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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-18
GETTING ABOVE PART1sANsH1P.

Two measures just introduced in the
House OF Representatives foreshadow the
assertion of control by Congress of the cleo
One is the bill of Mr.. Lodge to establish the
Australian ballot system in Congressional
elections; the other is the measure intro
duced yesterday by Mr.. Kelley, of Kansas,
providing for the apportionment of Congress
sional districts by Congress after the next
census.
These bills deserve more attention because
they rise, to certain degree, above the mass
of election measures, which are simply in
tended to gouge the opposing party. Per-
haps this should be qualified in the case Of
Mr.. Kelley's measure, for, if it is the inten-
tion that the redistrichng shall be done by
the present Congress, his bill would be as
much of a partisan measure as any of its
predecessors. But Mr.. Lodges bill GER
sainly rises above the level of partisanship
to the plane of proposing the Federal con-
troll of elections, in order to secure free,
honest and uniform methods in the express
sion of the will of the people.
When the question is thus removed above
the strife for partisan advantage it is worthy
of serious consideration. Would it not be
wise, as Mr.. Lodge proposes, to have
Congress enact the rules to secure an honest
and unswayed ballot throughout the entire
nation Would it not be worth while to
secure the meat of the other proposition,
namely, that national legislation shall pre-
scribe the rules for Congressional appor-
tionment so as to put an end to the indef-
mite alteration of gerrymanders? That this
would be secured ii Congress should do the
redistricting is not likely; but that it might
be done by legislation for redistricting by a
non-partisan body is quite possible.
If our Legislators can stop the attempts
at party gouging long enough to give at
tention to legislation like this, on broad
national basis it will be better for the
country and better for them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-18
THE DIAMOND STREET AWARD.

The award of the Board of Viewers placing
the damages for the opening of Diamond
street at S473, 900, and assessing the benefits
for the improvement at the same amount,
gives a tolerably good indication of the cost
of the widening. AS by far the greater por-
tion of the cost will be in the condemnation
of property, the aggregate expense by this
estimate can be figured in the neighborhood
of half million dollars.
The award inevitably gives rise to many
complaints, and some of them will undoubt-
edly result in bringing the matter to the
courts. While it seems remarkable at first
sight that some properties should be as
sessed to pay considerable sums above their
damages, for as the owners put it, "the
privilege of tearing down our buildings and
moving away" it will probably be found on
examination that the Board has acted on
well-de6ned and equitable principles in
reaching this result. The character of the
property destroyed by the widening, the
usefulness of what is left, and the depth of
lots as they will be after the Improvement
is made, are all factors which will probably
be shown to have produced the awards pub
lished yesterday.
The time set by the Board for the vaca-
tion of the property is two years hence. In
the interim it may be taken for granted
that the legal questions arising out of the
whole matter will be fully fought out and
decided
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-18
PEsTH'S GREAT EDITOR.

One would hardly look for enterprise in a
Hungarian newspaper, but it is the editor
of Pesth cotemporary who announces tina;
notices of betrothals, marriages and births
will be inserted free if the parties interested
will agree to buy the garments, ETC., re-
quired in each case of tradesmen advertising
in his columns. This is a liberal offer, and
it ought to increase the circulation and ad
vertising patronage of our esteemed Hun
garian cotemporary. We cannot help think
ing that the editor who is now molding pub
lie opinion and aiding the storekeepers to
reach his readers in Pesth, graduated from
some American newspaper office. If his train
ing and talent are local he ought to transfer
himself to this country at once, where he
will be highly appreciated.
The business Office of the Pesthian paper
must present romantic spectacle at times.
When the blushing maiden and her bashful
lover, for instance, sidle up to the counter
and register their betrothal and their in
tention to buy the engagement ring at
some unpronounceable jewelers., and the
new bonnet for Sunday at another store,
and a pair of bright spring trousers at
What's-his-name's splendid clothing en-
porium,-at such a juncture, we should
say, the advertising clerks position would
be truly enviable. Then as the story went
on, and the wedding notice, with the con-
Eequent purchase of gowns and wells, and
silk hats and gloves, and the golden ring,
came under consideration, and at a suit
ably later date the proud father ac-
knowledgei the arrival of little visitor.
and the need for things too numerous to
mention, how delightful the familiar footing
of reader and newspaper publisher! The
editor doubtless included the sympathy thus
set up between the paper and the public in
his calculations.
1t is noticeable that the editor does not ex-
tend the privilege Of free notice to readers
who have the i'll grace to die, not even if they
promise to deal with the undertakers who
advertise. This is a shrewd distinction.
he is determined that only pleasant events
shall bring him and his readers into close
acquaintance. When readers 60 to land
where the newspapers even of Pesth do not
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-18
ENJTIN' LIFE.

Thar,s some folks have idee this life can't be
enjyed
Unless ye have q million and famous name be-
side.
They say thar's no accountin, for tastes are often
queer,
But l. somehow or uther, eniye jest bein' here.
When cherry trees are bloomin' take my hat and
cane
And cross the Deacon meadow and saunter down
the lane;
The birds are all a s1ngin', and when the breezes
The blossoms fall around me- jest like the winters
snow.
The mornin' wind is bracin' and seems to do me
good
30 fragrant like and spicy, when blowin' from the
wood.
Oft In the summer even's sit down by the mill
And listen to the plinkin OF bsnjos on the hill:
And If 1 get to noddin' I'm wakened from my
trance
By faint notes of fiddle or echoes of dance.
Then in the winter even's we gather round the
fire
Thar's me and Jones and Oakley, the Deacon and
the Squire.
And each one tells his story Of how he's lived his
day
While sleighs with bells ringin' sonnd near and
far away.
NOW, these are my enjyments, and perhaps ye
think I'm queer,
But somehow or uther enjye jest bein' here.
HARTLEY KNOWLES.
PIrTsBuRG, March ".
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-18
THE MASSACHUSETTS MOVEMENT.

The petition of the Massachusetts manu-
facturers for free raw material, presented to
the House Committee yesterday, was a
rather remarkable development of the tariff
controversy. The petitioners were almost en-
tirelY Of the protectionist school; yet
they appear before Congress urging a
measure which would reduce into practice,
the theories, at least, of the tariff reform
movement which the protectionists have
been fighting for three years. The objection
to their proposition on the part of the pro-
lection system is the very plain one that if
We abandon protection on one department of
industry, we make a break In the system
which must lead to the ultimate abandon
ment of all. So far as Pittsburg and
Western Pennsylvania are concerned the
reductions urged are not vital. Pittsburg
consumes far more of the raw materials on
which the reduction is asked than she
produces; and if those materials should be
cheapened by the abolition of the tariff, our
industries would get their share of the ad-
vantages from it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-18
TIE cnnNTRY,S NEED.

The movement for the Improvement of
country roads meets with an opponent in the
New York Press, which journal takes the
ground that country roads are of no use
save for neighborhood travel and that they
serve that purpose we'll enough as they are.
But that is exactly where the esteemed
Press is in error. No one with any sense
has proposed that a system of highways for
through travel should be established, but
of thinking people that during great por-
tion of the year the roads of the country are
SO bad that farmers cannot bring their prod
ucts to the railway stations for shipment,
or hardly come themselves to obtain supplies.
The economic loss resulting from this state
of affairs is double one. 1t prevents the
farmer from taking the time Of the year when
he is at leisure, to ship his products, and
forces the shipments into the few weeks of
pleasant weather when he can leave his
farm work. The same loss presents itself in
the report which is often found in COM
mercial columns, of dullness in trade, "on
account of the country roads" Roads
which would enable farmers to haul their
products at all seasons, and would decrease
the expenditure of power necessary, even
where the rough ones can be used, would
save their cost every year that they were
kept in operation.
the assertion of the Press that "highway
geniuses have still an ample field for exer-
else on the problem of clean and well-cared-
for city streets" reveals the necessity for in
structing our esteemed cotemporary that a
very large and very important element of
this country lives outside of the cities.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-18
THE RAILROADS LAW.

The House Committee on Commerce has,
it will be seen by the bill reported yester-
day, got far enough under railroad control
to report the old bill to suppress ticket
scaIpers that has been passed by railroad
influence in various States.
That ticket spectators who sell tickets
BY authority Of the railroads should be their
agents and subject to the law is so plain
that it hardly requires any further legisia-
ton to make it SO. But to enact that rail-
roads shall not pay any compensation for
the sale of tickets would be remarkable tri-
umph of railroad policy, only to be surpassed
by the enactment that tie purchaser of
railroad ticket, cannot sell 1t to anyone else.
Under this triumph of corporate legislation
the man who accompanies a lady TO rail-
road depot, buys a ticket for her and re-
ceives her money. for it when they are at
leisure, would subject himself to fine OF
$1,000 for his gallantry.
Still, neither the public nor the ticket
scalpers need trouble themselves very much
over the probable passage of this law. Even
if passed, if it is not enforced any more than
the other provisions of the act it will not
interfere with anyone.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-18
PERSONS WHO ARE TALKED ABOUT.

Mrs. D. L. MOODY and her invalid son were
at Lakewood last week.
PRINCESS CHRISTIAN, cousin Of Queen Vic
toria, has lost the sight Of one eye.
SIMS REEVES, the famous tenor, is about to
make farewell tour of the English DR. proyinces.
YOUNG Baron Edward de Rothschild last
week reached New Orleans in his American
travels.
THE late Prof. William Parsons Atkinson
was at Harvard a classmate of James Russell
Lowell, Charles Devens, w. w. Story and
William /. Bowditch.
Mr.. HENRY L. WARNER, of Boston, has
given $4,000 to his native town of Harvard.
Mass, to establish free, non-partisan and un-
sectarian lecture course.
WHENEVER William E. Gladstone catches
cold he at once goes to bed. 1t is not generally
known that he wrote his election address an
poupcing the dissolution of Parliament in 1874
in bed.
THE Rev. Dr. William N. Nichols, rector of
St. James Protestant Episcopal Church of
Philadelphia, has finally accepted the call re-
Gently extended to him as Assistant Bishop of
California.
Mr. SIMON YANDEs, the benefactor of
Wabash College, has just given So0OO0 more to
that institution of which $4,000 goes to the
general endowment fund and $4,000 for new
library building, to hold ll5,0O0 volumes.
DAUGHTER of the late Oldest member of
the House of Commons, Christopher Talbot,
has out of one of the largest fortunes in En-
gland, donated sl2,5Oo for the relief OF wives
widowed by the Morsa colliery disaster in
Wales.
SENATOR BROWN, of Georgia, says that he
would on no account accept election to another
term of service in Congress: his ambition is
fully satisfied. He is nearly 70 years old, and
has been State Senator, Presidential Elector,
Governor for four terms, Chief Justice OF the
Supreme Court of the State. and United states
SaDatOr
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-18
A MISREPRESENTATION CORRECTED.

The candidates for the privilege of sup
plying the public of Pittsburg with alcoholic
and malt beverages yesterday commenced
to undergo the annual crossfre of questions
as to the qualifications which they can pre-
sent for distributing liquid stimulation in a
manner to conduce to the quiet and order
of the community. The characteristic Of
yesterdays proceedings was the universal
testimony on the part of the applicants to
the sobriety and good order which prevails
in the drinking places of the Point, Fourth
avenue, below Market street, and the corner
of Wood and Water streets. This represen-
tation may correct the misapprehension
which has existed in the minds of the pub
lie; if the Judges do not neutralize it by
their action on the subject of licenses.
Possibly the testimony of the would-be
saloon keepers will restore the lost prestige
of those localities as eligible residence prop
erty
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-18
2ocial Chatter.

DIR. AND Mrs. SAMUEL J. HAYES have is
sued invitations for the marriage of their
daughter, Cora Emma, to Mr.. John F. Amend,
Wednesday evening" in the Fourth Avenue
Baptist Church, at 7:S0 o'clock.
PRETTY little cards of invitation are out for
a comedy in three acts. entitled "Our Boys" to
be given by the East End Dramatic Club at
Sterrett School Hall, Homewood, Friday even
ing, March q.
THE wedding of Miss Katie, daughter of MIR.
and Mrs. Daniel Boreland to Mr.. Charles W.
Bier will take place Tuesday, March 25 at the
home of the brides parents.
THE Iron City Fishing Club, unable to wait
until the sultry days of summer compels a re-
union, have decided to rent hall and meet to-
gether in full force.
THE regular meeting of the woman's Club
will be held in the Teachers Library this after
noon,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-18
A MODEL NEWSPAPER.
Why Corporations, Monopolies, Trusts and
Combines Do Not Like Tho Dispatch.

Why Corporations, Monopolies, Trusts and
Combines Do Not Like The Dispatch.
From the Greensburg Argus.l
Politics aside, THE PITTsBURG DISPATCH is
acknowledged by the Democrats of Westmore-
land county to be the best medium for general
information in the State, and our opportunities
for learning the sentiment of our people in this
regard are not by any means limited: we there
fore speak by the card in making this announce
ment. Much of its popularity is doubtless due
to the independence it assumes when treating
upon matters political, and for a non-partisan
newspaper, with strong Republican tendencies,
its editorial productions are marvels of impair
tiality and fairness and show fearless disre.
gard for the opinions of the bosses Of
either of the political parties that is tr-ly
refreshing. Corporations, monopolies, trusts
and combines find in it no champion. and with
these distinctive features SO prominently
marked in the conduct of THE DISPATCH. its
views always find ready response in the hearts
of the masses. In enterprise it has always
maintained the lead, and proposes to continue
to offer nothing but the freshest and best in the
news line. Its many departments, covering a
boundless scope of territory and touching upon
almost every subject of general interest or i'm
portance, and gotten up in peculiarly entertain
ing style. have earned for it a national reputa-
LlOn anu luduO lOI Ii u uOuscbOiu WOl u auu
almost a household necessity in this part of the
footstool A marvelously rapid double per-
fectIng press will be added to its already fine
equipment to meet the demands Of Its rapidly
growing circulation, and this, with other con-
templated improvements, will give THE DIS
PATCH facilities unsurpassed by any journal
outside the larger Eastern or Western cities.
The Sunday edition of THE DISPATCH has
attained an actnal circulation of $4,000. and the
only fault to be found with it is, that in its "a
columns Of the choicest literary matter there is
so much of interest that it encroaches too much
on ones time to consume all that is so tempt
ingly spread before him, and it is all of such
character that the reader dislikes to allow
single line to escape his notice. or to give
preference to any one department. over another.
With two such papers as the DAILY and SUN
DAY DISPATCH every variety of information
can be obtained, from the most reliable market
reports to the brilliant and fascinating produc-
tion of score of contributors of the highest
merit and renown. They cover the entire
ground, embracing as they do news from every
quarter of the civilized globe. What more
could one wish to keep thoroughly and reliably
informed upon the leading topics in the bust,
ness the scientific or the literary worldf
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-18
TRYING TO REFORM MEN.
Mrs. Jenness Miller Recommends tho
Kuickerbocker and Long Hose.

Mrs. Jenness Miller, the dress refofmer,
stopped over at the Seventh Avenue Hotel last
evening. She lectured yesterday at McKees-
port. and will speak to-day in Salem. Mrs
Miller is a handsome woman, with dark eyes
and hair, and she is possibly the best specimen
extant of her own teaching. Speaking of her
work, Mrs. Miller said:
II feel that am doing much good in teaching
women how to dress. So many ladies who have
been careless of their appearance and the
shapes of their bodies, now take pride in look
ing as well as they can, and they try to cultivate
that perfect symmetry which is the
highest type of beauty. At the
request of a number of friends have been
giving some attention to the dress of men,
but have no desire to dictate to them. When
1 see man Struggling his shoulders and pull
ing at tangled suspender, know that they
are not feeling comfortable. There is a remedy
for such evils, and it depends on the style of
the dress. Bands are unnecessary, but then
men never did contract the bodies as much as
women.
.I should like to see men return to the old
fashioned knee breeches and stockings. no.
tice when the athlete is training be throws
aside the wide trouser and tight shirt. 1t is
about time, too, that the evening dress should
be changed. Men need not dress like walters
Knickerbockers of navy blue or maroon, the
old continental coat and a pretty low vest,
would make handsome evening costume for
any man."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-18
Harry williams' Academy,

IT needed no holiday or extra attraction to fill
this house yesterday, but the mere fact
that Sam Jacks "Lily Clays Burlesque Com
pany" was to play q return engagement was
sufficient to crowd to the doors from pit to
dome Manager Williams home of vaudeville.
beauties of Dreamland" opens the pro-
gramme as upon the last performance of the
company here; in fact there is little change in
the programme. The tableaux are very spret-
tily done and the vaudeville is good as before.
Madame de Granville, the strong -jawed
woman is still with the show and her act brings
forth as much applause as ever. Alice Town
send heads the list of beauties in the bur-
Iesque, and is assisted by bevy of female
beauty in face and figure.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-18
INDIANS WHO DESERVE PROTECTION.

There are about four hundred Seminole
Indians in Florida who are the only inhabi-
tants of the United States who have no legal
existence. At the close of the Seminole
war in 1912 it was generally supposed that
the whole tribe had been removed to Indian
Territory, and the Federal Government to-
day takes no official cognizance of the ex-
lstence of what Mr.. Kirk Munroe in an in
teresting paper on the subject in Scribner'S
Magazine calls "a Forgotten Remnant"
Mr.. Munroe has evidently an intimate ac-
quaintance with the life of the Florida
Seminoles, and he has very little but good
to say of them. Left to their own devices
in the heart of the great Southern swamps
they have thrived amazingly, doubled in
numbers. and are now somewhat advanced
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-18
eOperatic Revivals.

THE ]. G. Duff Consolidated Opera Com
panies, having just closed their phenome-
nal engagement at the Chicago Auditorium,
will take in Pittsburg en- route to New York.
Mr.. Duff has Joined his two companies to-
gether, and has now the largest companies and
artists, on the road. Digby Bell Is the come
dian, Mark Smith tine baritone; tenors. Charles
o. Bassett and .Chauncey Olcott; W. II. Clark,
late of the Boston Ideals, and William Nc
Laughlin, bassos; also Frank Pearson, Joseph
q. Fay and F. w. Oakland. Lily Post is the
prima donua. Louise Beaudet Laura Joyce
Bell, Gertrude Sears and others will be seen
during the week. Outside of these favorites
the scenic and mechanical effects and large
double chorus are the attractive features of
this large concern. Precisely the same per-
formances of "Pinafore," "M1kado" and 'P1r-
ates of Penzance" will be given here as created
the furore OF Chicago.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-18
The Literary DiResr.

Volume l. No. l. of the Literary Digest"
has been received. This periodical is to give
weekly in abridged form the leading articles of
all reviews and magazines of all languages and
of all countries; also the classified views of the
leading newspapers of both continents. The
aim will be to enable the reader to keep abreast
of the current thought Of the world. The first
number consists of "a well-filled pages of
choice selections. 1t is printed by Funk d
Wagnalls, 1870 Astor Place, New York.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-18

IT is interesting to observe that Prof.
Virgins very nearly struck safe prediction
by prophesying a storm for st. Patrick's Day.
But he could not be satisfied with any ordinary
storm. Nothing less than cataclysm which
would rip creation up the back would do for
Virgins; and the consequence is that the Can
adian crank has made the usual exposure OF
his lunacy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-18
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS.
The keystone State Again Meets With SUBJ
stantial Recognition.

stautial Recognition.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE President to.
day sent to the Senate the following nomina-
tions:
United States Consuls-William 3. Preston. of
New York. at Cognac: jan es 8. kellogg, of Louisi-
ana at Stettin; Alfred W. Street, Of New York, at
Coaticook; Samuel B. Zeigler, of Iowa, at AK La
ChapeIe; James r. Danforth, Of Pennsylvania,
at Vervlers and Liege. Withdrawn-James X.
Danforth, of Pennsylvania, Tor United States
Consul at Kehl.
Frank Burnett of Missouri, supervising inspec-
tor of steam vessels for the Fourth district (St,
Louis). Daniel Lake, United States Marshal for
the Eastern district OF New ork: William Van
Buren. United states Marshal for the Eastern dis
-trict of Michigan.
Conhrmations-Frankiin Sweet, Register OF the
Land ONCE. Grand Island Neo. Supervisors Of
+. smith, Third district of Minnesota
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-18

ST. PATRICK's DAY furnished the regu-
lation quality of forbidding weather for the
Nth of March, but as usual the Hibernlan
spirit could not be quenched or frozen out by
SHOWS and sleet. Our Irish citizens appeared
in force and made a good showing OF their
affection for their native land and their fealty
TO its patron saint.