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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-26
NOT FORBIDDEN BY TREATY.

1t is stated that the consideration which
induced the administration to reject the
bid of a shipbuilding firm in Michigan,
for the construction of naval practice
ship, was the fear that the building Of such
a vessel on the lakes would be considered
an infraction of the treaty of 1917. That
convention confines the naval force on the
lakes to one vessel for each government. 1t
declares that it defines only 'the naval
force to be maintained on the American
lakes" and having limited both their numk
Der. tonnage and armament, winds up with
a general stipulation that no other vessels
shall be built or armed.
A scrupulous respect for such treaty is
certainly required of the United States.
The convention is an early example afforded
by two great nations of what can be done
in the way of disarmament and it is better
to err on the side of respecting such an
agreement than to run any risk OF seeming
to commit an infraction. But it is peril
nent to say that it is hard to see how any
reasonable construction of the treaty of
1917 can forbid the building OF vessels on
the lakes to be used in the United States
Navy on the high seas. The treaty limits
the naval force "to be maintained upon
the American lakes" and there is no inten-
tion of maintaining this vessel there. 1t
could not become part of the naval force
until it is armed, and it would not be armed
until it had left the lakes. As no vessel be-
comes part of the navy until it is turned
over by the contractors, it is hard to see why
the Government may not let the lowest
bidder construct the vessels where they can
do SO most economically, the vessel to be
delivered at the ocean ports. Certainly
common sense in the construction OF the
treaty of 1917 should not prevent the Gov
ernment from letting the contract to the
lowest bidder, if the bidder happens to be
located on the lakes, from which the vessel
will be removed long before it becomes an
active part of the navy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-26
1890.
A GLASS WIrH A HIsroRY.
Reuniou Of the War Class Of Old Jefferson
College.

Reunion Of the War Class of Old Jefferson
College.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH!
WASHINGTON, Pa, June 25-The Jefferson
College class of 1866 held reunion here to-day
to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their
graduation. The Rev. DR.. w. F. Brown, who
resides here, received and entertained the
"boys." They were driven over the town, re-
marking its growth and business improve
ments. but the old landmarks we're most inter-
esting. Fort Job. the old college and the
scenes OF boyish pranks of a quartar of Gen.
tury ago were of greater interest than all the
OIL and gas, and iron and coal
Inc CLASS and few invited friends were the
guests OF Or. Brown to dinner. After dlnner
ciass meeting was held in the old college chapel.
Wnere the visitors were received by the citizens
9i Cannonsburg. The class history was read by
u. brown. He had spared no pans to collect
tne Iacts, and presented them in brief and
Smi.ty form. A concise outline of each mans
aolngs IN college and experience since, was
gwen, and the dull details of date of birth and
early history omitted. This class was the first
graduated from the United College 1t was
therefore the connecting link between the
oiu two-college days and the United College.
IL was the War class" being matriculated in
,6l and graduated in '65. The whole class en-
listed in the militia, and were once or twice
ordered out for service and came very near
sh haring the honors of diving for the Union at
Gettysburg, but escaping that distinction, they
lived to fight another day."
Thirty-lOur men were graduated. Twenty
four are still living; ten have gone over to the
great majority. Among the best known names
on the roll of the class are the following: Rev:
David Gregg. d. D., of Boston; Judge John Ad
McIlvaine. of Washington; Rev. W. F. Brown,
d. D.; Rev. W. q. Williamson, D. D.; DIR.
Scott, the eve and ear specialist of Cleveland;
Ritchie of Portage, Wis.,; s. T. Nell, Esq, of
Warren, Pa; Thomas Mcconnell, ESQ., of
Plttsburg; DIR. Seyler, Henry y. Floyd, Esq.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-26
HOW PITTsBURGERs TAKE IT.

When the news that Delamater had been
nominated reached PittSburg yesterday
nearly every Republican and Democrat had
a decided opinion to express. Some of these
divergent deliverances are reported in The
DISPATCH elsewhere. A careful reader of
them will discover that the Democrats were
delighted to a man. Republicans had no
difficulty in concealing their joy, and
some of them were impelled by their CRATE
full feelings to invite Mr.. Delamater to visit
Schenley Park-presumably when the men,
agerie shall have been established there.
There was no mistaking the regret, however,
with which all Republicans regarded the
defeat o Pittsburg's candidate, Major Mon
tooth. HIS manly refusal to take any place
on the ticket, but the one he made an hon.
est, plueky fight for, won approval from all.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-26
R~The BUSINESS OFFICE of THE DIS
PATCH has been removed TO Corner OF
SmithheId and Diamond Streets.
a WEAK NOMINATION.

The political agony is over, and Dela-
mater gets the Republican nomination.
Of all the candidates before the convention
he was the ouly Objectionable one, and the
only one who was bitterly, and upon sub
stantial grounds, opposed both within and
without the party. But he had the grip
on the machinery; and be got there.
To carry the election is, however, quite
another matter. Hastings, Montooth or
Stone would have won easily. Delamater,
on the other hand, is handicapped from the
start by intense antagonism, partly on fac
tional, largely on public grounds; by open
predictions from prominent Republicans
that "any Democrat can beat him." and.
most serious OF all, by a record at Harris
burg which places him under the greatest
suspicion, il it does not absolutely prove,
that he was more distinguished there as a
useful an conspicuous agent of powerful
corporations than as valuable servant of
the public. The weightiest complaint in
illustration is that, in the interests of the
Standard Oil Company, he killed the Bill
Kingsley bill, which was intended for the
relief Of the oil producers.
So far the public have not been favored to
any extent with presentations of Mr.. Della
matters claims upon its support. Perhaps
these will come later. If so THE DIS
PATCH will be glad to give them, as it will
be gratifed also if he succeeds in showing,
against our expectations, that his past
career as legislator warrants the belief that
L ! IL n
Much of the bitterness which crops out in
such campaign as the Crawford county
man has been through, it may be well to
discount; but the truth as to Delamater's
qualifications must rest upon one side or
the other, and should be capable of ascer-
tainment The evidence and indications
so far are neither flattering to the candidate,
reassuring to the voter nor complimentary
to the convention which selected him.
As Delamater stands, he is a weak and
undesirable candidate. But the Republican
majority in Pennsylvania is so great that
even a weak and undesirable candidate may
be elected if the Democrats do not put up
one who is singularly strong and acceptable.
They have such a man in Pattison-a tried,
trusted and capable gentleman. Pattison
once before won over the Republican ma
jorlty. and gave excellent and fearless ser-
vice as Governor. The public will wait
with curious interest now to see whether he
is to run again. Ii so, it will be safe to
look out for the closest and most exciting
race so far seen in Pennsylvania politics.
As for the disa ppointment of the unsuc-
cessful candidates yesterday, it is unneces-
sary to dwell upon it. Major Montooth's
course in refusing the Lieutenant Governor
ship was the only one that he could take
after his stand for the Governorship alone.
Besides, such a combination would have
been of doubtful efficacy, geographically or
otherwise.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-26
FREE COINAGE Fits.

The House of Representatives made short
work of the Free Coinage Senate bill yester-
day. Disturbing laws of this dangerous
sort deserve such fate. Whatever some
Republicans may have felt tinclined to do with
the Senate measure when it first appeared in
the House, they appreciated the volume and
weight of the protest which rose from all
conservative quarters against free coinage,
and the bonanza kings fabric was torn
to tatters. The Senate may sulkily sew the
fragments together again, but the possibility
of free coinage has passed for the present.
The original House silver bill, which will
now become the subject of conference be-
tween the House and Senate, ought to pass.
Probably it will not. As we ventured to
predict when the Senate first concocted its
dish of silver legislation, there is good rea-
son to believe that no silver bill will be
added to the statutes this session. This is
unfortunate. The silver men are to blame.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-26
BABY's GOT A BEAD.

She amt nuthin' but a baby!
Twarn't but yistiday-I swow
1t don't seem so--since them blue eyes,
Jes' az blue ez they be now,
Fust looked up in her old dads here,
From her mothers bosom! Shol
'Tisn't true, now tain't In natur'-
That our baby's got beau.
Why, we've alluz called her Baby"
Me and mother. Teenty tot,
Land alive! She is the baby
Nv the big an bloomin' lott
T'others they'd growed up, an mostly
Lighted out, when one day, 10!
Thar she wuz in their old cradle
An now baby's got beau.
Why 'tain't no time since see her
Lay a-playin' with her toesl
Gals will grow up into wimmen-
Mines like all the rest, 'spose:
Mighty queer. tho, when hear her
Or still think hear her Grow
From her cradle at my COMM,
To think baby's got a beau!
kin see her gittin' bigger,
See her toddlin' at my side,
Jes' the cutest little critter,
Teasin' papa for "a ride.''
kin see her gittin' bigger
Can't help SEEM baby grow
But can't see how it's come ter
Ihis-that baby's got a beau!
Course wouldn't keen her single
When she really is growed up;
Mother IN me hev been too happy
I'm
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-26

statement from Chicago that the people
who sold out the stockyards of that city to
another British syndicate have already Sc
cured the land for new and more favorably
located stockyards, whose competition will
eliminate the monopoly which the English
men fondly supposed themselves to be ac-
quiring.
1t is to be regretted that our British
cousins are such predestined sheep for the
shearers; but as the swindles are almost en-
tlrely of Britannia promotion, this nation
cannot be charged with the responsibility
for them
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-26
FUNNY MEMS FANCIEs.

Truth may be stranger than fiction, but
as a rule it isn't half entertaining.-Boston
1rduetLer.
The Chinese carry their devils with them
wherever they go. They great imp-porters.-
TeIds Stfttn0s.
The devil doesn't care two straws for your
profession All that be is afraid Of Is your prac-
tice.-Nel0 York Pioneer.
Asking papa is court of appeal Love
at first sight and a runaway match Is q supreme
court.-Nel0 Orleans Piedysrns.
Olga-Can an Indian blush, dear? Jack
They don't have to. my sweet. They never 20 to
the seashore.-Bostonidn-
First Tramp-What day of the week is
it? Second Tramp-Sunday, 1 guess-everybody
is going in the back door of that saloon over
there.-Jury.
Mother (of spoiled child)-I am greatly
Obliged to you for bringing my little boy back.
organ Grinder-I fraida he teacha munk bada
tricks.-Nelo York Weekly.
Speaking about circular letters" o is
one.-WeSt Shore.
'Rastus-Wish cud get drink round
h'ar. I'm powerful thirsty. Jasper-wel, dars
sum fine wattah millions up de road. 'Rastus-
What OBJ dat? Oars no chance ter get one OBJ dem.
Jasper-No. dat's so; but IL 20 Jes look at dem
dey'll make your mouf wattah. boston Herald
As the mercury upward drew
To the century mark and silently asked;
.PhiIadelpAfa Times.
The true moral depravity OF betting on
horse races is seen by the man who backs the
wrong horse.-BaLtimore Amerfedn
II seems ouite natural that the threads of
conversation should sometimes produce 3 long
yaru.-Binqhamton Republican,.
Somebody who has so far eluded the
o,r+cbes of the police remarks that the present
doctrines of agnosticism are really only revival
of the old Know-Nothing movement.
The difference between mems and women's
r,rs IA nowhere shown so plainly as In trouble.
Where woman gives way to food OF tears, man
nroceeds to put up few strong dams.-1errs
Hdute Express
Lives of great men all remind Us,
Ii we'd reach their height sublime,
We must keep our names and doings
In the papers all the time.
'CWant some of my hair restorer, sir?'
asked the barber: ''best in the world.'' '.Oh,
I've something better-I've just got divorce
from my wife,"
1t is questionable II there is any ball in
the country at which larger diamond Ia seen
than at base ball.
Old Gentleman (from head of the stairs at
a late hour)-Clars, think you and that young
man have talked enough for one evening. Clara
ALI right, pa; we won't say another word.-Lfp-
pfnc0tt's Magazine.
Board wanted" said the chap who fell
overboard.-Nsw York Journal
Senator Jones is down on the gold dollar
because It's so small. He adds that people can't
well IT. II not seeing 1t Is any objection. it
applies with equal force 20 the twenty-dollsr
piece, 80 lar as some people are concerned.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-26
FINEST IN THE STATE.

The Dedication of the New Masonic Hall
Mt Canton n Grand Affair.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.I
CANTON, June pa. cloudless sky, 500 visit
ing knights, gaily bedecked buildings and
martial bands made the dedication of the new
Masonic Hall by the local lodge the grandest
affair in the history of Northern Ohio Ma
sonry. Early trains in the morning brought
with them visitors from every direction, until
by noon fully 5000 strangers were in the city.
Cleveland was represented by Oriental Com
mandery with 40 men and Holyard Command
cry with 80 men. Delegates were also present
from Cincinnati Pittsburg, Akron, Wooster,
Massllon, Salem, Kent, Mogadore and other
Northern Ohio towns. Following the dedica-
tion at the hall the Knights marched in body
to the tabernacle, where musical and literary
programme was given,
In the evening reception and banquet was
rendered the visiting Masons in the hall The
new temple is considered one of the finest IN
the State, and has just been completed at a
cost of many thousands of dollars.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-26
OUR MAIL POUCH.
Ozone and Epidemics.


To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Latest advices claim that yellow fever has
appeared in the Southern States. and with the
appearances of cholera in Spain it exhibits the
fact that ozone. which, with the cooperation
of oxygen to establish salubrious conditions
that maintain health, is deficient. Before
cholera becomes violent 1t is preceded by small
pox or yellow fever in some quarter OF the
globe distant from 1t. There are many who
really do not understand the expression of ozone
as a chemist really does. 1t simply implies pure
carbonic acid gas that is evolved after oxygen
purities II by acting on the impure gas, and when
purified 1t readily unites with it and constitutes
the healthiest condition of the atmosphere
known. 1t is sometimes limited in quantity,
and the result is an epidemic of either heat or
cold will arise. / most positively assert th at
any epidemic is OF animal origin, and could
write volume substantiating the fact. l will
say that in the event that cholera should ever
come to the United States, it will be as i'm
possible to quarantine it as it would be to
quarantine cyclone.
DR. q. B. DICKSON, Chemist.
PITTsBURG, June %
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-26
P0sTMAsTERg SALARIES RAISED.

Increased Compensation for Those Who
Manage Second Class Offices.
IFRoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON, June 25 The following
changes were made to-day in the salaries of
second class postmasters in Pennsylyania: AL
lenIown, from 81 700 to & 800; Belefonte, s. 100
to So 200; Bethlehem, $500 to S2,4OO; Butler.
s. 100 to 81 300; Carbondae. 81 800 to 81 OOO Car
Isle, 81 200 to 81 3OO Columbia, 81, 300 to So GOO:
Danville, $1,000 to s2,lOO; Easton, 81 e0o
to 500; F51n5iiR, E. 1na p, q 1920 S to $500;
$500 to $500; M.eaKSeeesport, $4,000 to 81 100;
s., 500; PGenixville, s1,9O0 TO s., 300; Sbamokin
S2.lO0 to 81, 200; Sharon 5000 to s.. 200; South
Bethlehem, 81 900 to 81 100; Towanda, 81 600 to
81 100; Tyrone 81 800 to 81 600; Uniont0wn, 81 90
to 81 100, Washington, 81, 300 to 81, 40O
In West Virginia, Huntington was increased
from $1,000 to $1,000, and Parkersburg from
81. 400 to 81. 500
In Eastern Ohio the following readjustments
were made: Mansfield was decreased from
81 800 to 81 700; Marietta $1,000 to s., ,3O0 Mas
sillon, 81 700 to s230O Salem, 81, 800 10 81 400;
Youngstown, s., 700 to s., 500.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-26
UTILIZING CARRIER PIGEONS.
Trained Birds TO be Placed on Sable Island
for Special service.

Trimmed Birds to be Placed on Sable Island
for Special service.
HALIFAX, N. s., June 25.-Mariners have
always looked upon Sable Island as one of the
most dangerous points of the coast, and many
of the most serious shipwrecks have occurred
in the vicinity of that island. One of the prin-
cipal disadvantages under which seamen ship
wrecked at this place labor is that they have no
means of communicating with the mainland
except by steamer or sailing vessel and, as has
frequently been the case that they have been
stranded on the island for weeks without being
able to inform the world of their condition. 1t
has been decided to import carrier pigeons
from Belgium, trained especially for tins serv-
ice. The birds are expected to arrive shortly
Quarters for their reception are now being pre-
pared in the marine and fisheries wharf. There
will be two compartments one for active birds
and the other for breeding purposes.
Some OF the pigeons, after having become
accustomed to their quarters In Halifax will
be taken TO Sable Island, and when a disaster
occurs one will be set at liberty with message
attached to it. The pigeons to be used in this
service are very rapid birds, and will require
but short time to bring messages from that
point to this city.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-26
Thunder and Milk.

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
Will you please inform me what effect thun-
der has on milk in spelling 1t, IL any, or what
eau es it to sour during a thunder storm?
PITTsBURG, June "a. II. l..
lit is wrong impression that thunder has
the effect OF turning milk sour. This phe-
nomenon is traceable to the fact that the light
ming spark in passing through the air converts
part Of the atmospheric oxygen into ozone,
which is higher form of oxygen and has very
high oxldizing properties The coming in con-
tact of the ozone with the milk is the cause of
the souring or curdIing of the latter. Thunder
is the usual accompaniment of lightning, and
is therefore popularity bel ieved to be the cause
of this effect.1
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-26
A College Surprise.

To the Editor Of The Dispatch:
noticed few days ago an article in your
paper purporting to be from Tifin, headed
"Heidelburgh University" and announcing
the resignation of DR.. Willard, President of
the college. This will be strange news to the
members of the Reformed Church, as there
has not been the slightest Intimation of these
changes in the church papers, DR.. Willard
has been President of Heideburgh College for
% years, and it is to his self-denial and untir-
ing energy the present hattering condition of
the college Is due The church papers, knowing
nothing of this new order of things, your corre-
are interested IN Heidelburgh College.
OAKLAND, June 25. INQUIRER.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-26

FRENCH experiments have demonstrated
that the galvanic current will kill microbes.
An attempt has been made in this country to
demonstrate that it will kill criminals; but
corporate interests have so far prevented it
from killing anything but honest workingmen
on the streets.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-26

SENATOR PLUMB's declaration in the
Senate that ''the surplus of which SO much was
heard year ago has vanished like snowbank
under the rays of summer sum-" and that
"the expenditures of the Government are going
to overrun the revenue" should set the Re-
publican leaders to thinking. A party which
only requires a year to wipe out surplus of
$40. .0O0, 900 is not going to have very strong
record to command popular support.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-26

BRAZIL has adopted a new constitution
1t was signed by the present Government at
ministerial dinner. The formality of having it
framed by a representative assembly or sub
mitted to a vote of the people does not appear
to have been considered necessary by the
rulers of that alleged Republic.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-26
PITTsBURG. THURSDAY. JUNE 28, 1880.
THE DISPATCH FOR THE SUMMER

Persons leaving the City for the summer can
hare THE DISPATCH forwarded by earliest
mail to any address at the rate Of 30 cents per
month, or Sc 50 for three months, Sunday edf
tioa included Daily edition only, zoe per
month, Sc for three months. The address may
be changed as desired, II care be taken in all
cases to mention both old and ne,0 address.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-26

THE horse race at Sheepshead Bay yester-
day showed Salvador, the winner of the
Suburban, to be a grand animal. Salvador
again beat his rival, Tenny, and lowered the
record for a mile and a quarter from 2:O6L to
2O5 Salvador did his own running, too; equine
candidates cannot depend upon boss to pull
them through.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-26

The policy of proft-sharing has had a
test at the Bourne Mills In Fall
River during the past twelve months. Al
though the print cloth market has not been In
the best condition, the result of the economic
experiment is stated in the report of the presi-
dent of the company to be "the beginning of
the solution of the labor problem" Certainly
the closer union of interest on behalf of en-
ployer and employed ought to remove great
share of the friction of wages disputes.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-26
A CENTENARIAN BACHELOR.
Henry Buchmeyer, 100 Years Old, and Uu-
able To sDenk English.

CINCINNATI. June 25-Henry Buchmeyer
celebrated his one hundredth birthday at the
Little Sisters Of the Poor. on the Montgomery
road, yesterday. He sat at the head of a long
table in the dining room. clad in white vest
white necktie and dark pantaloons. his feet in
cased in cloth slippers, and drank glass of
sherry and partook of the frosted cake which
the Sisters had baked expressly for him. On
the cake was his name and the date of his
birth, June "a. 1880. Thirteen years ago he
walked from Baltimore to st. Louis, and then
rerched this city on his way back. As he came
down the boardwalk that leads from Gilbert
avenue to the gate of the institution he fell
almost at the very gates from sheer exhaustion.
The good Sisters took him in, and though he
said in a few weeks he would resume his jour
ney yet l3 years have come and gone and
Henry is regarded as one of the fixtures of
the institution, Yesterday he sat up with great
dignity wearing cloth skull cap which the
Sisters had made him. and a wreath of green
artificial flowers.
Henry is an old bachelor, and has no relatives
in the world. He is able to walk about, though
bent nearly double, He was so years old when
he came to America. landing in Baltimore, and
has never learned the English language.