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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-24
A JUDICIAL APPoINTMENT.

The President has found a peculiar way
of getting out of the dilemma which was
presented by the apparent choice between
Iaw-partner Miller and his hated rival
Gresham. He has cut the Gordian knot by
appointing Brown, of Michigan, to the Su-
preme Bench of the United States.
While the President escapes the horns of
one dilemma by this step, it is not certain
that he has not impaled himself on one OF
the sharp points afforded by another. In the
absence of this especial Brown from any of
the lists of prominent men within our reach,
and even under the temporarily distressing
doubt whether the new Justice belongs to
the great Brown family, or to the more Sc
lect race of Browne, there is a grave ques-
tion whether the President has not commit
ted discrimination which will ALLEVIATE the
great family OF Smiths. At the present
writing we know no reason why Brown, of
Michigan, should have received prefer
ment over Smith, of Illinois or Wisconsin.
The early information concerning the new
occupant of the Supreme Bench states his
qualifications for that eminent position to
consist of the fact that he has had large
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-24
TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.
PITTsBURG. WEDNESDAY, DEC. "a, 1890.
THE HOLIDAY BUYING.

The leading thought in the mind of the
average man and woman just at present is
Christmas shopping. The better half Of the
world gives more time and thought to the
actual work of holiday purchases than the
masculine element; but both have been
crowding the stores and burdenIng the mails
and express companies for the last two or
three days with the results of their shopping
and the concrete expressions of their good
will and wishes for the enjoyment Of their
friends which is appropriate to the season.
The holiday trade is always to be taken as
a measure of the prosperity of the masses.
Ia that light the Christmas business of this
year is gratifying, not only as promising
merry Christmas FOR the vast majority, but
as proof that the people at large are in a
prosperous condition with an unusual
supply Of money for the kindly expendi-
lures of the season. The crowds that
have filed the stores from morning till the
late hours when the larger houses suspend,
have been greater than ever before
so far as observed surpass previous expert
euce. One of the leading retail houses of
the city reported on Monday night that its
days trade was the largest it had ever had;
and other firms could doubtless duplicate
the statement. Whether Tuesdays and
Wednesdays trade will exceed that of
Monday or not, it is beyond question that
this seasons Christmas shopping will be in
excess of anything that our city has known
heretofore.
This is the legitimate result of the growth
and prosperity of the city. Pittsburg has
now enjoved long period of steady activity,
in which labor has had plenty of employ
ment and good wages. Beyond that the
actual increase of population contributes to
swell the number of purchasers and amount
of buying. The fact that the holiday trade
is the largest OF our cIty's experience fur
nishes at once the measure and proof of the
gratifying fact that the people at large are
enjoying the highest prosperity; that what
ever may be the condition of money in the
banks there is plenty in the hands of the
people; and that all the factors age present
which will maxi tomorrow a merrv Christ
mas for the mass Of our people.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-24
INTERESTING PERSONALITIES.

FRANCIS IL, the King of Naples, whom
Garibaldi overthrow, is living in exile in Paris.
MRS. JEFFERSON DAVIS and her daughter
Winnie are in New York stopping at the New
York Hotel.
MRS. BLAINE is the tallest of the ladies of
the cabinet and Mrs Noble the shortest the
latter being only five feet in height.
Mrs. JOHN DREW has been on the stage 63
years, having made her first appearance in 1927
as the little Duke of York; in Richard Ill"
The condition of P. T. Barnum is much i'm
proved, and his friends are beginning to be
more hopeful. He rests more easier and takes
considerable food.
VICE PRESIDENT BRYAN, of the Local
Worlds Fair Association of Chicago, an
nounces that he will accept only $1,000 of the
salary of Sl2, 900 that was voted him.
WHITTIER is fond of pets. He has three
handsome dogs, two cats and three horses.
When the poet goes abroad in pleasant weather
young ST. Bernard dog is his constant COM
panion.
ELLEN TERRY's son is a handsome young
fellow of 20, who wears spectacles and has hair
that looks like his mothers He plays the part
of a younger brother to his mother in Ravens
WOOD" and is said to play it well.
GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND and wife cele-
Drated tnelr silver wedding az Lnelr seat VI
Gapland, South Mountain, Nd, !, 100 feet alb ,-e
mankind, last Sunday, both guiltles. of gray
hairs and with several grandchild. .e1.
GENERAL JOE SHELBY, the confederate
cavalry leade:. appeared in st. Louis the 9th ,:
ay and scorea of his old comrades in arm.
f1ocked to his hotel to greet him. He is en-
tirely out of politics and is living quietly on his
farm, reappearing but rarely in the cities.
SENATOR STE wART. of Nevada. who refuses
to swallow Senator Hoar's force bill argu-
ments, is marie to the daughter of the famous
Senator Foots, of Mississippi. so promineni in
Congressional debates before the war. Mr..
Stewart can talk long and to the point when he
gets warmed ur.
BARON NoRDENsKJoLD, the Swedish ex-
plorer and a recognized authority on Green
land, has written a. letter to Prof. Horsford,
of Cambridge. in which he expresses full ac-
cord with his views that the Norsemen fire.
quently and numerously visited the American
continent and formed an element in the race
mixture here.
PAUL HAMILTON WEIGH, son of the late
Phillip H. Welch, the humorist. has just re-
covered from dangerous attack Of typhoid
fever. Paul is the eldest of the four children
in whose behalf 1.-THE Welch Memorial Fund"
of about S26. 900 was raised. as a tribute to the
remarkable heroisn displayed by their father
during the lingering and painful illness which
ended in his death February "a, 1889.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-24
REAR COLUMN REDTvIvUs,

Publication of the Jameson diary, to-
gether with the passionate preface by the
dead mans brother. is calculated to reopen
the rear column controversy with more vim
dictiveness than ever. The younger Jane
son makes broad charges against Stanley
and Bonny, and defends his brothers. honor
with vigor. OF course, Stanley and Bonny
will reply and Ward may join in again. 1t
has been given out pretty strongly that
Stanley would take the matter into the
courts, where it can be sifted to the bottom.
This course is advisable. 1t is the only way
an end can be put to the wrangle which
the world is becoming weary of.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-24
WHAT WE TALK ABOUT.
Editorial Opinions on a Variety of Interest
ing Subjects.

Editorial Opinions on a Variety of Interest
ing Subjects.
Ne,o York Herald: If that force bill
doesn't 60 through the Senate Grandpa Hoar
will pray for the legs of centipede with which
10 get away from Washington.
Phttadetphid Z. esY: The Republican party
holds, and has held, the Eastern States
by IT'S sound financial policy. 1t cannot afford
to weaken its hold on the great trading. manu-
featuring and business States of the East by
any financial vagaries.
Netp York Star: The exodus of members
of Congress from Washington for the Christmas
holidays will prevent mischief in either House
by leaving less than quorum present. As for
the chance of any good beng done, quorum or
no quorum, that is not worth considering.
Ne,D York Times: What the world has
principally to be thankful for in the outcome
of the "Affaire Gouffe," is that the theory Of
hypnotic influence was not admitted by the
court to be a legitimate defense. and that no
precedent for such a defense in murder trials
was established.
Boston Globe: Who does not envy the trust
ing nature of the child who is still young and
unsxeptical enough to believe in the man on
the roof? The man or woman who has never
known the childish confidence in the coming of
the good Saint Nicholas down the chimney is
sincerely to be pitied.
Philadelphia Record: 1t would be a start
ling revolution in medical Jurisprudence if,
with the convenient plea of hypnotism, crimi-
nails Ii the Bompard should be permitted to
escape from their responsibility for crime.
Once recognized, this plea would become much
more frequent and familiar than the plea of
emotional insanity, which has enabled SO many
offenders to evade punishment
Philadelphia Iimss: Tho advantages Of a
perfectly secret ballot and an absolutely open
count cannot be too strongly impressed upon
the public mind. If free government is to
endure in this country every citizen must be
given the opportunity to vote as his'conscience
and Judgment direct without the fear Of man
or corporation before his eyes and be assured
that his vote will be counted as 1t is cast.
Philadelphia North american: The specta-
Gle of the single men in the coke regions hasten
ing TO get married because married men take
precedence in obtaining work is a decidedly
upioue one. 1t certainly puts matrimony on a
matter-or-fact business basis. and as novel
piece of strategy deserves 10 succeed. But un-
fortunately the old arred men will still have
first chance, for the reason that they probably
have large families dependent upon them. and
this fact presents a new complication which
the young couples will find difficulty In solving
all at once.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-24
KoCH,s LYMPH.
1t is Giving Satisfactory Results In Every
Case in Philadelphia.


PHILADELPHIA, Dec 23.-Interest In the
progress of the patients now undergoing the
Koch lymph treatment i'll this city increases as
time goes BY, and favorable results seem to be
approaching.
As closely as can be ascertained, there are,
including the patients at the University and
Jefferson Hospitals and those in the private re-
treat of physician. IS patients now being
treated with the famous enemy OF tuberculosis.
Yesterdays reports of them all are very favor
able. Particular interest attaches to the prog
ress made by the patient In the Jefferson Hos
pital. young man from Laramie. Wyo. He Is
afflicted with Incipient consumption and tu-
berculosis of the throat, and was considered
most favorable subject for treatment. On the
11th he received his first injection. and one on
the following day. Sunday the third was ad-
m1nistered, and his condition yesterday was
most favorable.
The patient himself is very enthusiastic and
frequently gives expression to his feeling that
ne VIII recover. Yesterday the temperature
was nearly normal-about SO. The reaction
after the injection of Sunday was very slight
and according to the Koch theory the slighter
the reaction the nearer the patient approaches
azure. DR.. William. NJ. Angney is the admin
lstrator OF the lymph and the patient is also
under charge of DR.. Bennett and DIR. Hearn,
the resident at Jefferson. The hospital physi-
clans are anxiously awaiting the arrival of a
new supply of the lymph. The patient may
be re-inoculated on Friday If his condition
improves as the symptoms are now directed.
DIR. Edward Martin. of the University stan,
said that there were eight patients inoculated
yesterday at that institution. Six were medi-
cal cases and two surgical. All the medical
and one of the surgical had been previously
subjected to the treatment, ana all the patients
are progressing tavorably. 1--WE shall inocu-
late as many as we have room for and as many
as we can Systematically observe" said DR..
Martin. 1T requires the closest attention and
m nF nxrNr fraa TlrNf1
patients. We have IA patients under treatment
now, and they all promise favorably."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-24
A FUNNY ARGUMENT.

Seals in the Light of Domesticated Sea-
faring Animals:
Philadelphia Record, Dem.]
The most ingenious argument in defense Of
the claim thar the seals which swim in and out
of Behring Sea are the exclusive property of
the trading company to which the. United
States Government has given monopoly over
them is that they are not wild animals, but that
they have become domestioated in their fire.
quent visits to the Pribyloff Islands On this
ground it is asserted that the seals have be-
come the private property of the Alaska
monopoly, and that the Government of the
United States is bound to protect the monopoly
against intruders in any part of Behring Sea-
without regard to the question of exclusive
jurisdiction over that water.
According to this beautiful theory. the seals
have domesticated themselves; and, although
the Alaska monopoly has not had the slightest
share in the process, it claims to be entitled to
all the legal and financial benefits of this con-
siderate act on the part of animals that have
hitherto been regarded as wild when swimming
in the ocean.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-24
RECEIVER WANTED.
The Standard Oil Syndicate Showing Its
Control of New England Roads.

NEW HAVEN, Dec. 23.-The majority of
stockholders in the Shepang. Litchfield and
Northern Railroad, headed by j. A. Bostwlck.
petitioned the Supreme Court, in Bridgeport,
Saturday, that the road be placed in the hands
OF receiver.
1t is charged that the road has not been con-
Quoted in business manner and that IN New
1ork courts two cases were lost by default. 1t
Is believed that President George A. Chapman
and majority of the directors are in favor of
construction syndicate. At a meeting held
by the directors December II ex-senator Edwin
Mcneil was removed from the Board of Di-
rectors and Lawyer Valentine. of New York,
was appointed in his place. DR.. Buell., of Litch-
field, was removed from the Executive Com
mittee and Mr.. Valentine was substituted for
him. President Chapman's clerk, w. ID.
Brown, was made auditor of bills. The resig-
Eatton of Superintendent Alexander Mcneil
was asked for, and will take effect at the end of
the present year. Measures were also begun
for a change in the bylaws SO as to remove the
offices of the company and directors to New
York.
The last annual report of the Railroad Com
missioners showed that controlling interest in
the stock was purchased from Connecticut own
ers by New York syndicate that has made
surveys for an extension of the road from
Hawleyville TO connection with the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad at
Saugatuck. According to the report the gross
earnings of the road last year were diminished
S2,69l az. the operating expenses were dimin-
ished Sl0,I ,If7 SO, and the net earnings were in
creased SS,O5b 16 over the preceding year.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-24
A Rosy View of the Holiday Rush.

stVoU hear a good deal about the tired sales
women in the stores in the holiday rush."
said one of them yesterday. land suppose we
do deserve all the sympathy we get-and 1t
does US so much good. But it is mistake that
the holiday season is altogether punishment,
or that we regard it with dread. The fact Is
that look forward TO the excitement of the
Christmas trade. and I think the most of us do
to- as relief from the monotony of work be-
hind the counter. Of course when the rush
comes and we have to work like sixty we find
that the excitement tells upon US, but while
1 am at work enjoy the crowd of customers,
the incessant movement and the general dis
turbance of all the rules and regulations of the
store. When get home in the evening 1 con-
fess 1 am all tired out-as we all are. The
point remains and it is not generally noticed
that we do get some amusement out of the
holiday rush."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-24
THE CLoTuRE AGAIN.

Another threat to apply the cloture has
been made in the Senate. This time it may
mean something. But it is probable it will
end in threat as it began. 1t is desired, of
course, by the friends of the elections bill to
bring that measure to a vote. The question
is only whether they have the power to do it.
On the Republican. side there are so many
opponents to the bill that its failure is
almost certain when it does come to vote,
and it is doubtful if any of these Repub-
Iicans will help Mr.. Aldrich to apply the
cloture. The move is In the nature of big
"boo" to scare off the Democratic speech
making.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-24
MORE RAILROADS FOR P1TrsR17RG

Unless all signs fail, Pittsburg will have
greatly increased railroad facilities before
Chrstmastide next year. News from Balti-
more indicates that arrangements have been
completed for a Pennsylvania Railroad
connection with West Virginia and Vir-
ginia, using the West Virginia Central as
connecting link. This road would make
tributary to this city a region rich in unde-
veloped and partially developed resources.
At the same time the Baltimore and Ohio
will provide direct line into West VIr-
ginia, by building a connection from
Brownsville to Morgantown. This line will
penetrate part of the same region as that
aimed at by the Pennsylvania system. 1t is
certain that if one of these roads is built the
other must be, and both have been very
active of late.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-24
Home From College,

The college boys are all home, and they are
as welcome and indispensable at Christmas
time as the flowers that bloom in the spring
will be later on. A powerful contingent of the
young brains and Drawn Of Pittsburg they are.
too. The number of college men in Pittsburg
is increasing all the time, and that Is generally
realized, but the rapidity of the growth of the
college-educated phalanx is not. A little while
ago Pittsburger had occasion to make
diligent search for all the sons of the State of
Allegheny who were absent at college, and he
showed me the results of this census 1t re-
vealed some astonishing figures, showing that
several hundred young men are at Princeton,
Yale, Harvard, Amherst and q dozen other
colleges within and beyond the borders Of the
State.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-24
THE INDIAN SITUATION
Is Materially simplified by Recent Move
ments Among the Reds.

Is Materially simplified by Recent Move
ments Among the Reds.
New York Times.l
The capture of all or most of the followers
of Sitting Bull, including Big Foot's band, ma
rerially simplifies the problem of dealing with
the Indian troubles. These troubles are not
over, as the large number of malcuntents still
out must show. Indeed. were spring at hand,
instead of the dead of winter, the outlook
would be far more serious And even now,
with the cattle and hay Of isolated ranches to
plunder, campaigning is not impossible for the
hostiles.
But that judcious policy which has sought,
before making general movement against the
Bad Lands, to draw back as many as possible of
the Indians who left the agencies is bearing
good fruit. The first great success of that sort
was procuring the return Of Two Strike with a
large part of the hostiles, and now the capture
of Big Foot follows. The wind-up of the affair
will probably consist in a combined movement
from all sides to surround those Indians who
reject all overtures and persistently stay out.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-24
INCENDIARY FIRES.
Railroad Officials Think it is Someone
Seeking Revenge.

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-Another suspicious
fire destroyed some valuable property of the
Long Island Railroad Company yesterday. 1t
occurred at the Great Neck terminus Of the
Moth Shore branch line. and the suspicion has
been aroused that incendiaries are at work.
At 1:30 o'clock yesterday morning the fire was
discovered in the freight house, which is a SUBJ
stantlal wooden structure two stories in height,
standing on 4 platform on the north side OF
the track
The night telegraph operator hastily aroused
Station Master Thursby. and the railroad men
soon awoke the villagers by sounding loco
motive whistle. There was no fire engine in
the town, and the crowd of employees and citi-
zens were compelled to confine their efforts to
saving as much as possible of the goods stored
in the burning building. The fire consumed
the entire structure and platform and large
portion of the valuable freight, and the loss
will be heavy.
On Saturday morning the locomotive engine
house at Whitestone Landing was also set on
fire in mysterious manner and destroyed.
The Long Island Railroad officials fear that
somebody who has grudge against the COM
pany is seeking revenge by applying the match
to structures along the line. An investigation
will be made.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-24
The President in the Right.

Savannah, Ca. News, Dem.l
The President. however. wants something
more. He wants assurance that the S5,O000 900
subscribed by citizens of Chicago will be paid.
According to our dispatches yesterday he has
refused to do anything toward advancing the
fair until all the financial aid promised by Chi
cago is in sight He does not intend that the
fair shall be failure fer want of money to
carry 1t Oh, and he is right.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-24

be objected to in its future application. But
the evident inference that we have been at the
point where it was not necessary to be careful
about incurring unnecessary obligations, seems
to be one which, if it was ever entertained by
our Congressional leaders, ought to have been
thoroughly cured by the recent elections.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-24
Not the Major.

Soon after the news of Lawyer Browns nomi-
nation to the Supreme Bench reached
Pittsburg yesterday afternoon 1 met Detroit
man, ana of course asked him if he knew his
illustrfous fellow-citizen.
Brown? Brown, did you say?" pondered the
Detroiter "a lawyer is her Brown? 1 do
know lawyer of that name but he lives in
Pittsburg-Major Brown they call him, 1 be-
lieve."
What is the matter with Brown, of Detroit,
that he should have hidden his light under a
bushel so effectivelyf
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-24
THE action of the State Grange in ad

THE action of the State Grange in advo-
eating the doubling of the State appropriation
for common school purposes, is referred TO by
the Philadelphia Times as an example of the
facility with which too many tax measures"
are produced. 1t is true that State in the
happy position of being ready to wipe out its
debt two years hence. is likely to observe a re-
markable facility in the production of new
methods for spending its revenue. 1t will be
hard, however. to find one that is likely to yield
better results than this one. There is no
sounder investment for the public funds than
to put them into the increase of popular intelli-
genca-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-24
BEDFoRDs WEDDING BELLS.
Charles C. Reamer and Miss Jessie NJ. Horne
Married.

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCH.1
BEDFORD, Dec. 23.-A fashionable wedding
was celebrated this afternoon in the Methodist
Episcopal Church, in which Miss Jessie Muir
ray Horne and Charles Comjugham Reamer
were the contracting parties, the ceremony
being performed BY Rev. NJ. l.. Smyser. The
ushers were ". L. McGirr, editor of the
Gazette, and Oscar D. Doty, assistant cashier
of the First National Bank. The maids of
honor were Misses Nsttie and Florence Horne,
sisters of the bride.
The bridal party entered the church, which
was beautifully decorated, to the sweet strains
of the wedding march taken from Lohengrin.
The bride was attired in dark blue travelling
suit as were also the maids of honor. The
party left this evening for an extensive trip
through the West. Among those from dis
tance were Miss Sutton, of Urbana, o.; j. ].
Hetzel and daughter. of Cumberland, Md, and
j. Hessel, of Champaign, Ill.