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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-01
A LIMIT TO EXToRTIoN.

The report appeared yesterday in connec-
hon with the redHction in the price of sugar
that the Sugar Trust has made an agree
ment with Claus Spreckels. 1t is to the
effect that division of territory has been
made, SpreckeIs confning his operations to
the Pacific coast, and the trust taking as its
field the territory east of the Rocky noun
tains. Reports of such a combination have
appeared periodically ever since Spreckels
commenced to build his refinery at Phila-
delphia. They have heretofore proved
false. The present story may be true or it
may be false. The principal reason for dis
crediting il is that the excessive profits by
trust tactics are now so limited that it is
hardly worth while to get up the combina-
tion.
If such an agreement should turn out to
have been made, 1t will amount to demon
stration of the wisdom of the reduction in
the sugar duty made by the Mckinley bill.
The report says that the big operators
will wipe out the reduction of price by the
new tariff land make sugar dearer than it
is now" But by the new tariff duty this is
made impossible. Under the tariff a CON-
bination of refners may raise prices so as to
secure the full benefit OF the halEcent duty,
which went into effect to-day, but they can
60 no further. The minute they go beyond
that halfcent margin, the whole sugar sup
ply of the world comes into competition
with them. THE DISPATCH has held that
the haif-cent protection is larger than re-
qured, but 1t is satisfactory to know that
the ability of anv combination to extort
high prices is limited to that extent, and
is fully cents per pound less than under
the old tariff law.
1t is extremely doubtful whether any
such combination as that reported has been
made. Whether it is or not, it is a fact that
the lowering in the price of sugars means a
permanent reduction of not less than cents,
what the people would have to pay under
the old tariff, and probably 3 cents less than
was extorted in the palmy days of the Sugar
Trust.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-01
THE WEST AND THE RAILROADS.

The article by Sidney Dillon in the cur
rent number of the North american ReUiew
is chiefly remarkable for the ignorance dis
played by Mr.. Dillon in treating certain
parts of his subject. As he is President of
the Union Pacific Railway, Mr.. Dillon's
statement about corporation matters will be
received as coming from one who should
know what he wants to say; but attacks on
the newspapers for criticising Western rail-
road construction and management are not
within his province. Mr.. Dillon says:
Although benefits arising from railway con-
structIon are so obvious, no one asserts that
motives; and, therefore, since among the pro-
moters, contractors and capitalists who have
done the work we find men who have acquired
large fortunes, Western railroad construction
and management in general have been bitterly
and frequently attacked by the press, and have
been and are now the subject Of much hostile
legislation. This sort Of legislation
proceeds on the theory that the railroad is q
public enemy; that it has its origin in the self
ish desire of a company of men to make money
out of the public; that 1t will destroy the public
unless it is kept within bounds; snd that it is
impossible to enact too man. laws tending to
restrain the monster.
No sane man ever believed that railroads
have been laid from philaEthropic motives,
nor has any man ever entered into the rail-
road business from such motives. No one
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-01
1T SHOULD BE GENERAL.

A very commendable step has been taken
by the Government in appointing an edu-
Gated Indian girl, long teacher at the
Carlisle Indian school, special agent in the
Indian Bureau and sending her to work at
the agencies. The only possible criticism on
such policy is that is has not been adopted
sooner and more generally. It is o waste of
effort to educate the younger Indians, and
then send them back without fixed employ
ment, to be overcome by the surroundings of
savagery and dependence. Yet this has been
done with the great mass of the young In
dians educated in the Eastern schools. If
those who are educated are given employ
ment and official position at the agency the
effect on their parents would be stronger than
a regiment of soldiers, both as an incentive
to education and in the way OF increasing
their loyalty to the Government authority.
1t is quite possible, too, that their services
might result in securing to the Indians the
full benefit of the appropriations made for
their support. 1t is to be hoped that the
policy indicated by this single appointment
will become general.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-01
NO JINGOIsM WANTED,

Concerning the differences of Newfound.
land with the British Government, the
Brooklyn Standard Union remarks: "Sup-
pose newfoundland should officially ask us
for annexation and protection what would
we do about it? And what would they say
at Halifax and Bermuda? 1t is pity the
last Congress did not appropriate SAC, OOo,-
900 for new ships OF war. We NAV want to
take in Newfoundland and the Sandwich
Islands,"
AS an example of the stupidity of Ameri-
can jingoism, this is unexcelled. If the
effect of $40, 100000 appropriation for
naval vessels would have been to draw us
into war for the acquisition of barren
island like Newfoundland and a remote
group like the Sandwich Islands, we can
only regard it as one Of the mysterious bless
ings of Providence that Congress did not
dare to exceed its billion record. If those
islands cost us no more than the $40, 000, 600
in the first place. they would be extrav-
agantly dear at the price. But if, as is
hinted in this outburst of jingOism, the cost
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-01

The Democratic gerrymander of Ohio,
which gives the Democrats fourteen out of the
twenty-one members of Congress, is defended
by the New York World by reference to Re-
publican gerrymander which gave that party
sixteen members. At the same time the World
points out that as the average Republican
majority in Ohio is but Is, 500 "a perfectly fair
districting of the State, were it possible, would
divide the delegation nearly evenly between
the parties, giving the Republicans one ma
jority." In other words, the Worlds logic is to
the effect that since the Republicans of Ohio
have ignored fairness and justness the Demo-
crars are justified in doing the same thing.
The potand-kettle argument is still prevalent
in the columns of party organs.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-01
WIVES IN ENGLAND.
An Explanation of the Intricacies of the
jackson Case.

An Explanation OF the Intricacies of the
jackson Case.
London Spectator.I
The Court of Appeal on Thursday gave
most important decision. Mr.. jackson, of
Clitheroe, had vainly urged his wife to live
with him, and, after obtaining decree for res
titution of conjugal rights, seized her by force,
and kept her locked up, though not ili-treated,
in his house at Blackburn. Mr. Justice Cave
decided that he was within his right, hut the
Lord Chancellor, Lord Esher, and Lord Justice
Fry practically reversed the decision, pointing
out that Imprisonment as a means of enforcing
the restitution of conjugal rights had been
abolished by statute. The Lord Chancellor, in
giving Judgment, declared that the dicta of the
old law-books as to the husbands right of chas-
tising his wife and keeping her detained must
be held to be obsolete, though the latter would
with another man. A well-conducted wife
may, however, legally quit her husband at her
own discretion. The decision, which allows
separation at will, though not divorce at will,
has come on the public with something of a
surprise, the old traditions retaining their hold;
but 1t is in accordance with modern sentiment
and manners, and with the European principle
that marriage, to be sacred, must be voluntary
1t is probable that some difficult questions will
arise as to the husbands right to leave the wife
"A case incessantly arising under the Poor-Law
and as to the husbands liability for a wife's
necessaries after she has quilted him; but all
decisions on those points must in future be
affected by this one. 1t was added that after
this decision, husband, in resorting to force
to seize his wife. would be guilty of contempt Of
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-01

expects railroads to be managed for the ex-
elusive benefit of the public, and unless
they were, they could not come under the
head of philanthropic institutions. That
the Western managements have been at
tackled because certain men have acquired
large fortunes is untrue; but the charge is
that large fortunes have been acquired by
dishonest means. The so-called attacks have
not been directed against the men or their
fortunes, but against methods. The cry has
been against abuses. and Mr.. Dillon's article
shows the protest has not been In vain.
No legislation has yet been supported by
the reputable press on the ground that the
railroad is public enemy. Railroads are
recognized to be possessed of great number
of the good qualities claimed for them by
Mr.. Dillon in another part of his article.
But these good qualities are no excuse for
the perpetuation of dishonest methods in
their management-such as the record Of
Mr.. Dillon and his close associate, Mr.. Jay
Gould, emiuently illustrate.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-01
POLITICS BAD BUSINESS.

Mrs. Foster Regrets the Causes Which
Broke the W. C. T. U. Ranks.
Mrs. ]. Ellen Foster. the Iowa Prohibitionist.
was at the Seventh Avenue Hotel yesterday
tor q short time. She lectured at Braddock
last evening. Mrs. Foster was interested in
the license court proceedings. ana she said she
had seen the same sad procession in
the New York Tombs on the day be-
fore. She remarked that the Judges
were doing what they could under the law, but
she was afraid they will be rather lenient in
Pittsburg. She hasn't been in Iowa for some
time. and could not speak for the workings OF
in that State.
Mrs. Foster is going to Cleveland to-day to
attend meeting of the non-partisan w. G. T.
u. She regretted the causes that led to the
split, but added with laugh that politicswas
q bad business.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-01
Social Chatter.

THE second edition of the tea party at Holy
Trinity School Hall last evening was a great
success
THE wedding of Miss Nellie Williams of
Oakland, and Mr.. Sidney Wilmot is announced
for to-day.
THE reception of Miss Sack-Davis' East End
Dancing Academy has been postponed until
Thursday, April g.
DR. H. w. URLING writes from st. Paul that
he and his bride will not be at home the first
Wednesday in April, as he expected.
MISS JESSIE v. LONG, of Edgeworrh, is
sojourning at Hot Sulphur Springs Ark, in
the hope of vanquishing the rheumatic foe
that has made her a sufferer during the winter
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-01
A RATHER striking illustration of IL

A RATHER striking illustration of the
spread of woman's sphere is afforded by the
fact that two young women have just been
awarded first and second prizes for designs for
the building for the display of woman's work
at the Chicago Worlds Fair. Both of them are
graduates of the Department of Architecture
in the Boston Institute of Technology. Their
success indicates that the day is coming when
women will take leading share in designing
domestic architecture, the only drawback to
that prospect being the probability that our
future homes will be largely made up of cup
boards, closets and kitchens.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-01
LUCY WEBB HAYES HOME.

A Piece of Washington Property Trans
ferred to That Institute.
WASHINGTON. March 3l.-The Lucy Webb
Hays Memorial Deaconesses' Home and Train
ing School for Missionaries is now an assured
fact. Yesterday the deed was signed by
which, for nominal consideration OF $40, Mr.
Ephraim Nash and Mrs. Jane Nash his wife,
gave to the Lucy Webb Hayes Home his
handsome residence at North Capitol and
Pierce streets. to be the Home for ali time
The property is valued at about $1,000. The
deed stipulates that the Home shall be under
the control of the Board of Managers of the
Women's Home Missionary Society of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and that there
shall be no discrimination on account of race
or cul0r.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-01
PARAGRAPHIC PERSONALS.

MRS CLEVELAND has been offered 81, 900
for two articles on her college life.
MRS. HARRISON, the author of the new
morbid English novel, 1.-THE Wages of sin," Is
daughter Of the late Charles Kingsley.
ARCHDEAcoN FARRAR's story of early
Christianity, Darkness and Dawn" is now In
press. 1t is based on authentic records.
PROF. SUMNER, of Yale, who went to Eu-
rope in January for his health, has derived no
benefit. and will remain abroad the rest of the
year.
W. W. STORY. the sculptor and poet, has
prepared q volume of essays, which is now In
press. 1t is to be called Excursions in Art and
Letters"
JOHN PLANK1NToN, the setired pork
packer, who died in Milwaukee the other day
worth s2O00O00O was butcher in Pittsburg
from 1882 to 1874
GENERAL PACHECo, Mexican Minister
Of Public Works, resigns his post to establish
an industrial colony at Motzorongo, where he
will teach Mexican boys to raise sugar.
VEREsTcHAGIN, the Russian artist,
whose pictures were on exhibition in Carnegie
Hall, Allegheny, can afford to ride. though a
literal translation OF his name Is Walk q
Mile"
WORTH, the Paris dressmaker, is indig-
nant that so many dresses sold here under his
name are mere fabrications by less talented au-
thors. The international copyright act must be
amended somehow to stop these plagiarisms.
DR.. JOHN HALL, of New York, is reported
as saying that he finds 1t a means of grace to
stand before one of the great store windows in
Broadway and thank the Lord for the large
number Of things in that window he can do
without.
NILE. SECARD, who is said to be very beau
tiful, was the Queen of the Paris washerwomen
in the Mi Careme parade this year. She had the
unanimous suffrages of $1,000 washerwomen,
and although Queen for one day only, she was
robed in white satin embroidered in gold, and
was seated on throne covered with crimson
velvet, fiecked with golden bees.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-01

The recent ruling of Philadelphia
court on that trust fund bequest of Benjamin
Franklip's to the city of Philadelphia has pro.
duced many comments on the mistake of lay
men in attempting TO draw up their own wills
without knowledge of the law of bequests.
But as Franklin's will has been sustained,
while that of one of the greatest lawyers of the
day. Mr.. Tilden, was upset, the case in favor of
lawyer drawn wills does not seem as strong as
some of our friends would put it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-01

THE fact that while there has been a
great deal of political wind-iamming about
the New York Central Railroad
has made a contract which gives the Canadian
Pacific full trunk line connection to New
York city. may contain hint as to where the
real power to settle the question is located.
Did the contract Contain any agreement on the
part of the Central to stop that corporate at
tempt at shutting the Canadian railways out of
the traffic with the Northwestern States?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-01
C. 8. Haseltine,
Word y

Word was received here Yesterday of the
death of C. y. Haseltine in California, where he
had gone on business trip. Mr.. Haseltine was
one of the wealthest art dealers in the United
States having extensive galleries in Philadelphia
and New York. The cause of his dea til was the
proverbia grip. His wife is one of the heirs of
Joseph Patterson and is of the owners of the
Hotel Schlosser. MIR. Haseltine well-known
in
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-01

"a YORK County farmer had born on his
farm recently calf that is said to possess some
of the features of dog, colt and camel.
For an anomaly like this we venture to suggest
the name 'Mugwump,'" remarks the Philadel-
phia Press. OF course. If it had been a regu-
lar calf, with the natural instinct of that foolish
animal for sustenance from the public teat, it
would have thoroughly typifed the common
place partisan and especially the editors of the
party organ.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-01
Oil One Cent a Gallon.

ST. JOSEPH. Mo-, March S.-For the past
three days good coal oil has been selling in st.
Joseph at cent gallon. Not less than 10000
gallons were sold at retail at this price Satur-
day. Consumers are buying kerosene in tubs
and by the barrel. The low price was brought
about by an attempt OF the Standard Oil Com.
pany to crush out ST. Joseph firm.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-01
MEXIcUs NEW RAILROAD.

Capitalists at Denver Secure Liberal Conces-
sions to Build 1t.
DENVER, March 8l.-Ths Mexican. Cuerna-
vaca and Pacific Railway Company was in
corporated here to-day with capital of 81, 0O0,-
0c0. The line will run from the City of Mexico
to Cuernavaca and the coast, through very fer
tile region, for distance of 800 miles.
General Strum has been granted concession
by the Mexican Government for the construc-
tion of the road. which gives him the right of
way and exempts the company from taxation
for period of 30 years. Work on the road
will be commenced rs soon as General Strum
can reach the City of Mexico.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-01
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Earl Granville,

LONDON, March 31.-Lord Granville, the
distinR uished statesman, who had been slowly
sinking for several days, died this afternoon. He
was born in 1915. Hewas twice elected member of
the House of Commons for Morpeth and repre-
sented Lichheld from ls4l to 1915, when ne sue
ceeded his father in the House of Lords. In De-
cember, 1851, he succeeded Lord Palmerston as
Minister of Foreign Affairs in Lord Russell's cab
met, and in 1855 was appointed President of the
Council. He resigned in 1858. He was again Pres
ident of the Council in the Cabinet of Palmerston
and leader of the House of Lords from 1859 to
june 1856. Under Mr.. Gladstone he was Colonial
secretary of State from 1868 to 1870 and Secretary
of Foreign Affairs from 1870 to 1874 and again after
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-01

SOME Western papers are beginning TO
talk about young Hearst as possible Senator
in a few years They base their talk upon the
purchasing power of the S2O, ,0oO, 900 left him by
his father; but as the young man contemplates
starting daily paper in New York few years
hence, he may not be able to pay the regular
price for the honor.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-01
General Hannibal Day,
WASHINGTON, March 31.-With

WAsHIN GToN, March 31.-With Briga-
dier General Hannibal Day, whose death at Nor
ristown, N. j., has just been announced. there
has passed away the oldest officer OF the army
The General was 81 years of age. For years con-
secutively he was either in the service on the
retired list. He was a graduate of West Point and
served with distinction in the Mexican war
Upon the breaking out of the Rebellion, having
served the prescribed 30 years. he was retired with
the rank and pay OF Colonel.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-01

EX-SENATOR TABOR, sot Colorado, who
wants to be Chief of the Worlds Fair Mining
Bureau. is making mistake. He should apply
for the position of chief of the frilled night
shirt bureau, as he is admitted to be a con-
noisseur in everything pertaining to those use
ful garments,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-01
PACIFIC NAVAL CHANGES.

Admiral Brown Transfers His Flag to the
Cruiser San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 31.-Admiral Brown
transferred his flag from the cruiser Charles
ton 10 the San Francisco at Mare Island Navy
Y ards to-day.
The revenue cutter Bear left this morning
for a cruise, presumably in the Alaskan waters
or in the Bering Sea.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-01
NO TROUBLE Is FEARED
At the Pine Ridge Agency, According to the
Government Physician There.

<kbOHHOy3 I1OOVEO1IIE
Government Physician There.
WASHINGTON, March 31.-The Commits.
sioner of Indian Affairs has just received the
following from DR.. Charles A. Eastman, full.
blood Sioux and the Government physician at
the Pine Ridge Agency in South Dakota:
"The papers have been reporting me as say-
ing there will be trouble IN the spring You
know what said to you in regard to this mat
ter. There is no danger. 1 am more confident
OF this now than when saw you. American
Horse came into my Office to-day. He SAID to
me: Tell the Commissioner and the General 1
shall stand true to my word and position in re-
gard to the trouble. / have not said one word
to give the report. don't know how the re-
porters got the idea, but think some of nv
enemies have lied about me.'"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-01
Beating the Tariff.

Chicago News.1
A genius living In Arizona has mastered the
intricacies Of the tariff question. Living on the
border line. he feeds his hens on the cheap
grain OF Mexico and builds their nests in the
United States. BY this reciprocating arrange
ment Mexican eggs are laid down in the United
States free of duty. 1t is scarcely necessary to
add that the inventor of this scheme is native
of Maine.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-01
Two Interesting Notes.


There is only one important freight shipper.
in the whole country who refuses reba tes,
drawbacks and such subrerfuges to beat the
Interstate commerce law. This solitary citi-
zen is Andrew Carnegie.
Every day adds to Boston's prospects of be-
coming the electric headquarters of the CONN.,
try. It will not be surprising il the financial
offices of the Westinghouse system be estab-
lished there with Charles Francis Adams for
president
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-01
THAr resolution of Mr.. Keating,s that

THAT resolution of Mr.. Keating's that,
as the Supreme Court has left nothing for
Councils to do, that body should adjourn till
it is time to consider the appropriation ordi.
nance next year, might be amended SO as to
contain valuable suggestion. II it should in
clude an Instruction to the Finance Committee
to use the interim in preparing the appropria-
tion ordinance so that it can be introduced in
time for discussion and amendment, it will se-
cure decided improvement over the way in
which things have been done in late years.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-01

Patrons of THE DISPATCH changing
their residence should promptly furnish this
Office with their new addresses, either per-
sonally, by postal card or through Carrier.
BY prompt compliance with this request in
terruption i'm the delivery of THE DIS
PATCH will be avoided
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-01
In MEMORY OF CROSBY.
Both Public and Private Services Were
Held In New York.

NEW YORK, March 3L-The funeral of the
late Rev. DR.. Howard Crosby took place this
afternoon. Private services were conducted at
the late diyine's house. by the Drs. John Hall
and William Taylor, only the relatives and
intimate friends being present.
After the conclusion of the services at the
house the body was removed to the Presby-
terian Church. at Fourth avenue and Twenty
second street, Of which for many years DR..
Crosby was the pastor. Here the public services
were held. conducted principally by Drs. Hall
and Taylor. The interment will be in Wood
lawn Cemetery tomorrow forenoon.