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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-20
AN INVESTIGATION NEEDED.

There is an evident disposition on the
part of the House to give very gingerly treat
ment to that resolution of Mr.. Dockery's
providing for an inquiry into the allegation
that certain Congressman were interested in
the silver speculation that hinged on the
passage of the last silver bill. 1t is diff cult
to imagine any case in which there is
more evident call for investigation, or
in which there will be clearer Inference,
il the investigation is not made, that the
reason is the necessity OF protecting some
influential men who are mixed up in the
scandal.
The allegation was clearly made by
leading journal of the same party as the
majority IN Congress, that number of
members were interested in a speculation
that depended for success on the legislation
to be decided by their votes. It was
further alleged that a number of them
realized large profits from the
speculation. With these allegations
so prominently made, it is hard to see how
any other course than an investigation can
follow. II the allegation is unfounded there
is no surer way of protecting the reputation
of Congress than to show the baselessness of
such scandals by fair Investigation. II
the assertions are well-founded, the reputa-
tion of legislation depends on exposing and
Furnishing any such source of scandal, even
if it should produce another fatal demise
among legislative regulations like the IA
nous Credit Mobilier investigation.
There is an especial reason why this action
cannot be creditably avoided, in the pend
ing silver legislation which has become
prominent feature of the session by the recent
action of the Senate caucus. 1t is part of
the proposed measure that II, 600, 900 ounces
of silver which are supposed to be car
ried in New York shall be purchased
by the Treasury. Whether this amount
of bullion is owned by the game specula-
tors who engineered the first bill is not by
any means certain. The current assertions
speculators realized on the advance of last
fall; but that they or their successors may
not have Congressional affiliations needs to
be determined. If it were to be decided on
its merits this measure would deserve fair
and impartial treatment. But in the presence
Of the allegations about the first speculation
Congress cannot afford to vote ST., ,OOO, 900
purchase of silver until the suspicion that
some of the men whose votes will decide the
measure may profit by their votes is fully
cleared up.
If the call for an inquiry is suppressed by
the present House, it will be a blunder as
decided as any Of those of the last session.
The leaders in Congress should understand
that they cannot afford to enlarge their list
of blunders.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-20
NEITHER OF THEM.

It is very interesting to observe that the
organ of unique and in one sense of the
word. original, Democracy, the New York
SIia, has turned its rays upon the assertions
of the Republican organs that the Farmers
Alliance Convention was a Democratic
movement thinly masked. The shining Sun
gives the Republican organs Roland for
their Oliver by the discovery that the pur-
pose of the Northern delegates to the
Tarmers' Alliance was to ruin, split and
disintegrate the Southern Democracy.
The foundation of this conclusion on the
part of the Sun is not quite as simple as the
other one presented by the Republican
organs. The Sun declares that the Western
delegates to the Alliance pushed the sub
treasury scheme for the purpose of dividing
the Democracy of the South, and tried to
get the convention to indorse third party
movement for the same end. 1t declares,
however, that they are reckoning without
their host in this respect, as the Republican
States are more liable to the raw
ages ''of paternal and socialistic doc
trines than the Democratic South" All
of which is more complicated and imposing
edifice OF political reasoning than the simple
syllogism Of the Republican organs, which,
though rank case of logical vice known as
"undistributed middle" sounds quite con-
vincing as follows: "All Democrats are op-
posed to the elections bill; the Alliance
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-20
RIVALS OF KOCH.
Two Michigan Doctors Think They Have
Downed CONSUMPTION.

Two Michigan Doctors Think They Have
Downed Consumption.
DETROIT, Dec. 19.-Dr. E. L. Shurly. of
Harper Hospital, and DR.. Heneage Gibbs, OF
the Michigan University at Ann Arbor, an
nounced few days ago the discovery of sure
cure for consumption. They propose now to
make public tests of their discovery on which
they have been working for over year.
Their theory does not harmonize with that
advanced by DR.. Koch. 1t is founded upon the
belief that the chief injury in consumption is
caused by powerful alkaline poisons which the
body is capable of generating, and that these
poisons cause liberation and the gathering of
the cheesy matter in the air cells of the lungs.
Owing to the complex nature of the affection
no specific can effect complete cure.
Ihe doctors decided that an injection OF ami
NAL matter was dangerous to life, and. search
ing Tor chemicals, they hit upon the chloride of
gold and chloride of sodium as the proper
materials for the injection. In addition to the
injection they decided to use chlorine gas. but
chlorine gas has always been supposed to be
1rrespirable. By introducing spray of sodium
into the room before the chlorine gas the doc
tors found it not only rendered the gas breatha-
BILE but also heightened its effects.
The patient is placed in cabinet with no
communication with the outside air except a
breathing tube which is fitted closely to his
mouth. The air in the cabinet is rarified until
the pressure is eight pounds to the inch. The
result of this is that the air rushes TO the cells
that have been broken down and debilitated,
and the process of rejuvenation is started. This
is helped out further by a series of chest exer-
cises The hospital has spent sl2, 900 IN perfect
ing arrangements for the cure.
A dozen cases attest the efficacy of the treat
ment. The most marvellous feature is the
cure of Miss Jackson. of Windsor. who was
taken to the hospital in dying condition in an
ambulance seven weeks ago. and to-day, on be-
ing discharged as cured, walked two miles to
her home, apparently restored in health. Both
Dr. Shurly and DIR. Gibbs stand high in the
procession.
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PITTsBURG. SATURDAY, DEC. %, 1890.
OIL PRODUCERS LESSON.

OF course the session of the Executive
Board of the Producers Protective Associa-
tion at Bradford yesterday was secret, as all
the sessions of that body were when it was
meeting regularly. But with all the secrecy
it is intimated the designations of two men,
bers were rendered and accepted. These
two members recently sold their property to
the Standard. Two other members were
not present. They. too, have sold their
property to the monopoly. One member Of
the old Executive Board is dead. Therefore
less than half OF the old Executive Board
was left to meet the committee of "inde-
pendent producers to devise means for the
relief OF the trade.
There is much in this meeting that is in
structive. 1t calls to mind the great mis-
takes of the association of which this portion
OF the Executive Board is the remnant.
That association was organized in time of
depression like the present. Its constitu-
tion set forth its purpose to establish COM
petition in the transportation, marketing
and refining of petroleum. But false coun-
sells prevailed with it, and it went into an
unholy alliance with the monopoly itself
for immediate profit. 1t helped, all in its
power, to suppress the truth about Ohio oil.
Its chief members, including four of the
Executive Board, are now found in the en-
ploy of the Standard.
It may be hoped the present movement
will not be so easily misled from its purpose,
and, in the Light of experience, that wiser
counsel will prevail with it. 1t has much
harder road to travel than the old movement
would have had. II Pennsylvania oil is
now withdrawn from the Standard it has the
Ohio stock to fall back upon. If refneries
are started they must compete with that
cheap crude, while the Pennsylvania market
may be kited out of sight Yesterday s
market was an indication of how easily this
could be done But that still points out the
road. If the crude market is too high for a
producers refinery the crude will be high
enough for the producer. Competition is
the only salvation of the "outside" oil man.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-20

Convention is opposed to the elections bill;
therefore, the Alliance Convention is all
Democratic"
The attitude of the parties toward the
Alliance thus takes the curious shape of an
attempt of each side to charge the paternity
of the new organization on the other. The
Republican organs discover IN the conven-
tion a masquerade OF the Democratic agents,
while the Sun perceives in the same pro-
ceedings deep-laid but unsuccessful plot
to split the solid South up the back. The
case is thus shown to have been correctly
described by the witty Irishman who met a
stranger, and when both stopped under the
mutual impression that they were acquaint-
ances and had discovered their mistake, de-
clared: ''I thought it was you; and you
thought it was I; and be iabers, it was
nayther of usl"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-20
Rev. William Nassau Molesworth.

LONDON, Dec. 19.-Rev. William Nassau Moles-
worth. NJ. A., the well-known author, died to-
day. He was q son of the Rev. John Edward
Nassau Molesworth, ID. D., was born at Mill
brook, near Southampton, November 8, 1916. and
educated at the Kings School, Canterbury. and
at st. Johns and Pembroke Colleges, Cambridge,
graduating as a member of the latter, b. A. in
1899 and Nj. A. in 1872. Taking orders, he became
incumbent of st. Andrews, Manchester, in 1911,
and vicar of St. Clement Spotland, Rochdale. in
1874. Mr.. Molesworth's works are An Essay on
the Religious importance of Secular Instruc-
tion, ~ 1857: ssPlain Lectures on Astronomy"
England and France, ~ 1860, being prize essay
on the Importance OF a close ALLIANCE between
the two countries: IA History of the Reform Bill
of 1882, - 1864 second edition 1866 "a New Sys-
tenn of Moral Philosophy. - 1867: "Prize Essay on
Education, - 1867, and 1.-The History of England
Ernm the i ear 1890 ,, 3 vols. lS7l-,73.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-20
PERSONALS.

ERNEST RENAU, the French historian and
critic. lives in modest house that is almost
lost in the woods in Brittany.
MRS. BUTLER (Fanny Kemble) is living with
her daughter, Mrs. Leigh, in Surrey, England.
She is quite feeble, having completed her Slst
year last month.
AN important feature has been eliminated
from the Presidential problem since Mrs. Belva
Lockwood decided that she never again could
consent to be a candidate.
JAMES P. SCOTT, son of Thomas A. Scott.
late President of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
proposes, by way of experiment, to plant 1000
acres in rice near Kissimmee, Fla.
SENATOR WARREN, of Wyoming, is six feet
tall, and his form is as straight as a Rocky
Mountain pine. He is blonde, is rather good
looking. and talks and dresses well. He is 46
years old.
Mrs. ELIZABETH HoLLENBEcK, of Los
Angeles, Cal, widow of Joseph Hollenbeck,
has just decided in trust about S75O0OO worth of
property to found home for INDECENT women
and homeless children.
LADY WILDE, mother of Oscar Wilde, is
still remarkable for her beauty, brilliancy of
compensation and accomplishments. She speaks
half dozen languages, has cordial manners.
excellent sense and great social following
CARDINAL GIBBONS is very simple and me-
thodical in his habits. He rises at 6:30, says
mass at 7, breakfasts at s, takes walk at TO-
dimes at and spends the afternoon receiving
visitors. Supper is served to him at and by
10 he is in bed.
DR.. HELEN L. BELTS. of Boston, is the first
woman physician chosen to visit the laboratory
OF Prof. Koch, of Berlin, for the purpose of in
vestigating his discovery. She has been dele
gated by the Woman's Medical College of
Pennsylvania, of which she is a graduate.
ONE of the three daughters of John D.
Rockefeller, while student at Vassar, had a
handsome allowance in the way of money from
home. Instead of spending this on rich gowns
and apartments she paid for two years the
tuition and expenses of girl from the country
who was not able to pay them herself.
CHIEF GALL, who succeeds Sitting Bull as
head of the Sioux Nation, led the Indians in
the battle that brought defeat and death to
Custer. He is not only fond of fighting, but is
capable of handling a body of Indians success
fully when in the field, and has frequently ex-
hibited the qualities of generalship. He is,
moreover, an Indian of some honesty.
PRINCE CHUN. the Chinese Prime Minister,
appears to be recovering from his long illness.
The populace attribute it to the neglect of the
Emperor, when building a residence for his
father, to have the site cleared of evil spirits,
who accordingly torment the occupant. 1t is
reported among foreigners, however, that the
Prince is trying to break off the opium habit.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-20
FRENCH JUSTICE AND HYPNoTIsM,

French justice and general science were
deprived of a public exhibition of hypno-
tism yesterday that might have been in
jected an offer of the hypnotizers to demon
strate their theories in the open courtroom
in the Eyrand trial. to the great disappoint-
ment of some of the counsel and all of the
audience. Perhaps it is just as we'll. If
hypnotism is tricky, a trial would hardly
have been satisfactory unless one of the
judges had been selected as the subject of e1-
pertinent. And in case Judge had really
been hypnotized, he might have become a
troublesome factor in the further trial of the
case
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-20
THE TOPICAL TALKER.
Working the weather Oracle.

It HE little den at the top of the Hamilton
building where Mr.. Stewart and other
soothsayers in the Signal Service hang out is
busy place in these portentous times. The
weather Las been interesting to all of us since
Monday. but to everybody in the river business
it has overshadowed all the other affairs OF life.
So all day long and late into the night since the
snow began to fall steamboat captains, pilots,
coal men and representatives of all the river
interests have sailed up by elevator or pain
fully climbed the sixteen flights of stairs to In
terview the vicar of the weather clerk. Ers
On Wednesday afternoon when there seemed
to be good prospect of a sudden and general
thaw the anxiety of everyone concerned IN
water navigation was intense. 1t looked like
very high water then. There has been enough
freezing weather since to defer the prospects
of flood. But the Signal Service station will
be shrine for devout visitation by river men
for some time to come.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-20
ENToMBED ALIVE.
Horrible Case of Suspended Animation
Taken for Death.


Taken for Death.
DENVER, Dec. l9-Louis Brenner aged 35,
died here November 13 from over-indulgence
in malt liquors. and was buried December by
the Independent Order of Red Men. When
the body was placed in the hearse the horses,
used for that purpose for years. became unruly
and another team had to be procured. Then
one of the horses of a mourner, Henry Speck,
would not go. A runaway team crossed the
funeral procession on the way to the Riverside
Cemetery and collided with a buggy contain
ing two of the friends of the deceased. Arriv-
ing at the cemetery, the coffin was dropped
from the hearse by blundering attendants, to
the disgust of the mourners.
AS the coffin was being lowered into the
grave one of the ropes broke, and for moment
the people were Mortified by seeing the coffin
standing on end in the grave. According to
the burial services of the Red Men it is pro-
vided for the liberation of a dove from small
box placed on the coffin just as the first hand
ful OF dirt is thrown into the grave. With
feeling akin to superstitious terror, some of the
mourners saw the dove futter from it's cage
and al1ght at the very edge of the grave. 1t
would not take wings until frightened away by
the men who piled the dirt over the narrow
nome OF the supposed deceased. The more
superstltious began to ponder over the matter
and hnally decided to disinter the remains.
This work was done one week ago
last Sunday, and to their unspeakable horror
they discovered, as soon as the lid of the coffin
box was raised, that the coffin itself was split,
and the glass in the cover was broken, as if the
dead had come to life, and in the unutterable
agony of a realization of his position had
struggled with the mad desperation of hope
lessness and helplessness to free himself from
the very grasp of death whose horrors can be
but feebly imagined by the living.
Inc coffin lid was raised, and the full horror
burst upon them. The body was lying on its
face, the lining of the coffin had been torn to
shreds, the hair was pulled out of the head.
tne arms were bent and the hands so tightly
clincbed that the fnger-nails had been sunk
into the flesh. The face of the dead was dis
torted from the awful struggle through which
the man had passed, and the cheeks showed
That In his frenzy the man entombed alive had
dug his nails into his flesh.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-20
GENERAL TERRY AT REST.
A Funeral Marked by Quiet Simplicit
Takes Place at New Haven.

A Funeral Marked by Quiet Simplicity
Takes Place at New Haven.
NEW HAVEN, Dec. 19-The remains of
Major General Alfred Howe Terry were placed
in their last resting place this afternoon. At
o'clock services were held at the home OF the
deceased hero for members of the family only.
The remains were then transferred to the
United Church on the Green. Until o'clock
the public was allowed to gaze upon the face of
the deceased, and then public services were
begun. During the services minute guns were
fired and the bell In the City Hall tower tolled.
The members of the City Government were
gresent in 4 body, as were also the members of
Admiral Foote Post There were also present
large number of the Survivors of the Seventh
Connecticut Regiment, General Terry's old
command, and several of his staff officers. The
various bodies and organizations occupied the
body of the church, the galleries only being
open to the public.
After the exercises the remains were trans
ferred to the Grove Street Cemetery, where the
interment occurred. In accordance with the
wishes of the family, there was no military
pomp civic display connected with the pro-
cession. The bearers were eight sergeants
from the Second Regiment The honorary
bearers were ex-Governors Henry B. Harrison
and Charles B. Ingersoll, Lieutenant Governor
S. E. Mervin, Judge John G. Hollister, Francis
Wayland, Dean of the Yale Law School; Henry
A. Blake and Arthur D. Osborne.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-20
A CITY OE HOMES.

Very encouraging, indeed, is look into
the assessors books in this city, when they
show so large a percentage Of the popula-
tion owning their own homes. The building
records show a wonderful increase in the
number of dwellings in the city, and the
assessors report shows that the occupants are
the owners, in very large measure. There is
nothing leads to good citizenship more surely
than the ownership of the citizens home.
And nothing leads so strongly to good gov
ernment as such general ownership.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-20
evere penalties in case of further con-

very severe penalties in case of further con-
tumacv.
In view of this fact it seems hardly proba-
BILE that the Commission has made such an
admission as that attributed to it. 1t is the
fact. however, that this body has shown
signs of being infested by the widespread
idea that it is an awful thing to make
great corporation yield the same obedience
to law that is required of common people.
The best evidence of this representative fear
on the part Of the Commission, OF agitating
the great corporate interests, is that during
a long period of what it declares to be viola
ton of the law by the railroads, there has
not yet been single case in which it called
upon the courts to enforce its rulings.
When a body does not exercise the means of
enforcement given to it by the law the fault
is plainly, not in the law, but in the body
ITSELF
1t is foolish, under such circumstances. to
talk of the necessity of either repeating or
adding to the law. There should be a
decent attempt at enforcing its present pro-
visions before they are changed in either
Way.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-20
MANY MEN, MANY MINDS.
Discussion of Thoughts and Things by the
Press Gang.

Discussion of Thoughts and Things by the
Press Gang.
-New York World: If economy is wealth
the tariff is in fair way to force US all into
that way of making fortune.
Chicago Herald: Mr.. Gould thinks the
country is all right, and we shall doubtless hear
in day or two that he has bought it.
Detroit Journal: According to all accounts
which represent the late Sioux leader as med
icine man, not a warrior. he was misnamed.
"Sittiug Bully would have been better.
-Wdshfngton Star: What the people of this
country really need more than anything else is
plain. democratic dollar that will meet them
more than half way and be easy of approach
at all times.
Boston Herald: Notwithstanding the we'll
established principle that patronage hurts
more than it helps party, there are great
many anxious Democrats in these parts now
adays who are perfectly willing to run the risk.
-Philadelphi1 Inquire: 1t seems we had
all of Wednesdays excitement over tuppenny
gale that at no time reached velocity of 30
miles an hour. Even the wind doesn't seem
to be able to get up genuine rapid transit in
Philadelphia.
-New York Star: King Kalakaua is writing
articles on the labor question for San Fran
cisco newspaper. we naQ always supposed
that Kalakaua's knowledge of labor was con-
fined TO the work of handling poker chips and
shuffling cards.
-CleueIund Leader: Every citizen OF honest
instincts ami purposes will rejoice to have an
end put to gerrymandering of the Congression-
al districts. and the only way to effect this is
through federal law of uniform operation
throughout the whole country.
philadelphia Bulletin: Pittsburg's ex-
perjence with electric street cars on the over
head wire system goes to show that they are
not adapted TOR snowstorms The wires break,
their deadly currents are let loose, and, while
men and animals are in danger of being killed
by them, the car service stops juit at the time
when it is most needed. The cable car service
is better than that, and the horse cars are as
good.
philadelphia Press: 1t may be taken for
granted that the Democrats in the House will
continue the captious opposition which they
began yesterday to the bill designed to revive
the American merchant marine. No consider
alton of patriotism, nor OF the practical utility
of creating steamship lines to the countries
with which we are endeavoring to cultivate
commercial relations, seems to appeal to the
stubbornness of the men who are resolved that
the Government shall not aid in the restoration
of the national colors TO their place upon the
high seas