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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-19
OUR JAREDYCE CASE,

The recent decision of the United States
Court, in the Myra Clark Gaines case, is
widely noticed as the end of very remark
able litigation, by which a large fortune is
secured to the heirs of woman who had to
fight her claim for her entire lifetime. But
what should be the real significance of this
case to the whole country, is the fact that
this decision does not by any means end the
litigation which has been going on for a
period of over half century. Thee is sent
back to the lower courts with instructions to
carry on the trials in accordance with GER
tain principles laid down by the Supreme
Court. 1t will probably take several more
years before even the branch of the case in-
volved in this one suit is decided.
Dickens sketch of the case of Jarudvce
versus Jarndyce, was considered carica-
ture of the laws delay, and was supposed to
have worked some reform at least in this
vice Of litigation; but here is case begun
55 years ago. When finally reached in the
Supreme Court decision is rendered upon
it which will probably make the term fully
20 years before the case is finally settled.
We have no hesitation in saying that an
organization of the machinery of justice
upon the principle OF furnishing an
economical and reliable settlement Of dis
puted questions would have reached the
conclusion much sooner.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-19
OTHERS WILL NOT RESIGN.

The complication and wheels within
wheels, which hamper the distribution of
Offices in Washington, is shown by the fact
that number of the sensitive young ladies
in the Land Office propose to resign their
positions because colored man has been
appointed chief of their division. The new
official is well known as man of intelli-
gence and property; but the horror of the
young women rises at the idea of being su-
perintended by person of colored blood,
and they declare that they will have none
of it, even at the cost of their positions. The
proper advice for the young ladies would be
that they should go slow. Prejudice against
color is strong incentive, but the salary of
Offices in Washington is much stronger
one. When the young women come to re-
fleet upon the fact that large number of
patriots are standing ready to take their
places, without regard to color, or any other
prejudices except that against hard labor,
they will probably conclude that it is better
for them to keep their places. After they
have arrived at this discreet conclusion they
will also probably find that their colored SUI
perior is more courteous and gentlemanly
on account of his color than most of the i'm
perious placeholders who generally rule over
the bureaus in these Government offices.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-19
PITTsBURG. SUNDAY, MAY l9, 1859.
AN ATTEMPT AT COMPENSATION,

The contending French factions seem de-
termined to console themselves for their in
ability to get ups revolution in Paris by
kicking up rumpus in London. That is
at least the most creditable explanation of
the disorderly conduct of Rochefort and his
opponent in London yesterday.
On any other supposition the fact that a
lot of factional Frenchmen export their
quarrels to the English capital and there in
dulge in abusive language and display of
weapons, must be taken as prima facie
evidence that the French politicians
are unmitigated fools. After the London
boobies have swooped down on them like
blueeoated Fates, and borne them off to sta
tion houses, the same conclusion might be
apparent, even 10 themselves.
There has been room for considering
French politics of late as display of in
spired idiOcy-but it is hardly to be ex-
pected that the Frenchmen would take such
extraordinary pains to convince foreign ma
tions that it is So Therefore, we are prone
to regard yesterdays outbreak as an at
tempt to gain compensation for the failure
to- embrOil France, by disturbing the peace
of London.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-19
A NEW SAFE DEPOSIT.

The idiosyncrasies of different people in
the care of money, could hardly find better
illustration than that of the woman up in
the hill district who wrapped up thousand
dollars in bills and placed the bundle under
the front steps of her dwelling for safety,
while she went down town shopping. No
doubt good reasons can be cited for that
class of safe deposit. The locality being
that where the Owl Gang ruled supreme a
few years ago, the practice might be justified
either on the ground that the money would
be safer almost anywhere than in the house,
or that it would save trouble to put the
funds out under the front steps and let the
Owls take it as they pass by. 1t is also con-
ceivable that the fact that the owner of the
money was going shopping would convince
her that the money would be safer under the
front steps than in her pocket.
Nevertheless, the results of making a
safe deposit vault of the front door steps do
not appear to have been very satisfactory.
The children of the Fifth ward are of an
exploring turn of mind, and when they
found the bundle it struck them as very
satisfactory piaything. By the time the
owner returned and recovered the money, a
hundred and fifty dollars had been scattered
as medium of exchange, or torn up for
decoration. The hill district will be apt to
conclude that after all a good bank is as
safe place as any to keep their surplus
money!
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-19
AnnihIIation Made Easy.

The gun has a heavy breech IN which the
automatic mechanism is chiefly concealed
Into the side of this breech passes belt con-
tanning the ammunition, that is like nothing
else SO much as the belts worn by sportsmen
which hold their cartridges. This belt may be
made to hold any number of cartridges. The
number is only limited by the length of the
belt. They may be carried in box beneath
the gun, or they may be run out to the gun
from an improVised factory indoors while
the weapon is being used in street fight, and
the belt made simply endless by concealed
workmen. The gunner sits on seat at the
rear of the gun behind his bullet proof, if he
desires to use one. When he wants to NOW
down an army in q few minutes he simply waits
till the aforesaid army gets into position
favorable for his pleasant work. Then he pulls
crank which fires the first cartridge, and the
work of the automatic machinery begins The
explosion of the first cartridge causes a recoil
which throws the empty shell out of the
breech, brings another shell into place and
fires 1t. The recoil of that explosion does a
similar service, and so on to infnity. 1t is mur-
der in perpetual motion. The gunner may now
leave his post sneak around to the flank of the
enemy and watch with intense satisfaction the
deadly operation of his weapon, or, as was sug-
gested by high oficersof the navy, he may go
to his club and indulge in dinner in courses
and bottle Of champagne while waiting for
the gun to exhaust its ammunition. Now isn't
that just the sweetest thing in the shape of a
killing apparatus of which you have ever
heard?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-19
THOSE PASSING SHADOWS.

If unlimited credence were given to every.
thing emanating from employers of labor
and from labor circles at this time of year.
the outlook for local business would be
far from cheerful. Talk of strikes over
wages is heard in many quarters, but the
public know that this is nothing new for
the early summer months. It is, in fact,
quite the usual thing for the season. We
have the satisfaction Of knowing that in
past years clouds of far more threatening
aspect lifted quickly, and that employers
and employed came to terms with scarcely
any serious stoppage of work.
1t is a pity, nevertheless, that these an
nual Interruptions to harmony should oc-
cur. The day must come when both capi-
tai and labor will hit upon some better plan
of settlement than insistance upon extreme
claims. Pittsburg has the coign of vantage
as a manufacturing district. AS the coun-
try grows so will Pittsburg's superior re-
sources more conspicuously assert them
selves. But it is distinct drawback to its
mercantile, its real estate and its general
interests to have very remote possibilities of
protracted stoppages of its mills and tacto-
rles discussed as'serious annual probabil-
tiles. THE DISPATCH is not now prepared
to forecast precisely what the voluminous
reports of next years census as to strikes
and "shut-downs" will show; but it believes
that while nowhere is, there, in the early
summer months of every year, such gen.
eral canvassing of disputes between capital
and labor as in Pittsbhrg, there is on the
other hand hardly city of the size where
so little actual interruption of work on that
score takes place.
The current year has been full of bright
promise so far We are not inclined to
think, however assertive extremists in con-
troversy choose to be, or however gloomy
those people who exaggerate passing and
even not unfamiliar clouds, that any serious
check will be felt in Pittsburg or vicinity
during the remaining months of 'S9.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-19
APERYERsE TERRITORY.

1t really seems as if the people of Mon.
tana must be picked out as wicked and per.
verse generation. They have disappointed
the expectations of the Republican poll
ricians, and thrown the ambition of a very
prominent and ambitious young man all
awry, by electing a Democratic Constitu-
tional convention. Montana was placed
among the list of Territories entitled to ad-
mittance to the Union upon the understand
ing encouraged by its Republican victory
last fall, that it was to be a Republican
State. Montana is also the home of Mr..
Russell Harrison who is not remotely con-
neete9 with the present administration.
MK Harrison is prominent in the journalism
of Montana, as well as of other parts of the
country. and as it is understood exercised
no light influence in the distribution of the
several Offices in that Territory.
This was supposed to establish first lien
upon one of the Senatorships, which will be
filled when the territory has reached the
dignity of Statehood; but at the election
just held the Territory elected Demo-
cratic majority for the Constitutional Con-
vention. This indicates Democratic ma
jority in the next Legislature. In conse-
quence the political ambitions founded
upon the presumed Republicanism of the
new Territory are reduced to ruins. With
such rank ingratitude, what availeth it to
be the Oldest son of the White House, and
to control the loaves and fishes if the Terri
tory goes back on you at the first oppOr-
tunity.
Ifpatronsge, family influence and part
proprietorship of several organs can effect
him no more than that, it is better to be q
mere rustler of the planes than heir ap-
parent of the party in power.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-19
A Modern Death.Denler.

Inever was more forcibly reminded of this
progress in the domain of the horrifc than
yesterday when on an errand to the Navy De-
partment was shown the model and plans of
gun which will be tested soon at the proving
ground at Annapolis and undoubtedly adopted
with the provision that plant be established
in America and the guns manufactured here.
And this may serve as hint to Pittsburg steel
makers to look out for and capture the concern
for making weapon which will go far to de-
stroy the future great armies of the world
The Maxim AUTOMATIC mitrailleuse, and the
Maxim gun with other Names is certainly the
most ingenious and the wickedest Of all the
curious weapons of warfare recently invented.
The inventor first won prominence in connec-
ton with an electric light, and then, among
other things, turned his attention to means for
killing people legally. Up to this time only a
small gun, 40 caliber, believe, has been made,
but 1t is the intention to manufacture them mp
to the size of six-inch cannon, which will au-
tomatically fire about 600 rounds in minute.
This, OF course, has been exceeded by the Cat
ling and other guns, carrying very small pro-
jectiles, but these, compared with the Maxim,
are cumbersome to operate, require more at
tendants, are much heavier and far less accur-
ate. One man can operate the Maxim gun, or
one woman, or one child, for that matter, and
after setting it going the gentleman gunner can
stroll away and get few beers while his gun is
engaged in killing few hundred people, or
the lady gunner can sit behind a bullet PROOF
with which the weapon is provided and con-
tinue her crocheting,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-19
PARAGRAPHIC PLEASANTLY.

RICHMOND Dispatch: Our experience with
some tailors destroys our belief in the survival
of the fit-ist.
WASHINGTON Critic: Political questions in
New York continue to be as clay in the hands
of the Potter.
ATCHIsoN Globe: Do not offend: Every
offense man commits makes one more de-
fense for his enemy.
CHICAGO Globe: This is the season Of the
year when person fears to change even $40
bill lest it affect his health.
wells at times When they find themselves
bored they have to grin and bear it.
CHICAGO Inter- Ocean: The latest fashion in
Virginia is to be married on horseback. The
party is already equipped for "a bride tour"
CHICAGO Herald: Smoking is said TO be
good for hay fever on the similia similibus
principle that hay fever is best cured by Hay
vana cigars.
DETROIT Free Press: Only one person out Of
every 60o00 of the population dies in his bed
when asleep. and there is little excuse for lying
awake and worrying about it.
CHICAGO Times: The President has been
elected an honorary member of a rod and gun
club. Honorary? That won't do. What he
wants is a full membership with authority to
shoot to kill.
PHILADELPHIA Press: Buffalo Bill is great
'ly angered because the authorities Of Paris in
sisted npon yaccinating all the members of his
Wild West Show. Colonel Cody regards the
matter as q very scabby proceeding.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-19
A HOME FOR DIVORCED WIVES.
Opening of an Institution Backed Finan-
ciaIly by the Government.

Opening of an Institution Backed Finan-
cially by the Government.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.l
SALT LAKE CITY, May 1S-The new indus
trial home for which the United States Gov
ernment made an appropriation of $4,000, was
to-day opened. The idea was prompted by
philanthropy, IN view of the action of Congress
in divorcing, by an act, the plural wives within
the territory. Something hadto be done, for
plurality of wives could be provided for under
one roof, but family segregated would work
hardship upon some one, so the humane idea
Yves promoted, and Congress passed an act for
the erection of an Industrial home for the
widows-in-law and their young children, with
light employment and the freedom of homes,
upon their renouncement Of polygamy.
For two years rented building has been oc-
cupied, but the home has not been very liber-
ally patronized. Personal pride has much to
do with it, and wives forced to abandon their
homes have in many cases gone back to their
paternal home or struck out and commenced
caring for themselves 1t is thought, however,
the new quarters will be more generally ac-
cepted by the waits, and more particularly
those who become useless. All the inmates are
required to renounce polygamy. The home is
located in pretty part of the city, and is lib
orally provided for by the Government, as one
of the weapons in use to break up polygamy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-19
when Men FOurht Hand to Hand.

Along with the modern inventions which ena-
BILE one man to'kill l. 900 in the twinkling of an
eye are the crude weapons of those SIMPLER days
when men fought hand to hand in battle, when
bravery and prowess won the day, when indi-
vidual skill and alertness were counted more
worthy Of admiration than the mere power to
kill, and when victory often meant little more
than the forcing back of the enemy rather
than defamation of his ranks. The romance
of joust and tournament and the grandeur of
knightly courage clings about those old swords
and bucklers, and one can read with almost
feeling of pleasure of the battles fought with
them. But we need not refer TO them to illus
trate progress in the art of warfare. Even the
machinery used in the very latest of the great
wars is now antiquated. Were new civil war
to begin tomorrow in the United States, or
were we to become involved in a war with
foreign country, we would as soon think of
taking wings and battling in the air as to fight
with the weapons of quarter of a century
ago. A few of the guns and ships which came
into vogue toward the closing days Of the war,
remodeled and improved almost out of their
original shape, might be employed under some
conditions, but the great bulk of the murder
GUS machinery would be supplanted with en-
tirely new Inventions compared with which
the best of the old would be weak or wholly
poWerless.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-19
ELOPEMENTS ALL THE RAGE.
New Haven Afflicted With Five Claudestine
Marriages Within a Few Days.

New Haven Afflicted With Five Claudestine
Marriages Within Few Days.
Special Telegram to The Dispatch.
NEW HAVEN, CONN, May lS.-Another
elopement and clandestine marriage came to
light to-day, making the fifth which has taken
place in this city during the past two weeks,
when John A. Dockendorf received telegram
from his brother, ]. e. Dookendorf, of Yale,
'SS, announcing that he had married
Miss Lizzie Goodyear, in New York
City, Wednesday. On that morning Miss
Goodyear left the residence of her grand
father, William B. Goodyear, the wealthy real
estate man with whom she is residing, and in
formed them that she was, going to visit the
residence of friend. She did not return in
time for dinner, but no alarm was felt. as it
was thought that she might have been un-
avoidably detained. She didn't re-
explained her absence by saying
that she had been to New York and
had married Mr.. Dockendorf. A stormy scene
followed, and her aged grandparent ordered
her TO leave the residence unless she was abls
to produce her marriage certificate. She got
over this difficulty by producing the necessary
document, after which she returned to New
York, and in company with her husband will
sail for South America on Monday.
The Dookendorfs are sons of wealthy Bra
lillian family and both have now married New
Haven girls, John A. having married Miss Til
lie Horton about year ago. Miss GOODYEAR
was one of the prettiest girls in the city and is
an heiress. She was we'll known by all the
members of the prominent students clubs and
received great deal Of attention from Yale
men.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-19

components. Possibly the necessity for the
thing might be largely modified by the point
OF view from which the opinion is formed.
Sand in sugar, chalk and water in the milk,
chicory in coffee and cabbage leaves in
cigars, might be considered necessary by
some of the people turning out those staples,
but the purchasers of the articles are at lib
erty to take decidedly different view.
Nevertheless, it must be acknowledged
that Mr.. Craft has strong precedents for his
assertion. The whole country has recently
been informed that the best butter is to be
made by the mixtures esofoIeomargarine. of The
lard, which according to this statement, is
necessary to make the best cheese and also
is alleged to highly improve the quality of
butter, is well known to be greatly anne
liorated by the liberal use of cottonseed oil.
Whether any exotic material has yet been
discovered which would improve the cotton
seed oil is not fully developed; but if there
is any failure in that respect it must be at
tributed to the fact that no material has yet
been discovered which will serve the pur-
pose, and which costs less than the cotton
seed oil does. 1t has also been demonstrated
by the fact, that the best olive oil is made
entirely from the cottonseed product. and
that will undoubtedly continue to be the
case until good olive oil becomes the cheapest
article. Then we presume the makers of
cottonseed oil will discover that olive oil
will highly improve their product.
In short the efforts of adulteration have
arrived at this point: everything is better if
it has something else in it, and is a sham
and fraud. We should judge that the Illi-
nois statesman who teaches this rule, must
be prompted by kindred feeling for the
shams
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-19
WHENCE COMES THE powERy

The disposition to make loose statements
with regard to the action of the Interstate
Commerce law is illustrated by statement
of the st. Louis Globe Democrat, "That
Judge Cooley says that the Interstate Com
merce Commission has power to fix rates
which may throw particular road in
to bankruptcy" 1t would be interesting
to have the esteemed Globe-Democrat state
when Judge Cooley made this remarkable
assertion; and then, upon what sections of
the law the judge founded the power of the
commission to fix rates at all. The fact
that there is no such section creates the inn
preston that the judge made no such asser-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-19
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.

ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS is still in very
poor health and does but little literary work
HENRY CABOT LODGE is now mentioned as
an appropriate person to represent our Gov.
eminent at st. Petersburg.
JUDGE ANDREWS. of Litchheld, Conn, who
has just been elevated by Governor Bulkeley
to the highest judicial position in the Nutmeg
State. was once Governor of that Common.
wealth.
THE sister of Sir Charles Russell Miss Mary
B. Russell, was the pioneer Sister of Mercy on
the Pacific coast. At present she has under her
charge hospital, Magdalen asylum and
schools near San Francisco.
GEORGE W. CHLDs, of Philadelphia has
offered prize of $50 to be given to the appli-
can't for admission to the academic freshman
class of Princeton College who shall pass the
best entrance examination June 20 in Phila-
delphia.
WHEN Mr.. Randall entered the House in
December, 1858, he had Just passed his 35th
year. He was then a remarkably handsome
man, with coal-black hair and eyes. The hair
is thin now and gray, but the eyes are as bright
as ever. Mr.. Randall shows traces of his recent
Illness, but he is by no means the infirm man
that some papers represent him to be.
A PROMINENT Philadelphia physician who
had an opportunity at the reception given by
General Agnus, near Baltimore on Wednes-
day, to watch Secretary of State Blaine close
ly, says that Mr.. Blaine cannot live many more
years. 1t is doubtful, this gentleman thinks
whether the Secretary will live to see the
beginning of another Presidential campaign.
THE late Mary Crawford was sexton of St
Barnabas Chapel, New York, for nearly 20
years. and died at the age of 81. Her position
was no sinecure.. She had to put on the chan
eel before and take of after every service the
furnishings lecterns, carpet and all the books
for service Of 200 people. She cared for and
kept clean the holy vessels and priestly vest
ments. She not only kept the missionary's
room in order, but she prepared his lunch and
tea, and helped him distribute the books from
the library, and visited the sick. 1t was with
great reluctance that she gave up any of her
duties when compelled to do SO by failing
health and loss of sight.