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THE MONOMETALLISTS METHOD.
Tlie report from Brussels that the mouo
metallists are predicting the failure of
the monetary conference is undoubtedly
a case where the wish is father to the
thought There is no doubt that the
monometallists will make the conference
a failure if they can do so. If the dis
patch of yesterday relative to the prob
able adoption of Baron Rothschild's plan
should prove true it would only remain
to say that the plan is as good a way of
making the conference a failure as any.
The Rothschilds' proposition is beauti
ful in its proposal that England shall take
control of the gold of the world, and that
the United States shall bear the burden of
the attempt to maintain the price of silver
while it remains demonetized. If the
United States will keep up purchases of
silver amounting to over two hundred
millions m four years, the Rothschild
interest will kindly consent to having the
governments of Europe purchase 23,000,
ouo worth in the same time. One can
hardly imagine this proposal to be made
for any other purpose than that of con
veying the intimation that the financial
interests represented by the Rothschilds
will do nothing at all in aid of any practi
cal attempt' to increase the world's stock
of the money metals.
There are two ways in which to meet
this inimical interest One is for the
UnitedStates to seek from the continental
governments a convention on the use of
silver, which might leave England out of
the question in the exchanges of the
world. The other is to withdraw from
the conference, stop purchases of silver,
and let England feel the result of throw
ing the whole Treasury stock of silver on
the market Either course might bring
the English banking interests to their
senses. The latter would probably have
the most immediate effects, but the former,
if it could be made successful, would be
the most gradual and complete solution of
the question.
Certainly unless the conference will
adopt some programme like the Soetbeer
plan, contemplating a materially increased
use of silver as money, it is not worth
while waiting for the English bankers to
Use circuitous methods of showing that
they will not consent to do anything.
THE MAD." THING.
On Monday Common Council passed the
ordinance authorizing the city to lease the
Fifth avenue market house property to the
Central Board of Education. On Thurs
day the matter comes before Select Coun
cil where, by the by, it is to be hoped a
quorum will be present and a somewhat
different proposition will be made as an
amendment to the measure. It has been
proposed by Chief Bigelow that the prop
erty be sold and the amount realized
divided between the National Guard and
the Central Board of Elucation. The con
tention is that the Guard and the Board
both have claims on the city, and that the
site in question is the best for neither.
There is no doubt that the provision of
an armory would be an excellent thing,
but not in so unnecessarily valuable place.
Again, a site must be had for a High
School, and it should be 'located where it
is most wanted. Fronting as it does on a
noisy, busy thoroughfare like Fifth ave
nue, the market house property would of
course be more valuable lor commercial
purposes than for the erection of a build
ing devoted to quiet study. A hundred
thousand dollars, according to Chief Bige
low's statement, have been offered for the
land, with the understanding that its im
provement would be promptly under
taken. On the whole Councils would be
wise to authorize the sale with a provision
that the proceeds be devoted to the
erection of a new High School and an
armory on suitable sites. The most
essential thing is that the dilapidated
building now an eyesore and indication of
the city's dilatory wastefulness should be
quickly removed and the property devoted
to some useful and profitable purpose.
COMETAKY INFLUENCES.
The late comet scare is used by the
press at large as reflecting very largely
upon the accuracy of astronomical science.
The fact is that astronomers of real sci
entific standing were not among the num
ber who expressed themselves in that con
nection. Men of that class declared freely
that the length of time between the differ
ent observations of the comet did not
afford sufficient data for a calculation of
its orbit; that it was therefore uncertain
whether it was Biela's comet or not; and
that if it should traverse the orbit of the
earth even at the point of collision the
utmost that could happen would be a'dis-
play of meteors. It was on information
of this sort that The Dispatch showed
over a week ago how foolish the attempt
was to revive a medieval scare over- the
comet The men of real science were not
at all shaken in their reputation by the
erratic rover.
The comet seems to have had two d's
tinct functions of usefulness in -connection
with this planet The chief one was to
afford a subject on which charlatans and
sensationalists made a striking exposure'
of their ignorance. All grades of both
classes had their innings, and made their
record complete. Wiggins and Hicks, as
chiefs of the charlatan class, made the
most complete -display ,of themselves;
while others in the ascending" scale of
knowledge and inverse scale of charla
tanry only disclosed their foolishness by
assertions as to the course of the comet
which were disproved, by the event We
are sorry that a portion of the press was
!
so bent on sensationalizing the event as to
make it evident that they did not know,
what well-informed men should, that a
body so transparent that stars can be seen
through it cannot injure a solid planet if
it should collide.
The other use of the comet has to do
with a class slightly more ignorant than
the charlatans if that were possible but
otherwise more respectable. It is said
that the expectation of the end of the'
world was so general among Southern
negroes that even on Thanksgiving eve
poultry could roost low and in safety. It
is much to be feared, however, that the
useful effect will be temporary in both
cases. The charlatans will bo in full
blast again by the first of the year; and,
since the world Jias not come to an end, it
is to be feared that the appetite for Christ
mas poultry throughout Dixie will be as
strong as ever.
THE INDUSTRIAL FUTURE.
A number of interviews with iron and
steel manufacturers, tanners and other
industrial lines, with regard to the proba
ble effect of tariff changes on their inter
ests, are published in the New York Post
As might be expected from the medium of
publication, the opinions expressed are to
the effect that they do not think there
will be serious complications, and even
expect business to move forward steadily
anrfin increased quantities. One manu
facturer alone specifies that if there is a
heavy reduction in tariff duties wages
will have to come down, which very nat
ural idea the correspondent of the Post
proceeds to impeach.
The fact is that opinions of this sort are
of no more value than so many individual
guesses, in the absence of any definite
basis on which to predicate the cxt2nt and
character of the tariff changes to be made,
if the kind of tariff contemplated in the
Democratic platform is adopted it needs
no expert in a class of industry to foretell
that there will have to be a general and
sweeping readjustment of prices and
wages, and that industry will be very
seriously prostrated in the process.
On the other hand there is no
doubt that tariff duties could, as Mr.
Cleveland says, be revised without in
flicting 6erious embarrassments on capital
or labor. Between the two courses there
are all gradations of a greater or less com
plication. If the tariff changes should not
go outside the lines laid down by the
Mills bill, the embarrassments would be
important only in special lines of indus
try, and general business would not be
long in adjusting itself to the new regime.
The question undoubtedly is whether Mr.
Cleveland's influence will be able to keep
the hot-beads of his party from making a
radical and sweeping reduction in tariff
duties. "When it is known what policy
will prevail the predictions as to the
course of business under it will have some
basis to go on.
One point appears in these interviews
which has much foundation on truth, and
is well worthy the attention of manu
facturers. A mining expert is quoted as
saying that American mining machinery
commands a market all over the world,
and is therefore Independent of protec
tion. The same assertion is made con
cerning the manufacture of the higher
grades of leather. Similar facts are to be
found in the case of some of the most
highly finished products of Pitts
burg's industries. It Is a truth that
as the manufactures are carried
into the higher forms as iron or steel are
turned into the best machines or the most
superior cutlery, and as glass is produced
in the form of the best glassware they
become independent of protection and
command world-wide markets. In the
manufacture of such articles the best paid
labor is the cheapest, and therefore the
factories that pay the highest wages can
compete most successfully with the cheap
labor of other lands.
This fact contains a pregnant sugges
tion for the best way to guard against any
possible degree of tariff production. De
velop the higher forms of manufacture.
Turn our iron and steel into the best en
gines, the most finished and highly im
proved classes of machinery, the most
serviceable tools and the various forms of
cutlery and hardware. Extend the same
process into all the forms of manufacture
where we are now making the initial sta
ples. A good deal of this is already done.
Pittsburg engines, Pittsburg tools and
Pittsburg glassware are sold all over the
world. When the same policy is extended
we will not only have a home market for
the great staples of .manufacture, but we
will have the world as a market for the
finished product
With this policy carried out energetical
ly and boldly, Pittsburg can more than
hold its own, no matter what degree of
tariff tinkering is undertaken. And in
proportion as it is realized and reinforced
by the increase of our transportation fa
cilities will Pittsburg attain the full possi
bilities of her industrial greatness.
PROBABLY NOT GLADSTONE'S.
It may be considered doubtful if the
plan of Irish Home Rule last published as
the one on which Mr. Gladstone has de
termined is what it purports to be. The
doubt is cast by the character of the bill
itself. The plan is a radical departure
both from the representative forms ob
taining in England and in this country
and from the expectations of a national
parliament held out in the entire Home
Rule agitation. It is not likely that Mr.
Gladstone would make such a departure
for the negative virtues of the plan
as outlined. It contemplates, according
to the summary, the division of Ireland
into four provinces, each to have a parlia
ment, and a life Senate for all Ireland to
be elected by the different parliaments.
The parliaments are to have the powers
of a State government in this country;
the Senate is to have the powers of our
Congress, with the exceptions designed to
preserve the sovereignty of Great; Britain.
A life Senate would be a far from satis
factory representative body, if it had any
powers; but in this plan that drawback is
balanced by the fact that it has no powers.
Take away from a Government the power
of local legislation given to our State Gov
ernments on one hand, and on tho other
forbid it from exercising powers with re
gard to army, navy, foreign relations, tax
ation on commerce and the other attributes
of national sovereignty, and not enough
remains to be worth mentioning. It is
not necessary until this report is more
fully authenticated to believe that Glad
stone has fought the Home Rule fight for
seven years, simply to adopt the Tory idea
of dividing Ireland into provinces and of
fulfilling tne promise of a national parlia
ment with a lot of Ufa Senatorships with
out any power whatever.
It may be that tho measure of local self
government afforded by the provincial
parliaments will be the half-loaf that is
better than no bread. But until Mr. Glad
stone himself distinctly makes the an
nouncement it is not necessary to con
clude that he has so fallen away from his
old standard as to propose that plan..
These are multitudinous ways in, which
a President who has no need to conciliate
partisan politicians by his distribution of
patron ace can do a great deal of good for
his country. Apart from the appropriations
of Congress there is room for a -vast amount
of economy in the' regular administration or
the departments. Tho prime purpose of
those institutions is not the provision of
berths for friends of Senators, Hepresenta
tives or other officials. They are the busi
ness houses of the national government, and
they ought to be managed on business prin
ciples. Supposing that Mr. Cleveland has a
lorty ambition, his next term will abound
in opportunities to make for himself a last
ins fame and add muoh to the purity, econ
omy and efficiency of America's instruments
of government.
There is something painfully monoto
nous to Plttburg in the constant repetition
that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company is
making improvementsin its system almost
everywhere but in this city. There is an
HtmosDhcro about- the, Union Depot in the
evenings that is more than suggestive of re
lorm. The Chicago Theological Seminary ex
hibits a progressive spirit by establishing a
settlement in a district which shall afford
its students special facilities for a practical
study of social questions. These questions
of wealth and poverty, purity and vice, and
their influence in promotins class distinc
tions that are a menace to true democracy,
can only be understood by thorough and
intimate personal investigations. And to
De solved, the problems and the factors
which produce them must be understood by
a far larger number of people thanaront
present even sincerely interested in them.
European powers, when they are not
accusing one another of a craving for war,
devote themselves to tho preservation of
peace by strengthening their armaments.
Theieisa good deal or international folly
even in this age of progressive science and
civilization.
Chancellor Holland's announce
ment that lecturers will be provided gratis
wherever twelve or more persons form, a
class and agree to pay the cost of rent, fuel,
light, etc, should bo welcome news to Pitts
burgers. If the University Extension So
ciety undertake to do so mnch lor this city
their offer should meet with a widespread
and eager acceptanpo.. There is an immense
opening for such work, and those who
would profit by it should see and seize their
opportunity.
A CABEFUL study of the fable of the
Kilkenny cats is commended to all members
of tho Democratic party oi this day and gen
eration. There is a moral in the story that
is peculiarly apposite under the circum
stances. It is announced that President Harri
son's message will have a length of 16,001)
words. Of course a detailed account of the
administration's accomplishments would
occupy some space. But this undue length
appears to indicator mtile effort to explain
away the inexplicable events of the btu in
stunt. "Lack of votes" about covers the
situation and has the virtue of conciseness.
There is already plenty of evidence
that Mr. Cleveland will have a somewhat
unruly team to handle. But he has a tactful
ness and lirmness of grip that insure a good
deal of trouble for any balky or wild Demo
crats. By this time the astronomers have about
succeeded in convincing the public that
they know as little about comets as Colum
bus did ot America. Anyone can guess, but
guessing is notconipatible,with the accurate
results usually expected from mathematical
science. A smaller display of knowledge
would have iesu' .din a less ignominious
exhibition of ignorance.
Between Mr. Jay Gould's health and
Mr. Cleveland's exploits as a huntsman
there is no need of a eonrt circular to pro
vide interesting reading for the people of
this great free laud of equality and frater
nity. .
Cabinet making ought to reach a per
fection in France by reason of a constant
practice in the art, that is unapproachable
by the working statesmen of other lands. In
France tbey change Ministers, in south
America they wage war and depose Presi
dents or Dictators, as the case may be. Evo
lution makes itself manliest oven in Latin
Republics.
An extra session of Congress would be a
temptation of Providence hazardous for the
Piesident-electnnd distasteful to the coun
try. It would be an extra unmitigated and
unnecessary nuisance.
New Albany and Jenersonville are ri
vals for the elopement business, which
comes across the Ohio from Kentucky. Com
peting lnarrlers create oft-recurring riots
in their ardent put-suit of fees. This condi
tion of affairs is one of the many indications
of the benefits to be derived from obtaining
a uniformity of marriage laws in all States.
Rapid transit vehicles in this city are
afflicted with a mania for collisions and
accidents in general just now that demands
a prompt and heroic treatm ent for its cure.
If any citizen oi Pittsburg be satisfied in
the absence of free bridges, he need only to
listen to the wondering and scornful com
ment of strangers from cities of an equal
age on the ubiquity of the toll system in
this municipality to make him wonder
whether perchance there be no room for
improvement here.
St. Louis, having decided that its -water
supply is not the cause of the typhoid fever
epidemic, might as well overhaul its drain
age system.
rUOMlNKNT AXD POPULAR.
Gaeoan, chef of the late Emperor Will
iam, Dears a striking resemblance to Napol
eon III.
Bey. William A. Spebry, of Manches
ter, N. It, has accepted tho cull to become
President of the Olivet, Mich., College, una
will enter upon his duties February 1, 1893.
Among the evidences of Governor Ens
sell's genius cited by Bostonians of conviv
ial tastes is this: He is left-handed, but
often raises a cocktail to his lips with the
right hand.
Emperor William has apparently en
tirely recovered from his recent indisposi
tion. He left Potsdam' yesterday for Sile
sia, where he will hunt on the estates of the
Prince of Pleas. ,
Alvinza Hayward, one of the earliest
of tho gold millionaires of California, is
very old and "feoblo now.' Ho is worth prob
ably $20,000,000 or more, but has dropped
completely out of sight behind the newer
bonunzaists.
Dr. Wekeele, Hungary's new Prime
Minister, is a German, and was formerly a
larm bailiff. It is said'to be the first time
that a man who was neither a Magyar nor
an aristocrat reached so high a post in tho
service of that country.
The Prince and Princeis of Wales will
embark on the British royal yacht Osboruo
at Marseilles about the middle of January,
and will visit Naples', Palermo, Corfu and
Athens, returning to the Riviera in time to
be present during the carnival.
The President has designated Mr. John
A Stocks, Chief Clerk of the Treasury De
partment, as tho representative of that de
partment on the Board of Control of the
Government exhibit at tho World's Fair Ex
position in place ot Assistant Secretary Net
tleton, resigned.
The Secretary of State has designated
Mr. 3. C Heywood to net as the representa
tive of the Department of State at the Vati
can to assist in the selection or the articles
that should be carried to Chicago and to at
tend the packing and shipment of tho Co
lumbian, historical relics. Mr. Heywood
will serve without compensation and has
cheerfully undertaken the duties of the
place. He is an American gentleman of
wealth, formerly of Philadelphia, but uow a
resident ot Home.
The Return ot Another Fiend.
Chicago Trlbine.3 .
The ehee -ful but exasperating idiot who
writes it i"nias It uponus again.
ANNEXATION COMING.
The Opinion of a'Cnnadlan Manufacturer
Who Is in No Horry for a Change A
Red-Hot Campaign Being Waged on
This Issue. -
W. Wilson, a Toronto manufacturer,
registered at the Central Hotel yesterday.
When approached ho .was busy reading in
The Dispatch the account of the big annexa
tion meeting held in Montreal, where Mr.
Myers, the principal speaker, who favors
amalgamation with the States, was almost
mobbed. Mr. Wilson was greatly amused.
He is against annexation, and this is what
he said on.the subject:
"I am not personally acquainted with Mr.
Myers) though he lives in Toronto. I know
of him by reputation. He is a.windyman,
and doesn't have mnch influence in the
country. Tire fact that tho police had to be
called in to preserve order proves this fact.
He tried to get up a meeting in Toronto but
failed. Then I suppose he went to Montreal.
Last week, one, McDonald, who was an
Alderman and a fellow of not much account,
advertised a mooting in my town. When it
came off about 20 people were present, and
the newspapers made fun of him. Times
are bard in Canada just now and the annex
atlon agitators are at work. When people
begin to feel the pinch of poverty they be
oorao restless, and they long fur a change.
Bnt I can say frankly that tho bulk of
the Canadians are against annoxatlou at
present.
Waltlng-ror the Proper Time.
"Tiiey ieel that the time has not arrived,
and I am sure that the States would not care
to take in a divided couutry. Such a step
wonld only produce discord. Tho prices of
farm produots hnvo declined. The compe
tition is keener than in former years, and it
doesn't pay very well to ship cattle and
grain to England. The trouble with Canada
is that we have too many manufactories for
the size of the country. The population Is
about 5,000,003. I treqnently find American
dru-nmers across tho border. I say to them
that I am surprised to see them soliciting
trade from a small nation when they have
such a great population at home,
"The French party in Canada is opposed
to annexation, but the priests are responsi
ble to a laree extent for this feeling. They
are afraid that if the States and Canada
were united that they would lose their grip
on the people, and nndoubtedlv thoy would.
The priests are very influential, and they
don't o ant to drop their power. I am not
in lote with the French party. It holds the
balance of power, and always insists on its
price. The two main parties are constantly
compelled to make overtures to the French
leaders for their support, and we are all
tired of it. Certainly also the old men in
the country don't want to be annexed. We
are pretty well satisfied with our form of
government. We have no prejudice or ill
feeling against the Americans. The two
nations aie virtually one people, and it is a
pity they did not go together at the start.
Then things would be different.
Annexation May Come Eventually.
"Our customs are about the same, and
each country has a good Influence on the
other. Still, we are a patiiotic people and
we love onr own. I am inclined to believe
that the coming generations will not be so
devotedly attached to Canada as the old
men, and annexation -will come in the
future.
"You know we wanted reciprocity with
the United States, but your Government
wouldn't have it except on the condition
that we exchange our farm products for
manufactured articles. Of course, we
couldn't accept that because Canada is also
a. manufacturing country. We were all dis
appointed over the result. I know Sir
Charles Tupper, who was our representa
tive, very welL He is not an Englishman,
as many people here think, bnt a Nova
Scotian. The Canadians respect the Ameri
cans and have a warm regard for them. I
think the feeling is reciprocated, at least 1
never discovered anything in the States to
indicate that it was otherwise."
From Pittsburg hunters who returned re
cently froinf. Canada, it was learned
that a red-hot campaign with annexation
as the main issue, is being waged. The
number in favor of it is growing from year
to year, and it is only a question of time
until the two countries are united. The line
of Custom housos along the border is very
irksome to the Canucks, aud there is great
rejoicing over the success of the Democratic
party. They fondly imagine that the tariff
will be removed.
DEATH OF JUDGE J. F. CONNOLLY.
A Relapse From an Attack of Pneumonia
Carries Off a Well-Known Lawyer.
Scranton, Nov. 29. Special. Judge John
F. Connolly died at 1:30 o'clock tais after
noon, after an illness of four months, during
which he was attacked with pneumonia,
from which he rallied. He carelessly went
out one day and was immediately Drostrated
again. Cirrhosis ot the liver setting in, his
condition quickly became critical, Dut he
aguin rallied and would have soon been able
to be about, had he not been attacked with
heart weakness on Sunday. From that hour
he sank rapidly. For 30 hours he las- in a
complete stupor, during which a dozen re
ports of his death went out.
.Tndero Connollvtwas born in thin rir.v In
MO".? u .. rl nr.ia nmilnotaH Fmm .1. n Inn. .nhn.1
lOiM, nilu no jjauMun.wu iiiiiu .MU Jnn DbllUVl
01 Columbia College in 1873. He was admit
ted to practice at the bar of New York
State at the general term of the Supreme
Court, befoie Judio Noah Davis, Jnde
Brady and Judge Daniels. Later he was
admitted to the bar or this county, was
elected District Attorney In 1883. and was
promoted to the bench in 18S7. Ho had five
yea-s to serve at the time ot his death. He
was among the best known ot all the law
Jndges in tho State, owing to nis pro
nounced vlows in regard to the naturaliza
tion of citizens, he refusing to naturalize all
who could not speak the English language.
VACANCIES IN THE ABUT.
Three Good Places at the Top of the Lad
der Soon to Be Filled.
Washington, Nov. 29. Three army officers
of high rank will retire in tho next two
weeks, and three vacancies and promotions
in all corps aflected will accordingly result.
The first of these to'be placed on the retired
list on account of the age limit will bo Brig
gen Beokman Du Barry, Commissary Gen
eral of Subsistence.who relinquishes further
active service December 4. On the same
date Colonel Anthony llexer, surseon, will
retiie; and December 11, Colonel Alexander
J. Perry, Assistant Quartermaster General,
w ill cease aetlve duty in the army. All of
these officers will bo placed on the retired
list on account of age.
There will bo two vacancies in the Com
missary Department when General" Du
Barry retires, and one each in the Medical
Corps and tho Quartermaster's Department,
all of which me Presidential appointments.
A vacancy also exists in the Adjutant Gen
eral's Department, caused by General Kel
ton's retirement last June.
FBESIDENI'8 MESSAGE DELATED.
It Will Be a Few Days Late and No Shorter
Than the Last. ,
Washington, Nov. 29. Owing to his pros
ent affliction, tho President will be unable
to complete his annual message to Congress
In time for submission to thut body on the
opening day ot tho session. The present
indications are that he will be precluded
from making any progress whatever during
the remaining "day's of the present week.
Consequently It is more than probable that
the completion of the message will be de
layed until the end of next week or the be
ginning of the following week.
The President will probably send a brier
message to Congress on Monday next, ex
plaining why the regular message Is delayed.
It is learned on good authority that the
annual message will be about the same
length of last venr, and will include a com
plete review or the work of the present ad
ministration. It will1 contain about 15,000
words.
Competition Will Bring Relief.
Philadelphia Record.! T
The PiTTsncno Pisfator complains thut
railroad improvements are put off, and dis
criminating railroad rates put. on, in that
city, because the people cannot help them
selves. Thejcrnffio originating in Pittsburg
is a magnificent contribution to railway
earnings; and It Is' ho wonder that' Pltts
burgors should ask1 for bettor rates and im
proved facilities. But tbey will never get
what tney'ask' fox except as a result of com
petitive oarrrraj' " '
BEGuXAB CLEVELAND LTJ0K.
The President-Elect Is Now Bagging Dncks
by the Hundred.
Exscobe. Va., Nov. 29 Presidentelect
Cleveland, with Cut Hargis.to-day succeeded
in bagging 126 ducks in a little over an hour's
timo. Of theso 53 were brought down at one
spot. Four black ducks, whioh left tho
water and flew over the beach, also fell
victims to the fowling piece of the President-elect.
Mr. Cleveland then returned to
the cottage lor lunch and remained indoors
throughout the entire afternoon. During
the afternoon Samuel Kelly, a venerable
man of over 70 years, who was born on
Broadwator Island, and has never traveled
farther than Norfolk, called on Mr. Cleve
land and was pleasantly received.
While out gunning on the beach Mr.
Cleveland was an eyo witness of a thrilling
spectacle. Five residents or Cobb's Island
wero on their way In a two-sailed boat to
Broadwator lor the purpose of paying their
tespeots to the President-eloct. While in
the great Machiponiro inlet, between White
Point and Coe Point, opposlto the United
otaios Live (Saving station, the boat cap
fcized, throwing the occupants into the
water. All of the party would certainly
have been drowned had It not been for the
piouipt assistance of the lira saving orow,
who immediately went to their assistance
ana succeeded in bringing them safely to
land. Mr. Cleveland watched the capsizing
and rescue with great interest.
HAELAN FOB STATE TBEA8TJBEB
The Chester County Statesman Shies His
Castor in the King.
PniLADELPHiii, Nov. 29. Special. Ex
Senator A. D. Harlan, of Ccatesville.Cbcster
county, was in the city to-day and formally
announced his candidacy for the Republican
nomination for State Treasurer. Senator
Harlan, who served for ten years in the
Senate and who occupied the important
position of Chairman of the Committee on
Agriculture,salu,in discussing his prospects:
"I havo been in correspondence with Ke-
fubllcan leaders in different counties of the
tate, and have promises of xupport lrom
moie than 20 of tne counties. I was a candi
date two years ago, but had not announced
myself, wnen it became apparent that tho
western part of the State would claim the
Treasureishlp, because of the fact that a
Philadelphia man, Mr. ISoyer. had been
chosen the lust time. In view of the compli
cations whioh my candidacy would have
created, and in the interest of harmony, I
withdrew at that time. The prospect, so far
as my canvass has proceeded, warrants me
in announcing myself."
Ex-Senator llurlan, to whose management
is largely due the success of tho Republicans
in carrying Chester county in the late elec
tion, will have his own delegates solid for
him, and counts likewise on Delaware, Lan
caster and other oontlguous counties at the
outset.
THE OMET THAT DIDST COME.
Our of sight. Columbia Dispatch.
Appabently tho comet missed xxs.Ncw
York World.
The comet missed us and we still have the
arth. Nashville American.
Old Biela's comet appears to have sig
nally failed to make a hit. Boston Herald.
The fact that the comet did not strike the
earth gives new hope to the People's party.
Toledo Blade. ,
It was too cloudy to see whether the comet
hit us or not. But, at any rate, we are still
here. Baltimore Herald.
The shower of shooting stars did not ma
terialize. Just liko human stars who now
and then disappoint. Philadelphia Call.
It appears to be quite as difficult to make
predictions concerning comets as it is to
foretell political results. Washington Star.
TiiEoniES about the comet have bumped
into each other, but the comet itself is not
in the bumping business. St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Biela's unknown wriggled out in a thor
oughly disappointing manner and showed
that it had no heart for a scrap. Phlladel
phia Times.
Had the comet carried out tho programme
and switched us in the face with bis long
tail, we might have been in a comet-ose
state for the rest of Harrison's term. litany
Argus.
It anything struck the earth nobody
noticed it, and if there was a meteoric
display it was invisible on account of the
clouds. So the crisis is post and the en
gagement off. Indianapolis Journal.
SNAPS FOB PENSION SHARKS.
One of the Ways in Which They Bleed
the Ingenuous Applicant.
Habwsburo, Nov. 29. Special. Pension
sharks are plying their business in Pennsyl
vania as well as at Washington. As many
ot the applicants for Government bounty
lrom this State have lost their papers tbey
find it necessary to secure evidence of their
service in the Union army at the Adjutant
General's Department. A large number
have been induced to pay exorbitant fees to
men who make a habit of bleeding pension
claimants.
Tills means of securing necessary certifi
cates is unnecessary, as tuey can be secured
from the Adjutant General's Department by
writing ior them.
DEATHS HERB AND ELSEWHERE.
Rev. L. Z. Ailer, McDonald.
Eev. L. Z. Ailer, the young colored Bap
tist preacher, dropped deiid Monday night while
on his way home from the evening service at his
Spring Garden Church, near Mt. Pleasant, Pa.
lie was walking along the street at the time with
several members of Ills congregation when they
noticed' him staggering. He said he felt light
headed, and permitted them to help hlin a few
steps and then he sanK to their feet a corpse, a vic
tim of apoplexy at the age of 25 years. The Nome
of the deceased was at McDonald, l'a.. to which
pi.cj the body was taken for burial.
William J. Cummins, New Castle.
William J. Cummins, proprietor of the
Opera House Cafe, of New Castle, died at his
home yesterday morning, aged 33 years. Ills dis
ease was acute pneumoula. Cummins was for
merly a variety actor and was wll known in Pitts
burg. He was a member of the Uniform Hank, K.
of P., of the Wks. and had a wide acquaintance
w 1th theatrical people. He leaves a wile, but no
children. .
Ex-Senator G. N. Fitch.
Ex-United States Senator G, N. Pitch
died at nis home In Logansport, Ind., yesterday
moraine, at 6 o'clock, aged 82. Two daughter; Mrs.
Denby, wife of Colonel Denby, United states Min
ister to China, and Mrs. Dr. Asa Coleman, of
Logansport, urvlve him. Death was due to a
general breaking of the system caused by old age.
Miss Martha Neely.
Miss Martha Neely, sister of Rev. W. C
Necly, of Coraopolls, and daughter or the late
Samuel and Sarah Neely, died at the residence of
her brother at Coraopoils jesterday alter a brief
Ulneis. The funeral will tae place from her late
residence to-morrow at 2 p. M.
Mrs. Mary Helscl.
Mrs. Mary Heisel died suddenly yester
day at her home at llerron station, Pittsburg and
Western Railroad, of heart disease. She was a
sister of Father Sebastian, oi St. Anthony's
Church and stster-iu-Iaw of Alderman Uartman,
of the aouthside.
Michael Trutor.
Michael Truter, the well-known baker of
the Southstde, died suddenly yesterday morning or
he irt disease. He was 5-i years of age, aud leaves
a widow and several iliildrcii.
Obituary Notes.
Hon. Vaxcleve Dalbympi.e, ex-Justice of
the Supreme Court of New Jersey. Is dead at his
home In Morrlstown, In his 72d year.
Alexander H. WVANT. the famous American
laudscape painter, died of sortcnlng of the brain
yesterday morning In New Tork. He was 58 years
old and a widower.
William G. Blajtchabd, one of the founders
of the New York Associated Press, and for many
yeari, its New England agent at Boston, died In
itoxbury, .Mass., recently at the age of 7 years.
Djwitt Clihtox Winans. of Baltimore, died
In London Sunday. Mr. Wlnans was a son of the
late Boss Wlnans. of Baltimore, the famous In
ventor and ltuslan railroad constructor. He was
S3 years old.
Brevet BaioADiEn General Kiciiakd a.
Jackson, Lieutenant Colonel or the Fourth Ar
tillery, died Monday evening at Atlanta. On Jlay
18, 18U4, he was"made Brevet Major for gallant and
meritorious services In tho battle orDrury's llluff,
Va.;Lltuteuant Colonel on October 7, 1804, for
splendid services at eir Murket Heights. Va.:
lull rank nr Colonel on March I a, 13M. and later lie
was breveted Brigadier General lor meritorious
services during the war,
Z acii IIenbt, the slayer of five men, died at his
home In Kansas City Saturday. He was a bosom
friend of Quantrell, the guerilla. Just after the
war Henry had a light In Kentucky with a father
and f.iur sons. They shot him so badly that he was
crippled for Hie. Later he mst the father and his
sous in a street in Uarrlsbui g, and in tue light that
followed Henry shot six times, killing every one of
them, Henry was acqaltttd the next day.
A YELLOW WEDDING.
Pretty and Novel Decorations at the Mar
riage of allss Alice F. Lyon and Sir.
Charles A., Morris A Milkmaids' Con
ventionGossip of Society.
The wedding season is a brilliant and pro
lific one, in spite of the fact that November
is not generally regarded as a favorite
month for marriages. There have been sev
eral fashionable weddings already this
month, and last night not the least im
portant of them took place in Allegheny.
The North Presbyterian Church was filled
with the friends of the bride and groom.
The edifice was beautified with tall palms
and ferns around the reading desk and plat
form, while different colored leaves were
placed here and there to assist in brighten
ing up the church. Yellow is always a pretty
warm color for winter, and this year it is
more popular than over. Yellow ribbon was
employed to mark the pews for the
guest?, and the organ was partly
hidden by yellow drapery. The bride
-was Miss Alice P. Lyon, daughter
of Mr. D. E. Lyon, and she was attired in a
gown of silk mulle, fashioned in girlish
mode. A large bunch of yellow chrysan
themums formed her bouquet. The bride
groom was Mr. Charles A. Morris,
of Tyrone. Tho maid of honor, Miss
Westanne, wore white tulle and
carried white chrysanthemums, while the
bridemaids. Miss Madi Foreythe, Miss Mary
Lawrence, Miss Julia Watson, Miss Annie
Rhodes and Miss Llda Morrls.were in yellow
and carried yellow chrysanthemums. Kev.
John Fox periormed the ceremony, assisted
by Kev. Mr. Davles, of Tyrone. Tne best
man was Mr. Thomas K. Morris, and the
ushers were Dr. William Blair, Mr. Norman
McClintock, Mr. Allan Wood, Mr. James
Mathers, Mr. Henry Fay and Mr. John An
derson. After the church ceremony there was a
small reception at the house, Ridge avenue,
after which the bride and groom left on
tholr wedding tour, which will end at Tv
rone, their futuie home.
There was a large audience in Carnegie
Music nail, last evening, to enjoy the second
entertainment under tho auspices of the
Young Men's Organization of the Ninth U.
P. Church, Allegheny. The Schumann Lady
Quartette of Chicago, and Prof. W. F. Went
worth, of Boston, impersonator and humor
ist, provided the amusement. Tho first num.
oer was a Chopin Muzurka, on the piano by
Miss Maud Parr, which was played with
great delicacy and expression. Among the
selections rendered by the quartette wero
the "Swedish Woddlng March," "I Enow
Not Why I Dream To-Night," "What Her
Fan Says," etc. Their work was excellent,
as it aiwajs is. Pror. Wentworth recited
Howells' "The Sleeping Car," "The Chariot
Race," and "The Popular Preacher." The
Schumann Quartette is composed of Mary
D. Hall, first soprano: Ada Haines Kidston,
second soprano; Maud Parr, first contralto:
Gortrnde Sprague, second contralto. The
entertainment was an entire success, from a
pecuniary as well as artistic point oi view.
Social Chatter.
The annual dinner of the Women's Foreign
Missionary Society of the M. P. Church and
a bazaar, under the auspices of the King's
Daughters, will commence to-morrow iu the
old postofflce building and will continue
during Friday. The ladies can be depended
upon to serve a tempting and substantial
iceal, whllo the preparations for the bazaar
show that it is to be as artistic and beauti
ful as fair hands can make it. The old post
offlce will be a pleasant place in which to
spend an hour or two on Tnursday and Fri
day. A "Milkmaids' Convention," under the
auspices of the YouugPeopIe's Mission Band
of the Central Allegheny K. P. Church, Is to
be hold to-morrow evening in the Fourth
ward school hall. There will be no regular
admission feo, but every person attending
will be given the opportunity of contributing
a silver coin, from 10 cents to $1, for the
benefit of the mission work. A pleasant
entertainment is promised.
The third of January is the date set for
the uirrriage of MIsh Kate Cassldy, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cassldy, to Mr.
William Metcalr, Jr. It is expected to be a
brilliant wedding in every way.
The marriage or Miss Lolla Ada Board
man, of Allegneny, to Mr. William B. Saw
yer, of Brooklyn, N. 1., is set for Wednesday
evening, December 14, Jn the First Presby
terian church, Allegheny.
This evening an entertainment and recep
tion are to be given in Curry University Hall,
under1 the auspice 1 of the William Pitt
Literary Society, ior the benefit ot the
library mud.
This is Mrs. D. Herbert Hostetter's recep
tion day.
THE OBDEB OF VE&TA IN COTJKT.
An Attempt to Prove It Has Violated the
State Insurance Laws,
IIabmsburo, Nov. 29. Special. The case
against the Order of Vesta was on trial in
the Dauphin county court to-day. It was
contended by Deputy Attorney General
Stranahan and John H. Barnes that the
order had violated the insurance laws of
this State, and that its eliarter should be
forfeited in consequence. Application was
alsomado in the proceedings for tho ap
pointment oi a receiver, due tne court de
cided to hold the matter over for considera
tion. For the Commonwealth Mr. Barnes en
deavored to show all the evidences of Insur
ance concerns in its extensive business. For
the de'endant order J. Levering Jones an
tagonized the statements of the Common
wealth, claiming that the order, instead of
being on the insurance plan at all, was a
beneficial order for the purpose of "encour
aging social lelatlons among its members."
The court took the papers in the case.
A COBNEB ON A SIBIKE.
Telephones to Take the Place of Railroad
Telegraph Operators.
Elizabeth, N. J., Nov. 29. Special. The
New York and New Jersey Telephone Com
pany was on the j ump to-day putting in long
distance telephones in all the signal towers
along the line of the New Jersey Central,
and it is believed thismove is meant to in
dicate that tho company is preparing to
lock horns with the Order of Kail road Tele
graphers, in case the latter go on strike,
and that the telephones will be utilized to
help the company out in the emergenoy.
Ii the telephone is in operation, it will do
away with the need of having a telegraph
operator in each tower; and tho railroad
company will havo Just so many less new
men to procure in case of a strike, while if
some of the tower operators remain loyal to
the railroad tbey can be put to work at
other points.
ANII-3NAPPEHS NOT ASLEEP,
They Propose to Get a Place on the Aus
tralian Ballot Next Year.
New York, Nov. 29. Special. If the
Legislature does not postpone the election
now down for February 11, for delegates to
the constitutional convention,!! Is said there
will be at least three State conventions to
nominate candidates. Beside the Demo
cracy and the Republicans, it was said to
day that the anti-snappers will also hold a
convention to nominate delegates at
largo.
Tne authority for this statement also said
that the organization or Fairchild and
Grace will in all probability nominate can
didates in every assembly district. They
think this proceeding would give them
standing under the election law as a regular
party, so that they may have a full ticket in
the field in the election of 1893.
C0NTBACT COTTON LAB0BEE3.
The Memphis Grand Jury Investigating
Charges Against Employers.
Memphis, Nov. 29. The grand Jury of the
Federal Court in session here, is investigat
ing the alleged violation of the act prohibit
ing tho importation or alien contract labor.
11 embers of half n dozen large cotton firms,
representing Liverpool houses, have been
summoned to testily.
United States District Attorney Hawkins
has information that several former em
ployes of these firms and residents of
Memphis have recently been discharged and
their places given to men who have been
sent fiom Liverpool under contract to per
form the labor.
Tho Electoral College Meets January 9.
IlARnisBUBQ, Nov. 29. It is generally un
derstood that the electoral college will
meet at Harrlsbnrg, December 7, next. This
is a tnltlaku. The college will not meet here
to cast its vote for President and Vice
Pre-ddent nntll Monday, January 9, that
belns the time fixed by the act of Congress
of May, 1887.
General Weaver's Daughter a Bride.
Des Moines, Nov. 29. Ruth Weaver,
daughter of General Weaver, the latePeo-
, pic's party candidate for President, was
of
this city.
CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
England boasts of an electric dairy.
The entire empire of Persia has but on
vessel.
A rat-catching hen is the property of
an Oregon farmer.
Minneapolis is making 38,000 barrels oi
flour on an average a day.
The costliest dresses in the world art
worn by the women of Sumatra.
On the railroads in Prance passengers
are sold cooked snails in packages.
Eussia produced in ten years, from
1882 to 1892, 875,CS0,400 gallons of pure alcohol.
The coolie, fed on rice, is more active
and can endure more than the negro fed on
fat meat.
Celery coffee is a new drink. Itii
said to give renewed strength to the brain
and nerve.
A recently married Kansas couple
spent their honeymoon in the depth of an
old coal mine.
The shipping entering the Mersey wa
in 1800, 400,000 tons per annum. It fa now
10,000,000 tons.
Tungsten added to pure aluminum
obviates all difficulty- from attacks by water,
salt or otherwise.
A party of sportsmen at the chateau of
Baron Hirsch, in Hungary, shot 20,870 part
ridges in three days.
Electrotype reproductions of rare
pieces of silver, such as are found only in
museums nr valuable art collections, are
among the latest fads.
Since November 8 to date it has been
estimated that 78 Democrats have been
killed by powder in celebrating the victory.
The largest telephone center in the
world is that in the Exchange in Berlin,
Germany, where 7,000 wires are connected
with the main office.
A student in a Western college pro
poses to dellvor a lecture on commence
ment day on "The Relation of the Wheel
barrow to American Elections."
The auger that bores a square hole con
sists of a screw aujer in a square tube, the
corners of which ate sharpened from within,
and as the auger advances cuts the round
hole square.
Twenty-seven men in the English mer
cantile marine who were candidates for
masters' and mates' certificates last year
were rejectod through their inability to dis
tinguish colors.
The Pennsylvania Bailroad depot in
Philadelphia promises to be the most mag
nificent structure of its kind in the world,
lc will be modern gothic, granite and brick,
ten stories high, with a tower 210 feet high.
A well-known French physician asserts
that the bilious fever so characteristic of
tropical countries is due to a special bac
terium, which, though motionless itself, is
accompanied by numberless moving spores.
The Spanish peasant works every day
and dances half tne night, and yet eats only
his black bread, onion an'd water-melon.
The Smyrna porter cats only a littte fruit
and some olives, yet ho walks off with his
load of 100 ponnds."
The amount of coloring matter in a
pound of coal is enormous. It will yield
enough magenta to color S00 yards of flannel,
vermilion for 2,530 yards, aurine for 120
yards, and alizarine sufficient for 135 yards,
of turkoy red cloth.
No less than 2,000 daily and weekly
journals are printed in Paris. This is only
a little more than a third less than those
printed in the provinces. They are repre
sented by 3.180, Algeria by 123, and the other
French possessions by 48.
In the Roman Campagna, at the sepul
chre of Metella, wife of Sulla, there is an
echo which repeats five times, each being in
a different key. It will also repeat a hexa
meter line, or another sentence which can
be spoken iu two and ahalf seconds.
The total number of letters carried in
France during 1891 was 570,000,009, as com
pared with 312,000,000 in 1877. The number of
post cards during the same period increased
irom 30 000,000 to 41,000.000 and newspaper
wrappers lrom 192,000,000 to 300,000,000.
Foreign physicians are agreed, almost
unanimously as to. the Importance of adopt
ing immediately the repressive treatment of
cholera by opium, acting upon the theory
which assnroes the worst symptoms of
cholera to be the result of loss. of fluid.
The Boman soldiers, who built such
wonderful roads and carried a weight of
armor and lnggage tbat wonld crush the
average farm hand, lived- on coarse brown
bread and sour wine. They were temperate
in diet and regular and constant in exercise.
A Tram (Italy) doctor has the follow
ing notice nfllxed to his portal: "Prof. Bicca
The said Prof. RIcca will use for making
his salves llye snakes and large serpents,
wolves, bears, monkeys, marmots, weasels
and numerous other kinds of wild animals,
alive anf in good condition."
On the bank of the river Nabs, between
BIngen and Coblentz, there is an echo capa
ble of lepeatlng a sentence 17 different
times. A peculiarity of this echo is tnat al
though the original word or sentence be
uttered in a whisper, yet the volume of the
sound increases many folds in the echo.
Volcanic ashes often travel a long dis
tance. A remarkable shower of volcanio
ashes has occurred recently In several parts
of Finland. The ground in some places has
been covered to the depth of nearly an inch.
The phenomenon is attributed to volcanio
eruptions in Iceland, hundreds of miles
away.
In France there is an unwritten but
immutable law that a painting ' shall not be
exhibited without the artist's consent, no
matter what the wishes of the owner may
be. And now a literary and artistic con
gress in session at Milan, Italy, has decided
that the right of reproduction does not
pass to the buyer ota picture.
The keeang poles of the Haida Indians,
of the Queen Charlotte Islands, according
to Mr. Aloxander Mackenzie's account of
them, were erected to commemorate the
event of a chief taking Dositlon In the tribo
by building a house and making a distribu
tion of all his property. Each pole- has also
an Individual distinguishing name.
In many parts of England, in Germany,
and in the north of Europe there are numer
ous superstitions concerning the cuckoo, all
of which, however, unite in ascribing to it
oracular powers. In the maritime Hijh
lauds and Hebrides if the cuckoo is first
heard by one who has pot broken his fast,
some misfortune, it is believed, may be ex
pected. In the famous cellars of the Hotel de
Ville, at Bremen, there are a dozen cases or
holy wine which have been preserved for
250 years, if the cost of maintaining th
cellar, paymont of rent, interest upon tho
original value of the wine and other inci
dental charges are all cns,?e"I!1?,,r
this choice wine has cost $2,000,000, eaolx
glassful $270,476, and a single drop could no
be sold without loss under $200.
ORIGINAL AND JOCOSE.
a student's lament.
Pnt away the leather footballs,
Canvas Jackets. Dreeches. toot
Buy a lot or good court plaster
For the cuts that are not few.
Latin, GrecK and other studies
N ow will play most active parts.
But those long haired football players.
Have ensnared all maidens' hearts.
A PCZZLEIt.
"I can't, for the life of me," said a dear
young creature. "ee how humorists think of new
Jokes every day." ,. 4V
"That's exactly what puzzles me." said u
funny man as he Jottea down a laugh that bo had
read somewhere about a month ago
Woman wants a great deal hero below,
hut wants that greal deal short, remarked th
hubby when the clerk snowed him the latest styu
seal coat and told him the price.
AS rr is in 1892.
"Who is to be your best man?"
I don't know yet. I furnished Braastreet a fill
ofnames and ho is looking them up. He'll tx
worth a case orsllrer at least."
A TOAST.
Here is a toast: Come, boys, let us drinkj
It Is not to last season's dears,
for they have sipped well of the social enp.
And uow it's their turn to shea tears. '
ItlsnoMothePastlaskyontodnnk; , , .
Let the Future her banner now flaunt; t
So fill tip your glass and drain to the dregs
To the health of the fair debutante. ' '"'.
CHICX,.