BagggggggKsg3ais Zfmjr! WFfVf ?&wr f?$V. THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1892. Mje Bigpmj. ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 8. 1S. Vol. 74. No. 21S-Enterea t nttsburg POBtofflce ove:aber, 1K. as second-class matter. BUSINESS OFFICE. Cor.SmlUifield and Diamond Street. Kerr Rooms and Publishing Bouse, 78 and SO Diamond fetrcet. New Dispatch Building. EASTERN ADVFHT1SING OFFICE. ROOM 7, TRIBUNF BUILDING. NEW YORK, where complete flics uf THE DISPATCH can always be found. THE DISrXTCH is on sale at LEADING HOTELS throughout the United States, andatlJrentano's, SUuIon Square, New York, and 17 Avenue de 1' Orera, Parte France. i TERMS OF THE DISPATCH. roSTAOE trek in the united states. rATLY Dispatch. One Ye-ir. f 8 00 Daily DisrATcn. Three Months 100 Daily l)ipTCii. One Month 70 Daily Disi-ATCn, Including "-anday. lycar.. 1(180 Daily D m-atcii. Including Sund-iy, 3 m'ths. S60 Daily Dispatch. Including s-nnday, 1 month. 83 fcCNDAYDlSI-A Clt. 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Pittsburg's prod ucts have already secured a good name in Colombia, and the statement that the Southern Republic will require 200,000 tons of iron during the next year is an indication of the extent of Its growing market The advice for the establishment of a line of steamers by Pittsburg capitil direct from New Orleans to the Magdalene river is such as should be followed with a3 little delay :is possible. Colonel Roberts resolution asking for the establishment of a River Commission to look after the interests of the Missis sippi and Its tributaries is a wise one worthy of hearty support The announcement that the Committee on Transportation and Railroads had sent out a spnes of questions to the railroad officials on freight discrimination is an in dication that the remedy for the evil com plained of is being gradually approached. These three matters, separate and dis tinct though they be, are all intimately connected with the future growth of Pitts burg. Their consideration is a startling Indication of some of the several ways in which the Chamber can foster this city's Interests. To enlarge the market for Pittsburg manufactures, to improve Pitts burg's waterways and to abolish railroad discriminations against Pittsburg, one and the same line of action is primarily neces sarily, that is, the unification of this city's citizens for the attainment of bene fits for the community. It is the duty of the Chamber of Commerce to encourage this progressive co-operative spirit until the growth and prosperity of Pittsburg receive every possible aid and encourage ment YESTERDAY'S DARKNESS. Yesterday was a fair specimen of the days for which Pittsburg was characteris tic In former times. Its recurrence ought to arouse public spirit to prevent it from becoming characteristic of Pittsburg in the future. Whi'e the hill-tops and surrounding country were enjoying clear skies and bracing air, the down-town section was shrouded in gloom and darknes. The moisture rising from the river to the cold atmosphere about was promptly turned into fog, and held down under the high atmospheric pressure. Mingled with the smoke this became a pall of darkness, and Pittsburg groped in the gloom all day. The city workers had to rely on electric and gas lights, the exterior of everything was gloomy and dingy, and the damage to nerves, to eyesight, to clothing and ar chitecture was beyond calculation. In the days when Pittsburg had to ac cept this result of her industries as in evitable it could be borne with cheerful ness, and even with a species of pride in our unique "qualification. But since we have experienced a half decade of clean liness and light, the question whether artificial conversion of day into night is necessary assumes a vital importance. The fact that a large share of our smoke could be abolished shows how the afflic tion can be mitigatefl. Intimations are also present that science can develop smokeless fuels for our mills, and thus ubolish the darkness as completely as dur ing the natural gas era. To do this is for the welfare of every man, woman and child interested in the future of our city. Such a demonstration of our smoke as that of yesterday should unite the whole population in the effort to get rid of it by every means consistent with industrial prosperity. MORE CRY THAN HURT. The question whether the new Senators from half a dozen States shall be Re publican, Democratic or People's party already assumes the usual features of partisan contests. The Democrats boil ever with cries of fraud, with allegations of a Republican conspiracy to steal legis lative elections, to buy legislators and to otherwise in the Democratic diction "pre vent the fulfilment of the will of the people." The Republicans take a more lofty tone of asserting that they are going to see that none of the rights of Re publican representation are thrown away. All of which means that any outcome of the Senatorial elections in any of the States at issue is to be set down before hand as a fraud by the party it does not suit That is the regular partisan cry, and it Is nearly always based on a mini mum of fact The Democrats so far have alleged a single case in the canvassing of votes for legislators out "West which has the flavor of the practice by which the New York Democrats won their Legis lature in 1870. The Republicans, so far as the public knows, have about as frail a foundation for claiming the legislatures in dispute. The fact is neither party cares much what the evi dence is. f Party interests being at stake, both sides are equally ready to make vio lence or dogmatism of assertion make up for the very large unknown element of the truth in the case. It is perfectly justifiable for the party men on either side to guard the partyln terests. But it Is not worth while to get wild about it, or to shout fraud in ad vance. There is not much probability that anything will be stolen this year by either Republicans or Democrats. The element of a third party makes such achievements very difficult Where It holds the balance of power, as it probably will in the Senate, it is not likely to con sent to any grabs for the benefit of either of the other party organizations. -Where its own interests are involved it can always count on the support of the party that does not institute the grab. The futility of such attempts and the recoil they would inflict on party interests will probably confine the dispute to action on both sides merely for the sake of protect ing the rightfully gamed representation of the respective parties THE FIRST PLATFORM. To the Citizens' Industrial Alliance is due the credit of being the first in the field with a platform for the February city election. Tho Alliance has not yet gone the length of naming candidates. It is probably first giving the "regulars" of both the old organizations a chance to put up men who possess capacity and the pub lic confidence. What the Alliance does is to insist that measures as well as men must be consid ered at the election. This follows a recommendation in the columns Of The Dispatch a few days ago. The public are not deeply interested on a mere scram ble between rival politicians for the honors or emoluments of places at City Hall, but there is a deep interest in having a city government which will consider at all points the best interests of the city; and candidates with a specific programme to advance these interests are the men who are wanted. The Industrial Alliance has several ex cellent planks in its tplatform notably those which call for "city employes to be separated from all political influences by civil service laws rigidly enforced; the city to own and operate its own plants for hqiit and water; franchises to bo sold to the highest bidder: and an annual audit of the accounts of the various depart ments of the government." The advantage of such a platform to nominees for the city offices is thst when citizens vote or work for such nominees they know what they are voting for. The Alliance is to be commended for its specific declarations. Labor, which it represents, in the end pays most of the taxes; but apart from that the Alliance's recom mendations are good enough to be indorsed at the polls by a majority of all citizens without regard to class or party. CONFLICTING REPORTS. Intimations are heard from circles sup posed to be authoritative with, regard to the Catholic Church, that Mgr.Satolli is to be recalled by the Pope for his address on the school question, published last week. This informa tion is somewhat confusing and contra dictory, for th6 double reason that Mgr. Satolli was supposed to be the best author ity as to the Papal views, and that the new statement contradicts that of other Catholic clergymen who asserted that too much was made of the address because it simply carried the lines of Cstholic action taken years ago on the same subject It is evident that there are strongly op posing elements in the Church on this topic. The conflict of reports maybe due to the conflict of opinions and desires. But until the statement is made by official authority it will be diffi cult to believe that a Papal delegate could take such a step without due authority, or that so progressive and en lightened a pontiff as Leo would disavow a step that goes so far toward removing the subject 'Of dispute between the Catho lic Church and one of the most promi nent institutions of our democratic gov ernment THE THIRD PARTY QUESTION. Thejsummary of results claimed by the leaders of the People's party as the fruit of their agitation includes one million votes for the Weaver electors, twenty three electors, five United States Senators and ten Congressmen, the State govern ments of Kansas, Colorado and North Dakota and large gains in several State Legislatures. To this summary the New York Sun adds the testimony of its opinion that "the heavy popular vote for the Populist electors m some of the Southern States serves principally to show that under the conditions existing in 1892 the solid South would have been broken and its solid electoral vote lost to the Democracy had not the Force Bill issue been put at the front" This summary with the comment of our cotemporary designed to magnify the im portance of the putative issue, by virtue' of which it was able to keep itself within the Democratic ranks, contains food for reflection on many points. For the De mocracy it presents the claim that they were enabled to maintain their strong hold in that anachronistic and sectional feature of politics, the solid South, only by parading a spook of an issue, which had little foundation in fact and which was disavowed by the Republicans early in the campaign. It may not appear se rious to the Democrats that they have re tained the South by the cry of "wolf," but in the presence of the asseveration that they would otherwise have lost it there is the further suggestion that a very wise course is necessary to prevent the loss of that stronghold In the future by the decay of sectionalism. For the Republicans there is in this as sertion the reflection that the party actions Which gave what little foundation there was for the Force Bill cry was neither good legislatym nor goo'd politics. This was the view of The Dispatch at the time the Federal election bill was pend ing. The bill was pushed to the last gasp ,by party interest; but the result indicates that the political effect was as dangerous at the breech as at the muzzle. The scare of the People's party n the late contest is, in its entire ty, the most fruitful subject for reflection. The result shows the new party to have gone some what beyond the high-water mark of the Greenback agitation. Bath of these re volts were caused by dissatisfaction with conditions. Will the People's party die but as the Greenback movement did, or will it, as its supporters expect, pain in strength until it reaches controlling strength? The answer to this will depend on the action of the other parties and largely on that of the People's party it self. Reform of corporate abuses and care for public rather than private Inter ests may remove the active causes of the Third party revolt. Failing that, the People's party itself, by abjuring crank isms and confining its agitation to definite remedies for well established evils, may so commend itself to the confidence of the public as to become an active instead of a neutral power in politics. Certainly the phenomenon of a Third party casting a million votes In the na tional election is not one to be ignored. Intelligent statesmanship will find a great deal of food for study in it and Its possi ble future. Anything that tendi to itir up genuin Interest In municipal affairs Is an excellent tiling. And the Industrial Alliance is to be congratulated upon Us enthusiasm in tho consideration of local politics. With a per sistence eqnal to it initial vigor it cannot fail to arouse a healthy interest -where un wholesome apathy lias hitherto prevailed too much. A few more atmospheres like yrstei day's and "the weather producers will Be se riously accused or Anglomania. Bat per haps a weekly example of the extent to which the smoke nuisance can accontuate its unpleasantness upon occasion will ho tho best means of enforcing a strong and united effort for its complete abolition. Breathing dirt Is had enough, bnt when it comes to positively eating it the self-respect oKl'ecent human beings will insist that the work of filtration be accomplished by eoo noinlc mechanical devices designed for the purpose. George Gould has been described as an ahle and close-fisted man of business. It has also been asserted that ho intends to estab lish a racing stable on a largo scale. The two statements can hardly bejeconclled, except upon the assumption that a hereditary bat hitherto suppressed love or gambling is his predominant characteristic. Representative Cummings offered a resolution- in tho House yesterday calling attention to the vigorous fight which a New York trade Journal has been waging against tho injustice or folly of tho I'ostofflco De partment. Postmaster General Wauamaker is to nppenr Ueroro tho House, and ho will accomplish somothing miraculous if ho can explain away in a satisfactory manner the nonsensical distinctions or invidious dis criminations made by tho department, with his" Knowledge, in its rulings as to tho classi fication of mail matter. If the discovery of diamonds in Idaho be confirmed by further investigation there will ho one less temptation to smuggling. And tlio amount of peijmy In undergoing the inspection of customs officials will he correspondingly reducod. In outlining the policv to be followed by tho President elect, there is an inclination in some quarters to confound conservatism with timidity. Mr. Cleveland is littlo likely to he uioved by such criticisms, and the critics will do well to remember that in this case prudence will piovo the hotter part of patriotism, as discretion is tho bettor part of valor. Temerity in acceding to tho radi cal wishes of theoxtremo wine of tho Dsmo cratic party -would he tho greatest sign of timidity -which Grover Cleveland could give. t West Virginia's official election re turns aro in before Christmas artor nil. They are published this morning and such incredulous promptness in making tho nec essary intricate calculations is suiely a mat ter for commendation. ..The brothers Gould are supposed to be making regardless or cost a complete col lection or the tributes paid to their late illustrious 'father bv the press all over tho world. 'XThey evidently pay moio attention to pubHix opinion than he did. And it is earnestly to bo hoped tn.it the strictures passed on tho deceased may move them to manage their own lives on other and more moral lines than those which brought him what the world is pleased to call success. At this, time it is an excellent thing for the country that the Democratic party in power ts a far less solid organization than the Democratic party in opposition. There is no wonder that men who had been attending dog and cock fights should Indulge in a disputation costing the lives of three of them. But when it is asserted that tho promoters of tho "sport" were members of the Board of Education of Hamilton, Ohio, tho citizens or that place will possibly regret that they wore not more Judicions in the selection of those who hare so much to do with the upbringing of their children. New Yobbv State may consider Jay Gould a positive benefactor. His estate is taxed to the tune of $700,000. The gold fever in Arizona is a reminder of the forties. Dollar-chasing is the pre dominant ODCupation or America to-day, and the virgin yellow metal has lostjione of its fascination. Civilization may progress and commerce prosper to any extent, but men will still undergo hardships and priva tions -without learning in the majority of cases that; "All that glitters is not gold." The clearest intellects had abundant ex cuse Tor Iceling befogged during yesterday's black Monday. Political etiquette is no laughing mat ter, as the Reform Club will realize for its fatuity in -wounding tho nuzust susceptibili ties of Speaker Crisp. No donbt the tribute of applause paid him in the House yesterday by Republicans was due to their delight at the symptoms of division in Democratic ranks no less than to their respect and admiration for him personally. PEOPLE OP PROMINENCE. The Maharajah of Baroda and his whole co:rt are strict teetotalers. Prof. Agassiz once said that his life had been such a busy one that he never had found time to get lich. It was said at Mr. Blaine's house yester day that Mr. Blaine's condition had im proved very much and bo was better than the day before. The professor of chemistry at Rouen, M. Bldard, has brought lorward a now thoory regai ding storage batteries, which is said to make an important advance in electrical science. The Hon. Edward J. Phelps, Mr. Cleve land's Minister to England, tells a reporter that he does not expect to be invited to be come Secretary of State under the new ad ministration. Edwin Gould has ordered from a press clipping bureau "all the comments and ac counts about" his father which have ap peared, or will appear, in "all the news papers of the -world." General Eoseckans was not so well late yesterday as the day before, being rather nervous, due, it is said, to having received so many callers who came to in quire as to.hls health. Rev. "WAliTER S. Rudolph, pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian Church In Denver, has severed his church relations because he cannot consistently preach the doctrine or endless punishment. The monument to Cabanel, recently un veiled 'at Montpensier, tho artist's birth place, consists of a portrait bust by Dubois, placed in a niche, before which stands a figure, gracofnl and lightly draped, repre senting the Muse of Fainting. In the parade of turnouts in Central Park, New York, Sunday, was one equipage that attracted general attention. It was a well appointed victoria, containing Presi-dent-elect-nnd Mrs. Cleveland. Mr. Cleve land sat on the left sldeot the carriage, a' reversal of the -usual enstom. BBADF0ED BE1GHIEN8 TJP, Ent One of Its Residents Denies It Is on , Account of the Election. WASHntQToir, Dec. 12. Special. Alfred E. Eutton, a member or the English Parlia ment, visited the t o Houses or Congress to-day under the escort or Senator IV oleott. Mr. Button, who is a young man, was accom panied ttT the Capital by his two traveling companions, Messrs. T. A. Haworth and E. M. Coward, all of whom wore much inter ested in -what they saw, although they ex pressed disappointment that the House arose" Before they reached the galleries Mr. Hutton, who represents the town of Bradford, where there aro extensive mills, stated to a Dispatch teporter that the passage of the MoKinlev tariff bill had been a disastrous blow to the Bradford industries, bnt that during the last summer they had revived owing. .he thinks, not to the prob able result of tne election in this country, but to the necessity of the American mm-. kets for the class oi goods manufactured by BU .tngnsu constituents. A LOOK AROUND. Concerning the training of the police in the line of local geography, or which I spoke some days ago, Superintendent O'Mara has this to say. The Pittsburg officers are all residents of the city of years' standing, and la a genoral way aro familiar with the location of public build ings and places of interest. In regard to streets, and especially new ones whioh are constantly being created, he admits that in the East End dlstriots especially it would be well to have the officers Inform themselves further. With this in view ho will shortly inaugurate some system by which the men can become acquainted with the names and locations of streets and alleys on their beats so as to be able to answer quostlons asked by those in search ofinrormation. The men are all provided with copios or the official city hand book, which .contains a list of streets and mnch other information for which there may bo sudden need while on duty. And so Fred Leslie, the thorough actor and artist in his own line, has Joined the silent majority, nnd of the famous comedi ans, male and female, who mado the Gaiety in London the most famous variety theater in tho English-speaking world, only Letly LInd remains, for Nellie Farren is likely, so the cables say, to follow her husband. Up to tho time of his sudden illness, Leslie was playing in "Cinder Ellen Up Too Late," at tho Gaiety.and a fnnnier, more amusing per-1 formance was never given by him. In some ways ho was too English in mannerisms to he entirely agreeable to Americans, but this was the fault of those who furnished him lines and parts, rather than of the.man or the actor himself. As a story-teller, where ho bad to depend upon his own merits, or in t)ie thousind nnd one bits of comedy busi ness which ho originated and which wore stolen from him by dozens of smaller fry, he showed himseir to be a keen comedian, full of native wit and drollery. As a market for fine oil paintings of high pi ice, Pittsburg is rapidly growing in the estimation of the dealers. A foi elgner, who has hoen coming here foryears with nreally good lot of examples of the various English and French schools, tells me that his sales havo steadily grown from year to yoar until they have reached a goodly sum sufficient tojnstlfy him lnbrtnging with him 40 to B0 pictures worth from $200 to $10,000 each, which he exhibits for a month or two at a time. A number or men of moderate means havo become picture buyers and to quote the dealer, they have in the main shown good tasto and good Judgment in their se lections. A New Yorker, who deals in holiday fanoy articles, tells me that tho Christmas card fad, a thing which urew from 60 cent to $50 proportions in a few years, that fad of painted satins and all that sott of seductive ness, has died a natural death. There are signs of tho funeral in the stores to be suro and they will continue, no donbt, for many Christmasscs to come, but the really correct thing in the way of a Christmas greeting to a person to whom yon do not wish to make a present, is to send a benison by telegraph or your visiting card with a written mes- In a short time the Pennsylvania Rail road Company will begin work on the addi tion to its present station and office build ing, on Broad street, .Philadelphia. The company has purchased all of the property between its present building and Market street, and the new building, when com pleted, will be a splendid home lor this cor poration. I spoke some time ago of the fact that the Westinghouse Electric Company was at work on experimental machinery for the Niagara Falls Power Company. This plant will be one of the wonders or the world when it is completed. It means the pur chase and operation of more electrical ma chinery than has so far been mado by all the companies of the United States for electric light plants. The power company owns the power on hoth the Canadian and American sides of the Falls, and will establish there a plant or25v,G00-horse power, which will be 25 times greater than any power plant in the world. By means of the wonderful Tesla discoveries, which are owned by the Westinghouse Company, the Niagara plant will distribute power to any and all sorts of electric light or manufactnring establish ments within a radius of SO miles. This much has already been definitely settled and experiments are in progress which al ready indicate that the same degree of power can bo furnished anywhere within 100 miles of the Falls. In addition to the 250,000 horse power machinery for gener ating purposes the power company will use from 200,000 to 500,000 horse power dynamos to distribute tho power. The same systeSn of distribution pioposed by the Westing house people for this plant Is now in suc cessful operation in Southern California 'where with 10,000 volts on the Tesla process the power is transmitted 23 miles. In the Niagara plant the voltage will beat least 20,000. The loss in transmission on these high voltages is comparatively small. With a voltage of 23,000 it is expected that 100 miles can be covered. This is not only a great triumph to the alternating cm rent system, but it also makes it certain that long distance electri cal railways can be operated by this process. The road between St. Lonis und Chicago, for example, can he run with stations covering SO miles of road each, and on this passenger traffic can be handled, where there are no switches and no freight trains in the way, at tremendous speed. When it is realized that the power plant at Niagara will have a capacity for 5.000,000 arc lights, its cnormons strength can he seen and its possibilities es timated. Walter. DE0PB OUT OF SIGHT. A Large Section of Lehigh Valley Railroad Track Undermined. SHEKAirooAH, Dec. 12. Shortly before noon to-day the surface 300 yards east of Packer colliery No. 2, near Lost Creek, began to crack, and several minutes after a freight train and a coal train had passed over the spot, the ground gave way, carrying with it both tracks orthe Lehigh Valley Railroad. The cavity thus made is 75 feet deop and about 40 leetin diameter. All coal traffic on the branch from here to Ashland has beon suspended and passengers are being transferred aiound the beach. A force of men was immediately put to work filling the envo In with coal dirt, but it will be at least three days betoie the roadbed can be ropairod, QUIT CABBYING SI2EEAGE. The North Atlantic Steamship Association Will liaise Cabin Hates. Loxdott, Dec. 12. Mr. Peters, Secretary of the North Atlantio Steamship Association, has given out a statement that in view of the American regulations in regard to immi grants the association, at an extraordinary meeting held to-day, decided to carry on its vessels onlv saloon and second class passen gers from January 1 next. The saloon and second class fares will bj misod and no rates will be given to the World's Fair. West Virginia Ofilclal at Last. WnEELii.G, Dec. 12. The following are the official returns of the election as made up to day at the (secretary of State's office: Harri son, 80,235; Cleveland, 81.463; Bidwell, 2.1M; Weaver, 4.165. Cleveland's plurality, 4,133. For Congress, Pendleton has 206 plurality, Wilson 1,051, Alderson 1.M6. nnd Copnharc 2,067. McCorlcle, for Governor, has 3,918 plu rality. Ignorance Not Always Bliss-ed. Detroit Journal. When Moderator Bliss, of the Presbytery tryingPror. Brlggs, gets into a parliamen tary tangle he does not believe that ignor ance is himself. They Are Afraid to Tackle It. St. Lonis Gloce-Dcmocrat.1 A week of the present session of Congress has passed, and no Democratic member has yet said a word about repealing tho McKIn. ley law. The Practical Side of It. Oman World-Herald. The monetary question. Can you sottlo that little bill to-dayr HE. WANAMAKEB BOASTED For Excluding a Trade Paper From the Malls While Campaign Document Go. Washisgtoj:, Dec. J2 In the House to'-day Representative Amos Cummiqgs offered for reference a resolution reciting an editorial in the New York Sun of the 30th ultimo, headed "Outrage by the Postofflce." This editorial charges that clerks in the depart ment at Washington are in the habit of ex cluding newspapers from the privilege of being carried in the mails as second-class matter without previous notice to the pub lisher, and that such action is intended, and further that: "It had been discovered that there are persons residing at the National Capital who will attempt the adjustment of difficulties of this sort for a money consid eration and seek employment on the score of influence possessed with persons occupy ing responsible positions." "And whereas," continues the recitation, "it is further stated in said editorial article that the ostensible reason for interference with the distribution of trades Journals is a desite to keep the malls from being loaded down with advertising matter for which the people have not subscribed; yet during the months that preceded the election many million campaign documents were carried in the mails at rates not allowed to publica tions issued for business purpose or in the Interest of such canses as temperance or ldiglon." It is again recited that "men holding im portant offices unde- 'the adminlstiatlon hove received the same privileges permitted to campaign -committees, but pronounced illegal when oidlnary citizens would seek lor them. The Postmaster Genoral and the Superintendent of the Census have each taken personal advantage of tho opportunity to use the malls in a manner that the depart ment pronounces illegal for ether citizens." It is resolved that the Committee on Post offices aud Post Roads be directed to investi gate the charges above set forth, and to that cud call before them Hon. John Wana maker, Postmaster General of the United States, and demand an explanation thereof. AIT EXAMPLE OF JUSTICE That Is Not Calculated .to Impress the Civilized Indians. Wasbiitotox, Dec. 12. The subject which occnpled most of the day's session of the Senate was Mr. Vest's Joint resolution for the appointment of a commission to have an agieement made with the five civilized tribes of Indians for the taking of land in severalty and for oponlng the remainder of tho lands to white settlement. The discussion was chiefly be tweon Senators Vest and Berry, who wero both agreed as to the main object proposed, but who differed as to some statements of tact. Tho matter went over without action. Mr. Vest, replying to remarks of Mr. Berry in derenso or Judge Parker, or the Fort Smith Court, narrated the case of a poor negro who had been triod in the court, fonnd guilty and sentenced to be hanged for shooting one of a party who broke into his house at night (and who turned out to bo a deputy marshal) the Judgo having charged that the prisoner was presumed to have knowledge of tho of ficial knowledge of the man who was killed. Thecaso has been brought to Mr. Vest's attention, and ho bad taken tho record or the case to the Departmentof Justicewhere the pardon clerk, Mr. Botcler, had recom mended the pardon or the prisoner. Mr. Vest hnd then brongbt the papers to President Cleveland, who read them that same night and commuted the sentence to ten years' imprisonment. A Senator He ought to have been par doned. Mr. Vest He ought to have been acquitted in the first instance or he ought to have been pnrdoned by the President. But Judxe Parker afterward denounced that action on the part or President Cleveland as an inter ference with his Judicial authority, and has, since then, denounced President Harrison for interfering with ore of his sentences. That is the sort or court which is to give to the civil zed Indians ot this country an idea of our mode of administering justice! EABBIE0N HAY GET KANSAS. Tlio People's Party Vote for Weaver Probably Not Legal. Topeka, Kan., Dec. 12. There is a serious question as to whether the Weavor eleotors have been legally chosen in Kansas. The ballots cast by Democrats were beaded: "Democratic ticket: For President, Grover Cleveland; for Vice President, Adlal E. Stevenson." Although the People's party electors followed tho above caption, the vote, it is claimed, was not a legal one for General Weaver, as the Democrats who cast the ballot instructed the electors to vote in the Electoral Colleee for Cleveland and Stevenson. If there were 20,000 such votes cast, ax is claimed, the question is, should the "lectoral vote of Kansas be counted for Weaver. If it does not legally belong to Weaver, then tho Republican electois for Kansas have a light to give the State's vote to Harrison. The Democratic fnsionists held a meeting, adopted a platform, nnd, as Democrats, formally nominated the electors which ap peared npon tho Democratic ticker, and had Cleveland tickets been more numerous than those hearing Weaver's name, there is no question but the electoral vote would have been claimed for Cleveland. While the de cision of this case will not affect tho result of the general election, it will be thrown into the courts fur final settlement. BEITISH ELECTIONS. The I'arnellltes Score Another Victory, as Do tho Liberals. Loudon, Dec. 12. Tho Parnellites have scored another victory in contested election matters. Tho antl-Parnellltes some time ago presented a message against the retnrn of Mr. William Redmond who at the last gen eral election was chosen by a majority of 446 votes to represent East Clare in the House of Commons basing their protest on the cor rupt practices act. Tho election petition Judges to-day handed down a decision dis missing the petition with costs against the petitioners. The election in the Eastern division or Aberdeenshire to fill the vacancy in tho House oi Commons caused by the acceptance by Mr. Peter Esslemonr, the Gladstonlan who was returned at the last general elec tion, of the salaried office or chairman of the Scottish Fishery Board, has resulted in the return of Mr. Thomas Ry burn Buchanan, Liberal, who received 4,x43 votes against 2,917 votes cast for Colonol Russell, Unionist. Tne Gladstonian majority at the general election was 1,624. Mr. Buchanan's majority was 1,326. M'COMAS' B0AD A BOUGH ONE. Democrats Propose to Fight His Confirma tion to the Last. WASnrsoTOif, Dec. 12. If the nomination of Mr. McComas ior the District of Columbia Supreme Court bench should successfully pass it will meet at the hands of the Demo cratic members of the Judiciary Committee, it is certain to run against a snag in the Senate, upon which it is possible it may he hung up until alter tho 4th of March next. Democrats say that this is not only possible, but extremely probable. It is believed that tho nomination will be favorably recom mended by tho Judiciary Committee, and then the struggle will begin on the floor of the Senate and the executive sessicms until the case is disposed or.may be accompanied by a dash of spice not witnojseu since tho attempt to deieat the nomination of Judge Woods last summer. The Old Rule Still Holds Good. Philadelphia Tlmes.l The general inadvisablllty of going to ex tremes will also apply to most North and South Pole expeditions. Heady for Cold-Tea Cocktails. Baltimore American. I Kentucky has advancod tho price of whisky. And Congress has been in session only one week. DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE1. l'arsons G. Ogden. Mr. Parsons G. Ogden, of Cincinnati, a brotherjofMrs. PhllT. Armour, of Chicago, died suddenly last cvculng uf paralysis of the heart. He had been indisposed for a week, but appeared much better ye.terday. Mr. Ugdcn was a bach elor. 54 j ears old and is reported to have au estate OftbOO.0.0. Rev. B- K. Sawlilll, Rev. B. F. Sawhill, a retired Methodist Episcopal clereymin, well known in this part of Pennsylvania, died yesterday.' aged 82 years, at the residence of his tou-in-law, W. J. Boggs, No. 170 Biiena Vista street. Allegheny. He leaves several children, two of Ihem. W. tt". and A. i, drug gists m Pittsburg and Allegneuj . S. C. West. S. C West, once a prominent Milwau kee busluess man, died at the Wankesha Sanita rium on saturdayiilght of paralysis of the heart, used 74 yean. The deceased was postmaster of CHARITY OX THE STAGE. A Theatrical Performance to Be Given for the Benefit of the West Penn Hospital Stndents Traveling in Stylo The Gossip of Society. The arrangements for the forthcoming benefit perfornance for tho West Penn Hospital aro being pushed forward by the ladles in charge of the matter. There was a meeting yesterday afternoon, in the Y. M. C. A. rooms, of the ladles. The benefit was talked ovor, and there were many sugges tions made of greater or less value. Tho performance Is to take place at "tho Alvin Theator Jannary 13, in theafternoon. Thero is to be an act of "School for Scandal," with Mario Wainwright as Lad) Tevde, an ace from Nat Goodwin's play, "A Gilded Fool," with Mr. Goodwin In tjie leading role, and a specialty performance by the company playing at the Academy of Music that week. A proposition was made at the meet ing yesterday to place ice cream and other refreshments on sale at the theater, but it was voted down, tho ladles deciding that the public would not approve of this feature in the theater. If they want sneh things they would prefer to got them outside. Another suggestion that did not meet with favor was that young girls should sell flow ers in the foyer. It was thought that the young ladles might object to ench a duty in the theater, and, moreover that the people who paid to go, with the idea of benefiting the hospital, would feel that they wero being imposed upon if they were solicited to buy flowers and other things that they did uot expect. It was proposed that there should be a list Of patronesses, but it was objected to this that the patroness idea had been done to death, nnd it is possible that there will be no patronesses in connection with tho West Penn Hospital Dene fit this year. There is a meeting to be hold Tuesday, January 3, in the Y. M. C. A. rooms, when the patroness question will be settled, and the final ar rangements for the benefit will be made. It is thonght by snmo of the ladles that it would be well to have patronesses, because there aro mothers who object to their daugh ters attending theaters, and who will leel better satisfied If the entertainment is under the ostensible direction of prominent and well known society ladles. A bazaar and supper is to he held this evening in Cyclorama Hall, Allegheny, under tho auspices of tho membors of the congregation of the now Calvary U. E. Church. This church is the Allegheny branch of old Christ Church, and the edlflco is to be erected at the corner or Allegheny avonne and Beach street. It will cost about $2f0 000, and most of this sum has yet to be raised. The entertalnraont this evening is to be the first of several that will bo held to accumulate money for this purpose, and It is tho earnest hope of tho members that the building fund will be materially increased by tho receipts to-nlgbt. A large number of the leading society and charitable lidies of Allegheny form the Committee of Arrange ments, and will be in charge of the various tables and stands. The musicial organizations of Princeton will take a trip West during the Christmas vacation. The tonr will embrace all the large cities or the West. They will travel in a special train consisting or three Pullman coaches, one baczage car and a special loco motive. Mrs. T. Harrison Garrett and Mr. Lord, or the B. & O. K. R., have kindly loaned their private cars and there will also be a Pullman sleeper. The entire train will be draped in orance nnd black bunting and will rnn on on entirely independent schedule. The clubs themselves are tho largest that over represented "Old Nassau." The Glee Club numbers about 25. including a whistler and warbler; the Banjo Club 16 and the Mandolin Club 10. Their concert here will be in Carnegie Mnsic Hall Tues day, Jannary 3. The many alumni and friends or Princeton in Western Pennsylva nia are preparing to givo the bovs a rousing welcome, and it is probable that scats will sell at a premium long before the entertain ment commences. Social Chatter. There will be an entertainment nt the Sixth Presbyterian Church Thursday ovon ing un"ler the anspices of the J. F. Patterson Missionary Band. The following persons will nppear'on tho programme: Miss M. Seeds, Miss Edith narrls. Miss Katharine Ward. Miss Mav Biish, Prof. John Richards, P. A. Ward, M.'Ward, Jr.. B. II. Dnrbin. J. I McFeely, Keller qcintett. A'ter tho enter tainment coffee, cake and ices will be served in tho dining room. There will be a concert nnder the nnsplccs or tho Seventh U. P. Church, of Allegheny, this eveninir, in the Sixth ward school hall. Among those that will take part are tho Davis Quartette, the Havdu Mandolin Quar tette, Ml" Carrie HlUIard, Edward Kieber and O. I. Forney. . A stecial meeting of the Latnes' Aid So ciety of the Southslde Hospital is called for this afternoon at 3 o'clock in St. Mark's Gnildhouse, Eiehteenth street. Important business demands the attendance ot all the members. , Tnis evening the nuptials or Miss Bertha Schreiner, daughter of Mr. Fchreiner. or Allegheny, and Mr. William Stevonson, of Wellsvllle, O., will be celebrated at 0 3u at the bride's parents' home. Acocsta Coteaw, the clever voung pian iste, gave a recital in Curry University Hall last evening. She was assisted by Miss Nan nie Hammer, soprano, and Mr. Edward Roth leclor, violinist. Miss Naxhie Blaib, daughter or Mr. Frank Blair, ot Michigan, but who formerly re sided in Allegheny, was to become tho bride of Mr. Leon Chichester, a Michigan banker, last evening. A HOVEL CASE AT LAW. The Supreme Court Compelled to Consider a Case Ont of Its Routine. Washisotos. December 12. A singular state of affairs in the Circuit Court or Ap peals embracing the States of Ohio and Indi ana was developed to-day in the United States Snpreme Court when a motion was made in the suit arising out of the operations 'of the "Young Napoleon of Finance," Henry S. Ives, in the affairs of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Day ton Railroad Company. Attorney Maxwell wanted the Court to accept the record in the case, which is entitled "The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad Company, appellants, versus W. R. McKean," and hear it in the first instance, without its going to the Circuit Court of Appeals created by an actofthelastCngress. He stated that Judge Grcsham refused to sit in the case because ot an Interest In its decision: that two other Judges in that cir cuit were disqualified, and that tho Justice assiened to that circuit (Harlan) was about to leave the country, so that a Circuit Court of Appeals conld not he regularly organized therein. Attorney General Miller, as coun sel for Mr. McKean. reinforced these state ments, and the Court took the papers under advement rpluctantly. the proceeding be ing contrary to all its usage. SENATOR PANA IX S-P7. Mr. Dasa would bo a beautiful compro mise between 'Murphy and Schurz. Brook, lyn Standard Union. Mr. Dawa Is proposed as United States Senator from New York. Poor Cleveland! Murphy or Dana! The lady orthe tlger! Vetrvit Journal. The Legislature of New Yorkconld not make a better selection. It nould honor it self and the State by electing Mr. Dana. Philadelphia Inquirer. The outlook for Dana is dubious. He's a grand, good editor a student and a philos opher, bnt he will not figure as a politician. Grand Rapids Herald. If Charles A. D.ina should bo elected to the United States Senate, to what party would he be credited? Certainly not the Democratic. Indianapolis Sentinel. HE'is now an example of the highest prod uct or American civilizatidn, lr one is to be rated as such, on account of his cultivated mind, his breadth or knowledio and his fund of experience Columbus Dispiteh. 1 patriotism, ability, honesty and sincer ity were regarded as the essential elements or statesmanship in those degenerate days, Charles A. Dana would have wop long ago the highest honors in the gift of his party. afmnenpoHi Tribune. He ts easily the peer or the gentlemen who already occupy seats in tbo Senate, could meet them on their own ground, is clear headed and far sighted, a ripo student of political economy, a man of culture and an orator of no meau ability. fleto York Her aid. Democracy's Still Hunt. Nast's Weekly.! Senator Hill don't seem to bo saying much these times. "Ho Is a Democrat still." CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Boiler plates are electrically welded. The United States chewed 83 tons of tobacco last year. Thirteen hens in Niles, Mich., laid 1,159 eggs last year. , Xero, the Roman Emperor, kicked hii wile. Poppa:, to death. The progeny of two rabbits will amount in two years to 70,000,000. Printing in raised characters for the blind was Invented in 1S27. The first theater in America was opened at Williamsburg, Va., in 1752. There are over 70 miles of tunnel cut in tho solid rock of Gibraltar. There are 14 canneries on the Columbia river and 23 in tne State of Oregon. The famous dish of Yiteliius was of pheasants' brains,wightin;ales' tongnes and fish liver. ' British India has 10,417 shops licensed for tho sale of opium. They supply a popu lation of 223.000.0CO. Jerusalem is still supplied with water from Solomon's Pools through an aqueduct built by the Crusaders. In the Southern provinces of Bussia a drink resembling brandy is obtained by dis tilling the Juice of watermelons. An acre grows COO mulberry trees; each tree has 20 pounds of leaves, from pounds) of leaves 1 pound of coccoonsis produced. The blocd of dogs fatigued by long racine, when injected into other dogs, makes them exhibit all symptoms of fatigue. An Englishman has invented a new system of electric mains, whereby one wire of the present three-wire system can bo saved. The Simplon road, from Switzerland to Italy, was built by Napoleon"s engineers in 1807; over 40,000 workmen wero employed at one time. The coccoon of a well-fed silkworm, it is said, will often yield a thread 1,000 yards long, and one has been produced which con tained 1,295 yards. During the eleventh century a fashion of embroidering the initials or the namo and the family arms on the carments besan in Italy and spread all over Europe. One of the largest meteorites in exis tence was fonnd somo years ago at Baca blritc, Mexico. Its length is 11.63 feet, height 5.25 feat, width 4.23 feet, weight 25 tons. "Whist has been called a ruling passion in Boston. But in Chicago they say whist has become a veritable Reign of Terror. Every other consideration pivots on whist engagements. In 1800 our product of hardware was valued at $100,000; In 1833 at K70,OD3,000. The annual addition to tho onto at wi $6.000 000 a year between IStOand 1863, and $25,000,000 a year between lS60nnd 1SS3. It is claimed lor the new magnesium flash light for lighthouses, introduced ex perimentally in Germany, that its ability to penetrate almost opaque atmosphere ex ceeds that of any other known light. The distance of the earth from the sua is about 92,100,000 miles. The average dis tance of the moon from the earth is about 240,000 miles. 1 he sun is. therefore, nearly 40j times as far from us as the moon. The Athenian Archaeological Society has carried ont somo excavations on tho sita or ancient Corinth, which have resulted in the discovery oraconsidernbls building be longing to the sixth or fifth ccntry, B. C. If all the reports are true, Greenwood, Me., Is the sportsman's paradise. Bears roam around the edges ot tho village in the dav tlme, and at night tae wolves keep up sneh a howling that people aro unable to sleep. It will interest some persons to know, in connection with tho French military operations in Datiomoy, that tho language or that country the Popo or DohomI has already been pressed- into the service of Christianity. The caves of Bnrmah are rich in wonden carvings, glazed tiles nnd images as we 11 as taDlets In terra cotta, marble, alabaster and other materials. These relics illustrate tha ancient and modern phases of Buddhist! worship. Tho Chinese make what is called "chu wa-hl," or grass cloth, from the fiber of the common nettle. It is said to make a splen did cloth for tents, awnlnss, etc When -made Into belting 'or machinery it Is said to have twice the strength ot leather. A male gorilla (Gorilla qina) has lately been adopted by the Berlin Aqnar iam. He is larger than any gorilla that has yet been brought to Europe. He is sup posed to be S or 9 years old. nnd was for six years in the possession of a chieftain on the Gaboon. Ho has not yet shown any lrlendly feollng for man. In Melbourne they have now a new name for a hal: penny. Qne of the colossal "land boomers," Mr. B. J Fink, ex-M. P., recently failed fora million nntl a half, and offered his creditors a composition o' a half penny In the pound, which was duly ac cepted. Hence in Melbonrno halfpennies are now called "Finks." Mine. Sacher, th wife of a well-known Yienness restauranter, collects autographs by asking her guests to write their namot in pencil on the tablecloth, which she after wards embroiders. Her latest autographs are those of the long-dhtanco riders, includ ing Dnke Ernest or Schleswig.HoIsteia, who dined at the restaurant alter the even:. Owing to the heavy gales which have prevailed this fall tho catch or whltefish has been vory light in Lake Huron, and only 150 Jars of the eggs of this fish wern secured by Superintendent Wire, o' the United States fisn hatchorv in Alpena, Mich. The amount is abont half what tho hatcheries could tnka care or, nnd will produce about 20,OM,000 fish, Friar Conccte was accustomed at the close or his sermons to take a staff and gc through his congregation battering to piccei nny headdress that came under his dis pleasure. His crusade was continued in every conntry of Europe till, reaching Rome, he attacked tho clothes and morals of tho Cnrdlnals, was accused of heresy and burned at the stake. It is alleged by experts that for some vears past there has been carried on it it believed in Edinburgh a most systematic and wholesale forgery of letters and other documents purporting tobe written by Scott and Burns. The forgeries are executed with great skill; they have been sold at public auctions and by the hands of booksellers to well-known and experienced collectors. Captain Perkes, of the steamship Loo. sok, voyaging between Hongkong and Shanghai, witnessed during the recent galei in that quarter the phenomenon (whioh ha: been often described) of thousands of birds and insects which had got in the vortex of tho storm, and were being driven hither and thither, apparently stunned and senseles with the buffeting they had received. Manj or tho birds fell exhausted on tbo deck, and lay qnlte still, while tho insects, thougc alive, seemed ts havo lost the power t sting. ORIGINAL AND JOCOSE. THE NERVIEST OF THX LOT. The foxiest writers of the day Have many tricks at hand : And to perpetrate the most of them. It takes a heap of sand. Bat the nerviest one of all the lot. Is he who has the face Wken writing verse tu skip like this, Wnea he is paid by space. VADE OT TUB REAL BTCTT. ffirnn are hnnerv. boss, don't put mo lasses on those flannel cakes." "Why not?" ...... "Because they'll shrink clean out of sight." CP TO TRICKS. "What do you call your husband? asked Jennie of her friend who had Just marrlec Mr. Old Codger. PZum pudding." she repUed. "What In the world do you call him that fort" Oh, Just because he's to rich." TWO OF A KISD. The woman with the new seal skin aacqm is Just as anxious for cold weather as the plumber TWO CAUSES FOR BATrEOESS. Trixie, little Trlxie is happy as can bs, And Nell, her older sister. Is also; Trlxie, little Trlxio is glad 'cause-San ty's here. And comlna- too is Nellie's colleee beau. T rt-r
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