THE PTETSBUEQ DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1899.
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TWELVE PAGES
PROTECTING THE RIVERS.
The return of true bills against a num
ber of manufacturing firms by tne United
States grand jury shows that there is an
active determination to prevent further
encroachments on the r.ver channels. The
list of defendants in this suit comprises
many of the most prominent firms in the
city, which is a gratifying sign that there
is no intention to prosecute small offend
ers but rather to cut off the evil at its
source by making the most promtnent ex
ample possible.
Of coure this comment is not intended
to express any opinion as to tb,e convic
tion or acquittal in any individual case.
That is a question to be decided by the
evidence and it is to be left to the jury
without prejudice. But it is a patent fact
that the rivers haTe been largely en
croached upon by the dumping of cinders
from the mills. The encroachment iias
gone to the point where it must be
stopped. The inaugural of prosecu
tions without fear or favor funishes a satis
factory assurance that it will be stopped.
The large number of indictments found
indicates that those who have encroached
on the river will suffer the penalty for it,
while if any are incorrectly charged with
the offense they will have an opportunity
of demonstrating that they have not
done it
There his been an opinion that the
rivers are not worth preserving. This has
given rise to practices which take the
surest way to make them worthless.
These suits, however, give notice that the
Government intends to preserve them for
the uses both of navigation and drainage.
ST5IPATHY FOR THE PRESIDENT.
From all parts of the country telegrams of
sympathy yesterday poured in upon Presi
dent Harrison: but the domestic bereave
ment which has befallen him is too deep to
be much assuaged by any human expres
sion, however kindly meant Tet it is
well that the people thus, without regard
to any differences whatsoever upon other
points, show their recognition of the per
sonal grief which has befallen their chief
servant Those touches of nature which
make the whole world kin sad though
the occasions be which call them forth
show the pulsations of the great heart of
humanity to have a farther and pro
founder reach than i always remembered
when the petty contests of life are upper
most ' A London paper commenting upon the
display of deep svmpathy for President
llarrison in his affliction, spoke the other
day, as though it were something singular,
of so much sentiment being so interwoven
in the American character witli such
capacity for practical things. However it
was meant, nothing better could be said
of our people. 'When sympathy for the
sufferings and trials of human nature is
eliminated from life, then life will not be
worth living. In proportion as a people
have this sort of sentiment keenly de
veloped, so shall we find them progressive
upon the lines of best civilization, which
points ultimately to more of altruism and
less of egoism.
The President has suffered the deepest
domestic bereavement that is possible to
befall a man. In the expressions of sensi
tive consideration for him, which em-mate
from all quarters, the American people
give evidence that is highly creditable to
their feelings. The loss of a loving wife,
the helpful companion of his married
years, and one whose gracious and ex
cellent influences were so greatly con
cerned in the President's career, is a
bereavement which cannot be mitigated
by any expression, yet which appeals pro
foundly to the sympathy of all.
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SECTIONAL POLITICS.
A very jug-handled view of the relative
rights of different sections is displayed by
the Atlanta Constitution in rejoicing that
the South continues "solid" and almost
in the same breath vigorously inveighing
against the crime of attempting to set up
"a solid North." This displays the usual
Southern Democratic view that the only
thing that is right is that which gives the
Southern Democracy power. The South
is to be kept solid by fair means or foul.
Fair means are preferred if practicable;
but the end must be reached anyway. If
the North should exhibit any disposition
to solidify itself against a political
policy that gives the South more power in
the Government than it is honestly entitled
to, the usual howl about "sectional poli
tics" will be raised.
The fact is that the Southern Democracy
is essentially the mos&Sctional party ever
known; and the Solid South is the survival
and exemplification of Bourbon stupidity.
SENATOR GORMAN'S FICTION.
Senator Gorman made an unwitting con
tribution to the gsycty of politics in his
speech at Glenelg, Maryland, the other
day. Besides an initial stroke of humor
in the assertion that "the Republican
party camo into power by revolution,"
he nmde an amusing draft on his imagina
tion in referring to the Bepublican Sena
tors who voted -against the force bilL
Here is the jeu d' esprit:
One of these, Senator Stewart of Nevada,
Is being persecuted for bis action, and his
re-election is thereby rendered doubtful. I
received a dispatch from him a few days
ago to the above effect, and I Immediately
telegraphed as fast as the wires wonld flash
it to half a dozen prominent Democrats in
that State, saying: "Stand by Stewart; he is
a Republican, but he saved the liberties of
the people."
Accepting this as an actual statement of
fact, what Is the manifest conclusion?
Clearly that the Republicans of Nevada,
to whom Senator Stewart is Indebted for
his election, are in favor of that legislation
which the Democrats describe as te force
bill His re-election is in danger accord
ing to Senator Gorman; and if he comes
back to the Senate It will be by virtue of
Democratic votes.
Of course Senator -Gorman only made
this statement for Southern consumption.
If the alleged force "bill was the issue in
which Senator Stewart's re-election de
pended that statesman would promptly
smooth matters out by hastening to
swallow the force bilL Every person well
informed in politics knows that Senator
Stewart Is working for, re-election on the
People's party platform, having bolted the
Republican ranks on the silver question.
It seems that the Republicans of Nevada
are to be led off into the Third party cave
of Adullam In that -way. But Senator
Gorman's pretty tale reveals the fact that
the Democratic party, notwithstanding
its platform, Is lending its aid to the
furtherance of the free silver cause.
A fertile imagination is a good thing
sometimes; but Senator Gorman's produc
tions have not enongh of tfce quality of
realism about them to pass current
THE CHOLERA'S DISAPPEARANCE.
There is comfort in the announcement
of the fact that the cholera has disap-v
peared from Europe. That is it has died
out to the extent shown in the fact that
on last Frjday there was not, a single
death from it in Hamburg, while in the
less seriously plagued cities there have
been no new cases for some time. This
is evidently in obedience to the rule gen
erally though not always operative, that
the cholera disappears before the advance
of frosty weather.
It would be pleasant to believe that this
marks the end of the westward march of
cholera. But former epidemics have
demonstrated that while the germ does
not develop in cold weather it can lie
dormant in some chosen localities until
the return of the warm season. There
have been numerous cases in which tho
infection after disappearing in the fall has
taken a new start in the spring. Up to
the close of the warm weather it is cer
tain that the slight infection which
reached New York was stamped out
But this gives no assurance, if precautions
are relaxed, that the germs may not be
imported during the winter and permitted
to lie in unknown quarters until next
summer when the disease may break out
at points where it is impossible tot race the
cause.
The precautions against the importation
of the germ should not be relaxed simply
because it does not develop in cold weather.
All classes of merchandise liable to carry
it should be either rigidly excluded or
thoroughly disinfected Above all this
country should De in readiness to meet the
first appearance of the disease next year
in the best sanitary condition, and with
full resources for isolating and suppress
ing the disease wherever it occurs.N The
fact that we narrowly escaped an epidemic
this fall is notgood reason for concluding
that all danger is past, but rather for
maintaining the safeguards which pre
vented the spread ,of the infection. In
deed the best opinion during the entire
fall was not that there was danger of a
widespread epidemic this year so much as
that the infection might gain a foothold to
work its worst ravages next summer.
If Pittsburg enters upon the hot weather
of next year In the same state of sanita
tion as this year, she will have little reason
to fear the cholera. And by the same
measures the teeth will be drawn from
more common and equally destructive
diseases.
GOOD AND SIGNIFICANT ADVICE.
The New York Sun has been notable in
past campaigns for scenting out Demo
cratic defeat in the closing weeks of
Presidental campaigns. An exception
must be made as to the year 18S4, when the
Sun thought "that Grover Cleveland was
beaten" but found out it was mistaken.
There is a suggestion of this quality in tho
recent examination by the Sun of the bet
ting performances of Senator and General
Bill Brown, and the final advice to its
readers: "Vote the Democratic ticket;
don't bet on itl"
Whether this advice Is the result of the
Sun's Cassandrine foresight for Demo
cratic adversity, or is based on that jour
nal's moral convictions, we heartily in
dorse it As an investment we cannot re
gard a bet on Cleveland's victory as a
marketable security; while on grounds of
public morality election betting is one of
the silliest vices of the time. It is bad
enough to bet on stocks and the prices of
grain, but the idea which a large number
of people seem to entertain that party
fealty is to be proved by wagering on
party success, or that party victories are
to be won in that manner, presents a com
bination of idiocy and Jaxity in primary
public morals that is phenomenal.
We respect the Sun's advice modified to
suit all people. Vote for the party which
best represents your honest convictions.
Don't bet on either party.
cause and effect, which?
The latest outbreak of the New York
World consists m the publication of very
positive and commendable declarations by
eminent ex-Republicans against the use of
money for the corruption of elections. The
condemnations of such practices are perti
nent and would have an excellent effect if
laid to heart by all people without regard
to party.
Are we permitted to hope that it is one
good result of these expressions in favor of
honesty that the World has abandoned its
previous double-leaded effort to raise an
immense fund wherewith to accomplish
the very large-sized task of carrying the
Northwest for Gieveland? We would be
glad to lay that flattering unction to our
souls, if it were not for one little obstacle.
That is the fact that the sick campaign
fund proved a fizzle before the World
started out on its boom for purity in elec
tions. This impels us to the conclusion
that the relation of cause and effect is the
other way, and that the World is indulg
ing in flamboyant purity because Its pro
ject for buying up several States has
turned out a failure in the index.
Citizens who content themselves by
pointing out political evils without doing
all in their power to reform them are very
little better than the men to whom their
apathy gives the opportunity for corruption.
Abctic explorers risk their own lives 'to
add to mankind's knowledge of science.
Railroad companies risk the lives of others
to add to their own pecuniary profit. The
former may be criticised for a heroic and
impractical Infatuation. The latter are to
he condemned for a sordid and Inhuman
obsorptlon in dollar-hunting. On the whole
the public can afford to lose lives in quest of
knowledge 'better than to have them sacri
ficed In a search for dividends. But the
public prizes the facilities of ranld'transit
more dearly than the knowledge of unin
habitable regions, and yet subscriptions are
always on hand to iquip an arctic expedi
tion, or a party of rescuers, while It is far
too much trouble to organize'and bring that
pressure to bear on the transportation com
panies, which shall force them to reduce to
a minimum the dangers which now threaten
their own servants and tho traveling com
munity. Some of the Alabamian egg throwers are
likely to -discover vthat their, favorite
pastime is exponslvevas well as ungentle
manly and discreditable to a country of free
institutions.
The reletting of the contract for the re
moval of dead animals and condemned
meat from the city, for the next Ave years,
was decidedly premature when Councils
ara supnosod to have the whole garbage
question under consideration. The experi
ence of other citios has prqven that a mu
nicipal collection and cremation of refuse
matter is the most satisfactory system.
Such a method is economical in health and
wealth, and a city of Pittsburg's size ought
to he progressive enough to adopt it with
out further delay.
Voting schools should be well patronized
durinc the next few days by citizens who do
not wish to invalidate their ballots through
an ignorance or the new technicalities.
Senator Hill devoted much effort
again last night to denouncing a Protective
tariff as unconstitutional and assuring his
hearers that a little of it was a good thing
in spite of Its unconstitutionality. There
nro many Democratic leaders who find it
hard at this time to he eqnnlly explicit and
evasive, and Mr. Hill is the champion
dodger or them all in preferring evasion to
explicitness.
Argentinia's revolution is rapidly at
taining tho magnificent proportions which
usually dignify the political upheavals of
South American republics.
The policy of Protection is constructive,
that of free trade is destructive. Where
the Democrats would find their policy if
there were no party against which it was
competing ia not quite clear. For the only
thing upon which all the orators of Demo
cratic persuasion are agreed Is in the denun
ciation of Protection, and the avoidance or
outlining a substitute for it.
Consistency is an admirable quality
which is conspicuous" by its absence from
the Democratic party at this time.
Just what its line of action will be is by
no means clear at present. But, from its
past efforts to gerrymander the State, it may
sately be assumed that tho Democratic Leg
islature of Wisconsin will allow no scruples
of conscience to bar it from using all its
power to insure the return of Democratic
electors.
WnEN, oh when, are those oft-promised
and. long-postponed street signs to make
their much needed appearance?
In two weeks' time Secretary of State
Harrity will be comparatively free from the
supreme claims which are made upon tho
time of tho Democratic National Committee
Chairman. Maybe ho will he at some trouble
then to earn the remuneration which he
receives from tho Commonwealth or Penn
sylvania. THERE is nothing surprising in the coin
cidence of an unusually big snake crop and
scarcity ot water in this State.
False registration and corrupt voting
are offenses for which no punishment could
he too severe. The time should come, and
come qnickly, when men convicted of delib
erately committing such crimes will receive
the political and social ostracism which
they deserve. 4
Wood-sawino is a necessary preliminary
to the production of political deals.
Animated whist was the first step
toward animated discussion in the religions
circles of Stoubenville. It is to he hoped
that the animated discussion will stop snort
or tho hitter animosity that such things are
apt to develop.
Professional mendicancy is a prolific
producer of prolessional mendacity.
Ttteee is not much to be said for the
political integrity or the shiowdness or
People's party voters who allow themselves
to'be'used ns'catspaws'to snatch Demo
cratic chestnuts from the fire of Republican
majorities.
PEOPLE OP PROMINfiNCF.
It is announced that Queen Victoria will
spend the winter months in Italy. She will
reside at Bientina, 11 miles cast of Pisa.
Mme. Carnot, wife of the French Presi
dent, smokes cigarettes after her meals, but
only a mild and sweet scented variety.
Dr. Heber Bishop, of Boston, went
hunting in the Moose River Valley, Mo.,
last week, and killed a moose weighing 1,000
pounds.
LOWDEN W. KlCITARDS, of Thurlow,
Assistant Executive Commissioner of the
Board of World's Fair Managers of Pennsyl
vania, has resigned.
Prince Alfred, eldest son of the Dnke
or Edinburgh, yesterday entered the First
Regiment of Prussian Foot Guards. Prince
Allred is 18 years old. ,
Edwin Booth has positively decided not
to appear airain upon tho stage. He has a
fortune of $750,000, which lie does not appear
ambitious to increase.
Oscar Wilde is said to be deep in the
development of a new flower, a golden
veined tulip, which he declares to be 'a
triumph of classic horticulture."
The list of musical prodigies in Boston
at present includes a young Cherokee In
dian girl, who Is said to be remarkably
accomplished. She expects to return to tho
Indian Territory when her edncation Is
completed as a teacher of her tribe.
It has been generally overlooked by the
critics in reviewing the works of Kenan
that bororo Darwin's bonk appeared the
French thinker wrote a remarkable work
on the dawn of science which forecast evo
lution and almost all the scientific advances
of the present day.
COMMANDER WEISSEEI'3 STAFF.
Includes a Pittsbnrger as One of the
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Executive Committee.
Milwaukee, Oct. 25. Commander In Chief
Wcissert, of the Grand Army or the Re
public, to-day issued General Order No. 2
from National Headquarters in this city, in
which he announces tho appointment of five
members of his official family as follows:
Adjutant General, E. B. Gray, Milwaukee;
Quartermaster General, John Taylor, Phila
delphia; Inspector General, George L. Good
ale, Boston; Assistant Adjutant General, J.
It Bennett, Chicago: Senior' Aide de Camp,
Ford n. Rogers, Detroit, Mich. The appoint
ment of a judge Advocate is still to be an
nounced. It is ono of the most important,
but no intimation la made as to who the ap
pointee will he.
Five of the seven members of the Execu
tive Committee or the Council of Adminis
tration are announoed as tollows: Henry S.
Dietrich, Chicago; L. B. Raymond, Hampton,
la.; William 1L Armstrong, Indianapolis,
Ind.; H. G. Luther, Providence, B, L; A. P.
Bnrchfleld, Pittsburg, Pa.
Tho Commander in Chief outlines the
policy of his administration, which Is to be
a vigorous one in the interest or increasing
the membership of the order. He also gives
I imminence to the rule in the fundamental
aw of the order which forbids the discus
sion of partisan politics In meetings of the
organization.
Is Never Game Enough. .
New Orleans Picayune.
As a hunter all a dude) can do Is to go out
and bag his trousers.
A Precursor of Sousa.
Philadelphia Record.
The first marine band the Atlantto cable.
A Post-Prandial Morsel.
Washington Potto
Chauncey Depew will simply take In Indi
ana as an after-dinner aver.
THE DOUBTFUL STATES.
Under the caption of "Looking at the
Close States," the conservatively Republican
Philadelphia Public Ledger has an interest
ing editorial revlen? of 'the situation in the
sections where the campaign of 1892 will be
lost and won. The article starts with the
statement that it is useless to make esti
mates based on the election returns or 1S83
with the purpose of forecasting the probable
result of the election or 1S92, but it is"not en
tirely useless to show why so many States
nre classed by Republicans or Democrats as
doubtful and why the probable result Is un
certain. For several-years pluralities In
both Republican and Democratic States,
with the notable exception of Pennsylvania,
have been growing smaller, that is to say
the parties have become of more nearly
equal -strength, and in the whole country
the two parties have been almost evenly
divided since 1578. In what are known as
the doubtful States -the margin is now very
small, a change of one vote in 200 on the
basis of the vote of 1883 being sufficient to
change the electoral vote from one party to
another.
There are several other States where slight
changes would be sufficient to cause a revo
lution, and such changes' may be brought
about without any change of political senti
ment, hut solely through the greater or less
intelligence. and energy of party manage
ment. In New York State, for example,
there are always more than enough qualified
citizens who do not vote to turn over the
State, if they could be brought to the polls
and voted en masse for the minority ticket.
Political guessers base their predictions
largely on 'wlitt they suppose to be the
probable success or failure of tho party
managers in bringing out tho vote in such
close States, but, ignoring guesses of all
kinds, we can learn something of the real
situation by considering simply the
election returns of 1833, tbese being known
quantities. -
Almost an Even Division.
Instead of taking the actual vote, which
is not easily understood when dealing with
large and small States, varying greatly in
population, It is better to consider percent-'
ages of the vote, and to look only at those
States where the vote was almost evenly di
vided in 1883. In Connecticut at the last
Fiesidentai election the Democrats had
48.94 per cent of the vote; the Republicans,
4S.0L That is to say, in round numbers, out
or every 100 voters 49 votod tho Democratic
ticket and 48 voted the Republican ticket.
The other three voted the Prohibition or
some other Third party ticket. Connecticut
is rightly considered debatable ground, be
cause if one Democrat out of 200 could he per
suaded to vote the Republican ticket next
month the Stato would go Republican.
In such calculations net changes only are
considered. If the change of a Republican
to tho Democratic side is offset by the
change, of a Democrat to tho Republican
side the result is the same as though no
change had taken place. But the figures of
1S8S show that tho net change of halt or 1 per
cent.orone in 200,iu favor oi tho Republicans
wonld trans. er the electoral vote or Con
necticut from Cleveland to Hairlson. Illin
ois is not considered a doubtful State, but
even there tho difference is only 3 per cent,
and a net chanzo or 3 votes in 200 might
make Illinois Democratic Indiana is much
closer and recognized ns doubtful. In 18S4
it was Democratic with a margin of a little
more than 1 per cent. Thjs as overcome
in 18?S. and it became Republican by half of
1 per cent. It could be turned back into the
Democratic column by a net gain irom the
Republicans of one vote in a few more than
400.
States Not Ordinarily Doubtful.
Iowa, which ordinarily would not be
considered doubtful, was Republican in 1833
by a plurality or nearly 5 per cent. There
does not seem to be sufficient reason to sup
pose that this could be overcome, even
though the People's party should develop
considerable force, for third parties reduce
the strength of both principals. Maryland
is almost as hopeful for the Republicans,
Judging merely by the figures, as Illinois for
the Democrats, as the Democrats cast onlv
50 24 per cent of'the votes in 1883 against 47.02
per cent for the Republicans, yet no one
talks about Maryland as a doubtful State.
New Hampshire stands in almost the same
relation to the Republicans as Maryland to
the Democrats, the Republicans polling 50.34
per cent of the votes and tho Democrats
46.81. New Jersey, though consistently
Democratic for many years, is closer 'than
the Democratic politicians would like to ad
mit. In 1S84 the Democrats had 48 85 per
cent; the Republicans 47.16;' in 1838 the per
centages were Democrats 49.87, Renublicans
17.5-', a difference or a little more than 2 per
cent.
Nw York, if not absolutely tho closest, is
tho most doubtful State or all. In li84 there
was a difference of only nine one-hundredths
of one per cent between tho party votes.
The small cliango lequired was effected In
1838, when the State was turned to llarrison,
the Republicans getting 49.10 per cent of the
vote and the Democrats 48.01, a, difference of
little more than 1 per cent. It is worth not
ing in this connection that the Democratic
vote lell off very little, though the Republi
cans gained one percent, the main loss per
cent falling on the Third parties.
Importance of Local Complications.
In a State polling a million and a half of
votes, with great centres of population like
New York and Brooklyn, it is manifest that
purely local cuusos might be sufficient to
turn over enough votes to change the result
one way or the other, though tho remainder
of the State should stand stcad'nst in party
ranks. It is impossible to canvass snch a
big State closely enough to determine its
probable vote where the margin is so small.
A child can gues3 quite as well as Chairman
Carter or Chairmau.Harrity whut tho result
will be, unless theio should be signs or a
political revolution.
North Carolina may be classed with Iowa,
whose percentages are about the same, hut
the other way round. Ohio, though always
esteemed strongly Republican, is close
enough to be interesting, being little moie
strongly Republican than New Jeisey is
Democratic, though this result is brought
about by a strong Prohibition vote, sup
posed to be largely Republican.
Virginia and West Virginia offer splendid
flghtingground. Wesj Virginia has been
steadily moving toward the Republican
column for several years, owing, it is be
lieved, to the settlement of tho State bylte
nublic.ins from Pennsylvania and Ohio. In
I8S4 the Democrats polled 50.93 per cent of
the vote and tho Republicans 47.74 per cent.
In 1838 the percentages were, Democrats,
49.34; ltepuhlicans,49.02. A very slight change
in the duection heretolore followed would
give tho electoral vote of the State to Har
rison. Virginia is equally close. In 1834,
the Democrats had 5105 per cent of tho
votes, the Republicans 48.89 percent. But
In 1RS8 the narties were utmost evonlv di
vided, the Democrats having 49.97 percent!
ana tne itepunncana .. xt win ue seen
that so far as the percentages go Virginia,
though not classed among the doubtful
States in the calculations of either paitv, is
really a closer State than New York or In
diana. Presence of an Unknown Quantity.
Nothing has been said of such Southern
States as Alabama or such Western States as
Minnesota or Nebraska, as, if notable
changes are made in any of these, they will
be due to that unknown quantity, the Peo
ple's party, and we have been dealing here
only with the actual returns or 1838.
The result is what was expected, that the
vote in several States has heretofore been so
close as to leave the probable result of the
election next month full of doubt and un
certainty. Disregarding flgnres, it is'possible
for the enthusiastic partisan, Republican or
Democrat, to give reasons in abundance why
his party will win, bnt viewed from an arith
metical standpoint, exclusively, the result is
an unknown quantity, with these States as
tho doubtful factors: Connecticut, Indiana,
New Jersey, New York, Virginia and West
Virginia. In certain contingencies on tho
night of election or tho day arterwaid poli
ticians may scan with interest the returns
from Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, New Hamp
shire, iSoith Carolina and Ohio, Dnt It Is
only remotely possible that they will ho
obliged to wait for the letnrns from other
States in order to figure out the geneial re
sult as to the election or Harrison or Cleve
land, or the turning over of the election of
a President and Vice President to the House
and Senate respectively..
OFFERS CHI8P A BONUS.
It WU1 Be Given Sim If He Starts a Hat
Factory in Saginaw, Mich.
Detroit, Oct. 25 A special dlspatoh from
Saginaw, Mich, says that Hon. Arthur Hill,
a prominent lumber manufactuier of that
city, has offered $200,000 to Speaker Charles
F. Crisp to establish a hat factory and also a
woolen goods factory In that city, ono hair
ot the sum to be appllod to each.
Mr. Hill does this on the showing made by
Speaker Crisp in speeches delivered in -ag-inaw
and Detroit ot great profits made iii
the manufacture of woolen goods and hats
because or the present tariff. Tnls proposi
tion Is to stand for 30 days. Hill has de
posited a certified check for $10,000 payable
to Crisp's order as a forfeit.
. W, C. T. XT. CONVENTION.
Denver FiUlng Up With the Delegates to
the National Sleeting.
DxsVEB, Oct. 25. The delegates to the Na
tional Woman's Christian Temperance
Union Covention which opens In tnis city
on Friday morning, are beginning to arrive.
Among the arrivals were Miss Frances Wlll
ard and Lady Henry Somerset, of England,
Editor W. T. Stead, of the London Review of
Reviews, is expected to-morrow. In an inter
view Miss Willard says the petition now be
ing circulated to suppress alcohol and
opinm traflio will have nearly 6,000,000 signa
tures and be over three miles long. At the
present time there are over 12,000,000 chil
dren studying up on the temperance ques
tion and the interesting part of thoconven
tion will be a debate on the platform which
Is prepared by a representation of each of
the 44 States and 5 Territories. In, regard to
the educational work.their publishing house
sent out this year 135,000,000 pages of temper
ance literature. The publishing concern is
controlled entirely by women and they
handled about $250,000 last year.
At a meeting of the Exeontive Committee
to-day resolutions of sympathy wero wl.ed
Piesldent Harrison in his sad bereavement.
The exercises of the convention will open
Friday mornlnv with devotional proceed
ings fed by Mrs. Elizabeth GreenwoodVna
tlonal evangelist. Miss Willard will give
her annual report; also Mrs. Caroline B.
Buohl; of Connecticut, corresponding secre
tary, and Miss Esther Pugh, of Ohio, na
tional treasurer. The afternoon will be
occupied with various union reports, and
in the evening addresses of welcome will be
made, and the responses by Lady Henry
Somerset, Mrs. Mary T. Burt, or New York,
and others. Saturday morning will be occu
pied with routine bnslness, and in the
afternoon there will be memorial exercises.
Monday stated business continues, and In
the evening the Demorest diamond modal
will he contested for. Tuesday the election
of officers, and on Wednesday a final ad
journment. Miss Willard will bete-elected
President of the association.
0DR MAIL POUCH.
No Harm in Animated Whist.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
In your is?ue of this date, I notice a com
munication from SteuoenVille with refer
ence to the entertainment called "animated
whist," whioh the ladies of our Hospital
Association propose giving. In that com
munication it is stated that while certain
religions bodies have objected to the enter
tainment as improper, "the Episcopal and
Methodist Episcopal doubtless assuming
that its charitable purpose justifies the pos
sibly 'questionable project have made no
objections." In the name of my ownchurob,
St. Paul's Episcopal, I wish most strongly to
disclaim the alleged ground of our action or
non-action in this matter. We are not ac
customed to act on the Jesuit maxim, "the
end Justifies the means." We simply see
nothing in this entertainment necessarily
harmful or inconsistent with Christian
character or oonduct, and therefore raise
no objections to it. If we did see anything
so harmful or inconsistent, we should most
strenuously object, whatever might De the
pnroose. ,
I feel called upon to say this in Justifica
tion or my own church and also or the
Christian ladles who aie managing the af
fair, both of whom ai e impliedly accused of
countenancing and abetting something
which they recognize as improper.
In saying this I do not in any wise pre
sume to criticise or reflect on tho Judgment
or attitude of any other Christian body or
man. Each must follow his own conscience,
nor must any presume to Judge or dictate
to his neighbors. Ciiahles D. Williams,
Rector of St. Paul's Church.
Steubenyille, Oct. 25.
THE KNIGHTS I.A8T THRUST.
lis. Blaiite has at last spoken to the peo
pie of the United States and In the best of
ways. Columbus Dupatch.
Mr. Blaine has, as usual, grasped the
whole situation and described it in a single
sentence. Cleveland Leader.
Mr. Blaise has again shown that his loy
alty to Republicanism is as firm and un
yielding as the oak. Gro'id Rapids Herald.
It Is a discriminating and judicial view
which ho takes of the present attitnde of
parties and of the immediate outlook. New
Torlc Tribune.
His testimony to the able manner in which
the President stated the issues in his letter
of acceptance Is a well deserved tribute.
Philadelphia Press.
Everybody always reads what Mr. Blaine
has to say. His review or the political situ
ation at Its most critical moment cannot rail
to have Interest for the American people.
Washington Star.
His exposure of the pitiful attempt of Mr.
Cleveland to get as nearly on the Repulican
platform as he could will give the party of
apologies something more to explain.
Buffalo Express.
The letter, like all of Mr. Blaine's utter
ances, goes straight to the point. It un
masks the Democratic candidate, and pnts
clearly in view the real purposes of himself
and his party. Toledo Blade.
It is a calm and thoughtful contribution
to the literature of the canvass, and. of
course, like everything which the ex-Secretary
says or writes, will command general
attention. Philadelphia Bulletin.
What Mr. Blaine has to say concerning
reciprocity is interesting, and his romarks
on the points of agreement between the two
great parties of the country are well worthy
of thoughtful consideration. Boston Olobe.
Mr. Blaiite's article in the North American
R view is distinguished by candor and
equitable phrasing to a degree not often
found in political speeches or writings two
weeks before a national election. New York
Sun.
The whole article is very forcible, attrac
tive and satisfactory, and answers all the
calls that have been made upon Mr. Blaine
by bis friends, except so far as they have
been impossible demands for displays of
physical strength. Brooklyn Standard Union.
Big Game for a Gas Trust Girl. (
Chicago, Oct. 25. Tho marriage o"r Baron
von Uiedenfold and Mis3 Ida Cumtnings,
niece or Columbus R. Cummings, ex-President
of the Chicago Gas Trust, was cele
brated at 1 o'clock to-day, at the home of
the bride's uncle on Indiana avenue. Only
the family and a few frionds were present.
DEATHS HERE AND ELSLWHERE.
Prof. WiUIam Swinton.
Prof. "William Swinton, the well-known
author of the scriei of school books that bear his
name, died suddenly at theNeufville flats hi New
York Monday night. He died alone. He was
found lying face downward on the floor, where lie
apparently had fallen In a fit or apoplexy. He was
aiiout 6C years of age and was born InScotland, mit
rnniHtoihls couutrv when a child. He was con
nected with New York newspaper and lately he-,
came a proxessor ia wit: auiurma ouiie umvcrsi iv.
Tills professorship he held until Ills death. He
leaves Ave children. Prof. Swinton had recently
moved to New York city from Brooklyn In order
to be near his physician, who waa treating him for
a chronic disease.
Captain Harvey Sillier, Hermit.
Captain Harvey Miller, a rich and ec
centric character of Middletown, Conn., died Mon
day night of softening of the brain. On the even
ing of August 11 Captain Miller wandered away
from home. Four days later he was found half
starved and naked In a pasture. He never fully re
covered from the exposure which he received at
that time. He lived the life or a hermit and spent
Ills life In a filthy lint, though lie Is supposed to
have left an estate worth over M0. 000.
Obituary Notes.
Pnor. Adolpb Soktbeer, of Goettlngeu, is
dead. He was 78 years old. Prof. Soetbeer was
the foremost authority of the world on tne subject
or monometallism and bimetallism.
Miss Eliza M. Shepard died Saturday at her
home in Brooklrn, in her 72d year. She claimed
to hare the distinction of being the first person to
set off a blast under the rocks at lieu Gate.
Samuel Kacftmax, a prominent York county
farmer, whose homo is near New Cumberland,
suddenly expired of heart disease yesterday after
noon while driving with his wife to Uarrisburg,
Dr. John Hull died In Carbondale. Pa., Fri
day, in his 77th year. He was born In New Jersey
in March, 1818. and he boasted of having been a
schoolmate or Grover Cleveland's father. He was
a private la the Mexican war. He was a root and
herb doctor.
Edward J. Dennino. senior partner or thp
great retail drygoods house or E. J. Denning ft
Co., of New York, successors to A. T. Stewart Jt
Co., died suddenly in his bathroom late Saturday
night. Death was due to paralysis or the heart,
directly caused by the grip.
Locis Fbahcois CnAUMOSTEL, Senator "for tho
Department or Uaute-Sarole and admired by the
republicans or France as one of their most devoted
adherents, is dead in Paris. In 1873 he was Mayor
or Anneer and waa removed by Brogue, then
Prime Minister, for determined opposition to
President MacAlahon. He was elected a Senator
in 1878 and re-elected thereafter at every term
without opposition.
WEDDED AMID FLOWERS.
The Robeson-GIddtngs Carriage at Calvary
Church A Pretty Wedding at Wllklns
bors The Graceful Apostle of Delsarte
Coming to Pittsburg Gossip of Society.
Calvary Chukch was draped in green
ery last nighty The florists had been at
work to make it a bower fit for the plighting
of the troth, of two young hearts, and they
had accomplished their aim to perfection.
It was the occasion or the wedding or Miss
Marion Giddings, ot the East End, and Dr.
William F. Robeson, & young physician of
this city. It was 6 o'clock when Carl Better
struck up the wedding march front "Lohen
grin" on the organ, and the Dridal party
entered the church. It was a striking and
pretty procession. The bride wore the con
ventional wedding costume of white silk,
tulle veil and orange blossoms. She was at
tended by her maid of honor, Miss Maud
Palmer, who was also in white, and carried
yellow roses. The bride leaned on the arm
of her cousin, Mr. Edmund Eurle Klernan,
who gave her,away. The groom was at
tended by bis best man. Dr. R. W. Stewart.
The ushers were Dr. Clark M. George, Dr.
Marshall Reid Ward, Mr. George Patterson,
of Lewis town; Dr. Stewart Patterson, Dr. O.
Brumbaugh, Dr. Goulding and Dr. Zeigler.
Rev. George Hodges, rector ot Calvary,
spoke the Impressive words of the Episcopal
marriage service, amid a profound silence,
through which tne solemn tones of the
clergyman broko clearly and distinctly.
After thef ceremony there was a reception at
the home of Mrs. Klernan, on Walnntstreet,
East End. The bouse was a mass of yellow
chrysanthemums, carrying out a pretty idea
of using the royal fall flower for fall wed
dings. Among the relatives and friends at
the reception were Mrs. Hellner and Miss
Maud Hellner, cousins of the bride, and Dr.
Robeson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. David
Robeson. Mr. Robeson Is President of a bank
in Lewistown. After the reception Dr. and
Mrs. Robeson left for a bridal tour in the
East. They will be at home December1 at
Negiev Place, nays street. There were a
number or handsome and -useful presents
from tho innumerable friends of the young
couple. The bride has been, since the death
ot her mother, 12 years ago, in the home of
her aunt, Mrs. Klernan, who has lavished all
the care and tenderness of a mother on the
yonng girl, and who saw her venture forth
upon the sea of matrimony with many a
prayer that tho vovage would be a smooth
and happy one.
There was a brilliant wedding in TVil
kinshnrg last evening. The bride was Miss
Jessie Elliott Bailey, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. T. F. Bailey, of that borough, and the
groom was Mr. Charles Lewis, of Bradford,
Pa. Rev. S. H. Moore, of the Wilkinsburg
Presbyterian Church, performed the cere
mony, using the service or the English
church, with a ring. The bride wore a
handsome gown or white corded silk with
lace and pearls. Her long white veil was
fastened with a spray or lilies of the valley
and a magnificent diamond necklace com
pleted her toilet. She carried roses and
lilies, ana it is safe to say that a prettier
bride never stood at the altar. The maid or
honor was Miss Gertrude (Patterson, of
Oibnrn. who wore a sown of pink silk and
carried pink rose. Little Charles Dudley
Armstrong was the page, looking vey
pretty in his Fauntleruv costume, and by
his side walked his little sister,
Leslie, as, a flower girl, in white silk.
The groomsman was Mr. Guy Berry, and the
ushers werf Mr. Morgan Siivey and Mr.
Clarence Ludden, of Wllkinsburg:Mr. Frank
Williamson, of Cumberland, Aid., and Mr.
Henry Miller, or Rochester, Pa. Alter a
wedding banquet the newly wedded pair left
for their future home in Bradford, Pa. The
house was handsomely decorated with
palms, ferifs and cut flowers, and there were
at least 200 witnesses of the marriage cere
mony who were guests at the banquet after
ward. There were many handsome presents,
the bride being one of the most popular
young ladies in Wilklnsburg.
Miss Bertha C. Bonnet, of Baltimore,
was married in that city, at her parents'
home, to Dr. J. C. Hoggs, of Allegheny City.
The young couple will be at home on Penn
sylvania avenue, Alleheny, after the fct of
November.
The marriage of Miss Birdie Green,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Green, of
Dennlston avenue, to Mr. Milton Fritz, of
New York, was solemnized at the bride's
home last evening. Rev. Mr. Mansell, of As
bury Chapel, East End.offlclnted. The bride
wore ner traveling dress, a light brown,
trimmed with velvet, and carried white
.nan, TTa,- hHfl.malfl riet tllon RVIr.-
sister of the groom, was similarly attired.'
Air. wiuiam ureen, me urine s urotner, was
best man, and Mr. David Thornburg was
the usher. The house was decorated with
exotics, and the air was heavy with their
rich fragrance. There was a wedding sup
per and reception after the inarria.'e cere
mony, and then the oung couple left for an
Eastern trip.
Society is about to resume a fillip which
will be strong enough to extricate it from
tho lethargy into which it seems to have
fallen this seaon. Mrs. Edmund Russell,
the apostle of Delsarte, whom New York's
four hundred have gone daft over ror sev
eral years past, is to pay a visit to Pittsburg
the first week in November. She will be
the guest of a circle of King's Daughters of
the E ist End nndor whose auspices she is to
give a Itctuto in the Pittsbnrg Club Theater,
Saturday evening, November S. A lecture
will very probably be given Monday
November 7, at Brrs. C. L. Magee's honse on
Forbes street. The arrangements have not
nil been completed.. Mrs. Russell's stay in
Pittsburg will not be longer than thiee or
four days as she is on her way to Chicago to
open her season's work in that city.
The Kings Daughters in Pittsbnrg as
well as elsewhere, is a society which num
bers among its members young girls of the
very best families whose leisure time is
spent in trying to make it easier ror poor
suffering humanity. Clothing is bestowed
upon tho needy anil books, flowers and din
ners are given out at Christmastime. The
young girls have learned that the most ac
ceptable charity for poor people is that
taken trom the pocket. Their deslro In
bringing Mrs. Russell here is not only to
give a great deal of pleasnro to socletv,
but also to add to the treasury
of' the Kincs Daughters. The names
of 12 leading Pittsburg ladies will
be proenred as patronesses. Mrs. Russell is
not so well known In Pittsbnrg as her
artistic husband, who gnve a number of lec
tures on asstheticlsm in this city about two
years ago. Mrs. Russell counts among her
pupils such huh and mighty names as the
Whitneys, Astors and Lorilinrds, who are
said to do homage to their teacher little
short or Idolatry. Mrs. Russell teaches
feminine grace in all its various forms. One
is tanght to sit, stand, walk, talk, smile,
laugh and innumerable other tilings, which,
when' alt combined, convert an Uily woman
into a most iuicinatlng creature. '
Mns. S. P. Harbison, Mrs. Stewart
Scott, Mrs. O. L. Miller and Mrs. Y. H. Rob
inson, delegates to the Syuogical meeting of
the Woman's Syuogical Meeting of Penn
sylvania, left yesterday morning lor liar
risburg to attend the meeting which opened
thero last evening at 7:30 o'clock in the Mar
ket Square Churca,
THEToung People's Society of Christian
Endeavor of the Third U. P. Church, Ridge
avenue, Allegheny, will give a spelling
match to-morrow evening. Prizes will be
awarded and an enjoyable time is antici
pated. Tho proceeds will be used in the
purchase of an organ for the Sabbath school.
A small admission fee will be charged.
Mb, and Mr& Herbert Hostetter
are making arrangements to celebrate their
"wooden wedding" by a reception nt their
beautiful Filth avenue home the 10th or
November.
The final meeting of the ladies who are
to give the tea to-morrow at Mrs. Joseph
Dll worth's house on Firth avenue was held
yesterday. The proceeds will be used for
that mwjt worthy charity, the Children's
Hospital on Forbes street.
Mb. George Merbit was the host at an
informal dance at his honle on Dinwiddle
street last evening.
Miss Clara King, of Allegheny City,
has returned from a visit to Philadelphia.
Hard ynestlon to Answer.
Boston Herald. 2
It is an open question whether there are
more able kickers in the political arena or
in the football Held Just at present.
Hot! and Hoaa.
Chicago Tribune.
The Governors and their staffs very much
admired the big ball ding sad Its stalL
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Coal mines employ 1,500,000 men.
Hopkins University has a $10,000 the
mometer. . ,
The Isle of Guernsey exacts a tax from
all aliens.
In Japan every child Is tanght to work
with both hands.
The room in which Napoleon X died is
now a stable.
Ten days per annum is the average
amount of sickness in tinman life.
A man in Steubenyille yesterday found
a penny dated 1793 In an old sewer.
The British Isles comprise no fewer
than 1,000 separate islands and Islets.
The sunflower bears 4,000 seeds, the
poppy 32;O0O and the tobacco plant 70,320. .
It is stated that 40,000,000 of the Queen's
subjects In India never know what it is to
get enough to eat.
Dr. Eiley calculates that there must be
at least between 9,000,000 and 10,000,000 in
sects in the world.
A dost market is held every Snnday in
Paris, where it is possible to buy all varie
ties of the canine tribe. .
A hotel with 6,124 rooms is reported to
be the latest creation among Chicago's en
terprises auxiliary to the World's Fair.
The smallest coal-burning locomotive,
Ave feet long.was built by Charles D. Young,
a Denver boy otlS. It weighs 235 pounds.
Electricity, theoretical and applied, is
being tanght in the evening classes at sev
eral scholastic and similar Institutions la
Boston.
Ireland has only eight theaters three
for Dublin, one in Belfast, ono at Cork, one
in Limerick, one at Waterford, and one for
Londonderry.
The highest viaduct in the world has
Just been erected In Bolivia, over the River
Lea, 9,833 feet above the sea level and 4,003
feet above the river.
A family in Beading, England, can
prove by local records that they and their
ancestors have paid rent for their house for
no less than 100 years.
At a recent 2few Xork reception the
wedding cake of tho bride's mother was
served. It had been kept for that purpose,
wrapped in brandied paper in a tin box.
A piece of frog's skin not largsr in di
ameter than the rubber tip on a lead pencil
has more pores in it than there are, meshes
In the mosquito netting on a screen'door.
A cutlery factory at Meriden, Conn.,
recently completed a wonderful toy a per
fect pocket knife, with 30 blades, pincers,
shears, awls. eta. which is said to welsh bnc
lOue-ebihth of an ounce.
We are familiar with the rush of the
express train as it rushes past us at the rate
of 60 miles an hour, but light actually trav
els 11,179,360 times as last. The initial veloc
ity or the shot from the 12-pound bronze
service gun is only 1,769 foot a second.
The maximum ot the inhabitants that
can be sustained on the entire land surface
of the earth, assert some scientific men, is
5,994,000,000. One of these prophets thinks
tuac the maximum number of the earth's
population will be reached A. D. 2072.
The death rate of English soldiers sta
tioned in India in 1859 was 69 per 1,000. Since
that time certain changes in housing, food,
water, clothes, etc., have been adopted, with
the result that in 18S6 the rate was 15.13 per
1,000 and in 1888 it was 14.84 per 1,000.
The comparatively rare metal glucin
ium has been suggested a& a suitable metal
for the construction of electrical apparatus.
It is lighter than aluminium, resists oxida
tion, possesses greater rigidity, and is even
a better conductor of electricty than silver.
There are 64 countries where an in
vention can claim protection, or rather
where patent fees may be paid. Sixteen of
these are in Europe, eight in Africa, four ia
Asia, 27 in America and nine in Oceania. The
total price of these 64 official scraps of paper
amounts to the nice little sum of $18,000.
Granite is the lowest rock in the earth's
crust. It is the bed rock of the world. It
shows no evidence oi animal orvegetaDle
life. It is from two to ten times as thick as
the united thickness of all the other rocks.
It is the parent rock, from which all other
rocks nave oeen eimer uixocwy ur umifeciiy
derived.
The first high hat ever worn was car
ried upon the head of a nobleman whose
portrait appears among Albert Durer's mar
ginal Illustrations of the celebrated prayer
book of the Emperor Maximilian. In Jost
Ammann's "Book of Escutcheons," pub
lished in 1539, a high hat iorms the crest of a
nobleman.
A French scientist, who is now a resi
dent of New York, after having for some
time been an assistant to Mr. Edison, has
built a musical clock which he proposes to
exhibit at the World's Fair. It is so com
bined with a phonograph as to perform In
12 hours Lohengrin, WiUIam Tell,-thO
Huguenots and Faust.
Experiments in instantaneous photog
raphy havo proved that shots not only
spread out, comet-like, as they fly, hut they
string out one behind the other to a much
greater distance than they spiead. Thus,
with a cy Under gun, when the first shot of a
charge reaches a target that is 40 yards away
the last shot is lagging behind ten yards.
The smallest holes pierced by modem
machinery are 1-1000 part of an inch in di
ameter. They are bored through sapphires,
rubies and diamonds by a machine invented
by one John Wennstrom, which makes
22 000 revolutions a minute. It is through
these apertures that the very smallest wires
are drawn, and until recently they were
pierced by hand.
The King of Siam has Tecently pre
scribed a rigorous test for those of his sub
jects who claim to be endowed with the
mantle of prophecy. An enactment has
now been made providing that no prophet
shall be entitled to public confidence unless
he has the gift or sitting unharmed in tho
midst of a sea-coal fire for the space of at
least half an hour.
FLIGHTS INTO FUNNYD03I.
"What in the mischief is Jones still rum
nin for? Doesn't he inow the election Is over?"
'Yes. hat you see he runs from principle. Been
rnnnin'" for 12 years and, can't stop!" Atlanta Con
stitution. "How, children," said the minister, "I
hope that I have impressed on your minds that hon
esty is the best policy."
Tain't neither." piped the insurance agent's
son; "a paid up one is better." Buffalo Express.
He comes home late at night, from "lodge,"
His wlfey "smells a nt"
(Or something else), and when he tries
To talk, he mixes up his lies.
And says: "Where was (Me!) I at?"
Brooklyn Eagle.
"Why are the New England people called
Yankees?" asked a Massachusetts school teacher in
a Georgia school.
"Cause they yank everything In sight," an
swered a small Cracker and went to the foot of the.
cliss. Detroit free Press.
L1TECAIXT COSSTBtTZD.
"Ho w can I ever thank yon?" she had sighed.
As she took the ring he gave her in her dainty
Anger tips.
He, meaning that she wora her thanks, replledi
"Why. thanK me as all others thank; thank me
with your lips."
There was an awkward pause, and then his heart
Raced suddenly along as fast asraces Nancy
Hanks,
For she came ap and stdod a foot apart
Looked down and said, with blushes: "Well,
why don't you take your thanks?"
Chicago Hews Record.
Police Justice What is your name, pris
oner? Culprit-Columbus Day, Your Honor.
"Eli?"
Columbus Day, sir."
"I guess we can pat you away until the Bitot
next October." Indianapolis Journal.
Shouters spout,
Spoolers shout.
And trattonholers buzz like bees;
Brass bands blare.
Banners flare.
And politics is in thebreeze.
Seio Tori Journal.
'"Twas ever thus from childhood's hour,"
he sighed Tomantlcally.
"Great Scott. Mls&Passelgh," said Billy BUvea
with genuine sympathy, you dod'tmean to say
yon have had trouble as long as all tail!" Wash
ington Star.'
Sweet girl Is it wicked to sing that song
on Sundays?
Brother Jack-Yes, it la wicked to sing any day.
Why?"
"Because It makes the people swear." Ztea
SVUnt.