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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
A GAP IN THE PROOF.

The statement that the Indian revolt was
caused by the failure of the Government
agents to provide them with the stipulated
supplies, has caused the New York Tribune
to pull itself together and allege In defense
of the administration that it is not true, 1t
proves this to its own satisfaction by pro-
ducing the figures showing that there were
purchased for the Sioux nation enough pro-
visions to give each man, woman and child
NEARLY two pounds of beef and a half a
pound of -four for each day during the
year." in addition to '1arge but minor sup
plies of bacon, coffee, sugar, corn and
beans" This was for the year ending June
80, 1890, and for the current year the Tribune
gives the figures on which it alleges that the
ration is even larger.
All of which may be very true, but it
still leaves hiatus in the proof that the
Indians are we'll fed. In fact, as there is
strong and unprejudiced evidence that the
Indians have not been properly fed it points
out an exceedingly different conclusion. We
have the testimony of General Brook, Gen.
eral Miles, and large number of disin-
terested observers, that the bargains with
the Indians were not carried out, and that
they did not have food enough to keep them
from hunger. This evidence, taken in con-
nectioD with the TriJune's figures, points
to tie conclusion that large share of these
valuable and merehsutable supplies went
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.
PITTsBURG. MONDAY. JAN. Il, 1891.
ANOTHER PHASE OF THE QUESTION.

A contributor to the Mail Pouch in to-
DAYS DISPATCH calls attention to the
breadth of wagon tires as matter materially
affecting the condition of country roads.
While recognizing that the point is peril
nent one we can hardly 60 the length to
which our correspondent does in regarding
it as the sole remedy and perfect solution
OF the road question. We doubt if any
practicable tread could be made broad
enough to prevent road made of soft ma
terial from working up into deep mud under
rains and thaws.
: But there is little doubt that when a
solid road has been constructed the width
of the tires on the wagons hauling heavy
loads over it Will have great deal to do
with Its permanence. As the writer of the
letter says, this is matter which concerns
both city and country. We have seen il
lustrations OF it in Pittsburg, where wagons
carrying heavy loads with comparatively
narrow tires have been known to actually
plow up paving stones when the ground
is loosened by thaw, while if the
breadth of tire had been adjusted to
Tue lOdu Us IS uOue aOIOau, the euect Houlu
have been that of rolling and Strengthening
the roadway. On country roads with a
durable surface the comparative effects are
practically the same. The narrow tire un-
der heavy loads will cut up the road when
1t is at all soft; the broad tires under simi-
lar loads will act as roller and improve it.
The Improvement of the roads is the first
thing; but as soon as fair start is made in
that direction, there Will be an obvious
propriety in some legislation to require the
use OF broad tires whenever heavy loads are
hauled IN weather tha, makes the roads sus-
ceptible Of being cut up by narrow ones.
For the maintenance of good roads, after we
have got them, our correspondents sugges-
tion is a pertinent one, and for the preserva-
tion of our paved streets it has an even more
immediate cogency.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
THE EVIDENT CONCLUSION.

a pamphlet with a very flaming cover
representing the destruction of New York
and Washington by the shells of British
fleets has reached US. Its text is the story
of future war to break out between this
country and Great Britain, in which our de-
fenseless condition and the armaments of
the older country result in the burning of
all the seacoast and lake cities, tine impo-
sition of an indemnity of SIC, 900, ,OOO, 900 and
the universal smash of things in this country
generally.
The subject has already been worked
threadbare in various ways; hut this especial
example of its treatment contains one peril
nent suggestion. 1t represents the war as
breaking out because British vessel has
seized an American fishing schooner in en-
forcing the injustifabIe headland to head
land theory. This delicately intimates that
the United States should not let itself drift
into war which can only be disastrous to it.
by enforcing against Canadian sealing
schooners the still more absurd phase of the
same theory which makes Bering Sea into
a mare clduSum. If the pamphlet had
brought out its bearing on the real inter-
national issue a little more plainly it would
have gone far toward redeeming its literary
and artistic crudity.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

IT may be said that probably to General Spin
ner more than any other single person the coun-
try is indebted for its National banking system.
HENRY GEORGE will soon take his departure
for Bermuda, to spend the remainder of the
winter. He goes by the advice of his physician.
The photographs representing the Princess
Marguerite de Chartres with the Due d. Orleans
have been withdrawn from the Paris shop win-
dows. at the desire of her family, as she is no
longer the tiancee of the Due.
MISS MAUDE PAUNCEFoTE,t the eldest daugh-
ter of Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British Minis
ter at Washington, is tall and graceful. She is
fond of out-of-door exercise. and can out-walk
any member of the foreign legation.
JULIAN HAWTHORNE is very much handi-
capped in his literary career by mis- eight chill
dren. Instead of writing for fame, he is
obliged to write for bread for his family, and for
this reason is compelled to do any kind of work
that he can get.
KOCH. mainly by reason of his discovery of
the cause of consumption. has for several years
been the most prominent figure in medical
science that has been known in our generation.
His methods have been models of scientific ac-
curacy, and the authority of his statements is
now almost unquestioned.
FRANK HATToN lie a typical American; he
commenced life as newsboy. and was Postmas-
ter General Of the United States under Presi-
dent Arthur. He has been everything on news.
paper, from newsboy up to editor, and would
rather be the editor of a live newspaper than
President of the United States.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS is described as "a
bland gentleman with clerical appearance
and looking as though he ought to part his hair
in the middle. He stands feet 10, wears En-
glish whiskers and darkish light locks shade a
handsome face. For Is years he has been the
literary adviser of Messrs. Harper & Brothers,
receiving the splendid salary of SIS, 200 year."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
AN ALUMINIUM PROCESS.

The process which claims the ability to
manufacture aluminium at a cost of 15 cents
per pound is one that naturally presents
great attractiveness to adventurous invent
ors; but the idiosyncratic accompaniments
of the business, as carried on BY the concern
in Chicago, which processes to accomplish
that result, are seen by the statements of a
local article to be very peculiar. First we
have the feature of large purchases of Pitts
burg aluminium by Chicago dyer; and if
aluminium is an agent in dyeing it is dis
covery with regard to the valuable qualities
of that metal which has SO far remained
secret Next we find that the blocks and
plates alleged to be produced by the cheap
Chicago process are identical in chemical
composition, size and shape with those sold
by the PIttsburg manufacturer to the Chi
cago dyer. Finally, the claim that the
cheap process is an electrical one, turns the
mind back to that electric sugar-refning
process which furnished sensation couple
of years ago. Cheap aluminium will be a
great boon, if no one has to pay for its
cheapness.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
sTANFORD,S SUCCESS.

Some of the Senators whose terms expire
with this Congress are not experiencing the
difficulties in getting reelected which have
bothered Messrs. Ingalls,, Blair, Butler and
Farwell. Senator Cameron's walk-over is
case in point; and it is to be observed that
Senator Stanford comes back to Washing
ton with another term in his pocket, despite
the opposition of the Huntington influence
and the talk of his defeat by putting up a
strong Democrat against him. A figure of
speech not used, might, according to some
talk, be strengthened by saying that he
brings back his new term in his pocket, as
an exchange for the contents of very large
pocketbook.
The recent remark that Senatorship
from California is a $3.50, 900 luxury was
apropos of Staniord's canvass. Of course,
Stanford does not indulge in indiscreet
boasts of that sort concerning his invest
ment. On the contrary he carries his reti-
cence to such an extent that when invited to
testify in contested election case in which
one of his supporters was defendant, he
modestly pleaded his Senatorial privilege
and took an early train for the East. Never
theless some inquiring mind has discovered
large preponderance in the vote for Re-
publican Assemblymen and correspond
ing shortage in the Democratic vote for men
who might have voted against Stanford,
from which the suspicious are prone to
argue that Stanford put his money where it
would do the most good before the election.
The more we study California politics the
more we are likely to find out.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
ON THE RIVER BANK.

A Visit to Ripon's Cathedral and Fountains
Abbey-Rev. George Hodges Writes
EntertainingIy Of Spots of More Than
Passing Interest.
Half way between the cathedral towns of
York and Durham. and half way also between
the capital cities of London and Edinburgh, is
the quiet little village of Ripon. 1t gets Its
name from the Latin word for .'riyer bank," I"
and deserves it. The Skell and the Ure meet
here to form the Ouse. The hills rise gently
about the town, and in the midst stands the old
cathedral
The river banks were green with grass and
shady with forest trees, in those ancient days
when st. Cuthbert used to journey down here
and build himself shelter within hearing of
tne pleasant water, and gather about him the
native savages of the wild district TO his per-
suasive preaching. By-and-by, disciples OF St
Cuthberr built house here, where they might
live together, and SO began monastery. And
then came the delayed but inevitable con-
tention between the two great missions, the
northern and the southern. For Eng
land was converted by Iwo quite
different bands of missionaries. From
the continent of Europe, and from its chief
CITY,. Rome came Augustine landing in the
south, and establishing himself at Canterbury.
From Ireland came COLUMBIA landing in the
north and establishing himself in the Island of
Iona, of the west coast of Scotland. The
southern mission was Roman; the northern
mission was Celtic-that is, it represented that
branch of the Christian church which lad been
driven out of England, and into Wales and
Scotland, by the invading Saxons. OF course,
the two great missions met. They were not
able to agree. The only thing upon which they
could agree was to disagree. And they went on
working apart. presenting somewhat the same
extraordinary spectacle to men and angels as
IS presented to-day by the foolish divisions of
Christian people, even in this land and time of
enlightenment
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12

missals which we wonder at to-day. Here.
again, the monastic chronicle is being written.
Everybody is busy. When it is the permitted
time. much talk goes on here, of the great
world OUTSIDE, and OF the little world inside
digger than any other, for its closeness. And
some read, and some play chess. The bell,
every now and then, calls all the brother
hood to prayer; and presently TO dinner
welcome soundl where from the refectory pul.
pit (you can still see where it was) q monk
reads from the pages of a good book while the
others eat and listen. So the days pass.
Yes, and the centuries, bringing revolutions.
and reformations, and bonfires OF carved oaki
There wasR merry company OF little children
at the abbey, whenI had my sight of the ruins.
The day was showery. as most days are in Eng
land. and the children had taken refuge in the
great pillared crypt under the old "dormitory of
the helay-brethren."Here they were playing their
games where the monks lived their quiet livesl
Presently the Marquis Of Ripon came, and his
wife, and brought fiddler with them, and the
children fell to dancing with great glee. 1t was
worthy seeing. The nobieman, busy with that
noble occupation-the bringing of happiness
into the hearts of little children. which the old
monks never thought of. and the recesses of
that ancient abbey bright with children's faces
and echoing with ohidren's voices. The scene
and the background went delightfully."- to-
gether. The last sound which 1 heard as
turned away from Fountain Abbey was the
merry iigging of q fiddle.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
NO CONTRAST AT ALL.

Apropos of a lecture by Chauncey NJ.
Depew on the subject of Contrasts" the
New York Telegram amuses itself by point
ing out a large number of contrasts which
Mr.. Depew might draw, but presumably
will not. Among them is a contrast be-
tween the management of public affairs
under the present administration and what
it would have been if Mr.. Depew could have
persuaded the Western grangers to accept
him as q Presidential candidate. We OBJ
serve that their is no suggestion of the con-
trast between the attitude of the Harrison
administration toward the great corporate
combinations and that which the Depew ad-
ministration would have assumed. There
are several good reasons for ignoring this
contrast. The principal one is that there
would be no contrast, but that one admins
tration would have been just as amenable to
corporate interests as the other.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
WISDOM OF THE WITS.
They say the dudes harmless. He isn't

They say the dudes harmless. He isn't,
you bet;
But the very reverse he is found.
For oft his discarded, haIf-burned cigarette
Burns building OF block to the ground
-Eet0 York Press.
It IS thought the Interior Department. at
wasbipptop. combined with the interior DEPART
ment of the red men, is the cause Of the Indian
war.-AtLGata Constitution.
Curwin-The Indians don't seem 10 be
holdinr any more ghost dances.
Dogberry-No they're indulging now in ride
balls-ToEedo Blade.
,Justice Duffy-Were you not intoxicated
on New Years Day?
Pat-How can tell, sor, when was not In .
condition to know? -Tsras SiTtings.
"Does your sister play the violin a. much
as she used to2' said young sapples, as he sat In
the parlor.
s'No, sir; she said yesterday she guessed you
had quit coming altogether. and she might as well
throw the violin away Washington Post.
Caller-How perfectly devoted you are to
your husbandp'
Young wife-Ies. am trying to pet and spoil
him. so that If die. and he marries again. no
other woman can live with him.-Spars Moments.
Anything new under the sun to-day?"
''Yes, that paint you're sitting against.
painted those ratings this morning. ."-6pGttsA
Eschangs.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
OUR MAIL POUCH.
Roads and Wagons.

To the Editor Of The Dispatch:
If The DIsPATcHs County Road Exploring
Expedition did not discover the reason why the
country roads are SO bad its members lacked
necessary observing qualifications. The mar
row-tread wagons do the bad work; and before
We can have good roads the narrow-tread
wagons must be dispensed with. The tire OF
the average narrow-tread is, when new, u
inches. The tires soon wear off at the edges
and then are oval. and the consequences is our
pest roads are soon sheared into deep ruts.
The rains ill the ruts with water and the mud
making process begins.
The wagon question should be discussed at
Farmers Institutes. as we'll as the road ques-
tioI, and the Legislature should be petitioued
TO declare the narrow-tread wagons, excepting
the light spring wagon and pleasure carriages,
public nuisances. What we need IS the broad
tread wagon for all heavy hauling, whether in
the cities or In the country. 1t would not dam
age our streets, neither would it destroy the
country roads. Two inches of well broken
stone under a broad-tread wagon would be
more benefit to our roads than would II inches
under the narrow tread. Even dirt would make
a sufficient roadbed for the broad tread if the
water would be kept OFF the road.
We are prejudiced against the broad-tread
wagons, and say they strike every obstacle in
the road. This Is very far from the truth, for
they would have to have very wide tires to do
so. Again, we say they are too heavy. Neces-
sar1ly the tire of broad treads does fios need to
be heavy, for very thin tire will do. If the
tires OF wagons were even 10 or II inches wide
they would not strike as many obstacles as a
narrow tread strikes in ruts III or Il inches
deep.
With broad treads our roads would become
smooth and even, without ruts and without
mud. They would roll over the roads, but the
narrow tread Is dragged through the roads. For
a two-horse wagon we should have six-inch
tire; Tor four-horse wagon an eight inch.
With such wagons our roads can be put in
order with a great deal less money than would
be required to put them in order for the narrow
treads. Even if once made good they are soon
sheared up by this latter class. All that would
be required to keep them in repair for broad
treads would be little besides keeping the water
off.
The sole remedy for our roads and streets is
in the broad-tread wagon. Our legislators
should see that the remedy is administered
without delay. But it will require backbone in
them to administer the potion. They must not
bubble about quarter inches in the width of
tires but strike for full round numbers. If
they could but see the unevenness of the
bottoms of ruts cut by narrow-tread wagons
they could easily dispel all their prejudice
against broad treads. JAN,
HoovERSvILLE Pa, Jan. TO-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
The Future of the Party.
To the Editor of The Dispatch.

10 the EdltOr OF Inc Dlspatch.
This is to congratulate you upon the posi-.
tion THE DISPATCH has taken against the
Federal elections bill. You are thus helping
the Rpublican party much better than those
blind guides who, having themselves stumbled
into the ditch, insist that their party shall con-
tinue in the mistaken course they have led it
into.
left the Republican party in 1872 on the
issue of local self-goverHment for the South;
voted for Greeley, Tilden and Hancock on that
issue, would not vote for Cleveland in 1884; but
did not work as hard for Blaine as ought to
have done, considering the Burchard incident
Two years ago did my best for Harrison, re-
lying on some such tariff bill as the Senate sub
stitute for the Mills bill, and no interference
with local self-government in the South. IL
the plank in Republican platform about ''pre-
serving autonomy of the States means any
thing, it Is promise that no Federal elections
bill will be passed.
1t looks as if Blaine and Cleveland would run
again in 1892 If they do, it is important that
Republicans do not handicap their party so as
to make Cle7eland's election a certainty. II
the Federal elections bill is given quietus, Re-
pnblicans can recover lost ground and elect
Blaine in '92 against Cleveland.
WILLIAM j. FOWLER.
ROCHESTER, N. Y, Jan. g.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
Lots of McKinleYites in Ohio.
70 the Editor Of The Dispatch:

To the Editor Of The Dispatch:
l am newspaper man. l travel, have been
over large portion of Ohio have talked with
many Republicans from all sections of Ohio
l know what the Republicans think and say, 1
notice in your issue of to-day an article head
lined thus, viz: "a Few of Them Left-Mc-
Kinleyites Scarce in the West" Under this
head you quote what that prince Of Democrats
AL. Carlisle says of Mckinley in his usual
STYLE. His statement is false and he knows it,
The most popular man in Ohio to-day is Hon,
William Mckinley.
Yes; ''the man who once had bil'' is the
strongest man in Ohio to-day. The Democrats
fear him and his popularity. They know If he
is nominated 'their goose is cooked" and that
him majority will be immense over anyone they
can nominate. They have been trying in every
way to kill him politically for years. but have
only succeeded in making him more popular
each year. If Mckinley will accept the nomi-
nation he will be the next Governor of Ohio
You will oblige your Eastern Ohio readers by
giving this truth the same prominence as you
did Al. Carlisle's falsehood.
ADENA, O., Jan. 8. THOMAS v. DEARY.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12

A soRRowFUL tale of loss and suffering
is revealed by a Washington correspondent,
who relates that the burning OF the Washing
ton residence of wealthy Congressman
crushed the hopes of that family for a social
campaign of great splendor. Moreover. what is
asserted by the correspondent to be 1.-THE most
pathetic thing' was the destruction by the
cruel flames of a part of the Partisan wardrobe
of the young ladies, one Of whom was SO
crushed by the tragic disaster as to go into
Mysteries. This is terrible; but it is to be hoped
that time will assuage the prostratlng grief
caused by the overwhelming loss.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
Concerning the Heresy Trial.

To the Editor OF The Dispatch:
Allow me as clergyman and a constant
reader of your paper, to call your attention to
some exuberant sentences az the beginning of
the article ON the MacQueary trial yesterday.
We are not disposed to class the youthful
vaporings of Mr. MacQueary as great thinking.
The P E. Church is not in any sense
on trial in this instance, it is Mr..
MacQueary who is on trial. His con-
viction or acquittal will not In the least
affect the church, whose doctrines are formu-
lated by general councils. and not by indi-
yiduals, and which charges her individual
priests with the duty of interpreting them in
accordance with their ordination oath and by
no other standard, and she especially charges
them in those VOWS "to drive away all strange
and erroneous doctrines" MIR. MacQueary may
be affected in his own opinion, or in the opin-
ion of the advocates of the so-called "higher
CRITICISM" but the church will be wholly un-
affected by this incident. and will 60 on her
way Just as the ocean goes on over the opening
made by the casting of apebble through its
liquid surface. JESSE G. TAYLOR.
NEW LISBON, o., Jan. 9.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-12
THE RECENT EARTHQUAKE,

1t Extended South 1000 Miles and From the
Pacific to the East.
New York Sum-
The most serious among the many earthquake
shocks that have recently occurred is reported
from Texas. 1t was in the first hour of Thurs
day last, and was more alarming than any of
the other shocks Of the past month. 1t was ac-
companied by loud and long detonatiop that
resembled a roll of thunder. and it shook some
of the buildings of the town of Rush in dan
gerous way.
The earthquake shocks heard Of since No
vember have extended along the two Americas
In a line running north and south, for dis
tance of over 1000 miles. and in this country
have struck eastwardly from the Pacific Coast
to the Allegheny Mountains.
1t is evident that the subterranean forces
have been unusually active during the past few
weeks.