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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-24
DECLINING FOR BLAINE.

The anxiety of the friends and mouth
pieces of the Harrison administration
about Mr.. Blaine's course has reached the
degree of agony. The latest expression of
it is the deliverance of the New York Mail
and Erpress, reported in the kilograms to
yesterdays DISPATCH. The assertion, that
Mr.. Blaine is pledged TO refuse the desire
of the great mass of the Republican party
that he shall be the candidate, bears the
earmarks of Mr.. Russell Harrison's favOrite
plan for side-tracking the Blaine boom,
with some additional touches in the best
style of Colonel Elliott F. Shepard's most
admired idiocv.
The phraseology of this announcement
TO the effect that it comes from 'the man
who has charge OF the Northwest for the
President" is quite in the line of the
Shepard genius. OF course, the man who
"has charge of the Northwest" will not
let it get away to Blaine, and, from the
Shepard point of view, after convincing
Mr. Blaine of the fact will be able to get
what he wants from him in the way of
destinations. But politician who is en-
gagged in holding up the Northwest in the
Harrison interest may not be the best
authority as to Mr.. Blaine's intentions,
although he affords a beautiful testi-
monial to the spontaneity and genuine
ness of the popular demand for Harrison.
1t is extremely doubtful whether the
Northwest can be carried in the pocket of
any one politician for Harrison. 1t is
equally doubtful whether any politician
who is undertaking that large contract has
any authority to speak for Mr.. Blaine.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-24
Gipsy Fortune-Tellers Active.

For several weeks little band of
Gipsies has been camping up Little Sewick-
ley creek, and pretty nearly every woman
In the Sewickley Valley, and a large number
OF the men, have had their fortunes told by
the dark-eyed women of this strange race.
some of the readings of the past were very
accurate and a few of the predictions made
by the Gipsies have already come true. As
usual young and impressionable girls have
obtained the greatest satisfaction, and If the
matrimonial business does not boom in
Sewickley this winter there will be lot of
disappointed damses there. But all the
predictions have not dealt with affairs of
the heart. In one case the Gipsy fortune
teller told an Edgeworth woman that she
might expect the sudden death of a four
legged member of her establishment. and
the very next day a horse belonging to her
died, and rs if to emphasize the fulfillment
of the prophesy, favorite dog was run over
and killed on the railroad. The Gipsies
moved their camp day or two ago, but
though they are now couple of miles from
Sewickley Village, the fortune-teller has
enough to do to attend to the pilgrims.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-24
OUR MAIL POUCH.
Conscientious scruples.

To the Editor of The Dispatch:
In the published report Of the opening OF
the trial of Mrs. Lucy Fitzsimmons, GER
tain Judge is reported to have "sarcastl-
cally" retorted to juror who put IN u plea
as to conscientious scruples, that Jurors
must stay in the court room whether they
are on the jury or not" To another who had
trouble with his conscience, this same Judge
exclaimed angrily: "Moral cownrdice, want
you to know, is not conscientious scruples.
People take one for the other, but they are
mistaken
On this the next juryman ayowed h1mseli
as having no such scruples, when this Judge
proceeded to overwhelm him with fulsome
laudation. calculating: "Neither has any
other intelligent man who has sense enough
to voter
Has it come to this, that spot can be
found in this Governments that so broadly
recognizes the supreme right of conscience,
dignity of his position to insult an American
citizen in the exercise of this right?
Or what kind of food has this man par
taken that he thus assumes to sit as an IN
quis1tor to rail at the honest citizen, ana
goes behind the guarded portal to impugl
mems motives?
Has the malevolent and Puritanical spirit
that prosecuted Quakers and banished
Roger Williams come forth to resurrection
to t. rment us before our time, or is this only
its uneasy ghost?
1t was RienZi, who, in the decline of his
coIntrys greatness, exclaimed: yet we are
Romans! Why, in that older day to be
Roman was greater than II king!' N
WAMPUM, Pa, September %.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-24
A QUEER BENEFIT SOCIETY.
1t Is Composed of Ministers of the Ohio
Methodist Episcopal Conference.

1t Is Composed of Ministers of the Ohio
Methodist Episcopal Conference.
ZANEsvILLE, Sept. 23.-[SpeciaL 1.-The first
meeting of the eightieth annual session of
the Ohio Conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church was held at the Second Metho-
dist Episcopal Church this morning. Bishop
Fowler, of California, presided.
The Executive Committee of the Preach
ers' Mutual Relief Society held meeting
and canvassed the claims of superannuated
ministers. The society Is rather n peculiar
one. In every Methodist Episcopal confer
ence there is what is known as the super
annuated fund.- 1t never equals the de-
50 cents on the dollar of the allowances
made, it is considered to be in highly pros
porous condition. A Rev. Mr.. Smith became
q member of the organization i'll 1863 and
paid in SlS9 and became superannuated. He
now draws $l20 year from the fund. The
organization is peculiar TO the Ohio confer
ence, and none but ministers in it are al
lowed to become members. Not all the
members of the conference are members of
the society, but the ma jority of them are,
and its membership is increasing rapidly.
It now has fund of $4,000 on hand as re-
serve. This is loaned under such rigid rules
that the society has never lost a cent. A
greater part of it comes from gifts and the
balance comes from dues.
The question whether women should be
allowed to be lay delegates, which was sub
mitted to n vote of the church, was touched
upon in the reports of two of the Presiding
Elders, Rev. j. c. jackson, of the Columbus
district, where the vote stood 720 for and 23l
against their admission, and Rev. 7. r. Tay-
lor of the Chillicothe district where the
vote was about to l in favor of their ad-
mission.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-24
oRAToRICAL FLIGHTS AT SCR ANTON

Tropes and metaphors ''thick as leaves
in VailambrOsa' 5 forests strewn' adorned
the oratory of the nominating speeches at
Scranton yesterday Our own Major More
land easily carried off first honors for a
high style of elOquence in his presentation
OF the name of Congressman DalzelL But
it was probably not the comparison to
Prince Rupert, or Somers, or to MiltiadeS,
which had most significance for that sort
of a convention, but rather the sharp,
practical thrust in which the Major spoke
Of the disasters which attend personal die
1atorShip within parties
Mr. Schaeffer. of Delaware county, who
put up the name of Robinson, was also
magnifcently fluent. He did not, like his
predecessor, drop into the classics to any
extent worth speaking of, but, in the line
of the picturesque his great imaginative
sketch Of the League, ''sabers in hand,
waiting for the bugle to sound the charge
in which we will break through the thin
breast of BardsleyiSm and fraud, behind
which the enemy has endeavored to en-
trench" is hard to beat The elaboration
Of this martial spectacle in which Mr..
Schaeffer, farther along, depicted his war
II0rS wearing shields of American tin"
and swords that were wrought from
American silver may be regarded as
little bizarre from a strictly military stand
point. Still, it is not so bad as if Mr..
Schaeffer had made the swords of tin,
which a less careful orator, yielding
wholly to rhetorical impulse, without re-
gard to military eXpediency, might readily
have done
The work of party direction has become
So intensely practical and prosaic in these
days, that there is seldom room for
extraordinary flights of oratory; but in JUS
tice to the Scranton convention it must be
said that in this respect at least it made
the most of its opportunity.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-24
DEMANDS OF GERMAN CATHOLICS
Formulated in Platform Adopted by
Their Congress at Buffalo.

Their Congress at Buffalo.
BUFFALO, Sept. 23.-Accepting at full value
the information afforded to-day from within
the guarded portals ofthe ePriestenverefn, the
200 German-American ecclesiastics present
were occupied solely with such details as
the method of electing their officers and
similar routine subjects. To-day's session,
after Father Zurcher's chilling experience
OF yesterday, was not invaded by
any outsider, and the secrets of the con-
clave, If any were held back from inquirers,
remained safely concealed. Before adj journ-
ing till tomorrow it is understood letter
was read in the priest meeting from Arch
bishop Elder, of Cincinnati, which afforded
much satisfaction to the members. The
communication dealt with the language
question, and according to one of the priests,
favored the use of German to inculcate the
first Christian principles where German is
the common language of the family, the
idea being those principles should be taught
in the mother tongue.
The principal work in which the laymen
participated to-day was in voting unanimous
approval of the platform of the Catholic
Congress, the framing OF which was guided
largely, If not altogether, by the clergy.
Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishops Ryan and
Corrigan sent letters of regret for enforced
power for the Pope, and an international
congress with that end in view; thanks the
Holy Father for his encyclical on the social
question; favors Catholic education for
Catholic youth, and demands full liberty to
retain and use the German mother tongue
in connection with the language of their
adopted country.
Bernard He'll, of P1ttsburg, National Presi-
dent; Philip SCHNEIDER, New York, Vice
cording Secretary; Joseph Reiman, of Pitts
of Buffalo, Financial Secretary: Henry Ress,
of st. Louis, Treasurer.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-24
PEOPLE WHO COME AND GO.

Phil B. Jones, of Memphis, Tenn, was a
passenger in the Eastern express last even
! ing He said he had been through the Re-
bellion. He was inclined to spin yarns of
| his campaign days, but the train wouldn't
wait for him. He he said remembered this
| end of the county very well, and made in
| quiries for the OLD penitentiary, which he
said he knew quite well
Anthony Leetzott, of Winterburn, Clear
| field county, was brought to town last even
| ing on the Allegheny Valley train, suffering
from painful injury to his knee. lie cut
himself with an ak about three weeks ago
while telling timber and, the wound becom-
ing dangerous, it was deemed advisable to
have him sent to a hospital. He was taken
to the Mercy.
There will be some hustling done among
the passenger agents at Beaver Fair to-day
and days following. W. f. Starr, of the Mis-
souri, Pacific: S. c. Milbourne, of the Union
Pacific: o. Warner, of the G. B. & Q; sam v.
Movers and Colonel Sam Moody will all be
on hand in the interest of their various
lines.
Ralph HI. Wells who has long been as
sociated with the Anderson staff, has trans
ferred his. allegiance to:the Duquesne as
Wells, having gone home to Baltimore FOR u
rest.
Colonel Sam Moody's friends will be glad
to hear that his l3-year-old daughter, who
has been seriously ill for several weeks with
typhoid fever, has passed the turning point
and will recover.
George r. Thompson, Southern passenger
agent OF the PENNSYLVANIA line, with head
quarters in New Orleans, was in the city
Yesterday on q vacation
7. S. L'Amoreaux, of Ballston Spa; ex-
Congressman George W. Grouse, of Akron,
and Daniel O'Day, of Buffalo, are ut the Mo
nOngahela.
Ex-State Senator j. w. Lee, of Franklin,
met number of other gentlemen interested
in oil operations, at the Duquesne yester-
day.
W. Hope, of Liverpool, England, and N.
Z Chapman q railroad man from Philadel-
phia, were ut the Anderson yesterday.
Geo. S. McCreary, of Lewistown, Pa,
and A. G. Smith and wife, of Florence, Ala,
are guests at the Seventh Avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs Bakewell and family left
for the East last evening in a special car at
tached to the Eastern express.
Congressman n-elect Andrew Stewart, Mrs.
Stewart and Miss Leila stewart registered at
the Monongahela last night.
Colonel w. p Rend, who has been in
town for the last two weeks, returned to Chi
cago last night at 1l:O5.
UPTON H. White, of Salisbury. Pa. an
ex-member of the Legislature, is at the Mo-
nongahela.
A number of citizens went on a special
excursion to Moundsville, w. Va, yesterday
morning.
b. E. Ryan, Chicago banker, and Geo.
H. Smith, of New York, are Duquesne guests.
j. X Crawford and Mrs. Crawford, of
Franklin, are at the Anderson.
The Central Hotel sale was completed
Yesterday to Kaufmanns.
John G. Grey went to Philadelphia last
evening on business trip.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-24
HE DECEIVED HIMSELF.

The account of the death of Balmaceda
coming, as it did, from the same source
which had previously given US a detailed
account of his escape to the United States
flagship in the disguise of liquor and a
sailors tOgs, was naturally to be received
with reserve. As four days have elapsed
without locating the defeated Dictator in
any new spot and as Mr. Egan has dis
charged his regular diplomatic function of
confirming the news three days after date,
it is safe TO conclude that the recent ruler
of Chile has sigAalized the close of his
career by the tragic act of suicide.
This makes it pertinent to moralize a
little on the expressions which the dying
man appears to have addressed to the
people of the United States In this letter
he asserts that he acted under the
firm conviction that he was right
but that he was deceived by his gen
erals, who all lied to him. Being
deceived by those Immediately about
him is the common fate of the ruler who
tries 10 set up an absolute power on the
ruins Of popular government The man
whose idea is 20 place himself above the
people has been subject to such decep-
TiOns from the time of Darius down to
that Of Napoleon Ill The man who
regards himself merely as a custodian of
popular and constitutional government,
is less liable TO such defeat One can
hardly imagine Lincoln or even Jefferson
Davis taking refuge after complete defeat
in the plea that they had been utterly
blinded and deceived as TO the true state
Of affairs The phraseology of the COM
plant, my generals were false to me, d"
proves the position which Balmaceda had
reached of regarding himself, and not
the Constitutional Government, as the
ruler to which the Chilean generals owed
loyalty
a Yet this was the one point on which an
intelligent and honest man could not be
deceived by his supporters or sycophants.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-24
The New Western Outlet.

Railroad men, both here and in Chicago,
are watching the development of the Balti-
more and Ohio road between Pittsburg and
Chicago with considerable interest The
opening of the new short cut between Akron
and Chicago Junction has brought the B. &
o. route via the Pittsburg and Western q
larger share of through passenger traffic
from Pittsburg to Chicago than it ever en-
joyed before. The new road, which is 6s
miles in length, etfecting a saving of no less
than 2s miles, is exceedingly well built,
straight and through pleasant country.
So well patronized has this P. & w. Chicago
Express been since the new road was COM
pleted that the institution of a through YES
tibule train from Chicago to New York, via
a,GItsuGtg; a,lI, is talked OF & as eertalnty, PROB
be enlarged this fall, anyhow and the bene-
fit of vigorous competition between the rail
roads linking Pittsburg with the West will
be felt more substantially here than any
where else.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-24
NAMES FREQUENTLY HEARD.

EX-SENATOR SPooNER, of Wisconsin,
| promises to give two weeks to Mckinley in
Ohio, and two to Fassett in New York, next
month.
LADY HENRY SOMERSET, President of the
British Women's Temperance Association
will visit America in October to be present
at the meetings of the Worlds Women's C,
T. U.
REV. DIR. BURCHARD, whose alliterative
boomerang, "Rum, Romanism and Rebellion
turned the tide of q Presidential campaign
is alarmingly ill at his boarding house in
Saratoga.
The widow of Joseph X. Emmet has
made up her mind to pass her remaining
days in Albany, and she has gone into com
Portable apartments there. Her means are
ample, and her health is good.
SENATOR PRoCToR's S first step into official
life was as a village selectman. And the
Vermont villagers were mighty particular
about a man being an undeveloped states
man before they would trust him in such an
office.
THE proper way to pronounce Liliuoka-
lani, the name of the Queen of the Hawaiian
Islands, is as though it were spelled Lil-lee-
wolxe-alanny. Accent the second syllable
and pronounce the word rapidly. 1t means
LILLY of the Sky"
A RECENT visitor to Ibsen found him in
a shabby dressing gown buttoned over gray
trousers. On his feet were felt slippers and
his hair was in great disorder as were his
big side whiskers. His face appears comical
at first sight, but there is a line of satire be-
tween his clean -shaven lips.
MAJOR WIssMANN has left Europe for the
Dark Continent. He will lead an expedition
=, i,,&a
with him crew for the steamer given by
Germany for lake service. A German
engineer also goes to construct O railway
from Tanga toward Kilima-niaro.
JOHN RUsKIN has made record as a
hydraulic engineer by solving for the in
habitants of Fixing, q small town in Sussex.
England, the problem of obtaining an
adequate supply of drinking water. As an
evidence of their gratitude the people have
erected n tablet "to the glory of God and in
honor of John Rusl>in."
Mrs. WILLIAM C. WHITNEY's diamonds
are valued at 100000, and ono of her soli
taires is large as hazelnut. [She is the
wife of great Jeffersonian Democrat coal
oil leader.] A single clasp on the cloak of
Queen Elizabeth had set in it six sapphires
GO pearls, Is rubies and emeralds. These
are not the days of extravagance.
A HINDoo princess, the Begun Alma
dee, has distinguished herself in London So
ciety as q singer of superior voice, talent and
cultivation. She is descendant of the
Emperors of Delhi, and possesses a mezzo
soprano voice of extraordinary richness ana
power, which is used with very high artistic
taste. She has also great personal beauty
THE Earl of Warwick, father-in-law of
Lady Brooke, OF baccarat scandal fame, is
ing fits, and is expected to die in one before
long. He is over 73 years OF age, and has
been in feeble health for some time. Lady
Brooke has of late kept In the background,
and shown disposition to avoid the social
glare.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-24
TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.
PITTsBURG. THURSDAY, SEPT. "A, 1871.
THE WAR OF THE MUSHROOMS.

The election of Robinson as President
of the State League of Republican clubs
Yesterday terminated a contest which
long ago lost all features of dignity or
creditable political significance, and be-
came the example of the pettiness and
recklessness which dominate personal
politics.
At the inception of the contest there
were considerations which, as politics go,
were worthy of weight in the public mind.
There was the question of locality
whether Western Pennsylvania or Eastern
PENNSYLVANIA had the best claim to the
Presidency of the organization. There
was also the question as tG vino of the
candidates would be the more creditable
head of the Republican organizations
Both as a Western Pennsylvania man and
as an orator and thinker immeasurably
superior to his opponent, THE DISPATCH
recognized and stated that the Hon. John
DalZen presented the preferable choice.
But it is necessary to say that after
the campaign had opened on those very
acceptable lines, it rapidly degenerated
into a personal fight, in which the lower
level of political methods seemed to be de-
Iiberately preferred to the higher A con-
test which has for weeks been confined to
a competition as to which side can most
industrioUsly manufacture mushroom
clubs and most violently accuse the oppo-
sition ofdoing the same thing does not give
any important political significance TO the
final result
As to the effects of the fight on the politi-
cal prospects of the State they can very
easily be Overstated. When its echoes have
passed away, things will be about where
they were before, except that the club Or
CARNATIONS originally framed for the high
purpose of honorable political WOE are
now shown to be dominated by extsup aly
undesirable machine methods.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-24
SIFTINGS FROM LIFE,

The Summer MAXWELL, the seasons
over: now. suppose. you want to break our en-
gagpment and start your winter campaign.
The Summer Girl-Nonsense! Only girls in funny
paragraphs do that.
Aggrieved Passenger-What, 30 cents
from New York to Orange? Why, that's cents
mile!
Official tof the Delay. Linger 4 Wait Railroadl-
Yes, but It's only about II cents an hour.
Father-Now, look here, Dinnis, dye
moindp I've towld yez foive six times to go to
Sunday school an If hav' to tell agin III Civ
yez batting that yez' IL reminder to the ind Of yez
days!
Son-Lay hands on me at your peril! The pre-
sumption of you foreigners is simply disgusting.
Hark, bark, the dogs do bark
The boarders are coming fn town;
Some in rags and some with i1gs
And some of them all broken down.
He Cbitterly)-Pshaw All women are
alike.
she-Then why in the world do you spend 50
much time trying TO find the one you want to
marry?
Teacher Ito Mickey)-Now, Mickey, you
read the lesson to me first ana then tell me, with
the book closed, what you read.
MicLay, freading)-See the COW. Can the COW
rnp9 Yes the COW can run. Can the COW run as
swiftlv as the horse? No, the horse runs swifter
than the cow CLOSING up his book to tell what he
has read.) Get onto de cow MN ner Jig-steps
runs Be,cher,hfe she kin run. Kin de cow do up
de horse a runnin'? Nav, de cow amt In IL wild
de horse,
Miss Coquette-Have you match?
Mr. Flint-NO!
Miss C.-What shall we do?
Mr. F-Let's make one?
Miss C.-And in that case you would be the stick
suppose!
French Second-Come, the time for the
Where are your dueling pistols?
French Principal-Oh, forgot. let the chill
dren carry them on to the nursery for one Of their
games.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-24
Filming Dilatory Readers.

"A great many people who take books
from the Carnegie Library fail to return
them within the two weeks, according to the
regulations, and have to pay fine of two
cents day. As yet the largest fine paid on
a single volume etained beyond the limit
has been so cents, representing 40 days and
considerable annoyance to the officers of til g
library. One regular user of the library
calculated the other day that in six months
he had paid-by reason of forgetfulness more
than anything else, for almost any book can
be read in two wecks-exactly 10 cents a
volume for the works he had taken out
Even at this rate he deemed the library a
great convenience.
The library is extending its usefulness all
the time, and the number of readers has
begun to swell again now that the summer
vacation is over, and the women especially
are settling down in their city homes.