tp- .;'- THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, TUESUAT, OCTOBER 11, , 1S92. -nO- Hje.BipMj. ESTABLISHED FhMtUAKY Vol. 47, No rso-Entcrca at nttsburg PostofBcc 2oi ember, ItsT, as tecoud-class matter. BUSINESS OFFICE, Cor. SmlthQeld ami Diamond Streets. Kens Booms and Publishing Douse, 78 and 80 Diamond Street, Kcw Dispatch Bnildiug. eastern advertising office, room tc, TRIBUNE BUILDING. NEW YORK, where complete flies of THE DISPATCH can always be found. THE DISPATCn Ison sale at LEADING HOTELS throughout the United Mates, andat Brentano's, 5 Union Square, New York, ana 17 Avenue de 1" Opera. Paris, France. v TJSliMS OF lilt: DIsl'ATCH. roSTAGE FREE IX THE EXITED STATES. DAILY Dispatch. OneYcir. J 8 00 Daily DisrATCii, Three Months : 00 Daily DlrATCii. One Month 70 Daily IHsrATcn, Including Sundvy. 1 year.. 10 00 DailyD rpatcii, ncludIiigSutidy,3mths. 2S0 Daily DisrATCii. Including Sunday, 1 mouth 90 Sunday DisrAicn. One Year 250 Weekly Dispatch, One Year. 115 TUE DAtLY DisrATCii is delivered by carriers at 31 cents per week, or, including Sunday Edition, at 0 cents per week. EEMlTTANrES SHOULD ONLY 1!E MADE RY CHECK. MONEY ORDER, OR REGISTERED LETTER. POSTAGE Snnday issne and all triple number copies, 2c: single and double number copies, lc PITTSBURG. TUESDAY. OCT. II, 1892. TWELVE PAGES CIIIEF JUSTICE I'AXSOJTS CIIAISGE. The charge of Chief Justice Paxson in the Homestead treason cases yesterday is one of the most notable contributions to judicial literature that the courts of Penn sylvania have so far afforded. That the magnitude of the disturbance at Home stead and the unusual character of the latest charge against the strikers were cal culated to raise grave and broad reflections in the judicial, as they did in the public mind, must be conceded; and when the Chief Justice, at the close, said, '-The one great question which concerns the people of this country is the enforcement of the law and the preservation of order," of course every intelligent person will agree with him. The strong statement of the illegality of acts of violence, the clear definition of the mutual rights of employers and em ployes so long as they keep within the limits of order, and the forcible declara tion of the necessity of enforcing the law, to preserve society against anarchy and ruin, amount in their general bearing on the Homestead disorders to a public serv ice. Condemnations of violence and law lessness, whether from the bench or from individuals, will be supported and ap plauded by all good citizens. The added force of such a condemnation given by the Chief Justice, sitting as a Judge of Oyer and Terminer, is valuable enough to com pensate for possible embarrassments which may arise from that departure from the usual course in criminal hearings. For the forcible and radical declaration against violence, lawlessness and force, the law abiding element of the State will recog nize its obligation to Judge Paxson. But comment upon the opinion would be incomplete if it failed to note that the Chief Justice establishes a different view from that which was most widely enter tained. The Treason Act was passed Zklarch 31, 1860, and this is the first prose cution under it. If there had been previous prosecutions under that act, the decisions of the courts would have established its intent But it has been reserved for Chief Justice Paxson to declare the mean ing of the Legislature. The act is as follows: If any person owing allegiance to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall levy war against Fhe same, or snail atihere to the enemies thereof, giving them aid and com fort within the State or elsewhere, and shall he thereof convicted upon confession in open court or on tho testimony or two wit nesses to the same overt act of treason whereof he shall stand indicted, such person shall, on crnvlctiou, ho adjudged guilty of treason against tho Commonwealth and he sentenced to pay a lino not exceeding two thousand dollars and undergo an imprison ment by separate and solitary conliucment at labor not exceeding twelve years. As this statuto was passed at a time when political and armed combinations were already being made to overthrow the Government of the United States, and when apprehensions of similar attempts upon the State Government were felt, the supposition was held by many that it was framed to punish, as ex-Chief Justice Agnew put it, breaches ot allegiance, express conspiracies and war against the State Government rather than mob vio lences, on however extensive a scale, so long as these latter were wanting in the motive of attack upon and subversion of the State itself. The fact that in the 32 years since, including the great railroad rio'.s, there were numerous instances of planned mob violence, without the Act being invoked to establish or punish these as treason, might well heighten the sup position. So well known a jurist as Daniel Agnew, who himself sat as a Chief Justice for Pennsylvania, took this view in a recent open letter, written witli direct reference to the Homestead riots. He held that a succession of illegal and vio lent acts of a mob, such as m the riots of 77, did not come within the spirit and in tent of the Act. That undoubtedly, up to yesterday, was the public belief. Tr.at the acts ot the strikers at Homestead were lawless and criminal that offenses were committed to which a greater penalty than treason is affixed is of course known; but that there was any purpose to upset or levy war against the State Government itself, was not generally believed. But Chief Justice Paxson holds that the tendency and effect of the strikers' proceedings were to over turn the authority of the State at Home stead; that they virtually "levied war againstthe Comrjonwealth,"and that they must be presumed to have intended just what they did. There will doubtless be a great deal of discussion yet in the courts upon the con struction and application of the Treason Act, and it is to be regretted that the pro ceedings were not so framed as to come before the Supreme Court in the usual way. As they have gone, the invocation of the opinion of the Chief Justice at the start seems not specially calculated to dispose tho mind of the court of last re sort to that attitude of freedom from pre conceptions which is so greatly to be de sired in reviewing the administration of penal statutes. However, these are points for tho law yers who are concerned in the cases. The general effect of the charge of tho Chief Justice will be to holdup to the public the determination to suppress lawlessness and violence. The Supreme Court shows a more active spirit in this line than the executive arms of civil authority. If the Court, having taught combinations of labor their limitations, will now extend its vigilance and energy to taking the initiative against such combinations -of corporate capital as "destroyed the South Penji Rail road and set up the Iliading coal monop oly in defiance of the Constitution of the State, it may complete a character for impartial usefulness in supplying the weakness andlnefflciency of the executive arms of the Government. THE QUESTION OF PRINCIPLES. While Mr. Cleveland and Senator Hill have used due diligence in getting away from their party platform, and the Demo cratic organs have as. a rule taken special pains to explain that its leading planks do not mean what they say, these utterances stand as the formal declaration of jparty principles. It is not enough to say that the candidate would not carry out the de structive ideas of the party. The party will be put into power if Cleveland is elected. The candidate is hut one man and cannot stand against his whole party, as is amply illustrated by his own career. Life is uncertain, and behind the Demo cratic candidate for President is a candi date for Vice President whoso only pub lic characteristic is his recklessness in do ing whatever he considers popular in his party. Under these circumstances it is perti nent to continue, as Mr. George Ticknor Curtis does, in the exposuro of the foolish ness and viciousness of the Democratic declaration on the unconstitutionality of a protective tariff. Mr. Curtis shows that the Democratic platform is Calhounism of the most virulcnttvpe, since Calhoun voted for the tariff of 181G, and only discovered the unconstitutionality of tariffs when preparing lor his nullification campaign in 1830. Mr. Curtis' most striking point is the comparison of the Democratic plat form with an official document of the highest authority. The Democratic plat form asserts that there Is "no constitu tional power to impose and collect tariff duties except for the purpose cf revenue only." ilr. Curtis produces the preamble of the (first tariff act ever passed that of July 4, 17S9. Ten members of the Consti tutional Convention were in the House which originated this measure. It was passed under the leadership of Madison. It was signed by President Washington, and in his Cabinet at the time were Hamil ton, Jefferson and Kandolph. It would be hard to imagine a measure which by its circumstances could be more authoritative on the constitutional question. This bill in its preamble recited among tho pur poses for laying "duties on goods, wares and merchandise imported" the follow ing: "andthc encouragement and protection of manufactures." When a party in the present day turns its back on the principles of the men who founded, framed and preserved the Gov ernment, such as Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Jackson and Lincoln, and espouses the principles of Calhoun, by which the dissolution of the Union was sought, it shows itself to be incorrigibly wedded to the most vicious phases of its record. JUSTICE SHIRAS. Mr. George Shiras, Junior, of Pittsburg was yesterday transformed into Justice Shiras of the United States Supreme Court by the brief, formal ceremony usual in such cases. He has reached the highest bench in the land, and tho limit of a lawyer's professional ambition, excepting only the Chief Justiceship ot the same court. Those who know little of the junior Justice havo received him with favor from an estimate based partly on the manliness of his bearing and partly on his published reputation. Those who know him best realize that he will add to the good repute of the institution by an appointment to which he has been honored. A man of strong character, a sound lawyer, free from prejudice, 'honest in thought and fearless in action, the new Justice will add to the high standing of America's most respected legal Lody. EASILY ANSWERED QUERIES. The Boston Herald thinks that it finds a detense for the Democratic proposition to return to the wild-eat State bank currency of ante-bellum days in the following queries: 1. Is it not a fact that tho national bank ch dilation, as at presont ai ranged, is a tem porary expedient, for which in aielatively short time some substitute must be found! 2. Does not the fact that tho circulation of national bank currency, which was more than $323,000,000 in 18S2, and is now but $U7, 000.000, indicate that the time has come lor definitely considering hat this substitution shall be? 3. Are there any other means of providing a substituto but these: peimltting Stato banks to undertake the business, creating a great United States bank something liko the Bank of England, or granting the unique right to the United States Treasury of issuing paper moncjT There is an air in the putting of these questions which indicates a belief that they are unanswerable. Yet they are questions wluch every intelligent thinker on monetary matters had answered to his own satisfaction without ever mooting the necessity of throwing the subject into the chaos and uncertainty of forty-four differ ent kinds of State legislation. Taking up the queries seriatim, the replies to them are as follows: 1. Xo. It is a fact that the use of United States bonds as a basis for national bank circulation is coming to an enforced end, but that does not necessitate the abandonment of the national bank circu lation on an equally secure basis. 2. The time for discussing and deter mining how this question shall bo settled came up two years ago, and The Dispatch has frequently urged legislation on the subject. 8. There are other means. Prominent among them is the obvious one that has long been urged and never opposed, exeopt on the general ground of enmity to the national system,of permitting the national banks to deposit other first-class secur ities as a basis for circulation. To ignore that long discussed proposition would be a remarkable display of ignorane?, if it were not explained by the exigencies of the campaign; but it is not more so than speaking of "granting the unique right to the United States Treasury to issue pa'per money." As this right has been exercised by the United Slates Treasury for over thirty years with eminently satisfactory results, it is not to be condemned by a misplaced adjective. The Dispatch: has constantly urged tho maintenance of the national banks, for their stability and tho elasticity which their currency provides. But if the choice is between the uncertainties of the State banks and the uniformity of Treasury notes, the latter is manifoldly the most conservative and stable currency. There is a growing feeling of distrust, tho Governor of Oklahoma says, as .'to whether tho policy of alloting the choicest lands of the Territory and making them in alienable and non-taxable for twenty-live years is fair and Just, and whether, if this policy be persisted in, the future prosperity of the Territory will not be retarded. ,Of course any delay in the advance of the newly opened Territory to the rights of statehood, or any hindrance In the path to affluence of tho white settlers and land boomors would be u terrible evil to con- template. - But it will be well for those con cerned to remember that there aro such things as Indian rights, and that the un tutored aborigines have theoretically more claim to decide what constitutes fairness and Justtco than havo tho civilized, and sup posedly moro or less Christian, invaders of his lands. Citizkns of New York and America in general cnu And no bettor form or celebrat ing tho ionr hundredth anniversary. of their country tlinn by considering which Presl- dental ticket represents tile most patriotic principles and voting accordingly. It is perfectly trite that the discovery of America opened up an incalculable mine of wealth to tho human race as a whole. It is just as indisputable that by the practice of I'rotection tho American nation of to-day is insured an inllnltclv greater share in the riclios and natural advantages of its country than it conld' obtain in any other wny. "America for Americans" is no empty senti mental ery; it expresses tho most practical of patribtio principles. Its continuance fosters the development of the country and the firm establishment or its industrial in dependence A tariff established hap hazard for the mere raising of rovenue, with the distinct understanding that it shall be so disposed us to deliberately avoid any discrimination on behalf of American as compared to foreign interests, must or necessity seriously joopnrdlzo the prospeiity achieved in tho past and tho progress ex pected in the future. TriE growth by nearly forty percent in the voting population of West Virginia dur ing the last four years is in itself an indica tion of the prosperity produced by a Pro tective tariff, nnd should bo legarded as such by tho voters in Novcmoer. A, Canadian teacher went home and committed suicide after her efforts to con trol some bad boys had culminated in a free light that resulted in her do'eat and the blackening of her eyes. In her hand was found an explanation of her dospair that was as pathetic as brief: "I am tired of try ing totench bad bovs." It is doubtful i hether the causes of her utter weariness would take tho lesson of her death to hoart.for there nro low beings more callously wanting in chiv alry than boys really bad onough to attack it woman. Hut members of the School Board, to which she had made roneated and futile appeals for assistance, and ot which two momber. had sons among the recalci trant pupil?, should he made to feel tjiat they have shamed their manhood by per mitting a woman to be harassed to a prema ture and violent death. TnAT the financial credit of this country is steadily increasing, and that it has sur vived tho fantastic tollies of bygono legisla tive tinkerings with the currency, is no reason for straining Its strength by opening the way to domestic fallacies . by removing tho tax which Is tho only prohibition of wildcat banking, and a discredited internal monetary system. A party handicapped bv the prosperity of the country, us a leading Democrat a scrtcd that his own party was, is not quite the right organization to intrust with tho government of America. General CREsro has completed his vic tory and been proclaimed Provisional Pres ident of the Republic of Venezuela. But while the Venezuelan natnre remains what it is a long-continued peace can hardly be looked for, and revolution is always immi nent among so cxcitablo, fickle and inflam mable a people. Though the, courts failed to suppress tho Standard Oil VCompany's monopolistic methods tho new and strong pipe lines should manage to do something by compe tition. NOW that the campaign is Manning up the announcement of political scandals an d the contradictions of the same are getting as plentiful as usual, and as they always will be while America permits politicians for revenue only to exercise a dispropor tionate influonco in its government. Theue is a superfluity of size about the ballot as designed by Secretary of State Harrity which is only equaled by the excess of unintelligibllity in its general arrange ment. Those who honor Parnell's memory will do it best by following his example of mak ing the Irish home rule party a unit, nnd by suppressing factional fights at a time, whon their country can achieve more of its de slio by presenting a solid front than it evor could beiore. It is about time for those schools to be put in order of which the sanitary arrange ments have been condemned by expert in spectors. The brutality with which most of the Gorman cavalry officers troated their horses in the long distance race has accomplished s,ome good after all by conclusively demon strating that humano conduct can get more out of a horso than careless, inconsiderate cruelty. VnETnER cholera will come next year or not, it ii well to be clean, and there is no time liko the present to insist upon it. WITH FA1IK AX1) F0ETUXE. It ev. Dr. Hoffman, who owns the Hoff man House, New York, is the richest clergy man In the world. MiC Blaine is to contribute an article on tho "Political Issnos of the Presldenral Cam paign" to tbeNovenibernumberortho A'oilh Atmnctm lieview. A CONTRIVANCE has bsen invented by Mrs. Harriot M. Plumb, of Now York, for keeping cars supplied with Iresh air without tho annoynnce of cinders. Nvma'c Pasha, the senior Field Mar shal of the Turkish army, lately died at tho ago or liu years, ins ciu.es; son, whn is over 70, is also an Ottoman Field Mar shal. , MaraHEimTA de Colonne, the famons ?oet and author, is both blind and deaf. She is a young and beautiful woman and is hap pily married to an architect of European fame. Miss Mary E. "Wilkins writes 1,000 words a day. and when she ha leclcd off her task puts down her pen andiesolutely refuses to touch it again until the following morning. "While the late Dr. Thomas Chase, of Provldenco, was a tutor at Harvard, from- ISoO to JS53, two of his pupils were Dr. Charles W. Eliot, now President of that university, and DK Phillips Brooks. TnE silver wedding of the King and Queen of Greece, which will occur on Octo 27, will bo a quiet and unostentatious affair. The only relatives of royal rank now expect ed to attend nro tho Czarevitch and Crown Princo orDenmnrk. It was Thecdore Parker that called the Kcv. Div. Samuel Longfellow's collection of hymns a "oam-book. This was the first or his hymnals. The second, giving evidence of somewhat radical views, had a smaller circu lation than the other. Lewis Morris is said to be the favorite of tho Prince or Wales for the succession as poet laureate, and Sir Theodore Martin the personal cliolco of the Queen. Tho names of Andrew- Lang, George MaoDonald, Thomas Woolner and others are also mentioned In thri'samo connection. Most Bo Up to Date. Ohio State Journal. The "next thing a long-suffering public learhs-wlllbe the fact that gas companies are putting pneumatic tires on their gas meters. The Same Old Story. Baltimore American, l Chairman Harrity has nppealed to tho Democrats or the country for moro money. Tammany-is an expensive tier. CAMPAIGN NEWS AND COMMENT. Four weeks from to-day the Presidental contest will bo -decided at the polls, and there is overy indication that politics will be lively enough to suit tho most captions from now until November. The campaign is at last really open. Torches have glaied, red-tiro has beon burned and even the roor back has made Its appearance. Perhaps the most Important declaration of tho moment is that of Chairman Carter, backed by Senator Sherman nnd Aid rich, to "tho effect that if President Harrison fails of re-election both branches of Congress will bo lost to tho Republicans. By this it is meant that if Mr. Cleveland car ries the States necessary to secure a major ity of the electoral college theso simis States will insure a Democratic Senate and House of Representatives. Tho statement that the Senate is in danger will strike conservative Republicans ns rather an alarmist an nouncement. As even the Democrats hardly claim that they will carry that body th is year. Sdoh n contingency is possible, but it will requite a tidal wave almost equal, -to that of 1830. Chairman Carter's idea undonbtedlv is to arouse tho neoplo of the country to a lealizatlon or tho danger which would nienaco the tariff and cur rency systems should such an event occur. Tho fact that there is even a possibility of the entire government or the country falling into the coutrol of the party which stands on the Chicago platform is believed by tho Republican committee to bo calculated to awake the Dullness interests of the nation to the necessities of the situation. To-day is the first date for registration this year in New York City and Brooklyn, and for some days past Tammany Hall has been sending around wagons on tho outside of which in hugo letters are the woids: "Reistor on Tuesday!" Insitlo of the wagon is a gong that is kopt ringing consiantlv telling the faithful of Tammany Uall to register. According to the best advices from Now York tho Republican plan of campaign in that Stato is not a novel one, but it Is be ing carried out with a thoroughness that has not characterized the Republican move ments In that Stato in sovcial years. It will bo remcnibeied that last year Fassett was defeited by tho fatluioof tho Republicans in tho country to vote. Ileian well in tho city, whero tho Democratic majority was much below Richard Crokei's expectation". Outside of New York and Kings counties, however, Fassctt's majority was only 25,703, whilo Harrison's, in JtS3; was 8i,CI3. Tho efforts of the Republican managers now are being ditected to legistor every Kepublicau voter in tho country, and to see that he comes to tho polls nud votes. This is no easv undertaking in a State as large as New Yoik, with a total 'vote of a million and a halt. While stiiving to get every Kepublicau vote above the Harlem, the Republicans are at the same time striv ing to keep the Demociatic majority in New York ami Biooklyn down to normal propor tions. The majotlty given to Flower, who was Tammnnv's own candidate for Gov ernor, was 59 302, nr only i 3.8 more than that given to Cleveland m IS88. If they can lepeat the Han l3on vote above the Harlem with the nutuinl increase that should come with tho growth of the population in four years, and keep the Democratic m ijorlty in the city down to that given to Floweror even something more, they are confident of victory. Tho Ilopublican situation in Brooklyn is not altogether satisfactory, but the managers claim that the factional quar lels there will not hurt the national ticket veiymnch. However, the Republicans can afford to give the Democrats considerably mort than the 12.1S7 majority thev gae Cleveland in Brooklvn, provided tho fu.l Republican vote above tho Harl'jm is polled. The independent Washington Pott is of tho opinion that "When an Indiana Supreme Court lef uses to participate in a Presidental campaign, it is time to prepare for the polit ical millennium." The attention of the Civil Service Com mission has been called to the fact that the Misouri Republican' Association, of Washington, has sent a circular to Govern ment clerks soliciting "suggestions" for tho campaign, and intimating that the Trens uier would receipt for the same. In dis cussing the matter Commissioner Roosevelt recognized the indirect compliment paid tho commission by the cash hunters. Once it would not have been ncoessary to take snch a ronndabout way of tapping the pockets of Government clerks. Mr. Roose velt expressed his opinion" in these words: "With the information now before tho com mission, consisting only of a copy of the Hunter circular, handed to mo to-day, it will bo impossible to take anytaction at present. Tho circular is n request from James T. Hunter, signing himself Financial Secretary, purporting to have beon sent to certain clerks from Missouri, asking thorn to call on him to consult upon political matters lor tho advantage ot tho , Republican party. It when making that call they weio solicited in anv way, di rectly or indirectly, for funds 1 am nt picsont inclined to uellnve that Mr. Hun-lei- would ho liable to prosecution under the civil service law that is, it the original let ter was sent, as I undei stand it wjs, tii the cloiks In a Government building. The Uw says that no peison shall solicit in any man ner whatever in a Government building. This, of couise, includes soliciting bylcttoi, nnd a letter lequlring a man to call atn iiiaco wheie, as a matter of fact, he is so lcited comes perilously near tne lino of solicitation, if it does not pass over it. I think we havo been very succesful thus far in minimizing the effort to make political assessments, iinm 1111 uimicjii leain lucre Is n great and favorable contrast to what took place four yeais ago. I have no doubt, however, that heie nnd there an effort will bemndo to get mound the law. The com uiitlco will w elcomo any information about such rases and will take prompt action in relation theieto." Wayne MacVeagh, the flopper, is to delivoran address in tho Academy of Music, Philadelphia, next Saturday night, in an swer to Senator Sherman's recent speech in the sauiu hall. The general public is likely to learn something definite about Alabama elections now that tho Democracy is divided into factions which aro waging a wo;dy war upon each other. Tho regulars claim that the Kolb men were tho ones who formerly did all the ballot box stuffing in the State. They are circulating a story purporting to come riom ono Richardson, a son-in-law of Kolb, which runs tiius: "My father-in-law, Captain Kolb, is a wonderful man," said tho admiring' klnsiiinhl' "Why, sir, it was lie who taved the southeastern part of this Stato. Yes, sir, it was Captain Kolb who cntuo to the tiont whon things looked blackest and said: 'Coys, wo can save the day.' It was In a Congressional election about ton years ago. The boys said the negioes would surely carry the district, but Captain Kolb wouldn't give up. 'Do as I toll you,' he said, 'and wo'll win.' So lie or ganized us. Wo drilled in secict night arter night beforo the election under Captain Kolb's diiection. We had a man ac the ballot box in each of the'beats, nnd this man was caielnlly trained how to lecuive Repub lican ballots from the Supervisor on his left, mako a pretense of changing tho ticket tiom his left I'and to his right and passing on to the n'oxt man a Democratic ballot, which n Republican Supervisor innocently aoposicou in; lie oox. ny, x was mo miu dleman ntouo or tho polling places audi changed lOOLallots without detection. When we got thnbugh tho Republican Supervisor exclaimed: -Weil, thev may talk 'b,ont ballot box! tuflln', but I knows my box is all rlglit.' " TrrEREare five veteran soldiers on tne Democraic State ticket of Michigan, headed by Allai B. Morse, candidate for Governor. w no ios an arm at Missionary Kidgc. TlIEJjancaster IntcUigen-er, in discussin; the balln muddles, saysr'It is difficult tor us to udeistand why a ballot cannot bo got Into a space less than 4x2 feet, even though! tho printing has to bo done in bre vier typo nnd a separate colujin bo given to each of half a dozou partios. Inspection of tho ofllolal hallos or Soptember IS, satisfies ns thiit it could readily bo reduced one-half in siz'eby thev curtailment of spacing and ruling, and wo havo no doubt that the 1x1 .ballot can be printed on half tho paper. And It must be douo. It. is sheer folly to talk o handing out to tho voter a ballot or the shro proposed. Ho would be Justified In booting tho man who would hand le to him. It is ri ridiculous ballot and should bo promptly razeed even at the risk of vio lating dome of the provisions or the law, which inust be carried out in its spirit and in a sunsible manner, though theie lnny seom to be some trifling violation or lis letter. A ballot I feet by 2 in size certainly shpuld n6t bo proffered to the voters of Pennsylvania, even though there bo paper enough and presses enough and time enough to print it." " p Arithmeticians at Democratic na tional headquarters are now supposed to be figuring on how many times the price orono floater ' will go info $10,000. TEXXIcONVi OT.StQGIEF. Preparations for tho Last Ceremonies Over England's Toet Laureate. London, Oct. 10. The body of Lord Tenny Fon will be conveyed from Hnslemero to London to morrow. Tho transfer is to be made without display of anv kind and as privately as possible. Whcn'the train bear ing tho lemains nrrlves at Waterloo station the caskut will be placed in a plain hearse and convoyed to Westminster Abboy. Hero tho body will be met bv tho Dean and will bo placed in St. Faith's Chapel, whore it will remain until the funeral, which will tako place on Wednesday. Prior to tho cere monies on Wednesday tho relatives and frionds of the dead poet will form a pro cession behind tho coffin and will follow it up to tho nave. The Prince of Wales and Lord Salisbury will attend the scvlces. Lady Tennyson, JIallam Tennvson and bis virj will walk immediately behind theccfUn us chiof mourners. They will bo lotlowed by tho dead poet's grandchildren and the widow of Colonel Tennyson and Mis. Blr roll, and a long line of notable persons. Tho Rt. Hon. and Most Ilev. Edward White Benson, D. I)., Archbishop of Canterbury. Primato of all England nnd Matronolitau. assisted bv the Very Kcv. George Bradley, Dean of Westminster, and all the members or the chapter, will conduct tho services. Included in tho services will bo two anthem-, ono writton by John Frederick Bridge, the organist at Westmlnstor Abbey, to the words or Lord Tennyson's poem, "Crossing the Bar." The other anthem con sists of unpublished lines or Lord Tenny sonV, set to music by Lady Tennyon. Tho hymn sung will be, 'Holvylloly Lord God Almighty." which was Loid Tcnnvson's favorite hymn. On Saturday last Ifallam Tennvson sent the following dispatch to the lion. Robert Lincoln, U.S. Minister to Great Britain, which reached him at Liver pool: "Will you be a pallbearer on Wednes dav at 12:30 at tVisimlnster Abbey?" Minister Lincoln replied: "Your telegram reached ir.e juntas I am sailing for America. I.iogiet most deoply that my departure pie vents mo from nccopting your kind invita tion nnd having the honor of representing my countrymen on this occasion, so afflict ing to ul the world and nctlcosmounilul to America than to England.'' Lord Tennvtou's Jiunilv are anxious to have America represented among tho pall bcaiers, nnd to-Uaj' they asked Mr. Henry White, Secretary or tho American Legation, to act in place of Mr. Lincoln. Mr. White has signified his acceptance of the invita tion. All the membeis of the Tcnnjson family nssomblcd nt Aldn-ortn to-day to tako their last look nt the dead before tho coffin 11a was closed and screwed down. No change hnd occurred in the featuros binco death, nnd the poet looked as though lie was in a restful sleep. Many of the lines of ago had been erased by the hands or death, and calm nnd poaceiul was the lace upon which the mourners looked for the last time. Lady Tennvson was the lu2t to leave the loom in which tho coffined re mains oi her husband w ere lying, and alono iu the sncivdncss of her souowshu bndo a final adieu to him who was all the world to her. After Ltdy Tennyson had finally with drawn the laurel wreath that encircled the brow of the poet was lemoved, but a num ber ot its leaves weio laid at tho head and leet. The arms were then brought lorward and the hands were ciosaed upoii tho chest. THOUSANDS LSFZ 10 ART. A Wealthy Iron Mannfaetnrer's "Will a Big Benefit to Bostonlans. Bostox, Oct. 10. Special. Uy tho will or the lato Arthur G. Tompkins, the well known iron merchant of this cithe estab lishes two trust", tho first being $100,000, the income of which is pmabloto his mother during life, and at her death to his brother, while living. At tho death or both tho sum is to bo given to the Ilosrnn Museum or Fine Arts. Copley Square, to bo known ns tho Tompkins fund, for creating ns many fiee days as possible. The other trust comprises the residue of his estate, the income of which is pavnble to h! 'mother and brother during life. On the death orbnth it is to bo divided a follow: To tho Masat:huestta Central Hospital, $2"),000; the Y. M. C. Union, tho Home lor Aged Men, Homo for Aged Women, Homo Jr Aged Couples and Home for Littlo Wnndorcrs. uacn $5 000. The Boston Museum of Arts is made the residuary legatee, and after paying these legacies the balance is to be paid to the museum, the income to be used in pnrchns-: ing the modern class or oil paintings, to be known as the Tompkins collection. KILLED BY COLD WATER BATHS. A Follower In Sam Small's Footsteps Found Dead In His Bed. New Orleans, Oct. 10 Special. Walter Dunstan, one or the best stenographers in tho South, was found dead in his bed this morning. The immediate cause ot death was heart failure, and it is said that the fail nro of the heart to perform its function was duo to the fact that Mr. Duustan indulged too fieely in very cold water baths, morning and evening. Mr. Dunstan at one time was a preacher, but lately he has not been giving religious matieis much of his attention. He wns considered a typical man-about-town. Some eight or triii j ears ago, when the two evan gelists. Sam Small and Sam Jones, c.uno here Dunstan was engaged to take their lectures in shorthand. Ho took great inter est in the woik, and soon after began to study for tho ministry, being at length ordained a preacher of the Methodist faith. UNCLE SAM A TRESPASSER. Ho Has Been Occupying a Strip of aicxlcan Territory All These Years. Sas Astosio, Tex., Oct. JO. P. Carrollo, a merchant of rontcra, Mexico, which town was supposed lobe located on the line be tween Mexicoand tl.e United States, arrived hero to-day. He states that the international boundary sin vey has boen complotcd some distance past that place, and that tho old boundary lino has been greatly changed. TheCnstbm Houeoat Fontera was found to be ne.uly four miles south of tho line, and its lemoval to the line has been ordeicd. Scrotal rich mining properties, winch for the past several years havo been worKedun dor the United states mining laws, aio In Mexico, accoiding to the new survey, and tho owners are very much cxeicised, as it means a heavy loss to them on account of the duties on the ore, winch is smelted in tho United States. BIO CAVE-IN AT S0RANT0N. Two Tine Large Buildings In a Fair TTay to Bo AVrecUed. ScnACTOX, Oct. 10. Special. A big cave in occurred on Jackson sticot at an early hour this morning over tho abandoned mineofthcCenlr.il. Tho cave-In threatens the t-a'ety of twoof tho finest buildlngson the Westside. St. Patrick's Chinch, recently completed at an expense or $I0J,100, nud St. Patrick's Orphan "Asyluui, a mo3t worthy Institution. The side walls of both the orphan asylum and the chuich aio split from top to bottom, starting nt the mourn I and continuing in a Eig-zag manner to tho eaves. The massive stone steps in fi out or tho chuich have been moved about an inch and a half, and the flags in front or the structure have buttled seveial inches. A number or dwelling.! iu tho vicinity were iilTectod by the cave-in. Nothing but His Duty. New York Rccmder.j Every naturalized citizen comes hero for protection. He should uote for It in Novem ber. DEATII'3 I1ERE ASH ELSEWHERE. James 31. Ryan. J. Jr. Kyan, the millionaire pnrfcpacker, of G.ilens. HI., dropped dead Similar night In a streetcar In Dabuquc of heart disease. He was the wealthiest man In Northwestern Illinois, and wao i ngaged In a number of bnslness enterprises. He was am tntlmitc friend of General uraut, whose family were gnests at his home wlieuever they rls.ted (fn'etin. HI . alter leailiigllicirUalena home. Mr. Ryan's elile-t son Is In business with beiiator Power, at Helena, Mont., and others are attuidlu school lu the Hist. ' " Obituary Notes. Captain J. B. Rutheiifoud died at his lifelong resilience, the old Paxton homestead, al Harrls barg. about 2 o'clock ycslerdav morning, from Bliecrold age. On Jlarcli 19. i&$J, lie and Ills wlfo celebrated their goliieu wedding, surrounded by at. unbroken family. HoWAim Drayton-, rresldcnt of the Philadel phia ltoard of Trusts, died yesterday at his home In that city. Rev. Dn. Ishaei. P. Wakres died suddenly Sunday night, at Portland. Me., aged 78 years. He was rm It years Secretary of the American Tract society. POSING FOR CHARITY. ' Tableaux Vlvants at St. James' Koinan Catholio Church A Tea Party for the Benefit of the Children's Hospital Y. TV. C. A. Opening Society Gossip. To-morrow evening there will be tab leaux vlvants, a tea party and a muslcnle nt St. James' Roman Catholic Clinich, under the auspices or the ladles or the congrega tion. Among tho tableaux will be "King Cophctuaand the Beggar Maid," "Tho'Land Ing of Columbus," etc. The list or soloists will lncludo several of the leading singers of tho city, who have kindly volunteered their services. The proceeds will be devoted to chnrcn purposes. Some of the leading society ladies of the city have taken in hand the management of an entertainmont for tho bcnefltof a very deserving charity. It is the Pittsburg Hos pital for Children, with the Dispensary an nex, at tho corner of Crnrt avenue and Forbes street. The Intention is to give a tea at tho residence of Mrs. L. M. DUw orth, East End, two weeks from next Thursday. Among those who are taking an active part in arranging tho entertainment are Mrs. W. J. Holland, Mrs. S. .s. Marvin, Mrs. W. D. Wood, Mr-. . M. Fergnson sirs. .1. J. Van dcrgrlft. Miss M. E. Dawson, Miss s. 11. Killi kelly, Mrs. W. II. Sivlter, Mrs. Joseph Dil worth, Mrs. Colonel Schoonmnker, Mrs. Al bert Childs, Mr. Dr. Frank LeMoync, Miss Mary Speer, Mrs. Nelson Clark, -and Miss Mary McKce. The tea, owing to tho social prominencoor the ladles directing it, will cause the assembling of the best society pooplo of the two cities, and no doubt a largo sum will be realized for tho benefit of the hospital. To-day the usual meeting ot the Ladies' Aid Society of tho Southslde Hospital will be hold in St. Mark's Guild none,to discuss tho arrangements' for tho coming bazaar. A large attendance is desiicd. TnE Columbian celebration in New York includes many odd features. Some of them would hardly do possible anywhere 9avo In a metropolitan city. For instance, it is pro posed tpat a portion of tho cyclers' parado to-morrow ovening shall consist of ladles, who are to bo escorted by guntlcmen, the whole forming a gland procession. The ladies are to decorato their wheels with flags,and with the music nud en thusi ism that is sure to prevail, t::e clTect should be start, ling, as well as beautiful." Mrs. W. H. Smith has been invited tn head the division, be canse she was tho Urst lady rider in the United States." We had .something of this kind in Pittsburg n few months ago, when there was a lantern parade or cyclers in the East End, and theie is no particular reason wiiy a similar parade should not bo arranged for Columbus Day in this city. We havo plenty oflady riders, and no lack of good stieots ior them to tnnerse with their wneels. New York h.u set the cxamnle.and Pittsburj name. ; is metropolitan in cverytuiu ; but The Marjjaretta Miller Fund Hall, of the "ioung Women's Cliiistfnn Association or tho East End, will be opened Thursday even ing or this week, lhero will be an enter tainment and supper, both being repeated Friday evening. Among the ladies who will tako part are Mrs. L M. Blgelow.lirs. Burch fleld. Mrs. C. Q. Briggs, Mrs. George C. Wil son, Mis. Denufston, Mrs. Torrens, 3Irs. A B. l!yal, Mrs. KeuiHrer, Mrs. w. A. Scott, Mrs. It. W. Neglcy, Mrs. IL B. Camler, Mrs. A.M. Murdoch, Mr. Wainw right. Sirs. Mc Knight. Mrs. Peabody and Mrs. C. W. Wil son. There will be a number ofnide", con sisting or well-known young society ladles. There will be a bazaar in connection with the entertainment. Tnn Art Society will give a reception this evening, on which occasion they will show a collection ot oil paintings by leading American artists. These paintings, with threo or four exceptions, have been secured by the enterpriso or the Art Society before they have boeu exhibited nnywhero else. Tllat is the cau-c or their coming so qulckiy nrter last week's display or water colors. The private view or the exhibition this even ing will constitute the society's ISlst recep tion, open only to tho members and their invited friends. For tho remainder of tho week it will bo open to the public, and the society cordlnllv invites nil persons in terested to come as often nnd star as lniisr n a they please, between 2 and 10 o'clock p. M. each day. The absenco or an art gallery at tho Exposition tliNycnr makes, tills fort, night's display or chnico plcturei n't tha nearby rooms ortlie Art Society particnlarlv tiiflolynnd useful to tho city's .visitors as well as to its permanent residents. An important event in Hebrew society circles this evening will be the opening bail and banquet to be given in tho new- Concor dia Club on Stockton avenue, Allegheny. The club is one of the handsomest in the -State, and it is expected that tho house warming to-night will boon a magnificent scale. The President, Mr. P. H. Hnmbergcr, and the house committee. Messrs. Louis Himmeliich, M. S. Mack, T. Kiiiiiin.m ami Max Klein, w HI bo assisted in receiving by Mrs. Uamberccr, Mrs. Mack and Mrs. Klein. Social Chatter. Mes. S. I Booo3. nco Munroe, will receive Tuesdays ut the Hotel Duquesne. Messrs. T. R. HosTETTEn and Edward Graig aro in Montana hunting big game. Tni:RE will boa tuoeting of the ladio3 of Board of Managers of the World's Jruir this evening. Mn. aid Mas. Sr,WAHD II. Mcreat and fnmllv, ot Sovrickloy, will spend the winter in Texas. Thoy lea vo this week. TnE marriage of Miss Mario While, daugh ter or Holland T. White, Eq., to Mr. Rollin IS. Ileaton. is to tako place in Allegheny this evening. Tnn nuptials or Miss Elizabeth NIeman nnd Mr. George McHiersnn will occur this evening at tho home or tho bridos parents, Meade avenue. The local chapter or tho Daughteisor the Revolution :ue to met tills evening at the icsidence of Mrs. Park Painter, Kidgo avenue, Allcghony. Only TVhat Could Bo Eipected. Washington Post. - ' . It is not at nil surprising in learn that Col onel Ham, or GO'Tgin. is goin to Texas to tako the stump for Hogg. THE CONTINEXTAI. CAVALRY RACE. It was really a test or endurance for the horse, not the man, nud as such it wns con ducted in a rather cruel way. Columbus Dis patch. The riding race between Berlin and Vienna prcvod nothing practical, but still its projector, Emperor William, must ba sore to sea that Austrian officers won It. Buffalo Exprcsi. Tue race excifed interest moro on acconnt of tho test it afforded or physical endurance or both men and horses than because or any practical benefit to result to military science. 2Vto Orl-ans P'.cayuie. Tue continental military race is on a level with a Spanish bull light. It lnrolres merci less cruelty to horses. Such exhibitions are o-sentlally degrading, and-do not sorre any useful purpose New York Tribune. The socioty with tho long name doesn't flourish in Gormanv. 0:herwIo thero wouldn't be so many dead horses on the lino of the great ride or tho German and Austrian officers frqm Berlin (to Vienna. Boston Herald. To ride a horse SS3 miles In threo days, in creasing instead of reducing tho distance daily, may be pleasant to tho rider, but the poor, overtaxed horse has not tho intelli gence to sbaro iu the glory of tho feat; he only knows that he is tired and sore. And often ho die?. Troy Times. The great long-distuncc raco between the Austrians and tho Germans has been won by the former. .If killing horses is regarded as sport, there was flno sport in this race. Why don't tho military sporting 'men iko to worrying cats or baiting puppIesT Xew Yorkfu.u B aces like those in the ride of Gorman and Austrian officers can only bn regarded as a brutal test of man and beast endurance, without conferring any benefit on either ns a result. The human races are always dis gusted and outraged by such contests. Harrisbwrg Independeif. As tho result of the great European raco we now know that some horses can travel faster than others, and that their condition when they start has a great deal to do with their power to win. In a scientific way theso facts aro almost as important as It would be to announce that America was dis covered iu iyLPhilalelph:a Inquirer. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Chicago will erect an aluminum build. In?. Loudon houses burn 4D,000 tons of coal ,dally. , The white ants have an army 0f soldiers. Brooklyn's women's clubs have about 10,000 members. Jfost of the German papers are owned and edited by Hebrews. The Caspian Sef is as" long as froa Philadelphia to Pittsburg. The best silk hats in the .world ars mado in tho United States. Biting off the thread when sewing is the chief cause of blood poisoning amonj women. Tn the manufacture of broadcloth there are 35 soparato processes through which each, piece must go. The beaver is an architect, builder and woodcutter: ho cuts down trees and erects houses and dams. In order to collect a pound of clover honey bees must doprivo 62.003 clover blos soms of their nectar. A new substitute for quinine is known ns pumbiitano. It is an aaucous extract irom a root of a shrub of that name. The -large, richly, furnished salon of Richard Wagner's home at Bayrenth !i now kept closed like a tomb by his widow. Pearl inclosed in a box containing a piece or the root of the ash aro claimed to never lose one iota of their pristine beauty. Twelve years ago there were 70 mining; companies ia full blast in the State of Maine. It is said that to-day not a single one of them exists. A new variety of wheat, the grains of which arc almost twice ns large as the or dinary kernels, has been grown this season near Moscow, Wash. Tho SC00 sword presented to General B. M. Prentiss, tho "hero of Shiloh," was re cently discovered in :i Xow York pawnshop anil purchased lor $35. SuiciJe is les3 common among miners than any other class of people", and self-destruction, strangely enough, is mort pre valent among soldiers. The Pettijohn family, of Walla Walla, Wnsli., consists of ten people who aro ro nnted to average 211 pounds iu weight and C lest C inches m height. There ar eight soldiers located in Ireland to one in Scotland, and over 20 boys inrtho British army- nndar 13 years of ao have won the Victorian Cross. The proportionate number of births in jJussia i nearly double that of France, whilo tue German population increases faster than that ot any other country. The first trial of a steamboat with a screw propeller, the invention of John Fitch, occurred in New York in 179C, on Col lect pond, situated where .the Tombs Prison now stands. "" A new scheme ior snpplying London witli water depends upon a system of wells in the chalk belt in the Cnlno Valley, from whioh it Is said 'JtO.OCO.OOO gallons a day conld bo furnished. The camera shows that the star Vega, one of the brightest in the northern heaven", is apparently a double star, com posed of two suns, each revolving around a point midway between the in. Ih the south of Europe the rosemary has long had miiglc properties ascribed to it. Tho Spanish ladles used to we-iritnsan antidote against the evil eye, and the Portu gese culled It the elfin pla.it, and dedicated ic to the mlrics, Experiments are being tried in Germany in making horseshoes of a material the chier constituent of which is paper. It is said to fit the hoot better than the lion shoe, to bo impervious to water and to grow rotign under use, so ns to become a eafeujrd against slipping. It is an odd coincidence that the birth, dav ofthe youngest British Home Secretary and the oldest full on the same day. Mr. Asqtiith, tho present occupant of tho post, has just readied 10, whlln Spencer Walpole, who was in Lord Derby's first administra tion 40 years ago, is 89. A portable boat has been devised by Colonel Apostolotr, of tho Kussfan army, which' maybe constructed instantly by mak ing a framework with tho'I.ince or the-t-'os-snekannd covering with a tarred cloth. Two boats are capable or carrying thirty-six moil with their bjgsago and arms. In ancient times Greece possessed some thing like 7,!X,C00 acres of densa rorest, and she was comparatively rich In timber until half a centurr aio. Many forests havo now dlsapneated, and the icsul: Is seen both in the scarcity or the water supply and in various injurious climatic effects. The chestnut tree thrives best by the roadsidsorat the edges of c!eating3-iot o well in thick woods and it fruits is there fore easy to find. Ii Sussex county, X. J., the treos nro hardlv seen, except on a nar row slato ridge, half n milo wide, that runs for souio miles nearly ease and west. Some English laay journalists recently were desirous of finding out whether the people who sang in the streets mado a good living. Thev. therefore, adopted a snftleicat disguise, and taking a guitar went forth to try their fortunes. After singing and p'fiy-ing-inrau hoar and n half they had collected 7s IXu. A ginnt sunshade, which is intended as a present for the Sultan of Morocco, has just been completed at Rerlin. The stick, which is over Zyi yards long, is gilded nnd richly ornaincntcii. The outside of the parasol n of bright green silk with a heavy 20M fringe round ir, while the inside is lined with pale straw color. The Eskimo traditions are told over nnd over again. Every one knows them word for word, and should the relater omit or add a single syllablo ho would bo cor rected instantly by sotno one ot the audi ence. The relator of the story sits at or.3 Hide of the room, and, covering his head, turns his fnco toward tho wall away frotu tho audience before he begins. The record of tha Norrie mine in the Gogebic range along Lako Michigan entities it to rank among the superlatives of the world. The output of this mine is LCOO.O00 tons of high-grade Bessemer ore every year. Somo or the ahaits in the Gogebic mines are 600 feet deep. The nearest competitor of the Korrle mine is the Chapin pit, In tho Me nominee range, Michigan, which in 1390 pro duced CG9.192 tons. POETKY KN' PASSANT. Oh, why, why should the tenderloin With such a name be found. When every one must know full well It's tough as any round? Smith, Gray A Co.'s Monthly, A SMART BETLY. "Love me little, love me long," lie said, and this retort The maiden made ia girlish glee, "I cannot loTe you long, roa oce, Cause you're 10 very Bhort." Brooklun EaiU, In church she chants the sweetest things In an angelic way. At other times they say she sings Ta-ra-ra Boom-dc-ay ! Washington Star, as nrvrrATloa: Sinrr, O lady mine, sine One song of the sweeter days. That the (tas-llt room may ring With murmur in your praise. Sing of a cioud-velled moon A thousand moons, if you will Oftdglits with "the gay bassoon," Aud of loves ihat came to nil. As leaves fall from rose-laden trees. I From your lips let one sonic drop And then, for pity's sake, please Be kind enough to stop! Chicago Sews Record, She speaks, he understands her not, Although he Is no fool: You see, the only French she's got She learned at boarding school. Sea lark Sin. THE ELEVATOB EOT. Quite happy am J, as happy can be, With one serious canse for frowns. He's the man whosays quite frequently, "Yonr lire Is all ms and downs." He laughs and chuckles la side-splitting glee. Tint to me Is terribly drear; It's a good enough Joke, bat it's sprang on ra Three thousand times a year. if. He clutched his umbrella When there was no cloud In sight, For the papers stated Sunday J ;"Look for weather warm and brlghf Chicago Inter Ocean,
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