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To manufact urers, merchants and skilled workingmen the maintenance of conditions favorable to our various Industries is a very vital mat ter; and they will be little likely to favor changes under the influence of "hurrah" oratory. Unless convinced that there is a prospect of bettering things, they are usually indisposed to change. If, in all of the generalized denunciations of pro tection, these classes have discovered yet any writer or speaker to tell them def nitely how, or how much, free trade or "lariff for revenue only," in place of pro tection, can help their pockets, we are not aware of the fact As late as yesterday 3Ir. Cleveland was still talking of the "iniquities" of the McKinley bill; bat he has not jet announced the schedule he proposes to set up to better that Act. But while in this campaign, more than ever, the sound and conservative business sense of the country is invited to range itself upon the Republican side, it remains to be seen whether the Kepublicans have the effective organization for electioneer ing work which they had in previous can vasses. The illness of Air. Blaine has been a serious loss, as bis presence on the stump would have been of eminent value. The ability of Quay as an organizer also was a factor formerly to be taken into account, no matter whether one chose to estimate the man from the standpoint of supporter or foe. The silver dissension in the West is also of some consequence, though proba bly the feeling about it has been greatly exaggerated; and the possible loss of a few electors in Michigan is another feature upon the cards. It is encouraging, how ever, that the Republicans recognize these points, and the .renewed energy in New York, and other doubtful States, during the past few days, is a healthy sign. Meanwhile, though the more hopeful Democrats are indulging in an unusually large stock of rainbow prospects, the real mathematicians of the party cannot be m sled by mere dreams, as they were in lSbS. Thy know that they will have to carry Xew Fork State if they expect to win, and there are too many complications there for Cleveland and Hill to feel sure about it, even if they were more heartily united. The seeds of bitter dissension sown in factional fights among the New York Democrats have an awkward habit of flowering effectively in Presidental con tests. The Tammany "tiger" is not yet so full j- domesticated in the fold of the na tional leaders as to warrant much faith un til the returns are counter!. But even with a united opposition the Republicans will have an excellent chance of carrying New York upon the sound business policy ihich that party represents. There has been little work in the can vass by the rank and file of either party up to date; but from now on the public interest and curiosity as to the outcome will grow tremendously increasing in direct proportion as uncertainty prevails. CA31PBELL AS A COMEDIAN. Ex-Governor J.imes E. Campbell, of Ohio, best known to fame because of his defeat by Major McKinlev, yesterday i opened the Democratic canvass in TYest- I ern Pennsylvania. ILs tactics were the same which attracted attention in the Buckeye State last fall The address at Erie last night was liberally punctuated by applause, as it was intended to be. Mr. Campbell appears to be perfectly satisfied as long as he amuses the crowds which gather to meet him, even if he does not secure their votes. With these results Republicans certainly have no cause for complaint The versatile ox-Governor was formerly a Republican and remained a protection ist for some time after he joined the De mocracy in 1872. Mr. Campbell is a law yer, and sktliiully endeavors to conceal the weak points of his case by the liberal use of raillery and wit An even more inter esting campaign feature than the Mc-Kinley-Campbell joint debate of last year would be a discussion between Mr. Camp bell, the protectionist, and Mr. Campbell, the free-trader. It would be even more entertaining than the present perform-' ances of which the voters of the Erie Crawford disirict are pleased auditors. A JTIYE-TO-TWO DECISION. That the New York Democracy was not mistaken in its confidence in the Court of Appeals was demonstrated yesterday. The gerrymander passed at the recent special session was declared to be consti tutional. The Judges were unanimous on all questions save one, and that the most important On the alleged inequalities in the apportionment the Court divided, five Democratic Judges holding that the difference in the population of the ques tionable districts came within the exercise of legislative discretion, while the two Re publican jurists argued that' such discre tion was abused to an extent which clearly violated the Constitution. The New York gerrymander was prob ably no better nor worse than the average of such enactments, but the fact that the highest tribunal in New York divided on partyHneeia an interesting development in the legal and political conditions prev alent in, the Empire State. N Under th is gerrymander the Democrats expect to again carry the Legisliture this fall and give Senator Hill a Democratic colleague in the place of Mr. Hiscock. The State Senate, which holds over, has a small Democratic majority, but the Re publicans are hopeful of overcoming all these handicaps and retaining one repre sentative in the Upper House at Washing ton. v PENNSYLVANIA'S WEALTH. The result of tbe investigations made by the Commission on "Valuation and Taxa tion appointed by the Pennsylvania Tax Conference, as published to-day, contains a mass of figures giving evidence of able and painstaking labor under the chair manship of Mr. Joseph D. Weeks, and provides food for a good deal of thought and careful consideration. The Commis sion lays the figures before thfe public without making any suggestions for a re vision of taxation to reduce it to a more equable and rational basis than that in vogue, and none such can be made off band. The extreme difficulty experienced in obtaining information on some of the most important points under investiga tion is a strong argument on behalf of the establishment of the proposed permanent State Bureau of Statistics. Such a bureau, under a thorough business management, and separated from all political affiliations, would be an ex tremely useful institution. That the sub ject of taxation in this State demands more consideration than it has hitherto re ceived is evidenced more strongly than ever by the immense valuet of property set forth along with the many curious de tails as to their components by the report now published. -Such an investigation has never been made before and its results are the more interesting and astonishing for that reason. In round numbers the total value of all property in Pennsylvania is found to be under a half billion dollars. And the total taxes paid amounts to 549,383,906. Prop erty directly exempt from taxation in the State, without that freed by the failure of the Legislature to reach it, is valued at 5300,479,621. The assessed value of tax able property in the State is $2,799,039,542, or les's than one-third of tbe total actual valuation. One of the remarkable variations found in the statistics is in the difference of the values of land and improvements in the real estate of Allegheny and Philadelphia counties, where the conditions are suffi ciently alike to warrant an expectation of agreement For the whole State the real estate is valued at 53,608,883,137, divided nearly equally between land and improve ments. But in Philadelphia county only 36 per cent of the valuation is due to the land, while in Allegheny county land makes 57 per cent of the value. Remarks and figures on the wealth and taxation of New York City, as given by the Sun'm its newly published guide, form an interesting comparison in connection with the statistics furnished by the Com mission. After saying that "the wealth of New York City is greater than the wealth of the entire State of Pennsylvania," the Sun states that "of property subject to taxation there is over three billion dollars' worth assessed at 60 per cent of its value, and the tax rate is about ,one and one fourth cents on the dollar, making the annual income of the city from direct taxation about $36,000,000." From tills it appears that New York City alone raises annually 536,000,000 on about three billion dollars, while the whole of Penn sylvania raises about 49 million dollars by taxation on property assessed at rather less, but worth more than three times as much. But meanwhile itis not quite clear upon what basis the Sun assumes that the wealth of New York City is greater than that of the whole of Pennsylvania. BALLOT SHEETS REDUCED. Now that the State authorities have been wise enough to reduce the new ballot sheets to a size of 22x28 inches, the serious danger of a deadlock has been re moved. The new dimension is a regular paper size, and there should be no diffi culty in obtaining the number of sheets required. This reduction, ioo, obviates the main difficulties of the printers, and avoids the inconvenience) or worse, which would have attended efforts to get the ballots of the blanket size lately proposed into the boxes provided for their recep tion. All that is necessary now is plenty of instruction in the proper method of mark ing the tickets, and with due care in this direction voters should have little difficulty in casting their ballots despite the mud dled inconsistencies displayed in their design. NECESSARY PROJECTS FIRST. The New York Sun discusses at length the proposition'for an inland coast water way starting at Boston or New York. It considers the naval value of such a water way to be less than its advocates claim for it, but regards its commercial value as justification for undertaking the work. This may be correct, but it reverses the usual understanding. Commerce under ordinary conditions has side by side with the proposed route the unlimited water way of the ocean; and, while the proposed system might offer some gains to com merce in protection from storms, its main inducement would be the control of a route by which vessels could be trans ferred from one point to another without coming in contaet with a blockading fleet Nevertheless it is true that this advant age is somewhat illusory. The route in cludes three rather large, bodies of water, Long Island Sound, Delaware and Chesa peake Bays. These bays are supposed by the project to be protected by forts where they open into the ocean. But to suppose after the achievements of Farragut that ironclad vessels could not pass any forts that can be erected at least at the mouths of the Chesapeake and Long Island Sound is simple fatuity. When that was done the inland naval route would be cut into three comparatively unimportant and disconnected sections. Butthat is not the vital objection which exists to this project The real objection to the present agita tion of the project is that there are inland waterways which both for military and commercial purposes are far more impera tively needed than the coast, .waterway. The connection of the rivers with the lakes and of both with the ocean will sup ply an immense commerce with routes where none exist, while the coast project will only duplicate existing and far more commodious paths for commerce. The military need lor the Inland ship canals does not comprise giving naval vessels refuge from the enemy, but taking them where they can defend otherwise defense less cities and coasts rivaling in import ance those of the entire Atlantic seaboard. The coast waterway may be of value for ultimate completion of an entire system; but it should be clearly set down as only to be undertaken when the needs of the interior are supplied. The East should b given a rerypoaU 't nilP jfjw ....At cjW)1lsfisi3& T&-itZitewEffliwUiri i r" .ffiiVifr ajfiSssiisilflBs i Ret JMSBflsasBEMBiy tire intimation that tbe commerce of the interior requires the first attention. The policy of Ignoring the important work to be done between the lakes and rivers, and proposing large expenditures for much less necessary projects exclusively to benefit tbe coasts, may lead to a very em phatic veto on such schemes by the im mense majority of the nation lying be tween the Allegheny and Rocky Mount ains. There must be a general relief that the state or affairs at Homestead Is now such as to warrant the removal of the last of the troops. May lawlessness never make Its appearance there again In so alarming and discreditable a manner, and may onr sold iers be spared the necessity- of emphasizing the authority of the State, and be able to confine themselves to the peaceful routine of drills, parades' and encampments. The troops allowed a readiness for prompt ac tion which was creditable to them, and every law-abiding citizen must hope and labor for the absence of necessity for such demonstrations in the future. Though there may be some doubt as to the technical Innocence of the boy tried lor mur.ler yesterday, his acquittal must meet with general approval when his extreme youth and all the circumstances are taken into account. There is apparently no end to Chicago's enterprise. Thanks to the munificence of a wealthy citizen the University there is to have the largest telescope in the woild. And it is to offer tempting baits of increased salary to attract Professor Barnard the dis cover or Jupiter's fifth satellite from Lick Observatory to take charge of the instru ment. Europe is still wrestling with cholera, and the probability or its visit to this coun try next spring increases dally. Universal cleanliness is tbe best or all panaceas, and the nearer we get to it the better. Gentlemen intending to tour through Mississippi will be wise to provide them selves with ample funds or they are liable to arrest and hard labor in a chain-gang as tramps. They appear to have strange ideas of civilization and humanity down in those parts which aro not exactly creditable to their intelligence and sense of Justice. That decision of the New York Court of Appeals in the apportionment cases Is just one more indication that law and politics are mingled in an unwholesome degree in the Empire StMO. While Congregatlonalists in England are being abused by a representative of labor for failing to reach his class, members of the same denomination in this country are urging the closing of the World's Fair on Sundays, as asked for Dy the liquor dealers of Chicago and protested against by the labor organizations of that city. Wilkissbuko diplayed its patriotism with vim yesterday and is one of the suburbs which Pittsburg may be proud to absorb Into the greater city somo time in the future. One of the curious pleas made for the formation or a Trust in sewer pipes is that the large dealots cannot successtnlly com pete with the smaller producers who insist upon cutting rates. But the promoters of this latest combination are at least out-, spoken enough to make no concealment of their desire to raise prices. ? .Pennsylvania, learns that it is a great deal moie wealthy than it thought it was, thank- to the search light cast on its aflair-j by tbe Commission on Taxation and Valua tion. Reports of ex-President Cleveland's athletic performance in vaulting over one of tbe ban iers ereoted for the Columbus parade in New York may possibly have taken their rise in his reputation lor mental agility fonnded on the vigor with which he ran away from the Chicago platform. A speech from Blaine would infuse some old lime personal magnetism into a campaign whicu refuses to warm up to boil ing point on a purely educational basis. Any .religious body which casts asper sions on tbe public school system and craves government aid for religious institutions shows an un-American spirit and an ignor ance of the Constitution which will alienate public sympathy and provoke antipathy. Evert man who observes his surround ings mast see the benefits of Protection. And all such should be enthusiastic in efforts to enlighten the less observant. True bills were returned against officials of the Builders' Exchange for conspiracy yesterday, and the trials will be watched with close interest as indications or the ex tent to which boycotts may be Carried, and the legal limits to tbe practice. To be a patriotic American it is not abso lutely necessary to re.ler to Columbus as an immaculate being free ftom all guile and possessed of every virtue. That slaughter of the Daltons near Coffey villo the other day needs re-enforcing by other examples of the prompt suppres sion of lawlessness, as a train robbery has since been successfully perpetrated in that vicinity. TEOPhE OP PROMINENCE. Thomas Hodokins, of New York, has given $20,000 to the Royal Institute for Scien tific Researches. When any foreign visitor is given audi ence'by the Japaneso Mikado the latter in sists on being addressed in French, which bespeaks well. The President has appointed Andrew J. Siblev to be an alternate Commissioner to the World's Columbian Exposition from the State of Vermont. Otto E. Ehlers, the well-known Ger man explorer of Africa, has gone to China, and intends to make a lorig tour of investi gatiou in parts ot that country. Amelie Rives-Chanler is foud of equestrian exercise and is quite at her ease in the saddle. She may be often seon riding into Richmond from her country home. The Archbishop of Canterbury will read no letters on Sunday. For SO years, it is said. His Grace has refused to allow any Sunday delivery to be made at his country residence. The University of Chicago has already determined to secure Pro.. Barnard, the alacoverer or tbe fllth satellito of Jupiter, who is now a subordinate at the Lick Ob servatory, as the head of the corps of astronomers attached to the university. Aselina Patti says that when she has left off singing she will take to acting. There is little doubt that the fair songstress plays comedy almost as well as she sings, and had she not possessed a voice of unri valed brilliancy wonld have become known in theatrical circles. President Carnot bas bestowed the Cross oftheJJeglon of Honor on Mr. Henry Harris, an American, who is at present a resident of Paris. This distinction was con ferred on Mr. Harris in recognition of his high literary qualities, he being the author of numerous learned and interesting works on the life, discoveries and times of Colum bus. Michigan University Raises Prices. Akn Arbob, MiooN, Oct. 13, The regents of tbe State University have adopted a sug gestion made by President Angell, that the salaries otjirofessors be raised to prevent other colleges rrom constantly robbing him iOf his best assistants. The raise is from $300 to $500 annually in each case, in accordance with tbe lengtu of the term of service. A Possible Explanation. Washington Star.) Perhaps the chilliness of this campaign Is due to tbe quantity of oold cash that has been dropped Into lc CAMPAIGN NEWS AND COMMENT. All signs indicate that the Eepublican leaders are preparing for vigorous work during tbe closing weeks of tbe national canvass. The sudden appearance of Mr. Blaine at the residence or Vice Presidental candidate Whltelaw Eeid In New York, and the announcement that Senator Quay will shortly visit Republican headquarters, may oe taken as evidence to that effect. Blaine on the stump and Quay at the council table were largely the reliance for success in 1883, and the likelihood that both will actively participate in the present struggle, even though at -the eleventh hour, will do much to enhance general Republican confidence. There are also features tending to show that tho rlnal efforts are largely to be concen trated in the Emplro State, the campaign managers figuring that New York gained will mora than compensate for pos sible losses in the smalt fusion States or tlie West. There have been some peculiar moves on the Democratic" side in the last few days. The indorsement ofthe Eepublican nomination for Supreme Judge lnxuros that there will be no contest on the State ticket, and therefore will make it very hard to detennin e after the election whether Mr. Cleveland has been out by the lollowers or Senator Ilill or not. On the other hand, Richard Croker, the Tammany leader, has been placed on the New York ticket as elector-at-large in place ofa candi date who has resigned. This looks like an assurance of good faith upon the part of the tiger, but the close friends of Mr. Cleveland are not altogether sure that the action is not in the nature of a bluff. t Tammany Hall has offered a banner to the New York City district which polls the largest precentage of the registered votes and another to tho district which polls the largest proportionate Democratic vote. Hon. L. T. Michener, the personal friend or the President, is now in Indiana, wbeie he will remain for a short time and then proceed to Chicago', Omaha and Den ver. Mr. Michener is the bearer of messages from the National Committee, and goes West to look into tho condition of affairs in the States that are said to be doubtful. In Indiana the unknown Quantities in this con test are at least three, namely, the strength or the Peoplo's party, the effect of the in crease In taxation, 'and the movements of Gtesbam's admirers -and anti-Harrison Re publicans generally. Both parties are really afraid ofthe People's party,, and both are struggling heroically to wean back their wandering sheep. The Democrats are plac ing such men as Voorhees, Turpie and Gray in those sections where Democrats have strayed into the Peoplo's party, and they say with good results. The Republicans aro doing the same, and are equally as con fident that satisfactory resnlts will follow. As to the second polnt.the Republicans hope to make immense gains among Democratic Tarmers because of the increase in taxes Drought abont by the law passed by a Democratic Legislature. They have pushed this issue in every hamlet in the State, and observing Demo crats are afraid that mnnr Democrats will be influenced to vote the Republican ticket because of it. The nnti-IIai rison or Gi esham movement promises something to the Demo crats, esoeolally in Ft. Wayne and in South ern Indiana, where Judge Gi esham was born and where he spent the earlieryears of his youth and manhood. His admirers may not vote lor, Cleveland, hut it looks as if they would either vote tor Woavor or re frain irom voting altogether. At the head quarters of both committees victory is claimed, perhnps a trifle more confidently at the Democratic. Some Democrats ex press themselves as confident that Cleve land will have an overwhelming plurality in Indiana, republicans claim that tho State will go their way, hut not largely. Jerry Simpson has declined all chal lenges for political Joint debates, in Kansas, on the ground that lie is sought after by the opposition as a drawing card. Eussell A. Alger has not been re markably conspicuous In politics since the Minneapolis convention, but is now taking part in the canvass in the West. He was in terviewed at Kansas City, Kan., Just before delivering a Republican address there. "It is a verv quiet campaign," said he, "but one that 1 think will win for the Republicans in the end. People are tired of red fire, and I am glad or it, but they are thinking a great deal about tho issues of the campaign, and protection, I am sure, is much stronger than it was four years ago. The people are better educated on tho question than they were then. The Democrats have had a fair whack at the McKinley bill." They hay held it up and turned it around and hit at it with all kinds of clubs, bnt it has been a success, and people knowit. In Michigan we have the new plan of electing one elector from each Con gressional district. I was afraid that we would lose three or four electors under this plan, nut now I do not think we will lose more than one or two. I would like very much to see this plan or selecting electors that the Democrats forced on us in Michi gan, adopted all over the country, but of course you could never expect Democrats to favor it in a Democratic State. I have not been in Indiana this year, and I can give no idea of how things are going there. There is a bitter fight in Illinois, and the Republi can majority will be larger than usual. The action or that German newspaper in Mil waukee in coming back to the Republican party makes Wisconsin sare." One of the Iowa Democratic admirers of Governor Boies rerers to him as a man "whose face is an affidavit and whose voice is like the Ten Commandments." Bishop H. M. Turner, of Atlanta, Ga., was asked what .Incentive led so many colored people to support the Democratic party in the late election of that State. He replied that there was no special Incentive as far as the Democratic party i as con cerned. A large nnmber of the colored people did vote for the re-election of Gover nor Nortnen who had no interest in the Democratic ticket, and, indeed, many voted lor him alone. Governor Northeu was tho first Southern Governor, said the Bishop, who had openly spoken ont against lynch ing negroes. This information is calculated to moderate the transports of those Demo crats who have been claiming the big Georgia majority as an especial vindication of- the free trade plank of the Chicago platform. The Bishop concluded his statement thus: "This great nation is too weak, worthless, or mean to put down these midnight mobs who break jails and murder innocent men by hundreds, and if God has pit It In the heart of one Christian Democratic Governor to try to stem the current of blood and slaughter he shall have my vote." A great many people throughout the country will rejoice in the intelligence that the Georgia negroes were allowed to vote, even if only the ticket of their traditional enemy, the Democracy. There is a Republican story current to the effect that Jamostown.New York, Demo crats have organized the "Eighth ot Novem ber Democratic Fishing CIUD." The members are said to be pledged to spend election day on an angling expedition. The feeling ofthe administration at this Juncture is voiced by Seoretary of Agricul ture Rusk, who says: "Wisconsin will go Republican, I think, by one of its old time majorities. Ono or the best known German papers in the State, having a circulation or 10,000 is heartily supporting the Republican National ticket. This is one evidence that the Germans have not deserted the Republi can party. A few may vote with the Demo crats, but the great majority will remain with the party of honest money, protection and reciprocity. Ex-Senator Spooncr will certainly he elected Governor. He is mak ing a good fight, and the Republicans of the State aro stirred up. Wisconsin can be safelv placed in the Republican column. Tl.e abnse heaped upon General Weaver In the Southern States will cause the Alliance membetsto affiliate with the Republicans, and the result will be a Republican victory in the Western, as well as the Northern States. Kansas is all right, and so is Ne braska. In fact I believe the Republican party will win all along the line." "Millions for foreign manufacturers, but not a cent for borne industries,' would be a reasonable rendition of tbe tariff plank of the Chicago platform. AU Bight as It Is. Chicago News Record. To J. Rusk, Washington: Speaking, of the weather, please don't change the subject. A Physical Impossibility. Atlanta Journal. When a man has lost his head, it is useless to Mk him to lend yon hla ear. MOBRILli ON A RETENDE TARIFF. The Vermont Senator's Explanation or th Democratic Position. Mr. John V. Sloan, or Brady's Bend, fur nishes The Dispatoh some Interesting corre spondence, which Bpeaks for itself: "Hon. Justin S. Morrill: "Dear Sis As a young Republican and believer in the theory of protection for American industries. I should like to ask you but one question regarding your most excollent article in the- Xbrth American Re view for September. In diseasing the Chi cazo platform yon say: 'The denial of con stitutional power to cover any idea bnt that of raising revenue wonld force tlieimposl- tlon of very high duties on sugar, teas and. coffee that we do not and cannot produce in order to obtain sufficient revenue by giving up the American market to an enormous increase in the importation of foreign man ufactures." The reason you give for the necessity of a higher duty on sugar, teas and coffee than is now collected I cannot quite comprehend. "Why cannot the tariff which the Demo crats want to levy for revenue onlv be laid on manufactures and the duty remain as it now is on coffee, sugar and teat Why ex pect to give up the American market to an enormous. Increase in the importation of foreign manufactures when the present duty on the-e same manufactures may not be more than sufficient to produce the rev enue required? In tho light or their past record I cannot doubt but that the opposi tion would do precisely as jrou say, bnt would it necessarily follow that they would do it? Why could they not say: 'We have a certain amount of revenue to raise to de fray the expenses of the Government. We denv the constitutional power to protect any industry, but we might as well raise the amount from the imported manufactures as from sugar, coffee and tea, and wo will leave these as they now are.' Trusting I may be favored by at least a brier reply, I have the honor to remain yours most sin cerely, John V. Sloajt. "Brady's Betd, Pi., Sept. 2L" Senator Morrill's reply is as follows: "Strajtord, Vt., Sept. 28, 1892. "Dear Sir I have not the time to make an elaborate reply to your favor of the 21st in stant and forwarded to me from Washing ton. Democratic free trade is copied from British free trade. The British' put dnties on tea and coffee and sugar because they pioducu none. Itis all for revenue, thero being at home nothing of this abrt to pro tect. They raise their revenue largely from excises, stamp taxes, income taxes, etc. "Democrats would place low duties on foreign merchandise lor the reason that if the rate excluded any Importations, then it would to that extent be protection, and must be reduced to the revenue standard. That is to say, the rate must be fixed at the rato which will produce tbe largest amonnt of revenue. Ol couise such importations would largely take the market away from home products. All this is anti-American. "Butjrou will pardon brevity, and I am very respectfully yours. "Jcstiw S. Morrill." . JTOTBE DAME'S SEMI-CENTEHABY. A Notable Celebration at the Indiana Roman Catholic University. Notre Dame, 1st., Oct. 13. The University of Notre Dame to-day celebrated its estab lishment 50 years ago. The fonnder. Rev. Edward orIn, Superior General of the Con gregation of the Holy Cross, participated in to-day's ceremonies, hale and hearty.thouzh nearly 80 years of age. When he started the institution it was in a log hut. Indians of doubtful friendliness occupied the sur rounding country and he had but $5 in money. The university is at present the largest Roman embolic educational institution in the United States. Sunday a Columbus an niversary will be observed, the feature of which will be an addiess by Dr. Richard H. Clarko, or New York, the historian of the Roman Catholic Church in America. Tbe Italian artist, Gregori, who spent 17 years decorating the university, chiefly depicting scenes from the life of Columbus.is expected to be in attendance. JAPANESE TO COLONIZE MEXICO. Diaz Pleased 'With the Orientals and Gives Them. Liberal Concessions. Citt of Mexico, Oct. 13. Efforts are being made for the establishment of a colony of 1,000 Japanese in the State of Mexico. This movement is the result of an investigation by the commission sent here by the Jap anese Government several months ago. President Diaz basa regard for tbe Japanese as a nation, andfbe commission will receive a most liberal concession from tbe Govern ment. None bnt tbe better classes of Japanese will bo permitted to" become colonists. The commission is now in this city, completing the negotiations with tbe Government. They will take a trip through the United States before their return to Japan. THE HOMESTEAD INDICTMENTS. It is the evident intention of the grand Jury to give everybody connected with the Homestead trouble ample opportunity to explain. Washington Star. The case will attract world-wide celebrity as being the only one in the history of the country where a man or set of men is charged with treason in connection with a labor uprising. Ohio State Journal. It seems evident that tho sweeping indict ments returned yesterday were the result of the desire of the grand jury to have the whole matter thoroughly sifted In open court. This is right and reasonable. Gree land Leader. The grand Jury has discharged its duty in finding indictmonts. and if a petit Jury will but do its duty and pass impartially on the issue brought before it, law and order will achieve a most signal triumph in this State. Phdid'lphxa Press. A secokd HomesteacLaffafr should never be possible among a self-governing people: and it will not be if tbe lesson of the first shall be made as impressive in its legal aspects as it has already been made In other costly isa.?!. Philadelphia Record. The Homestead strikers are Indicted for treason. The Carnegie managers and sev eral of thoir agents are indicted formuider. Matters seem to be about even between tho two. Each side must now show before a trial jury both its own innocence and the other's guilt. Buffalo Express. The action of the grand jury in returning indictments against the strikers, the steel works officials and the Pinkerton men is in harmony with' onr position in regard to this matter from the start namely, that all par ties to the terrible slaughter at Homestead were grievously at fault. Chicago lictcs Record. The comprehensive series of indictments found against the leaders of the strikers at the Homestead mills on the one hand. and against the officers or the Carnegie Company on the other hand will have at least this good effect they will lead to a definite dec laration of the law In a manner to furnish guidance for the future. New York Times. His Last Chance. Washington Post.J Itis reported hat Mr. Cleveland drew his cheok book and hit tho $10,000 circle on Mr. Harrity's target. DEATHS J1EKE A.M KLatt WHERE. Captain Edward Magulre. Captain Edward Maguire, of the United States Corps of Engineers, died at his residence In Philadelphia Tuesday of heart failure. He was stationed In Philadelphia as engineer of tho Foarth Lighthouse district. He wa 4G years old and graduated from West Point In 1607. In the cam paign against the Sioux Indians he was engineer umcer under General Terry, lie also floured In the battle of the Little Big Horn In which General Custer was killed. Obituary Notes. LOTHAitlR IiDCHER, the German publicist and administrator, is dead. noK. Samuel Babcock, ex-President of the Connecticut Valley Railroad, and of the Middle town Savings Bank, died in Hlddletowii, Conn., Wednesday, aged 70. Masox Gibbs, ofDeerQeld, O., one of the oldest pioneers of Eastern Ohio, died -at his home on Tuesday night at the age of 91. lie had lived In that section since his boyhooa. Colonel William 11. IIctter. one of tbe old est newspaper men In the Lehigh Valley, died yes terday at Kaston. Pa., ornerrims prostration. ad 69 j ears, lie was publisher or the Eiston Argus for 2i ye.irs. John H. Camp, of Lyons, N.Y.. Is dead. He was an ex-Congressman, one of the most promi nent Republicans of the 3Lite, and a leader in Wayne coanty Tor mauy years. He was a member ofthe Republican State Committee. Colonel Clabexck Ie Ens, of 'Baltlraoa. is dead. He commanded the Sixth Maryland Inlan trr, whljh fired on the mob In Baltimore In July. 1877, and quelled the riot. He was also a Police Justlc? during tbe terms ot Governors Groome and Carroll. U was la Imprisonment during tbe war fox tiring aid to the Confederates. sksSA&saBv -t ; - - MiiifrsrfS AN INDIAN SUMMER OUTING. A Trip to Glen Karns Prospects for a Dull Winter Souvenirs From Europe The Attraction of Art What Society People Are Talking About. A pleasant outing party has been ar ranged for next Monday, in which about 23 young people will participate, with suitable ebaperones. The party will leave the city early In the morning, and ride out toGlen Karns, a beautiful summer residence, in the woods, on the Allegheny river. Colonel Anil is tbe owner or the place, but the fam ily are not there at present. It is in the bands of the housekeeper andservants, who W'H be called upon to look after the cum fort of the visitors. The amusement will include nut gathering, dancing and enjoy ment of the beauties of nature. The suppo sition is that the young girls will gather ferns, autumn leaves and other pretty trifles that are always to be found in the woods at this time of the year, particularly with an admiring yonng man to assist in the search. Among those who will go are Miss Maud Bennett, Miss Bessie Hale, Miss Lou C. Mc Lean, Miss Nellie Voigt, Dr. George Proctor, Mr. W. Martin, Mr. E. Kehew, Mr. Charles Aull, Mr. Burt Aull and Mr. Dravo. The great hope of the young folks now is that the weather will behave itself. A desirable acquisition to Pittsburg society next month will be Miss Mildred Carlisle, of HTashington, D. a, who will be a visitor at the residence or Hill Burgwin, Esq., at Hazelwood. Her visit will proba bly be an extended one, and it is sare "to say that there will be a number or pretty teas and receptions In her honor during her stay in this city. This winter is predicted to be one of the dullest socially that Pittsburg has seen ror years. This may be attributed to the small number of prospective debutantes. Last year an unusually large number of young ladies made their formal entrance into so ciety, and, as seems always to be tbe case, there are necessarily fewer than usual this year. It has been noticed that for two or three years in succession there will be a good many, and then there is a lull, as is the case now. Among the well-known tamilles that will give a daughter to society is that or Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Hell, the debut ante being Miss Mary M. Bell, their only daughter. It is intended that there shall be a coming-out ball forber in the early win-' ter, to be followed by another within a few weeks by one given by her aunt, Mrs. Har mer Denny. Miss Bell is tbe granddaughter of Mr. A. M. Marshall and the niece of Mrs. Mark W. Watson. Mr. and Mrs. Felix ;r. Bbunot, who have been at their summer residence in Ve rona since May, will return to their Stock ton avenue home at the beginning of next week. Among the valuable souvenirs brought by Mrs. Mark W. Watson from Europe this fall are a collection of photographs of the royal personages of different countries she visited this year. The pictures were all procured in the countries to which the originals belonged. Thu, Queen Victoria's portrait, with those of some of her lamily, were brought from England; that or the Queen of Austria in Vienna; that of Emperor William in iierlin, nnd o on. Among the pictures are several family group", one of them beinz that of the King of Denmark, with all his children, which includes tho Princess of Wales and the Czarina. Mrs. Watson has the pictures artistically arranged abnnt her parlor, nnd they are objects of deep interest to all her friends as ' well as herseli. The exhibition of oil paintings at the Art Society's rooms have drawn, a large nnmber or visitors there this week. The same was noticed last week, when there were a collection of water colors thero. The attendance has been larger for these two weeks than at any other time in the history of tbe society. Among the notable studies in oil, to be seen at the rooms, are two by Miss Maria Brooks, "Ready lor a Bowl,,r and "Be Careful." C. C Curran's HarvestTime," and a landscape by George Inness are worthy of particular attention. Francis I. Murphv has a prettv "Sunset" and "Edge or a Wood," that havo been very much admired. The exhibition will be open to-day and to-morrow, from 2 to 10 o clock p. ii., each day. The public aie cordially invited. The Margaretta Miller Fund Hall, of the Y. W. C. A., of the East End, opened last evening with a bazaar and dinner. There was a large attendance, and tbe dinner was partaken of by a number of visitors. The prospects of the association seem to be very bright. The entertainment will be con tinued this evening. The fifteenth anniversary of the wed ding of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin W. Porter, of Dinwiddle street, is to he celebrated to night. An entertainment for the benefit of St. Benedict's Church, on Overhill street, south of Center avenue, will be given next Sun day. The regular course of lectures for the nurses of the Allegheny Goneral Hospital are to be given every Tuesday evening by the following physicians: C. B. King, W. S. Hnselton, W. S. Foster, T. L. fiuzzard, R. L. McGrew, H. K. Beattv, B. K Smith. O. L. Miller, J. H. Wright, J. A. Lippincott. J. S. Mahon, R. & Sutton and M. A. Rodders. A meeting of the ladies of the different churches, that were called together on last Friday in tbe North Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church lor the purpose of arrang ing for meals to bo served on Allegheny day for the benefit of Southslde Hospital, nlll meet to-day at S p. v. in the same church. Tne committee requests the ladles not pres ent at theflrst meeting to attend to-day. This evening the young ladies of the Sixth Presbyterian Chnrch.corner of Frank lin and Townsend streets, will treat their friends to a presentation of a comedy en titled "The Mock Trial," which met with such success last spring. Refreshments will be on sale in tho dining room. The fol lowing persons will take part: Annie Canan, Daisy Lemmon, Ada Thomas. The Refresh ment Committee follow: Hattie Rousb, Sallie Morrow, Jennie Morrow, Sara Chal mers, Ada Forsythe, Hettlo Vance. A reception will be given in the par lors of the Firth Avenue M. E. Church this evening In honor of the new pastor. Dr. R. B. Manscll. Some good music has been prepared, and lunch will be served by the Reception Com mittee. AU the members and friends or the church are invited. Me. Edwin Atlee Schoen, of Pitts burg, and Miss Marie Louise Porter were mairied Wednesday evenig at tbe home of the bride's parents, 1S20 North Thirteenth street, Philadelphia, by Rev. N. Frazsr Robinson, or the Episcopal Church of the Annunciation. Only a few relatives and immediate friends were present. A 80CIAL KECEPTION t to Tendered to Justice Shlras by One of Washington's Popular Clubs. Washinotos, Oct. 13. Special.--Tho Uni versity Clnb, one or the most popular and successful of the many social clubs at the capital, has tendered a reception to Justice Shlras. of the Supreme Court, to takeplace some time durins; this month, after tbe re turn from Chicago or members or the club in hUh official Hie, who ltitend going to that city next week; for the dedication of tbe World's Fair buildings. The committee ap pointed to arrange for what is to be made the most notable reception that has occurred since the organization or the club, includes Chief Justice Fuller and Associate Justice Biown, both of whom were of the same class at Yale with Justice Shlras. Tho club has a large membership, composed exclusively of university men. The clubhouse, in one of the most fash ionable localities of tbe city, on tbe corner of Seventeenth and 1 streets. Is one or the finest old mansions or tbe city. Tho rooms are still as they were in the early days or the capital, when tbe Colonial influence in arch itecture was yet dominant, and many of the spacious room, as well as the entire exter ior, retain Intact the artistic simplicity of form and decoration which has, after a long lapse of years, induced a sensible renaissance of Colonial taste. The club had a narrow escape from destruction, a short tilne ago, due to an explosion or bnrnlng flnld, but luckily the flume were extinguished with a loss oi only about $1,300. A giand new club house is one of the certain things to be in the near future, but this co nnllmentary re ception to Justice Shiras will happily take place in the fine old structure so suggestive of tbe days when robes indicative of rank and degree were not confined to officers of the eouxta. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. The mole-is a meteorologist. Most spiders have eight eyeg although some species nave only six. The smallest quadruped in the world ij tbe pigmy mouse of Siberia. Three thousand marriages arc performed everyday all over the world. A centnryplant is coming into bloom in the greenhouse of a London florist. Naturalists assert that a healthy swaL low will devour 6.C00 flies every day. Consumption is more prevalent In Ire land than In either England or Wales. Five colored people were baptized in the Sound at Oak Point, N. Y- on Sunday. In the House of Representatives there are 20 members who are under 26 years ol age. An inmate of Sing Sing prison has composed a number of songs, which h shows to visitors. A dishwashing machine in a London hotel can. with two persons to attend to it, wash 1,000 dishes an hour. On the Eoyal Sovereign, the new En glish battleship, there are 00 electric lights, connected by SO miles of wire. The speed of the fastest Atlantis steamer is now greater than that of the ex press trains on Italian railways. The region about the Dead Sea is ons of tbe hottest places on tbe globe, and ttra sea Is said to lose 1,000,000 tons of water a day by evaporation. A company has bee-i formed at Chris tiana, Norway, to reproduce an exact modal of the old Viking boat that was discovered some years ago in an ice floe. A postal card was sold in Paris for S50 a short time ago. It had gone around tba worldafter the person to whom it was ad dressed and bore 72 postmarks. The Merchants' National Bank of Bal timore received, the other day, an old con tinental $CO banknote. It is not known whether the note is gennine or not. According to an English scientist, tho red in flowers is a single phrment, soluble in water and decolorized bv alcohol, but capable of being restored by the addition of acids. t Frogs and many fishes suffer no injury from freezing solid; while, in a few cases, even warm blooded animals have been re stored to life after apparent death from freezing. Few people know that there is a kind of spider which spins no web. It Is called "the hunting spider," and its favorite hunt ing grounds are walls, the surfaces of which are exposed to tbe sun. If it were possible to cnt sections out of the side of soap bubbles, and then by some delicate contrivance handle the pieces, there would be required 50,000,000 films laid one upon another to make a pile one inch in height. The word "pig" as applied to iron is a mere play on the word "sow." When iron is melted it runs off into a channel called a "sow," the lateral branches of which are called the "pigs." Here the Iron cools and Is called "pig iron."' At Cahoes, France, the workmen on the foundations lor a convent unearthed a large house oftheGoIlo-Koman period, the mosaio floors or which aro in place and enough of the wnlls to reveal frescoes in a fair state of preservation. In a London auction room recently a pair of bellows of Italian workmanship and designed, it is supposed, by Benvennto Cellini wns sold for 470 guineas. Nosuch. price has ever been fetched before by any article of that kind. The moose in Penobscot county, Maine, are so accustomed to the train that they gaze calmly and critically p t the locomotive, nnd are not frightened by whistles or hissing steam jets. People frequently sucot at them from the car windows. One ofthe smallest women in the world is the daughter of Nathan Harris, of Rich Valley.Va. At the age of 19 she is only 2 feet 10"inches in height, weighs just 40J pounds, and is perfectly natural and whole some in her ways or life. Applications for space in the Electric ity Duildlug at the World's Fair aggregate 334,000 square feet, while 133,000 feet are available. Foreign nations have already been assigned 68.000 feet, and several of them are urgently asking for more. In some parts of the country, narrow necked bottles filled with sugar and water or beer are suspended Irom the fruit trees in order to catch the various members of tho insect tribe, which delight in spoiling all the frnit before it has a chance or getting ripe. A kitten became lodged In the fly wheel of an engine In Portland, Ore. The wheel ren tor six hours and a half. The cat was taken out nearly lifeless, but recovered. The fly-n-becl makes 25(1 revolutions per minute and every revolution pussy traveled 17 feet. A strange story comes from "Wells ville, Mo., where a stroke of lightning,;about six years ago. Is said to havo left on the ceiling of a church tbe imaireor a human lace. Nobody dared to disturb it, and it re mained until the recent removal of the church. Cats are not the only creatures that en Joy a plurality otlives; many animals have a remarkable power of existing while ap parently dead. Jnfusori.1 have been dried nnd restored to life by moistening arter re maining inert dust for 27 years, and the dry ing and resuscitation have been successfully tnea n times on a lot oi rotiners. The District of Columbia was formed out of Washington connty, Maryland, and Alexandria countr, Virginia, and tbe national Government was removed to the capital in 1800. The Virginia portion of the DUtrict was ceded back in 1846. Citizens of the District ot Columbia havo no vote for national officers, und it Is governed by Con gress. Every Mussulman, however high his rank, from the Sultan down to the lowest dervlsli, is compelled to have a trade. The grandfather ot the present Sultan was a toothpick maker. The boatman, porter or groom is eligible to the it ratio or Pasha. The butcher of to-day may be the Generalissi mo of to-morrow, and the lowest slave may become Grand Yizer. MISCELLANEOUS MERRIMENT. "I don't think Mr. Bunker is much ofa conversationalist, " observed Miss Elder. "Well, he called on me last night.-" replied Miss Yonng, as she carelessly twirled a new ring on the third anger or her left hand, '"and I foond bis con versation qnlte engaging." Spare Jfoments. jaggs Brace up, old man; if it weren't for reverses no one would find out jonr good quali ties. Baggs-I wonld rather hare a little prosperity and have my good qualities remain an nnknowa quantltr. lirwklim t'ajle. He dreamed a golden glorious dream That gladdened ear and eye. lie wakened. Wisdom told him 'twas Bat undigested pie. Washington Star. He Now, I admit that I am no angel SheNo? So tnat was not wbat papa meant when lie said you were something of a high fljer. Indianapolis Journal. rr TtraxED out alt. marrr. 'When love in his heart had taken root, And his brain was In a whirl. And be went at night to press bis salt. He also pressed tbe girl. She at the action took no offense. For she knew that more was meant; In fact she thought him a man of sense. And at once gave her consent. Sew York Prist. TJsber (to man who has entered the the ater wearing very load pair of trousers) Check, Sir? "Not in a thonsand years, sonny. These an plaid." Buffalo Express. The fellow that's elected, Is a bollerln' by rule: But the other chap's dejected An' a-cnssln' or his mule I s, Atlanta Journal. Jabbs I hear that yon went to your best girl's house last night on a proposing expedition? Slabbs -That's what. Jabbs How aid she receive you? blabbs-With a no-vation Detrnit Free Frees. Fweddy (looking in the glass at his incip ient whls-crs) Deah boy. why am 1 like a man who Is chasing wabblt No. why Is a man who Is chasing a wabblt Hie me? Cholly (after a careful inspection of Fweddy's ehln;-If the answer is that be Is "aboct to rain bare." old chappie, the conundrum won't Chicago Tribute. JBiWMBBBBBBllllilllllllllMMPIISBflPi! i lW!?f?015Srff3?fev,2 SS3Sm lw
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