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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-29
TEA DRINKING IN ENGLAND.
The Nation Addicted to it tc a Degree That
is Hardly Credible.

The Nation Addicted to it tc a Degree That
is Hardly Credible.
Harper's weekly.1
What an English home would be without
tea, I cannot imagine. What England
itself would be without that beverage, it is
difficult to conceive. 1t is no exaggeration
that one might as well try to fancy New
York City without bar-room. They drink
enough liquor in England, Heaven
knows-enough to float our navy. But the
liquor drinking is incidental, while tea
drinking is apparently essential to the
national life. Where we see advertisements
of patent medicines in America, they see
advertisements of tea. 20 & o Tea, ""Tip-
top Tea," "Wonderful," "Ceylon Tea
these words stare at the British from every
dead wall, on every bus, in every news
paper.
And no foreigner can escape the actual
substance or fluid any more than the native
can avoid the advertisements. You have
tea Tor breakfast, tea for luncheon, tea at
late supper. You only. miss it at dinner,
but meanwhile you have had it at o'clock
If you call on your banker in his office, on
your friend in his home, on your fellow
lodger in your hotel, he rings bell, and tea
is brought in with thin slices OF buttered
bread, or, if ladies are present, with tarts.
Teal teal teal Was ever nation SO en-
slaved? Whatever they do, wherever they
go, they have their tea. There is no COM
modify or habit in America to Hken to that
in England.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-29
BIRTH OF THE ICEBERG.
Theories as to Its Formation From the
Tongue ffhe Glacier.

Theories as to Its Formation From the
Tongue ofrhe Glacier.
Harper's Weekly.
The dynamical law by which the glaciers
abutting on the sea generate their bergs is
still somewhat vague. In earlier days it was
held that the glacial tongue broke off by its
own weight To this has succeeded the fol-
lowing explanation, perhaps more popularity
than scientifically accepted. Moving down
the fords to the ocean the glaciers front en-
ters the waves, at first ploughing up the sea-
bottom into deep furrow. But as the ice
prov pushes out over the sloping ocean
floor, the weight resting upon the bottom
steadilv diminishes.
The floating power of the water tends con-
stantly to lift the ice, which is held down by
the rigidity OF of the glacial sheet below its
normal sea line. Moving on still, the gla-
cier's front reaches the point in deeper
waters where it is lifted from the bottom al
together. Still it remains unbroken, the
strength of the sheet, hundreds of feet in
thickness, holding it. But as it proceeds,
the awful leverage on the un-
supported tongue wakes. Each
storm, racks its structure. At last comes
the point where the hardly sustained equi-
librium of forces ends, and the glacial tip
breaks away into the floating berg. Finally
we have a third and more recent hypothesis
based on the differential movement Of the
upper and lower parts of the glacier. This
latest theory asserts that the glacial front is
thrust over from above by the swifter de-
scent of its upper portion-a movement
which may be roughly likened to the break
ing comb of sea wave sweeping to the
shore
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-29
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH,

CHICAGO, June 2S.-Thousands o. suffer-
ing people watched the ccpperish-looking
sun 60 down Friday night, but not one OF
them could discover any trace OF storm
along the blazing horizon. The stars came
out in clear sky and burned with fury
that made one think they had been dis.
torted by reraction. There was no breeze.
The leaves of the trees dropped listlessly,
and owing to the heavy moisture in the All
noises were unusually distinct.
1t was sticky, stufy night, with the
thermometer. at 81 at midnight. In the
densely populated districts of the city the
suffering was intense. For nearly week
Chicago has been the center of an immense
oven, which extended from the Missouri
river to Ohio, and from British Columbia to
. Pensacola. The moisture has filled tue air
to an abnormal degree, and made life almost
unbearable.
WORSE AND MORE OF IT.
The maximum temperature up to to-day
has not been unusual. but the humidity has
been so great that the air was sitting.
When the sun came up this morning there
was but little breeze, and that came from the
oohbu onu was AlAS PuAS cAoo'
furnace. Thousands of people who thought
they had reached the limit of endurance
were compelled to suffer even more.
The sun hung like copper ball and
blazed with fury that has not been ex-
perienced since the Sunday three years ago
when over 100 persons were killed by the
heat. The mercury climbed steadily, despite
the moist air, until by Thermometers in the
streets registered 1920. Even the conserve
tive register on top of the tower of the
Auditorium marked $50.
The heat in the streets was intolerable.
In some places where the sun got an oblique
sweep pedestrians staggered, toppled over or
clung to anything for support. Horses at
tached to Mason street car fell over at
Fifth avenue about noon. In all parts of
the city horses were killed by heat. On
Randolph street, near Dearborn, an un-
known man fell in stream of pedestrians
and was carried away.
FALLING DEAD ON THE STREETS.
Frank Kronlick fell dead at Seventh
street sbont 10 o'clock this morning. A
few moments later Engineer Edward Griffin,
of the Panhandle Railroad, toppled out of
his cab at the round house, and before a
doctor could reach him he died. H. Went
ford was struck down by the sun just as he
was leaving his boarding house at No. 800
Fulton street. Men who ran to raise him found
him dead. He had been out of doors less
than mintue. Patrick Shea's dead body was
dragged from one OF the cattle chutes at
Fowler's packing house, where he had died
after being prostrated by heat.
William Moore was picked up uncon-
scious at Randolph and Clark streets. he
cannot live through the night. Two little
children named Anfeld and Debary were
killed by the sun. Assistant Fire Inspec-
tor Gillian, of the fire patrol, was struck
down at Clark and Madison streets at 6
o'clock tonight. Prostrations from the heat
were reported every half hour from every
division of the city, until the list Of casual
ties exceeded those of previous days of this
week. At 10 o'clock tonight the mercury
was still lowering shout go.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-29
DEATH OF A PROMINENT MASON.
He Was Conspicuous in the Order and a.
soldier.

He Was Conspicuous In the Order and a
soldier.
rsPRCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCHi
NEW YORK, June 2S.-GeDeraI Charles
Roome, one of the oldest and most eminent
Masons in the United States and formerly
President of the Consolidated Gas Company
of this city, died this afternoon in the 18th
year OF his age, of a complication
of diseases. General Roome was born here
on August "a, 1872. At the outbreak of
the war be assisted in organizing the Thirty
seventh New York Volunteers and was APP
pointed Colonel of the regiment. President
Andrew johnson made him a Brigadier
General. He was formerly President Of the
st. Nicholas Society, of this city. He was
a member of the American Institute and
the Society Of Mechanics and Tradesmen.
As a Mason he held the dignities Of
Master OF Kane Lodge, Grand Master Of
the State Lodge Of the State of New York,
and Grand Master of the State Lodge,
and afterward of the National Lodge
OF Knights Templar. He retired from this
last Office shortly before his illness He was
a member of Jerusalem Chapter 8, r. A.
M, was Past Priest aud Past Commander
Of Coeur de Lion Commandery, and an hon
orary thirty-third degree member of both
the Northern and Southern jurisictionsIoi
the Scottish Rite Masons of the United
States.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-29
SUICIDE BY STARVATION.
The Desperate Attempt of a Young Girl, a
Victim of UnreQuited Love.

The Desperate Attempt of q Young Girl, a
Victim of UnreQuited Love.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE D1sPATcH.1
READING, June 2s.-Miss Frances Potts,
a beautiful girl of 19, residing with her pa
rents at the village of St. Peters, over the
border in upper Chester county, has tasted
neither food nor drink since June last, just
20 days. On that day, after repeated at
tempts to commit suicide by other means,
she succeeded in shooting herself in the head
with a revolver, but without fatal effect.
Since then she has declared dozen times a
day that she wishes to die, and
has doggedly refused to partake Of
nourishment of any kind, either liquid or
food. For some time previous to making
the attempts to take her own life it was
noticed that Miss Potts was respondent, the
cause presumably being her unrequited
affection for a certain young man of the
village of st. Peters.
An effort was made to maintain a watch
over her without her knowledge. She con-
trived, however, to elude the vigilance of
her guardian and repeatedly threw her
self head foremost into pond. She was
rescued each time, though much against her
will, and afterward seemed to be in brighter
spirits, but later she procured revolver
and tried to end her life with it. The bullet
wound is serious, but hei physicians be-
lieve she would recover in time. 1t is to
prevent such a result and to make sure of
death that she persists in her voluntary fast.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-29
TO SETTLE THE FIGHT.
The Census Trouble Between ST.. Paul and
Minneapolis TO be Tried nr Once.

The Census Trouble Between ST. Paul and
Minneapolis. TO be Tried ar Once.
UTICA, N. Y, June 2s.-Messrs. Lawler
and Mum, of st. Paul, Minn., who have
been searching for Attorney General
Miller, in order to submit to him
their claims regarding the alleged
frauds on the part Of census
enumel ators in Minneapolis, found that
gentleman this afternoon. The facts
and figures we're presented to Mr..
Miller by Mr.. Mum, who made an
argument nearly one hour in length, in
which he detailed the actions of the enumer-
ators, the proof against them and the re-
fusal of United States District Attorney
Hay to prosecute the offenders. The At
torney General told the committee
that the parties implicated in the
alleged frauds should be prosecuted vigor-
ously, and that an attorney to try the cases,
as we'll as an assistant attorney, would be
appointed at once. he said that Hay would
be instructed to render such aid as he could
In the cases. 1t is understood
that the Attorney General at once
telegraphed to Washington giving his
department there some instructions in the
matter and specifying q gentleman named
Jackson as the best man to be appointed as
a special attorney in the matter. Mr.. Mil
Ter assured the committee that he would
appoint fair, unbiased man to the place.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-29
THE PIGMIEs OF INTERIOR AFRICA.
People Whose Pedigree Reuches Back
to Prehistoric Times.

People Whose Pedigree Reuches Back
to Prehistoric Times.
In his recent address in London before the
Royal Geographical Society, Mr.. Stanley
gavea an interesting account of the pigmies
inhabiting the great forest through which
he travelled, who were known to exist by
the father of poets nine centuries before
the beginning Of the Christian era.
"Nearly year ago we found them where
they had been located by tradition under
the names of Wataa and Wambutti. We
were just now paying due reverence to the
kings of the forest who were born before the
foundations of the tower on Shinar plain
were laid. and because it seemed to us that
in their life they united prehistoric times 10
this society. journal-loving nineteenth
century. Let us pause q little and pay
honor to those little people who have out
lived the proud Pharaohs of Egypt, the
chosen people OF Palestine, and the Em-
perors of Babylon, Nineveh, Persia and the
Macedonian and Roman empires.
"Near place called Avertiko, on the
Ituri river, our hungry men found the first
male and female of the pigmies squatted in
the midst Of wild Eden peeling plantains.
You can imagine what q shock it was to the
poor little creatures at finding themselves
suddenly surrounded by gigantic Soudanese
6 feet inches in height nearly double
their own height and weight, and black as
coal. But my Zanzibaris, always more
tender-hearted than Soudanese, prevented
the clubbed rifle and cutlasses from ex-
tinguishing their lives there and then,
and brought them to me as prizes. in the
same spirit as they would have brought q
big hawk moth or mammoth longicorn for
inspection. As they stood tremblingly be-
fore me named the little man Adam and
the miniature woman Eve. far more appro-
pirate names in the wild Eden on the Ituri
than the Vukukuru and Akiokwa which
they gave us. As looked at them and
thought how these represented the Oldest
people on the globe, my admiration would
have gone to greater lengths than scofing
cynics would have expected.
But, poor little things, they did not know
they were heirs of such proud and une-
qualed heritage. The height OF the man was
four feet, that of the woman little less. He
may have weighed about IS pounds; the
color of the body was that of half-baked
brick, and a light brown fell stood out
clearly. So far as natural intelligence was
concerned, within his limited experience, he
was certainly superior to any black man in
our camp. The mysteries Of woodcraft,
for instance, he knew better than any
of US; he knew what wild fruits
were wholesome and what fungi were
poisonous. Our foragers and scouts may
have captured about so of these dwarfs, only
one of whom reached the height of 54 inches.
They varied from SO inches to 80 inches
generally. A forest village consists Of from
20 to 100 families OF pigmies, and probably
in that era between Ihuru and Ituri rivers
there are as many as 1000 families living
this nomadic and free lite in the perpetual
twilight of the great and outrageous forest
of equatorial Africa"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-29
THE RAILS SPREAD.
Thirty Persens Seriously Hurt IN n Missouri
Pacific Passenger Wreck.

Thirty Persons Seriously Hurt in n Missouri
Pacific Passenger Wreck.
NEVADA, Mo-, June 20.-The Missouri
Pacific passenger train was wrecked five
miles from here at o'clock this afternoon
by the spreading of the rails on sharp
curve. Three of the coaches were precipi-
tated down an embankment, and 2 people
were fatally and 27 more or less dangerously
hurt.
A special train bearing surgeons went to
their relief. Those fatally hurt were Con-
ductor Sam Jones and a child of W. 81.
Marvins, both of Kansas City. The most
seriously injured were John Edmunds, LIN
coin, ILL.,, badly hurt about the face and head;
DR.. j. T. Bills, head and left side bruised;
Gus Artiff, Kansas City, leg badly
bruised; T. h. Smith, Chicago, hips
bruised and cut; A. B. Walker.
Butler, Mo-, legs seriously injured;
Miss Bodie and Petit Mountjoy, Lexing-
ton, Mo-, both internally injured; Mrs. E.
B. Ray, Deerfeld, No., badly injured about
the body; w. H. Marvins, Kansas City,
and Miss Minnie Mcfarland, Butler, dam
gerously hurt.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-29
FAITH FAST FADING.
Continued from, First PAGE.

rate maps of mines. Nobody complains Of
the Mahoning mine maps They
have been proved correct. Everybody
complains of the Hill Farm mine surveys.
The chambers indicated on its plan are not
where they ought to be, but may there not
be injustice here? Each mine may be sur
Each must have been done independently,
yet the shade OF an angle at the beginning
would run both far astray in the course Of
three-quarters Of mile.
Here lies the doubt. No man knows in
which mine this taking of degrees and min
utes and seconds may have been wrong, per-
haps in both. Even such an error is, how
ever, chargeable to carelessness.
At midnight the situation is unchanged.
No one had come from the mine since 10
o'clock. According to the latest report the
men are making about 20 inches an hour. :
HASSLER-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-29
A STRIKE IN THE SOUTH.
six THOUSAND ALABAMA COAL MINERS
TO QUIT WORK.

An Equal Number of Men Will be Throws
Ont Of Employment by the Move-rhe
Operators VIII Fight the Demands TO
the Bitter End.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.i
BIRMINGHAM, ALA, June 2S.-Six
thousand coal miners will go out on strike
in this district Tuesday morning. This will
cut off the supply of coke and force % fur
naces to go out OF blast, throwing 5000 or
5000 more men out OF employment. The
strike is against the sliding scale, based on
the price of iron, and for an advance of 10
per cent on all classes Of work. Several
days ago the miners notified mine owners
and operators that they would not renew the
sliding scale contract. which expires Mon
day, and further, would demand an advance
OF 10 per cent on straight contract, to run
II months.
To-day meeting Of mine operators and
furnace owners was held in this city, and 1t
was decided not to grant the advance. The
furnace owners were willing to shut down
for a month anyway for repairs, and on ac-
count of the low price Of iron it was agreed
that fires would be banked in all furnaces
now in blast at once, and arrangements
made for a general shutdown OF everything.
The Bessemer and Alabama rolling mill,
employing 700 men. closed down to-day for
six weeks, which will help the mine owners
somewhat.
As soon as the committee from the miners
were notified that their demands would not
be granted the men at all the mines in the
State were ordered not to work after Mon
day. Both sides are determined, and the
struggle bids fair to be long and bitter
one. At the Pratt mines and Coalburg 1900
convict miners are employed. They will be
able to supply the railroads here and prob
ably keep the Birmingham Rolling Mill,
employing LOO men, from shutting down.
The miners say they cannot afford to work
at present prices, and they seem very con-
fdent of winning the fight. Both sides ex-
pect the struggle to last six weeks or two
months.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-29
Mr.. SULLIVAN GETS MAD. t
THREATENS TO WHIP klLsAlN AND MUL.
doom ON SIGHT.

Mike Donovan Whites n Letter About It
The Trouble Caused by an All eyed SLAM
der Circulated to the Champions Detri-
meut-Gossip of the souih.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM To THE pIsPArcH.t
PURHIs, MISS, June 2S.-We arrived at
Richburg and were guests of Mr.. Rich. At
court Monday Sullivan pleaded guilty and
was fined $500. was fined 5000, which was
afterward reduced to 500. Kilrain,
Muldoon and Cleary came on Wednesday to
Purvis. They were in Richburg, IL miles
from here on Tuesday morning. They knew
that Sullivan was in Purvis all the time.
On their arrival from Richburg Muidoon
in quired if Sullivan was in town. When
answered in the negative he yolun-
teered slander which was pub
lished in the Times Democrat OF the 26th.
Sullivan didn't want to go to New Orleans,
but wanted to stay here to meet Muldoon.
Duncan B. Harrison and myself prevailed
upon him to go to New Orleans as we knew
there would be trouble. Sullivan, after
reading the Times Democrat of to-day, sent
the following dispatch to Mr.. Rich:
"Hold Kilrain and Muldoon; 1 will be
up on this evenings train and prove Mul-
doom liar and Kilrain a coward"
You should have seen their faces
they were as pale as fresh laun,
dried shirt after they had read
this dispatch. Then they had hurried
conversation and Cleary rushed in gro
cery store and bought bag o. salt. Cleary
and Muldoon then took Kilrain halt mile
up the railroad to fresh spring to give him
salt bath to harden his hide
for a good licking. Before the
dispatch was received Kilrain was
he became silent as an oyster, and said:
"Well, will fight" but looked like he
was about to swallaw his Adams apple.
At this stage of the game every
one was filled with the expectation
of witnessing a fight on Sullivan's
arrival, 1t was amusing to hear the colored
people of Richburg talk about the result, on
which they begun to bet their small change.
Mr.. Rich then received q dispatch from the
Times Democrat saying that Sullivan had
gone to Bay st. Louis and was advised by
friends not to return to Riehburg, and am
glad he did not, as there would have been
serious trouble had he come back.
Kilrain, on reading the kilograms and
knowing that it was then an impossibility
to fight, recovered himself and was as light
hearted as monkey with q red apple. Null
doom was very bitter against Sullivan. Free
use of his tongue was the cause of his being
fined $3.50. Sullivan and his friends made
fine Impression on the people and court
officials, notwithstanding the villianous lies
that were published in the Times Democrat
Of the 26th instant. Kilrain and Muldoon
want notoriety and newspaper talk, and no
fight, and Muldoon is sure to get licking
when he meets Sullivan unless he falls to
the floor. That is the reason for their not
coming to PurYis during Sullivan's stay.
MIKE DONOVAN,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-29
TOO POOR TO FIGHT AGAIN.
Hippolyfe Reduces m Officer From $4,000
in Gold to $3.50 In Paper.


NEW YORK. June 2S.-Captain Compton.
formerly commander of the famous Ameri-
can steamship Haytian Republic, and sub
sequently in command of the alleged navy
of Northern Hayti, was in New York yester-
day. Captain Compton did valiant work
for President-then General-Hippolyte,
and to the Captains efforts the colored Pres
ident in part owes his position.
After Legitime's downfall Captain Comp
ton was made Admiral of the Haytian navy
at an annual salary, he says, of Sc, 900 paid
in gold This agreement was kept four
months by Hippolyte. and then the new
Admiral was reduced to $3.50 per month and
paid in Haytian paper currency worth 81
cents on 81. As result the Admiral threw
up his commission.
He saws Legitime has returned to Jamai-
ca from France and is only waiting a chance
to again invade Hayti. In the e1-Admir-
al's opinion another revolution in Hayti is
highly probable in a few months. This
opinion is not generally shared. The
poverty Of the country is conceded to be
safeguard against renewal o warfare.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-29
THE ANGRY ELEMENTS.
A Tornado Varies the Monotony of the Hot
Weather in Michigan.

A Tornado Varies the Monotony Of the Hot
Weather in Michigan.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE pIsPArcH.r
PORTLAND, MICH, June ga tornado
passed through this village and its neigh
bor, Orange, this afternoon. Ten acres of
fine hard wood, owned by William Sayres,
were leveled. The farmhouse of Edward
Ha1woods was demolished and the family of
five buried in the wreck. None were killed.
Stephen Drums residence was leveled to
the ground, and his fences were blown
half mile. The orchards and crops are ut
terly ruined.
The village of Orange suffered nearly as
badly, and fully a score of people were
prostrated or buried in the debris. Three
horses in William Dixon's barn we're killed
by lightning and the barn was burned. The
tornado was accompanied by heavy rain.
The wires are down from Grand Rapids and
other places, and it is impossible to get an
account of the storm, which is reported as
very severe.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-29
THE FOURTH IN PARIS.

President Harrison's Flag Will Fly and Reid
VIII Give Banquet.
PARIS, June 2s.-On the Fourth OF July
the American flag which President Harrison
sent to the American Art Students Assocla-
ton will be raised in the Latin quarter. Mr..
Reid, the United States Minister, will OBJ
serve the day by giving reception to
American residents and visitors in the after
noon, and by dinner in the evening. Con-
sui General Rathbon will also give dinner.
Mr.. Reid gave a dinner on Thursday to
American visitors in Paris. There were also
present NJ. Constans, Minister Of the In
terror; M. Jules Roche, Minister OF Com
merce, and Senor Piza, Brazilian Minister
at Berlin,