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TWELVE PAGES
CBITCHXOWS ACQUITTAL.
In the case of the Commonwealth versus
Sylvester Critchlow, accused of murder
ing T. J. Connors, a Pinkerton detective,
at Homestead on July 6 the jury last
evening returned a verdict of not guilty.
In the face of the prosecution's failure to
rebut the evidence of an alibi, the verdict
can come as a surprise to few. There was
reasonable doubt of the defendant's guilt,
and he was therefore properly acquitted.
The case was conducted with exceptional
ability on both sides, and the oratory of
the 'Western, counsel for the defense may
have had some effect upon the jury and
on public sentiment, but it is to be pre
sumed that the verdict was returned ac
cording to the facts of the case as set forth
In the evidence.
This acquittal is not In the least to be
regarded as an endorsement of lawless
ness, but simply as a proof of innocence
of crime in this case. The bearing of this
verdict upon the trials which are to fol
low is absolutely nil except possibly in
those of Critchlow on other charges be
cause the evidence upon which the ac
quittal was based was such as to apply to
this individual alone.
There is every reason to hope that the
impending trials will be conducted witli
all possible sp?ed. Justice and humanity
alike demand it. On the one hand crime
cannot be punished too promptly, and, on
the other, innocence demands a speedy
vindication devoid of all unnecessary sus
psnse. THE PROGRESS OF FOOTBALL.
To-day the country's rapidly growing
Interest in football culminates, for this
season, in the grme. between Tale and
Princeton in New York. The phenom
enal rrcgrfss of. the game's popularity is
marked, however, less by the centralized
interest which attracts spectators from ail
over the country to the great college
game than by the countless matches of
minor importance that are to be played
everywhere, and eagerly watched wher
ever the contest is found. The delights
and damrers of the sport are to some ex
tent inseparable. But, as the players'
familiarity with it is enlargea by practice,
there is reason to believe that a sradual
elimination of the most serious risks will
ensue. It is notable already that in the
college and crack teams wherever, in
fact, the facilities for prolonged practice
and c rful training are greatest the
casualtins are lightest And wherever
cien ce predom mates the rough and tumble
play, from which the most serious acci
dents ar se, is reduced to a minimum.
As a winter exereisa football stands un
rivaled, notwithstanding the charges of
over-violence brought against It As a
mental and moral training the game is not
to be scoffed at. Its tactics demand
thought and skill no less than courage
and endurance, and the necessary obe
dience to rules under the excitement of
nction involves no mean amount of for
bearance and self-control. The enthusi
astic reception accorded to football and
the rapid spread of its popularity have
constituted it the national cold weather
game, and it may be expected to continue
to greatly strengthen rather than diminish
its hold on the youth and sport lovers of
America.
WHO WOULD GET THE INCREASE?
It is one of the singular illustrations of
the axes that may be ground under the
pretense of tariff and revenue reform that
a proposition is already being urged, with
a fine show of disinterestedness, that the
alleged deficiencies in the public revenue
should be made up by increasing the in
ternal revenue tax on distilled spirits by
the amount of 40 cents a gallon. This, it
is claimed, would increase the revenues of
the Treasury 540,000,000, and the follow,
ing sum in arithmetic is offered in demon
stration: One hundred million gallons
are distilled annually. Forty cents per
gallon is 540,000,000, and there you are.
But to those who have followed the
history of excise taxation the knowledge
Is general that the sum does not work out
in practice. We need not go outside our
own records for the demonstration that
high rates of taxation do not yield cither
a proportionate revenue, or frequently as
large a revenue in the total as the lower
rata When this Government tried to
collect a tax of $2 per gallon it secured a
revenue of 40 per cent of what was re
turned the first year alter the tax was re
duced, and but little over one-fifth of
what is now collected. This is not mainly
due to the enlarged production under the
lower rate. In the case of alcohol it is
mainiy the result of the high premium
placed on illicit distilling. The best evi
dence of this is the fact that while the
Government tax on alcohol was $2 per
gallon, the wholesale market rate in this
country was for considerable periods
actually less than the amount of the tax.
This showed that enough alcohol evaded
the tax to fix the market price, and of
course it was ruinous to distillers who
paid the tax.
While these facts make it exceedingly
doubtful if the Government revenues
would gain much advantage from such an
Increase, there is an interest whose profit
would be so great as to leave no doubt
whence the proposition is inspired. The
Distillers and Cattle Feeders' Association,
more widely known as the Whisky Trust,
has a large surplus of alcohol on hand,
which has for some time been a heavy
load to carry. The serious agitation, of
a 40-cent increase in the tax would in
crease the demand for this article. The
enactment of the increase would put 40
m
cents per gallon, aggregating many
millions of dollars, Into the coffers of the
Trust
It Is to bo hoped that the Democracy
will be true enough to its profession of
antagonism to the trusts to avoid a pre
tended increase of revenue under a doubt
ful necessity which would really mean a
big profit to the Whisky Trust and no gain
to any one else.
NO SUCH RESTRICTION.,
The possibility that Mrs. Mary E. Lease
may avenge herself on the Georgia method
of suppressing free discussion by S2curing
an election to the United States Senate
has awakened a flutter among the old
fogies. The general tendency is to take
refuge In the Democratic theory that any
thing which does not suit the ideas of that
party is unconstitutional. Senator Vest
dismissed the subject the other day with
the assertion, "The Constitution is against
it" Another advocate of the same idea,
while admitting that the Constitution has
no specific requirement that Senators shall
be of the masculine gender, calls attention
to tho use of a masculine pronoun in the
clause which requires that a Senator must
be an inhabitant of the State "for which
he shall be chosen."
The use of a pronoun cannot be held to
establish a positive constitutional enact
ment, particularly as it does not by the
best usage, where employed inclusively,
even imply a sex restriction. The word
"man" generically used includes both
sexes just as much as the word "horse" or
"dog," and 'the best authorities state
that the use of the prounoun "he"
is equally general in its rela
tions and includes "he" or "she."
It is, of course, not worth while to dispute
that the languaga was employed with the
presumption on the part of the Constitution-makers
that the Senators would be of
the male sex. But the pronoun does not
not make a constitutional enactment to
that effect On the other hand the Con
stitution verytlearly permits the States
to prescribe the rights of their' own
citizenship, and guarantees their
title to elect Senators possessing
those rights and meeting the other re
quirements of the Constitution. This
clearly entitles Kanas or Wyoming to send
female Senators to Washington if they
choose.
We do not think that Mrs. Lease would
be a particularly useful or ornamental
United States Senator, although she would
compare very favorably with soms mem
bers already sitting in that body. But
her constitutional rights and those of
Kansas, if she .should be selected by
that State, are not to be swept away by
imaginary constitutional restrictions that
are wholly the creation cf prejudice.
THE FEAST OF THANKS. .
The entire nation to-day gives itself
over to festal observance. The Thanks
giving holiday is one of the three or four
that are distinctively American and repre
sentative of our national character. In
its origin it was local and Puritanic; but it
has spread beyond sections and creed
until the whole nation without regard to
religious beliefs unites in the gladness and
gratitude that are the predominant senti
ments of the dav.
No nation ever had more justification
for making a feast cf Thanksgiving than
ours: and none in this especial year can
with better cause review its good fortunes
or give thanks for its mercies. While
other nations have been plagued by pesti
lence and famine our country has enjoyed
plenty and prosperity. While the threat
of war burdens the peoples of the Old
World the United States continues confi
dent and undisturbed in the assurance of
peace. Abundance of crops furnishes tne
assurance of food and employment for all
the people. The good fortune for the
land appears not least prominently in the
fact that after a heated political campaign,
by which the public policy of the Govern
ment has been reversed, the whole coun
try accepts the result with perfect confi
dence that the American good sense which
predominates all political divisions will
ensure the nation against rash and revo
lutionary acts by the new administrators
of public affairs.
The day is the feast of plenty and the
manifestation of gratitude. All should
join in it Those whose good fortune
makes their Thanksgiving feast unalloyed
should see to it that the less fortu
nate classes have on this holiday the ma
terial both for feasting and for thanks.
A FEATURE OF THE SEASON.
The meeting of Congress is the signal
for the usual prelude from the organs of
railway opinion urging a repeal of the
fifth section of the inter-State commerce
law, prohibiting pools. The concert of
assurances to Congress from different
sections of the corporate chorus that this
repeal is exactly what is wanted i3 a
regular accompaniment of the approach
of a Congressional session; but it has one
or two interesting features this year.
One is a report that the Inter-State
Commerce Commission will recommend
the repeal of the section. It is possible
that the Commission might desire th3 re
peal to relieve itself of an incongruous
position; but the need of the railways for
the repeal of a provision which the Com
mission has by it3 action steadily reduced
to the value of a deadletter is not apparent
This is the status of the section under dis
pute. The Commission h'as pointedly
omitted to do anything toward its en
forcement The railways have made no
pretense of obeying it The pooling busi
ness has been carried on for years by the
railways with little or no attempt at; con
cealment, and the Commission has care
fully refrained from making any investi
gations into these violations of the law.
All ths arguments In favor of pools,
predicated on the present unsatisfactory
state of railway traffic, are reduced to
naught by the fact that this Is as much a
pooling era as before the passage of the
law. There was a time just after the
passage of the inter-State commerce act
when the railroads were sufficiently im
pressed with the idea that it must be
obeyed. They abstained from popling
and other combinations except a "simple
agreement to sustain moderate rates. The
result was that rates were steadier and
more conservative than before or since
when the combination influences were
paramount
There may be an abstract argument in
favor of the repeal of a provision which
is nullified by those whose' duty it is to
enforce it; but there is a mucb stronger
one in favor of giving Its enforcement a
fair trial and then judging of its value by
the results.
With a proper growth of municipal
spirit in tho meantime a year from now
should add many to tills city's subjects for
thankfulness. When citizens learn to
abandon apathy for energy with regard to
the welfare of their place of residence, they
and it will have an ever increasing reason
Tor pride and rejoicing. Free bridges,
smoke consumption, garbage collection and
cremation, street signs, some proper return
for franchise privileges and the like, are
only suggestions of what may'ba secured
to Pittsburg when Plttsburgers learn to pnll
together for the greatest goA of tb great
THE PITTSBURG
est number. The Commonwealth and the
municipality should have a claim to tho
citizen's enemy prior to that of individual
aggrandizement, and in the long run Indi
viduals, will reoognize the personal advan
tages to be derived from fostering the inter
ests of tho community. Tnoso things are
bound to bo realized sooner or later, and
the sooner the better for each and all.
No quarrels within the Democratic party
over the distribution of office or partisan
influence can' damage it half so much as
would a strict adherence to the "ethics" of
the spoils system by its President-elect.
How much there occasionally is in a
name may be Judged from the telegram from
Boston, given elsewhere, which Indicates
that Governor Russell owes his election to
the carelessness or Republican voters, who
voted lor Mr. Wolcott .Hamlin, tho Prohi
bition candidate for Governor, in mistake
for Mr. Roger Wolcott, the Republican can
didate for Lieutenant Governor. Voters as
thoughtless as theso deserved to lose their
ballots as they did.
Those ladies who marched out of the
Ohio State University rather than suffer
from its want of proper sanitation, con
ducted a strike against which no objection
can properly bo brought.
King Humbert's speech at the opening
of tho newly-elected Italian Parliament
promises that the taxpayer should have no
increased burdens- and that reforms shall
be instituted in favor of the jioorer classes.
Italy stands greatly in need of such things.
Humbert should be warned that any at
tempt to increase the strongth of the mili
tary service to the Gorman "atandar ', as is
suggested, wouldbeaditest inducement to
revolution.
There is plenty of room for both foot
ball players and church-goois to-day.
Recreation and religion are not contradic
tory and both may be made a means to the
expression of thanksgiving.
Thanks to the information of Senator
Peffor, an anxious world is informed that
the redoubtable Mrs. Lease really has a hus
band, and that he is engaged in the insur
ance business. In the event of that much
discussed Senatorial appointment, what it
proud and happy man he wili be who occu
pies the unique position of husband to a
United States Senator I
Tiie snow falls and the pedestrian tum
bles. By so doing he has a chanco to test
the sincerity of his friends according to the
dogree of mirth with which they greet his
misfortunes.
No words are strong enough to adequately
condemn the action of those who permit
political or other passion to make them
desecrate the last resting placo of the dead.
Tho disfiguration of veteians' monuments
in Indiana is a disgrace to the perpetratois
and any organization to which they may be
long. They should be hunted down and
speedily punished.
And still, in this age of automatic
door-closers, tho perversity of inanimate
objects allied with the carelessness or hu
manity keeps many a door open that ought
to be shut.
It
That international monetary conference
will have cholera uncomfortably brought to
its attention, if cases continue to multiply
in Brussels. An international conference
on quarantine arrangements would be no
had thing, but meanwhile this country must
take Its own precautions, for it cannot
afford to rely on the carefulness of others.
Panama canal directors are not to be
allowed to choose between being called
knaves or fools. Tho investigation will no
doubt place most of them in one category or
tho other.
Chinese laundrymen in Indiana are ac
cused of having used dynamite to get rid of
a successful rival, ' This precludes the
charge of ultra-conservatism- generally
brouzht a. ainst Celestials, and indicates a
progresslveness that is altogether too vio
lent in its expression to be healthy.
Possibly the disastrous destruction of a
few more steel lake-faring vessels wiil dem
onstrate to the builders somo necessity for a
change In workmanship or design, or both.
WnEsr Toledo is not unearthing the
errantry of its councilors it appears to be
occupied over Impertinent religious discus
sions in its Board of Education. The city
will profit by getting rid of municipal cor
ruption and intolerance at the same time.
IT, is to be hoped that few of to-day's
players will wish that snow had been left
upon thn ground to break their fall, and
save the breakage of their bones.
Entertainers of one Gluttony to-day
aro laying themselves open to the impor
tunities of his twin brother Indigestion on
the morrow.
PROMINENT AND POPULAR.
Thomas A. Edison, who sleeps but few
hours himself, says that the man of the fu
ture may do without sleep entirely.
President Harrison is fond of bil
liards and wields a fair cue. There is a bil
liard room in the basoment of tho White
House, with a good table.
Dr. Holmes, having kept no record of
.the kind, is unable to say which song ho
wrote first. Ho is under the impression that
It was one of his schoolboy translations.
Twenty Hew York millionaires are
ready to build summer homes in Vermont if
the poor farmers will promise to build good
roads and to keep them in fair condition.
Marquis Charles di Eudin, the son
or the ex-Piemierof Italy, is in New York,
having com to this country to take a posi
tion In tho Italian Legation at Washington.
M. Legouve, the oldest member of the
French Academy, is 85 years-old. Pierre
Loti, tho youngest, Is 3. With the excep
tion of ten, all the Academicians are 69 or
over.
Eev. W. Fabee, for nine years pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church at Westfleld,
N. V., has resigned his pastorate, and an
nounced his Intention of becoming a candi
date for the ministry in the Episcopal
Church.
Ex-President Chamberlain, of the
Iowa Agricultural College, is now farming
In Ohio. His property has an extent of 115
acres, and lie is not such a theorist as to be
unablo to make a practical success of the
business.
ARCHBISHOP Keneick, of St, Louis,
upon whom old age and physical weakness
are tolling their talc, has been ordered from
Homo to appoint a Coadjutor, who would re
lieve His Grace of the entire duties of his
high office.
Mrs. Kalph Waldo Emerson's death
draws attention to two facts: Her unmar
ried daughter's beautiful devotion to her
blind parent these many years, and tho un
disturbed condition of Mr. Emerson's study
since his death. In fact, the whole house
and Its furnishings have undergone little
change in a decade.
. The Editor Called the Turn.
From Tuesday's Minneapolis Tribune. J
Onr own Bill Erwin makes his debnt at
Homestead a little too late for calcium light
effects, but it's dollars to little rod 'apples
that ho will spring some sad surprises on
those Pennsylvania lawyers bofore the Jury
rotircs. IIo"will make some of them think
that their early education in the red-eyed
law of crimes and misdemeanors has been
neglected.
Bad Year for H's.
Boston Herald. T
It Is a cockney who observes that the IPs
are (retting lett this year Harrison, Hallo
and Harvard.
The Wizard's Second Visit.
Boston Herald.
Paderewskt is coming again, sailing on the
Hth prox. He will be accompanied by his
fair.
DISPATCH, THURSDAY,
. A LOOK AROUND.
I HAVE no idea of whom they talked nor
how the subject came under discussion, but
such parts of their comments as I heard
amused me very much. They were two
very pretty, very bright, very young girls,
with sealskin collars turnod up about tbeip
round, rosy cheeks, and the snap of youth
and cold weather glistening in their eyes.
Youth Is never very charitable, but who is
to make the world over again and change
nature? "I don't caro what anybody says,"
declared one with a cluster of chrysanthe
mums athorh'reast, "I do not believe a man
wants what they call a strong-minded wife,
who lays down tho law for him and for nil
the neighbors. Some of these women may
be smart and able to say sharp things, but
you'll find that -woman's home is unhappy,
her husband Is a scarecrow and tho
children are dirty and in rags." "Yes,"
retorted the other, "and look at the
men who havo such wives; what do they look
likoT Why, they are perfect guys. These
women's rights women scorn to bo afraid
somebody will steal their men and so they
make them dress liko so many tramps. You
can tell them a mile away. They genorally
wear little, short, bob-tailed coats like a
school Boy's, and big, baggy pantaloons that
are so short they show the shoetops and
look for all the world like the pantalottcs
you see in old pictures and " She gasped
and suddonly became silent. A man had
Just entered the car and sat down opposite
the lively scoffer. Her words bad been audi
ble to a dozen people in the car and all
looked to see what had happened, and, look
ing, saw Just sucli n man as she had de
scribed. There were stray snickerings and
a laugh or two. Thegirl compreheded Hall,
turned scarlet and hastily remarked: "Let's
get off and walk in. May! It's lots or fun."
How did people in the olden time man
ago to live and think in the habitations they
had? Not many weeks ago an old indy dloil
in Hampton Court Palace In England who
for 10 years or more had been one of the
royal pansioneis who live in ease in that
loneliest of old English crown dwellings.
She was the widow of Sir Somebody Gonc
before and a member of that company of
tho elect whom Laboucherc once alluded to
as tho "Most Noble Order of Tabby Cats."
A most admirable and charming woman was
she no doubt, but that is something I know
not about, for it is ot her room rathor than
herself that I would speak. Sho had been
dead but a shoi t time when one of the guard
ians of the palace asked me in a whisper if I
would like to see the Cardinal's bedroom
which was not as yet opon to the public. Of
course I wanted to see it. Who does not
want to see things "not open to the pub
lic?" Well, we were taken through an airy
passage off the end chamber, where Louis
the Great looks in canvas as be did in life
on the lovely face by which Greuze has
handed down to the later generations a
knowledge of the Pompadour, and after a
great unlocking of tall doors we entered the
loom.
Imagine a room about 12x15 feet, with
lofty ceiling and the hole covering with
exquisite oak carving on panels. Beyond a
huge fireplace looking up a small chimney
there was no opening In the room but the
door. There were pilgrims and angels and
prophets and apostles, yes and a sweet
faced, smoke-stained Cnrist in the corn
field, cither on the ceiling or the walls, but
vefttilatlon, means of getting fresh air or
keeping from suffocation when there was a
fire alight in that dark cavern under the
mantel there was none. There it was just
as it was put there by the Cardinal-Minister
360 years ago, and there In a corner was tho
dark alcove, similar In ornamentation to
the room which was Wolsey's prayer closet,
also unchanged. The greatest caro had
been taken of the room by the old lady who
had used it so long, said the attendant, and
although some of the panels were twisted
and warped at the edges and the flooring
had upheavals here and there where
tho narrow oak planking had parted
company, It had been cleaned with intelli
gence and sort cloths and no renewals or
"repairs" had been permitted. It was all
very Interesting and very curious, but how
could anyone llvo and breathe in.lt. I could
understand that toward the end that dark
room conld havo suited the man who had
built so wisely and lived so foolishly that he
"was delivered in his age unto his enemies,'
but where did his lungs find air to pray
withal therein, and how could widowhood
havegono on thither near unto half a cen
turj? Why, it seemed tome that the air was
some left there by tho English Richelieu,
and I lingered an instant after the others
had gono. I could fancy that some motes of
dusk which moved in the dim light from the
corridor gavo out muttorlngs of Credo, Paler
A'oster and sighs, all bottled up in that well
preserved atmosphere, a quarter of a cen
tury after Columbus looked first upon the
white waves breaking on tho unknown land.
The claim that the Art Society, of Pitts
burg, will have a notable place among such
organizations when it comes to its own In
the Carnegie art building soems quite true.
It will be a gathering place for those who
have good wares in tho market.for there can
bo hung for examination the pictures which
will bo offered for sale to the permanent
gallery in another part of the same build
ing, a gallery with an endowment
fund of $50,000 a year for the purchase
of pictures, a much larger permanent fund
than has any other in the United States if I
mistake i.ot. In the meantime good things
will como and go on the walls of the gallery
and it would be a gracious" thing on the part
of ouf.wealthy plature.owuers.lf they should
conblno to brighten this winter timo with a
show of art work lrom tholr homes pict
ures, marbles, bronzes, china and bric-a-brac.
It has been many years since we have
.had something upon which the artists could
unlto for tholr own pleasure and that of the
public Why not try a loan exhibition? If is
as successlnl as the Inst one of note it would
do well indeed. Take the old market house
on Fifth avenue, for exarnple(V and fit it up
and see bow well it would bo patronized.
Walter.
A PBEHIST0RIC MAN OF STONE.
New Mexicans Puzzled Over a Discovery
That May Prove a Cardiff Giant.
Eddt , N. M-. Kov. 23. A petrified man was
found in a cave In the foot hills of Gnada
loupe mountains yesterday. It Is now on
exhibition. It Is difficult to determine
whether it is the remains of a white man or
an Indian, indications pointing in either di
rection. There is evidence of great an
tiquity and somo modern. There are im
prints of sandals or moccasins on tho foot,
but the hair is in the modern style. It has
an Indian nose but no high cheek bones.
The body was found In a large chamber
with limestone walls about 500 feet from the
entrance to the cave. The cave is three or
five miles long, has over 1C0 distinct cham
bers and some wonderlnl forni3 of stalactite
petrifications and vegetable matter. The
question has been raised whether the discov
ery is not another Cardiff giant scheme, but
all who examine believe it to be a genuine
petrification of prehistoric man.
ST. PAUL PO0E PB0VIDED FOB.
School Children's Thanksgiving Offerings
Will Keep Them All Winter.
St. Paul, Nov. 23. As a means of teaching
the children practical charity, the school
principals Invited them to bring somo
thanksgiving offerings, to be distribute'd by
the St. Paul Relief Society. For three days
the children have been carrying their offer
ings to school meat, vegetables, canned
goods and provisions of all sorts, as well as
clothing.
The result is beyond all expectations. In
three days the children have given enough
provisions to last tho 2,000 poor in tho city
all winter, and more than the city has given
boforo In three years. The schools in the
city gavo 172 immense wagon loads ot cloth
ing and provisions for distribution, and It Is
believed the problem of caring lor thaclty's
poor has been solved.
Getting to Be a Chestnut.
Philadelphia Times.
The reason Salt River as a political meta
phor is not much used nowadays Is because
It Isn't fresh enough.
Tho Stylo Remains tho Same.
Indianapolis News.!
Largo muffs will bo tho style this winter,
following the.basoball fashion of the summer.
NOVEMBER 24, 1892.
HOW'BTJSSELL WAS ELECTED.
Nearly 20,000 Massachusetts Voters Marked
Their Tickets Wrong.
Boston. Nov- 23. Returns received by the
Executive Council from all counties in the
State except Suffolk show that 19,183 votes
cast for Governor in tho recent election
were worthless, under the Australian sys
tem. One-third of them were entirely
blank that is, with no mark whatever
against the name for Governor while, the
other two-thirds wore rendered inoperative
by the voters placing a cross ngainst the
name of William H. Haile, the Republican
candidate, and also against the name of
Wolcott Hamlin, the Prohibition candidate,
the Iatter's name following that or Mr.
Halle on tho official ballot.
The peculiarity of the name "Wolcott
Hamlin" donotless led thousands of voters
to believe that when they marked first for
Mr. Halle and then for the name l.oxt fol
lowing, Wolcott Hnmlln, they wore voting
Tor the Republican candidate Tor Lieutenant
Governor, Roger Wolcott, who In reality
was eight names lower down on the ballot,
under the appropriate head, "Lieutenant
Governor." An estimate baud on the as
sumption that it was clearly the Intention
of the voter to mark for Mr. Halle and his
associate on the ticket, Mr. Wolcott. and
not for Wolcott Hamlin, gives Mr. Halle a
plurality over Russell, In these counties, of
10,000 votes.
AH EXTBA SESSION WANTED
By a Number of Prominent Democrats, and
Cleveland May Give In.
Washington, Nov. 23. SoecfaiJ Speaker
Crisp will probably eat his Thanksgiving
dinner in Washington, as he Is expected to
arrive hero to-morrow. The coming of the
Speaker will be followed by a prompt con
ference upon tho subject of an extra session.
Several Democratic members already bore
are very outspoken in favor of tho conven
ing of the new Congress immediately after
the 4th of March. Mr. Catchings, of Missis
sippi, a close friend of the Speaker and a co
member of the Committee on Rilles with
him, says he thinks it important that an ex
tra session should bo called. IJynum, o! In
diana, is sf the same opinion, and Wilson, of
West Virginia, who is said to be booked for
the Chairmanship of tho Committeo on
Wnysand Means, Is another advocate of the
proposition.
While President-elect Cleveland is opposed
to the plan, it is believed that if the leaders
of his party In the House are in any degree
united in favor of a prompt call for a meet
ing of the Fifty-third Congres, he will set
aside his own views and bo guided by the
will of the majority.
WANAUAKEB IN WASHINGTON.
The Postmaster General Expects to Have a
Big Shop at the Capital.
Washington, Nov. 23. iSpecfa'. Post
master General Wanamakor Is credited
by Washington business men with a desire
to conduct at the capital, after his retire
ment from office, a mammoth rotail business
establishment on the plan of his celebrated
Philadelphia shop.
It is reported to-day although in an un
authentlcatcd way that Mr. Wanamakor is
arranging for the purchase of the cntlro
block bounded by Eleventh, Twelfth, F and
G streets, and on which two extensive busi
ness houses, a Catholic school and other
buildings are located. The entire square,
the report says, will be ntilized for Mr. Wan
amaker's new business venture.
OYSTEE-EATING ON A WAQEK.
A Newark Letter Carrier Gets Bid of 210
Bivalves In 41 Minutes.
New York, Nov. 23. Special. George E.
Evans, a colored letter carrier of Newark;
astonished a large crowd last night by eat
ing 210 oysters In exactly 41 minntes. having
wagered $10 to cat 200 oysters inside of an
hour.
The oysters were a mixture or large and
small ones and Evans ate them Just as they
came to hand. He swallowed thn extra ten
to make It good measure. Then, nfter
pocketing Ills winnings, be walked into a
restaurant nnd ordered a hugs porterhouse
steak, claiming that the oysters gave him an
appetite.
TUB PANAMA PANDEMONIUM.
NoTslncothe memorable Wilson scandal
has France been shaken as by the agitation
for the inquiry now ordered at Paris. Brook
lyn Eagle.
The Tovelations, it carried through, will
be startling, and their effect a fearful clear
ing out of the ranks of French political
leaders. Kcw Yoi k Recorder.
Before the bad odor surrounding this
scandal subsides a good many heretofore
good men will be Jumping around quite
lively. Han isburg Telegraph.
De Lesseps will come out of the Panama
scandal with a clear reputation as to hon
esty, but with his fame as a groat man bag
ging considerably at the knees. Chicago
Tribune.
The prosecution will reveal the true oharj
acters of many French publicists who have
helped on the Panama Canal project bo
cause it was made an object for thorn to do
so, Boston Herald.
The situation is a most painful one for
Franco. It will be regarded with pain by
the majority of Americans, since tho Fronch
Republic Is held In most friendly esteem on
this side of the ocean. .Yew York World.
The action will doubtless put an end to
any further prosecution of tho work on the
canal for a long tlmo to come, and it is not
likely Its completion will ever be effected
by the French funds. & Louis Post Dispatch.
One result Is suro to follow the inquiry
will result in tho ruin of many mon whose
names are familiar in Fronch politics to
day; of the accused, if the charges be sus
tained, or ot tho accusers if they shall bo
proved untrue. New York Herald.
The history of M. De Lcssops makes It ex
tremely Improbable that ho was knowingly
engaged in any fraudulent use of the money,
but neither he nor any of tho other direc
tors could watch closely the expendlturo of
many millions of dollars on this colossal
undertaking. Philadelphia Ledger.
The matter having bcou thus brought bo
fore the public, thoro will bo nothing to do
but to prosecute the Inquiry, and the final
result maybe the complete disruption of
the canal company. The Government of the
United States has been supremely wise in
keeping out of this international muss.
Philadelphia Telegraph.
DEATHS IIEKE AND ELSEWHERE.
Mrs. Almlra A. Denlson.
Mrs. Almlra A. Denlson, widow of the late W.
L. Denlson, died at her home, 521 Highland
avenue, on Tuesday night after two years' Illness.
She had resided In this city since 1310, and her hus
band was a prominent Duslness man. Louis A.
Denlson, chief clerk In the Bureau of Water Sun
plv, and William M. Denlson, her sons, survive
her. The funeral will take place at 3 o'clock this
afternoon; Interment private.
Obituary Notes.
Stephen W. Mosely, a well-known druggist of
Augusta. Ga., died Tuesday. He was a cousin of
Adlal . Stevenson.
Ex-Jcdoe Walton Garon, a prominent Re
pnbllcanpollticlan and office-holder, died at Lan
caster. K7y.. Tuesday. He was 05 years old.
Frank McCUE.or Bethlehem, Fa., aged CO years,
died of heart failure yesterday morning Just arier
returning from his work at the Bethlehem Iron
Works.
MRS. MARGARKT Hunter, wife of George Hun
ter, Jr.. a prominent member of the best social
circles or McKcesport, died there yesterday moru
lDg of tuberculosis, aged S3 years.
Rev. John Brown, one of the Dloncer Method
l3t preachers in Illinois, died Tucsdav. He was a
native ot Virginia and went to Illinois In 1S3S. He
had been a member or the Illinois Conference since
then, lie was 91 ears old.
Eev. Mr. Dutfy. pastor of St. Patrick's
Church, Pottsvllle. died yesterday. Ho received a
paralytic shock Mniiday evening and lingered in a
comatose state uptci his death. He was born In
Phi.adelp Ida January 1, 185G.
UenrtMotir, founder of the Jewelry Arm of H.
Mohr's Sons, or Philadelphia, died Monday nlzht
In that city, aged 77. He was born In Hurucn. Ha
vana In 1811, and learned his trade of watchmaker
lu cologne. He came to this country In 1833.
Luther Ripley, former State Organizer of
the Patrons of Industry and Mate Treasurer of the
Farmers' Alliance, died in Lansing, Mich . Tues-
dtr from suffocation unused bv a. lumor. He was
one of the most prominent workers in farmers"
organizations in Michigan.
Owen DAViS, 45 years old, a well-known con
tractor of Alliance, was found dead on the high
way three miles east of that city yesterday after
noon. Thebody when found was nearly covered
with snow. Subsequent Investigation showed that,
l'avls died of heart disease.
John B. Mulliken. formerly General Manager
of the Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railroad
member of the Detroit Board of Public Works and
General Manager of tlta Detroit Citizens' street
Railway Company, was fouAd dead In bed at his
resiuence yesteraay mornings 'inc cause oi aeaiu
was apoplexy, lie was Dors in Steuben county.
new xprt. ,
FIRST PDPILS' CONCERT.
ATJnlqne and Interesting Entertainment at
Old City HaU Some Thanksgiving Wed
dingsOther Events in the Society
World.
A large and fashionable audience as
sembled In Old City Hall last evening to
listen to a unique and instinctive entertain
ment. It was the first pupils' concert, under
the direction of Mr. Homer Moore. He de
livered an Interesting and semi-hnmorons
address on breathing, articulation and
phrasing, and talked generally about tho
right nnd wrong -ways to sing. He illus
trated his lecture with three songs from St.
Saons' "Samson and Delilah," which he ren
dered in his rich, full tones, and with a
preeisio.i that was noted with admiration
bv his audience. Tho songs were "Song of
Love," "Song of Vengeance," and "Song of
Pnssion." This made up the first part of
tho entertainment, but, unlike most occa
sions of the kind, thore was no tedious wait
between the first and second parts, for
until the singers who wore to ren
der several numbers as the remainder
of the entertainment were prepared, Mr.
Moore gave a short biographical sketch' of
each of the singers, all of them pupils of his
own. By that time tho first singer was
ready. It was Mis- Gnyer, who sang Dudley
Buck's '"Sunset" with a great deal of tasto
and expression. She was followed br Mr.
McGUl in Fatria." by Tito Mat'el, and then
Miss Rhondes cave "In Dreamland," and
"Eyes of Hazel." Mr. Corcoran's fine bari
tone wns heard to advantage in Verui's
"Alzati," from "Un Bnllo in Maschera," and
he was succeeded by Miss Irene Saraple.who
sanglnberown excellent way "Salutation
to tho Hall," from "Tannhauser." The final
nnmber was the trio from "William Tell
"When Every Trne-Hearted Swltzer," by
Messrs. Rinehart, Gilpin and Sutley. It can
snlely be said that a more enjoyable musical
entortHlnment has seldom been given in Old
City Hall than that ot last night. It is pos
sible that Mr. Moore did not tell his audi
ence much that tbey did not know before,
especially those who had studied music, but
he gave them trite truths In such a plenain;!
w ay that they enjoyed his words as much as
if tlioy were entirely freh. Tho purport of
his whole lecture was perhaps contained in
ono remark he made that no human being
can teach singing. It can only bo conferred
by God. A teacher may instruct In the tech
nique and methods ot using the gilt of na
ture, but the voice, which was the bais of
singing, can come only from the Almighty.
Thanksgiving is surely as appropriate
a day for weddings as any in the year. It is
a day of good-fellowship and uratltude, and
it makes a pleasant anniversary tor the
wedded conple in after years, inasmuch as
the great holiday of the year and the cele
bration of the wedding day can be enjoyed
nt one and tho same time. This may bo tho
reason so many couples choose Thanksgiv
ing as their wedding dav, bnt whethor It is
or not, it is certain that Hymen finds a great
deal to do every vear on the last Thursday
in November. Pittsbnrg weddings will bo
plentiful to day, and It is to be hoped that in
every case the participants wilt have ample
reason to be thankiul lor the happiness
dating from this day.
AMONG the many weddings set lor to
day are those of Miss Alice Martin and Mr.
William H. Ninness, in tho Mt. Washington
Presbyterian Church; Miss Emma Mitchell
and Mr. Ernest B. Bowling, at St. Peter's
Church, Allegheny; Miss Lulu Young and
Mr. Richard Ehrens, at the home of the
bride's parents, Wllkinsburg; Miss Emillo
Fox and Mr. Charles B. Power, in Oakland;
Miss Sophia Heck and Mr. John Merz: Miss
Florence E. Williams and Mr. Charles St.
Clair: Miss Annie Patterson and William
Nicklan; Miss Clara E. Lemon and Mr.
Charles P. Anderson: Mi-s Lizzie Keed Sam-
Ele nnd Mr. Joseph R. Chambers, at Wilkmf
urg; Miss Laura M. Watt and Mr. Roland
McPberson.
A veky interesting ceremony Friday
afternoon at 3 o'clock will be the laying of
tho corner-stoiio of the new building of the
Western Pennsylvania Institution for the
Blind. Bel'efleldand Bayard avenues. There
will be singing by the pupils of the institu
tion, and the stone will be laid by the Presi
dent, Mr. A. M. Marshall. An address is to
he delivered bv Rev. E. P. Cowan, pastor of
the Third Presbyterian Church, and other
clergymen. As there is a possibility of in
clement weather, that Is taken into consid
eration In making. tile arrangements, and If
the outdoor conditions are untavorable
after the laying of the stone, the rest of tho
exorcises will be held iu tho Bcllefield Pres
byterian Church.
YESTERDAY a meeting of the ladles in
terested in the tea given at Mrs. Riddle's
house, Allegheny, about a week ago, to raiso
money for the admission of a young girl to
the Home for Incurables, was held to bal
ance the accounts of the tea. The satisfac
tory report was made that, after paying the
$200 admission fee for tho young girl and
spending $16 extra for necessary expenses,
it was found that a bulnnco of $110 remained.
The total receipts from the tea were J25-3.
AH tho flowers and candy and nearly all the
eatables for the tea were donated. The
ladles de-iire to thank all who assisted them.
including the newspapers. The $110 will bo
set aside as the nucleus of a fuud lor the
benefit of tho next deserving case that pre
sents itself to the charitable notice of the
ladles. Although it is a week since the tea,
those who were present nre still talking
about tho excellence of the artangements
and the enjoyable, social character of the
entertainment. It was informal, nnd per
haps for that very reason gave the more
pleasure.
An old-fashioned Thanksgiving dinner
is to be served to-day by the ladies of the
Sandusky Street Baptist Church, in the old
postofflco. The managers havo received
much commendation bccane they serve
their dinners hot and on timo, and to-day
they will make a special effort to maintain
their enviable reputation as hostesses. The
menu will bo turkey, plum pudding nnd nil
the other delicacies that are naturally asso
ciated with Thanksgiving.
Social Chatter.
To-DATwill he a Jolly ono forthollttlo
folks nt tlm Home for Colored Children.
Several weeks ago the managers of the in
stitution sent out a number of bags among
their friends which were to oa nnea with
"goodies" and then sent to the children on
Thanksgiving Day. So It is pretty certain
that there, will bo a regnlnr "bulging ont" of
big black eyes to-day w hen each child opens
its treasure.
Mrs. Milton Kino's house, on Mt. Wash
ington, will be turned into a baznr to-morrow
evening for the benefit of the Fourth
Avenue Baptist Church. All sorts of fancy
and oommon-sense articles will be on sale in
gayly decorated booths that will bo presided
over by a bevy of brightly-costumed maid
ens. Mr. and Mrs. William C Lilley, of Wal
nut street, Shadyslde, tendorod a reception
to the Young People's Christian Sociecy of
the First Presbyterian Church, Wood street,
Tuesday evening from 8 to 11, Mrs. Lilley
being assisted by Miss Livingston.
The Ladies' Aid Socloty,of the Homewood
Avenue Presbyterian Church will give an
entertainment this evening. It will be made
up or musical and elocutionary selections,
and is expected to be very entertaining.
A piano recital was given Inst ovening by
Madame A. Pupin ut the Duquesne Con
servatory of Music It was larjfely attended
and very enjoyatJle throughout.
Mr. Daniels. Berry, of Mt. Washington,
and Miss Ireno Sharp, of New Castle, will be
wedded to-morrow evening at tho home of
the bride's parents, New Castle. .
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Kaeskaddon and fam-H3-,
of Wllkinsburg, leavo next month for
Philadelphia, where they will remain per
manently. TnK first reception of the Tuesday night
class of the Duquesne Dauciug School will
bo held this evening.
Mrs. John N. Chapman, of South Negley
avenue, gives a dinner to-day.
ONE M'COMAS IS EN0UQH.
District or Columbia Lawyers Object to
Jndges Who Are Strangers.
AVashinoton, Nov. 23. Thore were re
cently two vacancies on the bench f the
District Supremo Court and when President
Harrison appointed Hon. Louis E. McOpmas
to one of them the other day thero was'on
slderable 111 suppressed dissatisfaction over
tho matter.
The Ear Association of the District, fear
ful lost an outside lawyer be appointed fco
tho other vacancy, held a meeting last night
and adopted a resolution requesting tile
Presidont to till the remaining vacancy bir
the appointment of a member of the bar of
the court now in nctivn practice therein ana
famllWr with the laws ot the District and
tho practices of its courts.
The End of the Bade.
Baltimore Amerlcan.1
The chrysanthemum grows larger, the
dude grows smaller.. Thus w.e see what will
eventually bofall the dude. He will disap
pear from view behind his chrysanthemum.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS
London covers 687 square miles,
Host sheep die before they are a year
old.
A fine Btradivarius -violin trill fetch
$6,003. x
Women of rank go bareheaded ia
Mexico. . , .
Europe Is reported to have EO.OOO
match factories.
Ginger essence contains twice as ranch
alcohol as whisky.
It would take a man 3,000 years -to read
all the standard works.
-, 7he temperature of the planet Keptuns
Is estimated to be 900 below zero.
Every year the population of th
United States is Increased by 1.000.000.
About 10,000 young men and wom-n
attend the colleges and universities In Kan
sas. France will spend nearly J2,000,000 for
arms and ammunition for the cavalry along
next year.
Artificial grass for the grounds of sea
side cottages is one of the industries at Man
chester, England.
Among the wealthy classes of Japan It
is considered undignified to ride a horse go
ing faster than a walk.
Europe consumes upward of $24,000,000
worth of gold and silver annually for plate.
Jewelry and ornaments.
At the top of Pike's Peak the air is so
rariued that cats taken there invariably
have fits and dlo before they get acclima
tized. Electrotype reproductions of rare pieces
of silver, such as are found only in museums
or valuable art collections, are among tho
latest fuds.
A costly pipe is that which the Shah of
Persia smokes o state occasions. It Is
stated to bo worth $320,000 and Is set with
rubles, diamonds and emeralds.
The translation of the New Testament
into Ganda or Luganda. the language of tha
Uganda territory, ban just been finished and
the complete book will soon be issued.
Theosophists favor cremation for two
reasons: It is the common Hindoo method
of disposing of the dead, and iris a conveni
ent and expeditious way of letting loose tha
astral body.
It is a singular coincidence that the
United States Collectors of Internal Reve
nue at Ogden, Utah, and at Lincoln, Neb.,
nre both from Farralngton, Me., and both
named Norton.
The yearly waste in the United States
through drink Is at least $300,MW,000- In 10
years $10,000,000,000 have been thns wasted.
This is equal to thn whole savings of tha
people from 1783 to 1S57.
The oldest arm chair in the world is tho
throne once used by Qneen Hatafu, who
nourished in Egypt 1600 U. C. It is made of
ebony, beautifully carved andis so hardened
with age its to appear to be carved from
black marble.
A late portable plate-warmer is maJa
of tinned wire and will hold 12 plates. Tha
body of the rack, which is a stoutly mads
wire frame, shaped like & half circle, rests
on four legs and is divided in a way similar
to u toast rack.
Some of the native women of Australia
havo a queer Idea of beauty. They cut
themselves with sholls, keep the wounds
open for a long time, and when tbey heal
huge scars are the result. These scars aro
deemed highly ornamental.
The cities that claim to be the birth
place or Columbai outnumber those ancient
cities that claimed Homer Italy, England,
Ireland and Spain, all baving their advo
cates. Only two or three, however, insist
that they have his remains.
The compass plant of Asia 3Iinor,known
all nlong the eastern shores ot the Mediter
ranean and as far east as Arabia and Persia,
is mentioned in the Bible, where the pro
phet refers to "that seneless thing which
i moro stable than man, inasmuch as it
always polnteth in the one direction."
The Vienna Academy of Sciences is
about to publish the Etruscan ritual book
which was discovered in the wrappings of
a mummy lust year by Prof. Krai!. This
book is tho only survivor of the famous
Etruscan literature of divination and ritual
of which we hear so much In ino Latin
classics, especially in Cicero and Llvy.
Dentists say that the greatest difficulty
they meet with m their work is the match
ing of false teeth with the natural teeth of
their customers. The tooth factories supply
dentists with rings upon which aro strung
thin metal bars, each carrying a tooth at its
extremity. There are 25 of these sample
teeth, that run all the wav lrom nearly
white to a shade that is almost olive.
Among the great men of the world bias
eyes have always predominated. Socrates,
ShakcsDeare, Locke, Bacon, Milton, Goethe,
Franklin, Napoleon and Renau all had bluo
eves. The eyes of Bismarck, Gladstone,
Huxley, Virchow and Buchner are also of
this color, aim an tne presidents or tne
United states except General Harrison en
joyed t lie same cerulean color as to their
optics.
The horseshoe snperstition is very old.
Tho ancients believed that iron as a metal
had unknown powers, and would drive nails
into their wails to keep off pestilence. It has
nlway9 beon thought uncommonly lucky to
find a piece or the metal, and ad horseshoes
were the form in which it was most fre
quently found.the superstitious regard came
to be transferred from the material to the
shape.
In the Northern part of Pern, in what
is otherwise an arid desert, tho celebrated
"rain tree" grows. This species, Eatas va
pero, though not large or ot much commer
cial value, is a veritable South American
wonder, having the f xtraordlnary property
ot condensing what little moisture there is
lu the atmosphere so as to cause a continual
mist to exudo (seemingly) lrom it3 leaves
aud branches.
LIFE'S LITTLE LAUGHS.
Halfback, '92 (as he is dragged from be
neath a truck-load of scrap Iron that was over
turped on Kim) Was It a touch down?
He That friend of yours seems to be
very familiar. He slapped me on the back and
cahed me "old man."
bhe-So he told me. He said he hadforgottea
your name.
She Why is it when physicians get sick
they never attend their own cases?
He I don't know.but I should say It was because
they can't charge anything rbr It.
The Heiress How can you ask ma to be
your wlfe.Mr.Syrapsnnne. when you are dependent
on your rather for an Income?
bynipJonne-Bat, Gad, I won't be if I marry yout
Mother (reading over a batch of her son'g
rejected Joles) I'm snre I can't see, John, when
the editor prints such stupid Jokes, why they
should reject yours.
He'd write a book on how to love,
With points on what to say.
But when he tried to pop one night.
He fainted dead away.
"Then you are going to marry him simply
for his money. I hope he'll never Had it out and
despise you for it."
"O. dear.no! I have told Mm Just how It is. Ha
says he knows his money Is much more worth lov.
inc than himself, and he Is grateful to mefor taking
him with It."
"It's the little things that tell."
Adage true, like many others.
If you don't believe It well
Ask big sisters with small brothers.
Conservative Englishman I like the good
old custom or yours of the thanksgiving dinner.
Yonng America-Yes; It is such a good oppor.
tunlty to have one's poor relations to dine without
asking anyone else.
Strawber This Is the first Thanksgiving
In ray life that I have had to dine alone.
Slngerly-What's tho trouble? Couldn't you get
anyone to ask you to dinner?
Temperance Lecturer What is the mat
ter? "Why don't you ring up?
Manager-We can't get a drop of liquor In tha
whole town and the Horrible Example Is dead
sober.
Clara Going to chnrch Thanksgiving?
Tilly-No, I ain't got nothing to be thankful fori
Clara Well, you ought to De thankful for that.
Lize What yo' got to be thankful fo
nfgga.'?
Uncle MoseDat colekuns eaa't see after da'