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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-16
OPINIONS ON THE LICENSE LAW.

The question as to the practical operation
of the license law receives renewed discus
sion, at this juncture as will be seen by in
terviews with a mum Der of members of the
bar. The criticisms of the legal profession
as to the workings of the law are principally
based on the absorption of the time of the
court and the consequent neglect of other
legal business. For the sake of the courts,
there is disposition to put the granting of
licenses into the hands of an excise CON-
mission although the support of that idea
does not seem to be as strong this year as
last
That there may have been errors in the
administration of the law by the Judges is
not disputed; but it is necessary whenever
such proposition is advanced to point out
that the well-considered feature of the law,
in putting exactly that power in the hands
OF the Judges has yielded better results
than were ever secured from any e1-
else board. The exercise of judicial
discretion has been clearly above the
influences which sooner or later prevail
in the formation of excise boards. The
fact that such body would be predestlned
to serve the views of the liquor interest is
tacitly recognized by one of the supporters
of the idea, who urges its adoption to save
the bench from like fate. But it is possible
to have faith that the people will not permit
the Judges to be controlled by such in
fuences, while seeing that the choice of an
excise board would eventually be controlled
by the interests that it would be intended
theoretically to control.
The weak point in the operation of the
Brooks law has been the lack of vigorous en-
forcement. When officers OF the law can claim
that it is not their duty to prosecute viola
tions of which they are professedly cog
infant, there is an evident lack, but it is not
in the law. Let it be understood that the
law is to be rigidly enforced, and the best
results will be secured from it as it now
stands.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-16
SOMETHING TO LAUGH AT.

The man who asks, IS life worth liyiup?"
shows by asking the question that he thinks he
doesn't think 1t is, but he will dodge a runaway
horse just a glibly as the man who would rather
do almost anything than de- SomeruiLte Journal
. walter-I hear you married two-headed
girl.
Ferd-Yes, but one head refused me, and won't
pay me the slightest attention: in fact, insults
me gr ossly when 1 am kissing the other.-EpOch.
Clubman-Bismarek shows that he is a
prince by appointment and not by birth.
Companion-In what way?
Clubman-Before leaving Berlin he went scrup-
uIously about and paid all his outstanding bills
Chicago Tribune.
City Niece-Uncle Zeb, would you like to
go to the opera this evening?
Uncle Zeb Dust in from Upthecreek)-Gosh.
Nellie amt perIickler. jest es livs go to the
opery as anywhere else ef ther amt any good dog
show.-Chfcdoo Tribune.
''As lifelong day Iaborer have you no
grievances ?''
''Yes, sir.''
''What are thev? ?''
''Morning comes too quick and the afternoons
are too long. .''-Chicago Times.
Reporter-Did you find any papers or let
ters on the body of the tramp who was killed at
the crossing this afternoon? Coroner: Yes.
There was lottery ticket, description of S. 900
cottage and diagram showing how t. tie -four
in-hand scarf. .''-1erre Ha,rte Erpress.
What seems to a man inuuisitiveness
often seems to n woman only a natural desire for
Information, for instance, when vision Of
golden-haired lovleiness wants to know how her
husband got that long, coarse, brunette hair on
the left shoulder Of his overcoat.-SomerviLLs
Journal.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-16
WRITING UP RURAL ROADS.

OIL CITY Blizzard: THE PITTsBURG DIS
PATCH has sent out a country road exploring
party 1t ought to steer up this way and take a
trip over, or rather through, the SalIna turn
pike.
ZANEsvILLE TTmeS-Recorder: THE PITTS
BURG DISPATCH has started farm wagon
expedition out over the various Pennsylvania
roads for the purpose of writing them up.
THE DISPATCH is nothing if not novel and
original.
WASHINGTON Pa) Journal: THE PITTS
BURG DISPATCH country road investigation
committee will probably have little trouble in
discovering better roads than those IN this Sec
ton and go long way to lind worse. The i'm
proyement of the country roads has been a
subject of newspaper agitation for long time,
and the idea seems to be gaining favor every
where. but the question of how to improve them
still remains unsettled. and will no doubt rest
finally where it should for settlement with the
legislative bodies of the State.
CITY contemporaries are waking up to the
fact that the country roads in Allegheny
county are about as bad as they could. possibly
be- Last evenings ChronicIe Telegraph con-
tains this: "The roads all over Allegheny
county are in a truly deplorable condition.
Many of them are utterly impossible, not only
on account of mud but by reason of their gen.
eral condition. Those around Clinton and I'm
perlal, in Findlay township, are particularly
bad Vigorous complaints, loud and Deep are
daily pouring into the township officials about
the roads, most Of these coming from oil men
hauling supplies over them at almost fabulous
prices.'' The item then goes on to state that a
man named Murphy who was injured on a
Clinton road, sued and got a verdict of $500.
The township officials, determined not to be
caught again, have repudiated all ownership of
the roads. and put up signs notifying travellers
that tley drive over the roads at their own
risk.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-16
THE MILD METHOD BETTER.

The demands OF the railroad switchmen,
as presented yesterday, ask for the correction
of some grievancesin connection with which
there is just ground for complaint. While
the proposed advance of wages may be o
little radical, public opinion will be likely
to criticise the manner of the demand rather
than the matter.
Pittsburg has had experience enough with
labor disputes for everyone to know that
nothing is ever lost by adopting reasonably
conciliatory tone. When so marked an ad-
vance in wages is asked, it is the universal
rule to give the other, side at least few days
10 consider it. Amalgamated men and
knights of Labor alike are accustomed to
discuss the wages question with their en-
ployers for weeks, if not months, and it will
hardly appeal to their sympathies to have
business stopped by railroad strike within
twenty-four hours of the first presentation Of
the matter to the managers.
Nothing will be lost on either side by
taking hold of this question in the spirit of
reaching satisfactory compromise. If that
is done We have little doubt that an agree
ment can be reached by which hours can be
shortened, wages paid by the hour at a some
what improved rate, and other grievances
rectifed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-16

waukee, Chicago, all four doomed to de-
struction, are still standing intact. The
lunatics or mischievous charlatans who took
unto themselves the authority to prophesy
have not explained why the earthquakes
and other advertised horrors did not arrive
on time. Probably they will arrange new
schedule Their dupes, who are hundreds
in number, will swallow new tales, and
"doom-sealing" stands fair to become one of
the most profitable industries of California.
Prophecy pays under modern conditions,
which include collection plate.
Prophets in this part of the world are not
SO pernicious nuisance. Their prophetic
vision rarely exceeds the weather for to-
morrow or the day after that. In a modest
way they compete with the United States
prophets. They may not show more knowl-
edge of the weather to come than the Signal
Service men, but then they never show less.
The public here takes weather prophecy
calmly and disinterestedly. The day has
passed for comparisons of predictions and
results. 1t is doubtful if doom -sealer"
fresh from the Pacific could awake Pitts
burgers to warm interest in the weather
bulletins. A few old prophets used to be
found in the woods near here when natural
gas first came into general use. They fore
told the approaching disappearance of Pitts
burg in pit of birthstone and other COM
bustibles. But the gas kept on; so did
Pittsburg at the old stand. The only ones
to go were the prophets. 1t is not even
certain that they have gone. Perhaps they
are only sleeping.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-16
DIFFICULTIES OF THE TARIFF BILL.

The sixteen Republican members of the
House who have taken position against
the sugar and carpet wool schedules of the
Mckinley bill are rolling each others logs
to secure changes in favor of special interests
which they represent. This is evident from
the points of the bill which they attack.
Thee is nothing in the bill more founded in
Justice than the reduction in the sugar tariff;
yet these members propose to keep it up to
nearly as high duty as was proposed in the
Mills bill. There may be good economic
grounds for opposing the advance in the
duty on carpet woods, but they are not half
so strong as those against the restoration of
the duty on hides. If the representatives of
these two interests can kill the bill, unless
it is amended to suit them, the representa-
tives of other interests have the same privi-
lege. The result would be the utter Impos-
sibility of passing a tariff bill at all. The
difficulties of the subject are increasing SO
as to point to that conclusion; but such a
termination of the Republican Iabors OH
the subject would be highly damaging to
the party's prestige.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-16
THE MINING QUESTION.

The prospects of success at the Columbus
convention are rendered very slight by the
refusal of the Indiana and Illinois operators
to 90 into the convention. Of course no uni
form interstate scale can be established
without the cooperation of the mining in
terests of both States. To establish dispro-
portionately high wages for Ohio and Penn
sylvania would be to throw the business to
the Western territory, and leave both the
operators and miners of the nearer districts
without work, or at least to subject them to
a very serious disadva ntage as a reward for
cooperating with the miners to put wages on
a good basis.
1t is doubtless due to the feeling generated
by this refusal Of the Western operators to
act with the convention that the threat is re-
ported that, even though Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania operators accept the SCALE the miners
will strike in all four States. This would be
to punish the friends of the miners equally
with those who act against them. 1t would
protect the latter against any loss OF bust
ness that would occur if the strike were con-
centrated against them. We cannot believe
that the miners would pursue any
such indiscreet course. They have
generally been conservative in their
policy, and they are certainly intelli-
gent enough to see that to take away every
inducement to the friendly operators to ac-
cept their terms, and practically notify them
that they must endure a stoppage of work
whether they act with the miners or against
them, is the surest way to defeat every pur-
pose that the miners organizations have in
view.
The miners might be justified in directing
the full force of strike upon the operators
who refuse to cooperate in the establishment
OF proportionate wages. That would be
acting with those who act with them. But
if they attack friends and foes indiscrim-
inately, they cannot expect anything but
dire failure.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-16
LOCAL REFORMS.

The prospects are very promising for an
energetic abatement of some of the minor
abuses of our city, which have been some-
what noticeable for some time past.
The conference of the city officials yester-
day put the matter of street distractions
definitely in the hands of the Department
of Public Safety. The work of abating the
sidewalk distractions has already mani
tested itself in suits against offenders; and
the promise is made that the sidewalks will
be kept clear for the use of pedestrians. The
long-slumbering ordinance for the regula-
ton of hacks and cabs is to be resuscitated
and enforced, in a way that will make the
city Jehus obey it.
These measures will cause chorus of
protests from interested parties as soon as
they begin to pinch; but, if carried out, they
will make a material enhancement of the
public comfort and convenience.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-16
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.

SIR MoRELL MACKENZIE has gone to Italy
for months holiday.
EMILE ZoLA recently sat upon Paris jury,
and Alphonse Daudet is now acting as juryman
at the Paris assizes.
Miss EDISON. daughter of the great inven-
tor has been entirely cured of epilepsy by
Prof. Fielder, body physician of the King of
Saxony.
A WRITER suggests that Edward Bellamy
should divide the $4,000 he has made from his
novel, Looking Backward" among struggling
authors. Bellamy is not consistently bound to
follow such a course until after the year 1000
A. d.
PRINCE BISMARCK has l03 decorations
Fourteen are set in diamonds of great value
He belongs to no English order. The late Gar
of Russia gave HIM the Order of st. Andrew
the most important in Russia Bismarck's dia-
mond star belonging to this order is worth $50
600.
GENERAL Won CAPRIvI, the new German
Chancellor, never has pipe out of his mouth
when he is awake, except during his meals, and
he drinks beer by the gallon. He is most de-
liberate in his movements. and always medi-
tates for a minute or two before answering the
most trifiing question.
CORRESPONDENTS who claim that Emperor
William of Germany proposes toast in bumpers
of champagne do not seem to know that the
Emperor never drinks French wine. The bev-
erage which they take for champagne is really
sparkling hook. The Emperor usually drinks
either Rhine wine or Moselle.
Mr.. WALPoLE chief Parliamentary repor-
ter of Hansards staff. recently undertook to
write in long hand three columns of the small
type of the London Times in as many hours.
AS each column contained an average of 1900
words, it was believed to be an impossible feat,
but it was accomplished in two hours and three
quarters.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-16

the assertion that the recognition was only
that of de facto Government. This is all
that it tshould be, for two reasons. The first is
the all-sufficient one that the de fdcto rank
is all that the present Government of Brazil
claims. 1t is provisional government;
and on the supposition that its sincere pur-
pose is to establish republic, it is simply
holding control until constitution can be
adopted and representative government
elected. 1t was correct 10 recognize the pro-
visional government OF Brazil as the de
fdcto Government; but to have placed the
stamp of republican approval upon a
government which combines the peculiar
qualities of military tribunals, dictatorship,
absence alike of constitution, of elections
and of liberty of the press, would be re-
markable act. 1t will be high time to in
dorse the Government of Brazil as repub-
lie when it exhibits some of the republican
characteristics.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-16
1T surprises me that more people are not read
RELICS OF PREHISTORIC PEOPLE.
Curious Things Discovered In Exploration
of West Virginia Ruins.

Curious Things Discovered In Exploration
of West Virginia Ruins.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.I
PARKERsBURG. April 15.-The site of a pre-
historic village has just been discovered on the
Ohio side of the river. about one and one-half
miles north of this city. The town site COM
prises an area of about four acres, and over the
entire area the earth is generally slightly
burned, having reddish color. and is thickiy
intermixed with fragments of pottery, srreaks
of ashes, and fragments of bones of animals
and human beings. In several places are to be
seen the ruins of what seem to he ancient fire.
places, containing charcoal. intermixed with
charred nuts of various sorts. In and around
these fire-places are found ornaments and i'm
plements, such as battle-aXes, belts, knives
drills, spear and arrow points, and ornaments
made of bone and slate. The spear and arrow
heads are of fine workmanship. and are all of
very hard substances, as agate chalcedony,
camelian, quartz, jasper and slate.
The Indian mound found in the Brooke
county fair grounds has been opened and COM
pletely explored. Only few fragments of
human bones were found, there being traces
that the original body had been wrapped in a
coarse mating made of rushes or some similar
material. Fragments Of an earthen pot, which
were fitted together complete, were found. to-
geJher with two pipes. There were no evil
dences of the action of fire, and the body had
evidently been laid upon the original surface
of the ground, and the earth heaped over 1t.
Two sugar trees grew on top of the mound,
each about two feet in diameter.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-16

IT is another surprising feature of the Nc
Kinley bill to find that it puts a duty of 40 per
cent on diamonds, and people are wondering
what malign influence put it there. No disinter-
ested man would object to 40 or even 100 per
cent on these articles of pure luxury-if it
could be collected. But long experience has
shown that on an article SO easily smuggled as
diamonds an increase of the duty above 10 per
cent simply stimulates smuggling: and the duty
has been kept at that low point for many years
because it yields the most revenue. No one
can guess what secured the proposed advance
Of the duty now. No diamond mine has been
located in the United States that anyone has
heard of.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-16

MR.. J. B. SCoTT's interview on the sub
ject of the library dispute puts the side of the
case which he represents with the clearness and
force characteristic of that gentleman. Mr..
Scott expresses his belief that the ordinance
will be passed in accordance with Mr.. Car
negie's views. and points out that while the
city will pay $4,000 year for which the public
will receive direct benefit, Mr.. Carnegie gives
not less than a million, for which he gets no re-
turn. Mr. Scott's expressions give valuable
light on the subject. 1t is certainly to be hoped
that when the matter is fully understood there
will be no difficulty in putting the magnificent
donation on an assured and satisfactory basis.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-16
A PORTION TO PITTSBURG.
Relatives Hero Get Part of the Estate of
Anna Mary Fahnestock.


ESPECIAL TKLKGkAM TO THE DIsPArcH.l
PHILADELPHIA, April l.-The will of the
late Anna Mary Fahnestock, widow OF Benia-
min A. Fahnestock, who died on March 2,
was probated to-day by Register Gratz. The
petition which accompanies the will places the
value of the estate left by the testatrix at
$500 900 and upward but it is stated that it will
aggregate fully S5000O0. and may possibly ex-
ceed that sum. A large portion of the estate IS
bequeathed to her nephews and nieces. OF this
city and Pitrsburg two of the former, Bernard
Wolff, Jr., and Edward H. Mckee, being the
executors, although the following charities are
remembered: ITO the American Sunday
School Union SO. 900; to the Union Benevolent
Association, So QUO; to the Presbyterian Hospi-
tai in Philadelphia the sum of S.. 600 to endoW a
free bed in perpetuity, the sum to be invested
in legal securities and the interest and income
to be applied only to the maintenance OF the
said free bed in the name of Anna Mary
Fahnestock."
The will proper also devises 81 900 to the Asy-
lum for INDECENT Widows and Single Women,
but this bequest is revoked in a codicil exc
cuted short time prior to the decease OF the
Jestatrix. The testament also makes bequests
to servants and other employees as follows:
Eliza Parr, $4,000; Peter Still, 1000; Matthew
Robinson 1900; William Beatty, 81 900; Will
lam Ferris, sl,0O0; Margaret Mccullough, $500
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-16
A BRILLIANT WEDDING.
Marriage of Congressman John M Wiley
and Miss Virginia Emiline Cooper.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, April 15.-Congress-
man John M. Wiley, Of Buffalo, N. Y. and
Miss Virginia Emiline Cooper, daughter of eI-
Treasurer of State John ]. Cooper, were mar
ried in this city at o'clock this afternoon, in
the Tabernacle Church. The Rev. j. A. Rond-
thaler was the officiating clergyman. The
bride wore an imported felix gown, of white
satin brocade, en- train. trimmed with point
lace. She was attended by Miss Carolyn
Cooper. and the best man was Norman e.
Mack, of the Buffalo Times. The ceremony
was attended by an assemblage of 200 fashion
able people.
Among the prominent guests from abroad
were Hon. w. s. Bissell and wife, of Buffalo.
Over 1900 invitations were issued for the event.
A large reception was given in the evening at
the elegant home of the brides parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Wiley. after brief bridal trip to
Chicago, will return to Washington. The gen.
tleman's colleagues of the New York delega-
tion in Congress sent a handsome silver dinner
set. The presents amounted in value to fully
$50. U00
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-16
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Matthew Harris. M, p.

LONDON, April 15.-In the death of Mr.. Matthew
Harris Member of Parliament for East Galway,
Mr. ParnelI loses an able and trusted lieutenant
and the National party in the House is deprived of
the services of n ready and forceful debater. He
was a man who commanded the respect of his po-
litical opponents and possessed the entire conf
depce of his constituents, most of whom under a
less discreet leader would on repeated occasions
have compromised the Irish party by indulgence
in the very acts of violence of which Mr. Harris so
often commended in the House that they were in
capable In the selection of his successor it will
be difficult to find man possessing in so great n
degree he did the qualities of leadership neces-
sary to the representative of SO peculiar constit-
uency as that of East Galway.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-16
DIDN'T GET WHAT THEY BOUGHT.
Beaver Falls Citizens Taken In by ShaFps
Selling Bogus Diamonds.

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCH.i
BEAVER FALLS. April ia slick swindle
has been perpetrated upon number of we'll
known professional and business men of this
place within the past week by a couple of fel-
lows in town well known to be crooks" The
swindlers procured number of imitation dia-
monds, and after approaching their victim,
would show the bogus diamond, and by repre-
senting, in mysterious way. that it was the
simon pure article, but had been secured crook
edly, would induce the man to give them one
fifth or one-tenth of its value had it been
genuine.
The men approached and victimized are all
IN en- of considerable social and moral standing in
the community, and of course had their mouths
so sealed that when they discovered the fraud
they would quietly pocket their loss and say
nothing. 1t Is said that the fellows who worked
the racket are ahead several hundred dollars.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-16
FIRST ANNIVERSARY.
Members of the Priesthood and Laity of the
Catholic Educational Union Celebrate.

YOUNGSTOWN, April 15-The Catholic Edu-
cational Union held its first anniversary here
tonight, the attendance of prominent members
of the priesthood, laity and invited guests
being very large. The organization is in many
respects planned after the Chautauqua Circle,
and during the yearneaTly so reading circles
have been organized by the association through
Ohio and other States. Cardinal Gibbons and
Bishop Gllmour sent letters commencing the
union and the successful work it was carrying
on.
gramme the following toasts were presented:
"The Catholic Educational Union," by w. E.
Mosher; What the Catholic Church Has Dore
for Women" by Miss Lonne Durbin; The
Historical Significance OF the Pontfcate of
Leo Kill, ~ by Rev. John Klute; The Catholic
Church and American Citizenship" by w. A.
Mahue. Addresses were also delivered by Rev.
Edward Mears and Others