeykl-and-Mr.-ydge
existence, and that his name will
stand conspicuous in the list of Boston's
defanlteis.
COSTA BIC&NS CHAGBIHED,
Tbey Lay the Blame .for the Colonization
Failure on the New York Company.
Poet Likox, Aug. 15. The Government of
Costa Rica is much obagrined to hear re
ports from the United States that colonists
have returned disgusted with tbe opportu
nities afforded them in Talamanca. Poor
management on the part of the land com
pany that recently obtained a 30,000-acre
concession in return for an agreement to
settle, it is alleged, Is the reason for the
failure. The Hornellsville Association
started in with the brightest prospects, but
it appears that the management ha allowed
Itself to be overcome by the temptation to
look for ns large profits as possible, wbile
.paying as little attention as possible to the
comfort of its subscribers and pioneers.
An Investigation will be made at once in
the Interests of both the country and the
colonists. Congress has Just ratified the
reciprocity treaty with the United States.
While duties are removed from various
fresh and dried articles of food, a high tax
remains upon canned goods. A new colo
nizing force Is expected in the early autumn
from Oklahoma. It Is to be composed ex
clusively of able-bodied and experienced
f irmcrs, accustomed to privations and phys
ically capable of coping with these and
other difficulties.
CONSUL BYDEB'S IBBEGTLABITLES.
Minister Carr Inclined to Think the Charges
Made Are Not True.
Chicago, Aug. 15. Hon. Clark E. Carr, of
Galesburg, United States Minister to Den
mark, was at the Grand Pacific this morning
on his way to Denmark. Colonel Carr, will
report to the State Department berore leav
ing and will receive some important orders
in the case of Consul H. B. Ryder, who 13
charged with irregularities. Colonel Carr
will leave for Denmark August 18.
"As to any irregularities it is a surprise to
me," said Colonel Carr. "He was oharged
with retaining 425 crowns belonging to four
young women whose mother died in Minne
apolis, leaving them 925 crowns. Ryder
claimed he paid the women the entire
amounts. Therefore it was only a question
of veracity between the two parties. The
allegations that Ryder was a spendthrift and
lived high certainly cannot be true. He
always lived very plainly."
GRES11AM NOT A CRANE.
Judge Gkesham is having another seance
with the "People's party." Chicago Globe.
Judge Guhsham probably appreciates the
fact that the bench Isn't a place for a stump
speech. Boston Herald.
Gresham will begin to make speeches for
Weaver at about the same time that Blaine
begins to make speeohes for Cleveland.
St. Louis QlcbfDemocrat.
As was to be expected, there is no truth
in the report that Judge Gresham had
promised to make speeches for the Third
party ticket. The Judge has not yet lost his
wits. Baltimore Herald,
The report that J ndge Gresham is to stump
Indiana for tbe Tnlrd party is, of course,
unfounded. Judge Gresham has to high a
respect for tbe office he holds to drag his
ermine into politics. Allan'a Journal.
Judge Greshav is still politically sane. He
denies the ridiculous story that he would
take the stump for the People's party. The
hard pressed promoters of political lunacy
will have to try some other sensation
Cleveland Leader.
Judge Gkesham might favor free silver, for
other able men have favored and do still
favor unlimited coinage, but that he should
support some of the crank ideas of the Peo
ple's party, including the sub-Treasury
scheme, is incredible. Philadelphia Call.
The report that Judge Gresham Is to take
the stump for the People's party is undoubt
edly without foundation. A Circuit Court
Judge on the stump would be something
now In our politics. But for a Judge to ad
vocate the free coinage of silver, tbe sub
Treasury Alliance scheme and other such
isms wonld be extraordinary. Philadelphia
Press.
Governor Pattlson Back at Ills Desk.
Cressok Springs, Aug. 15 Special. Gov
ernor Pattlson left the Mountain House on
the limited this morning for Harrisburg to
resume his official duties. He will return in
the course of a week, as he left Mrs. Pattlson
and daughter here with their friend. Miss
Cator, or Baltimore. Mrs. Pattison is enter
taining n. great deal and yesterday was an
earnest enthusiast in a bowling party.
Republican Protection Every Time.
New York Recorder.
Look at the new factories going np every
where. What has done it? Free trade?
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Colonel Henry Clay Natt.
Colonel Henry Clay Nutt, formerly Pres
ident of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Compa
ny, died yesterday, aged 59. at Boston. Colonel
bfntt was born In Montpeller, Vt., and began life
as a train newsboy, advancing steadily In the
railroad business, until 1851 he became0 chief
engineer of construction of the Peoria and
Oquawkaw K&llroad, now part of the Chicago.
Burlington and Qulncv system. From 1857 to 187ft
he was chief engineer of the Council Bluffs and St.
Joe Railroad, and until tbe completion of the
Union Pacific bridge across tbe Missouri, he was a
contractor for tbe transfer of freight over the river.
He then engaged In the elevator business In Chicago
nntll 1881. when he went to Boston to accent the
Presidency of tbe Atlantic and Pad lie road, lhe
Colonel died of a very rare malady, bulbelsparal
ysls, which, while It gradually paralyzes the body,
leaves the brain unclouded. He has suffered nearly
four Tears from the disease, wbich caused bis res
gnatlon in 1889.
Mrs. Catharine E. Boyle.
Mrs. Catharine E. Boyle, an old resident
of Pittsburg, passed away Sunday morning at 8
o'clock, at McKeesport. she was the daughter of
Patrick Mulraney at one time a promlnjnt glass
manufacturer of this city and the relict of James
Boyle who was well known as a transportation
man here many years ago. She was the annt of the
wife or Timothy O'Loary, Jr. She was a de
voted Catholic and a great Christian worker. The
cause of her death was a complication of diseases
which confined ber to bed several months before
she died.
Bon. Robert Thompson.
Hon. Kobert Thompson, ot Templeton;
Pa., died at his residence last evening In the 76th
yearofhlsage. He has for a number ofyears been
proprietor of the summer resort at that place. Mr,
Thompson was one of the earliest pioneers of Arm
strong county, and by his honesty of purpose and
uprightness of character secured himself so with
the people of the county as to be elected two terms
to the State Legislature. In politics he was au un
swerving Republican.
Alexander G. Wilson.
Alexander Or. "Wilson, wbo left this city
is years ago and went West, died on Sunday on bis
esttle ranch at Rand, Larimer county. Col., aged
42 years. The deceased was a brother of Joseph M.
Wilson, of the County Commissioners1 Office, and
well known In this city.
Obitanry Notes.
RSV. Eichaed FEERIXG, of Danville, aged 80
years and tbe oldest Methodist preacher In Ken
tucky, died suddenly at Chattanooga yesterday
morning where he bad gone on a visit.
Eb. Fraxk T. McFaddek, formerly of Cincin
nati, but of late years advertisement soUcltor In
New York city for several Western papers, died In
Cincinnati at the Good Samaritan Hospital yester
day after a protracted illness.
Ma. geobge T. Haerisox, bite law partner of
Hon. Bellamy Storer. Congressman of the First
Ohio district, a son of the late William H. Harri
son, and the youngest millionaire in Cincinnati,
died at bis borne la walnut Hills last night.
. SUMMER PLEASURES.
Six-Handed Enchre Party at Sewlckley Re
producing: Newport at Cresson Mar
riages Without Fnsa or Feathers A
Breakfast to JUnJor XL A. Montooth
Social Gossip.
Mrs. Ogdek, of Sewickley, gave a card
party to Mrs. and Miss Finiey on Satur
day evening at which four and six-handed
euchre were played, and which included, be
sides the particularly honored guests, Mrs.
Baldwin, of Rochester, visiting Mrs. James
B. Oliver, and Miss Mlna Shields' charming
friend. Miss McLain, of Sew York. The
united opinion concerning Mrs. Ogden's
party places it smon.- the most successful
of that lady's charming affairs. Mr. Finiey
Joined Mrs, Finiey on Sunday, and after a
Drief star in the East, both, with their
daughter, will return to Texas.
Just as in former seasons, Miss Adele
Grant seems to "be indisputably queen at
Newport. She is mentioned as one of the
guests at Miss Ogden Mills' dinner party on
Saturday night, which concluded with a
dance at Mrs. W. C. Whitney's. At Miss
Leary's Thursday reception her gown was
particularly noted, she appearing in her
favorite white, with a long coat of white
lace and a small bonnet. Her sister. Miss
Edith Grant, bad a white silk; with a Louis
seize pattern of pink stripes and roses.
Mrs. Grant's gown was mnnve crepon,
braided with silver, and the close fitting
bonnet which she wore was of tbe same
color.
There is a popular report that Miss Adele
Grant has refused more titled Europeans
than half a dozen girls could count as mere
acquaintances, a matter not difficult to con
ceive, as Miss Grant is an exceedingly beau
tiful young woman. Either she is related to
Mrs. D. A. Stewart, of Ridge avenue, Alle
gheny, and Cresson Springs, or la a very In
timate friend, for several photos of the
Kew York beauty grace Mrs. Stewart's col
lections. It is odd with fashionable Newport af
fecting driving to so marked a degree, that
people are dubbing the season a coaching
instead of a aancing ono, that Cresson, with
its magnificent roads and superb scenery
should pin Its faith and fashion to one tally
ho! If there were no such blessings nt this
smart resort, society people would be
groaniug and society papers echoing these
groans; bnt, as it in, the women sit on the
Mountain House piazza and have the chil
dren to do whatever communing with
nature is done there.
There is a talk of somebody venturing on
a drag at Cresson this coming season and
then doubtless we will have a reproduction
of Newport at home.
The marriage of Miss Helen Bhinelander
to the Bev. Lewis Cameron, associate rector
of Calvary Church, New York, in Lucerne.
Switzerland, is a straw that sbows how the
wind blows. Indications are tbat fashion
able people are going to indulge In common
place surprises hereafter, and that the invi
tation to many smart weddings this winter
will be replaced by announcemen ts after the
ceremony has been conducted. Miss Rhine
lander and Mr. Cameron were to be married
this autumn, according to society gossip, but
for some reason, romantic or rational, they
choo Instead to have tbe knot tied in Swit
zerland, where they mot. The marriage of
Mrs. John Arthur to Mr. Edward Sullivan
was ot a like nature and happened here at
home. Guests were invited t6 a tea party
and remained to see a wedding. Presuma
bly these marriages of surprise are the 1832
editions of "elopement."
The Misses Montooth gave a breakfast
yesterday morning In honor of the return of
Major Edward A. Montootb from Europe,
and which, doubtless, was more or less of a
thanksgiving affair, since the Major really
did 'brave the dangers of the deep in the
City of Chicago. Mr. Charles Montooth met
his brother in New York. .One of the privi
leged guests at these occasional "small and
early" breakfasts, wbich tbe Misses Mon
tooth affect a good deal, declare them to be
exceedingly agreeable. Sometimes the ladles
give tbem at home, sometimes at the club,
or at the hotel. Just as fancy suggests.
MRaEoBEET KPATTisON.of Harrisburg,
and Mm. R. B. Brown obaperoned one of tbe
liveliest and loveliest parties tbat went
from Bediord to "The Willows" this season
on the tallyho. The young people were
nearly all Plttsbnrgers and Included Miss
Lois Bailey, the Misses McKay, Miss Mamie
Brown, Miss Elsie Brown, Miss Mary Bare
ley and Miss Eflie Grange, Mr. Brooks, Mr.
Bobin Bagaley, Mr. Byers and Mr. Speer, of
Pittsburg; Mr. Fritz nnd Mr. Bancroft, of
Wilmington, and Mr. Paxton, of Wheeling.
Mr. Neal and Mr.RrtlphBastaley.of Pittsburg,
aided the chaperons in keemng-the young
sters within hounds. The Governor's wife
was delighted with her young Pittsburg ac
quaintances. Mb. Jesse Joxes, of Pittsburg, was
crowned with the laurel of success at a
bowling party given by Miss Pattlson,
daughter of Governor Pattison, at Bedford
on Saturday morning. Mr. Jones captured
the men's bead prize, and to balance matters
Mr. Kennedy, also of Pittsburg, came out
triumphantly with the foot prize.
A woman with whom The Dispatch
has a bowing acquaintance Is sitting em
phatically upon cows in the East End. She,
declares she has palpitation of tbe heart ten
times a minute when walking out. Her eyes
are twice tbe age of the rest of her body, on
account of overexertion in watching for the
droves of cattle that are as numerous in our
Eastern suburbs as the cannon were at Bala
klava and as ubiquitous, and she begs that
The Dispatch will ask the cows or the oow
drivers to desist. Of course that placid
looking mammalia ruminating on a meat
several hours old, or, perhaps, indulging in
a castles-in-the air rumination, has no idoa
of its feanulness in the eye of unprotected
femininity, neither has the cowdrivor; but,
nevertheless, nn appeal is made to the chiv
alry that may dwell in the breast of either.
Xet tne cowunver iaKB un cany nuur or a
side street to ply his trade. Also, will the
cow not refrain from gazing so earnestly at
the timid, hesltatlnz female, who, infinitely,
under the circumstances, prefers a dead cut?
Particularly Is the cow's generosity di
rected to the summer girl with her red
parasol.
Social Chattnr.
Miss Amy Fat, who is a sister-in-law of
Theodore Thomas and a relative of the JIul
ler family In Sewickly, was among the gnests
at Miss Leary's reception In Newport Thurs
day. Of course, there wrs mnslc, and classi
cal music at that, or doubtless Miss Fay
would not have favored swell Newport with
a view ot herself.
Mr. R. M. Gclick, of the Bijou Theater, will
not return from New York until Wednesday
morning, which will give him a short vaca
tion of five days or thereabouts, of which
one dny was his birthday, and pleasantly
celebrated by the members of his family.
The town house of the Watson family on
Lincoln avenue, Allegheny, has been thrown
open again to receive the family, Mr. Mark
W. Watson, Mrs. Watson and Miss Watson
having returned from Europe on Sunday
evening. Tbey came in on the limited.
Mb. Walteb lawmaw, of Ben Venue Place,
met with a serious accident last week in at
tempting to Jump across a stream, which re
sulting in the breaking of his ankle. He is
now resting at home ana receiving the sym
pathy of nis numerous young friends.
Mb. HEXitT KiitKE Porter will sail in a few
days for the Mediterranean, to Join. Mrs.
Porter and Miss Hegeman in Greece, with
the intention of continuing their travels
until December lands them In Plttsbnrg for
the winter season.
Amojo sojourners at Babylon, L. L, are
Mrs. Albert A. Home and her daughters.
Miss Maud Palmer and Miss Helen Home,
wno await at mat pretty resort tne coming
home of Mr. Home from a trip abroad.
Mas. Baldwin, of Rochester, In swinging
around the circle of her Pittsburg friends,
reached Mrs. Starr's house yesterday, and
will be tbe recipient of tbat lady's social at
tentions for some little while.
Mr. and Mrs. John Uobb, of the Kenmawr
Hotel, a brido and bridegroom of a year's
standing, will take np an establishment of
their own In the Ease End, to which Mrs.
Robb is greatly attached.
Miss Gertrude Cosorave, of Penn avenue.
East End. will Join her aunt, Mrs. CbarlesW.
Scovel.tn the country some time next week,
after a short visit at Ligonler.
The manager of the Academy with Mrs.
Walker and tbe Misses Walker have re
turned from a visit to Denver, CoL
Mias MoLaiit, of New York, who is the
?uest of.Mlss Mina Shields, of Sewickley, will
eave for home next week.
Mrs. W. P. Herbert, of Bellevue, has as
her guests at present Mrs. and Miss Hogan,
of Minneapolis, Mich.
Mr. Aim Mrs. E. M. Qoimbt, of Forbes
avenue, Oakland, are among the summer so
journers at Newport.
Mrs. E. Km, of Larimer avenue, and her
daughter, Mrs. Menzer, are visiting at
Berkeley Springs.
Ma, jjsv Mas. Voohies, of Oakland, lef
yesterday afternoon for Atlantic City.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Four men in every six use tobacco.
A gold double eagle of 1849 is worth
1100.
A woman in Nebraska has a sose ifi
inches long.
Grape cultivatioa employs 2,300,000
persons in France.
One Minneapolis mill alone makes
13,300 barrels of flour a day.
A field of corn in Kansas is reported to
have grown 39 inohes in 15 days.
Gray published his "Elegy" at 34 'It
Is said to have occupied his time for seven
years.
It is said that the fountain of perpet
ual vouth has been found in San Diego coun
ty, CaL
A New Jersey man gives as a cure for
hay fever tbe smoking of pine needles with
tobacco.
Macaulay was 47 when he began the
brilliant fragment known as the "History of,
England."
Seals, when bathing-, place one of their
number on guard to give the alarm In case
of danger.
John Blackstone, it is said, sold tbe
site of the city of Boston in 1635 for tbe small
sum of 150.
An English paper asserts that 1,000,000
bonnets were sold in London during ono
week recently.
A horse In Lock Haven has a black
coat in winter, but in summer it becomes a
beautiful roan.
A fisherman in Montgomery county,
Tenn., is 75 years old and never voted but
twice in his life.
There are 37,000 women telegraph oper
ators in the United States, and the number
Is constantly growing.
Missouri was named from a river. The
word is from the Indian Min-he-sho-shay,
signifying muddy water.
In Chinese the letter "i" has 14S ways
of being pronounced, and each pronuncia
tion has a different meaning.
A man while fishing in Lapwal creek,
Idaho, hooked a rattlesnake three and one
half feet long that was swimming across the
creek
The "pine-tree" shilling of 16o0 is
worth $23. A Maryland shilling of 1S59 is
valned at $10, and a Louisiana crown, coined
in France, at $25.
The name of the State of "Wisconsin is
derived from a mixture of French and In
dian. It was formerly spelled Ouis-con-sin,
which means "westward flowing."
The tame buffalo which was recently
killed by an unknown vandal in Kiowa
county, Kan., was valued at $1,500. It was
the largest buffalo bull In tbe country.
The original standard chain authorized
by the act of Congress or May 18, 1797, made
for the purpose of executing surveys of the
public lands In tbe Northwestern country,
will be exhibited at tbe World's Fair.
The only man in the world who lives la
a house of copperis an iron manufacturer
named N. Poulsou, whose nnique residence
stands at the corner of Eighty-ninth street
and the Shore road in South Brooklyn.
Paper manufacture is one of the chief
industries in Corea. The paper is made in
the most primitive manner trom the bark of
a tree which is indigenous to the country
and which is closely allied to the mulberry.
The State of Massachusetts was named
from the bay of that name. The origin of
the word Massachusetts is from the Indian
word "massa," great, "wadehuash," moun
tain or hills, and the suffix, "et," meaning at
or near.
The finest grades of razors are so deli
cate that the famous Damascus sword blades
cannot equal tbem in texture. It Is not gen
erally known tbat the grain of a Swedish
razor is so sensitive that tbe general direc
tion Is changed after a short service.
A fresh terror seems to be In store for
the unfortunate inmates of the Russian
Erlsons. It is proposed that the cells should
e fitted with concealed microphones, so
that any conversation can be automatically
conveyed by wire to a distant telephone.
It appears that a colored or dark pig
ment in tbe olfactory regions Is essential to
perfect smell. In cases where animals are
Sure white they are usually totally devoid of
utb smell and taste; and some, the white
cat for Instance, are almost In variably deaf,
The people of China are taught from
Infancy to regard the Emperor as tbe son or
representative of heaven, and the Empress
as tbe representative of the earth. One of
the chief duties of tbe Empress is on certain
days of the year to worship the tutelary
deity of the silk worms.
A small island in Passamaqnoddy Bar
Is Inhabited only by one manand bis family.
It is said that the man has several wives,
and he certainly has a surprising number bf
children. They live by fishing and farming,
and although the husband and father
doesn't own tbe island he is king there.
Of the-famons English statesman Fox it
was said that if the Bible should get lost hs
would be able to duplicate it from memory,
ilnclne knew by heart the entire Euripides,
Bayle the whole of Montaigne, Hugbues
Doneau the Corpus Juris word for word,
and Metastasio all of Horace and Corteret.
The reindeer has been introduced into
Alaska by the Government Agent of Educa
tion there. Dr. Sheldon Jackson. It Is be
lieved that as this useful animal flourishes
so well in Siberia it will soon become ac-
UllUiUllZCSU 111 ,,itt-vi, niwio ,110 v ""
of vegetation, temperature, etc, are much
the same.
Russia still has many odd and curious
marriage enstoms which would be interest
ing to the Mona Caird cult. One Is for the
bride and bridegroom to race madly down
the aisle as soon as tbe bridal procession
enters the church, because or tbe belief that
whoever places a foot first on the cloth in
front of the altar will he master In the
household.
Michael Fritz, of Friedensburg, the
oldest man In Schuylkill county, has had
three sets or teeth and is likely to get a
fourth. On his eighty-first birthday he was
tendered a big surprise party by members
of hia family and irlends, and In turn sur
prised nis visitors by showing them three
perfectly formed pearly white teeth in his
upper Jaw, where lor years there had been
none.
Only one instance in which a lady has
changed her namo three times In one day Is
on record. Mr. Croft, son of Sir A. D. Croft,
wa married at Weigh Hill, Hants, to the
rldest daughter of Mr. Marsh, at one time M.
P. for Salisbury. The same day the old
baronet died suddenly and his son suc
ceeded him. Thus tbe lady was in the morn
ing Miss Marsh, in the afternoon Mrs. Croft
and at night Lady Croft.
POETICAL AND PIQDANli
O'er changing seasons do not frei
If all the months were May
Tbe springtime cold you always get
Wonld be on deck to-day.
Washington Star.
A hammock swung in a shady spot
And a man who knows how to kiss
A re the only things a summer girl needs
To Oil up ber soul wltb buss.
BrooUirnEagU.
The biggest fools of all the race
Are those kind beings that
Upon a windy day will chase
borne otber fellow's hat.
Inland Prlnttr.
A dilemma.
She was a beauty of renown,
A queen alike of wealth and fashion.
Who walked the beach wltb angry frown.
And stamped upon the sand In passion.
There glistened in her eye a tear.
Which plqne In womankind engendersj
"What shall I dor" she cried. Oh, dear!
I came away without suspenders I'
-Cloak Eevitm,
The missionary's friends all knew
That he was good a saint complete;
Tbe Cannibals all thonht so. too
They thought him good enough to eat.
Sew lorkPratk
Come into the garden, Maud,
The whltewashlng-man has flown:
But here are the grass and the tops of the tree,
We still may call our own.
Smith, Grai) & Co.,i JIcmtMyi
No aching tooth, no Ill-made dress
Or aggregate of black despairs ,
Can cause a woman so much dls&esa
As three gray balrs.
te
-'V
Vs. -j
..
VfcyyL?-
uiii.
ESairSiBrEJ
&,Tt-tr''r S v . tt .KlwBBBB
ftttjaMifiit3-yjM