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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06
GobbIed the Poe and Ran Away.
A DROP OF 1,2OO FEET.
The Terrible Fall of nm AeroDaut Who
Lives 70 Tell His Experience,

PRovIDENcE. R. l., July 6-One Of the
most ftightful experiences ever had by
an aeronaut was that of Prof. Walborne
Allen yesterday afternoon. Allen actually
dropped from the clouds q distance of
loo feet, but he lives to tell the tale
of the remarkable fall. His airship What
Cheer, a new balloon. proved TO be a
treacherous carrier. The ascension was made
about 4:30 o'clock. The balloon rose 800
feet, when it was caught in q current of air
going directly opposite from the way in which
it had set out This surprised the spectators.
Suddenly the balloon veered again and set on
to the north. Then reaching az altitude of
about L. 200 feet, a current of air from the
west swept the balloon toward East Provi-
dence and over toward the big Wilkesbarre
pier. For a moment the airship seemed to
stand still and waver Suddenly the balloon
collapsed. It reeled and turned bottom mp,
and then IL rolled around once more and the
basket lay out horizontally from the envelope.
Then it fell rapidly.
The terrified spectators next saw the gas bag
They saw a form Chamber up into the ropes and
toward the big letters which made the words
"What Cheer" This form was that of the
youthful professor. Only for a second did the
bottom stand erect. 1t rolled completely over
again and the drag rope made complete cir
cult of the airship and was whipped about vio-
lently. Whipping out his knife, Allen pierced
a rent In the canvas and the balloon spread out
like parachute and shot downward like dis
abled bird and landed in a lot. The conclusion
threw the aeronaut out. He was picked up
semi-unconscious, badly shaken up and very
pale, but was not seriously injured.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06
A Mad Dog Bites seven Persons.

WoosTER, July GA dog supposed to be
mad created great excitement north of this
city this morning. 1t was first seen near West
Boylston, where it bit several dogs At Oak
dale it bit a boy named Willie Alord on the leg
and arm and woman and two children. 1t
also bit several dogs in Oakdale. and then went
who keeps house for Simon A. Stems. 1t also
bit Fred L Bryant's child, at Bryantville. At
Brick City It bit Charles +. Fairbanks, board
Merrick, at Jeffersonville. was notified by tele-
phone. and, after long chase, caught up with
the dog and ended its career. In all, seven per-
soEs and about 30 dogs were bitten.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06

powers does not unfit them for domestic
life, the Chicago Times expresses its aston
ishment, and asserts its impression that "the
full development Of women's intellectual
powers have a tendency to prevent them from
doing anything outside of the temperance
field" This is perhaps possible mistake
for this paper. A journal which considers
1t smart to assert that Pittsburg has been
stealing the supplies sent to the Johnstown
sufferers, is likely to have very little knowl-
edge of what intellectual women can do, or
intellectual men either, for that matter
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06

A touching story comes from the Congo,
showing the straits to which brave men, cut off
from the comforts of civilization. are some
times reduced. The commissary stores were
getting rather low at Leopoldville. and the cruel
edict went forth that the ration of Portuguese
wine would thereafter be only half bottle a
day. Each white man was told to send his bot
tie to the storekeeper every other day to have
it replenisbed, 1t was trying situation. and
secret meeting of the white employees was held
to devise measures to meet the emergency. 1t
was found that by applying intense heat to the
bottles it was possible to blow out the bulge
that partly filled the interior. in this manner
the capacit yof each bottle was increased nearly
one-half. The ingenious expedient worked
admirably, and the secret was not revealed
until some time after full rations had been re.
sumed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06
SECRETARY RUsKs TROUBLES.
After Long Search He Rents q House, Only
to Find It's Bathroom Haunted.

WASHINGTON. July 6.-Secretary Rusk is in
a peck of trouble. Soon after he came TO Wash
ington he and Mrs. Rusk started out to hunt
for house. After searching for three months
they finally found one that suited. 1t is .
handsome three-story on Massachusetts, ave-
nue.. with a fountain in front, and surrounded
by a wilderness of roses and shrubbery-just
the sort of a place. in fact. for Uncle Jerry
and his charming family-that is, it would be
but for one unfortunate drawback. Mr.. Lin
coin, the present Minister to England, lived in
the house when he was Secretary of War, and
more recently it was occupied by General Nor
gan l. Smith Mr. Smith died there under
very peculiar and distressing circumstances.
He was found drowned in the bath tub. Since
then the house has not been occupied, and the
superstltious negro servants In the neighbor-
hood tell hair-raising stories about the mystic
rious noises that come from the house in the
still hours of the night Some evildisposed
friend has told Mrs. Rusk some weird tales of
how the old Generals ghost stalks through the
deserted apartments, and of the muffied cries
for help that sometimes come from the bath
room, and now Uncle Jerrys wife has put her
foot down and declared that nothing can in
ducc her to live in a house that is haunted
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06
AMERICAN CAPITAL ABROAD.
Yankee Money Pushing Vast Enterprises
In Other Lands.

Yankee Money Pushing Vast Enterprises
In Other Lands.
It is hard to say where the influence Of
American energy and capital is not now felt
1t is reaching into Chill, where American con-
tractors are accepting SIS 900, 600 railroad con-
tract. 1t is apparent in Peru, where the build
ing of 800 miles of railroad contracted for with
that Government for SO, 100000 is just be-
ginning. 1t is present in Porto Rico, where
Brooklyn capitalists have purchased immense
coffee and banana plantations, and also in
Jamaica, where it has largely helped
to develop the fruit trade, and where
American hotels are now being built for
the accommodation of visitors from the States.
1t is pushing its railroads into Mexico, and is
not only working there the ancient silver mines
and lately opened mountains of iron. but has
secured the privileges of supplying Mexican
cities with water and light for period of 20
years. The prodigious mining and electrical
operations that are being carried on by Ameri-
can firms in Japan have met with signal sue
cess and one of the latest instances of Ameri-
can goods being in demand abroad is the ship
ping by Pennsylvania carriage manufacturer
of a very neat carriage to distinguished mag
nate in Persia.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06

Mr.. MICHAEL DAvIrT's statement that
"there is hue and cry against the Clan-na-
Gael in America for political purposes, in
dicates that Mr.. Davitt is not much more
correctly informed with regards to Ameri-
can politics than some of his English oppo-
nents. There is q hue and cry against
secret societies that disregard the laws Of
the land. That is not for political pur-
poses, but for the purpose of asserting the
supremacy of our own laws in our own land.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06

The French Procureur General. who re-
fuses to prosecute Boulanger, probably is
imbued with Anglo-Saxon theories of law
that it is not worth while to prosecute a
man If you have not got him there to pun
ish him if guilty. and to defend him
self if innocent. French justice is about as
queer an article as French politics. -
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06
ATTRACTING GREAT ATTENTION.
sir Charles Tupper's Double Column Tariff
Scheme Loudly Repudiated.

Sir Charles Tupper's Doub!e-Coiumn Tartn
Scheme Loudly Repudiated.
Special Telegram to The Dispatch.
OTTAWA. ONT. July 5-Sir Charles Tupper's
proposal of a double-column tariff between the
colonies and England and the colonies and
foreign countries, such as France, Germany,
Belgium, Italy, the United States, etc., is at
tracing general attention. The fact OF Sir
Charles being the representative or Canada at
London attaches more importance to his re-
marks than those from a less important poll
tician would have been accorded. Members Of
the Cabinet here. however, do not appear
pleased with the step their high commissioner
has taken IN initiating policy which was gen.
orally supposed to have been inspired by the
Dominion Government.
They repudlate any knowledge of the scheme.
and all state that he has acted entirely upon his
own responsibility. without consulting the
paramount importance as complete recon-
struction of the trade and fiscal policy of the
Dominion, should have been initiated at
Ottawa
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06

In heavy rain at Washington, the other
day, the treasury vault, where the United
States Government keeps so, 600, 900 of silver
dollars in store. apparently for rainy day,
was flooded by the surplus water. The
practice of stock-watering is certainly
carried to a remarkable extent when Uncle
Sam begins to water his stock of silver dol
lars.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06

THE story that Lord Tennyson only got
ten shillings for the first poem that he ever
published is an illustration of the difference
that exists between market value and in
trinsic value. His Lordship has got as
many thousand dollars as that for recent
poems, and yet if the two efforts were COM
pared, the earlier ones will probably be
found to be worth twice as much.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06

The success of Mrs, Mary Ann Dough
erty in at last receiving position in the
seed department of the Agricultural
Bureau, apparently upon the ground that
she was exposed by President Cleveland as
somewhat of hard character, shows the
value Of notoriety when partisanship is at
work. President Cleveland's exposure of
this female did not by any means show her
to be an angel, but it seems to amount to
the same with the Republican administla-
tion
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06

THE report that coal docks for the rapid
handling of PIttsburg coal will be estab-
lished at Fairport has big possibilities.
Care should be taken, however, that they do
not include those of the sort which were
illustrated recently by the coal taking an
other route.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06

in connection with railroads. telegraphs and
banking; but the possibility of States going
into the lines of business represented gam
bling shops, prize fighting, saloons, with
possible extensions in the direc tion OF
burgling and highway robbery, presents
novel and not altogether uninstructive food
for reflection.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06

FULL returns from the work of the Chi
nese method of celebrating our national in
dependence with the Mongolian fire.
cracker are not yet in, but it is safe to
predict that one dey'of it will rival the cost
of months prosecution of the war which
established our national independence.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06

The County Democracy's day out yester-
day was enlivened with mule races, among
other sports. 1t should be distinctly un-
derstood that this advertisement was not
intended to typify the struggles at Demo-
cratic primaries in this county, which are
also source of public amusement.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06

IT is asserted that "a of the States of the
Union cast each smaller vote than that of
New York City This is accounted for by
the fact that some of them haye smaller
population. and that in some others the art
of counting votes has not been developed:to
such a remarkable degree.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06
DEATH OF AN AGED NEGRO.
A Centenarian, q Former Slave, Found Dead
In naln N~uufw

In Delaware County.
MORTON, July 5-About 2:3o o'clock. this
afternoon the body of Jim Braxtonl colored,
was discovered under a tent in Mr. Beatty's
lawn. A coroner's jury was impaneled and q
verdict of death from natural causes rendered.
The evidence went to show that he had called
te see q man at Mr. Beatty's house and get in
overtaken by the storm, he had sought refuge
in the tent and mad an attack of asthma to
which he was subject, and on account Of his
age heart failure resulted and he fell upon his
face, dead.
Deceased had been a slave before the war,
and was captured and sent North, while serv-
ing his master IN the Confederate army. He
claimed tn be over 100 years old, and was the
oldest perscn in Morton OF vicinity.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06
SELLING PRESENTATIONS.
A Peculiar Trade Prncticed By Two English
Ladies of Rank.

Lu0fe8 OF hHnks
From the London TRUTH
The operations of those enterprising danes
who were in the habit of advertising their
readiness to preseus ladies for consideration
have been stopped. or, at least, they must in
future be much more secret in their maneuver-
ing. One lady who was playing this game was
tracked, through the connivance of the man.
ager of the newspaper In which her advertise
ment appeared, and her sentence was perpetual
Punishment from court
Another. who was more artful In her arrange
ments, was hunted down very cleverly and, in
opinion of the Queen, by the fact that she is a
"person of honor" nearly related TO great
family of 'the nobility and her Majesty,
to be allowed to attend drawing-room or any
other court function, declared that she had
'disgraced her order"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06

THE Chicago reporter counts that day lost,
whose slow declining sun does not see new
mysterious prisoner" locked up in connec-
ton with the Cronin case.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06

CoMMENTISe upon the assertion Of the
President ofNewnham College, in England,
that the cultivation of women's intelleciual
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06

ROBERT MrFFLIS, Of Hancock county, Ohio,
has been laid up in bed for the past two weeks
with very sore head He had his haS burned
of by coming too near burning gas jet.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06
TRI-STATE TRIPLES.


A SALOON in Philadelphia has this odd sign:
Turtle soup on tap"
A YOUNG man who clerks In Philadelphia
70 smoke some defective-draught cigars which
his wife gave him.
A VEGETARIAN, who lives in Montgomery
that have been kept in the same refrigerator
with meat.
noon, young woman living with Mr. Green. Of
Uniontown, Pa., received an electric shock
while gathering clothes from wire line. She
was numb for two hours.
-
THE l6-year-old son of Samuel Brown, Of
Peachville, Pa, went into a stable to feed a
fierce bull, when 1t cornered him, gashed him
badly and broke one Of his rlbs. With rare
presence OF mind he dropped to the floor.
crawled under the bull and thus got away.
-
WHILE Mrs. George Seeds, OF Pocopson
township, Chester county. Pa, was making
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06

A DOLLAR which John Cummings, OF Morn
ing. w. Va. put mark on three years ago,
came back to him yeiterday.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06
NEW YoRK'S SMALL TALK.
May Land Under Bonds.

-" " "
NEW YORK, July 6.-lrving q sellers. an
English firm doing business here, sent over
their bookkeeper, Thomas Hennessy, short
time ago, to examine the books of the New
York office. Hennessy arrived on the steam
some one had comnlained that he was being
imported under contract. The matter was re-
ferred to the Treasury Department at Wash
ington, whence telegram was received to-day
that Hennessy could land. providing thar
nslns @ q oehers "o1,u si,e oonus sns. No
to 40 AZ Nv tha aans,,r,ar,
F'snrns ~ nie"ns Oh H'ec'r'c'
A statisticai automaton mas Just been put
on trial In the once OF the Board OF Heaitn
mere. with the AID OF an electric battery TINS
prscedented rapidity and correctness. all the
statistical information wnlcn II mas neretolore
required some lo or ~ clerks 70 nandie. Inc
nacnine was oeVlseo originaiy ior .he purpose
VI 'aDuias,ng returns OF 1ne eievenen CENSUS VI
'ne oni.eo states. N Iecorus' on snsli squaie .
oaius' al sor's Oh statis''cai uA.a CONCERNING
20, ase, race, narriage. oea'n' ui'e"eo' wv
p"''on anu u"eiiing piaoe'
Ne" burgess Condiiion Crnicn''
Nell BURGESS. the actor, who was injured py
the explosion OF gas stove at his home IN the
Atlantic Highlands last week. Is In critical
CONDITION. bis injuries are much more severe
tnan was at nrst supposed His physician says
to'oay tnat MS recovery Is improoapie.
sem
10
u' oou ioo Molnion ,mm'sIAhs arriseu .elo
on sne steamship WISCONSIN tnls morning.
iei' ior Sais Lake Oity TINS AFTERNOON.
Waiting for Dausbtsrs and Sisters.
Chief Justice Fuller and Miss Fnllsr awaited
on the revenne cntter Manbattan Ali TO-DAY tb a
arrival of the steamship AIIer dine this even-
inr. On tbe AlIer are the Chies Justice,s two
voungest danobters To-morrov thew viii 90
with their father 20 New Rochelle where the
whole Fuller family win mass this summer.
Fault of the Steamship Company.
The limited States District Coprt to-sav
awarded some sI7 200 to the British and the
Universal Marine Insurance Comnanies. In
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06
Dudes Must Have Wallets.

1t Ia against the city ordinance in CASTLE, N.
Y, for donkey TO appear on the streets unless
accompanied by man.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06

A SALOON in Philadelphia has this odd sign
Turtle soup on tap"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06

A VEGETARIAN, who lives in Montgomery
county, is so strict that he won't eat vegetables
that have been kept in the same refrigerator
with meat.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-06

A YOUNG man who clerks In Philadelphia
contracted dimple in his cheek while trying
TO smoke some defectivs-draught cigars which
his wife gave him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-01
TO HAVE BASE BALL.
The Savannah League Organized and
the Season to open May ! 5.

The Savannah League Organized ana
the Season to Open May 5.
meeting of the base ball men of Savan-
nah was held last night at Hndy's hall for
the purpose Of organizing a city league
Besides the Hendy's members of the Central,
Kieffers and Orientals were present All of
the clubs Joined the league. G. S. McAlpin
was elected president. The election OF other
officers was deferred until another meeting
which will be held tonight at the Hendy S
hall. The clubs will play twenty games each.
The season will begin May 10. 1t will close
Aug. 2S The schedule for the season will
be arranged Tonight. The Belt Line is
building a new PARK, to be under the man
agement of President Hendy. The park
will be located Just abreast of the present
park, between Montgomery and Whitaker
streets.
The "pennantn will he the gold mounted
bat, which was won by the Savannahs in
Macon over fifteen years ago. The bat was
brought to Savannah, and the Georgias,
Dixies, Savannahs and Arctics Of this CITY
played for it several seasons, but none of
them ever won it three times in succession
and the bat reverted to no club, and no
body claims it. 1t is an elegant
stick with four wide bands
of gold on it, and is valued at $3.50. w. 7.
Bailey has the bat He was member of
the Dixie Base Ball Club when the club
won the bat 3 last time, and be has been
in possession of it ever since. He was also
ons of the members of the club which won
it in Macon, aud he has agreed to put the
bat up to be played for by the league just
formed
The league is composed Of some of the
best amateur players in the south. Six of
them played in the Georgia State League,
which won the pennant for Savannah last
season. The following will likely be the
clubs forming the league:
Hendys-Hana, captain.
Centrals-Lamotte, captain.
Orlentals-Buttiner, captain.
kieffers-Ennis, captain.
w. F. Hendy will probably be vice prasi-
dent of the league.
Work has begun on the new park But
Ter, II is understood, will remain with the
Centrals as pitcher He is no doubt the
best amateur pitcher in the state Corish
is comparatively a young ball player,
but he handles himself remark
ably well, and the other
league clubs already begin to fear him.
The other clubs say they will bring men in
who will cope with any of them, but Just
who 1t will be is not known now All the
men in the league are native Savannahians.
10 is probable that Charles Westcott will
pitch for some of the clubs. He was a puz-
er in the box a few years ago, and the
chances are that he will not be less formula
BILE in the same position this season. The
best men available will be taken by all the
clubs, and the club winning the 'pennant
will earn it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-01
RAIL AND CROSSTIE.

General Manager H. s. Haines of the
Savannah, Florida and Western railway
Will leave for New Orleans to-day on bust
ness connected with the Plant system.
General Master of Transportation W. P.
Savage Of the Central railroad resigned a
few days ago, and will leave the city to-
morrow for Baltimore. No name has been
mentioned for the vacancy.
The railway mileage of Canada at the
end of June last was II, 70l miles. showing
an increase during the year of $50 miles It
is now just about equivalent to the railway
mileage of the states of Indiana and Michi-
gan combined.
The Southern Passenger Association ha S
made reduced ra es to the following points:
Southern Manufacturers Association, at
fac urers' ana Wholesale Dealers Associa-
ton, at Cincinnati, O.. May 10; Catholic
Knights of America, at Chattanooga, Tenn.
Nav ALT; Sunday school convention
Methodist Episcopal church (colored), at
Griffin, May 1913
A New York lawyer bought parlor car
ticket at Saratoga for New York, but lost
1T before the train started. The conductor
informed him that he would have TO pro-
duce his ticket or 60 in the ordinary coach,
and finally the lawyer was compelled TO
leave his friends in the parlor car and take
a seat in another car, much TO his discom-
fort" Lawyer-like, he sued the COM
pany for damages, which he set at So 000
and an accommodating jury has now
awarded him 81 900 10 pay for his "discom-
fortn
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-01
time. and was, therefore, in weakened

time, and was, therefore, in a weakened
condition.
Fort Myers Press: A few days ago, at
the end of Naples wharf. forty-fooG pile
Of about one foot in diameter was loosel y
tied with 100 feet of cable. The hands sud-
denly noticed the cable running from the
coil, and before any one could secure it,
both pile and cable were moving rapidly to
sea. A devil fish had got tangled in the
cable. Boats were at once secured and
started in pursuit. and after two-mils
race they captured the line and log, the
monster having become loosened, which
accounts for their being able to overtake IT.
When we consider that this species Of ray
sttains weight Of 5000 to 5000 pounds.
and strength to correspond, this is not
astonishing Some months ago the passen-
gers of the steamboat Fearless harpooned
one of these fish near San Carlos bay, and
after towing the steamboat for some time,
the engine being reversed and pulling
against him, they were compelled to cut
the line to prevent being carried on the
SAnibel bar