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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-20

The decision of Judge white in the traction
companies suit gives the first fight to the
Duquesne Company, and forces the Fifth
avenue corporation to be content with its
present line unless it succeeds in getting the
decision reversed by the Supreme Court.
The claim of the elder company was that
charter taken out for a certain route, con-
stitutes prior claim on that route and that
while Councils have the right to refuse any
company the privilege to occupy streets,
they cannot give a later company the privi-
lege Of occupying the streets for which the
first has taken out earlier charter. Judge
White rules the other wav, j. e., that Coun-
ellis have the right to choose between COM
panies, as well as to exercise the choice con-
ceded in the plaintiffs position; and on that
ground the injunction was denied.
A little consideration OF the question will
show this TO be the right view. 1t Is true
that IL permits favoritism on the part Of
Councils; but II that quality appears to an
undue extent, IL IL the penalty which n mu-
nieipality must pay for electing representa-
tiycs Of that quality. But even that evil
would not be NO great Rs those which might
grow out Of the principle permitting prior
company 10 cover all available routes with
im charters; and then either 10 shut out
competition. TO refuse to make decent terms
with the city lor paving or repairing Streets
or TO prevent new and improved lines OF
communication from reaching the center of
The ciE over their routes.
We believe that there Is deeper and
broader principle affecting such cases as
this, which both sides and the Court equally
lost sight Of. That is that neither Councils,
the Legislature or anyone else, can, under
the Constitution of the United States, grant
an exclusive privilege Of travel or trans
portation over the public highways Butas
that point is not raised in this case, IL is per-
tinent to say that the judges decision pre-
Bents much the most reasonable view. 1t
can be taken as law, unless the higher court
DYerrules il,
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enjoy ourselves nightly. although the
glamour is gone and we can no longer hand
over our souls with our dollars at the gate.
The American circus is truly democratic
institution. There is a fiction of reserved
seats to be sure, but everybody has a fair
chance to see the elephant, and the odor of
peanuts and wild beasts saiutes all nostrils
alike. Lattezly the introduction of Indians
and cowboys has made the circus a vehicle
for dramatic representations of the
wild life of the West, and
the lions and tigers, the camels and ele-
plants, the monkeys and bears are some
what in the shade. They will emerge from
this observation no doubt before long. There
is some possibility of the cowboy and the
Iudian lingering with us in actual life for
while vet, but the wild beasts of the forest
and jungle will always be genuine curiosi-
ties on this continent. The circus appeals
to mankind with its exhibition of the ex-
traordinary, and as an attraction the lion or
the tiger or the elephant will outIast the
red man or the cowboy.
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THE INTER. R.CoNTINENrAL SURVEY.

The Presidents message to Congress, yes
tcrday, recommended the appropriation OF
$65, 600, as the share of the United States for
q preliminary survey Of a railroad route to
connect this country with the South Ameri-
can Republics. This work is one of the re-
suits Of the Pan-Ame rican Congress and is
intended to give accurate information con-
cerning the practicabilIty of a great north
and south line which shall bring the two
continents into close communication.
The joint action Of the American Govern
ments in securing such survey and the
importance OF its object are sufficient reasons
for such an appropriation, and there is little
doubt that Congress will make it. While
the improvement of facilities for ocean
transportation holds outthe most practicable
method for transporting the commerce be-
tween North and South America, the value
of a railroad line for rapid communication
is manifest, and the international move
ment to determine its practicability should
be vigorously pushed.
The United States will readily furnish
its share of the survey, although its expert
ence with the transcontInental railroad
may be a decided hindrance to the pledg-
ing of any Government funds to aid in the
construction of such a line.
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PEOPLE WORTH READING ABOUT.

GOVERNOR CAMPBELL, of Ohio is seriously
i'll.
MISS MARY GARRETT is taking the lead in
movement to promote the higher medical edu-
cation of women.
EDWIN ARDEN, the young romantic actor,
is married to the daughter of Thomas W.
Keene. the tragedian.
OCTAVE FEuILLET's friends are endeavor-
ing to persuade him to dramatize his last novel,
"Honneur d'Artiste."
A SUMMER school of theology will be con.
Quoted this season at Round Lake by the Roy.
Dr. Henry A. Butts, President OF Drow Thoo-
logical Seminary
Mr.. CARLISLE is said to owe his senatorship,
as well as his former political advancement,
largely to tho energy and popularity OF his
clever and ambitious wife.
GENERAL NATHANIEL =. BANKS enjoys
the reputation of being tho polltest and most
eourtly man IN Washington. And ho IL not
candidate tor anything either.
TUE Hon. Charles ii. Bartlett of Manehes.
ter. N. H., will DO tho orator and Mr.. Edward
ID. Boylston. Of Amherst. n. H., the poet, at
the unyeiling Of tho Amherst soldiors Monu.
ment on June 10.
lives In Torrington square. London. and IL de.
scribod ~ being now lovely, white-hared
woman. Her poems, published privately O
great many years ago. now bring S95.
KARL LEUrESscHLAGER. who has charge
of the Passion Play Mt Ober-Ammergnu
this year, Is connected with the Court Thea.
ter at Munich. His stopfather was one OF Ger
many's most distinguished tragedians.
PRoT. THoMPsoN N, who was q teacher In
Philadelphia when he mndo the discoveries
which have placed him among the worlds mil
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THE BYNUM-BAYNE RUMPUs.

. r., -
WAsHiNGroN foS1' but !naiana statesmen
are not Tue oniS 'ninss PuniSneo as sne Oar Oh
'ne nouse'
PHILADELPHIA Record: speaker Reed DIS
covered on Saturday that though ne may un-
seat Democrats, he can not seat then-When
they feel like standing up for their rights.
CINCINNATI Enquirer: Mr.. Bynum, Of In
diana, has reason to be proud of the censure
passed upon MIN IN the House Oh representa-
tives. NO blocks OF hVe can carry Indiana this
faii' nor yet In lSS2
INDIANAPOLIS Journal: 1t is hard for man
who has not the instincts or the breeding OF a
gentleman to assume the character late in life,
but Mr.. Bynum might at least curb his natural
instincts enough to save him from carrying the
manners OF Greene county to the National
Capital, and lowering the House OF Repre-
sentatlves to the level OF prize ring or cock
pit.
PHILADELPHIA Inquirer: The candid and
thoughtful person will search in vain for Mr..
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anclnl Chnffar

MRS. J. X. DILLON, of South street, vii.
kinsburg, entertains the Young Womens
Christian Temperance Union of that place this
evening A literary and musical programme
will be rendered.
BY n reception nc the Shady Side Presbyte-
rian Church this evening tho members will
welcome the now pastor and his wife, Rev. Mr..
and Mrs. Holmes.
A NUMBER of ladies left yesterday on the
steamer Keystone State for an excursion to
Cincinnati and return.
Mr.. AND Mrs. EDWIN 3. GRAY, OF Marion
station, will celebrate their tonth wedding m.
yeFsary this evening"
A coNoERT will bo given mt Central Rink
this evening for tho benefit Of ~. Joscph's Or.
phan Asylum.
NJ Ias LIZZIE HILL, OF Shetland avenue, and
Mr.. Joseph Johnston will be married to-day.
Mrs. JUDGE BOYLE and family, OF Union.
town, have returned from Japan.
ALAN W. WooD and family returned from
New York yesterday morning.
A LUNCHEON party will bo given by Mrs.
Charles J. Clark to-day.
Mr.. AND MRS. p. +. SMITH are homo from n
New York trip
THE natatorium Is open for ladies to-day.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-20
THE ECLIPsE OF SELLERS.

Some time ago 1t was announced that the
financial world was to be overcast by the
appearance Of q new and gigantic banking
scheme with no less than a hundred million
dollars capital. The jeers with which the
announcement was received are now re-
sponded TO by the appearance of the Uni
versal Association Banking and Trust Com
pany's prospectus and everything else cal
culated to verify the original programme.
There is no doubt that the scheme takes
proportions on paper as immense as its
name. 1t is supplied with one OF those
broad-gauge charters which Kentucky, as
we'll as one or two other States,
are ever ready to supply the rest Of the
country. Having been started as corpora
tiOn with $4,000 capital, it has made the
modest increase Of the capital to Sl0O, ,00O,-
900. Considering the achievements of rail-
way stock-watering, this enlargement of the
capital by 2,l00 per cent can be viewed
tolerantly, especially as the business which
it is to undertake will be the facilitation Of
railway stock-watering. 1t proposes to in
dorse and guarantee the bonds OF railways
which cannot readily find their own market
for their securities; and we are informed
that it already has applications for the in
dorsement of S4oO, 900, 900 of railway issues,
on which it will net at least 10 per cent by
reason of the appreciation in those securi-
ties.
This statement can be taken either as a
measure of the number of railway corpora
tions who are willing to let the public have
any amount of their securities for cash, or as
an indication of the desire OF the protector
to convince the public that it can secure
large profits by coming in and subscribing its
money for the hundred millions of capital.
The profit of $4,000. 600 is in sight,
according to the declaration of the pro-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-20
RENDERED A RECEPTION.
An Enjoyable Affair nr the Residence of
Henry II. King.

An Enjoyable Affair Mt the Residence of
Henry II. King.
The residence of Mr.. and Mrs Henry H.
King was ablaze with lights last evening, red
dolent with the perfumes of fresh cutfowers.
and resounding with the strains of sweet music,
and the merry hum of conversation and rip
pling laughter. The festivity was in honor of
Hon. Wilson King, Mr.. Kings brother, and his
BRIDE who recently arrived in the city from
England. The receiving party were stationed
in the handsome drawing room, and many were
the complimentary remarks passed upon the
beauty and charming manners of the bride, who
was so gracefully introduced by the hostess.
A special feature of the reception was the
beautifully appointed dining room, where IA
little square tables were grouped around the
larger central table, and upon each were deli
cate little bouquets in exquisite china vases,
each bouquet being composed entirely of one
variety of flowers and no Two alike. The GEN.
tral table was graced with a magnificent large
circular basket, filed with long-stemned roses.
The refreshments were served by Kuhn, and
were in keeping with the other appointments
of the reception.
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PRESERVATION OF PAvEMENTs.

The result of the street-paving exposition
recently held in indianapolis is a report
making the recommendation that each city
street should have an eight-inch bed Of con-
crete, with a two-inch cushion of sand, on
which to build the surface. This would be
likely to secure good pavements so long as
the concrete, sand and paving surface is left
undisturbed; but it does not solve the main
difficulty. That is how to prevent the new
and solid pavements from being torn up and
badly replaced within year after they are
laid, by the gas, water and other folk Of SUBJ
terranean tendencies. Probably, on all the
streets now being improved in Pittsburg, the
pavements will be durable If undisturbed
but 1t will be safe 10 predict that nine out
OF every ten Of them will be torn up and
patched within year Of their completion In
order 10 make water or gas connections.
The organization that can tell cities how 10
get all the gubterranean connections made
before the new pavement IL put down. will
add fifty per cent to tho life OF the average
pavement.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-20
PREHISTORIC BuR1ALs.
Remarkable Archaeological Researches
Made in the Past Few Days.

Remarkable Archaeological Researches
Made in the Past Few Days.
NEW YORK, May 19-Mr. Alexander Craw-
ford Chenoweth, of Washington Heights, whose
archaeological researches in the hillock at
Kingsbridge road and Inwood street were de-
scribed several weeks ago, has made some new
and important discoveries within the last
week. Last Monday, while digging into the east
side Of the mound. he came upon wel-defned
layer of ashes between the black surface soil
and the clean white sand in which he had found
the skeletons already removed. Mr.. w. II. j..
Sieber, young archaologist who worked with
Prof. Putnam in Ohio during his famous
mound explorations there, Immediately recog-
nized the position and nature OIL these asnes TO
be indications of prehistoric burials. Ine same
kind of ashes Mr.. Sieber said, were around
bodies in the Ohio mounds, and 1t was supposed
that the dead bodies, when placed in the graves.
had been surrounded by burning ashes which
shrivelled up the flesh.
The most remarkable of Mr.. Chenoweth's dis
coveries however, was made yesterday after
noon. He began digging in the midst of the
ashbed near the foot of an old furrowed apple
tree. A few inches beneath the sod he struck
the charred stump of q cedar tree. The roots
were thick and half decayed. and were half
covered by the roots of the living tree few
feet away. The stump was some three feet in
diameter and undoubtedly belonged to a tree
Mr.. Chenoweth said. which had died 100 years
ago and had hourished two or three hundred
years Unuer CneSe trees OF many centuries
and covered with roots of the size Of q mans
leg lay another human skeleton. 1t was on it's
side, with its arms at full length and crossed at
the wrists. Its mouth was wide open Every
tooth, sound and white, was in the heavy pro-
truding Jaws. The skull was of the same gen.
eral type as the others found by Mr. Cheno-
Wetn, Dut the type was much more strongly
marked. The cheek bones prominent and al
most at the lower edges of the eye sockets.
Inc 1orehead was SO low that it could hardly
De properly called a forehead at all. There
were heavy protuberances over the eyes and an
extraordinary development at the back of the
mead. The skull was the counterpart of Mr..
Snenoweth's Caligula skull, from which it dif-
1ered only IN the exaggeration of all the
chronological indications of cruelty, cunning
and low intelligence. The length of the skele-
ton, as it lay undisturbed in its sandstone
sepulcher, was feet inches. A few feet from
the head of the skeleton Mr.. Chenoweth found
In the sand some 80 clean-cut triangular and
stones,
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jector of this company, which he has
organized on broad lines. This organizer is
reported to have had a checkered career as
lawyer, playwright, novelist and satirist.
The only production of his which has got SO
far as to earn public title was satire on
divorce laws called "Who Is Your Wife?"
AS the Louisville Courier-Journal aptly
suggests, this production OF his is likely to
win even greater fame under its proper
caption, Where Is Your Money!"
We congratulate the New York Herald,
which has constituted itself the journalistic
exponent of this scheme, as well as of that
$50, O,0OO,O0O Farmers Trust, to catch gud-
geons withal, on the successful production
of its hundred million dollar bank, with its
immense capital successfully projected on
the kite-fying Imagination. The public is
also to be congratulated on the establish
ment of concern for guaranteeing infirm
railway securities in such shape that the ap-
pearance of Its guarantee on a railway bond
will be sufficient notice to the investor not
to touch that bond with pair of tongs.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-20
BENEFITS OF CHARITY BOARDS
Discussed Mt Length by Members of the
Baltimore Convention.

Baltimore Convention.
BALTIMORE, May 19.-The members Of the
National Conference of Charities and Correc-
tion returned to their work this morning after
their Sunday rest with renewed interest and
energy. The meeting was opened with prayer
by Rev. Oscar G. McColloh, of Indianapolis
after which very interesting paper was read
by Mrs. M. Richardson, of Boston, In which she
showed how the lunatics and other unfortu-
mates are cared for in Massachusetts,.
The principal paper of the day was the re-
port of the Committee on State Boards of
Charities, by the Rev. f. 81. Wines, Of Spring
field, Ill. There has not, says the report been
any noteworthy change during the year in the
number, constitution or personnel of such
boards in States in which they exist. An un-
broken chain of State Boards of Public Chari-
ties now stretches its length from Massa-
chusetts to Kansas. On motion of Mr.. Elmore,
of Wisconsin, resolution was passed inviting
all those States that have not Boards of Charity
to appoint them at once and fall into line with
the general work.
General Brinkerhoff said the Board OF Charr
ties in the State of Ohio has been of the utmost
benefit. 1t is absolutely out of politics, and
that is one of the reasons for its success. The
Governor of the State is ex-officio member of
the board, and it has been found to be a valua-
BILE feature Of the work. Now that the people
of Ohio have been convinced of the value of
the State Board of Charities they don't see how
they over got along without it.
Andrew e. Elmore, of Wisconsin, said he
ulHeTeQ Win IeneTal brlnRernOH IN LnlnR-
ing that it was advisable to have the Governor
a member of the State Board of Charity. They
had tried it in Wisconsin, and they found that
there was a constant friction between the other
members and the Governor.
E. F. Craig of New York. said the State he
represented had conditions that did not exist
in other States. The board has no executive
power, but it has the power to examine witness
under oath, and to make thorough iuvestiga.
tion of any charges of wrong doing in any of
the charitable reformatory institutions in New
York.
Thomas Wilson Sanitarium, where they were
shown through the institution and received
an explanation of its management.
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THE CIRCUs.

1t was not little boy OF Pittsburg who
hoped that when he died he might 60 to a
circus, but it might have been TO Judge BY
the tumultuous emotions which the annual
advent Of 4 circus produces in juvenile
bosoms hereabouts. OF course, we all ad-
mire the boy who always learns his lessons
never plays truant, and spends his pocket
money on books. Perhaps the best boys
are too well-balanced mentally to 60 wild
when the bill boards bloom and the fences
grow golden and CORY with the pictorial
monitions of the circus. They are to be con-
graduated on their equipoise, but our
wariEest sympathies 20 out to the young
sters who would rather be ring master than
President, /and rather ride four horses
abreast tih be right. And the majority of
boys cannot withstand the intoxication of
the tent atmosphere. Most of us, too, would
like TO 60 back to the days when we loved a
circus better than dinner, when the lady in
spangles, who rode the bay barebaeked, was
our ideal of an angel, and the jokes of the
clown were as new as most jokes now are
old.
Not few of us 90 to the circus still and
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A REMARKABLE WELL.
Tho Depth Of Il Never Ascertnincd by tho
Oldest hnbitnnt.
fsrEe1AL TnLEonAM TO THE pIsPArcn.I


tsPEc1AL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArcu.I
WHEELING, May 1p-Thero was on tho farm
OF Alexander II. sitlington, near tho Big
Spring. IN pocahontas county, well or pool of
water tho depth OF which was never ascer.
tanned by tho Oldest inhabitants or their ances-
tors. though many efforts were mado 80 TO do.
IL was about 20 feet In circumference and tho
water perfectly black In appearance,
although quite clear when taken out.
Hence II was called tho "ilack Hole" IL
Of Middle Mountain. The water stood about
known 10 get higher or lower. Around 10 was q
favOFite place for cattle 20 Ito down, and
although water was scarce In that immediate
locality and tho hole never fenced or other
wise enclosed, stock were never known 10 ap-
prOach II 10 drink IL IL located but short
distance from the public road, and strangers,
who had seen an account of IL, In Homes 'His.
tory of Virginia. or heard ir from other
sources. often stopped In tho road, and visited
this pool OF water.
lives on the iarm, was passing by TO salt his
CATTLE and discovered that the earth had fallen
In around It, the water all gone, the hole filled
up TO within 10 or 20 feet OF the top, and so dry
that the earth ut tho bottom was cracked. On
the mountain side, few hundred yards from
this hole, is n perpendicular cavern. and per.
sons who have dropped rocks therein have i'm
agined that they could hear tho rocks fall In
water at very great distance. and tho theory
is, that by reason OF the quantity Of rain that
has fallen within tho last year. that q vein OF
water from this cavern had found Its way to
the Black Hole. passing through the same.
and this belief Is sustained by the fact that two
wet weather springs that came out about one
mile south ran muddy water one whole day
few days before Mr.. Warmers discovery, while
all the other streams were perfectly clear.