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Including Sunday, 1 year.. 10 00 Daily DtBPATClt. including Sunday.Sm'ths. 2 SO Daily DisrATCn. includln Sunday, 1 month W SCSDAT DisrATCn, One Year S-'-O "Wekkly Dispatch, One Year 1 55 The Daily Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at 35 cents per week, or. Including Sunday Edition, at 30 cents per week. PITT.-Ul KG. FRIDAY. AUGUST 19. 189:. TWELVE PAGES TENNESSEE'S TROUBLE. The present violent outbreak of lawless ness in Tennessee is the boiline over of troubles that have been simmering for months past There is only one question now before the public in connection there with, and that is whether the law shall be observed or whether it shall be openly and disastrously defied. There is no longer room for a discussion as to the ad visability or the reverse of employing con vict labor. "Tennessee is presumably a Commonwealth constitutionally governed by the representatives of ils citizens. These representatives enact certain laws, and until those laws be renealed the man who seeks to set them at naught is noth ing more or less than an Anarchist to that decree in which he defies them. There has been far too much delay m the executive suppression of insurrection. But this is only one sign of the lawless ness prevalent in one form or another in Tenness?e. Hitters came to a crisis in a bloody struggle between the miners and the military yesterday. Fortunately the troops reprt-senting constituted authority were victorious. But the delay which al lowed the lawless clement to reach Its present strength is in no small degree re sponsible tor the bloodshed which it in volved. A self-governed Commonwealth can only maintain the liberty and peace nec essary to a continuance of healthy pros perity by respecting the laws it enacts for the regulation of its own affairs. Ten ncsesans are long in learning this lesson, and the sooner they get it by heart and elect legislators and executive officers in whom they have confidence the better it w.ll be for them. In the meantime peace must be preserved at all costs, and the military must be kept in the field until the whole uprising has been stamped out TO KETUKN TO ACTIVITY. Eighty thousand iron and steel workers more or Jess directly affected by the Amal- g minted Association's scale were out of ' cmUoyment on July 1. Forty thousand of these are already back at work, and the great majority of the rest are expected to be busied again in a day or two. Any slight differences which threatened to arise within the association itself have been amicably settled, and the particulars of individual steelmakers' demands are all that now remain to be settled. There is every probability that even before the end of the hot weather the great bulk of these men will be busily engaged. Coming during the hot season, when re pairs and vacations are always the rule, the delay has been a comparatively small evil, and the uncertainty involved was the worst part of it Both employers and employes are to be congratulated on the prcspect of an immediate return to in dustrial activity. And every amicable settlement of this kind is an added prece dent to the feasibility of deciding differ ences between capital and labor by delib erate discussion and mutual concession. MUST HAVE PUBE BULK. From an interview with the Chief Clerk of the Health Bureau published in our local columns it will be seen that there is altogether too much milk adulteration go ing on Pittsburg just now. There is only one cure for this evil, and that lies in the prompt prosecution and infliction of maxi mum penalties on all offenders. Both wholesale and retail dealers are at fault The former do not seek to excuse themselves, while the latter are apt to plead the keenuess of competition as an extenuating circumstance. They claim that they cannot purchase milk for less than twenty-five cents a gallon, and that they have to sell it at six cents a quart to obtain a market This is all nonsense. The law says that pure milk shall bo sold and nothing but pure milk, and the law must be enforced. Those who cannot deal in the lacteal fluid at a profit without adulterating it had better go into another business unless they bav a desire to pay the penalty or conduct a charitable distri bution. But it Is very evident that one inspector Is utterly unable to cope properly with the Immense shipments made in this city daily. The demand for a second inspector should be granted at once, for the public must have pure milk even if it have to pay a trifle more for it than for a mixture of unknown quantities. TOO EARLY TO TELL. Supervising Architect Edbrooke esti mates that the new eight-hour law will bring to the Government an increased ex pense of $3,000,000 a year on its building contracts alone. He bases his calcula tions on the assumption that the average increase In cost resulting from the bill recently passed will be 12 percent Then he figures out that 12 per cent of 525,000, 000, which, he says, is about the annual national expenditure on public buildings, Is $3,000,000. There is matter for discussion in these calculations. The law does not necessi tate any increase in cost at all It doss not, in the first place, demand that tho contractors whom It will employ in future shall pay men at tho same rate for an eight as for a nine-hour day. But this is hardly worth noting, since the law will probably act in this direction. The point of real importance is found in the experi ence of various employers who have vol untarily made" a reduction to the eight hour day without lessening the amount formerly paid fornine hours' work. They assert that their experience has been that the improvement in tho quality and quan tity of work accomplished by their em ployes under the now conditions has been such as to bring them a monetary gain rather than a loss. This is too large a question to be answered by any rough mental calculation. If the law be en forceable and enforced, its actual work ing results alone can determine whether it will be a financial gain or loss, and how much of either, to the National Treasury. THE OUTLOOK FOE PBOTECTIOX. Whitelaw Reid's remarks on the Repub lican situation are reassuring to all patri otic supporters of a Protective policy. His estimate of tho bright outlook for the suc cess of his party is the more valuable In that he prefaced it by pointing out the danger of over-confidence in victory, andt under-estimation of the enemy's strengtn. No precaution should be neglected, and every assailable point is the better for strong fortification. Simultaneously with his statement as to the solidity of the party In New York came the news that Piatt and Quay have fallen into line to march with their party in defense of its principles. While there is a danger at such times as this of over estimating the necessity and value of pla cating individual leaders, their unqualified adherence to principles after disappoint ment in the selection of the men to repre sent them is no slight help to the success of their party's cause. Once again Mr. Reid clearly defined the issue of this campaign as being a struggle between Protection on the one hand and Free-trade on the other. The party of Protection is rapidly organizing a solid front, for It has a patriotic principle to be proud of. It stands upon the ground which its National Convention occupied and holds it against all comers. On the other hand the Free-trade forces are di vided as to men, and many of tbem shirk the issue made by their authorized repre sentatives. They are pledged by their platform utterances to disregard entirely the welfare of the American workmen and the prosperity of American industries. They evade their pledge and seek other battle-cries to lead them in their fight Judging between these rival hosts, the voter who reserves the power to think for himself can hardly make a mistake. He must as a patriot vote for the ticket pledged to American prosperity, and he cannot lend his allegiance to a rabble that disregards the orders of the leaders it chose for itself, and knows not for what it is fighting. The Free-trade plank is the Democratic party's greatest weakness be fore the nation, and it has already proven a source of schism even within itself. A party pledged to a policy which is ex tremely distasteful to a large section of its partisan supporters has little chance in appealing to those without its ranks. PROBABLY A NEW OH POOL. A flow of 30 barrels an hour was ob tained from a new well, sunk to the thirty-foot sand, near TJndercliffe, about three miles northwest of Sharpsburg, yes terday. This is the first strike made in that neighborhood, and the indications are favorable for the opening of a new pool. Of course, future developments alone can absolutely demonstrate the oil-bearing proclivities of that district, but there is no reason to believe that other wells can not meet with as great or a greater suc cess than this one. At any rate it is a generally acknowl edged fact that the oil field of Western Pennsylvania has by no means been ex hausted, and that much further develop ments are to be expected. AN EMPHATIC AUGURY. If any Republican has suffered from faint-heartedness concerning the outcome of this fall's campaign the double-leaded outbreaks of the New York World with resrard to carrying divers and sundry Western States for the Democracy ought to reassure him. That vigorous but ex tremely slap-dash exponent of New York Democracy has recently devoted a large share of its editorial space to the daily capture of a Western State for Cleveland. It takes Iowa by storm on Monday; makes an assault on Wisconsin Tuesday; places the Republicans fiors du combat in Illinois on Wednesday; captures Nebraska by a brilliant dash on Thursday; adds Kansas to the triumphant procession on Friday; and winds up the week by a grand and universal campaign which brings the whole West into camp on Saturday. AH this is done in the impressive double-leaded style, each article closing with the declaration sensationalized by the aid of italics: 'A Democratic President must be elected." This is wound up by starting a big campaign subscription under the evident impression that the Western States can be bought up. All of which is encouraging for the Re publicans. For the esteemed World has adopted this method of accomplishing nu merous political tasks; and its peculiar style has never failed of attaining results by contraries. We are not quite sure whether this is the fourth or fifth labor of our journalistic Hercules; but it is far enough along In the list to make it plain that the World' t double-leads and italics are the reverse of a mascot It first un dertook to carry Rhode, Island by these convincing methods, which landed that small Commonwealth decisively in the Re publican list ' Then it essayed placing a restraint on Hill's midwinter convention by a series of ineffectual "Don'ts." The next labor was to keep the anti-snappers from kicking over the traces by the same means. It mercifully spared Mr. Cleve land its peculiar methods of booming the Democratic cause before his nomination; but having brought them to bear on the election the usual result may be securely foretold. The esteemed World appears to have usurped the function of its cotemporary, the Herald, which used to Invariably get down on the wrong side of the fence just before the national election. The World does it in different style, but its hoodoo is equally effective. It is better to be born a Czar and suffer vl his responsibilities and dangers than to be born sufficiently like him to be driven to a madhouse by a combination of vanity and terror as tlio result of personating him, as was one Carlsen, of Copenhagen. By reason of his wife's illness Kaiser Wllhelm will receive a good deal morn popular sympathy than has lately fallen to his lot. A MEMBER of a Kentucky lynching party prayed for Its victim before murdering him, as he said that he did not know how to pray for himself. Somebody should pray for the lynchers, and then the State should prose cute and convict ihem. False beards are an article of facial ad ornment likely to get the wearer Into trouble on the streets of Pittsburg these days. There must be something peculiar about the loajks of the New Castle Jail, since a thirteen-year-old Inmate, canght In the river, claimed that, he picked them' with a piece or bent gas pipe because he wanjed to take a swim. With Cook as private Secretary, Harrity should find no trouble In rehashing as many of Cleveland's epistles as he wants. That reunion of old soldiers at Punxsu tawney addressed by Ex-Governor Beaver saves the little plaeu with a hi? name irom the supposition that nothing: bat deadlocks were to be found there. Blood-letting is even more out of date as a core for labor troubles than" for the physical inflrmitios of man. Swimming will be a more forbidden pleasure than ever to the small boy, now that an Indiana mother's dream of the drowning of her little son has come true. Gladstone is a strong gold monometal llst, and yet the British Sovereign Is not over fond of him. Surely the transference of the Ameri can Consul from Nice to Copenhagen should be a niee change for those who have oome in contact with the disgraced Ryder. There may be no safe trust, and there is certainly no trust conduoive to public safety. Women in New York have begun to doff tholr hats at the theater. Surely the women of Pittsburg will not let themselves be left In the shade by their Eastern sisters. Leaden pills may prove the only relief for freight congestions. After yesterday the Pittsburg ball team may as well relinquish at oncq all claim to staying power.except the power to stay near the bottom of -the League list. English war vessels seem well calcu lated to come to grief. It seems that because necessity is the mother of invention many inventors never secure moie means than will supply them with the necessities of life. Men with sandy complexions ought to have plenty of grit. That Tennessee miner's oath is the most unconstitutional document published for some time, ana it should be enough to dis franchise all who took it. Mushroom growths are generally found in new oil fields. Nancy Hanks will now be to the trot tine world what Nancy Lee has been to the sailors. There is no hanky panky business about her trotting. The Little Bill may yet saddle the county with a big bill. It is a great pity that the campaign of education cannot begin with the conversion and reformation of the misguided free trade advocates. Tennessee is a bad State from away back. CELEBRITIES IN CL0TER. Lewis Ketseb, a druggist on Sixth ave nue. New York, is almost the exact double in facial appearance of President Harrison. A eepoet now bobs up that Eudyard Kipling will settle htmselr at Brattleboro, Vt., where he has bought a lot and proposes to build himself a house. An English biographical sketch of Henry George conveys the information that the dis tinguished apostle of the single tax narro ly mlsed election to the "Lord Mayoralty of New York." William Clark Noele's statue of William Ellery Channing, to be erected in Newport next autumn, represents the fam ous preacher as raising bis hand to pro nounces benediction. Governor Abbett, of New Jersey, is a hard working official, but he believes in get. ing bis duties done early in the day so as to have the afternoon and evening at his dis posal for pleasure and recreation. M. Pasteur is lying in a rather precari ous state of health at Villeneuve l'Etang, near St. Clond. The eminent scientist is sub ject to an affection of the heart, and abont a month ago he suffered from a bad attack that left him very weak. The wife of Congressman Bpringer Is a .writer of verses, a volume of which has been printed. She has sweet, gentle manners, and is noted for her habit or wearing gray gowns that harmonize with her handsome gray hair and dark eyes. It is a fashion that pleases her artistic friends. Count Wilhelm von Bismarck, the ex-Chancellor's second, is also his lavorito son. "Count Bill," as be Is widely called, is now President of the Council ot Hanover. He. looks remarkably like his rather, but is not quite so tall or so massively built. "Count Bill" is married to his cousin, Prince Bismarck's only sister's child. Prince Frederick Hohenlohe Oeh bikqeh was married in London yesterday afternoon to the daughter of Count von Hatzfeld, the German Ambassador to Eng land. The ceiemony nas performed at St. Peter's chapel in Palace street. The chapel was crowded with a most distinguished as semblage, many diplomats and members of the aristocracy being present. 8ECEETABY BUSK PLEASED Over the Success Attending the Treatment ot Lumpr-Jawrd Cattle. Chicago, Aug. 18. lion. Jeremiah Rusk, Secretary of Agriculture, arrived here this morning from Milwaukee where he was in atte ndance at the Bepublican State Conven tion yesterday. Aiterexpresslng himself as highly pleased with the ticket, and predict ing its success next November, the genial Secretary reverted to his cure for "lumpy Jaw" in cattle. He said be had hoped to try it on 200 head, hut, owing to the small num ber received here, he whs unable to get that nnmbr,and would probably be compelled to goto Kansas City to isive it a crucial test. He added that Dr. Melvin, in charge ot the Government animal industry force at the stock yaids, had remarkable success with the medicine, and it was believed that the disease could be entirely cured. One of tue diseased animals experimented on had en tirely recovered, and six others were rapid ly improving. Ho believes the disease can be entirely eradicated, as it can be given to cattle owners to administer to their afflicted animals. A BCBGLAB OK A BICYCLE. The Novel Way In Which a Chicago Crimi nal Emdfd His Pursuers. Cdioaoo, Aug. 18. -Chicago thieves have adopted a new plan of operating. It was successfully introduced yesterday, when a good-looking and accomplished Durglar jode up to the tesldence of Jacob H. Cohen on a bicycle, and after flourishing a revolver, causing a servant girl to faint, ransacked Mrs. Cohen's Jewel case and made his escape with S1.500 worth of diamonds. The thief was cliaei more than one mile on Indiana ana Michigan avenues by a patrol wajon, but was too swift for his pursuers. - This is the first time tne police department has had to copo with a thief mounted on a bicycle anil armed ready to do mnrder If need be. The success which attended the efforts or the thief who Introduced a bicycle as one of tli e nccou torments or his profes sion will probably have tlie effect of induc ing other thieves to adopt the same method. The police have a fairly good description of the personal appearance of the thief, and were searching ,ior him during the afternoon and evening. BCHIAPABELLI CONFIRMED. Lick Observatory Frolessors Have Sean the DoubU Canals in Mars. , LICK Obsibvatoby, Cal., Aug. IS. Up to the middle of August many of the canals of Mars discovered in 1877 by Prof. Schiaparelll were mapped here this year, but no one of them was seen to be double. On the night or August 17 Profs. Schaeberle, Campbell and Hdssy made three entiiely independent drawings, each of which shows the canal marked "Ganges" on Schiaparelli'a map to be distinctly double. Thus the Llek Observ atory has the pleasure of confirming the discovery of Prof. Sohlaparelll in 1892, a it already has dona by its observation of 1890. TAXES AND RECIPROCITY The Hurrten of Granger Orators at Mt. Gretna Some Pessimistic Remarks Not Enthusiastically Ittoslved The Big Guns Expected Disappoint the Crowd Assembled There. NtOM A ETArr COBBISrOKDINT.J Mt. Gretna, Aug. 18. rive thousand -visitors gathered on the farmers' oncamp ment grounds to-day. Governor Pattison had been expooted to deliver an address during the afternoon, but was unable to re turn from his trip to Montrose in time to be present. As a consequence there were many expressions of disappointment from those who came mainly to bee and bear the chief Executive of the State. The majority of the time of to-day's guests, therefore, was occu pied in inspecting the extensive exhibits of agricultural machinery and kindred dis plays. The principal speech at the auditorium this arternoon was delivered by J. T. All man, leoturer of the State Grange. Mr. All man dealt largely with political topics, al though not expressing any particular parti san preference. In the course of his re marks he said: "All our demands have hitherto been ignored in Pennsylvania. There ts a remedy for this state of affairs right at our hands. Let 20,000 or even 10,000 organized independent Bepublican farmers go to the managers of that party and tell them that the interests of the grangers have been trifled with long enongb. Tell them that you have read their platform, and that it won't do. Point out to tbem the changes that must bo made and what you will do if they are not maae.and your wishes will be obeyed," State Tnxntlon Declared Cnrqnal. "For instance," continued Mr. Allman, "taxation in Pennsylvania Is at present out rageously unoqunl. Real estate, the farms from which we have suoti hard work wring ing a bare exitence, is taxed a. y where from 7 to 15 mills, according to the section. The average is 8 mills. Personal property, which includes bank stock and tue vast corporate Interests, pays lers than 1 mill. I know it is snppo-ed to pay 4 mills.bnt it doesn't. I have thoroughly examined tne recoids in the office of the Secretary or Internal Affairs at Harrisburg, ard the comparatively absurd fixurelhave named is con ect. No wonder our (arm land does not appreciate in price. The average profit of agriculture in Pennsyl vania is only 2 per cent, and that on bank stock 7 to 10 per cent, and yet the farms have to bear many times the rate of taxation of the latter. No wonder capital does not seek investment In farms." The speaker then urged that all farmers should make It a rule to secure explicit pledges from members of the Legislature as to their policy when elected, and should see that those pledges were laltbtully executed. Very Sore Over K-clprocity. Mr. Allman appeared to have a particu lar grievance at reciprocity, as he concluded his speech thus: "I want to expose one political sham before I leave the platform. We are being told that our export trade has increased largely under the influence of the new reciprocity scheme. That is a gigantlo falsehood. I have here the figures from the Treasury Department showing the exports for the 11 months' ending May 81. They show an inorease or $126,000,000 in lonnd nnmbers over the previous corresponding period. This increase has all been attributed by designing politicians to reciprocity. An examination of the flerure in detail com pletely lefutes this assertion. The Increase ot the exports of wheat and corn alone amounts to over $126,000,000, showing that there must be a falling off In other line?, and this wheat went to Europe because of the failure of the crops there while our harvests were abundant. It was a matter controlled bv Providence and not by laws or treaties. We sent wheat and corn to Germany be cause there waa a famine in Russia, the usual soui co of Germany's supply, and that brings out the point I wish to make plain. It is that the American farmer must com pete with the but recently unmanacied serfs of Uussiaand the fabulously cheap labor of India and Eypt while paying artificially high prices for the articles he consumes, and furthermore, these Treasury Depart ment figures I hold in my hand show that our exports to the countries with which reciprocity treaties have been negotiated, have actually decreased during the past year, bo much lor that sham." Another Dissatisfied Granger. Among the other speakers pressed into service in the absence of the announced at tractions was D. P. Forney, of Adams county. Mr. Forney is evidently not pleased with the lot of a farmer, as may be Judged by one extract from his remarks. He said: "I have heard agriculture referred to by gifted orators as the ohosen occupation of our first parents, Adam and Eve. On the contrary, it is the condemned vocation to which tliey were driven as a punishment. And ever since "that time the larmer las been earning his bread Irom the soil in sor row by the sweat oi his brtiw, while others live upon the fat of the land." Mr. Forney continued in a most pessimis tic vein, making many pi evictions or dire calamities that would overtake the country unless some startling changes wore speedily made. But tho farmers who listened to his direrul address more or less attentively did not have a poveity-stricken appearance by any means. Many of tnoe who became somewhat weary of the unpleasant prophe cies wandered out on the grounds to ar range with exhibitois for a few hnndied Hollars' worth of improved machinery to harvest future crops and gave unmistakable evidence that aurictulture in Pennsylvania is not in every instance entirely unprofit able. It's Lllcn a Big Picnic. Over a thousand persons are now occupy ing tents or cottages in the spacious grove, and propose to stav during the entiie en campment. Tho remainder of the guests change with each passing day, coming in from early morning by railroad, in vehicles of all descriptions and on foot. To-morrow will be devoted to a farmers' institute under the auspices of the State Board of Agri culture, and a variety of subjects or practi cal interest to the grander are to be dis cussed at length. To-night tho veterans had possession of the encampment and held a campfire. Iteminiscent speeches of war time were made by Grneial J. P. S. Uobin, Captain Schroeder, or York county, and Prof. Landls, of Ottoriiein University, Dayton, O. Citizen George Francis Train was heard from again to-day. He is a little afraid his sentiments will be too radical for peacerul Ke stone farmers, and promises to surprise them. He announoes that the topio of his address next Tuesday will be "red-hot public events." Efforts are now being mane to secure the presence of General Weaver and Jerry Simpson on People's Party Day, in addition to the or-eechos already scheduled. Tne Bepublican and Demooi atlo committees liavo also been urged to provide the best available orators for their respective daj s. BAHcnorr. STUD YIH G A NEW BTAB. Surprising Changes Observed In a Celestial Stnnzer Through LIolc Telescope. Saw Frahcisco, Aug. 18. Prof. Edward Holden telegraphs from Lick Observatory that the star which appeared in constella tion Aurisa last February, and which faded to about 15th magnitude, so that it appeared very faint through the bis telescope, was observed again last night by Prols Soiiae berle, Campbell and hlmstlt. He says tne star has Increased in brightness in a sur prising manner, being now of 10$ magni tude. "Observations of spectrum made during last spring," be says, "lei t many question unsettled. Piesenc observations will throw much light upon these and will enable us to trace something like a complete history of the remarkable chaiigesto which it has been subjected." DIB1NHEBITED HIS WIFE, Bnt That Is in Accordance With an Agree ment Mad" Before Marriage. CrKciitHATi, Aug. 18 The will of the late W. B. Chldlaw was to-day admitted to pro bate. He divides his personal property equally among his children and bequeaths his real estate to a grandson, Benjamin Chdlaw. His wife, Henrietta Manning, a wealthy woman living on Fifth avenue. New York, gets nothing, according to tho terms of ante-nuptial agreement between herself and Mr. Chid aw, by which, in the case of the death ot either or them, tho other was to take no share in tue property of the de ceased. . A New Consul at Copenhagen. Washington, Aug. 18. The President has appointed William Harrison Bradley, of Illinois, to be United States Consul at, I uopennagen, vice iiyaer, aismisseu. air. Bradley is the present Consul at Nice, France, and is translerred to Copenhagen because of the necessity for the immediate 5resenee of a consular officer at that port, he, change is made in consequence of Byder's confession of official misconduct. AHOTHEB C0MMEHCEHEHT DAT. Chautauqua Assembly Tarns Oat a Gradua ting Clan In Photography. Chautacq.ua, N. T., Ang. 18. ISpecial, The Chautauqua School of Photography was graduated to-day. The woods are full of pretty views around here, and for the past few weeks have been full of amateur pho tographers some of them quite pretty, also. The Chautauqua School of Photography, as well as other educational departments here, affords opportunities for the best instruc tion, and scores of young people have been amused and taught in the school. Dr. J. M. Gibson, pastor of St. John's Wood Presby terian Church, London, lectured to-day on "The Faith and Hope of Bobert Browning." As the way was prepared for Englishmen at Chautauqua by Prof. Seaman, Dr. Gibson found himeelr welcomed by a large audi ence which was greatly Interested in Brown ing. The lecturer has made Browning a special study, and gave his audience the benefit of his knowledge. To-day's concert was, as usual, a presentation of a mnslcat programme tn be had only at Chautauqua. Miss E. Ella Niman, of OMo, made ber first appearance at Chautauqua, and gave her andience a good impression of her powers as a vocalist. She has a wonderfully strong voice, just suited to tho vast amphitheater. Miss Niman will hereafter find friends whenever she may again sing to a Chau tauqua audience. The others on tho pro gramme were old friends, and all assisted in making the entertainment a moat pleasant one. Dr. Ely gave the third of his course of lec tures on socialism to-day, this time showing its weak points. He first took up those points alleged to be against socialism, but which in truth are not so. Some points are objections in one country and not in an other. In speaking of general objections, he said some are too optimistic -while others are too pessimistic. The changes proposed are too radical to be Introduced in any fnt nre near enough to concern us of to-day. The illuminated fleet, whirh proved a fail ure on a wet night last went, had a beauti fnl evening this time, and was a brilliant sueeess. It was perhaps the finest illumina tion ever shown on Lake Chautauqua, A HYSTERY OP YEABS AGO Recalled by a Lettor Sent to the Attorney General of Ohio. Columbus, O., Aug.18. Spccta). What ap peal's to be a mystery of years ago is re called by the following correspondence, which is snlf-explnnatory: Fortnet. York coustt. Aug. 15, 1892. Hon. J. Ii. Itlcbarda, Attorney General, Coluai- bus, O. : MtDeaji BlB-To-dayl m Instructed to ad dress ou upon an important natter relating to David JlcClellan. who was a participant in the Sqntbb mnrder. In the county of York. In the State of Pennsylvania. Ic appears that this SlcClellan was an outlaw In the State or Ohio, and that he was brought to justice bv banging in Ohio about ten or 12 years ago, at which time he made a confession and told his connection with the said Sqnihb mnrder. It Is now rumored that his helper Is known, and It is of great Importance that no are successful In secur ing McCledan's confession and such other In formation as may be possible to obtain. I herewith send yon a cl pplng or the Harrlsbnrg TcUoram. in which Colonel W. F. Jordan, the proprietor, is being sued for libel, as vou will see. Surely. 1 shall be glad to receive an answer, and yonr every effort in the finding sh ill be respected. Now. if you can possibly find out about the u an on the records, and send me the same, together withacopy of his con fession, you shall be compensated. Hoping to hear Irom you soon. I am. Very respectfully, 8. Leo Don ovaw. Secretary Information Committee, Fortney, York county. Pa. The newspaper clipping referred to in the foregoing letter says: Colonel Will F. Jordan, proprietor of the Harrls- ourg tcicgram, was arressea weanesaay ior iiDeu upon complaint ot Jane Boyle, wife of John Boyle, who figured so suspiciously about a quarter ofa century aco in tbe Squibb murder. In York county, but who was acquitted or the jury before whom he was tried. The offense of which Mrs. Boyle complains was a mention of the Squibb mur der in connection with tbe trominger murder, as the time of the banging of Palnton. As the murder and execution referred to occurred Delore the passage of the law pro viding that all hangings in Ohio should take place in the penitentiary, the Attorney Gen eral was unable to get any information on the sublect. The letter was referred to the Chief of Police of Columbus. EBGLISH GEOGRAPHY. A New Edition Over There Locates Pitts burg on the Potomac River. We clip the following from an English exchange: Foolish and extraordinary teats are done by 'cyclists in England, but we are glad to think that nothing so thoroughly stupid has been attempted as the feat that is said to have been accomplished in the United States. A number or wheelmen met In a wayside inn near Pittsburg, and began to boast about their capabil ties as 'cyclists. Withuot raying a word, one of the party walked out of the place, got hold of his bi cycle and wheeled it to tbe Cabin John bridge, which spans a deep and rocky ra vine, and wnich is 125 'eet hlih and 200 feet long. Aseending to the parapet of Hie bridge, lie mounted his machine, and belore the people in the vicinity could lecoverfrom their astonishment he began his journey across the viaduct along a copimr that is only about a font wide. Slowly and surely he proceeded on bis way, maneuvred with great precision past the zigzags caused by the widening of the road, and eventuaiiv reached the further end in safety. A little self-confidence and a good deal of nerve power are no doubt useful acquisitions; but we certainly think they might be turned to a better pui-pnse than the wheelman of Pittsburg turned his. BAKEE RESIGNS. Tbe President of lh- World's Fair Sudden ly Sti-n" O it of Offlc. Chicago, Aug. 18. The local Boardof the World's Fair Directois to-day received the following Yommunication from President Baker, who is at present in England: London. Aug. 6. To tbe Directors: I hereby resign the office of President of the World's Columbian Exposition, to take effect im medlstely. With the heartiest good wishes for the successor the great work In which we are all en- fMired and In which I snail be pleased to continue n a subordinate capacity. i am very respecinuiy, , Bakes, Doesn't Keep His Pledges. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. 1 Don Dickinson promises more and does less than any other politician in the. coun try. DEATHS HERE AVI) ELSEWHERE. Henry Gross. Inventor. Henry Gross, a former resident of Tiffin, is dead In Chicago at the ago of 79. Re comes of an honored family In this county. Sir. dross' father was a gunsmith, and bis son was bred to the same trade. He proved an apt apprentice, and devel oped very early his wonderful mechanical ability. His first Invention was a breech-loading rifle, the most perfect of its kind for a number of years thereafter. But It was as the Inventor and pat entee of the time-locks on sifes and vaults that he earned his reputation. He became identified with the HaU bile and Lock Company, and his services as ass re expert took him all over the country. The full account of his Invention of the time-lock is found In the Southern Merchant, of November. 1879. He had all the genius or a typical Inventor as well as his proverbial deficiency In financial ability. Miss Temperance Anderson. Miss Temperance Anderson, who died at her home in Baden. Pa., Monday, was buried Wednesday at 10:30 A. v.. in Hill's Cemetery Just back of that place. The deceased was Mye-irsof age. and was possessed of a' Head of hair which had attained the remarkable length of 7 feet 8 Inches. This was exhibited at the Centennial or 1376, and won Its possessor a prize. Kev. J. A. Fritz, Schnvlfclll Haven. While viewing a funeral procesion from the window of bis "residence late Wednesday after noon. Rev. J. A. Fritz, pastor of the Messiah Brethren Church. Schuylkill Haven, was seized with a serious lllntssann dfed In a few minutes. He was one of the oldest United Brethren In that section. Oblluiry NotPS. Amedik DE Bast, who In the time of Charles X. was tbe most popular novelist in France, Is dead in Paris, aged 97 years. Ilnon Mosiiek, who was the original for Artist Wlllard's picture or "Yankee Doodle." died at ObcrUu, O., Wednesday, aged 73. George Victor Montagu. Duke of Manches ter, who has been lying dangerously ill at Tander agee Castle. County ot Armagh. Ireland, Is dead. Charles Ockkhuan, an actor and musician, well known la the East, died at his home in Belle ville. Canada, several days ago. He was acciden tally burned on July 29. and could not rally. Mas. Elizabeth Powell, the owner of the Richmond (Va.) theater and known to tbe theatri cal protesslon for the past years, died Wednesdar. bhe was 74 rears old, and went ti Ichmund In 1852 as the widow of Capialn McOlll. of the United States Navy, who lost his Hie at sea. COUNTIES Lt, wife of Li Hung Chang, died at Tientsin on the Sd Inst. She was attended by an English phyilslan and an American female doctor. She was one of the mo t remarkable women of the day. She had tbe greatest influence at com t and was a trusty adviser of the Dowager Xmprtss. FOR SIXTEEN YEARS. The Euweri and the Elliotts Have Congrat ulated One Another Annually on Being; Belated And YestTday They Did It Again Pointed Personal Paragraphs. Almost with the breaking of the morn ing yesterday began the celebration of the sixteenth annual reunion of the Ifiuwer-El-Ilott family at Mr. Jacob H. Walter's bouse at Springdale, Pa. The family history is an interesting one. A good many years ago there was a Mr. Elliott who married a Miss Euwer. Their descendan ts to-day number between SOO and 400, and for 16 years It has been a custom for .the various branches to meet upon a certain day. With the growing years the Interest has grown. A historian Is chosen for a year, whose duty it is to record the events of that period tliedenths, marriages, births and the other multiplicity of events that are likely to occur among so large a number of people bound by ties or consanqulnity and sympathy. This history is read at the next reunion and then iulned to that of the previous years, thns leepintr the story complete to the present time. Unfortunately this pleasant feature of the proceedings yesterday had to he omitted by the enlorced absence of the his torian, and when next year's story is read there will he a tale of 24 months to be listened to. Just twice the ordinarylength. Death made n notable bereavement within the 12 months In taking ou Leonard Edward Sloflel, who became a member of tbe lamlly through his wlf, who was present at yester day's celebration. Almost identical with the method of ob serving the day in '77 was ihat ot yesterday. Modern fads have not been suffered to en croach, and lt was the genuine basket picnic of superbly packed baskets prepared by careful housekeepers. Three hundred people were counted to be present, and each person, adult and child, inscribed his name iii an album preserved for that purpose, which is afterward pnt away carefully, to be retained so Ionir as the sturdy progressive clan remember their du ties to each other as relatives and fricndi. Though stated some time ago in these columns that the Church of tbe Good Shep herd, in Hazel wood, would be dedicated in September, it is scarcely likely that that in teresting event will be so enrly. The Bev. Mr. Heffron, the rector, expects to be absent In that month and the Bl-hop will also bo out or town, so That probably a deferment will be decided upon of a few weeks. Ground has been broken on the Episco pal Cliuich Home grounds, and the work of excavation is being rapidly pushed against the coming winter weather, which promises tn be so cold as to hinder most of the out-of- door work. A high boarded fence divides the grounds into two parts and religiously prevents the small orphan from viewing the preparations for hi new home, to say nothing of hinder ing any aotive co-opeiation in the work on his part. A flock of seven sheep indicates a pastoral atmosphere in the diminished grounds about ihe old home. All stiffness and misunderstanding that geneially exist between them and the human race has been banished, and the sheep and children mingle together with never a baleful thought of mutton to enter into their paradise. A vert amusing and, from tbe point of view of athletics, instructive sight was wit nessed on the grounds ot Mr. Carter Curtis Beggs' house on Fifth avenue. Mr. Begss' young daughter and a girl friend, in tbe temporary absence of the gardener, under took to prosecute a horti-hgricnltnral pur suit, which probably somewhat clashed with h's plans, but nevertheless afforded them vast fnn. The moral, since the paragraph promised one, was the easo and energy with which one girl wheeled a laige barrow, upon which her companion was perched. Just as it reached the side of a mound of cut Tass, with "malice aforethought" the wheelbar row was tipped over and a grass bath ensued. The reproach ot not being athletic is rapidly being removed by the American maiden. A charming evening musicals was given by a number of tho young friends of Mrs, Elizabeth Dauler's family, on Darragh street, on Wednesday evening. The young ladies of the house are exceedingly fond of music, and are guilty of the gentle impeach ment of playing very well, indeed, them selves. Quite frequently such pleasant evenings as that of Wednesday are given, and an invitation to one is equal to a note in .hand for some hours' most delightful hospi tality. Social Chuttsr. A musical and literary entertainment, under the auspices of Messrs. J. A. Thomp son and S. W. Hay, will be given at Valley Camp on Friday evening, the 19th inst. Anions those taking part will be the Misses Mamio and Ruth Reuck. Nellie Wt.son, Lizzie Reed, Millie Gardner, and Messr". E. H. Dermitt, D. S. Thompson and Prot. Welczek. After the entertainment refresh ments will be served. Special excursion tates on the railroad have been arranged. The Seamons. of Lawrenceville, and Mr. and Mia. James Hammond, of Coltart Square, are among Pittsburg visitors at At lantic City. Mr. Charles made a flying trip to see nis people mere lust. wees. After a few days' visit to town, Mrs. George V. Milliken, of Neirley avenue, re turned to ber summer home near Browns ville, where she will remain with her family until late in September. Miss Elizabeth Graff, of Beatty street, will be tne guest of her uncle. Mr. William Rore, at his cattle ranche near Denver, leav ing with Mr. Boie for the West on next Mon day. Miss Eva Mtjller and Miss Zina Mnller, of Sewicklcv. leturned from a fortnizht'ssinv nt Pease Cottage, Port Chautauqua, on Wednesday evening. A pictio under the management of the manager- of the Home for Soldiers' Widows was given yesterday at Uock Point. The Daughters of Liberty held a lawn fete at Honiewood yesterday. N Mb. asd Mas. Hepburn Johhs, of Sewiok ley, are in Erie. Not In the Dark. New Tork Recorder. The great searchlight on the top of Mount Washington has proved to be a splendid success. Next November Mr. Harrison will read in its rays bis ti.le clear to another four years in the White House. Pleasant Feature In Polities. Baltimore American. One of the pleasures of politics Is explain ing to Innocent-minded people the needs and uses of campaign funds. ENGLAND'S NEW CABINET. Thz Cabinet is representative of the party. It represents a tendency and avoids its ex treme. New York World. It Is a stronger Government than it was supposed Gladstone could get together, most or the members being old and expe rienced Ministerial hands. Buffalu Express. Tax Cabinet Is composed of very able men, who represent every section of the Liberal party savo the Liberal Unionists, who nre, of course, barred out as seceders. Phi addvhia Ledger. If the sentiment of Gladstone's Cabinet can prevail Irish borne rule will be estab lished. The Grand Old Man stilt Insists that this question must occupy the first place. Detroit Free Press. Did Her Gracious Majesty the Queen draw her blue pencil through the name of Henry Laboucheio tor Postmaster General in Glad-tone's list of Cabinet officers submit ted to her at Osborne? Otherwise where is be at? Boston iUrald. Gladstone is an old man, yet he has ohos en nearly all young men for his Cabinet. William Pitt was.Prirae Minister at 23. The young man ls'becomlng aiain a factor in the Enulish political world, as he is in the United States. Toledo B ade. It may be said that the Cabinet is an able one, and we think that lt can be trusted to solve the problems before lt with wisdom. The difficulties that confront lt are or the first magnitude, out it will meet them with courage and discretion. Rochester Union. Tax makeup of Gladstone's Cabinet, for the most important portfolios at least, is about 'what has bren predicted. It is a strong body of Liberal leaders, and if they work together the Liberal party ought to make its influence strongly felt during Gladstone's administration. Baltimore Amer can. Gladstone's new Cabinet is Intensely un satisfactory to the Radicals, who seem to have been completely ignored. They pre dict that the new Government will not last three months alter Parliament gets down to business, and tn view of the small Glad stonian majority lt Is highly probable that they will make their prediction good.- JndUmapolis Sentinel. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. ' " One ostrich egg is a meat The Jfijians make fish nets from human hair. The Chinese have a tradition that stray dogs bring luck. Some frogs in Georgia are reported to eat chickens and attack people. A miner in Silesia is reported to have been unconscious for four months. The Swiss Guards, a part of the Pope's household, are to be dispensed with. The first omnibus appeared in Paris In 1825 and in New Tork five years later. The method of vulcanizing rubber was first invented by Goodyear in tbe year 1849 A laborer in Washington had his voice destroyed by being overcome with the heat. Pupils in the schools of Japan ara taken out rabbit hunting one day in every autumn. Four residents of Forsyth, Ga., suc ceeded in shooting nearly 5,000 swallows on Wednesday. The Carlton Club, of London, has 4,000 members, and is unquestionably the richest in the world. The standard yard of America is said to be one-thousandth of an inch larger than its British parents. Four-filths of the engines now working In the world have been constructed during the last 25 years. The Chinese, Japanese, Malays, Sia mese, New Zealandersand the North Ameri can Indians are all beardless. The territory of the Carolina! was granted to the French settlers in 1082, and named after Charles L of France. The new German army tent is divisible into two portions, each of which can be con verted into an overcoat in case of rain. Hops in Sacramento Valley are threat ened witn much damage from a small red spider which has appeared in large num bers. One Lord Lieutenant of Ireland could recite the entire New Testament from tho first word in Matthew to the last of Revela tion. A water moccasin, six feet long, was lately killed at Utica, III. When cut open 18 Iroas were found, several of which were alive. Eain has only fallen twice in 29 years in Aden, Arabia. Previous to the last rain. which occurred In 1888, none had fallen in 26 years A 2-year-old colt, the property of Put nam Wilson, of Newport, Me., was found a. short time age fastened to a tree Dy the hair or bis tail. Maryland was named from Queen Henri etta Maria. In the charter its name in Latia was Terra Mariae,meaning the land of Maria or Mary's land. Out of 00,000 guesses on a big cake of soap on exhibition In Berlin only two were correct. The cake was n "capmaker's adver tisement, and weighed 1.M2 pounds. Madison, Ga, has a queer dog that has a complete figure of the moon and seven stars on one side of his head. The effect is produced bv the different coloring of the hair, in black and white. An albino lobster, a rare and remark able specimen, was recently found in a cargo of lobsters from New Brunswick. It was bluish white in color, and has been sent to Washington to tbe United States Fish Com mission. There are seven brothers and sisters in New London, Conn., whose combined ages are 612 years. Their family name is Corn stock, and their Christian name-i are Emily, Orlando, Cordelia, John, Frank, Ezra and Stephen. Recruiting sergeants in England have no longer a monopoly of rewards for obtaining yonng soldiers. By an order Just issued, anv pron, civilian or soldier, who brimrs a suitable recruit for enlistment will be remunerated. The bower bird of Australia is the most extraordinary builder among all the feathered tribe. In addition to its nest is constructs a most curious playing place, which it decorates in every manner that is can possibly manage. About 2,000 people, most of them pleasure seekers, sailed away from New Yortc for Europe in a recent week, and dur ing the same week about 10, COO immigrant?, most ot them seeking ifew homes in this country, came from foreign lands. The British Museum possesses a cup of almost fabulous value. It is of gold and enamel, is adorned with subjects from the life of St. Aunes, and cost $10,000. The enp derives most of its interest and value from the tact that it was given to Charles VI. of France in 1391, by his uncle, Jean, Duke of Berri. Perfectly preserved salt fish, probably 10,000 years old, are found in Nevada, Utah and Arizona, where salt strata aie often struck in making excavations a hnndred yards beneath the surface. These fish re semble the pike and pickerel, and are wliollv unlike the living fish found in the same region. A curious marriage custom is recorded by Dr. Post as existing in Southern India among some of the more primitive non Aryan tribes. This consists of wedding a girl to a plant, a tree, an animal, or even to nn inanimate object, the notion beinir that any ill luck which mav follow an actual marriage may be averted by a union of this kind. Some silk worms lay from 1,000 to 2,000 egis, the wasp 3,0u0, the ant from 3 000 to 5,000. The number of eggs laid by t lie queen bee has long been in dispute. Burmeister says from 5.000 to 6 000. but Spence and KIrby both gn him never.il better, each declaring that theaneen of average fertility will lay no less than 40,001. and probably as high as 0,000 in onese ason. An equipage that wouM 'have attracted attention even in old Acadia is that driven by Uncle Dennett, of Cape Elizabeth, Me. It consists ol a 2-year-old bull, barne-ised by means or a crooked yoke to a light cart; which is also a boat. By means of reins of rope attached to a ring in the bull's nosa aud.rove through rings on his horns, he Is driVon as easily as most horses. The bull swims a river like a dog, and the water-tight cart-body easily supports the driver and load. FLIGHTS lJTO FDNNTDOM. Freddy Do yon think it's true that Adam lived to be over 800 years old? Pa-I have no reason to doubt lt. Freddjr And did he hare to work for a living? Pa Certainlr. How else could he maintain him self! Fred Oh, well, I didn't know but while he was in the garden he might hare saved enough oa clothes to snpporthtm. Bistim Courier. Said the Congressman: "What A fix I'm In? It I drink clear water They'll vow it's gin." Washington Star. "I wonder why it Is," said old Tope to his wife, "that women prefer drowning and men shooting In case of suicide." "I suppose. "she replied, as she thouihtfaUy contemplated hi) nose, "that it is because mea hate water so. Detroit Free Press. TIPS AMD TIPS. He went to the races every week, And ofien bet on "tips." Which sometimes weren't very straight And many were his slips. But once, on a Pullman car he had Ills boots blacked by the moke: And his "tip" was worse than ten bad bets. For lt left aim clean, flat broke. Brooklyn EagU. "Yon look thin and pale," observed the famllr phvslclan. "Von have been paying too close attention to business. Try a month or two at a watering place." "Close attention to business may hare, made me a little thin, "said the Board of Tade man testily, "bat lt has fattened my pocketbook enor mously." "A month or two at a watering place will eura that, too," rejoined the doctor. VMcajo Tribune, She tried, her's was a sorry lot, To rob Ufe of Its mirth. This narrow grave Is all she got. Although the wished the earth. Sew Torlf Evening Sun. "I'm a trifle late this evening, Dorothy," aid the lawyer, as he reacbi d his suburban home, "but 1 fell In with a highwayman and that de tained rae." "Oh. John, dearl" exclaimed the wife la alarm, "did he treat you ronghlyj" "Yes. I rather think he did I He only hadtSSl on him: bat I'll get more oat of him rtU"Saiti ixoti ifewt. i ( imisilBttilsailliiM - JBKSWMHiilftlliftiMBwlBJCM
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