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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-05
LIKE THE VALLEY OF THE NILE.
Central Arizona Cracked Up to be Land of
Milk and Honey.

Milk and Honey.
The valleys of Southern and Central Ari-
zona are superior in fertile qualities to the
historic Valley of the Nile, says ex-Gev-
ernor Louis Wolfley, OF Arizona, in the St.
Louis Globe Democrat. Wherever irriga-
ton is practiced along the Salt, Gila and
Santa Cruz rivers anything grown in tenn
perate or semi-tropical cline may be pro-
duced. As a fast-growing region this part
of Arizona is in many respects better than
Southern California. Fruit culture Is lust
beginning to receive general attention in
these valleys, and it will not be long until
the Eastern markets will be supplied with
the extraordinary products of Arizona. No
spot on earth is better adapted to the culture
Of the grape, and the yield of the fig orchards
is phenomenal.
The magnifcence OF the fir tree growth
draws one away from all surrounding thrift.
Prunes, apricots, oranges, lemons, lines and
olives grow to perfection, and in few years
the supply from this region will be fully as
abundant as from the neighboring orchards
of Southern California. There is indeed
scarcely product of the soil known to civ
ilized man that will not grow in these irri-
gated valleys of Arizona, and, while the
Territory is blessed with climate of per-
petual summer, its people can enjoy all of
the staples of colder latitudes. Every va
riety of shrub or flower that adds beauty to
the home and garden grows in tropical lux
uriance.
Arizona is destined to be the home Of
great agricultural population. and when its
system OF irrigation is thoroughly deyel-
oped there will be no more profitable and
pleasant region in which to liae. RuI ms
along the rivers and in the valleys of Ari-
zopa indicate that it was once thickly peo-
pIed. and that agriculture was successfully
practiced te great extent. When the sys-
tenn that made it rich in fruitfulness GEN.
turies ago is again restored. as it will be in
a few short years, then will Arizona bloom
aa a rose.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-05

These two prominent men were Mr.. Cleve-
lands ablest Cabinet ministers, both as pol
iticians and administrative officials. Being
younger by many years than the rest of the
Cabinet, with the single exception of Secre-
tary Whitney, and representing as they did
the great West, with all its possibilities of
Democratic gains, they rose rapidly to great
power. The first popular reaction from the
Democratic defeat of 1888 brings them for
ward again into the white light. No wave
recedes from the shore but to pause and ad-
vance again.
INTO PROMINENCE AGAIN.
After their retirement by great popular
verdict Colonel Villas and NJ. Dickinson
come riding toward their former eminence
on the very crest of the ground swell. The
Wisconsin election is Immediately conclu-
sive. Colonel Villas will be elected by the
Legislature lust chosen, when it meets in
January. He will take his seat March II
there is a called session of the Senate or an
extra session Of Congress.
Of course, there is opposition to him in his
own party. The old wheelhorses who have
battled until they. were weary do not ac-
quiesce instanter in his claim to the Senator
ship after making the campaign almost his
own single-ha fight They favor some
one of themselves for Senator.
So it is that John Mitchell, the multi
millionaire Congressman-elect from Mil
waukee, Gen. Edward S. Bragg, who loved
Cleveland for the enemies he had made,
Nick Fratt, the veteran Democratic State
Chairman, ex-Congressman Gil Wooderd,
and several others are supposed to be ready
| for an anti-Vilas coordination. Yet keen
observers in both parties concede Villas
election.
A GREEN MOUNTAIN BOY.
The coming Senator from the Badger
State is a notable man. In his State and in
the Northwest he has been known as one o.
the dozen foremost LAWYERS in the West. He
was born in Vermont in 1910, and at IL wa!
taken by his parents to Madison, the pretty
capital of the State. His father. Judge
| Villas, was a member of the Vermont Legis
lature and a prominent citizen before his re-
moval to Wisconsin, his home during the
years of his greatest activity and influence
Secretary Villas graduated from the Uni
versity Of Wisconsin, "a member of the class o
'58. In 1860 he returned from Albany Law
School to practice in Madison, Wis, hi
| home.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-05
INGENUITY NEAR BY.
Patents Granted to Persons in Ohio, Penn
syIvania and West Virginia.

Patents Granted to Persons in Ohio, Penn
sylvania and West Virginia.
. The following patents were issued to
Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and
West Virginia inventors Tor the week end
ing December 2, as furnished by o. D..
Lewis, patent attorney, 131 Fifth avenue,
Pittsburg:
W. f. Banta, Springfield, O., electric wire
coupling; Frank Barnhart, Warren, Pa, tap
ping machine: J. H. Burkholder, Ridgeville, O.,
corn cutter; NJ. +. Carroll, Hillsborough, o.,
vehicle spring; ]. w. Culmer, New Brighton,
Pa. gas producer; e. r. Doellenbatch, Allie
gheny, air brake; w. A Dunlap, Pittsburg, rail-
way torpedo; c. n. Dutton, Pittsburg, fluid; s..
D. Engle, Hazleton, Pa, air gun; 7.
F. Gray Monroevilie, O., grain scales;
j. 3. Harvey, Steamburg, o., extension ladder;
Gabriel Konigsburg, Wapakoneta o., wheel
barrow; r. r. Lewis. Union City, Pa, tailors
measure; w. S. Lowell, Charleston, w. Va,
animal trap; w. S. Parerson, Allegheny, brush
holder for electric motors or dynamos: A. l..
Pitney, Pittsburg, tire extinguisher; George
Reseck, Allegheny, safety device for mills; h.
b. Shelenger, Rochestet. Pa, panoramic
opera; G. S. Smith, Dushore Pa. boiler Ilue
cleaner; J. NJ. Teller, Minerra, o., nut lock; q.
S. Trumbore, Pittsburg, cuspidor litter; Frank
Carey Tunkhannock, Pa, steam engine; Q. E.
Denison, Jeffersonville, o., sawmill dog; n. A.
Holibaugh, Marlborough, o.. fence.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-05

an administrative officer quickly displayed
itself in Mr.. Cieveland's Cabinet he man
aged with consummate skill to reconcile the
varying doctrines of civil service reform
and that the victor must have his spoils,
and contributed thereby a great deal to the
popularity of his chief in the rank and file
of the party.
The Michigan Legislature is Democratic,
and majority OF the hold-over Senators are
Democrats. A scheme for redistricting the
State so as tie the Republican farming
counties up with the Democratic cities is
already on foot, and good judges OF political
consequences declare that nothing can pre-
vent Don Dickinson's succeeding Senator
Stockbridge except his own death or posi-
tive refusal to 60 to the Senate.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-05
SENSATIONAL DISCOVERIES

At a Meeting of Freight Agents Called to
Adjust Grain Rates.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 3.-SensationaI dis
coveries were made to-day at the session Of
the Trans-Missouri Freight Association.
The grain dealers of Kansas City had made
application for readjustment of alleged dis.
elimination of rates. The Missouri Pacific
displayed extensive bills forged by certain
grain dealers and representatives oil three of
the Western lines as to market rebates on
shipments in transit, which appear large
enough to make a very great reduction in
the freight rates.
The names of the roads and Of the grain
dealers implicated are not given. The ap-
plication for readjustment in rates and
the granting of reconsignment privileges
was not acted upon.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-05
ACCIDENT TO THE BELLE MCGOWAN.

She is Sunk, but Pumped Out-other Chat of
the River Front.
There was considerable excitement rife on
the wharf yesterday over the reported sink
ing of the Belle MCGOWAN at Freedom late
the night before. About 2:30 P. NJ. it was
learned that no one had been hurt, and that the
boat had been pumped out and would soon be
on her way to port. She ran her nose foul OF
some rocks which knocked a big hole in her
hull, but the damage was not SO greay as first
reported. She is owned by W. W. ONeill.
There was little doing on the rivers yester-
day. The water was too low for a coal stage
but the operators had hopes that it would rise
sufficiently in a couple OF days. The gauge last
night showed 8 feet inches and rising a little.
There has been five inches of snow in the Allie
ghenes. and if the weather comes on warm 1t
will melt and of course raise the water.
There is now little coal in the harbor.
Towboats Little Dick and Frank Beaver left
for the Beaver yesterday.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-05
TOUGH ON TRANsGREssoRS.
They Find Their Way Hard One Through
the Criminal Court

They Find Their Way a Hard One Through
the Criminal Court.
In the Criminal Court, yesterday, Joseph
Snyder and Arnold Keller were acquitted
of assault and battery on Daniel and Jacob
Dougherty. Louis Weber was convicted of
an offense against morality on information
of Maggie Lauer. Paul Ambro pleaded
guilty to ielonious assault and battery on
John Zooko. He was sent one year to the
workhouse. A. S. Gray pleaded guilty to
the larceny of coat and was sentenced
20 days to the workhouse. Samuel French
was convicted OF selling liquor without a
license and on Sunday, on information of
Inspector McAleese. Owen Quincy pleaded
guilty to selling liquor without license
and on Sunday. He was fined $3.50
and sent five months to the workhouse E.
B. Price was convicted of serious offense,
on information OF Mary Price, his step
daughter The parties are colored.
The jury is out in the case of Norris
White, tried for the larceny OF some scrap
iron.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-05
DISASTER TO A VILLAGE.

Principal Buildings in Brookville, Kan.,
Destroyed by Fire.
SALINA, KAN, Dec. 4.-Reports from
Brookville, this county, say nearly the
whole town was ablaze to-dav. The fire
started early this forenoon, and one business
block and the Central Hotel were consumed.
There was no way to extinguish the fire, ex-
cept by buckets. A strong wind was blow
ing.
At1P P. NJ. the fire was extinguished. The
loss, in addition to the buildings above re-
ported, includes the Bank of BrookvilIe and
three dwelling houses, which are completely
DESTROYED
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-05
QUIETING FARMERS, FEARS.
Worlds Fair People Request Farmers ALI
ance to Take Action.

Worlds Fair People Request Farmers ALI
ance to Take Action.
CHICAGO, Dec. AFTER consultation
with Colonel Mckenzie, Commissioner
Hirst, Mr. Hurt and Director General
Davis hit upon a plan to quiet the fears of
the farmers that their agricultural exhibits
would not be accepted. The following tele-
gram was sent to the Farmers Mutual
Benefit Association Convention now in ses-
sion at Ocala, Fla:
President Farmers Alliance, Ocala, Fla:
/ respectfully suggest that your Association,
in national convention assembled, make some
deliverance as to the propriety of action by the
several States represented in your body look
ing to a complete exhibit of the agricultural
resources thereof at the Worlds Columbian
Exposition. Ample provision in the matter OF
classification and allotment of space will be
made for this most interesting and important
feature. Yours respectfully,
GEORGE Il. DAVIS.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-05
INCREASING THEIR PENSIONS.
An Important Bill Introduced in the Senate
by Senator Quay.

An Important Bill Introduced in the Senate
by Senator Quay.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-Senator Quay
has introduced bill granting to all persons
whose names are now on the pension list, or
may be hereafter placed on it, who have
lost both eyes or both feet, or who are other
wise totally disabled, pension of S100 a
month.
Also, to all persons who have lost an arm
at the shoulder joint. or a leg at the hip
Joint, a pension of $50 month, and to those
who have lost an arm below the elbow, or a
leg below the knee, S55 month. Those who
have lost hand or foot, or have been totally
disabled in the same, are to be entitled to
$50 month.
The bill provides, further, that persons
who have contracted two or more disabilities
shall receive sum per month equal to the
total of rates for all the disabilities men
toned.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-05
To-Day's Trial Lists.

Common Pleas No. 1-McIlyain vs. Alter:
McJunkin VS. Equitable Gas Company; Arm
helm Live Stock Company VS. Davis ct al;
Fidelity Title and Trust Company VS. Peoples
Gas Company; Grant VS. Carnegie, Phipps &
Company; Berberich VS. Ebach ct al; First Ma
tional Bank VS. GUNNER & Son; Heron VS.
GUNNER & Sons.
Common Pleas No. 2-Baer & Gazzam vs.
National Wrapping Company: O'Brien VS. East
End Electric Light Company; Sorg, executor,
VS. Mathes ct al; Heron & Co. VS. Vale; Quslich
VS. Pittsburg Incline Company.
Criminal Court-Commonwealth vs. Walter
Burns, John Brittinger, II. ]. McElroy. 7. s.
Hauft, William Keyser, L. b. Schaffer. G. F.
Peters James Martin, John Mcmahon, Bridget
Mclaughlin t2), G. L. F-edericks (2), Charles
Kaine. Peter Dahr, H. Obershelman, Patrick
Sullivan.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-05
BLOWS AND A sLUNG SHOT.

Disgraceful Scene in the Senate of Okla
hOma Territory.
GUTHRIE. o. T., Dec. 4.-This morning
Immediately after prayer by the chaplain
Senator Brown called Frank Green, editor
of the Capital, to task about a criticism in
his paper concerning the bill for the pur-
pose of providing for the burial of Union
soldiers.
Blows followed when Green jerked from
his pocket slung shot. No serious dam
age was done, as the men were separated.
Talk of duel is to be heard on all sides.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-05
THE GRAND JURY GRIND.
A Large Number of True Bills Found and
Some Ignored.

A Large Number OF True Bills Found and
Some Ignored.
The grand jury yesterday returned the
following true bills:
NJ. Bell, John Boyle, Maggie Diamond, Cath
arine Frommer, Edgar Gilmore. Henry Hun
german, Mary Hungerman, Alex. Loefler, Sam
uel Markovitz, assault and battery; Philip
Steiner, W. ]. McDonough, P. F. Mangan. E..
LaRue, A. Breigel, aggravated assault and bat
terry; Lewis Baur, Harry Breckenridge. Fannie
Campbell, William Jones. Harry ReDstock, H.
Ulrich larceny; Harry Breckenridge. horse
stealing; Thomas Chapman, embezzlement;
Leopold Geisler, larceny by bailee; David
Joint Daniel Fitzpatrick, larceny from the per-
son; Andrew McCune keeping ferocious dog;
Kate Cary, selling liquor without license and
on election day; Kate Fox. selling liquor with
out license.
The following bills were ignored:
William Doyle. forgery; P. l. Kunz, larceny
by bailee; j. Margulas. assault and battery with
intent to commit q worse crime; John Mehring,
mayhem; David McCrae. larceny; Robert
Sweeney, assault and battery; Edward Tolever,
felonious assault and battery.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-05
RIDING ON THE WAVE.
Two Western Men Who Show Up in
the Political Whirl, and Will
PROBABLY LAND In THE SENATE
Ambitions of Villas and Dickinson, Of Cleve-
lands Cabinet.
JACK ROBINSON TALKS OF CAMERON
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE D1sp ArcH. ]

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCH.I
WAsHINGTo Dec. Among the first
Democratic fruits of the late election, ap-
pear the names of two of President Cleve-
lands Cabinet lieutenants. Ex-Postmaster
General and ex-Secretary of the Interior.
William F. Villas has been practically
elected to the United States Senate in Wis
consin, and ex-Postmaster General Don
Dickinson is morally sure to succeed Sena-
ator Stockbridge from Michigan in 1898.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-05
NATURAL GAS FOR CHICAGO.

The Council Committee Comes to Time by
Reporting the Ordinance.
CHICAGO, Dec. 4.-The City Council
Committee on Gas, Oil and Electric Lights
to-day decided to report favorably an ordi-
nance authorizing the Chicago Fuel Gas
Company to lay mains in Chicago.
This corporation, it is claimed, is backed
by the Standard Oil Company, and controls
the Indiana natural gas fields, and proposes
to introduce natural gas into the city for
both fuel and illuminating purposeA
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-05
New Bridpe Across the Monongahela.

A charter has been granted to five stock
holders of the Second Avenue Electric road
for a bridge across the Monongahela river,
near Glenwood. The company intends
building the road to Homestead, and the
new bridge is a part of the plans. It is ex-
pected that work will be commenced in the
spring.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-05
yaux Concludes Not to Contest.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-As the result of
the conference Representative Vaux held
with the Democratic leaders, Mills, McMil-
Ian and Breckinridge, he has concluded to
abandon his contest with McAleer, member
elect from Randal's old district. The pol
icy of the Democrats in the next House will
be to discourage contests.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-05
Must Paw a Duty of SIG, 500.

WASHINGTON, December Assistant
Secretary Spaulding, of the Treasury De-
partment, has rendered decision holding
that the bondsmen of the importers Of
Millet's 'The Angelus" are liable for $16,-
800 duty on the famous painting.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-05
Break of an Incline Cable,

There was a wreck at Cliff Mine on the
Moutour Railway, on Wednesday evening,
in which a number of cars were smashed,
and coal was scattered promiscuously over
considerable country. 1t was caused BY the
breaking of q cable on an incline plane
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-05
GLUCOSE GOES NOW.
All the Prejudice Against 1t Has at Last
Disappeared.

The prejudice against glucose has about
worn itself out, says the st. Louis Globe
Democrat. As is now generally known,
Glucose is made from corn, and cannot help
but be wholesome when well made. The
manufacture is entirely confined to the West,
and about ], 200, 900 pounds day are turned
ont.
At first it had to be delivered in disguise,
and candy-makers especially were particu-
lar about this. Now the very best candies
are made out of glucose, and no secret is
made of the fact. There are over 20 glucose
factories within "a hours ride OF St Louis.
and the increased protection given them by
the tariff bill will probably result in several
more being established.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-05
Plunged Into the River.

MONTREAL, Dec. 4.-The mistake of
switchman plunged the engine of the West
ern express on the Grand Trunk Railroad
into the river at Lachine this morning.
Joseph Binse, the engineer, lis supposed to
have been drowned,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-05
STRANGE MUSCULAR CoNTRACT1oHs,

They Are severe ENOUGH 70 break the
Bones of a Kentucky Lady.
LEXINGTON KY, Dec. Awhile sitting
talking with her children at her home in
Paris, Kv., about noon yesterday, Mrs. j.
Harry Brent felt the muscles of her right
leg suddenly and violently contract, and as
she screamed with pain the bone of her
thigh broke Just below the hip joint.
A physician was Summoned, but before he
could DO anything to relieve his patient her
left leg broke in the same manner. Her
sufferings are intense and her death is hourly
expected. 1t is thought by her physicians
that she is q victim of muscular rheuma-
tism.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-05

to recover on a policy on the life of Mrs.
Hamill's husband, who was a member of
the council in Sharpsburg. The insurance
was refused, it was stated, because Hamill
at the time of his death had been suspended
for non-payment of dues.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-05
RATHER AMBITIOUS.


All his life Colouel Villas has assumed
that he was sooner or later to rise to emin-
ence in political life. From earliest boy
hood his ambition betrayed itself. His
manner has always shown the STACEY con-
sciousness of the part he was playing. His
vigorous athletic frame he squared up as if
he were ieudal king or a knight of the
middle ages. His speech, even in CONVEX
sation, is ever rotund and propulsive; his
words are coated with slow and studied
mounting. On the stage he would have
restored in splendid imitation the dramatic
| style of Edwin Forrest.
Colonel Villas is good jury lawyer. He
| is also skillful special pleader. His an
nual retainers from several powerful corpor-
ations give him a large and reliable income.
| He is rich both by inheritance and his own
earnings. His wife is q charming little
lady, whose return to Washington will be
| the signal for genuine rejoicing through
out society circles.
Don Dickinson was President Cleveland's 5
| youngest Cabinet adviser. He is a man
noted for his discernment, discretion and
energy. He was born at Auburn, N. Y, in
1912. His father, Asa Dickinson, was a
distant relative of Dan S. Dickinson, but
belonged to the Massachusetts Dickinsons.
| He went to Michigan when Don was a small
boy and became one of the wheelhorses OF
the Democratic party there. The son was
| educated at the State University at Ann
Arbor, graduating in 1866.
| ALSO A LAWYER.
Three years later he received his diploma
from the law school and began to practice.
At first he had desk in his older brothers.
Office. When the latter. already rich man,
went to New York to accepta large retainer
from one of the largest drygoods firms there,
ne gave his business to Don. The firm is
now Dickinson, Hosmer & Thurber, and the
senior partner is said to have an income, all
told, of over $4,000 a year. A
large part of this comes from his
collection bureau, which he runs inde-
pendently of the firm. He hires two OF
three good lawyers and good corps Of
clerks, and pushes the business with an en-
ergetic hand. He is famous for promptness,
and never stops when he gets after debtor
until he collects his judgment and hands
over the cash to his client, His ability al
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-05
Suit on an Insurance Policy.

The suit Of Lenora s. HamiIl against the
Supreme Council Of the Royal Arcanum is
On trial before Judge Ewing. This suit il
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-05
A TERRIBLE FATE.
Senator Turpie's Aged Mother Burned to
Death in Her Room.

DELPHI, IND, Dec. 4.-Senator Turpie's
mother met with horrible fate to-day. She
was over 80 years of age ard had been left
alone in her room. When her attendant re-
turned, the aged lady was found dead on the
floor near the fireplace with nearly all her
clothing burned away.
She has resided with the Senator's
younger brother Robert, near this city, for
the past % years.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-05

He went to the war as Captain in the
Twenty-third Wisconsin Infantry and rose
tp the rank Of Lieutenant Colonel. He was
President of the Chicago Convention in
1884, and made the notification speech TO
Governor Cleveland soon after. He entered
the Cleveland Cabinet as Postmaster Gen
eral, and when Mr.. Lamar was named for
the Supreme bench Colonel Villas was SIM
ultaneously nominated for Secretary of the