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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-15
TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.
PITTsBURG. THURSDAY, AUG. Is. IS
LITIGATION AND MURDER.

The fatal termination of the long and
scandalous Sharon-Hill litigation, by the
violent death of Judge Terry, yesterday, is
an impressive example of the result of dis
putes in which all restraints of law or de-
cency have been cast aside.
This is no more than the expected termi-
nation to a life which has been so replete
with violence as that of Terry. From the
murder of Broderick down to the assault
which he made on Justice Field, he dis
played more of the qualities of the brawler
and bravo than OF the jurist and gentleman.
Whatever injustice he had to complain of
at the hands of Justice Field, in that cele-
brated case which has conferred credit on no
one connected with it, his resort to personal
violence was unjustifed.
On the other hand, no matter how wanton
the indignity, the account of the shooting
fails to show provocation that will put the
act of the deputy marshal, who seems to
have been acting as Justice Fields body
guard, in any other light than that of MUIR
der. Full investigation of the case may
show that the act was necessary to preserve
life; but on the present statement of facts no
such justification is shown. 1t will remain
to be seen whether California justice is of
such inpartiality as to punish the homicide,
or whether the deputy marshal has influence
enough in the courts to get clear.
The mixture Of murder and litigation
presented by this case is calculated to raise
a doubt as to whether the civilization of
the society where such things are possible
is quite skin deep.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-15
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.

COLONEL ELLIOTT F. SHEPARD has been
visiting Warren, Pa, the home Of his boyhood.
HIS father was bank cashier there some 50
years ago.
THE Queen Of Italy is an ardent student of
Volapuk. She is q subscriber of the Stuvat,
the organ of the new language printed at
Milan, and is said to read it with ease.
1T is now said that it was not lack of money
which prevented King Kalakau's trip to the
Paris Exposition, but fear that he would lose
his throne if he did not stick right byit.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON intends to visit
the Ellis Islands, where the natives are still
addicted to cannibalism. He wants to see IL he
can make them swallow his newest story.
THE Oldest banker in the country is Deborah
Powers, senior partner In the bank Of d.
Powers & Sons, Lansingburgh, N. Y. She is
90 years old and shrewd enough to be .
thousand.
SENATOR CAMERON is strongly in favor Of
enlarRing the Presidents house at Washington,
or building new one. But he would not have
the present White House. with its illustrious
historical associations, removed or demolished
THE Prince Of Wales is In very bad health
One of his legs is tremendously swollen. Since
he had typhoid fever he has been troubled
more or less from varicose vein which pre-
vents his riding at present, and interferes
greatly with his walking.
CONSTANTINE, heir to the Greek throne, is
in his I'D year. He is a very handsome young
man and has q most fascinating manner. He
10 extremely fond of military matters, but has
devoted great deal of time to the study Of
literature. He can read and speak English,
French, German, Russian and Danish.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-15
BIDS FOB ONE CONGRESSMAN.

The peculiarities of political inconsist-
ency are pretty closely matched with regard
to that Congressional election in the princi-
pal sugar district of Louisiana. The Phila-
delphia Record, as we pointed out the other
day, temporarily abandons its free trade
views in order to assure the voters of that
district that they must stick to the Demo
cratic party in order to be sure of the bene-
fits Of protection on their products; and the
Chicago Inter Ocean keeps up its end of the
string by telling them that they must vote
for the Republican candidate in order to Sc
cure "the difference between protective
tariff Of SIT per hogshead Of cane sugar and
tariff which will permit foreign
beet root sugar to compete with the
products OF Louisiana" This seems
to indicate the conviction on both sides of
the political fence that the only way in
which to secure success is to make the high
est bid for it. The free trade Democratic
organ is willing to throw over its avowed
principles in order to secure one Southern
Congressman, and the Northern paper, whose
party has been calling for the abolition of
the sugar duties, asserts its willingness that
scores of Northern districts shall be imper-
lied ip order to gain one Congressman from
Louisiana.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-15
THE WAY TO DEFEAT THEM.

The charge against another constable,
this time located in the hill district of the
Southside, that he has been deriving a reve-
nue. by the process of instituting proceedings
against the people there and then settling
them, lends point to the opinion already
expressed in these columns of the need of a
reform among our constables and justices.
But it also seems to disclose either a re-
markable prevalence of minor ofenses
among the people of that section or
a still more phenomenal ignorance of the
rights of the citizen. People should under
stand that the surest way to defeat schemes
of the sort that have been recently exposed
is first to obey the law; and, second, to fight
every false charge in court. People who
are law-abiding and who insist on their
rights can laugh at all such plans for bleed
ing them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-15
sQUELCHING A RAILROAD JOB.

Judge Gresham has been making a record
again; and it is of the kind which will not
increase the popularity of that outspoken
jurist with the capitalists who plunder and
wreck railroads, and the judges who display
a remarkable readiness to forward their
schemes when they are brought into court.
The action of Judge Gresham in the matter
of the reeeiyership of the indianapolis,
Decatur and Western Railroad was pub
lished in our special dispatches; but there
are some very interesting points in oonnec-
ton with it which deserve public attention
all over the country.
The receiver in this case was appointed
by Judge Wood, of the Indiana district;
but public comment upon the nature of the
transaction reached Judge Gresham's ears,
and as the superior Judge, he took occasion
when in indianapolis to call the receiver
before him, and to subject him to a number
of very pointed questions. This disclosed
the fact that the debt of the road, on &C.
count of which the receiver was appointed,
is s., ,OOO, 900, and that its net earnings are
sufficient to pay the interest on the mortgage
Indebtedness. 1t also brought out the fact
that the receiver had been turning over
the earnings to the bondholders, and
leaving the debts of the road
for labor and supplies undis-
charged, with a somewhat evident purpose
to let the unsecured creditors 20 without
any chance of getting their money. In short
the whole business had the appearance Of a
Job to wreck a solvent road for the express
benefit of inside parties, and for the purpose
of keeping unsecured creditors out of money
which the corporation could well afford to
pay them.
Judge Gresham's prompt and sharp action
in dismissing the receiver was not of course
pleasant to the manipulators of the property
or to the lower Judge who appointed the
receiver; but its practical declaration that
the United States courts in his circuit can
not be used for such purposes, is likely to
increase the public conviction that it would
be well for this country to have more Judges
and statesmen of Judge Gresham's fiber.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-15
NEvADA's SAD PLIGHT.

The State of Nevada is in a bad way.
Whereas in 1876 nearly 10000 voters
appeared at the polls in Nevada, in
1888 but 1900 votes were counted.
To-day her population is little more than
$4,000, and it is still on the down grade. 1t
will not be long before she will be unable to
maintain her State Government; the burden
Of doing so is almost too much for her to
bear now.
What is to be done? The question has no
precedent. tits reasonably difficult at times
for Territory to become a State, but we
know of no process under the Constitution
by which State can again become Terri
tory. A State once, State forever, seems
to have been the intention Of the trainers of
the Constitution. Such case as Nevada's
has never occurred before, and is not likely
to happen again. But this is no comfort to
Nevada. She will be calling for legislative
relief before long.
Some suggestions have been made In the
line of a union OF Utah with Nevada; only
to be hotly repudiated by the Mormons
They bid Nevada hook herself on to the
skirts of California. There is some justice
in this advice. Nevada has never been any
thing but tool of California millionaires.
How Nevada shall be relieved is not to be
determined ofhand, and while plan is be-
ing devised the citizens of the decaying
State should make the wealthy Californlans
who have always had lien upon Nevada's
Senatorial seats pay handsomely for the
privilege. The money so obtained would
be sufficient to support the State Govern
ment.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-15
NEW LITERARY INFORMATION.

Novel and unexpected literary informa-
tion, combined with enlarged ideas as to
the size Of certain newspaper reporters
heads, is afforded by the discovery in a re-
port of an interview with Postmaster Gen.
eral Wanamaker, published in an Eastern
cotemporary, that the interviewer launches
out into the first person singular as follows:
told Mr.. Wanamaker that saw Thomas
Carlisle working night and day on his Dutch
Republic in his little brick house on Cheyne
row in Chelsea, England, and when 1 asked
what he worked SO hard for the busy writer
said, Il work for bronze statue in the park"
Just so. We are permitted to hope that
the next installment of this interviewer's
literary "reminiscences will be that John
Lathrop Motley told him, when putting the
finishing touches to his great historical work
on the city of Weissnichtwo that his pur-
pose was to earn monument in Westminster
Abbey. We will be fortunate If we escape
a story that Thomas Farquhar Tupper when
padding out the meter of "In Memoriam" de-
clared that he did not care continental for
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-15
A STORY OF BROwN-SEQUARD.
He Stuck Pins In n 'Pntient and she Called
Him n Fool.

He Stuck Pins In n 'Pntient and she Called
Him Fool.
From the Boston Courier.I
Now that the newspapers are all talking of
Dr. Brown-Sequard and his wonderful elixir
stories of his experiences in this vicinity are in
order, and some of those which are told are
droll enough.
IL may be remembered that one Of his ideas
was that the nervous condition Of person
could be Judged by the susceptibility Of the
skin. and this he tested by the distance apart
at which two pin-pricks merged themselves
into one to the sensation Of the patient This
method he used with considerable success,
being not infrequently called in as a specialist
in complex cases of nervous disorder.
On one occasion, it is said he was called upon
to 90 to the suburbs of Boston to see young
lady who was suffering from some nervous
trouble, and was left alone with the patient to
make his examination. After time, which
seemed to the family rather long, he came
downstairs with very serious face, and in
formed the family that he wns extremely
sorry to report that the vitality OF the
girl seemed so low that there seemed no
possibility of her rallying. They were thunder
struck, as the case. though obstinate, had by no
means been regarded as serious one. The
family physician, who had been unable to be
present, was sent for in all haste. He assured
the frightened relatives that there was some
mistake, and proceeded to go up to the cham
ber of the invalid to hear her account Of the
examination.
THAT man you sent here" she announced
almost before he could ask her. was fool"
He rs nothing of the sort" was the answer;
"he is a very able specialist"
''Well," she said, Il know he acted like a fool.
AL he did was to stick lins into my back and
ask me IL II hurt. or course said no."
The physician was too much amused to be
angry, but the conclusion of DR.. Brown.Sequard
was at once explained, to the great relief Of the
family.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-15
BRINKLEY's THE PLACE.

There is no use whatever in continuing
the controversy as to the site of the Worlds
Fair in 1892. New York, Chic ago and st.
sion. They are out ofthe race. Not chance for
these over-grown villages exists. They are
overshadowed altogether by the immense
proportions of Brinkley, Ark. Against
Brinkley awakened and eager to have the
Exposition no other place can expect to
prevail.
1t may be asked how do we know this? A
question easily answered. The Brinkley
Argus without hesitation and in the plain
est language possible informs the world that
Brinkley means to have the Worlds Fair,
and modestly rehearses the stupendous
advantages that metropolis possesses over its
rivals. The Argus has no doubt on the
subject; why should we? Where Brinkley
is we do not think it necessary to say. We
have it on the best authority that there are
many people in the State of Arkansas who
will swear that there is plenty of room in
and around Brinkley for twenty Worlds
Fairs. Six railways cater to Brinkley's
wants, and to the wants of those who desire
to get away from Brinkley. In other re-
spects Brinkley is gold-plated, glorious
git-up-and-git emporium of Western enter
prise.
The poetic editor of the Argus compares
Brinkley to a great argosy, waited by
angels wings and heralded by ten
thousand songsters. We believe him, and
venture to assert that not one of the ten
thousand songsters crows louder than the
Argus talented conductor. We can almost
hear his wings flap. To Brinkley the
spoils belong. Let her have the Worlds
Fair and let the war between the cities of
the East and West cease.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-15
HE KNEW THE PRISONER.
A Witness 10 Character Sends His Brother
TO Sing Sing.

n "uness 10 OuuFucter Senoe dl9 bfOtner
TO Sing Sing.
NEW YORK, August 14-James Anderson, 10
years of age, of 224 Broome street, was tried TO-
day before Judge Gildersleeve for stealing
clothing from 40 Mercer street. Anderson, it
is alleged. darted into the store and seized the
clothing and ran into the street. The only
witness who saw him in the store was a young
girl and she was not very sure it was Ander-
son.
Anderson himself testified with great gusto
that 1t was a case of mistaken identity. He
was Californian, he said. and he recited the
names of many wealthy and influential EN-.
ployers there. He described circumstantially
his history In California.
Lawyer Purdy looked around the courtroom
for his witnesses to Anderson's good character
He saw gentleman whom he thought he recog-
nized and asked IL he knew the prisoner.
Certainly, have known him since he was q
boy" said the gentleman. "My name Is Grant"
"Go to the witness stand, Mr.. Grant," cried
Mr.. Purdy. Mr.. Grant kissed the Book and
Mr.. Purdy began:
Q--Now, sir, can you testify to this mans
character Ayes, sir.
Q--Very well, sir, please do so, and speak up
loud SO that last juror way back there can hear
Ayes, sir. I'll speak loud enough for anyone
to hear That man is my brother His name
is not Anderson. He is thief from way back
He never did a stroke of work in his life. He
is the black sheep OF the family. State prison
Recommendation from lady here. 1 believe
the recommendation is false.
Mr.. Purdy gasped once or twice and told Mr.
Grant he could step down. The Jury convicted
Anderson, alias Grant, without leaving their
seats. He was remanded for sentence.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-15
THE ELIXIR A FAILURE.
Experiments In Philadelphia Prove TO be
Very Unsatisfactory.

Very Unsatisfactory.
PHILADELPHIA, August IL-The resident
physicians room at the Medico-C Chirurgical
Hospital was crowded to-day with patients
who either had tried or were prepared to try
the Brown-Sequard method of treatment.
Those who had tried are not in any sense car
ried away with it. To q man, all the patients
who have been treated declined anything fur
ther in the same line. Among those were
Andrew Drummond, aged 81, janitor of the
college, and James Henderson, aged SO, who
were each given an injection in the arm on
Monday. For to-day's clinic, Prof. Boenning,
the operating physician had prepared q solu-
tion of the Brown-Sequard elixir. Prof. Boen-
ming said to-day that the object of the expert
ments that were being made at the college was
simply to establish whether the Brown-Sequard
elixir had therape utic properties that could be
recognized by their effects. He repeated with
emphasis that the faculty of the college were
not committed to any belief concerning it, and
would not apply it otherwise, than as an expert
ment upon patients who wer6 to take it at their
personal risk.
After treating several patients the doctor
asked II any Of the patients treated yesterday
desired to receive another injection to-day, but
there was not solitary response. DR.. Boen-
ming then announced that there would be no
further public demonstration of the Brown
Sequard treatment ar the Medico-C Chirurgical
College after to-day. The patients treated to-
day ", would Id be heard from privately. The doc
five of them had developed Assesses. Alb
scesses he said, were not always injurious, and
very generally they were beneficial after q
patient recovered from one and the In
fammation was drawn from it. So that moth
ing definite could be based one way or the
other on the forming of assesses. While he
and his professional associates were skeptical
as to the therapeutic properties contained in
the so-called elixir, the doctor said that they
were one and all open to conviction, If anything
could be revealed to them to sustain what has
hao fhAd fr 20 dfal N fha
patients who suffered more or less deleterious
effects from the treatment were prescribed for.
The two newspaper men who undertook to test
the elixir are recovering under the care of DR..
proved to-day, and the other was still confined
tc bed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-15
THE HIDDEN ORCHESTRA.

The prettiest one on the beach that morn
Was Marjorie-far and away.
The rarest Of birds in this land Of ours
A Baltimore girl with cheeks Ike flowers,
And hair as bright rs day.
watched her while she tossed the spray,
And flung her white arms about;
And my eyes popped out ofmy head in glee
At the love with which she wooed the sea
In her tumblss In an out. -
Then took my bow and played waltz
In my jolliest widest vein.
As lcrouched beneath the friendly stone
Where held my vantage all alone,
With hope that glance she'd deign.
know not Just how 1t came about
But, with sudden shrek and grab
At the nearest mermaid standing BY,
She dared away ike . dragon-fy
win a-ss9frlsI there's . snddler-crsbr'
-ysd6s.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-15
CUTTING EACH OTHERS THRoATs.
New York Chinese Lauudrymen Engaged In
Lively Race War.


n Lively Race War.
ESPECIAL rEEEeRAN TO THE DIsrATcHa
NEW YORK, August A-The Chinese
laundrymen Of New York are now engaged In
race war. 1t began about two weeks ago be-
tween the LAZY and Ii factions in Harlem, and
has become almost universal. Each faction has
been doing its best to GUST the other from the
washing business by cutting rates, until now a
white man can In many parts Of city get his
shirts done up in style fer or cents, and
collars and cuffs for l cent each. It is
expected that many laundries will not only
wash and iron for nothing, but viii give chro-
mos in the bundles they deliver to their Gus
toners. Already several laundries on Second
and Third avenues. between Eightieth and
Ninetieth streets. have hopes of cheap cigars
and demijohns filed with Fourth ward whisky.
ready to be given away to their patrons on Sat
urday. while on Fourth street near Washing
ton Square, the Chinese la undry men have en-
gagged canvassers to 60 to the patrons of rival
shops with boxes of fresh cigarettes and bot
ties OF perfume under their arms to be given
away.
This method of doing business has been the
means OF driving quite number OF Washes
out OF business within the lasr few days. This
spirit OF contention prevails not only among the
Chinese laundrymen, but among all the China
small Chinese grocer can ssss sGs in so Mott Not Pe OF
Park streets because the larger firms, by i'm.
porting their goods direct from China, are able
to sell to consumers at home cost, using the
money thus obtained to buy American goods
smaller firms not being able to do this, are
obliged to quit. One big firm, that claims to be
worth over 500. 900. employs several horses and
wagons to deliver laundry supplies and Chinese
groceries to their countrymen all over the city,
at lower rate than any other shop in China
town.
Altogether, the financial as well as the social
condition of the Chinese of New York is any
thing but enviable lat the present moment.
Here is tie Chinese market report for August
IA, II o'clock, noon:
Money loans, Is per cent per week, good Sc
curity.
Sharks ans, formerly s5; now o.
Birds nests, formerly IS; now 81 so,
g Is.
Opium, way ahead, formerly % Is; now g.
Other sinful things equally high.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-15
Saved by His Daughter.

With nervous fingers she undid the moose,
and forcing the stern-visaged crowd aside,
cried out in daughterly indignation:
"For shame! You are so to /, and you would
commit murder. This is my father. II you
hang him you shall hang ME also"
The guerrillas were abashed at this bold de-
fense, and for a time said nothing. Finally
one man spoke, and he evidently voiced the
sentiments Of his fellows, for his words were
wildly cheered.
"Now," said he, 'iet's adjourn. Jed Davis Ia
free man."
"Ayel AyeF' was the answer, and they skunk
away, leaving father and daughter to make
their way back to the little town, which now
was photographed against the sky's black back
ground by the lurid glare of the burning
bridge.
Father and daughter still live in Union
Depot, and every night the brave girl, now a
matron with children about her knees, gathers
MP her two bright tin buckets and journeys to
the spring below the town, chatting gayly with
her neighbor women.