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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17
The Tax Qualification.

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Very little is being said by public speakers,
or through the press in regard to the proposed
second amendment to the Constitution. The
present suffrage article In the Constitution was
framed after careful study by as wise body of
men as could be found in the State of Pennsyl-
vania. 1t was framed to guard against fraud,
colonization, ETC.. and it has worked well for
the last 10 years. The fourth article of the
proposed amendment makes different qualif-
cation for electors in municipal elections than
is required in county or State elections. 1t is a
change that opens wide the door to fraud,
whether it was through inadvertence or design
on the part of the Legislature.
Purity Of the ballot is the only safeguard in a
government by the people. Then let US defeat
the proposed second amendment by majority
that will settle the suffrage question for the
next Is years. H. @. G.
ALLEGHENY, June Is.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17
CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY,
JOHN FULTON, GENERAL MANAGER,
Hometown, June is, 1889.


The Editor of The Dispatch:
DEAR SIR-I have been quite busy during the
days that have passed since the great calamity
that wrecked this part of the Conemaugh Valley.
have only just learned that some adverse
criticisms have been made, from an Incorrect
basis, that the writer in a report gave his assur-
ances of the stability of the South Fork dam,
about the year 1880 at the close of the repairs then
being made. Such is not the fact
condemned the method of repairs as clearly as
could do SO in plain English language To show
this l have copied the original report with the
criticisms Of Colonel Ruff on my report also the
letter OF the late Hon. ID. j. Morrell. General
Manager of the Cambria Iron Company, at the
time these reports were made.
have been unable to put my hands on the re-
ports of A. j. Whitney, ESQ, who was at the time
Resident Engineer of the Pennsylvania Canal
Company, and who is an expert in these matters.
The material facts, however, are given in my
report. 1t is well TO understand, in this time Of
excitement, that the main cause leading 20 the
breaking of the dam was the choking by lumber,
brush and logs of the overflow on the north side
of the dam, which was originally 20 feet wide.
This caused the water to flow the central por-
tion of the dam-the portion that had been re-
aired-making the break that has caused such
terrible disaster to the Conemaugh Valley.
After had submitted my report to MIR. Morrell
the matter was considered here, and I think it
was decided that we had no legal means of arrest
ing the repairs of the dam. may add that Colonel
Unger appreciated the value of the report which
had made, and had very considerable work done
afterward in strengthening the part of the bank
that had been assumed to be completed.
Very respectfully
JNo. FULTON.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17
city authorities are sacrificing to that deity
up at the corner of Center avenue and Soho
street

THE New York electric company which
claimed that boy who was killed by COM
ing in contact with stray electric wire was
negligent evidently thinks that negligence
is inexcusable-when committed by private
persons. But the unsympathetic Judge
held that corporation which lets Its wires
become dangerous is negligent; which shows
the vital difference it makes whose toes are
pinched by the negligence.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17
COAL SHIPMENTS RESUMED.
Several Northern Tier Mines, Tied Up by
the Flood, Are Open.

Several Northern Tier Mines, Tied Up by
the Flood, Are Open.
Special Telegram to The Dispatch.
PHILLIPsBURG, June 16.-Coal shipments
from the Cleartield region were resumed last
Sunday, when 500 cars were sent over the
Tyrone and Clearfield Railroad, thence east via
the Bald Eagle Valley and Philadelphia and
Erie Railroads. Daily shipments of from 200
to 300 Cars have since been made
In the Beech Creek region, except at mines
so located that they could ship by the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, resumption has not yet taken
place. though if the report is true that the
Beech Creek and Pine Creek Railroads will
be openfo Williamsport by Monday, it will be
but few days until that region will also be at
work.
Austin King, formerly in the employ of one
of the large coal companies at Connellsyille,
and recently appointed mine inspector of the
Eighth bituminous ceal district arrived here
and assumed control of his office.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17

THE declaration of Colonel Elliott f.
Shepard that "the war is coming again"
conveys also the reassuring TACT that the
gallant Colonel is prepared for it. With
due foreknowledge OF the fact that pious
warrior will be able to rally to the defense
of the country more promptly than he did
in the early sixties.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17
MECHANICAL AND INDUSTRIAL.

A PLAN for rendering paper as tough as
wood or leather it is said, has been recently
introduced ON the continent 1t consists in
mixing chloride of zinc with the pulp in the
course of manufacture. 1t has beon found
that the greater the degree of concentration
of the zinc solution the greater will be the
toughness of the paper. 1t can be used for
making boxes combs, for roofing, and even for
making boats.
1T is predicted that the cultivation of the
sweet cassava, from which is made starch, glu.
cose and tapioca, will at no very distant date
become one of the important industries of
Florida. If all that is claimed by those who
advocate its introduction be true, it is one of
the most productive. easily cultivated and re-
munerative of crops, and its cultivation will
add much to the resources of the State. 1t is
excellent for feeding stock, and it is also vau-
able as an addition to the list of vegetables for
human food.
WEST VIRGINIA has a new industry, the
making of spanish cedar cigar boxes out of
poplar, dyed with an extract that gives proper
color and smell.
PAPER pulp is now made from forest leaves.
If it prove equal to wood fiber it will be great
saving of timber, for the pulpers have been
running close race with the lumbermen in
deforestlng the honest face of this good earth.
A NEW industry has been invented by a
clever English girl. She calls herself an &C
countant and auditor for large households.
She finds plenty of employment in looking
after the business of few families of large
expenditure whose heads have not taste for the
work.
FRENCH engineers have lately been testing
boiler tubes with ribs or fanges on the inside,
the invention Of M. Jean Serve. A larger sur
face for absorbing the fires heat is presented,
and saving of fuel ranging from one-third to
one.seventh has been indicated. In expert
ments on Rhone steamboat it was found that
with ordinary copper tubes the combustion of
one pound of coal evaporated seven pounds Of
water and the smoke issued from the boiler at
a temperature of 6S0o Fahrenheit; but when
the tubes were taken out and the ianged ones
inserted the evaporation Immediately rose to
nine and one-third pounds of water per pound
of coal, and the heat of the escaping gases fell
to 4QQo,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17

WHEN the English press goes into ecsta-
cies of approval over such string of
amiable common places as that after-dinner
speech OF Robert Lincoln's, the other day,
it at once reveals remarkable standard of
after-dinner oratory in England, and dis
plays determined desire to be friendly
with Mr.. Lincoln.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17
THE GRANDMoTHER,s DREAM.

Be quiet, heart, my lover comes,
His feet hear upon the stair,
And know the lightly springing step
That marks a spirit free from care.
To meet him blushing at the door
Is well, ah well, for life is sweet
Yet who would paint the tender grace
That fills the hour when lovers meet,
We wander down the orchard lane,
Past fruitage blooms and leafy wood,
Where singing birds and blooming flowers
But hymns our joy to God the Good.
The pansy spreads beside the way,
Her innocent upturning eyes,
The lowing cows the lambs at play,
But make dream of paradise.
Be quiet, heart, my husband comes,
To hear his step upon the street
Our children leave their careless play,
And hasten out their sire to greet,
But baby waits upon my lap,
And laughs and coos with baby grace,
To tell for me the silent joy
That fills my heart to see his face.
The years glide on in shine and shock,
And toll is sweet for love is strong,
To soothe the trying scenes of life,
And I'LL our hearts with happy song.
Life that though burdened yet is love,
With rays from heaven fltering through
The canopy that half conceals
The good to be from mortal view.
He comes again, my husband comes;
His head is gray his step is slow,
The same sweet grace bis presence brings
That filed my heart so long ago.
We sit together by the hearth,
Our children tread life's busy way,
We closer clasp our trembling hands
And journey toward life's closing day.
He comes not comes not, now again
sit beside the hearth and wait;
No more. no more his step hear,
Nor list his whistle at the gate.
A river dark between US rolls,
But God is good and love is strong;
He waits me on the other side,
Ne quiet, heart, he waits not long.
--Hdanah Taylor IN later Ocean.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17
A CAMPAIGN LIE.
IL is Not Necessary to Go TO Europe to Write
Poem.

From the Chicago News.i
1t is reported that Mr.. Thomas Bailey AL
drich, the gifted poet, is about to go to Europe
for the purpose of completing poem upon
which he has been engaged for some time. We
cannot understand this at all Boston has Just
that atmosphere which, we are told is neces-
sary to the conception, engendering, and par
turition of al great intellectual work; without
this atmosphere genius cannot produce; in
short. this Boston atmosphere is fully as es-
sentiai to the poet and the author as, according
to mythology, the west wind was to the
Carthaginian illies
Is it likely that Mr.. Aldrich really thinks of
going away from Boston for the purpose of
writing poem? Why, of course it isn't. This
concocted and disseminated by enYious New
York,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17

tests ITSELF should regard the Accomplishment of
this work as a very desirable one, and If some
rangement could be made with your association
by which the store OF water in this reservoir could
be used in time of great drouth in the mountains,
this company would be willing to cooperate with
you in the work, and would contribute literally
toward making the dam absolutely safe.
herewith return Mr.. McDowell's report, pre-
suming that you will wish to preserve it.
Yours truly.
D. j. MoRRELL, General Manager.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17
A Congressman as Bridge Repairer.

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.1
PHILLIPsBURG, June 16 - So great was
the destruction of bridges by the disastrous
food in Clearfield county, and the matter of
obtaining competent persons to take charge of
the construction of the most important bridges
so difficult, that James Kerr, Congressman
elect from this district has undertaken the
work of experimenting the building of tenn
porary bridge across Clearfeld creek at Schrey-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17
Where Credit Was Due.

THE DISPATCH endeavors to treat its co
temporaries fairly and give credit where it is
due. But in Philadelphia dispatch which ap-
peared on the seventh page yesterday, our
good intentions were frustrated, and the result
of the prohibition canvass among the laboring
men of that city was credited to the Record in
stead of to the Press which furnished the
tam
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17

IT sounds like meteorological irony to OBJ
serve in the Minneapolis papers that crops
in Southern Minnesota and South Dakota
are suffering from the drought We could
easily give the dry sections liberal share
of our over-stock of humidity,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17
No Monument. Plense.

From the New Orleans Picayune.l
Sitting Bull is slowly sinking away. He was
a great soldier, considering the fact that he did
not have the advantages of West Point edu-
, cation. The City of New York, if necessary,
should be enjoined from erecting monument
to Sitting Bull.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17

THAT Indian trouble at Mile Lacs reser-
vation on investigation proves to have the
usual source in the attempt of white settlers
to go at the Indian lands and lumber with
out even saying: "By your leave"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17

OUR esteemed Democratic contemporaries
will miss point if they fail to point out
that the Indian outbreak in Minnesota was
due to the passionate protest of the
aboriginal brethren at the removal of Bishop
0berly's fostering care from them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17
THE LATEST IN FRENCH.

Specimens of PnrisiaR Conversations Likely
10 be Pat In Books.
From the Chicago News.I
The new French conversation books will con-
tain brief colloquies. such as this:
Have you been to behold the long hair Of
William of the BuffaloP
.'Yes, and also beheld the shooting of the
balls of glass. How superb was itP'
1.-THE infants of the COW, did you not them
also seeF'
"Of truth. The ENHANCEMENT of the steer
with the rope was most skillful. Let US now Of
the absinthe to take little"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17
CAMBRIA IRON COMPANY,
YOUNGSTOWN, December q, 1880.

QUEENSTOWN, DecemDer Y, 1851. }
B. +. Ruff. Esq, President South Fork Fishing
and Hunting Club, Pittsburg:
DEAR SR-Your esteemed favor of the ID inst
with accompanying report of your engineer, Mr..
N. NJ. Mcdowell, was duly received and handed
to our engineer, Mr.. John Fulton, for considera-
tion and report.
Mr.. Fulton handed me- some time since, his let.
ter of the 18th. with the communication marked
"A. from Mr. A. Whitney, engineer, to which
he refers, and also report made to him by his
assistant Mr. Walter A. Fellows, who had more
recently examined the South Fork dam. Pressure
of business and absence from home has prevented
my sooner writing you. note your criticism of
Mr.. Fulton's former report and Judge that in
some of his statements he may have been in error;
but think that his conclusions in the main were
correct. We do not wish to put any distractions
in the way OF your accomplishing your object q
the reconstruction of this dam; but we must i
test against the erection of dam at that place,
that will be perpetual menace 70 the
lives and property of those residing in this
upper valley of theConemaugh, from its insecure
Construction. In my Judgment there should have
been provided some means by which the water
would be let out of the dam In case of trouble and
l think that you will find 1t necessary to provide
an outlet pipe or gate before any engineer would
pronounce the job safe one. II this dam could
besecurely reconstructed with a safe means Of
driving OF the water in case any weakness mani
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17
opportunitie. for Experimenting

from inc MInneapoIls TT bune.I
How nicely things even themselves up in this
world, to be sure. Just as the young doctors
begin to graduate and the undertakers bring
out their spring styles, pie parties and short
cake soirees are announced as the popular fads.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17

IF Attorney General Miller goes on the
Supreme Bench it will be interesting to
know what the policy of the administration
will be which he is to carry out in that
judicial position.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17
What He Ought TO Do.

From the Chicago Inter-ocean.l
Virgins says the ocean is drying up, and an
unappreciative paragrapher advises the Cana.
dian weather prophet to go and do likewise.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17
We Congratulate the Tribune.

The first number of the Johnstown Tribune,
issued since the food, reached this Office yes
terday. 1t looks neat and newsy, and we are
glad to see its familiar face again.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17
General Mining Engineer Cambria Iron ron


PITTsBURG, December 2 1880.
Daniel J. Morrell, General Manager:
DEAR SIR-I have had your favor with report ot
your engineer for some days and they would have
received attention sooner. but l have been sick.
Knowing your large interest in the COnemaug Oh
Valley, ! am not surprised that you feel some
anxiety, and shall therefore briefly review your
englneer's report.
OF the Sportsnen's Association of Western Penn
sylVania. nor do they own the property. 1t is
owned by the South Fork Fishing and Hunting
Club.
In the second place he is wrong in saying that
the dam was originally built mainly of stOne ex-
actly the reverse being true. The face the lake
Was not riprapped, but covered with slope wall.
In the third place the large arched culvert did
not contain a single pipe but three conduits, and,
instead of terminating in a wooden bulkhead
were embraced within the base Of a wooden
tower, which stood out in the lake. extending
above the highest water level, to protect rods
from ice and drift connected with valves on tile
conduits, by which the flow of water was regu-
lated.
He is in error In saying the burning of the
wooden bulkhead was the primary cause of the
destruction Of the dam. Its destruction by fire,
while the dam stood, was simply. Impossible, and
1t stood many years afterward, and only has been
burnt a few years. The dam was destroyed by the
arch oqlvert giving way about the center Of the
making it solid throughout. He is grossly in
error in saying that 1t resulted in carrying away
notch 200 feet long and 40 feet deep. The fact is
everything Before it, slope wall, embankment and
all the arch but a section of about 30 feet long,
embraced In the rlprap on the lower
side, Yon can have some idea of
its extent when tell you it took over 70, :
COO yards of material to fill it. We did not put
hemlock boughs and hay on the rock We put
them in the notch. but put more than TO- 900 wards
of material over them before using the hay, etc.
He objected to our throwing material
over the face Of our embankment be-
cause the coarser went 10 the bottom.
This is just what we wanted to do, and were put
ting riprap of coarse material over our earth
We are dan
GUS leaks In our new work. He makes the amount
of water in our lake about 2 OOO coo gallons more
than it really contains. He says we have ample
overfall. also more than four times the weight
necessary to resist the pressure it was to sustain
We know we have the first and six times the lat
ter. We consider his conclusions TO our only
safe course of no more value than his other asser
tions. submit herewith the report Of our engi-
neer, feeling certain you and your people are in
no danger from our enterprise.
Very respectfully,
B. f. RUFF, President.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Does the fish law allow fishing with night
''trot" or set lines, as they are calied2 H.W.
PITTsBURG, June 15
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17
Bothered by Bees and Rainbow..

From the Baltimore Americana
A big Vice Presidential bee is said to be buzz
zing at lively rate in Cal Brce's bonnet. Per-
haps he has accepted the Craftsmanship of the
National Committee in order that he may get
better view of the political rainbow from that
eminence.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17

The public may not be in frame Of
mind to worship Jupiter Pluvius. which
makes it all the more remarkable that the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17

YESTERDAY tried to be the exceptional
day without a rain storm, but the force of
bad habit was too much for it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17

Two young ladies of York, while playing
"ring," ran their heads together SO violently
that they knocked each other unconscious for
several minutes.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17

AN Easton paper says Charles Zinc has an
amorphophallus plant, the only one of the kind
in that section. The odor of the flower is that
of stale raw meat but its color is beautiful,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17

who has not allowed her hobby to kick out
her common sense.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17


On the death of Jacob Kimes, of Columbia,
lately. his hunting dog would touch no food
until the funeral was over. and his parrot,
which had been garrulous, has not spoken a
word since.
CONDUCTOR EsTERLY, of a Reading horse
car, assisted a lady and two children aboard,
and picking up third little gill, lifted her in,
despite her kicks and struggles. When he
tried to collect fares for three children from
the lady, he was told the kicker did not belong
TO her. The only thing he could do was to take
her back to the starting point, and she re-
ceived free ride of about four miles.
CATCHING frogs to sell them to restaurants
is brisk industry around Chambersburg. The
hunter carries = torch which he flashes on the
stream, and if frog is there it sits dazed, and
with dexterous thrust of spear he pins it.
A SCRANTON mother whose son had tooth
ache took him to faith-healer- Look me in
the eyes" sand the doctor, fixing fascinating
gaze on the weeping youth. NOW your tooth
ache has entirely disappeared You haven't a
bit of toothsche about you" "You lie! l
have" yelled the boy. with fresh howl. The
mother then took him TO DENTIST
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17
TRI-STATE TRIFLES.

A YOUNG lady in Wheeling claims to have
refused 40 offers of marriage during the past
year.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-17

AN Akron plumber found 16 dead rats in a
house which, the owner said, ''smelt of sewer
gas
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-06-01
removed

BENJAMIN NJ. THOMAS, of Santa Fe, has
been nominated by the president to be
secretary OF New Mexico, place earnest
ly sought for by W. D. Kistler, OF this
paper. Mr.. Thomas had the advantage
of personal acquaintance with President
Harrison, has been in Washington for
several months, and was probably prom
ised the place before Chef made up his
mind to become an applicant. Though
out-distanced in the race for the appoint
ment, it is indeed gratifying to Chef to
know that no man who ever applied for
an Office in New Mexico had stronger or
more tiattering Endorsements than were
forwarded by him to Washington. Had
he concluded to ask for the secretaryship
earlier than he did, his application would
undoubtedly have been favorably consid-
ered.-Las Vegas Optic.
The above is about correct except that
DR.. Thomas has not been in Washington
and has not been out of Santa Fe for q
year. Hon. w. D. Kistler would have
suited us well had he received the ap.
pointment, but as he did not We are graft
fed to commend his manly stand in the
matter,
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-06-01

TIE example set by Judge Ewing, Of
Pittsburg, Pa, who recently refused to
grant naturalization papers to one ap-
plicant because OF his notorious bad
character, and to another applicant, be-
cause well known ward politician had
paid the fees for him, ought to be followed
by judges all over the country. The
judge said that such men were unfit to be
citizens. 1t is q pity that there is not
enough of Judge Ewing to 60 round. The
use, or rather the abuse, OF the naturaliza-
ton mill in this country for swelling the
suffrage with ignorance and personal I'M
fitness for it, is one Of the chief causes OF
the degradation OF politics and the waste
and ineffciency OF the municipal service
and the public money in large cities.