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Including Sunday Edition, at 3ceuts per week. BEMirrANCES snouLTi ONLY be made by CHECK. MONEY OUDEli. OR REGISTERED LETTER. POSTAGE Sunday Issue and all triple number copies, Ic; single and double number copies, lc PITTSBUKQ. FRIDAY. OCT. 7, 1892. TWELVE PAGES PECK'S SECOND EDITION. Labor Commissioner Peck is evidently more easily goaded into new activity than terrorized Into innocuous desuetude. And it is well for those who believe in circu latintr. the truth that he should be a man of such stubbornness. Ills new sta tistics are a valuable supplement to those already published. They demon strate that New York workmen have distinctly and directly benefited by Pro tection in the reduction of hours and the lnciease of waces. Out of 177,701 men working in constructive trades, the con ditions of whose labor were ascertainable, 177,634 had their lot improved during the twelve months from 1890 to 1891, while 17 were less prosperous. Of the laborers re ported, 6,342 had wages increased and 17 rcctived lower pay. Of the 112,343 work ing people heard from, every one had the hours of labor reduced. The statistics were gathered from employers of both parties and from the accredited repre sentatives of labor organizations in New York. All these details are valuable as bearing out and emphasizing the advantages of Protection in fostering American interests, promoting industrial independence arid enlarging the home market. These things to say nothing of the obvious necessity for the maintenance of high wages by ex cluding European competition are potent to all thoughtful observers, but they can not be set forth too clearly or too often at this time. THE MARKET HOUSE COMPETITION. The combined demands of the ilavor, Chief Brown, the Central Board of Edu cation, adjacent property holders and some labor organizitions which have been talking up the subject, that the Fifth ave nue market house now and for years lying unsightly and unused should be employed for blah school in place of armory pur poses, will likely be successful if persisted in. Chief Bigelow, it is true, says the property has been "promised" for an armory, and the Finance Committee may be a bit slow about changing the pro gramme, but the position of those who want the property for school purposes is, all things considered, the more reasonable and should be favorably considered. It is not merely the sentimental plea that books should take precedence of guns and that when the people are well taught there will be the less nerd for shooting which supports the position of the Ifcyor, Chief Brown and the Central Board. That argument is good and perti nent; but there is also the plain business one that it is the duty of the State, not the city, to provide armories for the troops. In expressing this idea there is no inten tion to detract from the credit which is due to our various military organizations and to the public and patriotic spirit of the men who compose them. The im mense value of State troops and the nec essity tor them at times in preserving peace and order have been too forcibly demonstrated near home to be forgotten or disputed. But that does not alter the fact that the provisions for the proper maintenance of the National Guard should be made by the State, which levies taxes forthe purpose. The State should provide armories, and it should not be parsimonious in doing that duty, either. But in case a different view is taken and it is esteemed needful that the city should provide an armory site, there need still be no need for insistence in competition with the educational interests. Other and much less costly yet equally as suitable sites as the old market house could be had for the armories. MISREPRESENTING THE ISSUE. The Philadelphia Record is the last paper to represent the Democratic propo sition for the repeal of the tax on State banknotes as something radically different from what it really is. The persistence with which this is done argues the straits in which the Democratic platform has placed the organs which were formerly outspoken in their defense of sound cur rency. The Record first improves on a familiar phrase by speaking of the "gradual and inevitable extinction of national banks owing to the high price of United States bonds." Our cotemporary should Know that there is no extinction of national banks, either gradual or inevitable. On the contrary, the amount of capital, the deposits and gross assets of the national banks are as large now as ever. There has been a shrinkage of bank circulation for the reason named; but it requires little in telligence to see that the cure for that is to add to the classes of securities available as deposits for circulation, instead of trust ing the soundness of our currency to the vagaries of legislation by 44 different legis latures. Next we are told that there is danger in silver certificates and 65-cent dollars and in the issue of .United States legal tender notes. Inasmuch as the issues of State banks would be redeemed in these forms of currency, the danger of them proven as they are by the experience of a genera tion to be reliable, except as they are af fected by the fluctuation of the precious metals is entirely imaginary. To present t'.iem as a currency whose value in one State cannot be told by a man in another is little short of effrontery. Finally the Record comes to the stereo typed Democratic conclusion that therem edy is "the repeal of'the ten per cent tax vtith proper provision for the redemption of the banking Currency authorized by the State laws." Two criticisms are pertinent on this assertion. One is that It is not the Democratic platform. That document imposes no conditions as to the security of the bank note circulation. It calls for absolute and unconditional repeal, leaving the entire question of how bank notes shall be issued to the vagaries of State legislation. The other is that if anyone proposed that the tax should be repealed with provisions for the security of the State bank circulation it would be simple nonsense. Congress cannot impose any such conditions except by the device of taxing all bank circulation that Is not Issued in accordance with national regula tions. When it does that it establishes the national banking system. The fact is that this extraordinary plank In the Democratic platform was a sop to the Bnurbonism that hates the national banking system as one of the results of the war era, so much that it Is ready to go back to the era of reddog and wildcat banknotes in preference. But that makes it no less a striking example of the Demo cratic unreliability on financial issues. By its platform the Democratic party is char acterized to-day as a worse soft money party than the old greenbackers, or the present free silver or People's party men. PINKEKTONS IDEAS. There is much truth- in the defense for "Pmkertonlsm" which appears in an in terview with "Bill" Pinkerton in another column. That the use of private watch men has in most cases been involved by the apathy or Incompetency of public officials is evident. That a culpable shrinking from energy due to a desire not to antagonize certain sections of voters has exercised an undue influence on those whose paramount duty is to uphold the majesty of the law can hardly be denied. In condemning the system of private mercenaries the-erases which gave rise to it must not be overlooked. The blame for the matter has to be distributed between that class of partisan office-holders whose dereliction has thrown discredit on the instruments of constituted authority, thooc property-holders who have en couraged official negligence by trust ing to their own means for the de fense of their rights rather than boldly relying upon the powers of the appointed executive officers, and those individuals who have satisfied the demand with private f orres of armed men. The extent of what is known as "Pinker tonism" may have been exaggerated, but its evil tendencies cannot be overrated. The system must go. And officials will have to be taught by public opinion that they are appointed for definite duties, and must earn their salaries by a proper per formance thereof. As Mr. William Pinker ton says: "Let officials do their duty, and no necessity would arise for calling in Pinkerton men." And what is necessary to make officials accomplish that for which they are selected can only be secured by a gradual reformation in public spirit which shall make office-holding dependent upon nothing but real fitness for office. A COMMON MISSTATEMENT. A specimen of the free trade arguments in voaue at present i3 afforded by the fol lowing assertion of the Philadelphia Times in opening one of its "short tariff chats:" "The JTeKinley tariff increased tariff taxes on the products of nearly all our protected industries." The Times ought to know better; but we will charitably suppose that it was tliiouizli ignorance, and refer it to the authority from which it can correct its mistake. If it will take the pamphlet prepared by John M. Carson, and issued by the Government printing office, which shows a comparison between the rates imcosed by the McKlnley act and those of 1883, it will find out that the contrary is the case. The fact is that more articles were reduced and placed on the free list than were raised, and more were left at the old rates. The facts have been published heretofore; but we presume that the Times, after studying the authority re ferred to, will give a new statement of the facts in correction of its erroneous asser tion. There is no subject on which there has been more misrepresentation than this. But as the Times is published in Pennsyl vania, where the iron and steel industries supposed to be especially favored by the act underwent more reductions than ad vances in the tariff rate, that journal ought not to permit itself either ignorantly or knowingly to be a party to the mis statement AN IMPROBABLE PROGRAMME. The contributions of English public men to the discussion of English public ques tions in American publications are en riched by a paper from Labouchere on "England's Foreign Policy." The Radical view which Labouchere elaborates in this paper may be summarized to the effect that England should have no foreign policy, fler possessions direct and indi rect in Asia and Africa, and her past interference in European questions, are put by Labouchere in the light of ex pensive luxuries for which England has received no adequate return. Ho appears to favor the abandonment of Egypt and the recent acquisitions In Africa, and would confine British policy to the im provement of the condition of the suffer ing millions within British territory. This is presented as the ideal Radical programme; but whether it was written while Labouchere maintained friendly re lations with the Liberal leaders, or is a gift of Grecian advice after he has undergone the spretae injuria formae of a neglected politician, it is aline safe to predict that it will not be carried out. It may be an ex aggerated statement of Mr. Gladstone's private principles, but the ideal Is so far separated from the practical that no party will in this generation be bold enough to propose throwing away the foreign pos sessions which England has obtained by a century and a half of more or less aggres sive Jingoism. The fact is that the English people very well understand that the wealth and power of the nation have been created by the policy of colonial extension. Eng land's hold on the various quarters of the world may yield no direct return for the expense; but the -English have not failed to get their return. Mr. Labouchere is not bold enough to propose evacuating India, but the position of England is no less anomalous there than in Egypt or Uganda, r , It Is understood that LordTtosebery has assented to the, evacuation of Uganda as a country too remote and savage to gratify the maintenance of English su premacy there. But we do not think there is much likelihood that he will withdraw from Egypt, or relax the jealousy, with which the East Indian possessions of Eng land are guarded. The importance of those possessions to England, and the somewhat Jingoist temper of the British mind as regards them, are too well under stood for any Cabinet to tempt the politi cal providence by proposing to throw them away. When the cumbrous mechanism of the now ballot lnwserlously threatens to Inter fere with and obstruct the franchise, It E-. - . . ., . Jl&!:. J. -rijfefe -H . pr .' . "c... -ymrn i i iTniy THE 'PITTSBURG gets altogether beyond a Joke and demands the most thorough consideration and searching Investigation. A ballot law so muddled by loose opin ions that no one knows Just what are Its legal requirements, providing a sheet of such size that It is doubtful whether the boxes made for its reception will hold it In sufficient numbers, and of such variety of detail in different districts tbat it Is ex tremely problematical whether paper man ufacturers and printers can comply with the specified requirements such a law is by no means calculated to enhance the value of the suffrage, if indeed it will not prove the moans of a wholesale practical disfranchise ment. What with plague, pestilence, famine, fire, flood and the deaths of great men to say nothing of such trifles as the cutting of racing records and a l'residental election this will be a memorable year in tho history of the world. Wobkmes have tested and( strongly dis approved of the system of payment for their labors in store tickets receivable at certain establishments only. They would find the use of a currency destitute of national in dorsement, and of a fluctuating value always below par, a far more serious evil. Yet tbe Democratic platform asks thorn to vote for a measure that would re-establish wild-cat banking. And still the shotgun plays its part with other methods of moral suasion down in Georgia. But of course the purity of the ballot In those parts is nevertheless beyond all question. , CniCAOOANS ought to be shrewd enough to realize tbat there Is a limit to tho endur ance of the public, and that a universal and extortionate rise In the prices of everything that a visitor needs will be bound to lessen the number of visitors. Small profits and quick returns is tho maxim which will pay best to follow during the attractions of tbe World's Fair. ' The political campaign has now reached the stugo at which the leading part is played by tbat gratitudo which consists in a keen sense of favors to come. The New Yofk Sun says "There is no nonsense about the Southern Democrats. The South is solid." The South ceitainly docs appear to retain its solidity. But that is only an indication that the thick-headed stolidity which prefers piejudice to reason is nearly as piedominant as ever, and non sense is a good description for such a mental condition. There is the usual outcry tor campaign funds, and tbeie is no doubt just about as much misuse of them and promises of pros pective ofnceis as usual. Jr. is a good thing for the whole country when such gangs as the Dal tons and tho Cooleys are exterminated. There are other forms of evil Just as dangerous, from their very subtlety and the hl.rh places they occupy, which need as rigorous repression, and enjoy too much immunity. Monopo listic trusts are un-American and must be crushed. What was expected has happened, and by Tennyson's dcatn the world has lost the most familiar and widely-read poet of tho century. A careful analysis of political rain bows generally results m tho discovery that they are bcautilul and intricate combina tions from two or three primary facts that look very different in their original condi tion before being submitted to the manipula tions of the prophet. Gekekal Weaver had better calmly consider whether the game is worth the candle belore courting martyrdom at Pulaski. Claims that the Constitution is violated by a Protective policy are so utterly unwar ranted by tbe text and spirit of tbe Instru ment that ignorance 1s Insufficient to ac count for them, and they must be ascribed to willful prevarication and deliberate mis interpretation. This is a year of wonders. A contest be tween French and English amateur rowers at Paris resulted In favor of the former yes terday. That lawlessness which threatens to sacrifice lives in order to steal reafl estate on the banks of the Missouri between Iowa and Nebraska, by an alteration of tbe river's course, is of a kind that cannot be too rigor ously suppressed or too severely punished. The new ballot sheets are too much'ot' a good thing for the paper mills, the printers and the common carriers. When two hundred aliens and more are naturalized in one court in one morning there can hardly be as much attention paid to tbe examination of each individual as the priceless value and grave responsi bilities of American citizenship demand. Peck's reply to his prosecuting prosecu tors seems to be: "There is plenty more where that came from." It is a striking example of the disorder prevalent under his vacillating administra tion that Governor Buchanan, of Tennessee, should And it necessary to his safety to have a body guard of State troops around him while be addressed a public meeting. When party affiliations conflict with patriotic principles tho former must be re linquished, FBuPJiB OF PKoMINENCE. Pope Leo is reported seriously ill iu Borne. He Is suffering from physical and mental prostration. Arabella Mansfield, of Iowa, was admitted to the bar in 18G9. She was the first woman admitted to practice. Baeoh vojt Mutzenbeckeb, the new Secretary of the German Legation in Wash ington, is tall aud thin, and bears on his face two scars as mementos of student duels.' Albert S. Berry, Mayor of Newport, Ky., who has been nominated for Congress to succeed Carlisle, will be one of the big men of the House. He is six feet six inches tall. Marcus Mater, the opera manager, has returned from Europe. He says he Is going to bring Mme Pattl to this country In No vember, 1S93, and that she will appear In a new opera. Charles W. Frendenvoli, has been selected by the widow and daughter of Patrick S. Sllmore,as leader and business manager of the famous band. He was born in Boston In 1853. The artists Thomas and Edward Moran were omployod In their youth in a Philadel phia carpet factory, where their duty was to mix the colors to be used in tho floral and mathematical designs of he carpets. An amateur artist, who used one of his cuffs on which to sketch President Harri son, while the latter was attending chut ou In Galveston last year, has sent tho cuff, in a handsome plush case, to tbe President. General Sir John Boss, commanding the troops In British Xorth America, will re tire very soon. It is stated that the appoint ment Is tobe offered to Lieutenant General John Davis. C. B, who was last employed In command of tbe Dublin district. Judge Frank A. Booker, nominated "by the Michigan Republicans for Supreme Court Judge, is a native of Hartford, Conn., but studied law at Ann Arbor. For 11 years, beginning with 1878, he served on the State Circuit Conrt benches. He is a man of high attainments and fine character. Miss Frances Willard and Miss Gor-' don, accompanied by Lady Henry Somerset, will sail from Liverpool October 8 In the Etruria, arriving In New Yrk about October la Lady Somerset will attend the National W. C. T. U. Convention Jkt Denver, but' re turns so soon to England It will be Impossi ble for her to fill any otlfr engagements. t&eat&z.kJsibi.-i'i&Ls DISPATCH, FRIDAY, CAMPAIGN NEWS AND COMMENT. To-day and to-morrow are the closing days for the payment of the taxes required for voting In Pennsylvania. There has been quite a protest throughout the State this year against the practice of political com mittees buying blank receipts In bulk and furnishing them to careless or venal voters, and tbe method lias been stigmatized as "potty bribery." In Philadelphia the Pro hibitionists have carried the question into the courts. In Blair county 'a plan worthy or emulation 1ms been adopted by tho Re publican and Democratic organizations. The following affidavit has been signed by both County Chairmen: "Personally appeared be fore mo, a notary public in the city of Al toonu, county of Blair, State of Pennsyl vania, Charles H. Manlove and Frank P. Molloy, Chairmen of the Republican and Democratic Committees of Blair county, re spectively, who being duly sworn depose and say that during tbe continuance of the present Prosidental campaign thoy will pay tbe taxes. State or county, of no person other than themselves." The Philadel phia Public Ledger concludes a lengthy discussion of the same subject thus: "Pay your own poll tax. Be self-respecting. Obey the letter and spirit of the Constitution. Then cast your ballot accord ing to your conscience, and you will have no twinges because some lamplighter or de partment clerk who has paid the money for it has a mortgage on your tax receipt." Al legheny county tax collectors report that an unusually largo number of voters are settling for themselves this year; All who have not done so and who desire to vote without question must bear in mind that to morrow, October 8, is the last day to attend to the mutter. This is the Beason when the organs on both sides regai d it ns their duty totcll whoppera about tho floppers. Democratic rainbow-chasers have been freely estimating tho effeot of the conver sion of Gresham to Cleveland and tariff re form In Indiana and Illinois. United States Treasurer Nebelcer, an authority on Booster State politics, is not alarmed Dy the Judge's Greek. He says: "We have always bad more or less of this kind of work in the cam paign in Indiana, although there' has been less of it this year than ever before. A some what noted instance of this sioushing off from tho Bspublican party was manifested in 1872, when Isaac 1. Gray and Geoigo W. Julian left tho Republican party and went ovor to the Democrats. Other prominent gentlemen also joined hands with our friends the enemy, and it was the usual thing for us when wo picked up tbe paper In the morn ing to look to see who had during tho night declared his intentions. But whon tho olco tibn came uround it happened that wo had almost everybody except tho few who had declared that the party thev had left was' not good onoujrh for them. We never did beat the Demociats so badly as we did that vear." In discussing the same subject, Secietary of tho Treasury Foster said: "so far as the Gresham influence is concerned I know veiy little. Indiana Is usually a Democratic State except in Presl dentnlyonis, although 1 believe the Demo crats have once in a while carried it even. However, the close friends of the President from Indiana, men who would not hesitate to tell him the exact situation, say that he is sure to carry it. The Republicans will carry both New York and Connecticut, and with them, of course, the majority of tho votes in the Electoral Collece." Of Indiana's neighboring State Charles U Gordon says: 'Illinois, beyond doubt, is Republican, and will give the electoral ticket at least20,000 majority to Harrison and Held. There will doubtles; be arioso fight on the Governor shin. Tno Diescnt indications urn that Fifer will carry the State by from 5,000 to 10,000." Even the floaters would decline to ac cept wild-cat banknotes in payment for their votes. The Tammany tiger is making vig orous protestations of its fealty to Clevela nd. A Westerner who was curious upon the sub ject made an investigation In New York City, and in particular called upon the famous "Dry Dollar Sullivan." He describes the interview as follows: "Dry Dollar Sulli van is very candid. He admitted that he wns not particularly stuck on Cleveland. 'But,' said he, 'the Jionor of Tammany is involved, and we're going to show the country Demo crats that we're loyal and true. My district 'is going to give 2,700 more votes than wo gave In 1S8S.' How do you know?' I asked him. Because I've counted them,' said he. Mr. Sullivan then told me about a 'kicker' in his district who had been talking rather ex travagantly about voting for Harrison. Mr. Croker, the leader of Tammany Hall, heard of it, and lie sent woid to Sullivan to bring the 'kicker' before him. They were saluted cordially by Mr. Cioker. Tho 'kicker' saia that he was going to take off liis coat and work as earnestly and as cordially as he ever did for the local ticket. Mr. Croker asked him whom he was going to vote for for President. He said ho would not vote Tor Cleveland. 'All right,' said Croker; "you bave a right to vote for whom ever yon please, but the test of loyalty to Tammany Hall at the next election will be a voto for Cleveland for President of the United States. Let me sec,' said Mr. Croker, taking a little book fiom his drawer and turning ovor a few leave-, 'So-and-so and So-and-so (naming a number ot men) have beeu appointed to offices under the city govern ment nt yourrequest. You tell them to look out lor something else to do. Every ono of their heads will fall on within a week.' And Mr. Croker closed his little book and closed tho interview. Two hours later, ns Mr. Dry Dollar Sullivan informs' me, the kicker' called on Mr. Croker and was arairaj the most enthusiastic men in New York " All -of which indicates that Mr. Cleveland should endeavor to Inculcate his civil service reform ideas In his home city, Where they are apparently the most needed. Peck has provided the free traders an other bushel or two of those most unwel come statistics. TnE Democratic leaders have not re covered from their fear of a break in tho hitherto solid South, and are devoting con siderable attention to portions of that sec tion. Senator Faulkner, of West Virginia, has been In conierence at National Demo cratic headquarters, and says: "The Re publicans are making a desperate effort to carry my State, and they seem to have all the money they want. Tho lact is, the Re publicans bave singled out Alabama and West Virginia as tho two Southern States which they intend to cany if possible, and they are sparing no tricks and trades to accomplish their purpose. But they will fail. In the first placo, both Alabama and West Virginia are Democratic, and in the second place their Democracy cannot be de bauched by the corruption fund contributed by protection monopolists who, under the guise of law, have pilfeied the taxp.ivers of the country. West Virginia is a close Stato, it is true, close enough to make campaigns thero very interesting, but novor so close as not to give a safe Democratic majority. I have been active in the campaign tor the last six weeks, speaking every dav, and Horn every quarter I hear nothing but tho most reassuring news as to the popularity of Cleveland aud Stevenson and tno Increasing popularity of tho cause they represent, i think their election is assured." Other observers who hare investigated the effect of the development of proteoted industries in West Virginia believe theio is a stiong prospect that the war-born State will wipe out the narrow plurality given to Mr. Cleve land In 1888. ' It will take almost a thousand acres ol paper, in round numbers, for the Baker bal lots. Visionary Democrats who are depend ing upon the Auttialian system of voting to make serious changes in the result of tho election in this State this year may temper their oxrltoment when reminded or the case of Ohio. In the election for Governor of that State, under the old method of voting, Foraker in I8S3 recoivod outside of counties containing the cities ot CincinnatI,.Clevo land, Columbus and Dayton, 2J0.68J votes. Two years later, under tho Austtaliau sys tem, which was expected to cut down the Republican voto in the farming and manu facturing districts, McKlnley received S.99, 262. On the other hand, ex-Governor Camp bell, who was an advocate ot the Australian system, and a great believer In Us efficacy in strengthening the Democratic column, received unuer tno old systum of voting 233, 184 votes in the State, exclusive of the four counties named. Under t.io now system he leceived 233,734, "or nearly 10,000 less. Of course, protection was the particular issuo in the McKlnley-Campbell campaign, but so it Is again this year. The Democrats seem to have been "Marohlng Through Georgia" on Wednesday. rK32 OCTOBER 7, 1892. PINKEET0X ON PIXKKRT0NS. If Officials Do Their Duty the Mercenaries TVU1 Not Be Needed. PaU Mall Budget. "I have not been in London," said he, for 16 years, and whon I was last hero It was to "carry out the not particularly pleasant duty of arresting a well-known criminal and taking him backto the States, and Inciden tally to a 25 years' sen tence. No w I am here for pleasure, and, though the outbreak of cholera cut short my Continental tour, I have managed to see and to enjoy a great denl." Thus "BUI" Pinkerton talked to a Pall Mall representative. "You ask mo what I think will be the out come of the present cry that the 'Plnker tons must go? Well, that Is a diffi cult thing to say offhand; but if it means sim ply that our firm must cease to supply do fenders of property and lives which It is the duty of the various States to defend for themselves, I shall not be sorry to see It brought about. But while it is as necessary as It now is for the hands of the police and militia to be strengthened by outside help, I guess we are about as well able as any ono else to do justice to the lob. The lacti-. though, that the most exaggerated reports nave boen made public, and oven before the Congressional committee tho wildest ab surdities of statement were indulged in by members of Congress thcmselve. It was said that wo had an army of 35,000 desper adoes, and that scoios of rden on both sides had been shot down. The fact of the mat ter is that, roughly speaking, I don't believe we bave ever had more than 1,000 people on our pay rolls at the same time, including our clerks and regular employes. "Why should we bo employed at all? you ask. Well, I don't wonder at the question from an Englishman. You over here cannot understand much that is taken for granted across tbe Atlantic. For ono thing, yon see, both political parties are anxious to stand well with the Labor party, and when a labor troublo arises a State Governor, be he Demo crat or Republican, is averse to Interfering on one side or another. So with the other officials, and hence it is that an outside organization is called in, and neither Demo crats nor Republicans can throw stones at each other at the next election. Instead, they both hurl them at 'the Pinkertons.' SVe are a sort of a 'cock-shy' for every one. I guess wo can stand it, but, at the same time, I should not be sorry to see the employment of our agency undor ouch clicuhistances forbiddon by law. It must not be forgotten, however, that our men are all specially sworn in, and become, in lact, a part of the regular lorce of the State In which their services arc re quired. It is now 40 years since ray father started the business, and for 25 at lea-it we bave been employed to guard property, and so forth, during labor disputes, but not yet has one ot our men been found guilty of a breach of the law. If thoy were tho luffians they are held up to be, would this be possi ble? No, sin let the officials do their duty, and no necessity would arise tor calling in 'Pinkerton men.' Already the Homestead affair (wheie, by the way, only four of our men wero killed) has had an effect. When the trouble aroso at Buffalo a few weeks ago tho Governor did not wait until things had gone too far, as has usually been tho case, but called out the militia at once. There was no room for Pinkerton men after that, and, though I am a Pinkerton, I am glad of it." THE LATE CHAELES ABBUTHHOT. Funeral Services Yesterday at the Point Breeze Clrarcli Memorial Resolutions. The funeral services for the late Charles Arbuthnot were held yesterday afternoon at the Point Breeze Presbyterian Church, and drew togethor a thronged assemblage to pay tho last formal tribute of respect to the memory of the deceased. There was a large representation of the business and pro fessional men of the city, among whom Mr. Arbuthnot was a notable figure for so many years, as also of his co-workers in religious and benevolent undertakings, and many clergymen. The services were opened with prayer by Rev. J. P. E. Kummler, of the East Liberty P,sbyterian Church, followed by a reading trom the Scriptures by Eev. H. T. McClelland, of Siiadyside. Rev. De Witt M. Benham.pastor of the Point Breeze Pres byterian Church, then delivered an im pressivo and feeling address upon the character andgood works of Mr. Arbuthnot, telling of their helpfulness to others and of their active influence for good In the com munity. After the singing of appropriate hymns Rev. Mr. George W. Chalmnt closed the exercises by prayer and benediction. Many of the assemblage were visibly al loc ted by the earnestness and feeling of the tributes paid to their departed lriena: The following resolutions in memory of Mr. Arbuthnot were adopted by the Session of the Point Breeze Presbyterian Church: Wbeheas, It has pleased oar Heavenly Father to call from the church militant to the church triumphant a beloved Christian laborer, a faithful follower of the Lord Jesus Christ; a devout wor shiper, a consecrated man of prayer, one. ever zealous la good works, ever earnest.fn his Master's ca'ise, loyal to his cnurch. firm In bis principles,, established In his character, a true friend, a sym pathetic brother, broad In charity, unswerving in faith, confident In hope; therefore. Resolved. That we, as members of the Session of the Point Breeze Presbyterian Church, express our deep personal sorrow and sense of bereave ment. That, knowing human destiny to be directed by divine wisdom, and being assured that tbose who are in Christ Jesus have passed from death unto lire, and, as the children ol God and heirs of the promises, enter Into "an Inheritance incorruptible, and underlled and that fadeth not away," we humble our hearts and bow our heads in submis sion to tbe supreme decrees of an unerring Provi dence. That, as the spiritual representatives of this church, we voice the universal sentiment of grief which pervades our communion, and In behalf of this sorrowing congregation extend love and sympathy to the family and relatives of the de ceased. That, We here record our appreciation of his gilts and graces of this, our senior eider; that we esteem his Christian example, his long life of de votion and pletv, his great usefulness In the Chris tian Church, his fidelity In office, his instrumen tality in rounding this organization, and Ids will ingness to employ bis time, his talents aud his means In the service of his Master. That, We direct that these resolutions be recorded in the Sessional Minutes of this church: that they be read from the pulpit, and that a copy of tbem be presented to Hie lamllv of the deceased. Rev. Db WittM. BENnAM. Pastor. WILLIAM P. WOOLDKIDOE, Harvey T. Hallock, H. Plummeb McClixtock, Elders. MRS. HARBISON'S THANKS Neatly Expressed by Secretary Ilalfordto tho Ladies' Citizens' Committee. 4 Washington, Oct. 6. The iollowlng is the reply sent to Miss Clara Barton by Mr. Hal ford in response to the letter which accom panied the presentation to Mrs. Harrison of the gold and silver souvenir badge by tho Ladies' Citizens' Committee: Executive Mansion, Washington. Sept. so. Miss Clara Barton, Mrs. W. W. Dudley, Washing ton, D. C: Mr Dear Mesdames Your letter to Mr. Harri son, with tbe accompanying souvenir of the recent encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, lias been received. The very handsome ana appro priate badge was brought to the personal attention or Mrs. Harrison, It being one of the few things that she has been able to look at for some time past, and also the kind terms in which ynu conveyed It toher. She was much touched by the evidence of the regard of her associates on the Ladles' Citi zens' committee, and wished me to give her grate lul thanks to both of you and through you to the other members of the committee. Very truly ours, E, W. Halfoud, Private Secretary. DEATHS HERI1 AND ELSEWHERE. Hon. Thomas B. Scott. Ex-Representative Thomas B. Scott died yesterday morning at the Ohio Soldiers' Home at Sandusky, aged about 75 years. He was born in Ireland. He was a member of the line Hundred and Fifty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and represented Jefferson county In the Legislature Trom 1878 to 188i He will be burled at btcuben vllle. Obituary Notes. ' Gabriel Dubrat died Tuesday la Paris, ne was one of the most productive of modern French sculptors, and was born In Paris In 1318. Judge DkWittC Hawkins, a 3i degree Mason and Grand becretary of the Florida Grand Lodge, died at his home la Jacksonville Wednesday, aged 63. Thomas Chase, LL. D of Providence, one of the revisers of the translation of the New Testa ment, and a leading Greek scholar of the country. Is dead. Daniel a. Grant, one of the famous Grant triplets of Torrlnston, Conn., whose Dlrthday Sasscd last Friday week, died very suddenly Tues ay night. 31ns. Henrietta Iubt, mother of United States Senator John L. II. Irby, dltd at her home In Lau rens. S. C. Wednesday, at the age of 74. fahe leaves three sous auu four daughters. TENNYSON. We of the New World clasp hands with the Old In new fervor and with firmer hold And nobler fellowship. O master singer with the flngcvtlp Of Death laid thus on thy melodious Up! AH ages thou has honored with thine art, And ages yet unborn thou wilt be part Of all songs pure and true. Thine now the universal homage due From Old and New World aj e and still the New. Jama Whitcomb SUeu n IndtanapolU Hews. g&m&ffl&M ALLEGHENY BRIDES. Two Pretty Weddings on the Northsldo Celebrating a Birthday With Music and Song Y. TV. C. A. BecepOon Fifty Years Married Society Gossip. The wedding of Miss Blanche Bailey No ble and Mr. Edmund W.Belfonr, last evening, was a pretty one. It took placo at the resi dence of tbe bride's mother, Montgomery avenue, Allegheny, and was witnessed by tbe near friends and relatives of tbe couple. Bey. Dr. Belfour, the groom's father, offici ated, assisted by Rev. H. C. Applegarth, Jr., of the Fourth Avenue Baptist Church. The bride's gown was of heavy white silk, gar nished with white lace, while In her hand was a loosely-tied bunch of white roses, a large white veil enveloping her as In a mist. The toilet was simple, bat very elegant. The maid of honor, Miss Jes3ie Godfrey, wore a vory pale pink bancade, and carried pink roses. Mr. Fred Ewart was best niah. After the ceremony there was a rceoptlon, to about ISO friends, from 9 to 11 ?. Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Belfour lolt at raldnight for a tour through the East. Thoy will eventually reside in a new house which is being built for tbem on Craig street, East End.lmc until It Is finished their home will be with Rev. Dr. Bolfocr, on Dinwiuuie street. Another pretty wedding in Allegheny last evening was at the home of Mr. John J. Pettlt, whose only daughter. Miss Emily, be came the bride of Mr. A. M. Pearson, nephew of General A. L. Tearson. Tho ceremony was performed at 5 o'clock by Rev. John Fof, pastor of the North Presbyterian Church. The brido's gown was of whlto silK, en train, and her ornaments were dia monds. She carried white roses. After a supper served by Luther there was a recep tion. The young couplo havo gone away on a honeymoon trip. Among the gnests were Mrs. Ella Dalton and Miss Wlnnlo Warwick. of Cleveland, Mr. and Mrs. McCoy, Mr. and Mrs. McCnllough, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Pearson, General A. L. Tearson, Mrs. Robert II. Marshall, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Black, Mr. Harry Mosely. Mr. George Pearson, Mr. and Mrs. Depuy, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Thompson and Miss Lou McGonigle. A number of veiy handsome presents were received by tbe bride. A reception was given by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Straub yesterday at their home on Troy Hill, to celebrate tbe first anniversary of their marriage. Mrs. Straub was Mi3S Ober, and over ISO of her friends, most of whom know hor before she became a bride, wero present to enjov tho hospitality of her self and husband last evening. The way in which Old City Hall was crowded last night was sufficient assurance to Mr. Thomas F. Kirk of the esteem in which he Is held by the people of Pittsburg. The occasion was the benefit concert tendered him by his friends and pnpils as a testimonial of their admiration for him as a musician and gentleman. Tho day was Mr. Kirk's 50th birthday, and the concert was a very pleasant way of celebrating it. If.was admitted by all who have watched musical matters in Pittsburg, that the programme last night contained moro distinguished local names in the musical world than any that has been presented for 20 years. Every one tbat could possibly he present bad offered his or her sorvices, and the result was a gathering that could not fail to provide a splendid enter tainment, Among those who took: part were Josoph C. Bieil, in tenor solos; Louis Doeb ler, the violinist; Miss Grace Miller, soprano; Charles Cooper, the 'cellist, and others. Miss Flo Ashbangh, whoso lovely contralto has not been heard as much in Pittsburg as it deserves, made a veiy favorable impression. Her voice is of excellent quality, and hor part of the progiamme was a treat and worthy of the excellent work done by tbe other artists. In fact, where all wero so good, it is hard to pick "out any particular feature of the very long programme. C. W. Fleming's Spanish Orcbeatra, and the aug mented Philharmonic Orchestra, under the ditectionof Prof. Kirk, rendered some se lections that were very much enjoyed. Mr. Kirk was heartily applauded when he stepped forward, and there was no doubt of the general goud-wlll felt for him by all of the large audience. It was very lato whon the last number was finished, but the audience felt that they had spent a most agreeable evening, and there wero no complaints about the length of the entertainment. The elegant home of Mr. and Mrs. John Perring, at the entrance of Allegheny Ceme tery, was ablaze with light last night and lesounded with tbe voices and laughter of a large and merry assemblage. The occasion was a muslcnl and literary entertainment for the benefit of St. John's Church. There wei e a number of selections, both vocal and Instrumental, while a Russian tea, undor the direction of Mrs. Simon, a Russian lady, added to the Interest of the evening. A good round sum was netted for the church fund. There will be a reception at tbe rooms of tbe Central Young Woman's Christian Association to-day from 3 to 6 r. jr. The guest of honor will be Miss Hattie Dyer, the State Organizer, who Is on her way to San Francisco to sail for China, where she is to devote horself to missionary work. She will spend a clay In Pittsburg on hor way, and the reception to-day has been arranged specially to give her many friends in this city an opportunity of bidding her farewell. Miss Dyer Is very popular nil over the coun try, and no doubt there will bo a very large attendance this afternoon. Tho Reception Committee will consist of the Board of Man agers of the Association. The golden wedding , of Mr. and Mrs. Cyphers was celebrated at their home near Shady Creek station, on the Allegheny Val ley Railroad, yesterday. Among thosa who. visited the home to tender their congratu late s were A. D. Watterson, Esq., Rov. C. N. Heserioh, Dr. J. C. Latham, W. J. Cyphers, of Waukesha, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Batman, of Louisville, and others. Social Chatter. The Bellevue Star Coarse of Entertain ments will open October. 13 with the Cor coran Concert Company of Pittsburg. Miss Grace Miller is the leading soprano soloist, Mr. C. C. Corcoran baritone. They will bo assisted by Messrs. Cooper, Breil and Ecker, all well-known in musical circles. Mfss Mart . For.D, of Allegheny, was given a small reception last evening by Mrs. T. M. Morrow at her home on Buona Vista street. Miss Ford leaves next week for Bos ton, where she will enter a medical school as a student. A meeting of tho Flower Committee of the Southsldo Hospital has beeu called by Mrs. A. W. .Smith, Chairman, for this after noon at 421 Penn avenue. A LIBEEAL HEXICAH FEEE LIST Corn Can Be Sent to the Big Southern Re public Until December. Washington, Oct. C. Secretary Rusk has received through the Department of Slate advices from the United Statos Consul Gen eral ut Neuvo Laredo, Mexico, not only con fiiming the diputch recently made public announcing the time for free importation of corn into Mexico to have been extended to Non ember 30, but stating further that in ad dition he is informed that between Decem ber 1 and Janunry 31 noxt only one-fourth of tho legnlur duty, which is 1 cent per kilo gross weight, will be collected on imports. He adds: "Tliii free Importation until tho end of November and reduced .import duties until January 31 has caused a greatly increatod demand for our American corn, particularly In all tho region west of the Mississippi. The extension of the time for tree or le duced impart duties will continue this de mand and probably double the ninountof the imports. At present irom SO to 73 car loads of corn are sent throng u this port dally torolnts well Into the interior. The local demand in Northern Mexico is nearly supplied." DATES OF THE C0HGHE35E3. The Dates by Months as Arranged by tho World's Fair Managers. Chicago, Oct. 6 President Bonner, of the World's Congress Auxilliary, announced the dates yesterday for the convention during the Worlds Fair. These conventions will extend practically over the ontiro perlo-l of tho Exposition, beginning May 15 with a congress of representative women of all countries and ending with rfa agricultural congress, beginning October 16. By months the conventions will be held ns follows: Mav Women's Progress, the Public Press, Medi cine and Surgery. . . . June Temperance, Moral and Social Reform, Commerce and Finance. July iluslc. Literature, Education. August Engineering, Art and Architecture, Government, Law Ktl'orm and Political Science, Philosophy September Labor, Religion, Missions, Church Societies. October Sunday Rest. Public Health, .agricul CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Cocns is the hardest wood.- Switzerland Is building Its first jugM refinery. Palestine is about one-fonrth ajlg as tho State of New York. An Indiana man claims to have an or. gan which was made in 1C03. The best corks come from Algeria, where there are 2,500,000 acres or cork forest. The smallest church in New York i the Peoplo'a in Harlem, a room over a droj. store. Abraham presented his -son's wife with a pair of earrings, the first of which there it historic mention. Oxygen means "acid generator," but hydrogen is really the essential factor, and many acids contain no oxygen. The marmot is a civil engineer; he does not only build bouses, but constructs aque ducts and drains to keep them dry. Single women lire longer than singla men, while married women on an average live two years longer than single ones. Out of 523,000,000 paid yearly for me chanics in tho building trades of New York Ctty, less than $6,000,000 go to American born men. It requires about donble the? power to propel a steamship 21 miles an hour as it does to move along the same vessel at the rate of 16 miles an hour. The County Commissioners of Carboa county, Pa., Ia3t week sold 10,000 acres of un redeemed mountain land. Some of It was sold for less than 3 cents an acre. There is a curious snake (hydraci yeti) I in bouth Africa that lives wholly upon birds'. eggs. It has no teeth or si ;ns of teeth In t ha mourn, me wnme dental array Deing lo cated in the stomach. A unique method of celebrating ths Colnmbus centenary in Spain is proposedby the artistn of Barcelona, who intend to pro ject a colossal shadow of the navigator upon a neighboring mountain peak. The Egyptians had operas and enjoyed them. The first use of tho term "opera in muslca." which subsequently gave place to "opera," wns in 1656, the first "Opera" per formed being the "Orpheus" of Peri. An obelisk of red granite, 71 feet in height, with a pedestal of black porphyry, is shortly to be brought to Austria from Alexandria, where it has been lying in the garden of the Austrian Consulate since IStT. In some of the ancient temples of Egypt, known to be more than 4,000 years old, the stones were dowclled together with hour-gluss shaped ties of the Timarish or Shittim wood, the dowel sinks being only about one inch deep. The Eskimos are gamblers by nature, but they never impoverish themselves by their games. Cards they do not care for, but dominoes and even chess are played with a skill that at lease eqnals the best of the white men who visit tbem. The death rate of English soldiers sta tioned in India in 1859 was 69 per 1,000. Since that time certain changes in housing, food, water, clothing, etc.. have been adopted, with the result that in 1SS8 the rate was 15.18 .per 1,000, and in 1S38 It was 14.84 per 1,000. Although it may not be generally known, tho woods ot Northern British, America are still infested by a queer species ofbison known as the "wood buffalo." Ho is much larger than the buffalo of the plains, which formerly abounded in such numbers. The perpendicularity of a monument is visibly affected by the rays of the sun. On every sunny day a tall monument has a regular swing leading away from the sun. This phenomenon is due to the greater ex pansion of the side on which the rays of the sun fall. The first high hat ever worn was car ried upon tho bead of a nobleman whose portrait appears among Albert Oarer's mar ginal illustrations of the celebrated prayer book of the Emperor Maximilian. In Jose Ammanii'o "Book o.' Escutcheons," pub lished in 1559, a high hat forms the crest of a nobleman. The maid servants' vacation has become ft common enough thing of late years, es pecially among colored servant, who, wltn the easy irresponsibility and indolent philosophy or their race, not nnfreqnently. quit work when they havo saved a few dol lars, and enjoy a month's Idleness among their friends."- California will send to the exhibition at Chicago a section of one of her famous big trees. The section will be 23 foet in diameter and 30 feet long. This will be divided into three parts, and thso will bo placed in their natural position, one abovothe other, and so arranged as to form something like a two storey house. Robert Braybrook, Bishop of London, who died in 11C4. wns taken from his tomb after the great fire of 1GC6, after having been buried for262 years. Notwithstanding this his remain were found tobe perfectly frch and unshrunken. His hair had grown more than a yard in length, and had a natural, life-like luster. The first "World's Fair or universal ex position was held in London in 1351, and tno second In New York in 1853. The credit for the first World's Fair is generally awanlel to Albert, the Prluco consort of Queen Vic toria. The first expositions in Paris were held In 1855 and 1887: the first in Vienna in 1S73, nnd tho first iu Berlin In IS8I. But one species of venomous bird U known to the student of ornithological odd! ties-the Epir N'Doob, or "Bird of Death," a feathered paradox of New Guinea. Persons bitten by the creature are seized by mad dening pains, which rapidly extend to every part of tbe body. Loss of sight, con vulsions and lockjaw are the other symp toms which follow in rapid succession. The rage for the antique which makes it profitable for the pnrvoyor to this taste to visit daily a score of junk shops has ex tended even to warming pans. These uten sils when made of copper fetch from $2 to It ap'ece, and are hung up against tho wall by their purchasers along with othorbne-a-brac, though they have a practical use as corn-poppers which the collectors proDably ignore. Florists have managed of late years to produce curious and striking neutral tints in nastnrtlums quite out of keeping with tho brilliant splendors that one usually expects from tbose flowers. But tho plants mani festly suffer from tho process that leads to unnatural chromatic color devclorjment,for leaf, stem and blossom are all weak and deli cate in comparison with tbe usual robust nasturtiums of the brighter colors. FLIGHTS INTO FUNNYD03I. "That roan that just moved in next door IsadrinVIngman, IJust know," said Mrs. Gadlet to her caller. Why, have you ever seen him Intoxicated?" 'X-no, I never have: but when I asked bis wlfB if he ever got tight she told me it was none of my business. "Indianapolis Journal. These dreary, dismal, disheartening days, Strange spirits of solcmnness straying. It Is only the doctor's business that pays. And I do much of tbe paying. ' .Veto Tork Herald. 'Is there a drugstore near here?" asked the man who was being shaved of the barber. "One In the next block. Why?" "Send tne boy out fora nickel's worth of vitro!. My face Is a little tender to-day, and 1 don't want you to use your regular bay rum." Buffalo Ex press. TBCE ELOQCIXCE. In songs of birds does nature speak Her eloquence to sons of men; Iu brooks that bubble we may seek The lesson she wonld have us ken. The human heart hath words of love. Low-whispered from impassioned llpa. And speaks from eye or brow above. Or tingles In the lingers' tips. But eloquence surpassing all The periods that ever fell From scholar's lips, that I recall. Is his who hath some land to seir. Detroit Free Press. March "When you visited the museum to-day did you see tbe Instruments of torture tb are on exhibition? Hearwell Yes. bat the display is not complete. March What does It lack? nearwell A boar Jinghouse piano. Chicago Inttf Ocean. The merry school time now is here, And little Johnny can propound To teachers all those questions queer ne asked when company was 'round. Washington Star. Hike What sort of a dinner was it that ye had? Pete-Well, it cost us tin dollars a plate. Mike A coorse dinner. Pete? Pete Troth. It was that, bed ad: 'twas tl eootteattbUlUa Me. Brooklyn Eagls, , 'Mji&BaamKUBSJKWtisgTimmmKmm9Bm MiariMLffinTT'M YTW1ttWTa'M&H-& mfflfrffvrr- a .-li.
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