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bUBsarrj.D to the jury.
The case which has been argued before
the court of national opinion jrpes to the
jury of the whole people this morning,
anil the verdict will be rendered to-night
It lias been a singular campaign. The
people have not manifested any very great
outward excitement over the ques
tion whether protection or free trade
is the better policy for the whole country.
But the close of the fight shows that, not
withstanding the quiet on the surface,
there is an undemonstrative but general
recognition of the vital importance of the
decision on the future policy of the
nat'on.
One phase of the campaign is such as
all, wi'hout regard to party lines, can
warmly approve. The mud-throwing at
the candidates hss been conspicuous by
its absence. That feature of our politics
has been on the wane since 18S1, but there
has never been so notable an absence from
it on both sides. The Democrats have
hail their bugbears in the shape of Messrs.
Fficlc and Carnegie, and John Davenport
has been to them as the red rag to the
bull. But the device of circulating scan
dal about the opposing candidate has been
so entirely eschewed as to constitute a
p?tif ins evidence that our politics are
decidedly improving.
The issues h.ive plainly been recognized
as economic andfinancial. The questions
to be decided by the people to-day are
those which affect business and material
prosperity. Al though atiempts have been
made during the campaign to draw new
lines the issue practically stands as it did
at the opening of the campaign. The
Democracy ask to be put into power as a
party which will not allow even the inci
dental protection of a tariff. It stands
committed to Calhouuism, and its candi
date has even been drawn at the close
of the campaign into making a
defense cf the reactionary State
bank note proposition. On the other
hand, the R'-puuhcau party is pledged to
the maintenance in its essential features
of the policy under which the nation has
experienced its wonderful growth of the
past twenty-five years. The people are
not asked to choose between the parties
only. They are called upon to say whether
they will adhere to the policy of the
70's and '60's both in tariff and
moiiptary legislation, or whether they
will reject these and turn back to Cal
hounism on the tariff and wildcat bank
notes for money.
With the issues so drawn it hardly seems
as if there could be much doubt as to the
verdict.
perhaps not gkip.
It is calculated to alarm the mind ap
prehensive ot bodily ills to learn from the
Eistern press that the grip, with "its
sneezes and aches, is making its appear
ance once more. After the two sieges of
that ailment which the country has under
gone a third visitation would be far from
welcome..
Nevertheless, we may be permitted to
sussest a doubt as to the real presence of
the grip in this country. The rage for
sensationalizing everything would, if it
gamed credence, leave us no place be
tween cholera in the summer and grip in
the winter. But cholera has not demon
strated its arrival yet, and grip is pre
sumably an epidemic of the past. Until
their presence is shown beyond dispute it
is not time to get panic-stricken about
them.
It is quite probable that the sudden cold
and damp ot last week produced a large
amount of severe colds in the head and a
lew cases of fatil pneumonia. Those
things wejiave always with us in the win
ter season; but it is not necessary to name
them by so uncomfortable and disquieting
a name as an epidemic of grip.
VERY SLIGHT KESULTS.
Following on Lieutenant Peary's per
sonal Arctic expedition report to the Phil
adelphia Academy of Natural Sciences,
the Philadelphia Ledger gives an editorial
summary of the lcsalts to science of that
expedition. The addition to the store of
useful human knowledge is the only justi
fication which has ever been offered for
Hie perils and loss of life of Arctic expedi
tions. As this summary of the results of
Peary's expedition is pitched in a decid
edly laudatory key, we may expect now,
if ever, to learn what are the valuable se
crets to be ascertained by periling life
jnd us'ng treasure to keep people in the
Polar Circle during the nocturnal winter
of that region.
Nevertheless, although the occasion was
one which ought to disclose vast benefits
to the human race, the statement of them
by the Ledger is disappointingly inde
finite. The scientific results are stated as
follows:
Not only in their geographical bearing,
but in their contributions to natural science,
in geology, zoology and botany, these expe
ditions have beon.remaikably successful.
Nor have any less important results boon
obtained in ethnological science, as throw
ing definite light upon the conditions of
existence which govern one of the most In
teresting races en the surface of the earth,
nnd possibly the most ancient on the West
ern hemisphere the Northern Eskimos.
Apart from the interesting question
whether Lieutenant Peary found out any
thing very vital about the ethnology of
thii Eskimos or the faunaof the Arctic Cir
cle or its still more scanty flora, two ques
tions suggest themselves. First, of what
value are these discoveries to the world at
large? Let us grant for the sake of argu
ment that the expedition found out new
things. Is it of value to the world at
large to learn that there is a certain variety
of Arctic fox or that the inhabitants of
thattegion have certain characteristics?
It might be of value to the Eskimos if
they had not the knowledge before Peary
did; but to the world at large it seems like
the most useless information ever gar.
nered at a similar cost. Then, if the in
formation was of the utmost value, was it
necessary to hazard life by penetrating to
the Pole to get it? All this about fauna,
flora and ethnology might have been dis
covered, if it had not before been found,
just as well in regions where the accessi
bility does not make the rescue of the ex
plorers a matter of constant doubt till it
Is accomplished.
Another achievement of the Peary ex
pedition the.demonstration " that Arctic
exploration may be reduced to a mathe
matic science," to quote the Ledger's lan
guage would be very important if any
tangible results were to be secured in that
way. But when it produces information
barren to all but those who had the same
science before Peary was born, it is a
flight inducement to continue the hnzirds
of starvation and freezing, to say nothing
of the cost which always attends such ex
peditions. The facts with regard to Arctic explora
tion are that it was begun in the hops of
discovering a Northwest P..ssage for com
merce from Europe to the Pacific. That
was long ago abandoned. Of late years it
has been simply a method of seeking fame
by imperiling life and undergoing suffer
ing. It has long been apparent that the
useful information to be attained by these
expeditions is nothing compared with the
cost of life and money that they entail.
It was a wise decision of the United States
Government, after it brought back the
remnant of the Greeley party with its tale
of horrors, to send out no more Arctic ex
plorers. If private contributions eontinue
the emptv work, the responsibility should
be clearly placed.
One claim on behalf of Peary, however,
promises a tangible result If it is true
that he has proved that travel in the
polar regions can be pushed without
danger, it will deprive explorers of their
claim to fame, and thus put a stop to the
entire foolishness.
THE STRIKE AT NEW ORLEANS.
As will be seen from the news published
elsewhere, the situation at New Orleans
is a very serious one. All business is
practically at a standstill, and even do
mestic life is affected by the strike of
nearly all the union men in the city. The
cause of the trouble is a contest as to the
recognition of unionism in dealings be
tween employers and employes. The
whole struggle marks the logical develop
ment of the "sympathy" strike idea,
which is really nothing more or less than
an extension of the area of unionist influ
ence to combine unions as they combine
individuals to sink the individual In the
organization for the benefit of all.
So far, peace has been maintained and
Jaw observed, and the uuionists appear to
be better organized than their opponents.
But even if this felicitous recognition of
law and abstention from violence be con
tinued, enormous suffering must result if
the strike have any duration at all. Of all
wasteful systems for the settlement of
differences, the strike or lock-out is the
worst. Which ever way the New Orleans
matter ends, it is to be hoped for the sake
of all concerned that it will end quickly.
Nothing, apparently, but an identification
of the interests of men and masters in
a profit-sharing or other co-operative sys
tem can obviate this terrible wastefulness,
and such a system should become general
in the near future.
A GOOD TRADE OUTLOOK.
The review of the state of trade through
out the country made by reports to Brad
street's from the fifty leading cities makes
a very gratifying exhibit The best as
surance of the stability and maintained
prosperity lies in the fact that three
prominent features characterize the re
ports from ne.irly all lines of business.
They are a steady volume of trade, con
servative prices and moderate profits.
Where these qualities are so universally
the rule any serious reaction is impossible,
and the changes are likely to be in the
direction of improved prices and greater
demands.
The early part of the year contained
many disappointing features in commer
cial and industrial quarters ; but the out
come proves the correctness of The
Dispatch's theory that the dullness and
depression of leading staples were but the
symptoms of change to be followed by
healthy trade. This is demonstrated iu
the South, where the extreme depression
in, cotton caused the most gloomy outlook;
but the reports from Southern cities
now show an improved outlook after the
process of readjustment has been com
pleted. The similar showing in the wide
ly separate iron, glass and steel interests
of this section proves that the rulo is uni
versal. While prices range about the
same or lower, the volume of trade is in
creased in the aggregate. The best cor
roboration of the story gleaned by these
separate reports from all over the country
is found in the table of bank clearings,"
which shows a total of exchanges for the
ten months ending November 1 exceeding
any previous year except those of 1890
and 1889. Considering the readjustment
of values which has gone on, and the. com
paratively meager volume of speculative
transactions, the bank clearings indicate
that actually a larger volume of goods baa
been paid for by these exchanges than in
either 1890 or 18S9.
The prospect for 1833 is most flattering
if no extraueous causes intervene to dis
turb business. An expectation of tariff
tinkering may disturb confidence; but
otherwise all the indications point to
steady demand and a conservative and
stable prosperity.
UTILITY OF PREDICTIONS.
The predictions forthe result of to-day's
election consist simply of the assertions
by Republicans that they will carry New
Tork and Indiana, with a chance for New
Jersey, West Virginia and Connecticut,
while the Democrats assert that they will
carry New York and Indiana, with West
Virginia, New Jersey and Connecticut as
certainties. One side probably has just
the same amount of prescience as the
other, and that is none at all.
The fact is that while most of the cal
culations give New York and Indiana
their usual pivotal importance, the un
certainties extend beyond those States.
No doubt the possibility of inroads by the
People's party in the Northwest has been
much diminished by the unmistakable
nature of the Democratic support for it
There is still an unknown quantity there,
however, and the P.epublicans may suffer
electoral losses in the Western States to
be overcome in the East
The fact is that no one can predict with
any certainty the result of the day's bal
lotting. The utility of the prophecies is
to enable both parties to feel good until a
late hour to-night when one or the other
of them must go into mourning.
It is earnestly to be hoped that no hin
drance will be opposed to the Supervisors
of Elections in New Tork, Texas, Alabama
or Arkansas. The duty of these officers is
to support citizens in the exercise ot their
rights of suffrage, and to see that purity
prevails in handling the ballots. They are
protected by the strong arm of the law, and
they will be firmly supported in the dis
charge of their duty. Any trouble that
may ariso will be due entirely to the des
perate advico given by Democratic leaders
who have no reason whatever to fear the
action of Federal officers, unless it is in the
frustration of corrupt methods. Advice is
given to violate the law by excluding the
Supervisors from tho polls, presumably that
other lawlessness may have a chance to go
undisturbed and undiscovered. These be
desperate measures, and little calculated to
excite enthusiastic confidence In the party
adopting then.
Those ballots will have to be very patient
to bear with unruffled appearance all the
crosses imposed upon them to-day.
Bauot dealers are busy to-day and that
commodity, which should bo priceless and
unsalable, is sold in far too- many cases,
more readilv than Esau's birthright of old,
and with more delibciate wrong doing than
actuated the hungry hunter who scented
and desired his fnvoiito stew. The hungry
offlce-seeker and his friends to say nothing
or the cash consideration voters out Esau
Esau, ana are a grave disgrace to their day
and generation. Voting at the instigation of
any incentive but pure patriotism and woll
wclghed convictions should fit the criminal
who indulges in it for complete social ostra
cism. And American men and women will
resard this wi ong-dolug as an unpardonable
offeiiso, when onco they properly appreciate
their country and its institutions at their
real value.
PUT not your trust in political tipsters
will be the burden of many a weary lament
for several days to come.
Aftee to-day the tountry will no doubt
heavo a sigh of relief that the unwonted
tension produced by a Presidental election
is over. Affaire of Siato and tho manage
ment of the country will onco" again bo com
pletely relinquished to the professional
politicians, hlle tho rest of tho people
devote themselves to the leatly Important
task of making money, with an occasional
tclaxation over a prize flht or a tootball
game.
The spirit in which Thanksgiving Day is
celebrated will largely depend upon the re
sult of to-day's voting.
To-day the country is called upon to
take its choice between voting for the con
tinuance of Protection or for the person
ality of Mr. Cleveland, supported by advo
cates of free trade and wildcat banking. If
the country be true to its own interests the
result can only bo one more victory lor Pro
tection. ALL is over except the voting, but that
is quite an important matter when all is
done and said.
The new form of ballot has been so fully
explained that the man who sacrifices his
vote to day by a technical error will have
no more excuse than he who slays away
from the polls by reason of his apathetic in
dolence. Theke is still pleuty of room for police
activity in the pievontioa of East End
burglaries.
Everyone claims everything with con
fidence this morning. But by to-morrow's
sunrise a good many people wilt have awak
ened to the fact that they havo been misled
by that same old misplaced confidence
trick.
Intricate explanations are the natural
sequel ol unfounded claims.
Once a?ain the Workhouse management
litis indicated that it believes the
institution is intended to act as an ela
borate system lor the discharge of prisoners
at their pleasure.
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.
M. Pasteur attains the age of 70 years
two days after next Christinas.
Jerry Simpson travels on pass No. 177
of the Santa Fe Railroad, and this number is
plastered on the fences and dead walls all
over his district.
Assistant Secretary Nettleton,
who is now Acting Secretary of the Treas
ury, has tendered his resignation to the
President to take effect December 1.
The resident medical officer of the fine
Woman's Hospital in Melbourne is Dr. Mar
garet White, a lady graduate, who was
unanimously selected for the position by
the Board of Managers.
That cherished volume of Shakespeare
which Tennyson so often perused during
the last days or his life was buried with him.
The book was incased in metal and tenderly
laid beside its late owner.
The Queen of Iioumania is a successful
lecturer, as learned as eloquent, but she only
goos upon tho platform in the privacy of her
palace, whore the young ladies of the best
families are her audiences.
TnE son and heir of the Grand Duke of
Saxe-.Weirnar has what is' declared to bo tho
most peculiar face in Europe one side of it
being continually expressive of Joy, while
tho other side wears a look of deep sorrow.
Mr. Gladstone still adheres to his life
long habit of rising about 5:30 daily an hour
that most other great men of the period
would consider unconscionably early for
getting up. lie and Mrs. Gladstone attend
church evory morning.
Ex-Senator Tabor, of Colorado, an
itinerant paragraph states, "uses for a paper
weight on his r.fuce desk a gold nugget
valued at $20,000." As this would mnko it
about C5 poumis in weight (av.), ho probably
also uses a small derrick to work it.
The health of the Crown Princess of
Swedon is not all that could be desired. It
was hoped that her long srjourn in Egypt
had restored her strength, but she has de
cided to spend the winteragain in the south.
Whether she will goto Egjpt again is still
uncertain.
IIGEGAH'S INDIAN CRISIS.
He Says There Is Danger That the Red
Jinn "Will Be a Citizen Too Soon.
New IIavex, Conn., Nov. 7. The Connecti
cut Indian Association held its business
meeting here to-day. Officers woro elected
and resolutions adoDtcd to the. effect
that there should bo a strict applica
tion of civil service rules to all
appointments in Indian service; against the
sale of intoxicant liquors among the In
dians, with heavy penalties therefore; for an
Increase of Indian nppi epilations. Indian
Commissioner Morgan delivered an address
on the Indian crisis in which lie said:
"There is danger that citizenship will bo
thrust upon these people oefore they are
prepared for it. and that they will thus be
come the prey of all tho evil forces
that aie let Ionso upon them and
that almost inevitably snrround them
in their present condition. Theieis danger
that the ettorts to purity the Indian sorvlce,
liltitoutof politics and pi act. it upon the
firm basis of j ustice and of business methods
will be thwarted bv those who are interested
in keeping tho old system and of using tho
Indian service lor personal, political and
other mercenary ends."
H MEM0EY DEAR.
Bradford 'Women Threaten to Prosecute
Distributors of a Libelous Circular.
BRAPronD. Pa., Nov. 7. Special. The
Bradiord Woman's Republican Association
is getting the bet legal advice obtain
able as to whether the publication
and distribution of the pamphlet
among Prohibitionists und at tho
church door, on the occasion of a meeting
here last weak, is not indictable under a
Pennsylvania statute that makes it a crime
to exhibit any "defamatory libel tending
to blHCkcn the memory of one who is dead
and expose tho same to ridicule."
The members of the Bradford Association
claim that the circulars and pamphlets'
reference to the "brewing of punch uy the
mistress of the White Hcuae" tends to
blacken the memory of the late Mrs. Harri
son, and Is therefore indictable. The pen
alty is $1,000 fine and n year's imprisonment,
either or both in the discretion of the court.
The association really Intends to obtain tho
lacts and Institute a prosecution.
THE IMPORTANT POINTS.
When all Pittsburg gathers around The
DisPATon bulletins to-night, or peruses its
ample columns to-morrow morning, there
will bo certain points from whioh the re
turns will be read with the greatest inter
est. First and foremost of these will be tho
Empire State of Now York, with its total of
8s electoral votes, whioh have hitherto been
so potential in determining Presidental con
tests. There are slightly over 5,000 election
districts or precincts in the State, and it
will require an average net Democratic gain
of three votes to each district to wipe out
the plurality given Mr. Harrison four yeats
ago. It the early telegrams show any such
condition of affairs it will indi
cate that the election in Now York
is most uncomfortably close. On the other
hand, if the reports irom the interior und
rural districts show that narrison has
gained slightly, or even assuredly held his
own, the situation will be such that even a
phenomenal majority in tho big cities below
tho Harlem could hardly take tho State
from the Republicans. In New Yoik, too, a
legislature will be elected which will choose
u successor to Senator Hiscock, and its po
litical complexion is very Important. In
New York City, GIliov, the Tammany can
didate, apparently has a walkover lor
Mayor, nnit the interest that usually at
tache to that contest will be largely de
creased. The struggle for Governor in New Jersey
has been attracting almost more attention
in that Stnte than tho Presidental battle
Tho Republicans expect their candidate to
run ahead of his ticket.
Connecticut in 18S8 was the closest
State in the Union. For a number of Presi
dental contests It has been Democratic, but
this year the Republican managors are con
fident that they havo wiped out tho narrow
margin, and tne Democrats admit that the
outlook is dubious. As the six electoral
votes of the Nutmeg State may havo a vital
bearing on the general result the returns
from tho little Yankee Commonwealth,
which are usually early, will be eagerly
scanned. New Hump-hire is the only other
New England State which is regarded as
anything like clo-e. The Demociatic candi
date lor Governor, Luther J. McKinney, is
personallypopular.and may runahead ol the
national ticket. Iu Massachusetts, while
the Democrats are generally disposed to
concede the success of the Harrison electors,
they are making a vigorous effort, especially
to re-elect Governor Russell, who is n candi
date for tho fifth successive time. Bnssell
has been twice successful when the Repub
licans carried every other office in the
State, but will have to develop tremendous
running powers if he is a victor this year.
There are several interesting Congressional
struggles in New England. In the First
New Hampshire district, in particular, cx
benator Blair, of education bill nnd rejected
Chinese Minister fame, is endeavoring to get
back to Concrcss by way of the Lower
House, with about even chances of success.
Pittsburg politicians will take an espe
cial interest in learning the effect of Mr.
Mugee's efforts and fusion combination
upon the loimer ponderous Democratic
majority in Alabama.
No State in the South, and few in the
country, will receive as much anxious atten
tion to-night as West Virginia. -The contest
for months has been a battle royal, and the
most export nnd practical managers of tho
tuo great, paitieshave been struggling for
victor-. The Democratic majority in 183S
was so narrow that an insignificant change
will alter the result, and the Republicans
have urn do every possible effort to effect
such a change. In tho otlior Virginia, too, a
fusion of tho Republicans and Populists has
made tho Old Dominion one of the States to
which the Democratic lenders will turn
with anxiety. Little Delaware has been the
scene of a heated struggle, and while the
situation favors the Democracy either party
would be glad to Do assured of a
malority of 1,000. In North Carolina
and Tennessee the prosence ot tho People's
Party has created considerable excltem'ent,
and it is by no means certain that these
States will givo pluiulities of the same size
as those in 18:18. In Georgia there will bo
curiosity as to whether Tom Watson, tho
Populist Congressman, who created a sen
sation by cnnrging drunkenness In tho
Mouse last summer, will be able to with
stand the extraordinary Demociatlo efforts
wnich have been made to rotire him to pri
vate life.
The fate ol W. I Wilson, the eloquent
free trade chairman of tho Chicago conven
tion, will elicit more interest than any other
Southern Congressional contest.
Indiana in the West will attract the no
tice which New York commands in the East.
A net Democratic gain of one vote to the
precinct will be required to wipe out the
plurality of 2,300 whicn Mr. Harrison's own
State gave him four yeuis ago. It early bul
letins indicate that he is either holding his
own or gaining any ground, no matter how
slight, tho Hoosier State may be regarded as
safe. Michigan, because of tho district plan
of choosing electors, will bother tho flgurers
more than usual this year. It will bo im
portant to know, as soon as passible, Just
how many of the gerrymandeied districts
have been carried by the Republicans and
tho number the Democrats have succeeded
in holding. Illinois is not believod to be on
the doubtful list, but there ore
100,000 new votors in the city
of Chicago whoso political complexion
is not definitely Known. Republican mana
gors are confident that lowa und Wisconsin
will return to the fold, but will want at
least a glanco at the returns to make assur
anco doubly sure. The announcement of
the icsults of the fusion, moie or loss com
plete, in Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Colo
rado, Wyoming, Oregon, Idaho and the two
Dakotas will he eageily awaited. While
these electoral votes uie all expected by the
Republicans, tlieie is a desire to know just
what showing the Populists and their allies
will makcaud to what extent the fieo silver
craze still holds sway.
Nobody seems to know anything about
Nevada, and as Weaver's adherents havo
claimed the State very visoiously, it has
been practically conc-ded to th'em. Still
thero is no telling what the returns inny
show when they finally blow in over the
Rocky Mountains.
Pennsylvania people are so nearly of
one mind on tho question of protection that
tuoy arc naturally more eager to hear from
other States than their own. There are one
or two very lively Congressional contests,
though, in which Keys.ono politicians have
been taking a great deal of interest. Foie
most or these is tho Flood-Sibley struggle in
the demoralized Erie-Crawford district,
which has never entirely recovered from
the Delamater campaign and subsequent
bank falluie. Here, too, ex-State Chairman
Andrews, defeated In 1890 for the Senato, is
endeavoring to get back to the Legislaturo
by way of the Lower House, and has en
countered vigorous opposition. In the
Twenty-iourth district tho complications
are such that the returns from every county
may bo needed to determine the relative
status of Acheson, Stewart, Sipo, Jobes and
Co. Right acioss the Ohio line in the old
McKinley district, a desperate struggle has
been wuged by candidates Morgan and
Ikirt. Anothor important Buckeye contest
is that iu which congressman Hurtor is en
deavoring to wipo out a Republican lead of
2,000 in his new district. In Cuyhoga
county, too, Tom Johnson, the froe trade,
single tux advocate is making a similar of
iort. Locally the interest will center upon
the operations of the Baker bahot law, the
exact size of Allegheny county's Republi
can majority, possible changes of thu voto
in ceituln disturbed sections and the results
in the more doubtful Legislative districts.
A FAST WESTERN TRAIN.
It Carries Jndgo Altgcld 131 Miles In 11G
Minutes.
Bloominotox, III., Nov. 7. Tho fastest
time over made on the Chicago and Alton
Railroad was made Saturday afternoon.
Judge John P. Altsrold, one of the speakers
of tho Democratic! ally after his speech wits
taken to Chicago on a special train. Tho
train was drawn by engine No. 92 an d Engin
eer Foote was at tne throttle.
The distance from this city to the Union
depot iu Chicago 131 miles, was made iu 1:55.
The run from this city to Jollet via Coal
City, a distance of 91 miles, was made in 100
minutes. Two dead stops were made for
orders and two stops for railroad crossings.
Th run from Pontaic to Odoll, 12 miles, was
made in nine minutes, a rate ot 75 miles an
hour.
CONVICTIONS FOR TREASON.
All American Defendants Dave Been
Arrayed Againstthe Government.
New York Tribune.
The full text of Chief Justice Pnxson's
charge to the Allegheny County Grand
Jury in tho Homestead cases precoding tho
finding of indictments for treason, has been
published in one of the numbers of the
Pennsylvania County Court Reports, and
has been commented on by many lawjonr
nals. Much of Judge Paxson's charge con
sists of expressions of disapproval of the
acts of the Homestead strikers. The part of
the charge in which Judge Paxson defines
the crime of treason, and says that facts
such as appear in tho history of the Home
stead riots constitute treason, has been
criticised.
Tho law against treason has been in force
in Pennsylvania for over 30 yenis, but there
has been no persecution under it. It pro
vides for the punishment of persons who
levy war against tho State or adhere to the
oncmics of the State. Tho acts of the Home
stead strikers have been criticised as per
haps within the definition of riot, resist
ance to an officer or assault, and the indict
ments lor mnrder even were not surprising,
especially under the decision in the Chicago
Anaichist cases, but the finding of Indict
ments for treason, though that crime Is not
severely punished under the Pennsylvania
law, has caused some unfavorable comment
in the legal periodicals.
Roger Foster, of this city, in a communi
cation to The Albany Law Journal, reviews
the reported trials lor treason In this coun
try. Among the cases most nearly lesem
blingiho Homestead troubles were that of
one Paine, who with 60 armed men took a
raft of lumber from the custody of a col
lector oi the port in Vermont, after a light
with the militia, and that of Castner Hnn
way, who, at the head of a mob, prevented
the capture of fugitive slaves by a deputy
marshal. In each case tho presiding Judge
directed an acquittal. Justice Grler, in the
latter case, said that resistance to revenue
officers by a band of smngglers or a deputy
sheriff by a band of debtors would not be
treason, because their insurrection would
be or a private and not of a public nature,
and their object to lemedy a private, not a
public grievance.
Mr. Foster, while not directly comment
ing on the question or the guilt or innocence
of the men connected with tho Homestead
troubles, says at the end of his article: "The
reader will have observed that in every case
in which there has been a conviction of
treason, since the foundation of the Ameri
can Union, the deiandant was connected
with an insurrection ot a general nature,
having as its object resistance to the execu
tion of the general public law, or with an
Intent to subvert the Government."
THE FTJITJBE OF LITERATURE.
Pierre Lot! Says That There Is Always
Plenty of Room for Good Men.
"I have been successively informed that
the literature of the future is to be con
fined to psychology, to symbolism, to
mysticism, to the new naturalism, as
well as to scientlficism, to mag
nificisin, and even to instrumental
ism. I doubtless pass over some of those
that consist only of groups in ism, baptized
with the names of such and such a writer of
more or lcis notoriety, says the famous
French witor, Pierre LotI, in the Forum.
"New poots will keep coming, who will
eteiully sing' for their brothor man the
song of their souls, their joys and their
fears in the presence of life and death, in
the pre-ence of lovo, in the presence of
the enigma of tho world. And, how
ever old tho song may seem, it will
nevertheless he new each time, as smiles
and tears aiealwavs new though they are
eternal. Ah, well, to-moirow the good
writoi swill nave their triumphs, Ju9t as
they have unquestionably dono In tho past."
TELLING TARIFF C0MEASTS.
Terse Paragraphs Showing the Great Bene
fit of the McKinley Dill.
New York Tribune.J
Under the tariff of 1SG7 the percentage of
duty covering everything was 16 per cent.
Under the Mills bill the percentage of duty
covering everything was 2S per cent.
Under the McKinley tariff, now in force,
the percentage covering everything is only
21 per cent.
This is lower than the percentage of any
pi evious tariff law sinco tho war, an 17 per
cent lower than the tariff proposed by the
Democrats in tho Mills bill.
When Mr. Cleveland declared that the Re
publicans had broken their pledges as to the
reduction of the heavy nar tariff, his l e
marks differed from the truth by precisely
the difference between tho 46 per cent
tariff of 1867 and the 21 per cent tariffof tho
McKinley bill.
Finally, the free list under tho McKinley
bill islaiger than under any other tariff bill
passed by the Republicans or proposed bv
the Democrats since 1860.
SOUTHERN METHODIST EDUCATION.
Figures Showing the Work of tho Froed
man's Aid Society for a Year.
nARRisnuna, Pa., Nov. 7. An important
meeting of distinguished Methodist divines,
comprising 18 bishops and others of the
General Committee of the Freedman's Aid
and Southern Education Society of the de
nomination, is being held in Grace Church.
The reports for the year show the receipts
to have been $367,751 and the expenditures
$3o3,fcl3, leaving a balance of $4,133. The so
ciety nas an indebtedness of $161,580.
Under tne society's direction there are in
the South 41 schools, S45 teachers, 9.0S5 stu
dents and property valued at $I,S05,800.
Manual training and domestic economy are
features ot the work. Since 1865 the society
has expended over $3,300,000. The actual ex
penses of the society lor the year were $17,-
Scrntch a Russian, Eta
New York Press.
Scratch a mugwump or a Republican flop
per and you will find a free trader. The
veneering is thin in every case.
Let Ki erybody Make Up.
Detroit Free Press. 1
After Tuesday it will bo in order to shake
hands and settle down to business.
DEATHS HEUE AND ELSEWHERE.
Homer S. Knowles, of East Liverpool.
The many friends of Homer S. Knowles,
formerly of Kaet Liverpool, 0.. but for some years
past resident with his family at New York, were
deeply pained yesterday morning by a Ulegrftm
announcing his sudden dcith from nppolexy.
Mr. Knowles was oneof the best known men of
the Ohio v.tllej. having been for many years an
active member of the great pottery Hrm of
Knowles, Taylor & Knowles. of East Liverpool,
whose products are known everi where through
the country, lhough only In his 43d year. Ills life
had been full of successful activity. A great
strain upon his health in the building and extension
of his woi k9 caused Mr. Knowles a temporary ill
ness a fsw years ago, and he moved with bis family
to New York, to receive proper medical attention
and enjoy a well-earned rest. He still maintained
his interest hi the last Idvrrpool concern, besides
having other Industrial undertakings In view.
Dtceased was one of the Lln'le-.t and ntort liberal
01 men. and;iiad many warm friend In alt parts of
the country and amung all classes of peopa. Uotli
at East Liverpool and in ew "ork he "nasa
hospitable entertainer, and was greatly liktd In
all circles. Deceased leave a fainllv consisting of
his wife and a hoy of S vears. Mrs. Kuou les being
the daughter of the late Captain J. T. Mockdale,
or Allegnenv City. 1 o them and to other iclatires
will bu extended the deepest sympathy from a n ide
circle of friends In I'ltkbnrg and Allegheny, and
in Ihe tor. ns of the Ohio valley where Mr.Knowlei;
was so well known, and his many good qualities so
sincerely appieciaied.
Milton S. Myers.
Milton S. Myers, Secretary and Treasurer
of the JInstctter Company, died at his residence.
M9 Allegheny avenue, Allegheny, at ?:30 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. Mr. Myers was born In Mas
sldon, O , In 1812. and moved to Allegheny in 18o9.
He enlisted In the One Hundred and Flfty-flfth
Pennsjlvanla Volunteers in ISIS and served three
years with his regiment. After the War he was
employed by the I'cnnyslTania Railroad, but for
the pabU'iu years has been connected with Hoslet
ter & Co.. first as a clerk and then
nscoulldentlal clerk to members of the firm, and
llnallv working Ills way up to become a member of
the company. Mr. Myers was a thlrty-setond de
gree Mason, also a member or the G. A. R. ana the
Veteran Legion. He leaves a widow and three
dann.li tern.
Oliituary Notes.
Davio W. ItARTLtTT. the oil merchant of this
city, died yesterday at hU home in Orange road,
Monlclalr, of a complication of dresses. Mr.
Bnrtleit was born In tato, N.J .. in 18J3, and was
a son of Amos C Bartlett.
Joit.vL. Tatlok, of thedrvgoods firm of Will
iam Taylor, Bon & Company, died suddenly at his
home-In Cleveland jesterday morning. He was
somewhat of an Invalid, and yesterday morning
rncnmonla set in, ciuslng death very snddeuly.
lc was lor three years I'residcnt of the Young
Men's Christina Association.
THE GREATEST BAZAR
Ever Held in Pittsbnrg The Famous Sani
tary Fair Outdone Dingy Offices Trans
ferred Into Bowers of Beanty -Bishops
Speak on Mission Work Society Gossip.
A MORE comfortable contrast could not
be imagined than the interior or the South
side Hospital Fair to tho muddy streets nnd
murky atmosphere outside Inst night. The
doors or the old postnfflce building woro last
evening thrown open to the public for the
first time since the removal of the postofflce
business something over a year ago. The
generally expressed opinion is that the old
postofflce does and does not look like itself.
There is tho air of publicity that always
prevailed, but the decorations so lavishly
used by the managers of tho fair havo
changed the racooftheediflceentirely. This
is the largest fair, ror charity or otherwise,
ever given in Pittsburg. Mrs. J. S. McMillin,
President of the Ladles' Aid Society of the
Hospital, said last evening that when she
was a very young girl she assistod at a "San
itary fair" that was given in Pittsbnrg and
carried, out on a very grand scale. It
has alwnys been her ambition since
being President of this spclety, nnd know
ing tho need of the hospital for money, to
manage a fair lifco the one of which she
spoke. She is satisfied that her desire will
be fulfilled with this ono. She has met with
a great many discouragements in the shape
of apprehensions on the part of friends that
she would not be able to carry out the pro
ject successlully. Rut she has always had
faith in Pittsburg, and she sees tnat faith
warranted by the prospects of this fair.
Nearly evory drygoods merchant in tho
city has sent n man to drap the rooms and
booths. The result is simply magnificent.
The chocolate room, that proved ono of the
strong attractions last evening, was for
merly used by the clerk of the United
States Circuit Court. To-day it is hung with
Nile green and pink Yeddo cloth. Tho coil
ing is a mass of puffs and waves in this
brilliant cloth, while the walls are arranged
in a lattice work of green cloth on a white
background. The effect is indescribably
charming. There are two booths, one of
them being used for the dispensing of hot
chocolate and tho other sheltering a fruit
tree, gaily hung with glittering prizes. The
chocoiato boo.li and all its appointments
aro in lattiou work similar to the walls,
while palms and ferns in pots are placed
here and there between tho curves or the
arches, giving it nn airy, light effect- The
Iruittiee booth, while resembling its choc
olate sister In the main, has distinctive fea
tmes of its own.
Another room, in charge of the Satnrday
and Sunday Hospital Association, is a mas3
of florid color. .All forts of fancy work is
for sale here, and the busy ladies in charge
bad all they could do last evening to wait
npon their customers.
At the top or the staircase the walls are
lined with red material with a fanciful
frieze and hung with pictures loaned by
every artist in Pittsburg. The pictures aro
in water and oil, while etchings and other
forms of art are also to be seen. The art
gallery is decidedly attracts e.
Supper was not served to the public yes
terday, but the aids took the luncheon they
had well earned. Today the dining room
will be tin on n open and a hot dinner served
during the business hours. There will be
supper at the regular hour and a special
election luncheon at midnight.
There wns music last evening although
though there will not be any formal enter
tainments during the week as there were
last jcar. Instrumental music was fur
nished by Mr. C. A. Schwann, Mr. Max
Bruening, M'. W. F. Schleiter, Mr. George
Young and Mr. John L. McFeely.
TnE McKibbin-Garland wedding 13 to
take place tuls evening in St. Peter's Epis
copal Church, Grant street.
In Trinity Chapel, Sixth street, yester
day afternoon, theie was a missionary meet
mg which was addressed by Bishop Garrick,
of North Texas, and Uishop Talbot, from
Idaho and Utah. Rtshop Whitehead intro
duced them and mad" a few remarks iu his
own felicitons way. The subject of the ad
dresses was the missionary work, and an
earnest appeal was made lor the missionary
societies in different parts of the United
States who need assistance from their
bretnren in the Episcopal Church. They
talked about the growth ot missionary work
aim how women could do more than
men in this direction, being peculiarly
adapted to this class of Christian laoor.
They said also that tho education of women
had lifted them to a higher plane than they
formerly occupied,especi.iUy in the mission
ary Held. There was a collection taken up,
and the result was very satisfactory. The
Bishops were eloquent speakers and tholr
remarks were listened to with the most
earnest attention.
Thursday evening the ladies of the
Sixtli Presbyterian Church will serve a
social tea and hold a reception for the bene
fit ot the church.
To-day at 11 A. m. there will e a meet
ing ot tho Women's Health Protective Asso
ciation held in the office of Dr. Fleming, 415
Pcnn avenue. The smoke and other inter
esting questions will bo discussed.
A BIG church fair will commence in the
McKeesport Turner Opera House to-morrow
evening, for the benefit of the new hos
pital of that town.
JDST BiFORE THE BATTLE.
Ox a broad survey the Republican faith
in victory is fully justified. Philadelphia
Press.
Let us keep tho American market for
Americans, native and adopted. Let us voto
for ourselves. Xew York Recorder.
The "wildcat party" is not so confident as
it was a day or two ago. It hears now tho
roar of the whirlwind. New York Advertiser.
Verv naturally the Democrats are griev
ously concerned In their last days over the
tariff on coffins and tombstones. Minne
apolis Tribune.
The people have made up their minds how
they will vote; the thing for Republicans to
do now is to see to it that every vote is
honestly cast and counted. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Wuex a Presidental candidate makes
spcechess for himself in the last week of a
campaign he confesses that the chances are
desnerately against him. St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Now all that remains is to get out tho full
Republican vote. A fair vote and an hotiest
count will make Benjamin Harrison the
next President of the United States. Roclies
ter Democrat.
Don't lot nnything hinder you from ex
pressing by your ballot that you believe
witli all the statesmen or this country, ex-"
copt the great nuliifler, Calhoun, that pro
tection to American industries is constitu
tional. Troy I.mXjet.
From now on predictions might ns well bo
abandoned. The best prophets of all the
people will try their hand, and they know
thoir own business best. They know it so
well that tho free traders quake already.
Phitadc phiu Inquiicr.
Evehy Republic-m, and every Domocrnt
too, lor that matter, wuo lias a regard for
his own welfare and that of his country
ou-ht to cast his ballot against such a
national calamity ns the return of the De
mocracy to power with nn opportunity to
carrvout it3 iniquitous pledges. Cleveland
Leader.
DEVOURED BY A FARTHER,
Tho Bones of a Mother and Her Child
Fo'und in the Animal's Lair.
GcTititlu, Okla., Nov. 7. A horriblo story
is reported from Deep Fork, in the Potta
watome county. Two weeks ago tho wife
and baby of a settler living near there mys
terlonslv disappeared. Yesterday tho head
of the child and portions of the body or tho
mother were diseoveied in the lair of a
panther in the woods several miles irom the
house.
ThP woman and child had been carried off
and devoured by the leroclous beast. Fifty
armed men are hunting for the panther.
A Modern Eden.
Minneapolis Tribune.
Iceland has only two lawyers and not a
single jail. Iceland must be that "happy
land, far, faraway" that o read about
Not Up to Date.
New Orleans Picayune.
There uro many things In natnro that aro
strikingly beautiful; but naturo has not yet
acquired tho habit of going on a strike.
"Where Wcro tho Ladles At?
Baltimore American. 1
Intorest In colleges "touching politics Is
commendably on the Increase. But so far
Vassar has been consplcnonsly silent.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. I
Japan has 550 newspapers.
The Assyrians had 72 different kinds of
wine.
The first pipe organ was made by
Archimedes B. C. 220.
About two-thirds of the men in this
country use tobacco.
The line between Idaho and "Washing.
ton is being surveyed.
The British Museum has 32 miles of
shelves filled with books.
The largest thermometer in existenca
is owned by the Now York Sun.
Joseph's coat of many colors is said by
rabbis to have been made of camel's hair.
The military expenses of France sine
tho war of 1670-71 have been about S3.SC0,.
000,000.
Complete cable communication was es
tablished in 1S72 between Australiaand Eag.
gland.
A Russian can plead in fancy for a Ion;
time, as he does not come of age till he Is 'ij
years old.
The value of infantry was not fully
recognized by mediaeval commanders until
the flteentli century.
Fleetwood, Pa., claims to have a qninca
which weighs S3 ounces and measures 19
inches in circuraferonce.
The population of many South Sea
islands manufacture their entire suits from
the products of palm trees.
' Homer mentions a Thracian wine so
strong that even Ulysses was obliged to di
lute it with 20 parts of water.
In hot climates Eoman soldiers wore
sandals; In cold regions they were provided
with excellent leather shoe?.
In a year the food eaten by a horse is
nine times his weight; that of a cow nine
time-; that of an ox six times.
On a clear niijht a red light can be seen
at a greater distance than a white light, but
on a dark night the" reverse Is the case.
From 1CG1 to 1C30 it was customary In
England to return the price of admission to
persons who left before the close of the first
act.
During the second Carthajinian war,
B. C.21B, the Roman legion was 5,200 men;
under Marius, E. C. 83. it was 6.20O foot and
7u0 horse.
A giant sewing machine has lately been
finished at Leeds, England. The machine,
wnich is to ho used for attaching cotton
belting, is said to weigh 5 tons.
Pliny mentions wines made of hoWy
and 6-year-old rain water; of honey, sea salt
and vinegar: of honny and myrtle seed; of
palms, dates, flgs, wormwood aDd snails.
It is said that smoke spots can be re
moved from a knlsomined or painted colling
by gently brnsliing tho spot v Ith water in
which a handful of soda has been dissolved.
The latest whim for the owners of dogs
is to make tiiem wear shoe in the house of
the purpose of protecting the polished
floors. Ihey are made of chamois, with
leather soles.
There is an old married couple in Por
ter county, Ind., who. It is stated, have not
spoken to each other for 25 years, although
they live in the same house and eat from
the same table.
Milan is to be supplied with elect ria
lights by tho utilization of the water power
or the Villoresi Canal, at its fall atTessIn.
It is ostimatod thnf39.000 horse power can
be developed at this point.
A singular and fortunately unnsnal cir
cumstance was reported by a farmer in 1768L
A wheat field of 17 acros near Kingston was
found to havo no grain In the ear, and was
consequently cut down for straw.
It has been iound by a French physician
that the bilious fever so characteristic of
tropical countries is due to a special bac
terium, which, though motionless itself, is
accompanied by numberless moving spores.
There are said to be more than 3,000
prehistoric buildings in Sardinia. They are
almost all in the fertile districts and built in,
groups, which are separated from one an
other by wide and generally barren places.
The salary of the Prince of "Wales is
$20D,OCO per year; Duke of Connaught, $125,
O00; Duke of Edinburgh, $15,000, and the
Duke of Cambridge, the Queen's cousin, $C0,
0CK). Tho royal iauiily cost British taxpayers
140,000 a week.
Three-quarters of a second is the time
occupied by the fall of the knife in the
guillotine. The knife is weighted by 120
pounds of lead, falls nine feet, and cutsj
through flesh and bone as easily as through
a bar of soap.
One of the features of a recent church
fair out West was a grab bag, and among tho
contents was a slip of paper on which was
wrlt'en: "Good for one grave. Will be dug
any time during the ensuing year. John
Smith, soxton.'"
In Bohemia there are 1G0 societies and
clubs which have lor their object the ad
vancement of the cause of women. A great
deal Is done in this way to procuro for the
women of Bohemia better employment and
greater independence.
Leap year makes an important differ
ence to the various departments of the
State Fifty-three weekly pay-days fall
within the financial year, and this in trio
navy pay-sheet alone involves an additional
expenditure of XJJ.OOO.
In Turkey if a man falls asleep in tne
neighborhood of a poppy field and the wind
blows trom tne field toward him ho becomes
narcotized and would die if the country peo
ple, who are well acqnainted with the cir
cumstances, did not brin.; him to a well or
stream and empty pitcher after pitcher of
water on nis face and body.
About I486 Thomas Conecte, a preach
ing friar, instituted a crusade in Paris
against the pointed caps, or honnlns, and
granted absolution to the small boys who
pulled off the ladies' caps in the street. Many
duels resulted, together with several riots,
and the fashion was temporarily anolisbed
to reapear on the departuro 01 Conecte.
The obtaining of tortoise-shell involves
intense cruelty to the tortoise. When tho
creature Is ceught it is fastened down to tho
ground, and covered round tho shell with
leaves and grass, which aro set alight. The
heat forces the scales of tbe shell to separate,
and they are then cut off with a knife. The
poor reptile is tuen leienseu 10 grow inau
scales.
Mud baths were common among the
ancients, the mud on tho seashore and the
dlitnoof the rivers being especially prized
for this purpose. Tho Tartars and
Egyptains still uso them in certain diseases.
Thoy are taken by the people at many
places on the continent of Europe, among
which may bo named Drlburg, Eilsen, Neun
dorf, Pyrmour, Spa, Maricnbad. Franzens
bratin, Eger, Kisslngen und TepIIt.
ORIGINAL AND JOCOSE.
To Mr. Harrison: Ah, therel Staytherel
TO TnE OIELS.
In this day of quick advancement,
You with "man are very nr:
At the glt which jou are going
You will pass us soon, I fear.
Yon are known where law Is practiced,
M. D.'s, too, are some of yon;
LUewUc known to all oar tailors;
Safety riders are you, too.
But. dear girls, now, don't be angry.
For It grieves me much to say.
You're not In It. for a mlnnte.
On this great Election Day.
A3 POLITICIANS KXOW.
As a feat of strength, "Wheeling. "West
Virginia, is not in it with carrying New Tor
State.
" Tun DOES THE OFJICE SEEK THE MAHT
The other day a political office of minor
importance was walking down Fiftn avenne, and
Just as It reached AVood street it was accosted by
a rnsty-looklng creature, who said: "Don'tjdve
it away, but I'm the proverbial needle thafa been
biding In the hay-stack for o many years, and I
want you to do me a favor."
"What Is it?" asked the political office.
"It Is this." said the needle; "I've been neg
lected for so long that I've become rnsty. and my
eye Is almost gone. In fact. I'm Knocked clean
out, andiriconld onlv become bright like other
needles. I would be very, very happy. So, what I
"Want you to do Is to come to my hay-stack and hid
rUht beside me."
"What for?" asied tho political office.
"I want to be round, " replied the needle,
no usb ron A sioxattrz.
"But I can write," protested the voter.
"1 don't care a rap, " id the new ballot. "T
Jut make yonr mark."
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