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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-29
TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.
PITTsBURG. WEDNESDAY. MAY q, 1859.
POLITICAL CRoss.auEsrIoNs.

Pointed questions were the order of the
W in the English and French Parliamen-
ry bodies yesterday. The questions af-
ded the opposition in each case an oppor-
lity for prodding up the Government with
harp stick; but in each case, also, the
vernment's faithful majority rallied to
support, and vindicated its course by the
answerable logic of the heaviest parlia-
ntary battalions
n the English Parliament the question
as why the English Ambassador at Paris
bsented himself from the opening cere-
lonies of the French Exposition, which
CELEBRATES the French Revolution. The re-
ly was an excuse that the French people
re divided as to the event which was cele-
rated. This was the best excuse that could
De given; but as the French peoples Gov
irnment, which has been placed in power by
he people, conducted the ceremonies, it
would appear that the English Govern
ment's care for the susceptibility of the
minority is somewhat excessive. In the
French Chamber the irrepressible minority
wanted to know what was being done in the
''oulanger trial, and, as the Government
ad absolutely no answer to make, it refused
permit the question which produced the
sual result of uproar.
This practice of parliamentary questions
one that is wholly foreign to our system.
ometimes minority in our legislative
odies asks for information by a resolution,
-hich if at all uncomfortable is quietly
'helved. The opportunity for political cap
tai afforded by such queries is entirely ab-
'ent here, As to any result from the ques-
ons the two examples afforded yesterday
low their practical uselessness.
1t is just as well that this form of inter-
,gatory cannot be grated upon our system.
f our statesmen had this chance for the
reduction of campaign ammunition they
'ould never do any business at ali.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-29
HearInas b. the Pardon Bonrd.

The Board of Pardons held two sessions to-
day, but was unable to complete the large
quantity of work before it. In the case of Ed
ward Slattery, affidayits made by James Con-
way and Charles Reed were filed, in which they
assert that Henry Meyers could not have been
killed by Slattery. There is also filed in the
case letter from W. D. Moore, addressed to
William Sinclair, who it is alleged has declined
to give information exculpating Slattery be-
cause it might result in his own pun
ishment for connection with it. In this
letter the following appears: 81 am satisfied
from my conversations with the District Attor-
ney that you will run no risk in making full
and complete statement as to the Meyers case,
aud know that Major Montooth, or at least
think SO, agrees with me. 1t is, in my, judg-
ment, your duty to innocent men to make il"
In connection with this letter is a statement,
which the District Attorney was expected to
sign, promising immunity from punishment to
William Sinclair so far as his disclosure might
refer to the murder OF Henry Meyer. This
statement, Mr.. Moore says, the official failed to
sign, and hence Sinclair's affidavit was neces-
sary. Slatterys mother. in a letter filed with
the board, saws: "The world will be darker or
brighter to me on Wednesday morning."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-29
ALMOST AS SLOW as UNCLE SAM

Early next month the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad is to open with show of ceremony
its new Pittsburg depot. Pittsburgers
will hail with pleasure the commodious,
even if slow. recognition by the road of the
patronage of this quarter. The older gen.
GRAFTON, however, can hardly fail to reflect
how long it takes for railroad promises to
bear fruit. 1t is nearly 20 years since the
B. & Q. people promised, on the extension
to Cumberland, a new depot and many
other attractive features to this city and 10 |
1t is at hand only neck or two ahead of the
ged new postofice But then the great
pennsylvania line has also a few unre-
eemed pledges of the same sort still out
.arding. Despite the best efforts of the
Imagination of the city reporters that oft
seovered, frequently promised Seventh
avenue depot is still very much in futurity.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-29
THE TRoUBADoUR.

With jaunty cloak and swagger,
And jewel-hilted dagger,
guitar hung from his shoulders by ribbon,
blue at that
And his breeches never bigger
Than would show his shapely figure,
And fascinating feather in his funny tilted hat.
SO he wandered forth a-warring,
And a-rhyming and guitaring,
And in attitudes artistic tlnkled many tricksy
air;
And the ladies all adored him
And the balconies encored him,
And his tunes were legal tender for his welcome
everywhere.
Thus a-humming and a-strumming,
And a-wooing and a-cooing,
Droning ditties by the dozen,
Lisping sonnets by the score,
Went the hero of our story
Through its glamor and its glory.
All! 50 mellow and 50 merry was the gallant
Troubadour.
-BsVord's Magasias.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-29
CORRUPT POLITICAL METHODS.

Senator George f. Edmunds deals gentle
blow at corrupt political methods in The
ForUm this month 1t is not a blow that
that are dark tremble, neither will their
faces blanch with terror, nor repentance
come to them on the heels of fear; but good
many people who are not dealers in corrupt
politics and who do not believe that bribery,
perjury and other crimes are incidental to
not few Of our elections are apt to ponder
upon Senator Edmunds' quiet words of
What the Senator from Vermont says
about the prevalence of bribery and
kindred crimes in politics is not remarkable
for its novelty. He does not pretend that
he has anything new to say. Still the
position he takes on the question is rather
novel. Though he is shocked by the mani
fest corruption of politicians on both sides,
he thinks there is no reason for despair or
encouragement in the hearts of those who
believe that truth and justice and virtue are
as essential in social and political affairs as
they are everywhere agreed to be in the
personal Intercourse Of men. There should
be rather hope and confidence inspired, he
thinks, by the knowledge that corrupt prac-
tices can be brought to light and that it is
possible for persistent, unselfish and brave
patriots to make those practices futile as
we'll as odious.
The means by which political crimes can
be prevented, Senator Edmunds finds in i'm
proved registration laws; elections under
provisions securing the privacy of the voter
and the secrecy ofthe ballot; public canvass
of the votes and publication of election ex-
penses; severe punishment for bribery, at
tempts to register or to vote illegally; large
limitation of foreign immigration, and many
other cognate measures.
The value of Senator Edmunds' sugges-
tions is principally that they help to keep
this great question before the people The |
people can and will CORRECT the evil If they |
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-29
ODD TRIOLETs.

ALARM bells are tolled for lost children in
| Altoona, Pa.
MRS. JOHN WOLF, of Quakertown, Pa, has
10000 silk worm eggs on the eve of Matching.
A HoUTzDALE, PA, youth stuffed an infants
mouth so full of dry mustard that it took a
| doctor to dig it out.
The barn of Henry Taylor, Of Fishertowr,
Pa, Bedford county, being built of piteh-pine
was SO gnawed up by worms that it has to be
torn down.
A LITTLE daughter of John Bartell, of Mount
Washington, Pa, was sent after groceries with
% cents, which she put in her mouth for safe
keeping On the way she stumbled, and the
coins few down her throatO
WHILE George White, of Drumore, Lam
caster county, was asleep in bed recently
he was bitten on the legs so extensively by a
bee that he has to have medical aid The limbs
are still swollen much beyond their natural
size.
ALADY applicant for permission to teach in
Ashtabula county Ohio, changed the marks on
her blank given by the examiner-in geography
from rs to 95 and in history from II to 81. But
her ink didn't match the examiners, and she
was placed in the humiliating position Of being
caught
ASLATINGToN, PA, man had fed his chickens
and was going home with q kettle Of surplus
corn, which also held many eggs, when he came
upon chicken fight. He flung his corn at the
combatants, and his jaw dropped with amaze
ment as he saw them yellow-eoated with flash
of the forgotten eggs.
A WEST VIRGINIA electrician has invented
a wire fishing rod with an electric bell which
will ring for every nibble. There ought to also
be camera attached to the hook to photo
graph the fish that wasn't caught and phono-
graphic arrangement to tell the fish stories,
then the fisherman could drink in peace.
In a small town near Wheeling, W. Va,
lately, housewife was unable to churn her
butter. and the failure was attributed to witch
Accordingly the husband fred shot into the
cream to kill the witch, but without avail. The
wife was then told by q neighbor that by
making a silver dollar hot and throwing 1t into
the churn she would be able to drive the witch
out. She tried it, and the butter came all right
DAYTON, o., has q woman under lock and
key who is case for linguists and doctors
This is the second time sho has been locked up
for safe keeping, having been found wandering
around the streets. Persons have tried to get
her to talk in English, German, French, Italian,
Spanish, and in fact nearly all the different
languages, but nothing seems to swake in her
any ideas. No petson who has Jet tried can
understand her jarapn.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-29
THE TOPICAL FAlKER.
A Few Sketches of City and Suburban Life
Taken In Yesterdays Sunshine.

The dust was aggravatingly thick on Penn
avenue and Butler street yesterday morning,
but it didn't prevent good many pilgrims, Ia
den with baskets Of flowers, from trudging out
to the cemeteries of Allegheny and st. Mary.
| Hardly cable car that went out from town
yesterday but bore party of women and chill
dren bound upon the gracious, kindly work of
decorating graves in the great Kingdoms of the
| dead.
The Allegheny cemetery is looking its best.
| The constant rains have made it more profii-
gately green than usual for Decoration Day.
If tomorrow is fine, those who celebrate the
day by visiting the cemetery, will enjoy de-
licious feast on the congregated beauties of the
country side. Already yesterday the minia-
ture stars and stripes waved over
many a grave, and hundreds Of
decorating parties were scattered among the
turfy mounds and imposing monuments. By
contrast with the park-like scenery Of the
cemetery the massive but not strIkingly beau
tiful gateway recently erected on Penn avenue
and now surrounded by a waste of sandy soil,
looked more out of proportion and taste than
it will no doubt when the approaches to it are
laid out in drives and lawns.
E.k
THERE does not seem to be much disappoint-
ment felt by the doctors of the Mercy Hospital
staff over Governor Beavers veto of the ap-
preparation. They have been accustomed to
see the appropriations for their hospital vetoed
often before.
One of them said yesterday that he didn't ex-
pect to see bill for the Mercy's benefit get
past the Governors hands until the
State chose a Pittsburger to fill
the Governors chair. A Pittsburger
could be relied upon to understand the unsec-
tartan character of the benevolence dispensed
by the good sisters in the hospital, and to favor
any attempt to pay the debt owed by the CON-
munity to splendidly conducted institution.
50
A LADY whose benevolent disposition and
adipose tissue were both very well developed,
wasted large amount of sympathy yesterday
morning, at the Twenty-eighth street crossing
of the Allegheny railroad, on Penn avenue.
The gates were lowered to allow a locomotive
to cross the street, and the old lady have men
toned was one Of those who were checked at
this point As the gates rose and the gid lady
started to cross the track she Shanced
to: glance to the left-she was crossing city
ward-and she saw party of children
standing about little girl who lay With her
head upon the rail. The position of the child
was enough to excite curiosity. Butt the old
lady jumped to the conclusion at oncb that the
small girl had been run over by the locomotive.
She rushed toward the child with 1 wild cry
Of "Ohr'
When she was about five feet from the sup
posed victim of level crossings, the latter
jumped up in alarm and with her companions
made of.
She had been merely listening ito the vibra-
tion of the rail caused by the retreating loco.
motive. Not everybody understood why that
old lady frowned as she boatded cable car
and did not exhibit beneYoleht symptom all
the way into town.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-29
DEATHS OF A DAY.
PeIeR W. Chandler.

Special Telegram 70 Inc Dispatch.
BOSTON, May 2s.-Hon. PeIeg w. Chandler died
this morning. He had not been well in years
past but his death was sudden, being due to heart
failure. Mr.. Chandler was one Of the most dis
tinguished members Of the Suffolk bar Of a gener-
alton ago, a man whose name was synonymous
with professional learning, executive ability and
sound Judgment of men and affairs. He was a
cotemporary OF eminent lawyers of the old
school, including such men as Webster, Sumner
Choate, Geo. s. Hilliard, and Geo. T. Bigelow
and among the last survivors of that coterie or
men whose lives are part of the country's his
tory. He was lifelong friend Of Governor An
drews they being at college together and former
associates in the Wing party and during the civil
strife he was frequently consulted By and adj
vised ith the great war Governor. Mr.. Chand-
Ter was therefore peculiarly fitted for the task he
undertook in his Life Of Governor Andrews s.
In his profession he achieved remarkable success
and between the age Of 20 and 50 years ne per,
formed wonderful amount Of work and II is
said that for years he oyertaxed his energies He
was very successful with juries and especially
with the Court. Possessing good oratorical now
ers aud all the qualities which mark sound Sense
and level-headedness, he had q peculiar fnfiuence
over men. He was 70 wears old,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-29
A HUNDRED SNAKES IN A BALL.
The Wonderful sight Witnessed By Truth.
full Georsia Fisherman.

Aue WOnuerluh SlBuL Witnessed Dy q xrutn-
full Georgia Fisherman.
From the Atlanta constitutional
A crowd of gentlemen were seated in Ferreps
restaurant at Milledgeville, telling of the won
ders that exist in and about Black Lake, the
famous fishing pond below the city, when sud-
denly the conversation drifted into a discus
sion Of the different varieties of snakes that
abound there. Mr.. Blank, who spends a great
deal of his spare time in fishing, said:
Gentlemen, am going to tell you something
that you won't believe, but it's the truth if ever
told it in my life. 1 was at Black Lake last
year fishing and in company with another of
our party, rowed our boat considerable dis
tance out in the lake. We heard a terrible
Kissing noise that sounded like thousand
blackbrds singing; the noise, apparently. was
100 yards from us; neither of us knew what it
was and the sound was so distinctly different
from anything we had ever heard before, we
decided to investigate it. We rowed the boat
up the lake about 200 yards before we came to
the mysterious racket. looked over on the
bank of the lake and there 1 saw ball of
snakes as big as nour barrel knitted and
plated together like the slaves in a cotton
basket.
There were at least 100 big snakes in the roll
This sounds pretty big. but it's the truth if ever
told 1t, and can prove 1t by Pete Fair. Ask
him, and he will tell you that that roll of
snakes was as big as syrup barrel" !" and he
walked off with an expression on his face that
convinced the crowd that he had not only told
the truth, but had modified it to keep some
body from accusing him of exaggeration.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-29
Ieffrax on tI,a stand.

"What do you consider fair rate on hogs to
Chicago?' he was asked.
About 80 cents or cent a ton per mile"
And for packing house products?"
about 40 cents per 100 pounds"
Are the present rates lower or higher than
in the pastF
They are lower than they have been at some
time and higher than they have been at
Others"
The question was then asked Mr. jeffrey why
It was that the rate was higher on live hogs
than on the dressed product. After an attempt
TO eyade the question he replied by saying: II
don't know. 1t has been that way for a long
time"
This being the vital point in the investigation
the Commissioners themselves took hand in
the matter, and Mr.. Morrison said: snow, Mr..
jeffrey, let us say that your road is able to
transport the entire pork product of these
Western towns to Chicago. What then would
pc the more profitable to your road, live hogs
at 30 cents a hundred or the product at 40
cepts2
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-29
Some Other Con.ideratiou,.

Taking into consideration the fact that we
would haul all the hogs to the packer"
Il don't want you to take anything into con-
sideration except my question"
Then I can't say. Not even a rate expert
can figure out that problem. The question is
too ABSTRACT
mo indeed" interiected Judge Cooley, st is
not an abstract one. To these Chicago people
who have hundreds of thousands of dollars at
stake, it is very practical one"
well, can't answer 1t without figuring in
the matter"
I'VE would be glad theh," said Chairman
Cooley ''if you will take time to do a little fig
uring"
But 1t will only be guess work"
THAT Is just what we shall have to do"
"On cross-examination Mr.. Jeffrey said his
estimate was made at l cent a ton per mile
because in 1887 at slightly higher rate the
road declared per cent dividend on $50, 000-
goo, while last year at less rate it hardly paid
6per cent.
A decision will not be reached by the Com
mission until after the testimony is written up.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-29
REvER1Es OF A PHILOSOPHERS.

A man knows all about the ''all gone"
feeling the patent medicine advertisements speak
of just after he has lost all his money at poker.
.-.. HAPPY TINE.
The air with scent the clover fills,
Which glads the senses,
And goats are eating circus bills
From of the fences.
SERVED HIM RIGHT.
A chief of the tribe of the Sioux
Assaulted a heather HIndioux;
Into jail he was cast
And he's there hard and fast
And feeling, no doubt, very blioux.
The worst Of these child's banks, said
fond father the other day, is that takes long
to get the money out of them when you are In .
hurry to catch the train.
POOR FELLOW
The man who in the suburbs lives
Knows now some miserable hours,
For while he's at his work the hens
Scratch up his growing plants and flowers.
30 TRUE HAPPINESS.
In these enchanting days 'tis bliss
Through country lanes to stroll
And steal from Nelle's lips kiss
Beneath her parasoll
The last time.-''I thought, Henry said
the wife reproaehfully as her husband stumbled
in about midnight rather the worse for wear, II
tnOuBnb bhos yVu "SAS AOb BOn8 W uEAuA any
more.'i
''Thish'er lasht time m'dear."
eyes, but you said before it was the last time.'i
'Did shay sho before?''
s'You did,
"Guessher mus q bin drunk then-hic-and
forgot er bout it,"
A Free Tieket-Day-I managed to get
a complimentary ticket for the theater out Of
Playfalr the other day.
Knight-Is that so? How did Won manage IT?
. D.-Ohl treated him and some OF his friends.
K.-Drinks, cigars and so forth9
DYES. -.
K.-Eow much did the treats cost?
D.-Ohi only about p.
She Must be Beautiful.-De Baggs-Yel'
lowly, understand, is going to marry rich girl,
De Caggs-Ahl Is she beautifulg
DE B.-Beautiful2 or course she il beautiful,
Didn't say she is rich2
BLESSED SEASON.
Up from the sod the daisies peep,
The frigid days are over;
The wild rose blows and soon knee deel
The kline will be in clover.
The springtime to the meads and treeE
Now gives . rich adorning;
The songbirds with their symphonies
Awake the golden morning.
Hal hal wen soon go out OF town
To see our country cousin:
The strawberry's here and eggs are down
To "a cents = dozen.
-AEJtsm tAs Sssssa cOsrtu.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-29
Talking Major General.
From the London Saturday Review

From the London Saturday RevIew.1
1t is Lord Wolseleys misfortune that he
never can keep within the proper bounds. 1t
is a permanent weakness of Lord Wolseley's
that he cannot speak about the army without
launching into large assertions Of the most
doubtful accuracy. or, what is worse still, into
gush. 1t has been necessary to point out before
that, if Lord Wolseley is modern soldier, then
the modern soldier is great deal too fond Of
listening to himself, too self-conscious too fond
of talking about things he ought to take for
granted But the Adjutant General has been
told that often before, and has paid no atten-
tion. His genius is too strong for him, no
doubt and he will, in consequence, have to
continue to be told it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-29
A strone Plen for CIemency.

Edward W. Hays, who has taken great inter
est in the pardon of Slattery and Edward
Coyle, whose case is also held under advisement,
in letter addressed to W. II. Andrews, Chair
man of the Republican State Committee,
makes strong plea for executive clemency in
both cases. Mr.. Hays says he felt that if ever
there were cases deserving of Recommendation
ofpardon the two boys ought to be pardoned, but
he had come to the conclusion that insistence
and persistence and earnest and oft-repeated
and Unfortunate entreaties had failed to cause
the board to break the conservatism with
which it had been enveloped.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-29
uNNEcEssARY REauLATIoN.

The New York life insurance interests are
rejoicing over the enactment of law which
forbidsa l1le insurance agent to share his COM
missions with prospective policy holder. or,
in other words, % oSer practical reduction
Of rates in order to secure business. This
viii, it is though. cheek the practice which
has lately come in1o v7gue.
The argument haE been advanced on be-
half Of this prohibition that it is for the
urpose OF preventing discrimination just
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-29
ENGAGED m BOycottiur a Church.

Miss Carrie A. Mahrenholz, daughter Of a
wholesale shoe dealer, died sud denly Sunday,
and no priest could be summoned to administer
the last sacrament. Her father, who is a Ro-
man Catholic. was refused a burial permit for
Calvary Cemetery by the priests Of st. AIMS
Roman Catholic Church, because she had not
been shriven. This afternoon Miss Mahren-
holzs body was cremated at Fresh Pond, L. !.
The services were conducted by a clergyman of
the Dutch Reformed church. Mr.. MahrenhoIz
will remove the bodies of eight other members
Of his family from the cemetery, and will carry
many of his friends from the church.