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THE CHOLERA IX NEW YORK.
The fact that fie deaths from As'atic
cholera have occurred in New York from
September 6 to September 13 shows that
the quarantine measures urged by TnE
DisrATCH should haie been taken earlier
and with preater strictness. It will also
tend to shake the public faith in those
bulletms from the Xc-w York Board of
. Health sent out for the past week that
there were "no cases of Asiatic cholera in
the city." The fact that the Board of
Health his now made a mil statement of
the facts permits the hope that for the
future there will be no attempt to mislead
the public
The situation enforces the need of full
preparation for complete sanitation and
prompt isolation of the disease. It makes
these preparations thv first duty of every
person everywhere. How much value
then? is in such wrk may be seen in the
fact that England, within a day's journey
from Hamburg, reliis almost en
tirely on them, and has so
far limited the disease to those
who came into the country bnncm the
Kerms with them. The preciutionary
measures which each St ite and city can
adopt will, if thorouchly carried out, pre
sent the spread of the discas-. In addi
tion to that ve are p st the heated season
when it spreads most rapidly and close
to the season of frosts when its spread is
checked if not ntirely stopped.
But the worl; should not b neglected or
stinted. The Governor should stretrh his
power to the utmost to furnish, the State
Board of II alth with all the funds needed
for a vigorous camp 11511; and local health
officers with a chio-nc inability to detect
bad smells should be supplanted bv
officials with Vigorous sense of smell and
powers of action.
3IOKE rOWEK TO IIIS OLFACTORIES.
The remarks of the M lyor to the Health
Officer yesteniaj ou the inability of the
latter to detect ferta'u smells in certain
localities were p"isona' but pertinent.
The failure of that oflie al's olfactory
nerves in the ease of notorious and noi
some smells has become chronic, and if
not cured by heroic me isurs may be at
tended with en'd 'nue re-.u!s.
The indispost!on of the Health Officer to
smell anything wis first noted in the case
cf the dump-liont oi- the Point, where the
smell was the most impress ve object to be
encountered for some squai-'s It de
veloped still ciaver proiiort'o-js yjsferdiy
hen the Soho street mimp ' hich has
been a standing subject of complaint for
o era year, anil which has produced a
conviction of nuisance was given a clean
bill of health by the same ofli -lal. The
Major's declantion that there must b2 an
improvement in the smellinupowersof the
Health Officer will be indorsed by the en
tire community. A health official whose
acquaintance with bad smells has so dulled
Ins olfactories that he cannot perce.ve
odors which pursue the average oitiz.-n for
squares is an eligible subject for urgent
reformatory measures.
Either the Health Officer must get a new
smelling apparatus or the city must get a
new Health Officer.
A GOOD IDEA.
The proposition to bund a branch of the
Higli School on the old Fifth Avenue Mir
ket House property is one that the public
will indorse and winch should be promptly
carried out The old building has been an
eyesore and drawback to an important and
growing section of the city. It has never
been of any practical utility for its original
purpose, and plans to devote it to other
uses of more or less public character have
proved futile. The need for additional
High School facilities is urgent; the use of
it for that purpose is of the most undoubt
ed public character; and the substitution
of creditable buildings for the present dis
figurement will adorn instead of disfigure
the two leading thoroughfares of local
traffic
Wc hope that prompt measures will be
taken to place this property at tho dispo
sition of the Board of Education for the
erection of creditable and ornamental
buildings, which will at once bean im
provement to that locality and of use to
the city at large.
TJXLXPKCTKD GOOD SENSE.
There is a marked and unexpected con
trast in the fact that President Living
stone, of the Farmers' Alliance, m a
circular letter to the workingmen of the
country makes a strong argument against
the Democratic idea of returning to the
old State banknote circulation. He re
lates some of his own experiences as a
loser by the State bank currency srstem
in the '40'sand '50's, and closes the subject
by the following sound sense:
Tho farmers' and planters' products, good
as gold, should at all times bo paid for -with
an honest dollar worth a hundred cents.
2o more direful calamity could Defalt them
than a return to State bank issues a retro
grade movement or dangerous character.
Such a currency, good one day and good for
nothing the next, is not wanted by the
farmer, whose wheat and corn aud cotton
are always worth gold or Its equivalent at
tho hundred cents. But, to carry
out the eighth plank of the Democratic plat
form would be a vicious and destinctlve
net, involving tho country in confusion and
discredit would tend to disestablish the
best system the country ever had and lo
turn to the financial distractions of So years
ago a long step backward, resulting disas
trously to capital and labor.
The Farmers' Alliance and People's
party have been much criticised, and not
without justification, for their wild prop-
ositions on economlo matters. It Is all
the more severe a comment on the
viciousness of the Democratic wildcat
currency proposition when the head of the
Alliance justly and cogently opposes the
scheme. The "Democratic proposition is
the most vicious that has been brought
forward for a generation. After 30 years '
experience of the best bank currency in
history it deliberately commits i-self to
one of the worst ever known. President
Livingstone is right in declaring that such
a change would be an imposition and
burden upon the great mass of the work
ing population. It would injure every
one and benefit no one except the sharks
who would start banks for the purpose of
floating the worthless notes that could be
put in circulation before the smash came.
It is a novel bat cheering sight to see
the President of the Farmers' Alliance
rising to protest against the debasement
and bedevilment of the currency as
urged in the D?mocratic platform.
THE "GROUP" MUDDLE.
The Attorney General's ruling virtually
cuts up the official ballot into '-groups,"
which in a considerable number of cases
will consist of a single candidate from each
party for the office. This reduces the
liberty of the voter to vote a straight party
ticket by marking the party name or group
to the least possible dimensions.
We do not think that this is either a
common sense construction of the law or
that it follows the rules of legal construc
tion. It is a fundamental rule of con
struction, we believe, that when there is
an apparent conflict between the detailed
provisions of an act they are to be con
strued, if possible, in harmony with the
general purpose and intent of the law. It
is beyond dispute tint the language of the
act shows its intent to be to so group the
candidates that the party voter can if hi
wishes vote for al 1 the can didites by a single
cross mark opposite the party name, With
a pronounced and significant subjection of
the minor parties to the other rule. The
point raised by the Republican Chairman
and sustained by .the Democratic Attorney
G.-neral goes a long w ay toward the defeat
of this purpose.
Two other points are significant with
regard to the comments on this ruling,
published elsewhere. Leading R-publican
legislators arc indignant at the change and
talk of a move to repeal the law at the
next session. It is a pertinent reply to
such comments to point out, first, that the
question w hich has produced this result
was raised by the aulhonzed R'publicau
machinery of the State, and, second, that
the minor mco'.gruities of the act on
which this construction was based are
fairly to be laid at the doors of the
party managers. When the Senate com
mittee performed its famous work of carv
ing up the Baker bill for the express par
pose of making a hard and thorny path
for independent voting, it did its work so
slovenly that these incongruities were left
in to give a basis for what we have already
said to be a unicasonable construction.
There may be a move to repeal the law,
but a more logical result would be to organ
ize a Senate committee that is able to
draw up an act so that all its language
will liarmon'ze with its mam purpose.
UXFEC FOR CITIZENSHIP.
Yesteiday at Xew C,-.sile Judge Hizen
refused to grant naturalization papers to
an Italian who couid neither wnte nor
spak the language of this country. As
the Ju Ige sa'id: "We do not want citiz jns
who are so ignorant." Only a few days
-go Judge Harry White, of Indiana
county, refuseu to naturalize a Ger
man applicant in Pittsburg because,
among other evidences of ignorance of
Amencan affairs, he confessed that he did
not even know that this country had such
a thing as a Constitution. It is preposter
ous that foreigners who have lived m
America for five years should apply for
the privilege of Amencan citizenship when
they have learned nothing of the Un
guis" or institutions ot the coantry.
Such wanPof interest in their surround
ings is conclusive proof that men of this
stamp are untitled by their lack of intelli
gence to be intrusted with the least frac
tion of power m thp government of
America. There cannot be too much care
taken in considering the cases of foreign
ers who ask for the rights of American
pitizns ip. A prompt refusal from the
Ju Iges, in such cases of semi-Civilization
and ignorance as those cited, is hichly
commend ible and should be universally
practice!
TWO KirOKTANT TOPICS.
A sign of progress in public sentiment
on a very important point is given by a
declaration in the platform adopted by the
New Hampshire Democracy. That con-
ention dep jrted from the commonplace
rut of political planks by declaring m
favor of the preservation of forests, the
acquisition by the State of abandoned
farms or denuded lands, the preservation
of watercourses, lakes and mountain
summits and the improvement of country
roads.
This plank, it is said, was adopted
through the efforts of Stetson Hutchins,
of Washington, who, as a large property
owner in New Hampshire, has an interest
in the preservation of the State's natural
beauties and resources. It is to be hoped
that the reform will soon take a more con
crete shape than the declarations of party
platforms; but it is an indication that
public sentiment is gradually beginning to
appreciate the importance of these tnings
when a party convention leaves the beaten
path of partisanship to declare in their
favor.
No two subjects arc of greater magni
tude than the preservation of forests and
the improvement of country roads. The
nealect of them in tho history of the coun
try is a discreditable though natural result
of early conditions. But the time has
come when they must scientifically and
thoroughly be taken up to keep large agri
cultural areas from utter deterioration.
Ex-Congressman John Kean has been
nominated by tho Republicans lor tho Gov
ernorship of Now Jeisey, and tlicio will un
doubtedly bo keon competition there.
The separation of the New York cholera
cases and tho difficulty of accounting for the
manner in which the victims became- in
fected indicate tno subtle nature of the dis
ease and emphasize the necessity for tho
most thorough preparation for the possibil
ity of Its arrival here.
Both are so feeble that it is an open
question whether the Democratic party
rinds its greatest weakness in its so-called
principles or in its internal squabbles.
HOW many deaths from cholera must
there be in Xew York, bow much suffering
must detained quarantine passengers be
subjected to, and how far will the disease be
ulloivcd to raako its nay into tho country
before further immigration is uncondition
ally prohibited!.
Voting by the Baker ballot law wonld
seem to bo a game at noughts and crosos
wherein the former have a somewhat better
chance of winning than tho latter.
Sarah Bernhardt recently expressed
a belief that there was no soon thing as
AhnlaM nnlt tllflt f&ar CnHSnd flia it.-...
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placod to Its nocount. But that did not
obviate tho necessity for dislnfeoting her
dresoes-in tho opinion of tho French health
authorities.
Troops cannot suppress such lawless
combinations as the Sugar Trust, but proper
action in the court3 can and should have
done so long ago.
If the laxity of quarantine regulations at
tho new station on Fire Island bo such as is
reported, and there is no reason to doubt it
the matter is almost as discreditable as the
disgraceful cowardice which hindorod the
landing of the passengers.
Perhaps the County Commissioners'
convention can do something to relievo
Fayette county of that Cooioy taxat.on.
Cleveland's delay in giving the public
his lottor of acceptance must arise cither
Horn tho superior attraction or tho fishing
rod to that of the pen. or tho extreme diffi
culty of makingout tho semblance oi a case
lot hispattj's platform.
Allegheny water may be useful as a
bacteml cunosity, but as a beverage it is a
good deal worse than useless.
It is expected that the G. A. R, encamp
ment at Washington will attract two hun
dred thousand visitor! to the Capital. But
they 1U bo home again in plenty of timo to
help on the leturn to the White House of a
1'iotcctivo 1'iesidcnt.
The necessity for further high school
accommodation is a very satisfactoty indi
cation of tao city's growth.
Theue is a marked contrast in the at
tention w htch Buffalo is attracting to-day ns
tho meeting place of tho Bepublican Na
tional League of Clnbs and that It received
awhile ago as the scene of lawless violence.
Mayor Gourley's intolerance of dis
ease bieadm nuisances isa notabio exam
ple for evety citizen.
Perhaps the necessity for providing the
Pennsylvania State Boaid ot Health with
funds will bo reco.tn'zed now tuat it is in
disputably kuonu tl'at live deaths Horn
cholera have occurred in New York City.
There never was a clearer case of con
spiracy against the consuming public thau
tnatol the Sugar Trust
Peck's report ou the results of the Mc
Ki iley b.ll iu the Empiie Sta'e was a. Dad
blow lor the Iieo trade calamatists, but they
have niado its effect lar worse by seeking to
cast disciedit theteon.
Kettles should supersede coolers or
filters and bo used evei wheio ut such a
timo us this.
Gerrymandering is iu ill order this
yeat uudioceived another severe lebuKe in
fie decision of the General Tortus Court
that t to Monroe county apnortioumenc in
.ev Yoik was unconstitutional.
Political marching clubs cannot com
pete with tho G. A. It. lor lousing ontliusi
asiu. COSMOPOLITAN CILLLNG.
The well-known editor and manager, It.
B. Gelatt, until recently editor oi We De
tioit Tribune, has been appointed general
managoi oi that newspaper.
Prince Hermann, of Schauenburg
Wppe, was thtoun fiom his horse while nd
ing aearLinz yesterday and sustained a
fracture of the skull. Jiis coadition is ciiti
ciiL Kossuth, the great Hungarian patriot,
will bo 90 ou tho 18th ot this month.
Monster meetings and torchlight pioces
sions will celebrate tho occasion at Buda
pest h.
U. M. Field, formany years the politi
cal paragrapher of the Kans is City Timet
vndAtar, has determined to quit Miasouil
aud locate in Now York. lie is a brother of
Eugene Field.
Among the enthusiastic amateur pho
tographers is to bo numbered tho Crown
Pimcoss of Sweden and Norway. Duilng
hei i eceut journey to lypt she took a large
nuuibei of views.
W. jr. GitAPTON, of Pittsburtr, signal en
gineei of the Fonusjlv.uiia lines, has been
appointed consulting engineer in charge of
the interlocked switches and signals for tho
W orld's Fair gtounds.
The King and Queon of Italy, the
Italian princes, tho municipal authorities
and the commanders of" the ironclads in the
Genoa harbor attended a fete given yester
day on the French iionclad Formidable.
The beautiful and daring youn? wife of
Lieutenant Peary, who braved tho rigors
and poiils of a winter in tho Arctic tedious,
and the civilized woman who has been
neater tho North Pole than has any other of
her sex and cultuie, is said to bo only about
23eais of ago.
Dr. Pellegrini, who recently resigned
the Piesidoncy of the Aiuntine Republic
and then withdrew tho losignation a day or
two later, is a relati e ot the British public
1st, John Bright. The foimer gentleman's
grandmother was a favorilo sistorot tho
latter one's father.
TnE wife of Congressman Springer is a
writer of vorse, a volume of which has
been printed. She has sweot, gentle man
ners, aud is noted lor hoi habit of wearing
gray gpwns that harmonize with her hand
some gray hair anddaik oyes. It is a lash
ion that pleases h'or artistic Iriends.
THIEVIhQ OKLAHOMA LAWYERS.
General SIllos lloliev-B Ilii Blind In Vgor
ons Fashion in His It port.
Chicago, Sept. 14. General Miles' annual
jeport of the condition of affaiis iu tho De
pal tment of Missouri will bofoiwaided to
Washington to-day. One or the most im
portant features or tho report is a statement
regarding the swindling operations of a ling
of lawyers, who are said to have gotten $07
009 Horn tho Choycnno and Aiapahou In
dians on a ptotenso that they had settled
certain Indian claims against the Govern
ment. General Miles has steadfastly adhered to
tho belief that tho deal was a b ireraced rob
bery, and has said so in veiy vigoious lan
guage in his lepoit.
TSICIS OF A TROLLEY WIRE,
A Derrick Falling Upon It Knocks Ont T -1-rpliiiiip,
ihre Alarm and 1'iilloe System.
Columbus! O., Sept. H Railroad cars
at tho Union station to-day struck a
sagged wire stay-iopo ot a high del tick,
causing it to fall on a mass of wnev inKinri.
lug a heavily charged trolley wire, which
burned the telephone, flie alarm and notice
switchboards out and stopped all uf the
street cars.
Two C9 foot telegraph poles were broken
and William McLaughlin was killed by be
ing t hi own irom tho top of one of them.
Colonel McCInre's Book on Lincoln.
Readers af The Dispatch will remember
the veiy intoiosting series of lotteis upon
Lincoln, his times, and his cotomporaries,
by Colonel A. K. McClure, of Philadelphi i)
which appealed in our columns last year.
These represented some part of the material
which Colonel McCluie had prepared for his
book upon Lincoln and the war period, now
issued complete from tho press and being
canvassed lor hereabouts. No letters lor a
long whilo nttracted so much interest as
thoso of Colonel McClure; and the full
volume, of which the newspaper letters were
practically but advance sheets, is mooting
with great popular demand. It is not only
the charoi of the writer's stj le, but the fact
that he knew intimately the people of whom
he writes, the mateilal thus coming at first
hands, which renders his contribution to
that most Interesting poiiod of American
history ot especial value and lnteiest. The
book is one tuat should find a place in the
library of every Pennsj lvanlan.
No Tims lor Politics.
Boiton Travcller.1
The fish must be still biting down at Buz
zard's Buy.
CAMPAIGN NEWS AND COMMENT.
One unquestionable fact stands out
ptominently in the midst or tho confusion
concerning tho Bakor ballot law. That is,
that tne members of the Legislature which
enacted tho meisute had noxidea that it
meant what Attorney General Jlensel says
it does, and that they did not intend it to'
moau any such thing. Tho Hensel decision
was the one topic of conversation in politi
cal circles yesterday. At the Tariff Club the
discussion was particularly vigoious. Sen
ator Keeb, w hen found there, said: "There
is no doubt that tho Legislature intended
that ono cros-mark should be a vote for all
tho candidates of a paity. A sample election
was held at tho Capitol, with all tho
Senatoio and Representatives as voters. A
completo ticket was prepared and ono cross
mark was all that was required. This was
distinctly stated by thoso who were advo
ca'inc the measure and who made tho
original draft of the bill. When Chairman
Eeederflist laisod tho points which have
been decided well taken by the Attorney
General, I thought ho was very foolish, and
I still think the announced constrnction of
the law is sttained. Tho language of thu
law is that de mark votes lor 'all the can
d.datos of a political puty or group,' and I
think the terms aro synonomous. 1 worlced
hard against the measure in the Sen
ate, and althongh the Conference
Committee refused to indoise tho
final report, and it is signed by only five
name", those of thiee Representatives and
two Sonatois, I believe that about the first
work ot the next Legislature, In responso to
a practically universally popular demand,
will be to use the ax on the Baker ballot
law,"
Because they were nominated by dis
tinct conventions it will take a separate
cros-maik foi Judge, another for Coroner
and so on through tho county ticket, each
nomination of tills kind being a "group"
undci theriilingof Attorney General Ile'.iBel.
Lindley Murray is likely to aiise from tho
grave to inq'uio how one man can con
stitute a "group."
Senator Neeb is not the only legislator
who objects to the new intctpietatlon ot
the voting law. A Repiesontative of Re
publican pioclivities said yesteiday: "1 do
not believe the ruling would stand In the
courts if tested in a contestod election in
any way affected by the airanoment of the
official bailor. Attorney General Ilensei
I1.13 lcndeicd a compiomise opinion ou con
flicting sections ot the law, which satisfies
reither its letter nor its spuit. The intent
of the moasure undoubtedly was to allow
one mark to voto a straight ticket from tho
first Piesidcntal elector down to the ward
constable. Owing to the careless insertion
of amendments some parts of tho law con
flict with this idea, but the Attorney General
does not even couloini to the literal woiding
of tho provisions, though ho accepts the
language just far enough to create endless
contusion. Thcro is one section which
leads: 'Theiu shall be left at the end of the
list of candidates for each diffeient office, or
undur the titlo of tho office itself for which
an election is to be held, in cise there be no
candidates lcgallv nominated therefoi, as
many blank spaces nstheie aiopcisons to
bo olocted to such oflie.' Now the Attomey
Geneiul lulcs that on the ground ol con
venience the Plank spucos for all tho offices
shall come in a column at tho far side of tho
ticket, instead of at the end of tho
lit or candidates lor each diffeient
cilice, as would seem to be as expressly pio
ided as nnytl.m in tho statute. Now, if tho
lcttci of one section is to be disiegnidcd on
the ground o. convenience, w hy is an
ovei-rigid nnd een strained construction
put upon othei features, to the destruction
of tho intent ot the Lcgislatuie? I am in
lavor or tho Auatialiau ballot system, but
the Bakoi law, as interpreted hy Ilensei, is
likely to Cause serious trouble."
A week or so ago the Eepublican
Committee sSnt out n hand-book to party
woikcrs with instructions as to tho Biker
law. A hct and indically levised edition
will be necessary now.
The eleventh-hour nomination of J. D.
Illcks by the Republican Congiossioual Con
ference in the Tuemietli district is mom
than likely to raiso up another problem to
puzzle the interpioteis of tho law. It was
announced Irom tho office ot tho Secretary
of the Common votlth at Ilairisbnrg that
the timo for filing ieular certificates of
nomination, which is required 55 daj s be
fore election, expiitd on Monday last. Thu
ccitificatc of Mi.IIicks was uot filed until
Tuesday night, the claim being made that it
was still outside of tho SO day limit. Tho
paper was taken subject to a decision
later on. Tins point, thongh, is largely
a question of anthmotic, nnd admits
of a speedy and authontatUo decision. But
in case the position of the Seciotary of tho
Commonwealth is sustained, nnd Tuesday
m oves to havo been too late for filing 1 esular
I certificates, another point will como up.
Tho latter pnition ot section 4, of the
Bakor luw, reads: "No words shall be used
in any nomination papeis to describe or
designate tho paity ot policy ornolttical ap
pellation lepicsonted by the caudidato
named in such nomination papors ai atore
said, identical with oi simllnr to the noids
used for tho like puuiooe in ceitificates of
nominations mado by a convention of dele
gates of a political party, which, at the last
piecodlng election, polled thieo per
centnm of tho latgest voto cast."
Undoi this section, apparently, it It is
decided that the cei tificato of Mr. Hicks'
nomination was filed too late, ho could not
bo classed as a Republic in candidate at all,
cvon by tho filing ol a nomination paper
boTore the time for such action has expued.
The Ropublic in plurality in tho Twentieth
district two years nao was only 526, and,
though this was bolow tho average, it can
e isily bo seen tnatthe failuio ofMr. Hicks
to bo classed as a Republican candidate on
the ballot might seiiously affect his chances
of election.
After reading the text of the Baker law
and wading throngh the opinion or tho At
torney General the Keystone voter i3 likely
to horion tho now f.imous expression of
Cold Tea Congiessman Cobb: "Where am I
at."
Chairman Patton, of the Prohibition
State Committee, announces that more than
tho reqniicd number of signatures to place
tho cold water nominee on tho State ticket
.have been secured. Twenty-one hundred
names weio necessary, but 800 more than
that were obtained lor good measure. Un
der tho ilensol ruling these candidates will
be grouped in a column on the ticket under
the general Prohibition party head. This is
another feature in the Interpiotation which
has been disputed, as tho law on this point
ro ids: "In all other cases of nomination by
nomination papeis, tho names of the
candidates for each ofll'jo shall bo
arranged in alphabetical Older, according
to tho suinamos." Mr. Hensel holds, how
ever, that as the political designation of
candidates named by nomination papeis is
not expiessly piohibited that such designa
tion should bo mado iu the intciest of con
venience and the general intent of the law.
The Prohibitionists will certainly not object
to this view of tho case, and probably no
ono eiso will caio to. Chaitman Patton's
idea of having extra names on the nomina
tion paper3 is regaided as a good one by tho
practical politicians. Ono w orker yesteiday
iniererrlng to tho effort of John F. Cox to
sccnie iin indenendent nomination
paDOi in tho Twenty-fourth Congiessional
district said that tho ambitious Homo
Bteaders had bettor allow a in uein
ot sitnatures, as if only the exact number
were filed, and it wasafteiwaid found that
ten or the signets weienot citizens oi other
wise inellgiblo, it would invalidate the nom
ination. This c lutiou, of comso, applies to
all other districts. .
It will take about seven crojs marks to
voto a completo stiaight pirty ticket in Al
legheny county this year.under the Attorney
General's ruling.
A common topic of discussion among
those interested In politics now is as to tho
effect of the now ballot system on tl e elec
tion returns. Tho weight of opinion
is that it will not cause any relj
tivo change in the party strength,
notwithstanding tho fact that tho locent de
crease of Republican pluralities in Maine
and Vermont has been attributed by some
to the Australian method. It is pointed out
that McKlnley was successful in Ohio last
year by tho average Republican figures, al
though it was the first trial of the now
method. Sonator NeeD holds that one re
sult will bo that the first Presidontal elector
on each of the old party tickets will run 5,000
ahead of his associates, because of the mark
being placod theie Instead ot at the light of
the party designation. Others anticipate
mixed results In close districts, but not to
tho general disadvantage o any particular
political organization. Chaitman Pntton
claims the Prohibitionists will poll enough
votes for their nomination paper candidate
to secure them a regular place on the offl
oial ballot hereafter.
Objections to the inconsistencies of the
Baker ballot law or its interpretation do not
imply hostility to ballot reform, the genu
ine Australian system or tho generally- re
ceived meaning of the method adopted by
the last Legislature.
GTJS HARHY PASSES AWAY.
The liast of the Narragansetts Goes to tha
Happy Hunting Groirul.
Stohisotos; Co-x., Sept. 11 5 ieciat.
"Gus" Harry is dead at old Mystic, a hamlet
on the Sound, east of this place, and was
buncd jeslerdayin the Nairaansott In
dian burial ground in the woods, north of
I the village. He was a lugged, stuidyred
man, w no uunteu ana usned and plaited lino
baskets for a vocation. Evoryliody knew
him and said ho was a "character." He dwelt
alone in tho outskirts of old Mystic, not fur
liom the Mason lort on tho shore, which
Captain John Mason.with a band of Puritan
braves, in the lattei part ot tho seventeenth
contury, captured from the powerful Nar
lagansocts. It was tho most important stronghold of
the tribe, and Captain Jack massi.ciod mon
of Its bravo deienders and set flie to their
wigwams. In this way the sqnaws and pap
pooses perished. Gus Hariy is s ud to have
been the last suivivor or the Nairaansetc
tube. He was 61 jean old, till, thin,
straight and wiry. American fire water,
aided by rheumatism, hastened his end.
There is a large reservation oiPequot In
dians in the lonely woods about Lantern
Hill, north of this borough, who live in
houses, till small lockyfaims in scanty
clearings, make baskets, and hunt and fish.
Gus Harry, however, hid no dealings with
those red people, because they weio the old
enemies ot his tribe.
SHE COST OF DYING TO 00 TIP.
A PIttsbarger Prelde Over a Mot-ting of
Jovial Coffin Makers at Chicago.
Chicago, Sept. 14. William Hamilton, or
Pittsburg, President of the Natio lal Rurial
Caso Association, called about 50 manu
facturers of coffins to order to-day. Presi
dent Hamilton's gavel was composed of an
artificial skull with a thigh bone for a
handle. Notwithstanding tho ghatly sym
bol, tho as-.embly'soemed eiy Jovial.
An advance In tho cost ot coffins is to-be
made, and a itood substantial advance it w ill
be probably not less than 10 per cent. Re
femng to choleia, Mr. Curtis aaid: "In the
past, cholera patients have been nut aw ay in
cheap pine boxes, bnt we now havo a copnor
casicet that win no used in its place. Tins
will make a maiked inciease In our pioflts."
SHAMELESS DIANA AT THE FAIR.
Ills Stntuoto Adorn the Acricnlmral Build
ing, Though Itsoir Unednrneil.
Chicago, Sept. 11 Tho statue of Diana
will bo leeeivcd bj- tho World's Fair officials
and placed in position iu the agricultuial
building in all its scarcity of raiment.
"TheBoaid or Lady Managers have not
given the matter any thought," said Mis.
Cook, Secretaiy of tho Boaid. "Wo havo
not taken anv action or even discussod tho
matter, and I don't think we will."
TUB FRIGHT ON FIRE ISLAND.
We are an advance 1 people, but the Firo
Island incident shows that wo can stand
some additional enlightenment. Washington
iter.
The bay mon who set out to resist tho
State's nuthortty at Flie Island cariied to
the point ol biutality their souse of self
preservation. Wh ehng Rigister.
Tue Firo Island demons tiation was even
less excusable than the outbreak of lawless
ness a lew weeks ago in the Buffalo fioi,;ht
yai ds. Baltimore Herald.
Tub inhabitants of that dot on tho map
called Fite Island will have to learn tho
equity of the principle: "The greatest good
to tho gicatoat number." Chicago Sews
liecord.
Shame upon the cowards or Islip! Shame
upon cieatuies in thoguise of humanity who
feai and tremble in the hour of pestilence.
Barbaiism could not do moio than these
men of lalip have done. Sew Yoi k Advartuer.
1 he selfish, unreasonable behavior of tho
lesidents ot Fire Island does not affoida
very edifying spectacle and wo dare say
they w ill bo heartily ashamed ot themselves
when the fiist panic Is over. Roches er Dem
on at.
The men of Islip havo disgraced the name
of Ametican manhood without leason or ex
cuse of any kind, and their inhospitablo
shoius should ho shunned liencolortli by all
who care for humanity, kindness and cour
age. Cleveland leader.
While it is nntuial for the people of Islip
to object to having a cholera colony iu their
town, thoy have foifoitedall claims to sym
pathy by their hUh-haudcd action. Com
munities often havo to submit to annoy
ances Buffalo Enqidrer.
The treatment accorded the quarantined
passengers at Firo Island by the excited
lesidents alongshoie, w ho refused to permit
them to lard for food and shelter at tho di
rection of the health department, was as in
human as could bo imagined DUroii Even
ing Sens.
The State of New York owed a duty to the
people of tho Normannia, who already had
suffered so much, and the inhabitants of
Fire Islnnd, in setting up their armed l dist
ance to the authorities, have been guilty of
an act of inhumanity which the State, if it
had been guided by wise foresight, might
have anticipated and shoull have been
ready to suppress. Philadelphia Bulletin.
DEATHS HERE AND hLSLWIIEEE.
Dr. Lwls Sutton, West Newton
Dr. Lewis Sutton, one of the pioneer phy
sicians of Western Pennsylvania, died at West
Newton Mondij irom a stroke of paralysis which
prostrated liim at Atlantic CItr about two wecl.s
ajto. Dr. Sutton w is 72 years of age and graduated
Iroiu Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, la
1513. He located in Madison, eight miles irom
here, staring there until 1377, when he went to
Philadelphia, where he delivered lectures to the
students at college for several years. Dr. Sulton
located In West Newton, his birthplace, la 1S3),
and had a wide practice.
Miss Mary Connor.
Miss Mary Connor, daughter of Manager
John Connor, or the Mutual Union Telegraph
Companr, In this city, and sister or Oweu A.
Connor, of the Associated Press, died at 1:3)
o'clock this morning, bhe was in the loth
ear of her age. and had been 111 from
an affection of the heart for several months,
bhe was the last of three daughters, all having
died within the past three years. The luneral will
take place from the residence of licr parents. N o.
110 Ridge avenue. Allegheny City. Ihls afternoon
at 2 o'clock.
Mrs. Margaret Qclni.
Mrs. Margaret Quinn, widow of the late
John Quinn. died at New Castle at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Mattle Watson, on Saturday morn
ing, fceptemher 10. one leaves two sons and two
daughters. William and Jamej W. (Juinn. "Mrs.
Maggie Batteshy, or McKeesport. and Mrs. Mattle
Watson, or New Cnstle. she was a rcsldiut of
Allegheny City for over l yiar.
B-v. Genrgo K 1 1'z ), Oreonsliurg.
Eev. George E. Titzel, pastor of Zion's
Lutheran Church, of G ri.eiisbiirg, died at New
Bethlehem. Pa., at an curly hour yesterday morn
ing of fever, with which he was stricken down
"Idle on a visit to Irlends hi tli it part of the State.
He was a son of Rev. Mr. ritel, a protessor in
Uhlel College, and was about A) ) ears old.
Itv. Grorgo E. 11lz3l.
Rev. George Titzel, pastor of the Zion
Lutheran Corgrcg-itlon or urccninurg. died at
Bethlehem, Pa., on Tuesdav. aged 33 years. Ills
f ither Is profesor in Thiel College. He was a
nephew of the Rev. Dr. i'assavint. orthlscltv,
ami was a sou lu law of Heury llush, of lvlttau
ning, l'a.
Iw.ird Uardon,
Edward Warden, son of Hon. James S.
Warden, died at his ruber's home in Mt. l'l. asant.
Fa., on Tuesdiy evening. The dcieascd wal a
nephew of Clark Warden, the ncll-known civil
englueer. The luneral win occur on Friday.
Obituary Notes.
PbinceCamille, of Kohan, Austria. Is dead.
EUGENE Uouaw, the iftench sculptor and
founder, is dead In his 73th year.
John McNamara. au aged coal dealer, fe'ldead
at Newark. O., yesterday just after filling bis
wagon at the I'anhandie depot.
John Pot. a theater advertising agent or St.
Louis, died Monday in the btindard Theater box
office ofthat city or heart lallure.
TlMOTnv Mobiartt, reputed to be 103 years old,
died In Lawrence, Mass., Monday. He was a
native of county Kerry, Ireland, and came to this
country in ISiH. He was a laborer.
Tuomas Nadus died at his home in Union town
yesterday, aged 00 yexra. Four years ago ho .re
ceived a sunctrolce from which he never recovered
and which was the Indirect can ee Of his death.
THE NEW CONCORDIA.
Arranging for tha liouaawarmlng of 'the
Handsome Building A Quiet bat Pretty
tVeddlng Plttibnrgers Attending Jrnip
tlals In Ohio Epidemlo or Paper Flow
ITS Society Gotslp.
The magnificent new 'building of the
Concordia Club, Stockton avenue, Alle
gheny, is to be formally opened Tuesday,
October 11, with appropriate ceremonies.
The house will bo thrown opeu In every de
partment, and it is expected that there will
be a very large attendance at the reception.
Theie will bo a banquet, spoechos andcon
gratnlations, followed by a dance. Tho
edifice- Is one of tho handsomest clubhouses
In Western Pennsylvania. It was finished
lasfcspiing, but has never been 'used, be
cause the committee in charge of the affairs
or the club weio determined it should bo
completed, iu turrishmeut and general con
veniences, down to the minutest detail.
Now that the winter season has fairly
opened, tho delightful social gatherings for
which the ConcorJla has long been lioted,
w ill be resumed in the new home, and the
first ono ill bo the housewarmlng on the
11th of October. One week lator, ou the 18th,
there will boa wedding, the parties to which
aie among tho beat known young people in
Hebrew socioty. The bride-elect is Mis
Laura ilanauer.the groom Mr. Maurice Uaer,
for-oveinl ears the adveitiing m inager
ot Kautman Bios.' establishment. This wed
ding is to take placo in the clubhou-e, with
a reception to follow, and the event is being
looked fotwaid to with a gi eat deal of inter
est by tho many friends ot the young couple.
There is something pretty in the idea of
commencing the winter's festivities with a
wedding, aud it ia felt that the Concordia
Club could hardly be started on its career
undei happier auspices. The weddings under
the auspices ot Concordia have always been
pleasant, an I it is intended that the reputa
tion of tho old building in this respect shall
not be lessened in connection wltu thu new
one.
A QUIET, but very pretty, wedding took
place last evening at the home of Mr" A. J.
L. Means, a sister of the Pride. Jlias Nannie
J. Anderson, w ho ha-, bcon a teacher in the
Lemington school, was married to Mr. II.
G Powej, a writer on the Pittsburg Tre's, in
the preiouce ot the Immediate friends of the
two iaunlies Ite v. G. W. Challant per
lormcd the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Power
lelt fora short lotu fast ee ling, and upon
theli return they will reside in the Last
End.
TllEltn will be au open meeting of the
Historical Society of W estern Pennsylvania
in Cninegie Hall thisoeuing. Miss Jennie
Lambing, the Sccietaiy, is the only woman
member ot the society, which is a great dis
tinction, especiall iu view or iliu fact that
thojoung lady is only about 15 years of age.
An event of importance in Cambridge, O.,
this evening will be the marriage of Miss
Lora Mary Haines to Mr. A. Wajno Cook, of
Pittsburg. A laro uumbui of Pittsburgers
will attend tho wedding, and it is creating
quite a flutter in Pittsburg society. The
bride was a graduate of tho Pittsburg Fe
male College, and was piomiuent in the
soc.al movements ot this city during her
residence here. Mr. Cook is a son of the late
Judgo Cook, of Cooksburg. Ho bus been in
the lumber business in Pittsburg lor several
years. There will bo a leception at the resi
dence of the bride 3 parents, Mr and Mrs.
Lewis G. Haines, in Cambridge, uttei which
tho biideand gioom will leavo for an ex
tended tour thiougli the South. Their per
manent residence is to bo in Cooksburg.
A lawn fete and festival, under the
auspices of tho ButlorSticct 31. . Church,
is to begin this evening at tho corner of
Forty-fourth and IJutler streets, and Is to
continue for thieo evenings.
TnEHE will be a pleasant "at home"
given by Mr. and Mrs. William It. Kuiin at
the Kenmawr this ovening, to celebi ate tho
fifth annivor-nry of' their wedding day.
Music and dancing will be enjojed by the
guests.
PlTTSBUKG is threatened with another
epidemic of paper flowers. A few years ago
overy woman spout some portion of her
timo in twisting and cutting colored tissue
paper into blossoms of ail kinds. Paper
.flowers were everywhere. They were pinned
on the walls on the picture frames, on tho
curtains, stuck in vnsss and hung on chan
delieis. They were purely ornamental, for
of course they were not fragrant, and
the craze was almost inexplicable,
although a.i decided as that of making craz
qullts, which existed previously. The fad
passed nwav, and the flowers found their
way from parlors and drawiiia rooms to tho
ash barrel and the unromnntic, unfashion
able "dump." Tho flowers havo never been
rescued, but the fun or making them ap
pears likely to find favor in feminine eyes
tuulu.ln orieot Pittsburg's fancj goods stores
were seen jestcrdaya number of enthusi
astic women, gnthuied around some objects
that culled forth a constant flow oi "Oh,
isn't it lovely?" nnd other exclamations that
testify to the admiration of the speakers.
They were looking nt a collection of
blossoms that i was hard to believe were
artificial. The colois of the- flowers had
been so c'oscly copied, and tho shaDe of the
petals so ingeniously duplicated, that only
the most cirelul examination revealed the
fact ihat the flowers were of piper. Not
onlvweio flowers made of this accommo
dating paper, but piano lamp 6hades,
fairy lamp shades, bonbon boxes, little
card baskets, tiny sewing basket and photo
giaph fraaics, were to bo seen, all tf tho
same flimsy materiul and in various colors.
On each article, however, mere was oniv
ono color. Thus a red lampshade had red
blossoms twined about ir, whilo a yellow
shade was decoiated with 3 ellow flowers,
and so on. The odges were sometimes tinted
with n shade ot de-opei tone.giving a par
ticularly rich and pleasant effect. Tills is a
beautiful lancy, and if the women of Pitts
burg carry it out they will have plenty of
brightness for d irk nooks and corners In
their rooms during the coming wintor.
Nothing will brighten np a gloomy coiner
so effectively as a bright yellow, and ono of
tho yellow piano lampshades, when the
lamp is alight, looks like a warm glow of
sunshine.
Talking nbont brightness, women nro
showing u decide 1 taste for color wherever
they can get it in the bouse. This is proved
by the taste for ornamental bedspreads,
lliey aro slionn with a white ground, on
which are wreaths of pink, rcailot, green,
j ellow, etc., to harmonize with the tone or
the room. Tho only thing that will curb
their use will be tho price, which ranges
from $S to $15, although the average woman
will have what she wants in this way what
ever may be the cost.
Mb. Harky Whyel, superintendent of
the Leith Coe Woiks, and Mis Lizzie K.
Prentice, both of Uniontown, wero united iu
marriage there yesterday morning'by Kov.
W. P. Turned D. D., pastor or the M. E.
Churdh. The wedding was a qniot but very
protty one, and the ceremonv was per
formed in the presence or about 25 or 30 rela
tives and intunate friends. Alter thoceie
mony was completed a sumptuous wedding
ureaKiast was served to nil presont. tho
bride and groom weie mtdo the recipients
of man v piesonts and left on tho morning
train over the Iialtlmore and Ohio for Wash
ington, D. C, and other Eastern cities.
Dn. H. J. Powcits, of McKeesport, and
Miss M. Ada Irw in, of Mercer, wero married
in the pnrlors of tho Monongahela Houso
last night by Uev. L L McCariell, of tho
First Presbyterian Cntirch, of McKeesport.
Ho wna assisted by Uev Fiank Collier, Don-
ver, Col., n brother-in-law of the groom.
Mr. and Mrs Power left lortbeEist imme
diately after the wedding. Among those
present were W. B Power, wlfo and son
iiarrv. Mrs. .Minnlo Collier, Edward Irwin,
ills Emma Allshouse, Mr. and Mrs. Alex
Carson and daughters, Misses Mamie and
Lizzie, A. Blown, Frank Mormngtou and F.
A. Carr, Sr.
The marriage of M. L. Baer to Slande
Frederick, at the homo of the bride's pa
tents, at Seattle, Wash., is announced for to
day. Mr. Ilaer was formerly Principal of
Counnllsville Public Schools. Ho read law
and was admitted to the bar of Westmore
land county. Thrco years ago he went to
Seattlo and only a few weeks ago he was
nominated by the Pemociuts for Judgo of
the county in which ho lives
Pleanarn Before ISuilneii.
Harrisburg Patriot.
The esteemed Pittsburg Dispatch, which
calls upou the Governor to take action
"without another hour's delay" to put tho
State Sanitary Hoard, in shape to meet the
cholera, is advised that that official has just
gone to Saranac laKo with some agreeable
companions to fish and gun for ton days.
The cholora may appear at any moment, as
out cotomporary says, and the State Board
of Health is wholly unprepared for any such
emergency. But wo shall encourage the
hope that the Governor's presence will not
be absolutely needed until he has had suf
ficient rest from his recent exacting official
labors.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. '
America has 400,000 Bohemians.
Agriculture employs 3,000,000 Italian
women.
Shoemaking machines wero invented
by Gallahue in 1S58.
'ihe first American paper money was
made In the year 1710.
Shields were not used in England after
the reign of Henry VII.
Two-thirds ot the chiefs of police of
American cities are Irishmen by birth or
extraction.
The Western people are so accustomed
to adulterated maple sugar that they reject
the genuine.
The side-wheel steamer, Goliab, which
made a trip to California in 1349, Is still in
use in Paget Sound.
The Shah and the Sultan each possesi
mat made of pearls and diamonds and
valued at over $2,500,000.
The finest railway station in the world
is at Bombay, India. It cost $1,500,000 and
was ten years in building.
In sixteenth century fencing the sword
was held in the right hand and a dagger In
the Ie:t to ward on blows.
An English clergyman hires a military
band and gives free cdncerts every Sunday
afternoon, smoking not prohibited.
There are reported to be more Hebrewi
In three of the 14 wards of New York tity
than in the whole or Great Britain and
Ireland.
The first wheat raised in the New
World was sown on tho Island of Isabella in
January. 1491, and on March 30 the crop wa
gathered.
The regular army of Brazil consists of
only 12,000 soldiers, but the Government can
raise a military force of lOO.OUO men by con
scription. A Chinese highbinder arr3ted at Sacra
mento recently was encased In a boilor-plate)
coat of mail. He carried two rovolver3 and
thieo knives.
Perhaps the largest well in the United
States is the Sampson, at Waco, Texas. It
is claimed to throw up 1,500,000 gallons of
hot water daily.
A dish-washing machine has been for
some time in use in a New York hotel.
With two persons to attend it, it washes
1,000 dishes un hour.
The committee of the Center Church,
Manchester, Conn., have inclosed a portion
of the church horseshed as a safe place for
the bicycles of members of the congrega
tion. The remains of the Itoman Watergate at
NImes have just been dlcoered. There
aro two openings, each about 13 feet wide,
and the blocks of stouo aro half a yard
thick.
The salt mines of Nevada throw into
the shade all others known in the United
States. One bed alone covers 15,9.51) acres,
and no bottom to this salt has ever been
discovered.
" It is stated that a German firm has per
lectcda means or utilizing sawdust by trail
ing it with an acid und pressing it into
blocks, which ure said to bo excellent build
ing material.
Duplicates of Raphael's famous Hamp
ton Court cartoons ares-aid to hae been
discovered at St. Petersburg. How they
uot there is a mystery, but tho owners ask
7.5O0.C00 francs Tor them.
There are only 33 magnetic observa
tories in all the world. Of these, eight are in
Fiance and tin ee in England. About one
half of the total number are provided with
Mascart recording apparatus, thu otuers
have appliances of the Kew type.
Fat men arc in demand in London as
advertising modiums. Thoy woar clothing;
on which spaces are arranged for various
advertisements; and thus arrayed they
parade the streets. On their caps thoy bear
this inscription: "spaces to bo let on 6)
men."
A cannon ball fired from a piece of
modorn ordnance would reach the moon,
(210,000 miles dist..nt) in twelve dai s; Mars n
C"J years: Jupiter in 54 years; Saturn in 108
y eats; Neptune in 3W years and Alpna Cen
taurl, tho nearest fixed star, iu Z,Wi,"j
years.
Tims suspen ds his ravages in Egypt
where tho smallest irarks of a knife on
piece of wood remain at the close of 2,00
years as distinct as on the dnv thev vrur
cut, and you can see after twice thas intc,
val wuore a chisel slipped upon a block ol
stone.
The Chinese like to sleep well bat not
high. John makes good account of his bed,
wuich is ery low indeed scarcely rising;
lioin the floor and is often car ed oxquis
itelv of wood, but 1c never occurs to hiui to
make it any softer than tho rush mats will
lender it.
Although it may not be generally
known, the woods of Northern British
America aio still infested by hundreds of a
queer species of bison known as the "wood
buffalo." He is much larger than tho bison
of tho plains, which formerly abounded in
such nuniLcrs.
The engines of the Xorth British Com
pany ran 3,927,934 passenger train miles aud
3,859,532 goods triin miles during the past
half year ending January 3L The total cost
of locomotive power was iorthu same period
X 233,81; 12s, and the total cost 01 mainte
nance of i.ny and works was 147.87023.
Mail carriers in Morocco are said to
avoid the risk of losing their nla ces by over
sleeping by tying a string to ono foot and
setting the end of it on fire before going to
sleep. Tho string, they know from experi
ence, will burn so long, and wuen the lire
readies their foot it is timo for them touts
up.
Woman's paradise is in the interior of
Sumatra. A law exists under which a man's
property cannot be in ho ri ted by his chll-
drcn, but must go to his parents, whilo that
belonging to his wife dosc-ends to the off
spring. Of cmrso, thu 11.cn evado that law "
bv putting all the wealth into the bauds uf
the women.
Aluminum, or an alloy of that metal
h is been used for the construction of a lue
boat at Stralsund. As is well known, the
metal Is remarkablv light for its strength,
but it remains to bo seen how the boat will
stand sea water, as the air of the s-a seems
to exercise a corroding effect upon alumin
um and aluminum alloys.
Art has been as inaccurate in its repre
sentation of the snake in motion as of the
horse. Tho snaKe does not literally "go
upon his belly," Scripture to tho contrary
notwithstanding, but upon his side, and his
motion results Irom tho uso of his intercos
tal muscles in such a way as to contract tho
ribs on one sido at a time.
JOLLTIS3I-. Ff'Oai JJJVGS.
Charley Gosh, Chumley, you look wor
ried. Clinmley I am; my sweetheart telegraphs me
that hi r old loicr Is following her around with a
gun. and that she wants me there for protection.
Bloobuniper Benny, what's all that
racket at the Barlows'? Is anybody being killed?
Benny No. papa. Willie Barlow's mamma I
cutting his hair,
I like to fish, but do you know
it's seldom that I ever g.
Although I like the fishing I
Do not desire to tell a lie
Lady of the House Poor soul! Your
husband's death was verv unexpected, wasn't it?
The Washwoman Laws bless you. not Why,
free days 'fore he died I made lnra some stewed
chicken an' he wouldn't hab It. an' I knowed when
he didn't want no' chicken lie was a goner.
EXCUSABLE.
Last night Jones came home feeling happy
and mellow.
And found his wife kissing a bald-headed fel
low In fac-, she was hugging him. Caught unawares.
Did Joins raise a rumpus and kick him down
stairs?
No; such Uilng3 can never his home peace de
stroy She only was kissing her first baby boy.
"I hope," said m-lm-n, "that you will
never reftr to ihe Sahara desert azaln in my pres
ence." "Why not sir?" inquired the capltol em
ploye. "Because I understand It is a great
waste of sand."
I marvel not, the while you boast,
That you are prone to pose:
The man who likes to teach the most.
The less he really knows.
Guest Why do you insist ou payment
in advance? I have baggage.
Hotel clerk If the hotel should barn down
the baggage would be destroyed. We understand
our business, sir.
"Jones wants to join the Paresis club."
"What are his qualifications?" "He has written
two comic operai. " "Hewon'tget black-balled,
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