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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-05
If the Governor Had Asked.

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
In an editorial in your issue of last Satur-
day you give expression to fear that Gov
ernor Campbell may be shallow in his sta
tistics from the assessment lists" You then
proceed to saw, 'FIf he had asked the farmers
of Mahonfng county, for example, to whom
he had made the astonishing disclosure that
they had lost one-third the value of their
farms since 1850, if they would sell at that
reduction, he might have got new light on
the subject"
Yes, SO he might. He might have learned
that within two years farms in jackson
township in the county named, have sold,
or at least have been put on the market, as
low rs S25 $22 and SIS an acre. Jackson is a
good agricultural township, undulating but
not hilly and has only one township, Austin
town, living between it and Youngstown.
These statements can be verified by B. +.
phfilips a real estate dealer of North Jack
SON AIahoning county. Here, within ten
miles of Beaver Falls, q 40-acre tract of fair,
tiIlable land has been sold within few
wears a 4 $s 30 an acre, and another at $40 so
an acre, Thomas Patterson, of New Galilee,
being the purchaser of the former tract.
Now, since the real value OF anything
must be determined by the per cent made
on the money invested, has THE DISPATCH
ever figured what land must be worth to re-
turn s per cent on the money if it produces
SO-cent wheat and 2S-cent wool ? Even at the
figures quoted, to which land has fallen, it is
doubtful if per cent can be realized over
and above labor and expenses. Farm prod
low water OF cost mark for hegreater part
of the last decade that the fall in the value
of land was simply inevitable. n.
WAMPUM, Pa, October 4.
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Pittsburg's First Glass Works.

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
The first glass question is still unsettled
The first factory in Pittsburg was that of
James O'Hara and Isaac Craig, who engaged
William Eichbaum in 1875 to erect and oper-
ate glass factory This was erectedin 1895
on the fat, in what is now Allegheny, oppo-
site Glasshouse rifle. Coal was found on the
lower end of Coal Hill, and this factory was
moved to about the location of Thomas
Wightman'S factory, near Sawmill Run, in
1876.
Mr.. Eichbaum was at Philadelphia, near
the falls OF the Schuylkill. He had been
previously in Burgundy, France. He settled
in Philadelphia in 1893, and the factory of
which he was superintendent was nearly
opposite the site of the present Fairmount
water works The property was purchased
from Ephraim Jones, consisting OF house
and lot near the spring, for e1OO, and two
adjoining lots from Ephraim Blaine. These
lots were owned in 1851 by Frederick LorenZ.
James Irwin did the carpenter work, and
the lime and building stone were quarried
on the lots. This enterprise was suspended
1so4
The second venture was made by Beelen
& Denny about 1900. They employed man
named La Eleur as superintendent They
failed on account of not being able to use
wood for fuel. In 1905, the firm of Bakewell,
Page & Balxewell, afterward Bazewell, Pears
& Co., was established. After this A. & d.
II. Chambers. in lS43: Cunningham & linn
sen, F. & J. Mckee, 1865: Mckee & Bros, 1857;
Bryce Walker & Co., 1850: James B. Lyon Il
Co.. 1S48: shepard & Co.. 1858, succeeded by
Campbell, Jones & Co., 1865; Chambers,
Agnew & Co., 1872, succeeded by Agnew &
Co, 1884, OHara & Craig, 1886 succeeded by
Frederick LorenZ, ST., succeeded by William
McCully Il Co., succeeded by Fahnestock,
Albree & Co., succeeded by LOrenz 4 Wight
man, 1863 succeeded by Thomas Wightman.
1871. w.
PITTsRTRG October g.
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THE CALL FOR LIVSEY.

The report that Governor Pattison will
take steps to have eX-Cashier LivSey
brought back from Canada by eXtraditiOn
conveys an mtimation that the Governor
has stock of ammunition in reserve of
which the public is not aware While the
disclosures so far have been sensational
enough, the information made public has
not shown the evidence necessary to
establish a priaa fdcGe case of criminal
acts for which the seeming fugitive can be
eXuadited
Of course. if the Governor has the evi-
deuce to support a case Of extraditiOn it is
his duty to take all steps within his power
TO bring Livsey back AID make him
answer before the proper authorities. The
matter has reached stage at which
nothing but full probing will satisfy the
public. Every responsible person must
make his responsibility good. Every man
who has been concerned in crookedness
must be exposed and punished. As long
as the Governor shapes his action on these
lines, he places himself far above the
level Of partisanShip as the champion of
public honesty and the representative of
the people.
With reference to the assertion that Mr..
Livsey is still in Milwaukee, his friends
should take the earliest opportunity to
inform him, wherever he is, that if
there is any hope Of vindicating the
Treasury management he should return to
Pennsylvania without awaiting any extra
dition. His prolonged disappearance at
such juncture as this is tantamount to a
confession that there is something about
the State finances which must be coV-
cred up.
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PROMINENT OR PECULIAR.

THE Shah of Persia is an enthusiastic
and fairly skilful photographer.
MISS MINNIE PALMER desires for the
future to make London her headquarters.
LOUIS KossUTH, the ex-Dictator of Hun
gary, now living in exile in Italy, is 80 years
old.
HENRIK IBsEN will spend the winter in
Christiania- This is his first prolonged visit
to Norway since he left home 80 years ago.
MIR. PENNINGTON, the tragedian, is
about to retire from the stage. Mr.. Pen
nington is one of the 600 who escaped "out
of the jaws of DEATH at Balaclava.
REV. JOHN MCNEIL, the Scottish
Spurgeon, now travelling IN this country, is
pastor of the Regent Square Church and is
second only to spurgeon in popularity as a
preacher.
BISHOP SPALDING, of Peoria, Ill, loves
a fast trotter and knows how to handle him,
and is sensible enough to like to sit behind a
pair of clippers that can make the dust fly at
a 2:20 gait.
LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL is not to
have u monopoly of aristocratio exploration.
A party has recently started for Mashona-
land and the contiguous countries, includ-
ing among its members Lord Headley and
Major hewitt.
Mrs. OLE BULL, the widow of the famous
Norwegian violinist, wrote a charming biog-
raphy of her husband. Mrs. Bulls son,
about p years of age, inherits his fathers
genius, and will soon make his debut in
Paris as solo violinist.
ALL Hohenzollern princes are baptized
with water from the Jordan. A large porce-
lain jug of this water is kept in the shop of
the castle apothecary, and after every bap-
tism the water left in the font is carefully
returned to this receptacle.
DR. NEWMAN HALL, the noted English
Congregationalist divine, is IS years old,
The famous tract, "Come to Jesus" of
which he is the author, has had greater
sale than any other religious work except.
ing the Bible and "Pilgrim's Progress
OsMAN PAsHA, the hero of Plevna, has
been located as sealer in the kitchen of the
Sultan Of Turkey. His peculiar business is
as soon as they are prepared; and thus
secure against poison they are carried into
the royal dining room and the seals broken
only in the Sultan's presence.
THE first time the Emperor of Austria
ever donned a frock coat and silk haf WAS in
1867, when he went to visit the Paris exbibi
tion as Napoleon Ills guest. Little pleas
ure did he take in these garments, and he
has never worn the like of them since he
left Par1s. At home or abroad he is alwavs
in uniform, except when he goes ont shoot.
ing, and then he wears a Tyrolese costume
with green worsted CATERS, and legs tare at
the knees, in the Highland fashion.
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swer this question. 1t is not, he thinks, on
account of the Hebrew religion, for even the
orthodox confess that Judaism Is better
than Mohammedanism; and they treat Mo-
hammedans quite decently. Neither is it on
account OF the Hebrew race, for a Hebrew who
turns Christian gets at once into good
society. nat Is 1t, then?
The Professors informant maintains that
1t is on account of the Hebrew pocketbook;
or rather, the Hebrew thrift, shrewdness
and hard work which fill that pocketbook
with RUSSIAN money. The working classes
over there hate the Hebrews. as some OF our
working people hate the Chinese. Asfor
the idle classes, they owe the Hebrews
their souls and bodies. The Hebrews are
forbidden by law to hold property, at
least outside the Pale of Settlement. Never
theless they really own all Russia. The
great estates are mortgaged to the narrow
est inch: The great mobiles are boundlessly
indebted to the merchants of the three balls.
Everybody who has any position in the en-
pire owes big bill to Hebrew. Away then
with the Hebrews! Perish the bills!
That is what one who has had good
chance to know says about this bad business
in that medieval country. 1t has likely
sound. No doubt but it is ever so much easier,
even for Russians, to forgive their debtors
than 1t ts to forgive their creditors. Even In
civilized nations men have been known to
throw 1mportunate suitors down PERCEPTIONS
flights of stairs. Russia is only repeating
that discred1table performance on large
scale,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-05
No CONVENTION NEEDED.

The action of the Allegheny County Bar
Association in passing resolutions against
tAe holding Of the Constitutional Conven-
ton is in line with the general trend of
public opinion, and is a direct corrobora-
ton Of the position held by The DIS
PATCH ever since this subject was brought
UP. The convention is not only an un-
necessary and expensive resort, but a
dangerous one.
There is the danger in the first place, as
stated by the Bar Associations reSolu-
t"ns, that the changes made by such a
body would require the entire work of
judicial construction that has gone on for
fhe past 20 years to be commenced dc qaOCO.
There is the still greater danger that the
convention may fall into hands which will
mutilate some of the best provisions of
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-05

Chief Engineer James Butterworth, U. S.
N, died in North Cambridge, Mass, on Friday
aged 81. He was well known in naval circles as a
man of high professional attainments. Mr.. But
terworh entered the navy in 1861 third assistant
engineer, and in the course of his professional ca
renr served with distinction in the blOckading
Mediterranean, Asiatic and home stations He
promoted to the rank of chief engineer in 1881
and In that capacity served on board the Alert at
the time she WAS cut down to the waters edge by
the Mikado's yacht off Yokohama. On that 0cca-
sion the GOODNESS and energy of Mr.. Butterworth
contributed to the salvation of the Alert which
was brought into Yokohama her side hay-
ing been listed to prevent the sea breaking Into
the engine room. From his position at the engine
Mr.. Bu1terworth could look up into the midnight
sky. He was most interchangeable student of the
and his close application his death is partially at.
tributed.
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GEMS FROM THE WITS.
A FAIR EXCHANGE.

FAIR EXCHANGE
The perfume vending slot machine
Is the fairest one out yet
For every penny dropped within
Another scent you'll get.
-Ne1o York Sun.
When o man has lost his opportunity he
does not know where to look for 1t again--Heo Or
leans Picdyotne.
These be the days of double play
For him who getteth tight:
He drinks cool lager through the day.
And whiskies hot at night.
Indianapolis Journal.
You seldom see a man so honest that he
says to his wife: ''Where did leave my hatr, He
usually says, where did you put it?''-Atchison
Globe.
If there's ever time,
When the weather seems drear,
And man realizes
That winter is near,
It's about that sad moment
When your tailor says mo"
And you think. holy smoke.
Summer sut-winter snowI
OIL City Blizzard.
Inebriated Party-'Scuse me, officer but
can YOU tell me-hic-which's 'tother side Of ,ba .
street?
Policeman Mulchahy ointlng,-over there, av
course,
Inebrlated Party-s' what 1 thought Everv-
body told me 1t vas on this-hic-sidel-Ee,o York
Telegram.
Rescuer-Here's a rope! Grab itp'
Drowning Man-NOt that oneI It's from, n sc,t,
shop! Throw me another One!--Chtca0o Tribune.
''Pat, were you in the warp
''Dade an o. was sor?,'
pired?''' AOe
''Begorra. Of did that same, an, a long wao,Is
Arther in'A the bargain. '--gostOn Courier.
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Obituary Notes

GEoRGEJ. SPRAGuE, for 2Oyears Deputy Sheriff
ofIndiana county, Pennsylvania, died Friday in
his 58th year.
NELSON AsHFoRTH, who died at CarbOndale
Friday in his Attn year, was for four years head
assistant in the ProthonOtary's office in the county.
He was we-known Democrat.
MRS. NETTIE DoNNAN died at her home in New
Castle last evening: aged about 2S years. She was
physicians of that city. and the youngest daughter
Of the late DR.. NJ, 2. Barker. She was very promi-
nent in society.
Friday. He was native of Abbevie, S. G, He
served in the Confederate Army being made
Brgadier General at Dallas. Ca, in 1864. After
the War he practsed law at Eufaula till 1875 when
he went to Louisville.
REV. r. H. OLIVER, well-known Methodist
10 al preacher and writer for the agricultural
plpers died at Milford, Pa. Wednesday, aged so.
For mauy years ne was vas resident of Brooklyn. but
q fan m near Milford.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-05
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Hon. Jacob Turney.

Hon. Jacob Turney, one of the ablest
members of the Westmoreland county bar died at
his home in Greensburg at o clock this afternoon
Mr. Turney had received an injury to his foot sew
eral weeks ago. and despite the efforts of physi-
clans gangrene set in resulting in his death. The
member was amputated, but lie never rallied from
the shock. Mr.. Turney born in Greensburg
February is. 1895 and soon after reaching his ma
jorty learned the printing trade. He then studied
law. and after being admitted to the bar was made
District Attorney, being the first under the then
new law. Mr., Turney pronounced
Democrat, and in 1874 he was
returned. During his terms he served upon
the Committees of Elections and Privileges Mines
and Mining and Territories. After leaving Con-
gress Mr.. Turney returned to the practice of the
law, which he profitable pursued until a few weeks
ago. He was member of the Geological Survey of
Pennsylvania. appointed by Governor Beaver and
held other positions of trust and public recognition
Mr.. Turney leaves wife, three sons and four
daughters
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-05

the present instrument in the interest of
the corporations and politicians.
1t is not, of course, to be maintained
that the Constitution might not in some
details be changed for the better. But
every such amendment should be sub
mitted to the people to be decided on its
merits; while the work of convention
would have to be accepted or rejected as a
whole.
The people will do well in voting down
the convention project next month. We
do not need new Constitution; but what
we do need is the enforcement of the old
one
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-05

THE Philadelphia Ledger states that
mayor Stuart and Governor Pattison are
acting in entire harmony in the matter of
obtaining evidence as to the management of
the affairs of the offices of Auditor General
and State Treasurer. They do not appear to
share with party organs the belief that the
administration of justice in the way pro-
vided by law is a partisan NATTER This
shows that the Philadelphia Mayor has a
much clearer idea of public duty than the
Philadelphia organs. Public honesty is not
confined to party lines, although some of
the politicians seem disposed to give the
people reason for believing that it is.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-05

ly submit to the kiddingthe will get from the
paragraphers now.
WHEN Campbell unpacks that box OF
tin plate he willtbe ratified.
THEATRICAL people cannot afford to
break the law, as they are sure to be'caught
in the act.
If you keep'your own secrets the secrets
of others will take care ofSthemselves.
THE merry buzz of the husking bee is
now heard all over the prosperous land.
SoMEyery pleasant people live on cross
streets
BABY MCKEE will turn green with envy
when he fully realizes what has occurred in
the Cleveland mansion.
A GENUINE cold wave can be looked for
in Ohio early in November, Mr.. Campbell
No longer by the garden gate
Doth Charley 1inger long with Kate.
They hug each other and the fire,
And run the awful gas bills higher.
WHAT is home without a newspaper?
THE singer who cracks his voice is des-
tined to go broke.
PERHAPS an i'll wind will some, day blow
through Emperor Williams new whiskers.
THE human sponge is always dry
enough to absorb anything.
OUR baseball club should have been
welcomed home with loaded arms.
UNCLE SAM takes better care of the mails
than he does of the females, and this prob
ably accounts for Susan B. Anthony's atti-
tude toward the Government.
LETTERS that are not burned furnish the
reading public with crisp news.
GIRLS do not find out what a difference
of opinion really means until after mar.
riage
HER hat was red as red could be,
Her dress of the same shade;
And anyone could plainly see
That both were ready-made.
A SHOCKING business Harvesting the
corn.
GROVER can be excused for pleading the
baby act now.
Is the milk famine due entirely to the
drought?
THOSE who serve their country faith
fully during peace can be relied on during
war.
The jockey manages to live luxuriantly
on back pay.
THE woman who cannot keep secret
to hold her age all right.
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BRICE ON THE ISSUES.
He Is Willing to Have His Ideas Published
If They Can Be Found.


Crawford's New York letter.
Senator Calvin S. Brice, from the Ohio
battlefield stood in the corridor of the Fifth
Avenue Hotel the other evening. number
of newspaper men surrounded him expect
ing to be entertained with an account OF the
progress of the campaign in the Buckeye
State. The result was slightly disappointing.
Colonel Brice said in response to several
leading questions: "My head is full of an
other subject, and l cannot tell you any
thing about Ohio"
Glow is the fight going? Did You not take
some observations" were some of the ques-
tions fired back at him.
"Oh, yes" said Senator Brice, facetiously
"Get some of Mr.. Fassetts speeches or inter
views on the situation and substitute my
name for his name, and Ohio for New York,
and guess you will hit it about right. That
will be as accurate as most predictions made
in advance of an election"
"What about silvet?'
"If you can find out what my views are on
that subject you have full permission to
write them out in extenso ana sign my name
to them."
Colonel Brice's manner did not indicate
that he was deeply concerned in Governor
Campbell's fight in Ohio.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-05

MELBOURNE, of Australia and Canton, is,
still flourishing ON the wings of the storm
out in Kansas. As Melbourne represents
private industry, and is opposed to frater-
nalism in the persons of the Government
rain-makers, the people seem to favor Mel
bourne. Besides which he does not maker
such thunderous noise.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-05

THE,headlines from Tennessee the other
day, which itemized the news: ''The Cotton
Pickers' Riot Settled-Ten Negro Rioters
Lynched," are Characteristic. This GER
tainly seems to be an effective way of set
Ting strike. The Southern method OF deal
ing with the labor problem is based'on the
same lines as,the proverbiali one forsrestor-.
ing peace at Warsaw.
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THE WAGES OF WOMEN.
Smaller Pay Is Due to the Temporary
Character of Their Employment.

Smaller Pay Is Due to the Temporary
Character of Their Employment.
New Orleans Times -Democrat.]
The economic section of the British Asso-
citation at its recent meeting took under
consideration the relative wages of men and
women, and discussed the matter thor
oughly in the hope that some conclusion
could be reached, some basis of fixing the
pay that women ought to get where they do
the same kind of work as men. As might
have been expected, no definite conclusion
was reached. although the matter was very
thoroughly discussed and great deal of in
teresting information obtained. In the first
place, 1t was shown that the popular belief
that women do not get the same pay as men
for the same quality of work is a mistake.
They are paid quite as well in many
branches. In art and literature they receive
the same compensation, and among the
greater singers the women have probably
received more. In the trades or professions
they get the same pay when they organize
and insist upon it. For years the Lancashire
cotton mills paid female labor less than the
males, until tho women organized and
struck. Since then the mill owners have not
considered the sex of their employees, but
the work done. A similar strike was tnat of
the women teachers in Wyoming and 1t was
similarly successful. Indeed within the last
few years the salaries paid female teachers
have approXimated closer and closer to
those paid the men. until now in q maj ajority
of the States no difference between them is
recognized.
When, however, it comes to factory
work the women get less, generally because
they do less. Their work is usually differ
ent from that done by the men, simpler,
lighter and easier. Again, in regard to
typewriters, clerks, telegraph operators and
the like, the smaller pay is due to inferior
work. This is especially the case with type
writer's and clerks due to the fact that when
the women go into these branches they do
so temporarily, expecting to leave them
soon for something else, whereas the men
adopt them generally as permanency. 1t
is this temperatures which makes
much of womens work-especially where
they enter into competition with men-in-
ferior, and is the cause of their receiving
lower pay. Whenever they go into any
trade which they intend to keep up perma-
nently they get the same pay, and they do
so, moreover, when they are thoroughly
and insist upon their rights. But
when it is a mere makeshift, something to
be followed year or so until they are mar
ried, the work is inferior and the pay small.
These are the conclusions reached by the
British Association, after having discussed
the matter for several days.
Blaine Gets There.
New York World.1
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j. r. Werner, Traveller,

j. R. Werner, who has led a most event
full life in Africa, is dead. He was long in the
service of the Kongo Free State, and controlled
the entire engineering department of the steamers
plying on the kongo. His travels on the river
enabled him to write very entertaining book
entitled 'River Life on the kongo. ~ in which he
more frankly described things as they appeared to
him than most Kongo writers. His book was pub
lished in this country He has recently been in the
The cause of his death is not yet known. He was
still a Young man.
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A Cycling Tragedy.

The day was one of perfect weather
For devotees of the wheel,
As Madge and set out together
Upon our swift steeds of steel
Though sire was brightly blithe and gay,
As befit the occasion and hour;
1 could not find word to say,
But in silence remained dumb and sour
"You do not talk" she said, ''at all;
Are you musing upon your sIns?"
For she knew not that her brother small
Had filed my saddle with pins.
Indianapolis Journal.
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FIFTEEN millions of debt reductionfin
September sounds large. But it should be
remembered that the facility of these big
debt reductions to happen inst before elec--
tion has not been confined to Republican,
administrations.