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PITTSBURG'S RANK.
An item published yesterday states that
MajorGourley has sent to the World's
Fair a condensed statement with regard to
the city of Pittsburjr, giving its population
in 1893 r.t 275,000, with fisrures for its valu
ation, miles of streets, water works capac
ity, etc., inproportion. The estimate of
35,000 increase in population for it three
years since 1890 is a conservative one. It
is, liowe er, probably as mucb as it is safe
tor official figures to predicate.
On these, and the similar figures of the
census, outsiders will base their estimates
of Pittiburs- All sources accessible to
the outside world give it rank as a city of
about a quarter of a million souls, with
the capital, industries and extent that sre
common to that size. This is the inevita
ble result of the political division which
confines all official statements of Pitts
burg's population and magnitude within
the legally fixed city limits. .Neither the
Mayor or any other official can transgress
these lines in reporting the magnitude of
the city. But it may be worth while for
Pittsburgers themselves to reflect on the
difference it would make in the rank of
their city if the reports comprised the "en
tire manufacturing community known as
Pittsburg.
Suppose, for instance, that visitors at
Chicago were to learn of Pittsburg that it
possessed a population of 800,000 instead
of 275,000; that its valuation, streets,
water works capacity and other details of
our city organization were on the in
creased scale represented by the larger
figures. Would it not make a decided
difference in the estimate of the world
whether Pittsburg ranked above St. Louis
and Cincinnati or below Cleveland and
Buffalo? Tet it is a fact that the" greater
figure is really about the population that
goes to make up the Pittsburg commu
nity, but is divided politically among,
three cities and over a dozen towns and
boroughs.
In other words, our rank before the
world is persistently and deliberately de
graded in order to maintain separata
municipal governments which do not per
form their work either so efficiently or so
economically as a consolidated govern
ment should.
SPECULATION AND PRICES.
A very good sp ecimen of the arguments
by which the great forma ot business
gambling are defended is presented by the
Kew York Post in connection with the
recent rise in cotton. The fact that cot
ton has advanced from 7y to 10 cents is
admitted to be chiefly due to the short
crop; but the Post says "the price could
not have gone anywhere near so high if
the dealers had been unable to deal in
options."
That journal seems unable to perceive
tbatso far as this refers to the purely spec
ulative options which is the only kind
with regard to which it is true it proves
altogether too mucb. If the preponder
ance of the betting element on the long
Bide of the market has advanced the price
so much beyond what it would have been
under legitimate transactions, it proves
that the same influence on the other side
would unduly depress the market. The
cotton raisers have lately been suffering
from an extreme depression of the market
much more than they are likely to get
back from the present rise. They have
been inclined to charge the excessive de
pression to the speculators, which journals
like the Fosthaxe vigorously pooh-poohed.
But when the Pott credits the
extra advance to speculation it implies
that the same influence may be charged
with the excessive decline.
The fact is that while betting on the
fluctuations of any staple cannot per
manently change the level of prices fixed
by demand and supply, it can and does
exaggerate the fluctuations. In this is its
vicious effect on legitimate transactions in
the same staple. As truly as that the
land is happy which has an uneventful
history is the commercial interest prosper
ous which has few and gradual fluctua
tions of value. The influence that exag
gerates fluctuations increases the hazards
of genuine business and invests it with the
gambling character of the betting on the
exchanges.
As to options which are legitimate 'tn
their character, in other words the future
contracts which involve actual delivery
and bona fide use of the staple contracted
for, the assertion of the Post does not
apply. Such transactions steady the mar
ket and decrease its fluctuations, thereby
demonstrating their vitally different char
acter from the betting options.
PREMIER LOUBET"S DOWNFALL.
Premier Loabet's Ministry was over
thrown by a majority of 85 votes in the
French Chamber of Deputies yesterday.
The immediate question under considera
tion was whether a resolution made by a
private member should have precedence
' over the order of the day as moved by the
Premier. The resolution was an expres
sion of regret that the Ministry should
have failed to order an autopsy on the
body of Baron de Reinacb, whose
' sudden death was alleged to have a
more or less direct connection with the
Panama prosecutions the announcement
of which it immediately followed. The
Minister of Justice declared that all the
proceedings of the burial followed the
regular forms, and that the Ministry was
powerless to order a post mortem exam
ination. The Premier declared that the
resolution could be intended as nothing
but an expression- of distrust in the Min
istry, and that he would treat It as such.
The result was that the Ministers handed
in their portfolios, received seven months
ago, and their resignations'were accepted
by President Carnot
The volatility of the French character,
and the complicated sub-divisions of
French political parties, render an ac
curate explanation of a ministerial crisis
a difficult matter. When the impending
Parliamentary inquiry is remembered as
an additional feature in the case, the com
plications become even more involved in
this case than usual. On the one hand
the ministry had shown its sincerity in
trying to get at the bottom of Panama bus
iness by instituting the prosecutions of the
promoters and contractors. On the other
the accusation of corruption against 150
Deputies jnd some few Senators had re
sulted in the decision that a Parliament
tary investigation was necessary as a sup
plement to thp prosecutions. It may be
that the charges are well founded, and
that the-defcat of the Ministry is due to
the concerted action on the pait of cul
prits to gain time to coyer up so far as J
may be the traces of their criminality.
Cabinets come and go in Pans on such
slight provocation, and changes of Gov
ernment are made on such various pre
texts, that future developments alone can
reliably explain this latest change in the
political kaleidoscope if indeed it be
explicable at all.
CONTINENTAL UNION.
A remarkable sp-eeh was made at Mon
treal last night by Mr. Elgin Myers, Q. C,
who was dismissed from the Crown Attor
neyship, nine months ago, by Sir Oliver
Mow at, Premier of Ontario, for publicly
advocating the political union of Canada
with the United States The dismissal
from office has resulted in increased fame
and popularity for the eloquent advocate.
The place in which the speech was made,
the manner of its reception and the mat
ter it contains are all evidence of the-rapid
and steady growth of public opinion in
favor of Continental Union.
That the matter should bemore agitated
and discussed on that side the border than
in th's country is right and proper from
every point of view. The dignity of this
country would forbid its being the prime
mover in the matter, and the superior ad
vantages to be derived by Canada render
its increasing eagerness as compared to
the apathy on this sidj quite
natural. But that there would
be both commercial and political
advantages to the United States resulting
from the union is incontestable. The
junction must in the natural course of
things come sooner or later, and the great
est difficulty to be overcome on either
side the boundary would be found in the
hesitancy of party leaders to conssnt to an
enlargement of the voting power by a
factor unknown and undiscoverable ex
cept by experience.,
The speech itself, to be found else
where, is a model of trenchant incisive
ness. Its arguments are unanswerable,
and they are advanced with a force
almost irresistible. The movement must
crow with such able advocates, and when
it has spread throughout the country
nothing from without can oppose it. As
between England and Canada the prelim
inaries are continmlly approaching ma
turity. That reached, the question will
have to be settled between Canada and
the United States, independently of and
despite the "practical" politicians of both
countries.
MANNERS TOR THE SENATE.
Something new in the line of qualifica
tions for Senatorial duties is presented by
our brilliant cotemporary, the New York
Sun. In reply to the criticism of Mr.
Edward Murphy, as the .stated candidate
of Tammany, the shining Sun forcibly
avers that Mr. Murphy is a model of pol
ished manners and the pink of courtesy.
"As a matter of fact," the Sun says, "Mr.
Murphy's presence exhibits a style which
many of his self-constituted opponents
might well study to imitate."
The idea that manners constitute quali
fication for Senatorial work is one that
would make a statesman of Turveydrop.
The Sun prudently inserts a saving clause
to the effect that "except in gross cases
the manners of a statesman are not very
interesting or pertinent to his deserts."
But tho idea that it has something to do
with it is evidently back of this positive
eulogy of Mr. Murphy's bland suavity and
persuasive deference. Probably the exer
cise of these qualities in the securing of
street railway grants, to say nothing of
their emollient effects on the waid heelers
of Troy, may explain that gentleman's
rise to the higher ranks of Tammany
statesmanship.
Yet when we come to study the matter
we are not impressed by the prominence
of smooth manners among our successful
statesmen. OldBen Wade was a man of e'x
ceedinglygruff manners. Horace Greeley
was not much better; but either of them
had more statesmanship than the entire
total of the Tammany-Hill Democracy.
Lincoln's manners were the jeer of the
opposition. Charles Sumner was cold and
repellent in personality. Grant was glum
and silent except among his intimates..
When we come to think of it we are
called upon to inquire whether the absence
of the exterior polish in statesmen is not
to be taken as an indication at least of the
development of some more positive and
desirable mental force.
We are glad to learn that Mr. Murphy
has good manners. But that qualification
does not make it entirely clear that a man
whose positive character is that of "a polit
ical dealer in street railway franchises
will be a very great acquisition in the
United States Senate as tne successor of
Conkhng, Evarts, Kernan, Seward and
Marcy. There does not seem to be any
positive necessity that Mr. Murphy shall
instruct the United States Senate how to
giveaway franchises to grabbers in the
most polite manner. The Pacific railways
will probably take the gift of their debt'
to the Government just as promptly
whether it is conferred without any frills
or turned over to them with Mr. Murphy's
most imposing graces.
In booming his pet scheme and seeking
a national guaranty for the bonds of the
Nicaragua Canal Company. Mr. "Warner
Miller really ought to explain why a K-uar-
anty or sioo,oup,ooo should be even asked for,
wlien the promoter's own expert engineers
estimated the cost of the undertaking at
only $65,000,000. And even if he succeeded in
explaining away a discrepancy so suggestive
of suspicion, Mr. Miller suould still bo told
firmly and kindly that tho enterprise is so
circumstanced us to be entirely unfit for
governmental interference of any kind. The
more reason there is to believe that the wort
will pay, the less excuse have the promoters
for asking aid from the national credit. And,
on the other band, the government of this
country should certainly not be asked to
back any scheme that is -doubtful enongb. to
need such Indorsement as to procure in
vestors. There is a great deal of talk among
Democrats about the dopletlon oftho
national Treasury. But it is to be expected
that in some manner or other the means for
log-rolling wilt be forthcoming as usual,
hopes to the contrary on the part ot the pub
lic notwithstanding.
Ir Pittsburgers could only be induced to
raise th'elr eyes irom absorption in the
search for Immediate profits, the advan
tages of public-spirited support for the Ohio
Elver and Lake Erie Canal would become so
manifest as to make its commencement
speedy and its accomplishment a matter of
urgoncy. There are plenty or men In Pitts
burs so situated as to be aDle to Invest
money for the benefit of their successors
and the municipality for over. And there
aro many more to whom a serious effort
"would soon bring the realization that indi
vidual gain is creatly enhanced In the long
run by efforts on behalf of the community's
welfare.
Contract laborers can best be excluded
by a prompt and rigorous prosecution of the
American oinployers who Import them.
Evasions of the law are so common that
there ought to be no troblo In finding oppor
tunities to make an example of a few
violators.
There is little room for surprise that the
rapidity of the comet's motion, ana the sud
denness which astronomers change their
minds about it, have been sucti as to drivo
several slow-moving Philadclphlans out of
their wits. To a Philadeiphian theie must
be something positively wicked in the pace
of this earth's dally progress, but fortun
ately that Is a matter so lamtllar from birth,
up as to have never received a thought.
Select Council failed to have a quo
rura yesterday. No quorum is a dangerous
disease which must not be allowed to lay
hold of Pittsburg Counctlmen. They aie
elected to perlorm the city's busine&s, and
they ought to do It.
Madame Modjeska asserts that West
ern cowboys aro more familiar with Shakes
peare and abler in their criticisms than too
dramatic censors of New York. Slio ought
to know what she Is talking abont,and those
who know most of tho average cowboy's
habits and antecedents will see that she is.
not so hard on tho dramatic critics or the
"East as appears on tho surface of her re
maiks. Three men were sentenced to be hanged
for murder by Judge Kennedy yesterday,
llur, as this is Allegheny county, the con
victs' lives will probably be sale for some
time to come at loast.
It is unfortunate for America that Ger
many is aiming to prevent tho emigration
of just those who are best fitted for emula
tion from this country's point of view. For
the young, stiong and industrious o have
still room in this land, and those are tho
very men, whom Kaiser Wilhelm is anxious
to keep at home lor the benefit of his army.
Local doctors had a banquet last night,
and from all acconnts they paid about as
little attention to tho laws of digestion as
most of their unlearned patients do.
The establishment of the Chicago Yacht
Club as an institution equipped to graduato
able seamen is an enterprise characteristic
of the Windy City's public spirit. It should
be of great value in producing men for serv
ice on the lakes. And, in a cao of emer
gency, its graduates would doubtless prove
valuable material lor the nation's use.
Messrs. DYRENrrRTii and Company
aro successful in spending money and mak
ing a noise, but that hardly compensates for
their failure to produce rain.
Prophet Hicks, ot St. Louis, would do
well to agitato for practical sanitary loform
in that city instead of trying to agitate peo
ple in general by theories or the vitiation of
earth's utmospuero by planets or comets.
Thirteen hundred cases of typhoid fever in
St. Louis in ono week give strong evidence
of the need for leform.
Possible contingencies are still the un
known quantities and controlling circum
stances of local politics.
There is room lor a great deal of care
ful consideration of freight discrimination
by tho 'Chamber of Commerce Committee on
Railroads and" Transportation bcfoie it re
pot is on the subject. And the report will
De all the stronger for-any slight delay de
voted to deliberation without waste of
time.
PERTINENT PERSONALITIES.
Chairman Carter will resume the
practice of law in Helena, Mont.
ButheefordB. Hayes has been elected
President again of the Board of Trustees or
the Ohio State Univeisity.
Senator Cullom's brother is Post
master at Joliet, 111. lie looks enough like
the Senator to be Mr. Lincoln. '
QUEEN Yictoria has six children, 3G
grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren,
the last odd and unlucky number hiving
Just been born.
A TlTUSVlLLE, Pa, man whose wife re
cently presented him with triplets, a sou
ana two daughters, promptly named them
Grover, Frances and Ruth.
According to latest reports published
in Ftgaro it seems that yesterday's accident
to Baron Hirsch is only a bad burn that will
be all right again after a few days rest.
Vice President-elect Stevenson
will travel from Bloomiugton to Washing
ton on a special train, which has already
been arranged for by the Democrats of his
borne.
The engagement is announced of Miss
Florenco Miller, daughter of tho Attorney
-Genera, to Clifford Arriek, a young lawyer
of Washington, D. C, employed at present
in tho Depaitment of Justice.
Hon. Patrick Egan, Minister to Chile,
left Chicago last evening for Washington
after being entertained by Harlow N. HLcin
botham, President of tho World's Pair
Directory, who took him over the Exposi
tion grounds and gave a luncheon for him
afterward at his house.
Matthew Laflin, of Chicago, has
given $75,000 toward.buildingahomefor the
Academy, of Sciences in thateity,and George
C Walker will udd $100,000 if it be erected on
the Southside. The trustees, however, are
believed to favor Lincoln Park for this pur
pose. M. W. Muechison, who has always been
regarded as tne author of tho famous letter
to Lord Sackville West, says positively that
he did not write it. Mr. Mnrohison was
mentioned for several appointments four
years ago, but got nothing.
ABGDHENTS FOB OPTIONS
Advanced by the Savannah Cotton Ex
chango Against the Hatch Bill.
SAVABSAHrGA., Nov. 28. Tne opposition
to tne Hutch-Washburn anti-options bill Is
apparently gathering force daily in the
South. JTo-day the Secretary of the Savan
nah Cotton Exchange sent a memorial to
United States-Senators Gordon und Colquitt,
containing tne ioiiowing:
"The assertion that the exchanges of the
country are banded together for tho pur
pose ot depressing the prices of farm piod
ucts is entirely and absolutely refuted by
the recent advance of about 3 cents per
pound, in cotton from the lowest price
touched last spring, in the taco or an enor
mous surplus carried over and due solely to
a short crop. This rise iu tne value of cot
ton proves beyond controversy that tho
laws of supply and demand regulate valaos,
and that the exchanges do not depress
prices as claimed. Ir it were not lor the ox
uhanxetf that .deal in futures tho producer
would be at the mercy of the consumer
alone, who wouldmoie largely deal from
band to mouth, and thus force tne farmer to
dispose of his product at ruinous prices."
JfOBE PITTSBUEQ ENTEBPBIBE.
A. Wealthy SyndlcUe BayS Up Coal Plants
tt Wampum, Pa.
New Castij-J Nov. 28. Special. Recently
a number or important deals.'involvlng the
transfer or valuable mineral lands havo
been contaminated near Wampum. A Pitts
burg man, named Hunter, who is supposed
toret-resenta wealthy syndicate, has been
instrumental in making the purchases. Mr.
Unnter says he will employ 73 men at first,
but will gradually extend .ii operations at
least ttouble. A new bridge is to oe built
across' the river at once, ana this will con
nect Wampum and Newport with the mines
ana quarries.
A LOOK AROUND.
Do you know "The Little Devil of the
Crossing!" No! Well I think you do, oven
if yon do not know htm by that name. He
has a number of abiding places, but his
favorite haunt is under the loose part of a
street car rail at a much used crossing.
Sometimes he rides on the wheel of an ice
or iron wagon or chuckles from tho hub of
the rattling wheel or tho huriying sewing
machine man's light vehicle. His business
is to be disagreeable, and he is a completo
success. Ho waits at the bottom or a nice
brown puddle of liquid mud mud like tur
key gravy with "giblets" therein and with a
fine eye he seleots a time to shoot forth long
splashes and little brown drops like maple
sugar lozenges. 'He does riot waste time or
material on tramps or untidy people, not he.
He bides his time, and when two. ladles in
light drcssos and a man with a high hat and
immaculate get-up stand waiting for a
chance to cross, he lets go with all the am
munition at his command.
I SAW him in such a mood yesterday
morning at the corner of Wood street and
Fifth nvenuo. ne was in great luck. He
placed a fine embroidery of mud, cart grease
and slush over the tronts of two light
dresses, a brown tailor-made gown and threo
men of unprotcntlous mien and unexpected
stiength of language. Sometimes oppor
tunities liko this lor a full, free and frank
expression of thought are wasted through
inexperience or lack of fluency, but on this
occasion there was an old river captain and
a Chicago Urummer to the front, and nothing
was overlooked by them. As for tho ladies,
they lingered lor a fow moments to look,
what the tno men said.
This same sprite is busy with brick pave
ments at this season in tho hill districts.
You go out in viigin linen and smartly shin
ing shoes. You troad on a loose brick and
something chucks you under the chin and
you find you aro wearing a polkadot shirt
and a beard which has shot up from tho
pavement.
Speaking of mud, reminds me of drink
ing wator. Litre many another Plttaburgor,
I havo been familiar with the tact that
Pittsburg lues an enormous amount of
water compared with other citlcs,but it was
not until yesterday that I fully compre
hended how large this iisa.ro was. I heard
ono or tho clerks In the Water Assessor's
office say in answer to some inquiry: "Tho
most water pumped on any one day was 46,-
000,000 gallons. We aro now using about
40,000,000 gallons a day." A look into tho re
poit of Chief Bigolow of 189, showed that
tho daily aveiage last year was 33.76J.000
gallons as against 20,000,000 gallons In 1SS3.
In July, 80I, the dally averago was 42,390 000
gallons. Taking 40,000,00 as a basis, it means
that counting the population at 250,000,
every man, woman and child uses 100 gal
lons a day.
Phew! What made these figures so
staitllng to mo was the fact that I bad just
finished reading a pamphlet on tho water
supply of London by J. L. Loblcy, Professor
ot Physiography of the City of Loudon Col
lego. His pamphlet was published about
threo months ago to show how London
could increase her supply. He says that in
1S01 the daily use In London amounted to
185,100,000 gallons fom population of 5,037,271.
He estimated that 250.00fl.000 would be neces
sary in a comparatively short time when
the population l cached 8,000,000, allowing a
little over Si gallons per capita.
These figures, absurd as it seems, mean
that if Pittsbuig keeps up her ratio of
water supply when she is as big as London
is now she will use 300,003,000 or gallons a
diy, which is twice as much us tho entire
flow of the Kiver Thamos during the sum
mer and half us much us its flow at flood tide
averages iri winter. Verily it dbos seem as
though we aro uncommonly clcanl? people
or very wasteful ones. It is aDout time to
look for leaks.
If city polities grow much warmer they
will melt tho City Hall elevator shafts and
tho people it ill have to climb the stairs
agaiu. What a muddle there is Just now.
"How is fall trade?" I asked a wholesale
grocor. "Tip-top. Orders large, prices lair
and collections good," was the prompt reply.
"Very good so far," replied a drygoods mer
chant to the same query. "Capital outlook
for the holidays," replied a jeweler, while
"Dull but hopeful," was the summary of a
general iron and steel manufacturer.
"How does Ohio ieel now that she has
astonished the oountry by her PresidcntuI
vpte?" said I to a Columbus railroad man,
who's a Democrat. "She is s.till astonished,"
he replied. "It Isn't safe to go out in the
country loads and cry out that you are a
Democrat. If you do the sheep chase you."
There was a report afloat yesterday that
Controller Morrow had agreed to accept a
position in a large commercial establishment
at a good sized salary. He was a much
sought after man yesterday, but had llttlo
or nothing to say about his own affairs.
The big greenho"use at the entrancp to
Schenley park begins to take something like
definite shape. It attracts large crowds on
pleasant bnndays. Walter.
BEFOHH THAT IS SEAL,
Congressman Dockery Points Out a Way
Wherein Cle eland Should Walk.
St. Loura, Nov. 23. Special. Congressman
Dockery left for Washington to-night. Be
fore his departure he submitted to an inter
view and threw in political salt and pepper
and spice that made his remarks well
seasoned. He would not talk about the
Cabinet or&cveland's choice patronage, but
this much he did say:
"Belorm in the departments is tho word,
and to get -it Congress must be Dacked up by
the administration. W hile Congi ess wi es ties
with tariff problems, let thePiesidentprune
out tho departments. Fully one-third of the
cleiks could well be spaied. There are lots
ot old lellows who have long outlived their
usefulness, and who are veritable civil pen
sioners upon a tax-ridden people. Ofcour.-o
it appears hard to drop these persons, and
yet it is also hard for tax-eaten people to
contriDnte to tueir support, x'li give you i
an illustration of what I mean: Colonel F. I
U Ainswortu, unlet ot tne uecorus and Pen
sion Division of the War Department, is
doing the work forineily assigned to one
Colonel and eight Majors and he is saving
the uovernment at least $juu,uju a year.
"He has devised a system oi cam indexing
so perfect that iu live minutes he can turn
to Hie record of any one of the 2,023,000 men
who served in the Federal armies. Form
erly it requited a host of clerks to thumb
over the rolls for hours in searcn of a single
record. If I had my way I should make
AinswortU a Brigadier General, and appoint
him Commissioner of Pensions. I would
give him lull charge of the pension depart
ment, and would divorce it from politics
altogether. When Ainswortu completes his
present indexing of the records, which will
occupy him about 12 months, ho can dis
charge about 600 clerks. Isn't thatrefotm
and a saving for youT. Every department or
tne Government could bo pruned tho same
way, and Mr. Cleveland and his administra
tion suboidlnatcs will not be true to the
people if thoy do not do it."
NO SOUVENIB COINS TBI.
The Delivery of the World's Pair Beantles
-HBxpected to Begin In Two Weeks.
Washiqtox, Nov. 2a Vice President
Gage, of the World's Fair Commission, had
a satisfactory conference to-day with the
Secretary of the Treasury in legard to the
delivery of the 5,10,003 souvenir coins now
being made at the Philadelphia Mint.
It is expocted that the delivery of the
pieces already coined will begin in about
two weeks, lteports to the contrary not
withstanding, not a single one of the sou
venirs has yet left tho Philadelphia Mint.
Where They Differ.
Fhllsaelphia Times.
The main' difference between the ordinary
mule and Nancy Hanks is that while the
strength or, the former lies in its hind feet,
hers is in heV four feet.
A Baby in Anns.
Atlanta Journal. J-
Gcnoial Booth's baby has been baptized
and christened as a member of the S.ilva
tlon Army. It may,' indeed, bo called a baby
Inarms, ' i
EVEN CLOSES THAN OHIO.
, f s
Harrison's Apparent l'lurallty In North
Dakota Is Only 13. . '
Bismarck, N. D., Nov. 23. Official returns
have been received at the office of the Sec
rotary pf State from all counties In mo
State except six Billings, Bottineau, Em
mons, Mcintosh, Pierce and tower. The
figures on tho counties heard from give the
Weaver electors 230 majority. Private ad
vices from tho counties not yet officially re
ported show tho Harrison eiectots to have a
majority of 15. Emmons and Bottineau
counties havo both been held back on ac
count of contests. In Bottineau county
Michaels is contesting Havervolrt's seat to
the Legislature, claiming that 210 Indians
in that district had no right to vote. These
two contests will figure materially in deter
mining the complexion ot tho electoral vote
or this State. Ir the Emmons County Board
is sustained and it is decided the "Indians
had a right to vote tho electoral vote will go
for Harrison. Otherwise it will be for
eaver.
Ttie announcement that tho courts would
bo called upon to determine the right of a
lady to hold the office of Superintendent or
Public Instruction hns created considerable
excitement. With the selection, sale and
lousing of something more than 1,000,000
acres of land, the office or Superintendent or
Public instruction is the busiest and most
heavily-laden with work or any kind In the
State. According to the terms of the consti
tution, nono of theso can be sold for less
than $10 per aero, thus involving the hand
line of more than $10,000,000
It is understood that tho contest as to
Mrs. Eisenhuth's eligibility is no: to bo
hi ought to rob that lady ot any of her just
rights, but to place boyond any question,
thus early in the history or the State, the
validity or tho title to the lands disposed by
this depaitment. The opinion has beon ex
pressed hero that an effort will be made to
have tho coming Legislature pass laws
taking the public lands from this depart
ment und establishing a new State office for
this work. This would probably requlro a
vote or tho people us a constitutional
amendment. Mrs. Eisenhuth has engaged
counsel and announced her intention to
piosccuto her claim.
M0EGAN NOT CAST DOWN.
He Was Defeated by Working People Who
Aro Tired of Good 7 Imcs.
T. R. Morgan, St., or Alliance, and his son
wore at tho Duquesne yesterday. It wa his
first visit to Pittsburg since the election,
when ho was knocked out for Congress in
MrKinley's old district. Ho takes bis defeat
philosophically, and says bo hasn't lost
faith in the Republican party and its prin-.
ciples. ,
"I us6d to think I was a pretty clever fol
low until l got into tins iignt," ne said, "i
alwnys took a great deal of interest In poli
tics and hustled to elect other people. 1
had no idea people wonld tell sucti lies
about me as the) did. The Homestead strike
was dragged into tho contest and it was told
mound that I nas hand and glove with tho
Carnegies, and had even sent men to Home
stead to help them out. But It was not this
that defeated me. I had every reason to be
lieve on the night before tho election that I
nouldwin out. I attribute my defeat to
tho working people. They got tired
of good times. It nus this that
overwhelmed the Republican party. There
aie two ways for people to learn, through
education or stifforing. I think whon tho
laboring classes get a dose of poverty thoy
"ill come back into the fold. I expect to
see the country Koptibllcan four years
hence.
"The result of the election lias certainly
killed lots or new business. Millions of dol
lais were to be invested in new enterprises,
but the people are afraid now. Present busi
ness has not been hurt much, but then it is
too early too tell. I will run my works as
long as I have orders. As Jang as the eco
nomic policy of tho country is so unsettled
we can't expect to see our industries pros
perous. I hopo for the best, nowever. The
Democrats said tho tariff was a fraud, but
they don't believe it."
AGAINST C02F0BATI0N WBECKEES.
Important Ballroad Legislation Under Con
sideration in Georgia.
Atlahta, Nov. 2i A great doal of con
sideration is being given by tho people of
Georgia to a bill introduced in the Lower
IIouso of tho Georgia Legislature. The bill
is designed to prevent the wrecking of rail
road property and prescribes severe penal
ties. Any act done by a directorjor offi
cer of a railroad company, with the deslgir
to wieck tho road, by whloL. act alono or In
conjunction, with other acts the railroad
company Is wrecked, is made a felony pun
ished by imprisonment In the penitentiary
for not exceeding ten years or by fine not
exceeding $10,000 or oy both.
An act done bv a director or officer of a
company, with the intent to depress the
value of the stock ot the company, is made
prima facie ovidonce of intent to wreck the
property. Any peison ' not a director
or officer of the company who
conspiies with n director or officer to do acts
prohibited by the bill, shall be punished to
the satno extent as though a director or
officer. It is said there is a good prospect
for the bill to become a law.
GROYNE u'oING TiUN.MNG.
It will probably be noticed that the Cleve
land Ready Letter Writer is also taking an
after-election rest. Washington Post.
Jilt. Cleveland keeps right on making
dead ducks. He has literally strewn the
country with them. Detroit Free Frets.
The office seekers will take notice that all
roads lead away Irom tho place where
Cleveland is staying. SU LouU Globe Demo
crat. Ducks do not wait to hear the report or
Mr. Cleveland's fowling piece. They have
heard the election returns. iVeui York Tele
gram. President-elect Cleveland Is duck shoot
ing. Ho probably does this to get In prac
tice berore he-receivos another delegation
of Illinois office seekers. Chicago Mail.
Is sheer desperation Grover was com
pelled to quietly absent himselr from New
York to avoid the horde of office seekers
and would-be advisers. Sim iiburg Tele
graph. Mic Cleveland has gone on a shooting ex
cursion. The character of the stories he
tells upon his return will determine whether
he is still the typical American. Omaha
World Herald.
Mb. Gboveb Cleveland is now at Hog
Island hunting ducks. The ex-President
always was a bright man in. certain ways.
Now that he is elected ne wonld have little
safety at Buzzard's Bay. Cleveland World.
Mb. Cleveland only asks to be let alone a
fow days, and if the man with a Kodak: muse
follow him, he should be content with push
ing the bntton, and refrain from using his
tongue as an interrogation point. He may
use It in that fashion once too otten for his
personal comfort. Philadelphia Telegraph.
llEroitTS from Virginia state that Mr. Clevo
land went ont on Friday, killed four ducks
"aud returned vory much fatigued." It
would seem, thereiore, that thero aro other
wearisome occupations besldos that of listen
ing to the entreaties of ofll:e seekers. A'ew
York Press.
DEATHS HERE AND LLSEWHERE.
Peter Leezer, Braddock.
Peter Leezer, formerly a well-known cit
izen of Ilraddock, died jesterday at llumeslcaa
from a.stroke of paralysis. The deceased nras at
one time extensively enraged In the lumber busi
ness at Braddock, and operated a lumber mill here.
Me was the original owner of all I lie property
where the water works now stand, and was quite
wealthy. He was 73 yeara old.
Charles Narry, Dramatist.
Charles Narry is'dead. He was born at
Beques. In 18 of an Irish family that had gone to
France after the flight of James II. from England.
UoinalcliUbeg.nnliifin 1S74. with the romance,
Two Hearts m Mystery." and two comedies
plared at the Oikon. Ho was one or the directors
of the OUeon In J653-M. He also published "Le
Baldu Dlaule, " andmanjr other stories aud play.
Obituary Notes.
Sabau M. BOSESTiiAi,. wire or Morris Rosen
thal, a well-known Hebrew liquor dealer on Wylle
avenue, died yesterday.
IIrbk Wahbman. President of Lloyd's Com
mercial Society, which owns the newspaper Pesther
Lima, is dead. He was one of the most brilliant
Hungarian orators In the Uelscusratn.
Miss Axnie A. Poweb, of McKecsport, sister
or Dr. H. J. Tower, a wealthy resident or that
city, died Sunday morning after niontns of illness.
The 1'ower family lia o many friends In l'ltuburg.
Emanuel Ccsteb, father of the late General
George Custer, the famous cavalry leader, died
Sunday at the residence or his son, if even J- B..
Cui,uri in l'arjuiivUle. illcli. Tan deceased was
aiKiutsSTeariior.ig.-. j '
DEItHIKN- 1'LACKIK, As.Lt.-uit Civil Engineer of
the Naihv.llt, C'li.itta'iooa and ft. Louis .i.illway,
ciled yestercfir at the Nashville City Hifsplul rrom
burntrecelrertbyllie explosion of alargenuantlty
ox nreworas tuv uiku. v uw jcoioirauc cele
bration, AovemDcru.
A BRILLIANT WEDDING.
Marriage of Miss Jennie Sarah Arthurs
and Dr. Benjamin M. Hanna at St. An
drew's Episcopal Church A Drawing
Boom Talk Gossip of Society.
All days arc beautiful to a bnde. It is
a good thing they are, for the weather con
ditions yestorday possessed little attractive
ness in themselves, and required the glamor
of a joyful occasion to make them anything
but unpleasant. No one in tho bridal party
was likely to think muelrabout the weather,
however, and when Miss Jennie Sarah
Arthurs and Dr. Benjamin Malrs Hanna met
in St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, to be
joined in marriage, in the midst of a bril
liant assemblage of friends, everything
seemed sunshiny and glowing. The gown
of tho bride was or heavy fawn-colored silk,
trimmed elaborately with Duchess lace.
Her brown hair was braided and wound in
compact fashion, while HIlos of tho valley
vera intertwined in her rich tresses. She
carried a large bunch of bridal roses and
lilies of the valley, tied with many loose
ends of narrow white ribbon. Her sole at
tendant wan a llttlo flower girl, Hester
Singer, the five-year-old daughter of Mr. G.
Harton Singer. Sho Is a cousin of the bride
Hor frock: was of white silk, and she carried
a large Imnoli or pink roses.
An unusual feature of the wedding was the
appoarance of tint mother or tho bride, Mrs.
Dr. Blddle Arthurs, in tho gown she wore at
hor.own wedding. It is a pearl-gray silk,
trimmed with Duchess lace and modernized
slightly, the raslilon: of to-day being very
similar to those of the period when Mr.
Arthur was herself a bride. The p.ntor or
tho church, Key. C. White, D. D.. officiated,
and the bride was given away by her
guardian, Mr. Androw D. Smith, . or La
Belle SteoL Works. Tho best man was Mr.
Charles W. Hubbard and the ushers were
Dr. Alan F. Gentry, Dr. Carl A. Emmerlinst,
Dr. M. K. Ward. Samuel MeClay, Eq , A. J.
Wnlker, Esq., and W. K. crabbe. Attor the
ceremony tho couplo lort fora wedding trip,
tnero boing no reception. They will suit
themselves about whom they will go and
how long their trip shall Do, but at homo
cards will be issued for Wcdnosday in Jan
nary at 5430 Center avenue, where Mrs. Dr.
Blddle Arthurs will reside with herduuhter
and son-in-law.
Mk. and Mrs. Vankirk and family of
Fifth avenuo, Oakland, leave to-day for
Orange, N. Y., where they will remain per
manently. Mr. Vankirk has lived in Pitts
burg for 21 years, and he and tfio members
of his family have been active members of
the Oakland M. E. Church. There Is a great
deal of regret among their large circle of
friends in Pittsburg over their departure.
This evening the second entertainment
of the Young Men's Organization of the
Ninth U. P. Church, Allegheny, wilt take
place in Carnegie Hall. The Schumann
Lady Quartot, of Chicago, and Prof. W. F.
Wentworth, of Boston, impersonator and
humorist, will attend. This church is
under tho pastorate of Mr. Mil
ligan, one of tho young ministers
of the O. P. Church, who indorsed the
lamous East End platform and nas sus
pended in consequence. The object of these
entertainments is to unite and organize the
young men lor more efficient christian ser
vice, to promote social relations nnd to aid
In raising funds for a new church building.
Cards have been issued by Mrs. EJward
Woods, of Sowickloy, for a "drawing room
talk" next Monday afternoon, December 5,
by Miss West, of Cincinnati. Her subject
ill be, "Wcndlsh Peasant Life in Ger
many." Miss West lived in Germany for
soveral years and has enjoyed personal in
tercourse with the people she describes in
her lecture. Sho has delighted in visiting
out-or-tho-way places, making shrewd ob
servations upon the poople and'eustoms and
reciting them for the instruction and amuse
ment of hor audiences. The entertainment
will bo informal. Miss West having been in
vited by her friend Mrs. Woods to meet her
other guests. Tea will bo served and the
day passed in a pleasant, sociable manner.
Tho Invitation or Miss West to deliver her
address is something in the nature of a new
departure in the alternoon teas, aud Mrs.
Woods is to be congratulated upon having
left the beaten track, which too otten leads
nowhere. Teas and receptionsgenerally aro
empty affairjj, as every woman is ready to
admit, with their small talk, chocolate
slnmmr. lookimr for wraDS and biddln?
adieus. No doubt Mrs. Woods' example will
be followed and we sball hear of other teas
With literary-trimminss during the winter.
Mrs Dexter Thayer intends to leave
for New York to-day. where she will meet
Mrs. M. S. Quay who will go over from
Washington. "Mrs. Thayer's sistors, the
Misses Dickson, will entertain her during
ber stay in tho metropolis.
There will be a bazaar and supper for
the benefit or the Eigcwood Presbyterian
Churoh, at the residence or Mrs. James H.
Orr, on Washington avenue, EdUewood,
Thursday and Friday, December 1 und 2,
from 5 to 9 P. Jt. Beside the supper, which
is always served in tho nicest manner, and
always perfect as to the menu, there will be
fancy articles of all kinds, suitable lor
Christmas presents. One booth is to be de
voted to dolls, and these pets of tljo young
American girl will be found in all tueir
various costumes and conditions. A
quantity or hand painted china and flnu
needlework will be features or the bazaar.
Another Important and interesting feature
will be the reasonable prices. These enter
tainments given by tne Edgewood ladies,
although of a religious-charitable character,
have proved to be very enjoyable socially,
the place being within easy reach or town
and Pittsburgers finding it a nice little trip
with the assurance of a pleasant afternoon
and evening at the end of the Journey.
To-DAT will take place the marriage of
Miss Martha Owens, .daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel T. Owens, of Filth avenue, and
Mr. William Roseburg, cashier of the Bank
of Slttsburg.
Another marriage of importance -sched-duled
for to-day Is that of Miss Alice P. W.
Lyon, daughter of Mr. E. D. Lyon, of Ridge
avenne, Allegheny, and Mr. Charles Morris,
of Tyrone. The ceremony will take place
in the North Presbyterian Church, Alle
gheny. Mrs. E. H. Boogs, of North avenne,
Allegheny, has invited a number of her
friends to be present at one of those delight
ful social functions known as fancy work
parties to-morrow afternoon. Theso parties
are so dear to the fominlne heart, because
thero are always some new Ideas In connec
tion with the latest stitches aud patterns in
embroidery, etc., beside which the ladies
ieel as" irthey are not idling away their
timo while enjoying a delightful gossip.
Arrangements are perfected for the"
meeting of the Eldersridze Academy alumni
and students at Uagan's next Monday af
ternoon at 2 o'clock. Mayor Gourloy has re
ceived many letters from distinguished
men out of town assui ing him of their pres
ence The president or tho association,
n hloh is very large, will mako the opening
address Judge Neale, or Klttanulng, win
speak on "What We Should Not Tell." S. P.
ilarblnson, Eq., or this city, will make an
address on "Tne Seriousness of Humor."
Louis McMuIlen, Esq., will speak on
"What's in a Name," Prof. . T. 15.
Elder, "Tho Raw Material Free
From Duty." Dr. Joseph Cook, of New
Alexandria, will discourse on "Way Back,"
and Colonel James Gallagher.of Johnstown,
on "Tho Pursuit or Pleasure Under Difficult
ies." The rest of tho programme, ns
previously published in The Dispatch, will
bo lollowed.r The reunion will adjourn in
time to attend the meeting or the Presby
terian lounion at night. Among those who
will be present at the Academy banqnet
are: Jndgo McClung, Hun. Henry Watson,
Rev. W. E. Donaldson, Rev. W. A. Kiuter,
Rev. Drs. J. D. and W. W. Moorhcad. Rev.
Dr. Gilson, John E. and Robert Kulin,
Esqs.. H. S. Floyd, Esq., W.C. Anderson, Esq.
Drs. T. D. Davis. E. S. Riggs, n. W. Fnlton,
Thomas McCaun, Phil Mowry, W. W. Green,
George Huzlett. RoV. J. D. Owens. Hov. G.
W. Hood, J. W. Elder, Esq., Bov. N. B. Kelly,
Prof. T. B. Elder, James Evans, Dr. Cau
Evans. Frarfk Beckwlth, Esq., J. P.Coleman,
Esq., J. A. Young, Esq., J. M. Peoples, D. T,
Haivey, Denny O-iden, or Greensburg; P.'
D. Flscus, Charles Rhodes, Esq., Pror. David
McKee and several ladles. Jluslo will be
furnished by tho -Quartet or '61," Colonel
J. W. Barnect. II. L Gourley, J. D. Moorbead
and Dr. E. S. Riggs.
Pittsburg Artiste Take Notice.
Detroit Free Press.1
Pittsburg has a permanent art exhibition,
and it is not impossible that the smoky town
may yot become an art center.
Every Blnl Has Its Day.
New York Recorder.3
Princeton, wo aro with n. Yon know
now how it is yourself; but we'll win yet,
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
Germany makes paper stockings.
- Both the Czar and King of Siam ride
bicycles. - . ,
America mines 20,000,000 barrels of
salt a year. " H
, There are supposed to be about 420,
000,000 Christians in tho world.
The total nnmber of families in the ,
United States In 1800 was 12,630,152.
About 20 letters go astray out of every
1,000,000 sent through the postofllce.
Opossnms are the only animals that
make a more elaborate toilet than cats.
It is a popular belief that bees die al
most immediately aftor using their stings.
Madam Fatti has a fan on which are the
autographs of all the sovereigns of Europe.
One-fourth of the land surface of ths
globe is occupied by English speaking peo
ple. . There are about 130 duly qualified
female medical practitioners In the United
Kingdom.
Men with gray and blue eyes are
usually better marksmen than those with
dark eye.
In olden times deformed people were
frequently thrown into prison to be kept
out of sight. t
The world's production of the golden
metal in 1801 was 6,010.000 ounces, of silver
140,S65,000 ounces.
The meteorological editor of a Missis
sippi paper. In describing tho weather one
day recently, said the "soughing ram soz
zled and sizzled."
A first edition of Walton's "Compleat
Angler" (1653), In the original binding, and
a flrt edition of Cotton's "Complete Angler"
(1676) recently sold for $1,550.
In Portugal the wine treadin; is dons
by a gang of men dancing to tho music of a
bagpipe. Tho work Is, hard, the weather
warm, the results indescribable.
The death of the.ConntessTluspoli throws
many unique relics of tho Bonapartes into
the market, among them the plate used by
the great Napoleon at St, Helena.
The Chinese have a kitchen god, which
is supposed to go to tho Chinese heaven at
the beginning or each yea'r to report upon
the privato lire of the iamilles under his
care.
At the table of the Eegcnt Duke of
Orleans it was the custom for a guest to
drop a piece of gold in the plate from which
he bad just eaton a dish whose taste he
fancied.
As the oyster grows older its propor
tion orflcshnndjulces increase more rapid
ly than Hi shell, as well as the relative
amount of the natural nutrients in its edible
portions.
In the Austrian army suicides average
10,000 a year. This does not In elude roiled
attempts, and it represents 20 per cent of
tho general mortality among the Austrian
soldiers.
There is at present on exhibition in the
window of a well-known New York jeweler
the tusk of a sacred elephant from the East.
The tusk is aid to ho one of the finest ever
seen In the United States.
Stutterers should read aloud from a book,
and pronounce each word very distinctly,
repeating it' us often as necessary; and it
will be fonnd that in time tne habit of stut
tering will have entirely disappeared.
Everything in nature indulges in
amusement. The lightening plays, tho
wind whistles, the thunder rolls the snow
flies, the waves leap und the fields smile.
Even tlio buds shoot and the rivers run.
Some people are absent-minded. A day
or two ago a lady applied for a lost umbrella
at tho Lost Property Ofllca, Scotland Yard.
When it was restored to ber she went awav
leaving behind her another umbrella and a
brown paper parcel.
The communications between the two
shores or tho St. Lawrence riverat Montreal
aro made, as is knowu, by means or Victoria
tubular bridge, constructed some 33 years
ago, which is the longest in tl:u,worlil, the
metallic span being G.500 feet long.
The petrified body of a man has been
fonnd, iris said, in a cave in the foothills of
.tho. (Juafdalqupe. Monntaine, ,N.M. Ac
cording V" the report, it is, difficult to de
termino'whct'.ter it is tho body of a white
man or auVIndian, or nhother. it is ancient
or modern.
Both the KuHs and the Cossacks be
fleve that Ararat is guarded by an unearthly
being and that no man can ascend the peak
and live. They have a somewhat contrary
opinion, however, as to what kind of spirits
arc on guard, the former claiming that tne
devil Is guard supreme, tbelatter thatangels
arc on watch.
The general manager of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad says that they can move
from the Interior of the country to the sea
board (taking tho mean distance at 1,000
miles) 350,001 troopsln 30 hours, together with
their necessary cqnipment. This could ne
done without serious interrnptlon to regu
lar commercial traffic.
Emperor Alexander hai.freed the Kal
muck, of Astrakhan. Irom serfdom. These
roving people are Baddht3ts, and they num
ber 150.000 souls. When the other Russian
sens were freed In 1861 the Kalmuck! were
not permitted to enjoy the results or that
reformation, forlt was thought that so wild
a people would abuse their privileges.
There used to be a clause in the consti
tution of Massachusetts declaring that no
man should be elected for Governor "unless
he shall declare himself to be of the Christian
religion." But the people voted that out
years ago, and now there is nothing iu the
constitution to prevent a Mohammedan or a
Confucian or an infidel from being elected
Governor.
One-fifth of the married women of
Massachusetts are chlldtes". It is said that
in no country stve France can a similar con
dition of affairs be found. On the other
hand, instead or over 20 per cent, only 1127
per cent or the foreign-born women or
Massachusetts are chlldles. What Is true
of this State is undoubtedly in a greater or
less degree true throughout the country.
The highest average speed attained by
railway trains in England is51 miles an hoar.
The Board of Trade has officially ascertained
the averages attained on the various pnnci-
pal roads ana taoniaies insm ' -"if
land, 51 miles an houn Great Northern, 51;
London and Northwestern, 47; Great West
ern, 45: London, Brighton and South Coast,
U; Great Eastern, 33, andLondon and South
western, 37.
Calculations based on the observation
of the refraction Df light, havo caused it to
be supposed that the air becomes so rare at
the height of aboutGO miles that thedistance
may be regarded as the limit to its sensible
extent, but other calculations made during
the present century, of 'be distance from
the enrth at which meteor" ignite, indicate
that the atmosphere extends to upwards of
a hundredjnlles.
ORIGINAL AND JOCOSE.
IX BAED LrCK.
"Did yon hear about Stringers hard
luci?"
"He was passing Isa-icsteln's yesterday and
noticing a great' painted sign announclngthatsioa
000 worth of clothing had to be sold In the next two
days, went In and offered 11,000 for the lot."
"Well?"
"Isaacstein took It."
A DEL3ABTE JtAID.
Dressed in a gown of darkest bluff,
With a hat 'that matches quite.
And a man's box coat and walking gloves.
She's certainly out of sight.
When strolling out she's never aIone.
A Willie 1 by her side.
Ob. fortunate one who gets ber to sayt
"My life la you I'll confide."
Her sex with envious eyes Iok on,
(A most wicked thing to do;) 1
At the sight of this Delsartiaa mall, -Like
her gown, they become blue.
VEBT.
"Do yon know Alpha and Omega Zitten-
borst?"
"No. What a peculiar name ha has got."
"Peculiar, but appropriate. He's an only
child. "
, THE TBEAT.
To Sunday school the small boy goes,
Heeds not tne teacher as she sows
Good seeds.
He is not tbcre turough any fear.
Confinement costs lilm many a tear.
But well be knows tne tunc oi year.
And Chrlstmayday will soon be here.
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