Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-28
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
How the North American Review Obtained
scoop-A FewNofes on Electric Travel

How the North American Review Obtained
scoop-A FewNotes on Electric Travel
md Other Things.
A CURIOUS little story is concealed behind the
Protection versus Free Trade papers con-
tributed by Mr.. Blaine and Mr.. Gladstone to
the North american ReUfeI0
When Mr., Russell B. Harrison went to Eu-
rope last summer in the interest of Frank
LeSIie'S Weekly one of his objects was to OBJ
| tain Mr.. Gladstone's promise to write paper
on Free Trade for LesIie's to be published SIM
ultaneously with a paper from Mr.. Blaine on
| Protection. This plan sprang from the brain of
Mr. John Arkell, of Judge. who took young
Mr.. Harrison into the PUBLISH ng business.
| Well the Presidents son saw the Grand Old
Man and made the proposal to him. Mr.. Glad
stone seemed perfectly willing to accede to it,
and though no contract was signed, Mr.. Harri-
son left Mr.. Gladstone's presence under the
impression that the article on Free Trade'
was as good as secured. Young Mr.. Harrison
told the Arkells his partners, when he re-
turned to this country that they could rely upon
Mr.. Gladstone. There was nothing to prevent
their getting Mr.. Blaine to write on the other
side of the question, and the Arkells were pre-
pairing to make definite arrangements with
both statesmen when it came to their ears that
the North american ReuieIO had obtained from
Messrs. Gladstone and Blaine the now famous
papers.
How this happened is only conjecture. 1t
was probably one of those accidents that will
occur in the best regulated of families and
publishing houses. Naturally, the enterprising
Arkells, and they are gentlemen who rise
betimes and make things hum in their great
castle on Fifth avenue, New York-were disap-
pointed bitterly. So was Mr.. Russell B. Har-
r1son; and he was surprised.
Hsh
THE sparkling electric system which has
ousted the precious mules from the Pleasant
Valley street car line, is giving vast deal of
amusement, touched with alarm, to the travel
ing public. Let us all cheerfully admit that,
fireworks and all, the new system beats the old
mule and hearse procession out of sight
Only regular rider on the road can speak
with full justice of the accommodations. 1t
strikes me after casual experiments that the
principal defect just now is the lack of cars.
1t is said-by man who ought to know-that
the Pleasant Valley Company has only twelve
cars on the road. The company's full COM
pletement is to be eighteen cars. More than
eighteen will be needed, for in the busy hours
OF the day now the cars are carrying twice as
many passengers as they ought to. A CORES
pondent of mine counted sixty-three people on
one car last week, and last night a car which
left the postOffice shortly after o'clock had
passengers hanging on by the rails of the plat
form in very dangerous way. The thunder
and lightning accompaniment lends a trip to
Allegheny anything but soporific effect. AZ
So
THE monotony of existence may be sensibly
broken in ways other than electric.
There is the Press Club banquet tomorrow
night, which promises to be as successful as u.s.
ual. The attendance of newspaper men will be
larger than ever, it is said.
Tonight the Sewickley Valley Clubs pretty
theater in Sewickley will be packed to the doors,
no doubt, for the Tuesday Night Club is to re-
veal its dramatic strength in double bill.