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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21
PITrsBURG. THURSDAY, MAY2L 1891
THE SAME EXCEPT NAME.


The Cincinnati Convention has added to
the old adage, and evidently believes that
Z rose will smell even sweeter under
another name. The organization which
was launched with so much noise yester-
day is the old Greenback party in disguise,
and not a very complete disguise at that.
The first declaration of the platform is for
a practically unlimited issue of legal ten
der paper money, and the abolition of the
national banks. To be sure, the rag baby
has new dress and trimmings, including
a revised Sub-treaSury plan, free silver and
Government leans on real estate, but
stripped of these gaudy vestments it is the
same baby still.
The reason for this is easily found The
farmers movement, which eliminated in
the Cincinnati convention, was spontan-
e0rs rising in the rural West and South,
but the leadership has been appropriated
now by such well-lnown political back
numbers as General Weaver, the Greenback
candidate for President in 1880; DelamatyT,
OF Colorado: Seitz of Ohio, and score of
other faithful worshipers of the paper dol
lar Three or four years ago, when the
Union Labor move looked really dangerous
for a short time, these same third party
veterans sprang 10 the front, secured the
adoption of their platform with the labor
trimmings suited to the occasion. and the
promising bud commenced to fade from
that hour.
Now the same leaders with the familiar
platform are once more with us, but this
time their hope is resting mainly upon the
farmer instead of the city artisan. They
have rechristened the child with any
amount OF enthusiasm, but an election day
or two will determine whether fate will be
more kind than before.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21
LOCAL WORK ON ROADS,

An Ohio writer in the Country Gentle
man indicates the way in which those hav-
ing road work in charge can effect a grad
ual but in the end marked improvement
in the rural highways. He thinks that
''nothing will come of it unless those who
do the work take hold with an honorable
intention of making their work count in
| the direction of permanence. Ii hill is
lowered, hollow filled, a culvert founda-
| ton built for all time, or swamp cross
ing thoroughly drained, to that extent
the work is for years and not for sum-
mer and will bear fruit in a leSsening Of
those taxes which every paSser over bad
road pays in wear and tear of team, yehi-
Gle and temper" Such course as this
writer points out requires no additional
| legislation and no expensive approprla-
| tionS.
1t is indisputable that the direction Of
the present road work to the object of
making permanent highways would in
course of years effect a permanent reform.
There are few enterprising localities in
Pennsylvania where this has been practi-
cally demonstrated without State aid. But
it is also true that an intelligent policy on
the part of the State will offer premium
on such work by granting aid to townships
where it is proved to be done by certain
prescribed standards and tests. The State
should know that its money produces good
roads; for the sinking of State money
under the patchwork system would only
be making bad matter worse. The
trouble with the late road bill was that
after starting out on the proper basis of
guaranteeing good roads where State aid
was to be given, it was pruned and clipped
to meet political exigencies until there was
scarcely a vestige of that essential pur-
| pose.
The failure of road legislation should not
lessen the agitation in favor of improving
highways The work of educating the
| people as to the economic value Of good
roads should be kept up Farming dis
tricts should be brought to see how they
can benefit themselves by such work. If
this is done for couple of years, the next
Legislature may contain intelligence
enough to pass law that will hasten the
work of building first-class roads.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21

IT is one of the sad features of the chase
of the Charleston after the Itata, that it has
knocked into q cooked hat the plan of the
industrious Senate Committee on Territories
to use that vessel for a trip to Alaska. Sin
order to inquire into the advisability of es-
tablishing Territorial Government there. "
The hard-worked Senators will no doubt be
able to take passage by some other
steamer, and thus afford the Alas
kans a chance to put in their plea for
a better Government; but the pleasure of
going there with a war vessel at their COM
mand has been rudely snatched away by
the unruly behavior of the Chilean vessel.
This will cause the insurgent Chileans to be
regarded with adverse sentiments by the
Senate at its next session.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21
Obituary Notes.

REV. DAVID DIcKEY, a well-known retired cler-
eyman, died Tuesday at Rochester, N. Y, aged 50
years.
LEWIS r. STEELE, prominent silk manufacture
er and journalist Of Paterson, N. j., died Monday
night.
Ex-JUDGE CoLBUBN, aged % years, originally
from Pennsylvania, died in Noblesville Ind,
Tuesday.
DIR. GEORGE A. KING, leading physician Of
Lancaster, died Monday, as the result of a fall
received last summer, He was 45 years old.
ABRAHAM G. KEEMER, who died Monday at
Nillersville Pa, was well known specialist
on eve and ear diseases. He graduated from the
Baltimore Medical College.
PETER ]. PETERS, aged 81, supposed to be the
oldest Grand Army veteran In the country, died at
New Bedford, Mass. Monday. Mr. Peters was
born in Germany. He served eight years In the
German army and afterward came to this country,
entering the service March II, 1862.
ISAAC T. ROGERS. for many years of the
bes-known men in Connecticut politics, died Tues
day at his home in Hartford, aged 70. Death was
dine 10 paresis. He represented New Haven in the
STATE Legislature three years, and was In the Sem
ate four Years, Fifteen years ago he was consid;;
cred the abest Democratic speaker In the State and
was always foremost in Democratic conventions.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21
PEOPLE WHO COME AND GO.

III. Jeffrey, young London swell and
member of the Southampton Club, was in
the city yesterday, bound for Chicago. He
saws the Scotch people don't like Andrew
Carnegie on account of the sharp things he
has said about them. He travels in the same
set with young Schenley, whom he knows
very we'll Mr.. jeffrey thinks America is a
wonderful country.
of Australia, started for home last evening,
During his stay in PittSburg he says he
gained much valuable information about the
American postal service. lie real1Zes tnat
he couldn't have come to a more progressive
city in which to study postal regulations.
Theodore D. Wilson, Chief of Naval Con-
struction, and E. d, Scofield, of Portland,
Me-, are stopping at the Duquesne Mr.. Will
son has come here to personally superintend
the making of the Government armor.
U. S. Grant, of Cleveland, and j. A. Sea-
right, of Uniontown, are at the seventh Ave-
nue. Hotel Mr.. Searight is on his way home
from the Scotch-Irish annual meeting at
Louisville.
RE. Wagner, a Milwaukee contractor,
is stopping at the Duquesne. He is in the
city getting structural iron 1or Dig bulid-
ing.
r. w. Ferguson, of New York, President
of the White Spool Thread Company, was on
the limited last evening going to Chicago.
Mr. Scham, of Seat le, former Pitts
burger has been at the Schlosser for several
days. He came east to visit friends.
II. Sellers Mckee went East last evening
He says the Birmingham road Will be ready
for operation about June 10.
HI. NJ Roberts, of Connellsville, and j.
H. King, prominent Cleveland lawyer, are
registered at the Anderson.
H. w. Semon, advance man for the
"Clemenceau Case" Company, is stopping ut
the Anderson.
j.. L. Barclay, the Chicago agent of the
Westinghouse Electric Company, is in the
city.
John f. Atcheson, Mason Mcdowell and
George I. oliver left for Chicago last even
ing.
Ex-Congressman Oscar L. jackson, OF
New Castle, is at the Monongahela House.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21
FOREMOST FEMININEs.

OcrAvIA GRACE RIroHE is the first woman
of Quebec to take u medical degree
Mrs. OLIPHANT wrote the sketch of Henry
Irving's life for the new edition of Chambers
Encyclopedia.
ARABELLA NJ. MANSFIELD, the pioneer
woman lawyer of America, was admitted to
the bar in 1869. Since then seven women
have been admitted in Washington.
Miss HALEY, who has been appointed as
one of the two women inspectors of Massa-
chusetts factories was tending loom in the
Washington mills at Lawrence when her
appointment was made.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21
MuRpERous ITALIAN WEAPON.
1t Is a Revolver and Stiletto Combined, and
Was Captured in Fight.

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.l
NEW York, May 2O-Property Clerk S. H.
Powell, of Brooklyn, has in his custody just
now weapon which is probably the most
murderous specimen OF small arm ever
manufactured. 1t is q revolver and stiletto
combined, and it was taken from an Italian
whose name on the police records is Julian
Rafiano, who, together with two of his coun-
trymen, was engaged in fight yesterday
morning while all were drunk. Rafano had
his wea5on drawn and ready for use when
Patrolman Peter Gallagher appeared and
put the brawlers to flight
The revolver is six-chambered, of 80 cal
iber, and self-cocking. The stilettois double
edged and three inches long. 1t is fastened
to the revolver right underneath the barrel
and can be sprung into place in an instant.
When the stflettois is ready adTyy for use the weapon
the piece of Steel which holds the blade, and
which is forced back by screw, which pro-
trudes through the piece of steel. The re-
volyer could be fired while the stiletto is in
the victims body.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21

IT is one of the peculiar features of
Pennsylvania fiscal legislation, that each
Legislature, after struggling with the tax
question, the last proposition is to refer the
subsection to revenue commission.
After the commission wrestles with the
question awhile the next Legislature takes
it up, and in the fullness of time refers it to
another commission. The commission is
now being urged in its regular season. 1t is
strictly in accordance with precedents, but
it does not afford much hope OF settling the
tax question.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21

JUDGE tries to make it up with the
Blaine wing this week by representing the
Secretary as saving wood. But the way in
which the central figure of the cartoon is
represented as holding his saw proves either
that the artist thinks that Blaine does not
know how to saw wood or that there is a
complete ignorance of that honest and use
full occupation on the part of the artist.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
George w. Lentz.

George W. Lentz, one of the largest own
ers of timber lands and most extensive lum Der
operators in this country, died at Williamsport
Monday, aged 70. He was one of the original firm
of Herdic, Lentz & White, of which the late Peter
Herdic was the head. He owned thousands OF
Florida and Alabama; an immense cattle ranch in
Dakota the water works in the towns of Hunting
ton and Selin's Grove, Pa, Cairo and Orlando,
Fla and was one of the largest owners of the VIII
Transport Water Works.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21

THE proposition to put an eight-hour
plank in the Cincinnati platform will proba-
bly receive the assent of the farmers SO long
as it applies to other people. Farmers will
consent to letting other industries work
eight hours, but they will continue to run
their farms on the twelve-hour plan during
the busy season.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21
CHIEFS OF WORLDS FAIR BUREAUS.
General Lew Wallace Offered One of the
Important Places.

CHICAGO May 2O.-Ata meeting of the Board
of Directors of the Worlds Fair this after
noon, Director General Davis will submit
for confirmation the name of j. f. V. Skitf,
of Colorado, to be Chief of the Bureau of
Mines and Mining.
General Lew Wallace has been rendered
the position of Chief of the Foreign Bureau,
but has not yet signified his willingness to
accept the place. Two or three other chiefs
of bureaus will be appointed to-day,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21

stated by saying thatit is to assume the more
well known and general risks and to take
that part of the profit which compensates
the risks in the form of premiums. AS
death is the one great risk incident to all
human effort, the function of life assur-
ance in assuming that risk is legitimate
service to all who wish to guard against its
oh
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21
THERE is reason to believe that the de

THERE is reason to believe that the dec
laration of the Chileans at Acapulco, that the
Esmeralda would fight the Charleston if the
latter tried to capture the Itata, was very
pretty feint. 1t produced the impression
that the Itata was coming to Acapulco, and
give her a few days longer start while she
was steadily steaming down the South
American coast
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21

GREAT BRITAIN is now reported to be
jealous of the reciprocity treaty with Brazil.
The Democratic organs are making much of
the report, with the usual partisan inability
to see that if true it makes mince meat of
their former assertions that reciprocity
with Brazil does not reciprocate.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21
John Nj. Treacy.

John NJ. Treacy, son of Mrs. Julia A.
and the late William Treacy, died at the residence
of his mother, 26 Diamond street. after brief ILL
ness He was brother of Lieutenant James r.
Treacv, of the Eighteenth Regiment. The funeral
will take place from st, Paul's Cathedral to-mor-
row morning at 10 O'Clock.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21
An Old Advertisement.

Flying Post, July 20-22 1921
The Man that eat the live Cock at lsling-
ton, and another since, on the 10Th OF June
last, at Stand-up Dicks at Newington Butts,
near the Borough of Southwark, is to eat
another there on Tuesday next, being st.
James day, with the Feathers, Bones and
Garbage. Any person may seeit performed,
paying but I'd. for their admittance.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21
THAT report that the Harrison fami

That report that the HarrlSon family
would not occupy the Cape May Point cot
tage this season has been officially denied in
the Philadelphia Ledger, which occupies the
unusual position of organ for the Cape May
Point real estate syndicate. This permits
the conclusion that after q journey all
around the country the Jersey mosquito has
no terrors for the Presidential family.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21
Two Old Pennsylyanians.

The Oldest woman in Chester county and
the oldest man in Berks county died on Monday.
Mrs. Sarah Richardson was 80 years old when she
died at Chatham, and had always been spry and
active until three months ago. She had been
county was In his 95th year. He was born in the
village where he died and had always lived there.
He never rode on a railway train in his life,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21

Maggie Mcfarland, daughter of Rev. A. j.
Mcfarland, and granddaughter of David Gregg,
of 80 Lincoln avenue, Allegheny, died in St. Johns,
n r. on Sunday. She will be buried from the
residence of her grandfather to-day.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21
SOME ILLINOIS LEGISLATION.

The MERIT Conspiracy Law Repealed, and
Railroad Bills Passed.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL, May 20.-What is known
as the Merritt conspiracy law, being a codi-
fication of the common law on the subject
of conspiracy to commit crime, the passage
of which was the result of the Haymarket
Anarchist riots in Chicago, was repealed by
a vote of the House to-day.
The House passed bill to enable railroad
corporations which operate railroads con-
Meeting with railroad OF any other State,
to own and hold stock at securities in such
leased roads, and a bill to compel the adop-
tion of the inter-locking signal and switch
system by railroads.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21

THE souvenirs of the Presidential trip
are said to number four hundred, and it is
proposed by a cotemporary that they be
made an exhibition of the Worlds Fair. As
a product of political industry they would
undoubtedly be unique.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21
Now it is asserted in England that Mr..

Blaine's communication proposing method
for protecting the seals was not received by
the British Ministry. Dear Lord Salisbury,
our OWE David Bennett Hill took out a pat
ent on the plan of NOT receiving inconven-
lent communications some time ago, and
this infringement really cannot be allowed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21
Not Baggy at the Knees.

McKeesport Daily News.l
THE PITTsBURa DISPATCH appeared last
week with new spring suit, which fits cas-
ily and gracefully and is characteristic of
the clean nature of THE DISPATCH, either
from q. literary or typographical stand
point.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21
CIGARETTES KILLED HIM.
Young Edward Myers Dies in Harrisburg
From Nicotine Poisoning.

From NIcOtIHe Il IOIsUIIIiiB'
CHAMBERsBURG, May 20-Edward Myers, a
young man of this place, aged 20 years, died
at the Harrisburg Hospital last night of
blood poisoning, caused directly by exces-
sive cigarette smoking He was on his way
home and was taken sick and had to be
taken to the hospital, where he died. His
face was greatly swollen and all covered
with sores, caused, no doubt, by the cigar
cites.
He had been told by the doctor that the
poisoning came from his smoking, but the
habit had grown on him and it was impossi-
BILE for him to give 1t up. He was employed
as a driver on an omnibus and was native
of Cumberland county.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21

IT is hardly to be deemed as possibility
that, after going from Atlanta to Oregon,
the President has not been able to find an
acceptable successor for Green B. Raum as
Commissioner of Pensions.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21
James Terrence.

James Terrence, of Punxsutawney, IA
miliarly known as Judge died yesterday at the
advanced age of 80 years. He had many friends in
Pittsburg.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21
Nor in a Threshing Machine.

Washington Post.
Pennsylvania's ballot reform bill could not
have been more badly used had it been on
deposit in Mr.. Delamater's bank.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21

THE fortunes of the baseball season
threaten to shrink the New York Giants
down to the size of pigmies.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21

THE New York World, having degener-
ated into the organ of David Bennett Hill,
naturally antagonized the proposition to
establish immediate ballot reform in Penn
sylvania The Hill idea is not favorable to
ballot reform.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21
TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.

POSTAGE FREE IN THE UNITED STATES.
DAILY DISPATCH One Year r...................S 90
DAILY DlsPATClI Per Quarter ................. zoo
DAILY DISPATCH One Month .................. 20
DAILY DISPATCH, including sunday. year. 10 60
DAILY DISPATCH, including Sunday, IN this. so
DAILY DISPATCH including sunday, TIL. %
SUNDAY DISPATCH, one Year .................- SO
MEEKIY DISPATCH One Year ................. l .
THE DAILY DISPATCH is delivered by carriers at
Is ceats per week. OF, including sunday Edition, at
- cents per week.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21

Mrs. THOMAS McKEE's german this even
ing.
A1o'cLoCK luncheon was given yester
by Mrs. w. ID. Woods.
MRS HUGH CAMPBELL and Mrs Humphrey
Miller will receive together this evening.
Ex-GovERNoR PIERPoNT, of West Virginia,
was the guest yesterday of Mr.. III. j. Heinz.
THE Colored Jubilee Singers will sing in
the Second Presbyterian Church, Allegheny,
tonight.
THE Misses Pratt and Mansing, of Buffalo,
were honored guests at Mrs. Sellers Mckee's
luncheon yesterday.
THE Art Society's reception at the Pitts
burg Club this evening will be the social
event of the week. The society will cele-
brate its seventeenth birthday.
DESCENDANTS of the Revolutionary heroes
will assemble at the residence of Mrs. n. b.
Hogg, Allegheny, this afternoon, i'll the in
terest of a chapter, to be known as the
daughters of the Revolution"
THE ladies of the Nixon Street Baptist
Church, of Allegheny, will give their annual
straw berry and ice cream festival tonight
and tomorrow night. The proceeds are for
the benefit of the new church enterprise.
THE monthly meeting of the Foreign Mis-
sionary societies of the Pittsburg and Allie
gheny Presbyteries was held yesterday
morning in the First Presbyterian Church.
The monthly collection of four churches
handed in amounted to SlQ.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21
Bicycling for Babies.

THE latest notion of the parent of bicycling
proclivities is to take the youngest to ride
with him, and the fad seems to be popular in
the East End, for on Tuesday evening l met
a dozen men in half that number OF blocks
whs had little tot seated between them
and the handles The seat for the baby Is
an ingenious little arrangement hung in
front OF the saddle, into which the child can
be securely fastened. When it is affixed to a
safety there is really no danger for the child
and no end of fun.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-21
The Army of Readers Grows.

ssIT is now two months since the library
was opened,'' said Librarian Stevenson at
the Carnegie Library yesterday, "and l
think we have every reason to be satisfied
with the results so far. The records of the
circulating department of the library show
that from March 16 to May 16 a total of II, l39
volumes were in circulation, or more books
than the shelves of the library contain.
The growth of the circulation has been
gradual from 7SS books in the first week to
1852 in that ending May 16. The two months
records also show that LAT books have been
used for reference in the library itself"