TEPrTTSBUK&PlSFATOH." "THUSDATf -SEPTEMBER'' 22.' "ltm"' i w e jRgpaftij. m ESTABLISHED FEBBUABY Vol. 47, No SI Entered at Plttsbnrg Postoffice November, 1887, as second-class mutter. BUSINESS OFFICE, Cor. SmlthHeld and Diamond Streets. News Booms and Publishing House, 78 and 80 Diamond Street, New Dispatch Building. EASTERN ADYFRT1SING OFFICE. ROOM 78. TRIBUNE BUILDING. NEW YORK, where complete dies of THE DISPATCH can always be found." THE DISPATCH Is on sale at LEADING HOTELS tlirongbont the United States, and at Brent wo' s, S Union Square New York, and 17 Avenue de 1' Opera, Paris, France. XEKMS OF IHI! DISPATCH. POSTAGE TREK Cf THE UXITKD STATES. DAILTDlSPATcn. One Year. t 8 00 Daily Dispatch, Three Months 2 00 DAILT DlSPATCir. One Month 70 DArtT Dispatch, Including Sunday, 1 year.. 10 00 Daily D'SPATcn, lncludlngSunday.Sm'lhs. 2 50 Daily Dispatch. Including bunday, 1 month 90 Sunday Dispatch. One Year 2 50 Weekly Dispatch, One Year. 1 25 The DAILT Dispatch Is delivered by carriers at 15 cents per week, or. Including Sunday Edition, at 30 cents per week. BEVIT1ANCES SHOULD ONLY BE MADE BY CFIECKS, MONEY ORDER. OR REGISTERED LETTER. POSTAGE Sunday lssne and all triple number cople. Ic; single and double number copies, lc PITTSBURG. THURSDAY, SEPT. 22. 1832. TWELVE PAGES NO POLITICS XN IT. Anvone who can see political motives In the demand for the protection of the pub lic from a cholera epidemic is possessed of a narrowness of vision and pettiness of spirit which is unenviable. The Dispatch has certainly never known politics in its ursrent calls for putting the State Board of Health on a war footing. We have strongly blamed the parsimony and stupidity of the Legislature in refus ing to provide the State Board with an appropriation for such emergencies. Having made it clear that the original blame lay with that body, we have not scrupled to point out that the Governor failed to meet the necessities of the time when the threat of cholera is at hand. Theduty isessentiallyagovernmental one. The Governor could raise the funds more easily than any other person. It is dis creditable to the State that its health agencies have been compelled to apply to private wealth for the needed funds. As to the claim that the Republican Legislature would not support the Gov ernor if he had raised this money, it is only necessary to say that any legislator who refused to honor bills incurred to protect the State against a public disaster would be forever condemned In the eyes of the people. LET THE BENEFICIARIES PAY. Our esteemed cotemporary, the Press, commenting upon the proposed opening of O'Hara street, says that the city should pay the damages for the cutting through of such buildings as will be interfered with. If this be part of the programme, it is as well to understand about it now. The plan of opening a new street between Penn and the river as prepared by Chief Bigelow is highly commendable; but the one particular point which should be un derstood beforehand is that not the city at large but the property benefited must foot the bill. The principle of the property benefited paying for improvements, in place of the general taxpayer, is at the root of our who'e street system in Pittsburg. All the streets now existing in Pittsburg have been opened, builVand paid for that way. It would be a new and inequitable de parture to have the general taxpayer pay the damages that the opening of O'Hara street might entail, while the abutting property reaped the benefit In the much-fought widening of Dia mond street the property benefited was assessed to pay for the property damaged and taken, and the proposal to take down the "hump" also contemplated the bene ficiaries, in place of the general tax payer, meeting the cost If the idea is now entertained of intro ducing a new principle whereby the general taxpayer is to pay for special improvements, to special property, that principle will have to be much more widely canvassed before the public willj indorse it In the meantime it will not do to make fish of one and flesh of another; and, however desirable O'Hara street may be, payment must be made for it by the property abutting whose value will be immensely increased, not by Jones, Smith, Brown or Bobinson, whose only concern with it will be to walk or drive it say once in a twelve-month. Haussmann did an Immense lot of cood to Paris by opening fine streets and im proving old ones. There is room for simi lar work in Pittsburc, as our cotemporary urges, in opening O'llara street, widening Diamond and taking down the "hump." But in these, as in other cases, let those who reap the direct benefit be willing to bear the cost GOING BACK ON ITS PLATFORM. It is beginning to be high time for the Democratic candidate to produce that long-delayed letter of acceptance in order to terminate the agony of doubt in the minds of the party as to what particular stnpe of free trade it is voting tor. The returns up to date are such as to leave the average Democrat afloat without a com pass on the sea of uncertainty. The declaration of the Democratic Con vention was unmistakable any idea of piotection is unconstitutional To levy the tariff with any regard to the interests of labor or industry is something that the Democrats reject witu indignation. The tariff must be levied only for revenue. On thiS basis the campaign opened, and that plank has been indorsed by Jlr. Henry George and Mr. Henry Watterson, the former with an evident impression that the revenue tariff is the" single tax his soul has yearned for, and the latter with the enthusiastic prophecy that the Democrats will put back the tax on sugar. But a change has been coming over the spirit of Democracy. The Connecticut Democratic Convention went back on the national platform with a declaration that the interests of labor and domestic in dustry should be consulted in levying duties. Mr. Bourke Cockran has as serted that the "tariff should be so ad justed that it should consist as nearly as possible of the difference "between the labor cost of an article produced abroad and an article produced here," which is exactly the proposition voted down by the Chicago convention. Mr. George Ticknor Curtis comes to the front to repudiate in toto the constitutional theory of Calhoun revived in the -Democratic platform. Finally comes David Bennett Hill assert ing that he loves the platform while planting a knife under its fifth rib by an argument in favor of. incidental pro tection. Let Gray Gables terminate this uncer- tainty. Let the"countfy know whether.it is a little protection or a great deal of pro tection that is unconstitutional; whether j Democracy is rank free trads, or modi fied free trade, or no free trade at all. ihe I appeal from the politicians at the con vention to the politicians sober casts a great deal of doubt on this question; but till we hear from the candidate we cannot be certain whether the party is going back on its own platform. - THE CHRISTIAN SPIRIT. The conduct of the city of Hamburg with regard to the cholera before its out break was such as to divert from it that which would otherwise be quick to re spond to the needs of a city so afflicted. Jl municipality so ruled by the spirit of gain that it proposed to let the infected traffic pass through it to all parts of the world is likely to find the sympathy of the world thus threatened slow to respond in its time of need. Hamburg recognized the danger of the Bussian emigration by providing that It was to be isolated only while in that city, and at the same time declared its carelessness for the safety of "the world at large by giving its steamships employment in carrying the Infected emi gration wherever it wished to go. But Hamburg has paid an awful penalty for this greed. The peril which she was willing the rest of the world should un dergo has seized upon her citizens. Thou sands of them are dead and as many more have suffered the agonies of the disease. Her commerce is suspended. Her steam ers are under suspicion and tied up at quarantine all over the globe. There have been few more impressive instances of direct retribution that that which fell upon that commercial cfty for Its readi ness to make its own gain superior to the safety of the world at large. The sentiment of Christian civilization should no longer harbor feelings of en mity toward a city under so -fearful a pen alty. If she has offended grievously she has suffered terribly. A German-American relief committee has been organized in New. York for the aid.of the afflicted city. The triumph of the Christian spirit of the age will be shown when this coun try returns good for evil by sending of its abundance to relieve the needs of the stricken city at the mouth of the Elba. MOUNTAIN FORESTS AND PARKS. Mr. Austin Corbin is urging the adop tion by the State of New Hampshire of the policy of establishing mountain parks, which shall serve the double purpose of preserving the forests and fostering the beauties of White Mountain scenery. Mr. Corbin backs up his suggestion by offer ing to contribute one-twentieth the cost of a 'State park up to the limit of 51,000,000.. The sugzestion is a good one for any State so fortunate as to possess mountain -districts and so negligent as to have per mitted them to be ravaged of their timber. Pennsylvania possesses both these quali ties to an eminent degree; but the sug gestion has an especial pertinence to her because it can be given a close connection with another subject of more -than aesthetic importance. t That is the water supply of cities. It is daily becoming more and more evi dent that the tune is coming when the larger (cities of the State must go to mountain districts for pure water. The energetic efforts of Mayor Kennedy, of Aljegheny, to extend the influent pipes of that city up the Allegheny river to where they will escape sewage is an excellent expedient; but it will be only temporary. It will not be very far into the next cen tury before the Allegheny river will be a sewer.' from this city to Warren. That condition can now almost be affirmed of the Monongahela. It is a question of time only when the immense population from Mckeesport down must unite to obtain a pure water supply Irpm the mountains. Philadelphia is at this point now, while the smaller cities scattered throughout the State are not far from it It is evident that the supply, of a popu lation like this community must be taken from some mountain stream with a water shed of considerable magnitude. Every such watershed acquired by a city would for its own purposes be put into scientific ally cultivated forests for the best yield of a steady flow of water. With proper po lice regulations such forests could be made mountain parks, spots of natural beauty for travelers as well as of practical service for the city population. The three great functions of forestry, mount ain scenery and water supply bronght to gether should command thorough and careful attention. Legislation should look to the future sufficiently to aid such work. The State should encourage forestry by relieving from taxation mountain land now prac tically barren when it is planted with timber and properly maintained. It might add to the attractiveness of the State by providing for the custody and maintenance of mountain parks. And it could provide for a growing necessity by authorizing cities to acquire mountain watersheds for their water supply, and giving power for their maintenance as forests and parks under the authority and even assistance of the State. TWO GREAT STEAMERS. The information from abroad that a transatlantic steamship companyhas con tracted for the construction of a steam ship that will be the biggest ever built suggests an interesting comparison. Nearly forty years ago an enterprising engineer got up a. company and built a steamship to beat the world. She visited 'most important ports and for some years was one of the ocean wonders. But when it came to putting her into practical service the methods of the age condemned her. She was too big, too unwieldy, too costly to keep up, it was said, and after sinking from glory to the obscure services of a cattle ship she was broken up and sold for old iron. Tet of late years the steamship has been gradually creeping up to the standard of the Great Eastern. After thirty-eight years the size which was condemned by the practical science of the 50's and 60's is to be slightly surpassed in one respect The modern leviathan will be twenty feet longer than her predecessor but will be eighteen feet less In beam, while the horse-power to drive her will be 4,500, against the Great Eastern's 10,000. It is probable that her tonnage will be some what smaller than that of the older vessel, so that the claim of beating the record for size is open to dispute. The gradual advance in shipbuilding to vessels of the size of the Great Eastern is calculated to raise the Inquiry whether the main fault of that unfortunate vessel was not that she was built half a.century too soon. But the points of difference in the two vessels indicate the advance in naval construction. Being nearly a quarter narrower in proportion to length than the Great Eastern, the modern ship can attain forty per cent more speed with less than half the horse power. The experience of the last half of, the century shows that the fault of the earlier failure was not in her size, "but in the inability to get th9 -greatest results out of her power. Estimates as to the vote by which this, that and the other party expects lo carry that, this and tlie other State In November are Interesting enough In the few eases where they are made from reliable facts rather than baseless hopes. Bat the results depend not upon the wishes and prognos tications of prejudiced statlstlcans, nor should their determination be allowed by the machinations of 'self-interested politi cians. They should be made to rest on the careful consideration and consequent con viction of every Individual American voter. The announcement that Bismarck hopes to attend the World's Fair should at once settle In tbe negative the question as to whether Kaiser Wllhelm will be there. Reasons assigned by the grain elevator monopolists for refusing to iniorm mercan tile reports of the amount of grain on hand are as illogical as fallacious, and will bring the same injury to the publio as those ort repeated and always violated assertions mide by every combination at its Inaugura tion, that they are working simply and solely for the cheapening, or products and the general benefit of the consumer. So long as the water supply of Pittsburg and places lower down the valley Is drawn from the riveis.no proper place can be found fbr dumping garbage therein. Labor troubles will never ceaso, and the brotherhood of man can never bo more than an empty name nntll capital and labor recognize their absolnte dependence upon one another, and substitute co-operative profit-sharing associations for separate or ganizations pf employers on the one hand and employes on the other. From the attacks now made on Peck, it is evident that vote-catching expediency, nnd not fitness for office, regulates Demo cratic appointments in New York. Taubejteck, Chairman of the People's Party National Committee, began His seaich for notoriety with bogus statements aDout Judge Gresham, and he appeals inclined to continue in the same line so long as the cam paign forms an excuse for attracting some czreebf public attention. Twelve more human lives were lost in one wreck by railtoad carelessness yester day, and so the characteristic disregard for this priceless possession goes on. The time may not be ripe for woman's suffrage, but women have a gieat oppor tunity for usefulness in a public rapacity by the formation or health protective associa tions, which they cannot make use or with too much earnestness and vigor. Surely the Pennsylvania State League of Democratic Clubs cannot make "negro domination" a campaign isne since it has le-elected its Black President, A good deal has been said of the possible postponement of the World's Fair, but nothing has been heard of the danger from cholera in gathering the war vessels of all nations on New York for the Columbian naval celebration next month. Hill's speech maybe very fairly judged, and the bitterness of his heart calculated to a nicety, from that one word "still" iu his remaik, "I am a Democrat still." That terrible list of true bills returned by tbe grand jury In the Homestead cases is of course widely different flora so many convictions, but it is none the less a serious warning that law and labor should always go hand in hand. " What with, cholera, Anarchists and Bonapartists, Paris is an oxcellent place to be away from to-day. Now that the coal-purchaser is to be in sured full weight, something should be done to guarantee the domestic natural gas con sumer as much of the elusive commodity as he wants, or at least as much as he pays for: , L i Health Officer Jenkins, v.of New York, is a striking example of obnoxious official oificiousness, t Cleveland is wise in his day and gen eration. If he postpone the publication or that letter for another six weeks or so it will manage to escape the seveie criticism that awaits it. Dishonesty is as objectionable in a 'baseball umpire, asu politician, and too com jnon in both classes. Political exigency as compared to political principle has seldom been more clearly displayed than in the proceedings of the third and only Democratic district In Philadelphia. NepotisAi first made its mark in Borne, but it needed Tammany to bring it to per fection. The congregating of population in city centeis is a no more serious .feature of national life to-day than the concentration of wealth in the bands of the comparative few. Private trusts are prolific breeders of public distrust. CELEBRITIES IX CLOVER. Peemiee Abbott, of Canada, will shortly goto England with the object of receiving an hereditary title from Her Majesty. , Llew Llwyfo, an eminent Welsh poet, mnsiclan and litterateur, has, it is said, been compelled in his old age to seek tbe shelter of the St. Asaph workhouse. The Itev. J. Edgar Eider has resigned the pastorate he has held for ten years In a Uulversalist church in Greenpoint, L. I., in order to stump New York State lor Cleve land. The World's Fair officials have decided that after all they cannot decently with draw that invitation to Congressman W. C. P. Breckinridge to deliver the oiation at the dedicatory exercises next month. Ouida is said to be so proud of her small and beautifully shaped hands and feet that in summer and winter, ouf of doors and in the house, she wears sleeves that fall just below the elbow, and thin, low-cut slippers. Pbop. Max Mtjlltjb said recen tly: "I bolleve that the small Kingd om of Saxonv, counting fewer inhabitants than the city of London, does more for encouraging the study r Eastern languages and literatme than England." "Adirondack" Murray, who became famous nearly a geneiatlon ago for a oook of adventures in the "North W oods" that gave blm his nickname, and whoa few years later was Boston's most popular preacher and lecturer, is soon to return to the plat form. The Eev. Samuel Longfellow, like Henry Wordsworth Longfellow-, his brother, was a verse maker, and once compiled a collection or hymns for publication. When he asked a fellow parson to suggest a title for the work, the Iriend thought it might be called a Sam-book. 'Mascagni's "Eantsan" will be pro duced sln Florence on November 10. After that tbe composer will set to music two librettos entitled,"Zanetto" and "Vestilla." After he has finished these, whloh will be in about a year, ho will begin a grand opera to be entitled "Nero." M. Dinitkoff, Bulgarian agent at Con stantinople in place of Dr. Vulkovltcb, is al most an American.. He is a graduate, and -was for some tlmea teaoherin Robert Col lege. It is thought that it is largely due to his diplomatic skill and the friendship of the Grand Vizier for him that M. Stambu lofTs recent visit to Constantinople was so successful. What, the Democrats Do. Toledo Blade.O To bqy abroad, to sell abroad, and starve at li'ome is the free trade programme. CAMPAIGN NEWS AND COMMENT. v . Advices from tbe Western Slates, to which the Democracy has been turning for comfort, Indtcatef hat the cause of protec tion Unsteadily redeeming lost ground there, with the possible exception of Nevada. In thatpocket borough the free silver-delusion is of extraordinary strength, and Senator Stewart, hitherto the Republican leader, has declared for Weaver and Field. In Nebraska there is an exciting three-cornered struggle. Ex-Senator Van Wyek has Joined the Peo ple'sparty, and is its candidate for Gover nor. The Democrats have nomi nated J. Sterling Morton, an. avowed free "trader, while the, Republican nominee,, is Jndge Crounze, of the TroasurjrDepartment, In summing up tho situation-Senator Manderson says: "We are making a gaining flgh t and everything looks well. There are evidences on every hand that we are constantly winning votes from the People's-party, whlclr, at the beginning of the campaign, started out with a strong following. There does not seem to be any fusion among our opponents, at least on the electoral ticket. As things look at present, e shall certainly carry the State, and we have a lair show of doing so under any cir cumstances that may yet nrise." Jerry Simpson's constituents contrib uted $700 in wheat to his campaign fund In one day. This would seem to remte some or tbe sockless statesman's announcements regaiding their poverty-stiicken condition. Since the downwall of the Iowa Presi dental aspirant at Chicago there has been a noticeable decrease in the number of claims as to tbe Hawkeyo State going Democratic this year. The Republicans are making an aggressive campaign; whloh can hardly fall to result in the leturn of Iowa to its old political allegiance. Congressman 3. P. Dolliver, of Fort Dodge, has been visiting Bepjblican National headquarters, and says: , "The calamity howler is considera bly handicapped thi9 year in Iowa, as else where, by the abundant crops. Even the Democratic Governor, Boies, in bis message this year said that never before in the his tory of Iowa had hoi' people been blessed with moie general'prospenty. This is the man who made the statement here in New York that tbe farmers of Iowa lost 67 cents on every acre of corn on account of the taiilf. The difference, however, lies in the fact that the lornier statement was made under oath, while the latter was not. - Alto gether, the situation is most encouraging, and theie is little danger that Ion a will not be in line with her old-time majority. Our trouble in the past has been from local Issues, but they won't count this year." Prohibition has weighted down the narty in Iowa lecently, but is not-a feature of the platform adopted at the last State Conven tion. Conservative politicians intimate that Weaver will receive fewer votes in his own State of Iowa than in any other Western Commonwealth of comparative size. And what be does get will be largely from the ranks of the Democracy, Discouraged by the tidings from the West the free trade rainbow-chasers are turning their eyes once more to New Eng land. The lesson of Bhodo Island in the early spring Is apparently lost upon them. Congressman McKinney is the Democratic candidate for Governor of New Hampshire, and is more enthusiastic just now than be is likely to be later in the tall. He says: "The Democrats have had no suoh opportunity in 20 years of carrying New Hampshire as they have now. The education on the tariff has made great progress there. The laboring men have discovered that protective tariff don't give them the benefit which tbe Re publicans claimed, while the farmers know, that it is not in their interest. The Democrat!) are splendidly organized, and were never more confident. Tho losses to the Repub lican party and the gains by the Democrats in Vermont and Maine have alarmed the Republicans all over New England. New Hampshire has the Australian ballot for the first time this year. If we make the same relative gain in New Hampshire on account of this new ballot law that we made in Ver mont and Maine, we will carry the State by at leasts 000 majority. I have no reason to believe that the Australian ballot will have any less effect in New Hampshire than it had in Vermont nnd Maine. So far as my own election is concerned, I don't have any doubt that I will be the next Governor of New Hampshire." The Catholic clergy in Illinois have ad vised their congregations to work for the repeal of the 'Edwardycomrjulsary education law, and the Detnocr&ts are hoping to gain by the movement. Perhaps it will work both ways. While the Democrats are making fruit less incursions into .hitherto solid Bepublic-' an territory, the friends of protection are by no means idle, and are conducting a vigorous canvass in sections which, should repudiate fiee trade, Harrity and his assistants aie evidently alarmed by the situation in Alabama, Tennessee, West Virginia and North Carolina. Chairman Carter thinks there is a good chance for Republican suc cess in New Jersey this year and intends to make a bard fight there. New Jersey, he says, will hear more good Republican ora tory than she has ever beard befoie, while tbe best advocates of protection will ex plain its advantages to the farmers of the State. Not only is there a strong protection ist feeling among the Democrats, Mr. Carter says, but the factional differences are so bitter that tbey can hardly be quelled before the election. The Hudson county ring, whose work at the ballot boxes has always been a stiong factor in Democratic success, is badly broken up. In Delaware the Demo crats are endeavoring to prevent the regis tration of Republican voters. And one officer has been arrested lor such obstruction. The best Bepublican Judges of the" Delaware situation believe that with proper encour agement both the electoral vote and the Legislature of that State can be securod by the Republicans. Hugh J. Grant says he will not be a candidate for Mayor of New Yotk City be cause be cannot live on his salary of $10,000 a year. His political opponents, though, al lege that he has saved 330O,0CO during his term of office. According to the New York Presi Don 51. Dickinson sighed as he packed his grip-sack for his weekly visit to Cleveland and Gray Gables, and he said to Mr. Harrity that he felt like a boy in school ho was counting the days before vacation. "No man willbn happier than I .when the day of election comes," he said. The tiouble with Dickin son is that he feels that he is being made a target. The anti-snappers pour all their griefs into his ear, and then the Hill men un burden themselves to him. no knows that Whitney feels a little s,oie toward htm, be cause he unwittingly usurped Whitney's place in Cleveland's regard, and he is the only man in the National Committee who can be said to visit thecandidato with con fidence, because Cleveland is apt to tieat all the others after the manner of a spoiled child or a coquette But what makes Mr. Dickinson especially angry and canses his lips to tiemble and his luxuriant whiskers to vibrate with passion is the Intimation which is conveyed to him'nowand then that he ex pects a reward by and by. "I oxpeet no thing," he said yesteiduy; "I want nothing. Why, I wouldn't go back to Washington again and serve in the Cabinet if I got $50, 000 a year for doing it, and Cleveland knows it," And so this self-sacrificing man, who Is being hauled from pillar to post, toot the evening train for Gray Gables not knowing whether he should be able to bring Cleve land back; with htm or not. Peck must be mote than ever convinced of the necessity for protection against the rest of the Democratic party. AN OBDEB ALLEGED 10 BE INSOLVENT. A Receiver Will Be Asked for the American Protective League. Boston, Sept. 21. A temporary injunction was to-day granted against the American Protective League. Tbe complainants claim that the order is insolvent, and It is alleged that Its liabilities are $2,781,000 and its assets but $101,800. Counsel for the order consents to the tem porary injunction. In two weeks there will be a hearing on the matter or appointing a receiver. What of the Hello tin Party? Kansas City Star. - Lieutenant Peary -will take rank among Arctic explorers as one whom it was not neoessary to send after and who came home by himself. A GBAXD HAKINE PICTURE Will Be the Great Parade In the New York Harbor Next Month. New Yoke, Sept. 21. S ectot-An officer from the Navy Department at Washington was at the navy yard to-day to inform him self relative to the wishes of tbe committee having In charge the marine parade of Octo ber II as to the part the navy nbould take in it. Lieutenant Commander Henry B. Mans field will superintend the .naval part of tbe parade, and it is certain that the- steel cruiser Philadelphia, the double-turreted monitor Mlantonomoh.the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius, the torpedo boat Cashing and the navy tug Narkeeta will take part. It is also possible that the Atlanta can be made ready. Commander Henry Erben, com mandant of the navy yard, will have com mand of the fleet; and the Philadelphia will piobably be bis temporary flagship. The officer from Washington was- asked if the cruise outlined for Bear Admiral Gber ardi would not Interfere with tjie arranging ot rendezvous at Hampton Boads and the naval review in this hurbor in May next. He said the matter had been fully -talked over by Admiral Gherardl and Secretary Tracy and Assistant Secretary Soley, before the Admiral started for San Francisco a week ago. The Admiral had given a general outline of what his plans would be, and dur ing the crnise he will devote much of his spare time to completing the programme, so lar as it can be done before it is known absolutely how many vessels will be sent here fiom other nations. He added: "Admlial Gherardl will orobably reach San Francisco to-morrow, and will at once make his arrangements to go to San Diego with the Baltimore, his flagship, the San Francisco and Charleston, to take part in the anniversary celebration of the discovery of that point by B. Cabrlllo in. 1642. He will be Joined there by the Boston and Yorktown and then the fleet will proceed on its special cruise anions tbe Central and South Amer ican ports. He expects to arrive at Hainp lon Roads abont the latter part of February, by which time it will be known how manv loreign ships will come and then the pro gi amine can be completed. The Admiral expects so large a fleet as to make It inadvisable to have the series of maneuvers that was at first proposed to have in this harbor. The United States will have a fleet of at least 25 vessels of the new navy. The vessels from Mexico, Chile, Peru, the Argentines, Brazil, Italy, Spain, Great Britain, Germany, France, Russia and Aus tria will make a gathering of nearly 100 more, if not above a hundred. Admiral Gherardi's present idea is that this big fleet, in order to present a good display and avoid accidents, will be moored bow and stern fiom off Bay BlUge'and strotoh along in line up the Hudson river. This will enable the President, accompanied by bis cabinet, tho foreign ministers and other representatives of the foreign governments, who will be ac commodated on one of tbe vessels probably the Baltimore to pass in review of the whole line ana receive the honors due to them. I imagine it will be muob larger than anyone has anticipated, and will be the grandest marine picture ever seen. LATIN G FOB LEGISLATOBS. The Louisiana Lottery Trying to Defeat North. Dakota's Proposed Amendment. Fabqo, N. D., Sept. 21 The startling state ment is made here that the Louisiana Lot tery has not given up all hope of gaining a foothold in North Dakota, and that the wires are already being pulled in certain legislative districts In order to defeat the amendment to the constitution which will come up for action at the session of the Leg istatuie this winter, forever prohibiting the granting of any charter to a lottery. An amendment must pass two consecutive ses sions of the Legislature and then be sub mitted to a vote of the people before becom ing a part ot the organic law, and if tbe bill could be defeated in the Legislature this winter it would be Ave years before It would again come up for action. If the bill for tbe amendment to the con stitution goes through the Legislature this winter, it will forever stop any hopes the lottery company may entertain orgalnlng a foothold in this State, as it would carry at the eleotion by an overwhelming vote. Ac cordingly, the plan is to manage to stifle the amendment bill by preventing its ever com ing to a vote, which would at least have tbe effect of leaving a clear field tor the corpor ation to get in Its work on the Legislators. ENGLISH EYES 05 HAWAII; A Petition Circulating on the Islands for a British Protectorate. San Francisco, Sept. 2L According to the statements of passengers arriving on the steamer Honolulu this morning, the Ha waiian Legislature has been caucused, with tho result that 21 members voted in favor of impeaching the Ministry and 22 against such action. The resolution of want of confidence In the new Cabinet, as Introduced by Repre sentative Smith, is expected to carry by the same vote. It is also stated that petitions are being circulated in certain quarters asking the British Government to place tbe Islands under its protection. The American resi dents are strongly opposing such action, and will ask the Government at Washington to interteie ou behalf of their interests. HADE A KING IN TENNESSEE. An African Potentate Summoned Home to Take Charge of His Realm. Nashville, Sept. 21. Nashville has a real live king who has just been called to his home to mount the throne and restore order from the chaos now prevailing in his realm. The king's name is Momolu Massaquol, and his country is Vey, which adjoins Liberia in West Africa. Momolu has been here for two years past attending college, securing a Christian edu cation, and is 20 years old. He has Just re. ceived letters stating that bis father, Zing Belah, has been killed in battle and that his mother had died of starvation. His people are in a desperate situation, and he is urged to come at once and bring all the relief pos sible. He will leave here in a short time for Africa. - . THEY LIVE IN BEfBIQEB AT0BS. An Eskimo Village to Be One orthePeat ures'of tbe World's Fair. CniCAQO, Sept. 2L Sixty Eskimos, accom panied by seroral hundred dogs and a num ber of reindeer, have sailed from Labrador for this city, coming by way of Boston. They will live in the Eskimo village1 in Jackson Park. Three acres have been re served for the village, and a dozen or more hut3 will be erected for their use on the cold storage plan. These natives will be comfortably in stalled in their Iceboxes by the middle of Ootober, and will remain in Jackson Park all winter. Daring the Fair these villagers will give exhibitions with their peculiar canoes and firearms. DEATIIS HEBE AND ELSEWHERE. Judge A. B. Roman, New Orleans. Judge Altred B. Boman died at New Orleans Tuesday. He was 63 years old, and a nitlve of Louisiana, being the son of Governor Andre Roman, twice Governor or the State, and one or Its most Illustrious citizens. Alfred Roman was edu cated at the University of Tarls. Returning to New Orleans In 1818 he practiced law, and was soon after elected District Attorney or the bt. Jame District. During the war he served on the staff or General Beauregard. In 1880 he was appointed Jndge orthe Criminal Court, and be did much by his adminis tration orthe office to rid New Orleans or crime. He married a daughter or ex-Senator Barnwell lthett. or South Carolina. Judge Roman was an able writer In both French and English, and was the author or the "Military .Operations of General Beauregard." Mrs. Jane GloadeU, Centenarian. Sirs. Jane Crleadell died Monday at the home or her daughter In Kochester, N. Y., at the age or 100 years, 5 months and 22 days. Dp to Wednesday she had been able to walk about the neighborhood the same as for jnany-years.past. Mrs. Gleadell was born In Lincolnshire. England. In 1831 she came to this country and setae i In Webster, Monroe county, with her husband. Jobs Gleadell, who died 18 years ago. Obituary Notes. M. Delatbe, the largest owner of race horses In Frame. Is dead. Ex -Hatoe Thomas W. Hollidat, of Cairo, III., was burled Tuesday. Viola Pobtxb craphslle, colored, died at her home In Ellington. Conn., Monday, aged 109 years. Alfred Colp, ofDravosburg, a prominent citi zen orthe vicinity of AicKeespert, Is dead. He was 50 years old. Eev. CLEornAS C Chill, pastor or the Free Methodist Church at OH City. Is dead or typhoid fever. He was a former resident or New Castle. iJUJOit General Daniel TJllmank, who first organized colored troops in the late Rebellion, and took tne first colored brigade to the South, died in Nraek, N. Y., yesterday or old age. Samuel Boyd, orthe Boyd-Corey Manufactur ing Company, of Marlboro, died Monday at the age of 77. He founded a shoe manufactory in Marl- boro. "which covered more than one and a hair acres and employed from 700 to 1,000 hands; and was when erected the largest shoe factory In the world. THE SOCIETY WORLD. A Batch of Interesting Chatter Prom Both Cities Pretty Home Wedding A New Bridal Bouquet Private School for Young Ladies Opened. Miss Florence Dusenbebry became a bride last evening at the borne of her parents, 125 Bluff street. The groom was Mr. Frank Naylor Armstrong, or Cincinnati. Bev. H. a Applegartb, oCthe Fourth Avenue Baptist Church, officiated, and only the Im mediate friends and relatives of the couple witnessed the oeremony. The bride wore a white silk gown, trimmed with pearl passe menterie and white lace, while in bei hand was a bouquet or white roses. Miss Belle Williams, who attended the bride, wore a white dress and carried pink roses. Mr. B. W. Dnsenberry, brother of the bride, was the best man.The house was prettily decor ated with palms and flowers, and was a fit ting temple for the invocation of Hymen. The newly wedded pair lett at 8 o'clock for an extended trip through the East, includ ing a visit to Niagara Falls as well as to New York and Boston. Their permanent home will be in Cincinnati, where tbe groom Is well known and popular. To-MORBOW afternoon the Daughters of American Bevolution will hold a special meeting. The snblect of discussion will be tbe plan to retain, possession of the Block House. This Is a matter that interests every patriotic man and woman, and the result of the meeting will be watched with much eagerness. It will be held at the residence of Mrs. Albert Childs. A SOCIETY event of importance to Pitts burg was to take place in Germantown, Philadelphia, yesterday in the marriage of Miss Edith Maud Cornelius and Mr. Theo dore Hopke. The ceremony was to be oer formed in 8t. Luke's Episcopal Church, Ger mantown, at 11 a. M. Mr. Hopke is a Pitts burger and is very well Snown. The resi dence of the couple will be at Hazelwood, and they will be '-at home" there luesdaj s in November. Among the weddings scheduled for this evening are those orMi-s 2hca Seyp'pleand Mr. BIcbard A. Ebe, at Edgewood: Miss Lida McEelvey and Mil William Morton, at Kip pey street. East End; Miss Carlotta J. Ren sliaw and Mr. Samuel B. B-irbour, at the Oakland M. E. Chnrch; Miss Gertrude Truby and Mr. E. A. Smith, at Wilktnsburg; Mi-s Blanche 9. Stackhouse and Mr. William A Thompson, at Bellevue, and Miss Edith Moyle. of Avalon, and Mr. Russell L. Mitch ell, in the Arch Street M. E. Church. An entertainment under the auspices of the Epworth League of the Buena Vista Street M. E. Church is to take place to-morrow evening. Among those who will take part are Miss Mlua Siddell, Miss Emma Hague, Miss Marie Hague and the Misses McKelvey and Messrs. Robert Durbln.Leslle Duff, Charles A. Kahn and Prof. A. Leofeld. A NEW private school for young ladies was opened yesterday in the old Schmertz mansion, at the corner of Craig street and Fifth avenue. Tho exercises opened with prayer by Eev. Henry McClelland, after which he talked in an interesting way to the pupils and their parents. The house n as crowded. This style ot school is something new in Pittsburg, although private acade mies of this kind are common in Phila delphia, Boston and New York. The Western Theological Seminary opened Tuesday. S.xty more students were enrolled this year than last. The reason for the inciease is tnat yomg men have come from New York and Cincinnati, where there has been some dls lgreement, and have joined our seminary instead. The qnarterly meeting of Woman's Missionary Society, of Pittsburg and Alle gheny Presbyteries, took place yesterday, at GlensUaw, at the Invitation of Miss Nan Shaw. Encouraging reports or work done during the last three months were presented, and the society had reason to feel that Its efforts were being blessed. Luncheon was served by the congregation of the Glen shaw Presbyterian Chnrch, of which Bev. J. B. Turner is pastor. The first entertainment in the new chapel attached to the Shndyside Piesbyterian Church, on Amberson avenue, is to bo given next Tuesday evening by tbe Christian En deavor Society or the church. An. interest ing programme or musio and literary selec tions will be offered, Mr. Sam M. Brown pre siding at the organ. All the socials .or the church have been successful, there being a.) who are always active in affairs of that kind. A beautiful bridal bouquet has made its appearance in Pittsburg. A large bunch of roses, of colors harmonizing with the dress of the bride, which, of course, is always white in that case, although at re ceptions the dress is often pink, and there fore the roses are of the same hue. The flowers are tfed loosely with nai row ribbon of tbe same color, 'ibis, in itself, is not new, but the attachments are novel, and help to make the "chatelaine bouquet," as it is called, one of the prettiest things in its way Imaginable. The ribbon that conflnes the roses bangs down In long, graceful loops and ends, the ribbon being tied at intervals with small bows of tbe same material. Small rosebuds and sprays ol maidenhair are intertwined among the mass of ends and loops of ribbon. The bouquet, as a whole, is thus a. .graceful contusion of carelessly drooping roses and fernery. Tbe "chat elaine bouquet" is vey expensive, on ac count of the large amount of work on it, but is such a desirable adjnnot tn a beautiful toilet that it is snre to be popular in Pitts burg this winter. Mb. AIiVTnP. Maggini, of Braddock, and Miss Fanny A. Bell, of McKeesport.were yesterday married in the St. Brendan's R, C. Church, of West Braddock, by Bev. Father P. Molyneux. There were about 400 guests present. After a three weeks' tour through Eastern and Western cities the young couple will be "at home" to their friends in their new house on Verona street, Braddock. Stay It Be Short Also. Cleveland Leader.! The comma bacillus appears to have abont come to a full stop in this country. BEEOIAN BEHIND TUB BA ES. -Tweutt-two years for Bcrkman who at tempted to kill Mr. Frick. At least one An archist is where he will do tbe most good. Hew York Recorder. Twestv-two years or Imprisonment may prove to be a life sentence for Berkman, but if not he should be put under surveill ance when be comes to bo released. Phila delphia Ledger. Berkuax, the Anarchist assailant of Mr. Frick, gets twenty-two years' imprison ment, bnt the Democratic editors who-e abuse of Frick is responsible for Berkman's deed are allowed to run at large. St. Louis Olobe DimocraL No one will regret tho sentence against Berkman, who attempted to ossassinato Fiick. Such men as he do more harm, than good to the cause ot tbe workingman, and should be placed where tbey can do the lousf mischief. Chicago Olobe. , Berkman will not be remembered, as he seems to think, among tho men who have sacrificed everything for principle, but will goon be forgotten, as other cruel and dan gerons criminals aie after tbey pass within penitentiary walls. Cleveland Leader. To proclaim one's self an Anarchist is not a popular policy nowadays. Everyone breathes easier when the penitentiary doors close 'upon such a person. Whether Berk man was or Is a crank or criminal ho has found his proper abiding place. Co'umtnu Despatch. The sentence Imposed upon Berkman will be generally commended Twenty-two years confinement in the penitentiary is equivalent to a life sentence. There is no safety for any community which tolerates assassination by dealing leniently with a.3 sassins. Philadelphia Record. Justice is to be congratulated on its vic tory in the sentence of tbe Anarehist assail ant or Mr. Frick. It is not a whit ton severe, for it is time that a salutary lesson was given to these enemies of society; and, yet, it is leniency, compared to their own summary methods Baltimore American. Berkjian's condemnation was a foregone conclusion. The crime was committed in open daylight, in the presence of witnesses. Tbe attempting assassin was caught red banded, and his Identity was never for a moment questioned. No possible plea of self-defense could he set up. New York Sun. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. South Americans eat baked bananas, Covered carriages were first used in England in the year 1580. Locomotive engines were first made by Trevethick in 1802. The crossbows of the fourteenth century weighed IS pounds. - More than 120.000,000 is spent in Great Britain every year ror fox hunting. California has a little girl who has nines fingers on one hand and eight toes on mo opposite foot. Abont one-third of the entire population of the world speak tbe Chinese language or its allied dialects. A man claiming to be 100 years old was lately sent to prison for three months In Bussla for petty, theft. Sixty thoroughbred horses sailed from Liverpool on the White Star lino steamer Nomadic on Friday for New York. 'Metal balls, filled with burning oil and combustibles, wero used by the Romans and alterwards by both Turks and Greeks. As if we didn't have enough trouble) now, along comes a scientist who says that in 10,000,000 years there will be no light from tbe sun. A collection of butterflies long owned by Baron von Fielding, of Vienna,' was re cently sold to Lord Bothschild, of London, for $5,000. The pension agency in Topeka is the Ikrgest In the country. Itpaysout annually $15,000,000 to veterans of Kansas, Missouri and Colorado. The oysters of Puget Sound are the larg est known. Some of them are two feet in. diameter, and with the shell weigh as much as CO pounds each. Dickens' famous "Thieves Kitchen," in Laystal street, near the new Clerkenwell road and Kosebery avenue, London, was torn down recently. Two portions of the body of J. "Wilkes Booth, the assas3ln of President Lincoln, are preserved as relics in the Army Medical Museum at Washington. A man in Dakota was lately sentenced to prison for bait a life time.and the Supreme Court has decided that the time means 19 years, 7 months and 4 days.- The Spanish language has a word of nine letters which, spelled backward or for ward, suffers no alteration in it3 orthog raphy. It is the verb "reconocer." So extensive are the feeding ground and so rapid the movements of the wild ostrich that as many as 59 or 60 miles are otten traveled by it between daj break and dart. . The most powerful and heaviest gun in the world weighs 135 tons,is 40 feet in length and has a 13 inch bore. Its range is 11 miles, with a projectile weighing 1,800 pounds. It is interesting to learn that the Star Arc turns is 951,000 times as great as the sun ' which lights our planet. Arcturus has a circumference ot S-'i.WO.UOO miles and our sun of 836,000 miles. According to the Census Bureau the total numberof males in this country is 32, 067.880, while there are but 3J,5j4 3i0 women. Whlcu means -that of every 100 menflva must go unmarried. The consumption of tobacco and beer is increasing in England, as well as in France. In France the average amount of . tobcacco consumed by each inhabitant an nually is two pounds. The highest place in the world regularly inhabited is the Buddhist of Ilalne, in Thllafr wlitnh 4a lfi KWI ft.fi: fihrtvn spa lpvM. The highest inhabited place in the America3 la at Cilem. Pern. 15.&5 feet above the sea J level. The Greek, phalanx was composed of 200 to 16,000 men in a square battalion, with shields joined and spears crossed. The best armored were placed in the outer ranks, and those poorly armed, or with no armor.in tho center. The oldest armchair in the world is the throne once used by Queen Ilatafu, who flourished in Eypt 1000 B. C. It is made of ebonv. rmmitifnllv carved, and is so hard ened with age as to appear to be carved from Diacsc maroie. Of tbe 4,047 millionaires in the United States only 183 are south or Mason and Dixon's line, and Texas has 57 of these. The real estate In New York City alone Is worth I more than all the laud between the Potomac J and tbe Bio Grande. Thirteen millions sterlinz has already been spent on the Manchester ship canal, or 5,000.000 more than the original estimate. Two millions will have to be borrowed from the corporation of Manchester, and doubt is arising ot its value when completed. Everything about the new Atlantic steamer, the Campania, is of British make except tbe rudder. That is made or a singlo steel plate. It Is so wide that there is no Briti.-h firm having the necessary machinery for rolling it, so the job had to bo sent to Krupp. Glass, as far a3 research has been abla to determine, was in use 2,000 years beforo the birth of Christ, nnd was even then not in its infancy. In the State collection at the British Museum there is the head or a lion molded in glass bearing the name of an Egyptian king of the eleventh dynasty. On the occasion of the unveiling the memorial to Alfred Krupp, at,Essen, his son Frederiok Krupp, who now carries on the works, put into tbe bands of the committee the sum of 500,000 marks to build small dwellings for woricmen o( the factory who have become unable to work on account of age. A colored woman candidate for the post of public school teacher was examined in Independence, Mo., a few days ago. "Why does the Mississippi river flow southf" was asked. "Because tho land slopes that way," she replied, promptly and seriously, and pointed to the big school globe for continuation. At a cost of 510,000 the Baptist Publi cation Society has a mission car in u-e In California for a missionary and his wife. It has an 'auditorium which is orten tilled. Through this means 500 have been converted, ten churches established and eight Sunday schools organized. It is the gift of J. D. Bockefeller and others. The United States gold dollar contains 25 8 troy grains. The ordinary pound, avoir dupois, contains 7000 grains.therefore.$l,000, 000 in gold coin weigh 3,6-6.4 pounds avoir dupois, or over a ton and a half. The stand ard silver dollar weighs 412.5 troy grains and $1000 000 In United States silver coinage will weigh 56,931 pounds, or nearly 2S4 tons. JOIXYISMS FROM JUDGE. "Von have made this Cupid with a re volver, "said the editor to his artist. Isn't It cus tomary to arm the god or love with a bow and ar rows?" "Yes, sir." replied the artist, "but art must keep up with tbe times." Gamin I know where dey's some busi ness fer you, Grossteln. Grossteln Here's a nicglcle, mraeleedle frent. Verevasld? Gamin Up ter der polo gronnds. Dey've Jes called free balls on Mlcker Welch. She Mamma doesn't iancy co-operative housekeeping. John. Impecunious John Doesn't she, dearf Wny not? She Ob, she says she doesn't believe In mes alliances. Hub I gambled at the races yesterday. Wife How rrigh trull You always promised me you'd never w Hub But I won five hundred dol Wire How lovely! Now I can have thatbeanM rul bon Hub But 1 lost the money on cards last Wife Hateful thing! Gambling is a terrible pas sion. "By jove, Bronson ! your wife is a charm. ing woman. ' "I'm glad you find her so, Parslow." "loo, Indeed, iryou ever contemplate getting divorcee, old man, let me know, will jout I'd Ilka to marry Mrs. Bronson myself." Miss Sentiment Were you ever disap polned in love? Eligible Widower Two and a half times. ' Miss Sentiment Two and a half times! Eligible Widower Yes; twice married and once rejected. New Arrival If you'll show me where It Is I'll take a spin on that lake that you adver tised. Landlord (of country hotel)-Can't you wait for a day or two? New Arrival What for? Landlord UnUl we have a sbdwer. "Whatdid the poor man do that they lynched him murder or train robbery?" "Worse than either. He was caught red-hande In the act of taking a political straw.1' -' i " i t' jBtt fSA J S t'' V J, -', "" (4lM9MflflRr9flLaLaiaiak.
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