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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-15

AND now we learn that Colonel William
R. Morrison is to be candidate for the
Craftsmanship of the National Democratic
Committee. The selection of Morrison would
put a consistent representative of the low
tariff Democracy in charge of their cam
paign, and would therefore be commenda-
BILE. But before Colonel Morrison accepts
that position he should resign his present
place of Interstate Commerce Commission
er. The duties of that position are too inn
portant to be mixed with political campaign
ing; and so long as Colonel Morrison draws
the salary of $500 year he should do
something to earn it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-15
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
Bishop Was Insane-A Woods Run Lion
The Marring Of May.

The 8IarrinE Of May.
A cURIoUsLY variegated career was that of
Washington Irving Bishop. the mind reader.
whose death occurred in such sensational
fashion on Sunday night in New York club
house. 1t is not career one can linger over
with any pleasure Probably his vagaries may
be ascribed to arrangements in his mental ma
chinery
When he was here some years ago it hap
pened that spent an evening with him. He
was not performing tricks of mind or muscle
reading that night, but breathing wrath
and fearful threats against his Bos-
ton wife, Mrs. Helen s. Pond, who had
the day before published in the newspapers
some very ugly charges against him. He wasa
small man, very effeminate in appearance, and
his voice was high treble. His prodigious ex-
hibition of anger by contrast made it hard for
those who saw it to refrain from laughter.
This scene occurred at the Hotel Anderson,
where there are still at least couple OF clerks
who remember Mr.. Bishops behavior that
night vividly. He persisted in saying over and
over again that he intended to sue every news
paper that had published his wife's charges, for
libel, and added that he had engaged Major
Brown and D. T. Watson, W. D. Moore and
Major E. A. Montooth to wage war for him in
Pittsburg In everything he said and did that
night Mr. Bishop impressed me as being out of
his wits. For the time believe he was
maniac.
The suits for libel were never brought, of
course, and 1 presume none of the lawyers Mr..
Bishop mentioned ever saw the color of his
money or even knew that he had connected
their names with his case.
ga
IF NH oh,
have long enjoyed the distinction of being the
ugIiest in tn at home of the beautiful, Woods
Run, are being pulled down to make way for
the approaches to the new railroad bridge con-
Meeting the Panhandle and the Fort Wayne.
The new bridge will certainly improve the
appearance of the Northside neighborhood of
the Fort Wayne tracks adjoining Woods Run.
There is a noisome little pond which will pre-
sumably be filled in, and comical vineyard on
the cliff lust east of it will probably cease to try
ineffectuallyto to bear grapes. The recent heavy
rain storms have caused the work on the bridge
foundations and the embankment to be sus-
pended.
THE great charts of seats for the May Fes-
tival are gradually showing the inroads of the
purchasers 1t is a fact though, that Pitts
burgers are rather famous for putting off their
purchases of seats for such an event as this to
the last moment. 1t is foolish habit, and In
this case particularly So
If anyone who intends to 60 to the festival
thinks that he can afford to wait and buy his
seats at the door, permit me to point out to him
that thousands are coming in from all the ad-
joining towns. and that precious few of them
will buy seats until the doors are open. The
rush for seats at the last moment will be tre-
mendous. and as piece of disinterested ad-
vice, repeat. buy your seats to-day or to-
morrow.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-15
civil sERYl0s FRAUDs.
II is Claimed That There is. Leakage In
Examination Papers.

Et E4uuthhttOu Iapefbs
Special Telegram to The Dispatch.
NEW YORK, May 14-John NJ Comstock,
Chairman of the Civil Service Board at the
Custom House, said there were wild rumors
flying about the Custom House to-day to the
effect that the practices at recent civil service
examinations had been fraudulent. If these
reports are substantiated, Mr. Comstock said.
somebody would learn that penal offense had
been committed. The reports were that certain
persons in the service had furnished to mem
bers of the examination classes keys to the
Forthcoming questions for S25 and $50, and
that substitutes had passed examinations
before the Examining Board. Mr.. Comstock
said:
II have no charges to make against anybody
at the moment; have simply started general
investigation. 1t is more in the nature of a
hunt. have just been elected Chairman Of
the board. Yes, attended as one Of the ex-
aininers, the examinations in the postofice
buildings. So FAR as l could see, and | paid
close attention, the seals of the packages con-
tanning the question papers sent from WASH
ington had not been tampered with. But they
may have been, 1t would have required an
expert, though, to discover any flaws in the
seals. Why have not begun general investi-
CATION before? Simply for the reason that l
have only just been elected Chairman OF the
board, DO feel, though, that tnere were Op-
portunities for fraud SO far as the examinations
for promotions we're concerned. The questions
for these examinations we're made in the naval
office, while questions for entry to the service
came from Washington. The questions for
promotions we're sent from the naval office to
Mr. Mason's Office in the Custom House. Mr..
Mason was Secretary of the board and had full
charge do not believe that Mr.. Mason would
countenance any leakage, but must confess
that Ihave never had any confidence in his
clerk, Fred Davis. don't say there is anything
wrong; cannot tell that until complete the
investigation. If the papers or questions have
been tampered with some one will suffer. The
reports come from people in and out OF the
service"
Mr.. Mason started on his vacation to-day pre-
liminary to leaving the service June /. He was
in Albany last night. Fred Davis, clerk of the
Civil Service Board had never heard of the
ugly reports. He told how the questions ar
rived from Washington in package plastered
with seals on the morning that the examina-
tions were held in the Postoffice building.
Packages were addressed to E. B. Post, or the
Postmaster. He did not take any stock in the
story of frauds. It was said by Mr.. Mason's
friends that he should forego his vacation and
confront Mr.. OomsIock and the other mug
wumps and insist upon rigorous investiga-
tion. 1t was remarked that Mr.. Comstock had
been chairman of the board week and thas it
was not until Mr.. Mason had left town that the
reports of criminal fraud we're circulated.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-15

POSSIBLY the building of the Standard
Oil Company's big refinery in Indiana indi-
Gates an intention on the part of the big cor
poration to take hand in Indiana politics.
That State appears to offer good field for
Standard methods; and it might purchase a
Senatorship to take the place of that which
it is to lose by the retirement of Payne.
The Standard cannot be going to refine oil
in Indiana; tor have not its organs assured
the public, time and time again, that it viii
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-15

GENERAL BoULANGER from the safety
of English soil calls upon the French
people to rise as one man. Boulanger not
only emulstes the character in "Olivette"
who found the some man." but surpasses
him by doing the ''rising" on the other side
of the channel,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-15

No more remarkable evidence of Mr..
Gladstone's wonderful vigor of mind and
body can be given than the report that
he dined with Punch humorists the other
day and made the occasion cheerful and
lively one
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-15
The Orient Eelipsed.

With the discovery of America, wealth once
again began to grow rapidly, but not even then
did anything like modern fortunes become
common. Within the last so years, manufact-
ures. mines and various industrial enterprises
have revolutionized our conceptions on the
subject, When the elder Dumas revelled in
Oriental conceptions, he created Monte Cristo
as his ideal millionaire. Yet, judged by modern
been rather poor, and would scarcely have
found place in the annual list which appears
in New York.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-15
TAKING THEIR TIME.
Only One-Fifth of the Land in Oklahoma
Regularly Entered.

WASHINGTON, May 14-The clerks who were
detailed from the general land Office to go to
Oklahoma to assist the land officials at the
Guthrie and Kingfsher land offices returned
to Washington to-day. They state that at
Kingfsher about 800 entries had been made up
to last Friday, and at Guthrie about 1000 had
been made. The total number of quarter Sec
tions in the territory opened to settlement is
about 10000, hence less than one-fifth of the
whole has been filed upon. The force of clerks
now employed at the two land offices is be-
lieTed to be sufficient to keep up the current
work.
Many Of the settlers 1t is said, have gone to
their former homes to settle their private
affairs; and will return next fall to complete
their entries and establish themselves perma-
nently in the rew territory. The scarcity of
water has been to some extent overcome by
digging wells.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-15
A HIGHLY PRICED PAPER,
Secretary Rusk Accepts Written Resigna
tion and Gets il Framed.


tion and Gets ii Framed.
Correspondence Chicago Tribune.l
Secretary Rusk has sense of humor about
him. He has been trying ever since he entered
upon his duties at the Agricultural Depart
ment to see what he could do about making
room for a few Republicans. AS none of the
Democrats employed in his Department ex-
pressed willingness to resign he has not given
many Republicans places. He is averse to
turning out Democrats in order to make room
for Republicans, and especially if the former
perform their duties faithfully.
The fore part of this week Secretary Rusk
was rendered written resignation from one of
the messengers who was receiving salary of
5000 per annum. This was the first resignation
he had received during his ADMINISTRATION of the
Department. He has, therefore, deemed this
phenomenal action worthy of recognition and
has had the resignation framed and placed in
his Office Immediately in front of his desk.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-15

INCIDENTALLY we notice some of our
esteemed cotemporaries noticing the fact
that Thomas G. Platt in his recent article on
politics attacked civil service reform. 1t
was hardly worth mentioning. Everyone
knew that Plat wrote, and Russell Har-
rison's paper published the article for that
purpose
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-15

The plums which have been distributed
among the Illinois politicians lately lead
to the fear that when it comes to the Su-
preme Court appointment the President will
not be able to give it to Judge Gresham.
More than that the appointment of Wander
WORT creates the graver fear that he does not
wish tn
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-15

THAT new war vessel that was built at
San Francisco seems to require an immense
amount OF supplementary trials and altera-
tions for vessel that made such wonder
full success on the first trial trip, as was re-
ported by the press dispatches. Is it possi-
bic that the first roseate reports of her trial
trip were just little bit fixed up?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-15
A MONSTER SEA SNAKE.
An Ocean Reptile $50 Feet Long Seen By
q British Captain.

PHILADELPHIA, May l4-Captain Smith,
chief officer Of the British Princess, in port
from Liverpool. comes to time with the first sea
serpent story of the season. 1t was on Satur-
day, May 4, and in latitude A. longitude 424
that Captain Smith says he saw his big snake,
which he says was 15O feet long, with eyes like
ships starboard light. When sighted large
section of his snskeship stood perpendieularly
out of the water, and, as it was daYbreak, with
smooth sea, there was opportunity for a good
view of the monster.
Several passengers who we're on deck at the
time are said to have seen the snake, but, when
Chief Oficer Smith cried out for Captain
Freeth to come on deck, the monster turned
tail and fed, churning the water like Missis-
sippi stern-Wheeler.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-15
COMPARATIVE EXPORTS.

Beef, Hay and Dairy Products Exported
This Year and Last.
WASHINGTON, May 4.-The Chief Of the
Bureau of Statistics reports that the total
values of the exports of beef and hog products
of the United States during the month of April,
1889, and during the four months ended April
30, 1889, as compared with similar exports dur
ing the corresponding periods of the preceding
year, were as follows: April, 1889, s. 8S8, ,602;
1885, S. SOS, ,042; four months ended April 30,
1885, S36, ,222, 1852; four months ended April 81,
1888 S26 10S, ,S4s.
The values of the exports of dairy products
1888, 1902, 7S4. Twelve months ended April 80,
1889 s10,O11, 500; II months ended April 3d. 1888,
SI067S6S5.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-15

WE hope that Common Council does not
mean to place any restraints on the personal
liberty of resignlng ofice-that looks like a
liberty which can be given free exercise
without any danger of bringing the affairs
of State to a dead ston.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-15
The PIutocrats Not Happy.

Few of these American plutocrats can be
said to enjoy their money. Most of them get it
at time of life when they are too old to begin
to learn anew the art of living. They have
never done anything but form combinations
and rake in money. Public life they despise.
They have no position as great landowners or
mobiles to keep up. Most of them are too
slenderly educated to appreciate science. or
art, or learning, though now and then they
found universities, or buy fashionable French
pictures. But. as rule, the feelings of the
class may be represented by the late Mr.. Van
derbilt, who declared that the weight of his
wealth crushed him-that he had no pleasure
in money and no use for it."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-15
An Awful Prospect.
From the chicago News.I

FfOm LnG OHICaKU . 1NSWs'1 >
It is reported from Pennsylvania that black
bears are more numerous in that State than
they have been before for many years. If SEN
ator Quay succeeds in getting Federal positions
at Washington for all the FennsYlvanians who
want them it is feared that the black bears will
drive out the small fraction Of the population
remaining, and that the State will become once
more a bowling wilderness.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-15
win Trv toLoyver tbe Record.

The City of Paris will sail for Liverpool to-
morrow afternoon, with cabinful of passen-
gers. Her officers are betting that they wlll
break the record Of fast eastward voyages by
getting across in six days At very nearly the
same hour at which she will sail from this side
her sister ship. the City of New YORK, will sail
from Liverpool.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-15

WHEN it gets to dog eating dog on the
Petroleum exchanges no wonder there is
wish expressed for return to the old fare
of spring lamb. But the lambs were all
consumed about the time that the Produc-
ers' Association signed the shutdown con-
tract with the Standard.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-15
Rask Gains a Convert.

fIOll tHt " d5HIHgtOn U5bsI
The Viceroy of China, after reading SecTe-
tary Rusk's suggestions on agriculture, Issued
a proclamation In which he advocates tree
planting. He says that trees are promoters of
rain, beautifers Of the country, and preventiyes
of drouth and food. Instructions in tree
planting are to be given in accordance with
Secretary Ruslzs rules on arbori-culture.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-15
SURGEONS IN SESSION.
Ths American Association In Convention ut
the National Capital.

the National Capital.
WASHINGTON, May H-The eleventh an
nual meeting of the American Surgical Asso-
citation began here to-day. Skeletons, skulls
and other appropriate emblems ornamental
the room in which the surgeons met, on the
third floor of the Army Medical Museum build
ing DR.. David W. Cheever, of Boston, the
President of the association, opened the pro-
ceedings with an address. entitled, THE Flu
ture of Surgery Without Limit"
DR.. Cheever said that the student of surgery
must of necessity be struck with its great
progress and also with its imperfections
stantly advancing. Several papers on purely
technical subjects were also read at to-day's
meeting.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-15
minister Lincoln az a Ranoue,,

NEW YORK, May M-The newly appointed
Minister to England, Robert T. Lincoln, was
rendered an informal dinner at the University
Club tonight by his classmates at Harvard OF
the class of 49, The dinner was entirely in.
formal and there were no toasts. Minister
Lhncoln sails on the City of Paris tomorrow,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-15
HIS VIEWS TOO LIBERAL.
Prof: RusselPs Ideas of the AndoYer Ques-
tiou Cause His Resignation.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCH.1


ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCH.1
NEW HAVEN, CONN.,, May A.-Rev. John E.
Russell, of the Yale Theological Seminary, to-
day resigned his position as Professor of Bibli-
hcal Theology. This action of Prof. Russell
was received with great surprise by the faculty
of the university, and with indignation by the
students, especially the members of the senior
class, who are to graduate tomorrow. This
noon they met and passed resolutions express
ing their sorrow, and appointed committee of
I'VE TO wait on President Dwight and endeavor
to make arrangements to have the resignation
not accepted.
While the reason for Prof. Russell's resigna-
ton is said to be due to a call to Williams Col
lege, it is generally understood that his too
liberal views on theological questions, es-
pecially on the Andover question, have been
distasteful to the members of the faculty of
the theological school, who are of the old
school, Prof Russell is with the Andover pro-
fessors and a supporter of DR.. Smiths views
regarding the future probation. He graduated
from Williams College in 1872, and has been at
Yale since 1885.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-15
Protect Home Industries.

From the Chicago Times.1
Whenever the fellow who gets up the cable
letter on the other side of the pond gets hard
up he reels off yarn about some American
girl being fooled by bogus baron. Something
ought to be done to keep our girls at home. If
there is any fooling to be done, let it be by our
own boys.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-15

The historical research of Chauncey M.
Depew's orations certainly ought to be worth
enough to pay for the raw material. Is not
the historical researcher worthy Of his hire?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-15
AMERICAN PLUTOCRACY.
A London Editor Pays His Respects to the
GouIds and vanderbllts-noney Kings
Of Ancient Times-The BIIliionafre's Lot

A London Editor Pays His Respects to the
Goulds and Vanderbilts-hIoney Kings
Of Ancient Times-The BIIliionafre's Lot
Not Happy One.
From the London Standard
The American press is just at present devot-
ing much attention to the annual examination
of that portion Of the revenue returns from
which, by process Of calculation based on the
statements handed in for the purposes Of direct
taxation, the acknowledged income of the
various transatlantic millionaires can be COM
puted. How far such returns may be accepted
as accurate isan open question. 1t is doubtful
whether the State can ever take 1.-THE of the
taxable wealth of magnates whose invest
ments, spread over half the world, are only to
small extent in tangible property. On the
other hand, there is gossip to the effect that TO
increase their consequence, and the credit
which follows, aspiring bachelors and pushing
men OF business sometimes return their means
as higher than they really are, and find their
profit in paying on the fictitious amount. Mr..
Jay Gould, we are told, Is worth EGO, 100000,
figure that is, probably, enormously exagger-
ated, as are also the f50,0OO,0OO set down Tor a
Nevada mine owner, who, it is added. was
wheeling barrow in Virginia City some 25
years ago. These are followed at some distance
by the head of the New York Astors, who is
credited with EDS, 900, the Vanderbilts with
E25, 100000, and a variety of less familiar per-
sonages. M. de Varjgny, who has been exam
ining these and Similar figures, considers that
the richest Englishman is the Duke of West
minister, whose property is estimated at f16, ,000-
600. and that no continental land owner or
merchant comes within many millions of this
amount
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-15
TIE TARIFF ON LEAD.
A Large Delegation win Talk to sscrs-

Large Delegation VIII Talk 20 SecFe-
tary Window About II.
NEW YORK. May 14-A large delegation of
metal brokers left this city to-day for Washing
ton to be present at the meeting tomorrow
morning before Secretary of the Treasury
Window on the vexed lead question. In the
West the question of putting q tax on Mexican
lead has excited 2 good deal Of interest and
two special cars filed with Western mine own
ers and others interested In the subject will
meet the New York delegation at the Capital
tomorrow morning.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-15
A small Boy saved From Drowning.

Little Howard Jones fell into Jamaica Bay
from boat in which he and his two brothers,
both under II years, had been out rowing, on
Saturday. He did not rise to the surface i'm
Jmediately, and his brothers, thinking he was
drowned, hurried home to tell their father of
the accident. About 20 minutes after the ac-
cident DIR. Houghton, of Brooklyn, and COM
panion who had been fishing in the bay saw
little boy in the water, padding with his hands
to keep himself afoat. They rowed alongside
the boy and drew him into the boat. The mo-
ment the boy realized he was safe he sank into
insensibility, He did not recover until this
morning. Then he was carried home to his
naronts
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-15
Clear Case of American Hoggishness.

From the Baltimore Americana
Nothing could be more clear and simple than
Bismarek's proposal to the other powers to
settle the Samoan difficulty. Lets take turns
in its government he says. "First, I'll take
mine and you wait for yours. then you wait for
yours and I'LL take mine" And yet the cable
tells us that the greedy American delegates are
not satisfied with this fair division of the spoils.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-15
TOO GOOD TO BIZ SOLD.
An Old Wooden Government Vessel to be
Again Patched Up.

Again Patched Up.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE United States
steamship Monocaey was to have been sold at
auction to-day at Yokohama, but an order
from the Navy Department has been tele-
graphed, stopping the sale. The Monocaey is
an old wooden vessel which has been on the
China station so long that it would not be safe
to undertake to bring her across the Pacific to
the United States.
Several times the department has decided to
sell this vessel, but the orders have always been
revoked at the last moment. Not long ago
board of appraisement was ordered, but after
doing their duty in the matter of appraisement
the board recommended that the Monocacy
be repaired, and for this reason the sale has
been again postponed.