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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-04
PEOPLE COMING AND GOING.

John D. Ward, of New York, no relative
Of Captain Ward, of the Brooklyn team, is
the new chief clerk at the Duquesne. He is
one of the oldest hotel men in the country,
and will be remembered by many as the
genial manager of the Monongahela House
when Mr.. Griscom was proprietor Mr.. Ward
remarked that he was glad to get back to
Pittsburg. He has numerous friends in the
city who will be glad to see him.
H G. Frick went to Cresson last evening
to spend the Fourth with his family. He
said he had been watching the iron trade
with view to selling coke, and he had come
to the conclusion that next year might be
good for business, but this one was failure.
Deputy Fish Commissioner g. H. Lamb
son with five assistants in a private car,
passed through the city yesterday, bound
for Worthwhile, Mich, where he will stock
the car with trout for distribution in Illinois
and Wisconsin.
Ex-Governor A. NJ. Poindexter, of Mis-
souri,, was at the Union depot yesterday,
going home. He said he had no use for Cleve-
land, but would vote for him if nominated.
He would like to see Western man elected
President.
Thomas Dennison, one of the owners of
the Birmingham road, was in the city yes
terday to see how it was running. He was
greatly pleased with the cars, and he thinks
they are the best in Pittsburg.
Congressman John B. Robinson and wife
and his mother, Mrs. Letitia Robinson re-
turned TO MeQla last evening. They were
here attending the funeral of Mr.. Robinson's
brother.
Among the New York passengers last
evening were Judge Porter, DR.. W. s. King
and wife. j. L. Sheriff, A. W. Mellon and
Captain Sam Brown.
Frank Alexander, of Canton, H. As
kins, of Dennison, and J. P. Linton, of
Steubenville, are registered at the An
derson.
B. G. Wilson, proprietor of the Seventh
Avenue Hotel, has gone to Ross Park on tho
Allegheny Valley road, to spend the sum-
mer.
W. p Rend, the coal operator, boarded
the limited last evening, and went home to
celebrate the glorious Fourth.
HI. A. King, of Meadville, and John E.
Du Bois, of Du Bois, are among the guests at
the Seventh Avenue Hotel.
d. G. King, of Fredericksburg, and NJ
B. Taylor, ef Warren, are stopping at the
Monongabela House.
Captain Henry NJ. Kuhn, of Johnstown,
and +. NJ Parker, of Spokane Falls, are at
the Duq-lesne.
T. NJ. Orr, commercial agent for the Santa
Fe road, started for the seashore last even
ing.
E. R. Casper returned yesterday from a
fishing trip on Lake Erie.
Dr. Horner came home from Atlant ie
City last evening.
NJ. X. McMullen, the stock broker, left
for York
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-04
PITTsBURG, SATURDAY, July 4, 1871.
CARPENTERS Ar WORK AGAIN.

The long strike in the building trades is
over. 1t was begun amidst conflicting
counSels. According to statements by
some Of the labor men, it was in conflict
even with the technical rules of their or
CARNATIONS. But be this as it may
whether it was "boom" strike projected
under the inspiration of President Com
pers, or a strike based upon mistaken esti-
mates of the situation by walking dele
gates and other officialS-there can be no
question that it proved an expensive ven-
ture The most significant result is that
it leaves the employers with perfect or
CaniZation, and for the first time with the
prestige of success.
Still the strike will not have been wholly
failure, nor will the privations and dis
appointments endured be wholly loss, if
now its lessons are weighed by both en-
ployerS and employed. The need for
moderation, for reasonable and fair coun-
selling together, and for consideration of the
state of trade as means of adjusting diff
ferences of view will be better understood.
Mere power temporarily possessed should
not alone be considered There are con-
ditions of trade sometimes which neither
employer nor employed, nor both together,
can alter or force.
The Builders Exchange has the best of
the situation now; but the greater the wis
dom its members will require not to abuse
the victory. Liberality, just consideration
of all reasonable demands from the men,
and disposition to consider the mems in
terests as far as possible will produce a
good spirit. Any less generous policy will
be only the sowing of seed for future
strikes, In the temper of the present
times men, whether they represent labor
or capital, will combine to resist exac-
tions they think unnecessary or unjust
Or the other hand, an evident spirit of
li5orality and justice is always powerful to
win men over
An increase of practical wisdom-the
qualification all round for better judg-
ment and better spirit in the future-is
the only profit whatsoever from this long
and costly strike.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-04
SEVERE ON THE CAPITALISTS.

An explanation of the mortgage fore
closures in Kansas is offered by the To-
peka Capital, and adopted approvingly by
certain Eastern journals which assume
the attitude of representatives of capital.
Singularly enough the explanation which
commends itself to the organs of the
moneyed interests is especially severe on
the intelligence or honesty of the people
who loan on farm mortgages. 1t is, briefly,
that many of the Kansas farmers succeed
in obtaining loans on mortgages to the full
value of their farms, and then permit the
mortgages to be fOreclosed as good way
of selling their farms. This is the state
ment as editorially given in the New York
Post from the Western paper:
There were forty-one foreclosures in Cloud
county from January to June Is, and these
foreclosures, with scarcely an exception,
and with actually no exception, the Capital
believes, in the case of farms, were on farms
and lots abandoned by the borrowers, who,
having obtained all the land was worth,
made no effort to pay the mortgages. In
Western Kansas the Capital declares that
sin 90 per cent of the foreclosures the land
was abandoned directly after the loan was
made the borrower sought pastures new,
and the loaner held the bag"
But this amounts to an assertion that
people who loan money on mortgages in
Kansas are either such idiots that they do
not know their business, or such knaves
that they deliberately loan the money of
their clients to greater extent than is
consistent with first-class mortgage secur-
ity. 1t is somewhat notorious that rail-
10 hn
are floated to the full value of the prop
erty; but it takes great deal of manipula-
ton and covering up under watered stocks
and construction company contracts to
effect that cheat, and even then it has
quickly become threadbare. But here
is an assertion that in business where for
generations it has been recognized that the
security consists in keeping the loan
within one-half the value, the real trouble
is the inability of capital to conduct its
operations on the primary principles of
good security.
There have been some attempts to ex-
plain the Kansas troubles on the theory
that the farmers are ignorant lazy and
do not understand their business It is
pleasant variation to learn that the money!
lenders are either fools or knaves and
presumptively mixture of both. In view
of the great corporate and financial law,
make money; honestly, if you can; but
make money" the Kansas farmers are not
wholly unjustified in taking this ready
means Of selling their property. But there
would seem to be positive need for either
reformation or enlightenment among the
people who have money to lend.
We should suggest that the esteemed
New York Post, as the representative of
financial interests, should send missionaries
to the Kansas money lenders to instruct
them that mortgage security is not otsecurity
when the loan exceeds two-thirds the
value of the property mortgaged-aIway
excepting the great vested interest of rail
way bonds
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LOCATING CoIUMBuSL LANDING

BY special telegram elsewhere it will
be seen that the expedition sent out by
the Chicago Herald to locate the spot
where Christopher Columbus first landed
has completed its work. Of the various
spots named as claimants for that distinc-
ton Watling's Island was selected, on the
ground of its identity in physical character
istics with the description given in the
journal of Columbus of the island on which
he landed The argument seems practi-
callv conclusive, and the monument
erected to mark the spot containing me-
mentoes OF the present day, including a
copy of THE DISPATCH, may be regarded
as indicating to future generations the
place where the discoyerer of the New
World reached the success thai makes his
name immortal. Some jests have been
made concerning this expedition, but it
has done its work in way that demon
strates its Importance and usefulness.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-04
TWO MILES A MINUTE.
Great Things Claimed by the Inventor of a
One-Wheel Cycle.

Great Things Claimed by the Inventor of q
One Wheel Cycle.
Springfield Republican,
A one-wheel cycle, eight feet high, that a
greenhorn can learn to ride in minute and
then write his name in the dust with it in Is
feet of space, not to mention a speed
capacity of two miles in go seconds on good
track, is the astonishing invention which
Victor Beranger, of Worcester, editor Of LIE
Courier de Worcester, claims to have produced
after two years of hard work.
Last week, he says, his brother in Montreal
rode the phenomenon 73 miles in one hour
on an ordinary highway, and that was at the
rate of much more than u mile minute
Mr. Beranger himself on wager of $1G0,
will leave Worcester some day next week in
the presence OF q number of witnesses, so
he SAYS, ut the same time the new "Chicago
fiieri on the Boston and Albany Railroad
leaves for Boston, and he promises to arrive
at the Hub at least Is minutes before the ex-
press train reaches there, Notwithstanding
that he will have to travel 81 miles by high
way as against Al by rail. If he does it, in
the face of the fact that the highway be-
tween Worcester and Boston is IN no way
prepared for such lightning trip, "Mon-
sieur'' will have furnished the world the
biggest sensation possible short of an actual
flying machine. Mr.. Beranger may be an
enthusiast, but he has made applications for
patents in five countries, and his patent in
this country is already assured. The new
cycle will certainly make the fur fiy in
"Dike" circles if it goes, for it will be sold for
So and its weight will be about ID pounds
less than the ordinary safety"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-04
A SINGULAR ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

That is a remarkable proceeding to
which the Philadelphia Ledger, by its own
admission, pleads guilty. 1t was asserted
the other day that portion Of the confess
sion Of Bardsley, duplicating others than
tie recognized and admitted participants
in the Keystone Bank plunder, had
reached one OF the newspaper offices, but
was there suppressed. 1t is now admitted
l,y one Of the editors Of the Ledger that it
leceivCd such statement, but that publ
cation was refused because it was I5clous,
and il would he unjust to place people of
high reputation under the accusations of a
notorious liar like Bsydsley.
This is remarkable position for jour
nal which assumes to represent the public
interest. The. belief that men of influ-
cDce enough TO keep their partnership in
the plunder secret had a share OF the
bank p.Tnder is widespread, and on
Ills statement appears to be we'll
founded. Tiic only evidence by which
Tie money can DE traced is that
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The Dispatch Heartily Indorsed.

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
In recent issue of the Tines-Stdr of Gin
cinnati read paragraph credited to THE
DISPATCH which 1 am sure is cordially ap-
proved by a large portion of the American
people. Referring to the spirit of annexa-
ton which prevails in some quarters, you
say: "To add to our population the people
of Cuba, Haiti or Guatemala would be SIM
ply to incorporate into our Government a
class utterly incapable of performing the
duties of American citizenship"
That is the simple statement of great
truth. The Latin race is not as capable of
successful selfgovernment as the Anglo
Saxon. Note the different, and sometimes
sudden and bloody, changes of government
in France and Spain and in the Spanish
American republics south of us since the es-
adjustment of our own Federal Govern
ment. stability does not appear to depend
upon Enlightenment either. for France, the
queen of modern civilization, since the rev.
olution of 17s9, has been under the govern
ment of the first Napoleon, Charles H. Louis
Philippe, another Napoleon and the present
Another objection is that the Latin race,
particularly on this continent is a cruel
one: Who OF us can read of the barbarities
of the Chilean chief, Balmaceda, without
shuddering? In Cuba the race largely runs
to bandits who have an unpleasant habit of
torturing their captives at times. All this is
u.
such people would not furnish good mate
rial to make American citizens of.
Still less are the negroes of Haiti San
Domingo or Cuba fit for American citizen
ship. While the Latin race is capable of
self-government, the negro race is not. The
pages of history will be searched in vain for
"a single example of successful autonomy by
a negro people Haiti began her career as
an independent government but shortly
after we began ours. She had every ad-
vantage that geographical location and eli
mate can give, and the commerce of the
Western world passed within hail of her
shores. She had but to reach out her hands
to become a rich and powerful nation. But
she was not peopled with q race capable of
grasping the situation. She was barbaric
then and she is barbario now. She would
not be valuable acquisition to the sister
hood of American States The commercial
advantages would be more than counter
balanced by the disadvantages of attempting
to govern her turbulent inha bitants.
You speak truly in the paragraph referred
to when you say: 1--WE would either have to
nuIlify our principles Of popular self-gov-
ernment by holding those populations in a
condition of disfranchisement, or we would
have to admit into citizenship large num-
Der of people wholly foreign to intelligent
democracy" JOHN A. CoNwELL.
AURORA, Ind, July !.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-04
Realty on the Hill Top.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
In the interesting account of ride over
the transit lines of the city in this mornings
DISPATCH a statement is made concerning
the hill top section reached by the Central
Traction Company, which in the interest of
the general public, as well as that locality,
should be corrected. 1t is as follows: "De-
sirable building sites in this region are
plentiful, and the trouble seems to be that
everybody on the hills is waiting for top
figures-prices are higher than the proper
ties-with the result that other neighbor-
hoods are taking the population"
In making this statement the writer evil
IDENTIFY reasoned from effect to cause and
made an error by getting the wrong cause.
There is a greater area on tho hill top region
reached by the Central Traction line than
anywhere else within three miles of the
Court House, because, up to q year and a half
ago, that locality. was the farthest away in
point of time. 1t took more time for the
old horse cars to climb the hill than it did
for the business man or clerk to go to
Torrens or Brushton by the more rapid
routes. The consequence was that popula-
tion flowed to the more accessible points
and land on the hill top section, up to a short
time ago, sold at almost rural prices.
As stated in the article referred to, the
cable line has brought this section within IL
minutes ride of the Court House, but the
fact with regard to the prices of property
there is just the opposite of what is asserted
in the sentence quoted. Property has adj
vanced since the opening of the cable line;
and it may advance more when the new
electric line along Center avenue is built.
But this section being shown by the article
to be as near town as Oakland it is pertinent
to say that any intending purchaser will find
on investigation that property can be pur
chased there at about one-half the cost of
Oakland realty.
1t is well known that prices of lots
throughout the East Liberty Valley range
from $50 up to 500 per foot front in the
choice localities. 1t would not be strange if
some of the Thirteenth ward property own
ers should feel inclined to hold on until
prices there reach something like a parity to
those figures; but there are many who are
well satisfied to accept the improvement on
former values of $50 to $40 per foot front on
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of the persons who have confessed
their guilt. If this evidence makes false
accusations it can be met by honest men.
But when journal assuming to be inde-
pendent deliberately suppresses statements
the public and the law have been demand
ing on the ground of libel, it looks as if the
position was that anything is libelous that
hits the Ledger's friends and that nothing
that brings the robbery close to any man of
influence will be permitted to reach the
public.
Such an acknowledgment goes a long
distance toward corroborating the charge
that has been made, that the men in the
background are so powerful as even to
make the newspapers of Philadelphia sup
press that portion of the news which
would be uncomfortable for them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-04
MARIE ANTOINETTEs SLIPPER,
1t Has for Years Prevented Corns in an
American Family.

III has LOT Years Irevented COrnS In an
American Family.
Youths Companion.l
In an old French household in New York
the most carefully cherished heirloom is o
slipper which was worn by Marie Antoin-
cite in the last days before the French Rev
olution. 1t was one of the precious relics in
the baggage of court lady who fled with
her husband to Louisiana when the storm
broke. She left the tiny, blue, faded slipper
to her daughter, with the injunction that it
should go down in the family, to the eldest
daughter, if she never allowed herself to
have cOrnS.
1t is pretty slipper, and has been care
fully kept in the jewel case of one French
woman after another, SO that it is perfectly
preserved.
1t is short, very narrow and very high
heeled, and is a brocaded blue, lined with
soft white silk. The sole is of coarse
grained leather, and there are three satin
straps over the instep, fastened with paste
buckle
The pointed toe is embroidered with silver
threads, and the edges are bound with silver
braid,
The condition regarding its inheritance
has always been strictly regarded. The
women of the house have taken great care
of their feet that they might rightfully
claim the unhappy Queens slipper, and for
worn in that family.
A relic of this sort would be boon in
good many households, if it had the effect of
inducing the daughters to abandon the
tight boots, which injure not only their feet,
but their gait and carriage.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-04
A REMARKABLE POND.
Many Relics Of a Prehistoric Race Found on
an Island in 1t.

|
| ATLANTA, GA, July 3.-Half q mile from
Sparks in Berrien county, is pond at the
head of Bear creek. This pond was damned
and mill built 20 years ago by John Par
IRISH, who successfully operated the mill for
several years, to the great accommodation
Of the country for miles around. This pond
is one of the wonders of the South, and not
one attempts to go over it without pilot
and sometimes the pilot gets lost. The pond
covers about $500 acres, averaging feet
deep. Cypress and other growths peculiar
to water nature stand high over the pond
that cast q shadow for the benefit of the
playful fish that thousands of people are
Smacking their mouths for.
Near the center of the pond is an island of
so acres with II acres in cultivation that con-
sists of one of the finest little truck and
poultry farms of this section: owned and
presided over by Mr.. D. T. Pulliam, who
takes great delight and interest in improv-
ing fowls. He has his fowl yards convent
entity laid off and enclosed in picket fences
that would give credit to suburban sur
rounding. On this island are landmarks
that are supposed to stand in memory of the
last Indian tribe of this country. The land
is rich and produces vegetables in large
quantities, and Mr. Pulliam is making sue
cess with his little experiment farm on the
island.
The dam that holds this large body of
water is only few hundred yards long. The
pond is great pleasure resort for those who
sizes are caught every day, but the people
cannot catch them as fast as they raise, and
this is why the supply is inexhaustible.
Tons and tons of fish could be caught and
plenty left
When the workmen were digging for dirt
to build the dam 20 years ago, they found
landmarks of nation of people that were
here before the Indians. A crossing for
vehicles was resting under a foot of land
that the first settlers of this country could
gain no information of from the Indians.
Further down in the earth they found the
decomposed substance of O mans bones
that had evidently been laid away a century
or two ago wrapped in a fiber resembling
cypress bark. As best they could judge the
bones were of a man above the medium
size and was supposed to have been of
giant nation that preceded the Indians.
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EFFORTS OF FUNNY MEN,

Blir rkers-It isn't safe to court two girls
| at the same time.
stoddart-I should say not did that once and
| one of 'em sued me for preach of promise!
Blinkers-And the other one sacked you, sup
| pose?
stoddart-No; she married me!-Smtth, Gray q
! o.'s Monthly.
Mrs. Enpec-Well, you can't say that I
| ever borrow trouble.
Enpec-No, give you credit: it is the only thing
| you never out of.-Snltth, Gray Co.'S
| Mo1ataly.
Mrs. Hicks-You shouldn't thwart
| child's bent, Samuel.
| Hicks-No, Maria: when you have him bent you
should thwack him.-Snltth, GTuy C CO.'S Monthly.
Our greediness shows itself soon
In life, yea soon after birth.
As infants we cry for the moon,
When older we sigh for the earth.
-Ne1o FORK Press.
cause he can't raise the wind. 1t is a standing
complaint.
Potts-Have you known him long?
Pipkin-Yes; when he was a baby he howled for
the same reason.-He1o York HeTuh.
Leafard-But you painted my wife's
mouth wide openi
Van Daub-Exactly. You particularly requested
speaking likeness.-Ne,o fork Telegram.
$50 you mustered up courage. and called
upon her last night?''
II did
''Did she seem pleased?''
ITO tell the truth. I was so nervous that didn't
notice, but guess she was pleased for as got up
TO go I saw that she looked very happy. ''-Neso
York Press.
South American General to his soldiers
Now. my brave men, charge once morei Victory
will be ours. and your country viii owe you an
everlasting debt.-Detrot Free Press.
Drops of perspiration
Through complexion flow,
Leaving little chunklets
That resemble dough.
-Wdshfnoton Post.
'That was very sad about Pimpleigh.
He died of nicotine poisoning the other day."
Eyes, so 1 heard. The doctors held an autopsy
on the remains. They found his stomach and in
testnes lined with cigarette pictures. ''-Mp Eork
Telegram.