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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-21
TALL BU1LDINGs
They Are Coming Into Disfavor Where
Best Known.

Best hnOWns
Pittsburg has not as yet gone to any ex-
travagance in the erection of tall buildings,
and, though the peculiar conformation of
the lower part of the city-much like that Of
New sfork-may very naturally exert q
pressure toward such action some day, it
looks as if there was accommodating con-
siderable weight of evidence against such
buildings. By extravagantly high Buildings
would commonly be understood those ex-
ceed1ng say nine or ten stories, and Pitts
Dufg mas not exceeded the former. Chi
cagos experience with high buildings has
and the tber
The situation is summed up in the following
way by a Globe editorial:
The necessity for regulating the height of
buildings to q reasonable limit becomes
more urgent every day. Since it has become
apparent that the Council will tak ke the mat
ter in hand there has been a rush to secure
permits for all sorts of airy structures. The
most absurd application on file is one made
to Building Commissioner O'Neal to erect a
l5story building on lot 17O feet deep and ls
feet wide.
The worst feature of these peculiar appli-
cations IS that unless the Council takes
1orceo TO grant them. There VII! thus De
no check placed upon irresponsible archi-
tects and individuals who have no regard
for the safety or convenience OF the public.
In behalf of his department.. Chief Swenle
presents an argument favoring low stand.
ard. He declares that great difficulty would
be experienced in reaching a fire in the loft
lest building; that the fire-proofing in the
steel and iron structures will fall off in case
OF a severe blaze: that the heat would ex-
pand the steel or iron columns TO the point
OF causing the buildings to collapse. and that
matters would be still worse If streams OF
water were thrown on the buildings, for tie
cold water would cause sudden contraction
of the metal.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-21
PEOPLE POINTED AT.

IT is asserted that Mr.. Chauncev Depew
has had 1000 American infants named afte,
| him.
| w. X. VANDERBILT and family, accord.
| ing to cablegram, arrived in Paris yester
| day.
GEORGE CUPPLEs, the author of one OF
| the classics of the sea, the 'Green Hand" is
| dead.
SECRETARY FOSTER was at the Treasury
Department yesterday morning apparently
| entirely recovered from the indisposition
! which had caused him to leave New York.
A SON of Joseph Jefferson, the famous
American comedian, of Rip van Wrinkle
fame, has been in London on a visit to his
sister, who is the wife of Mr.. B. j. Farjeon
the novelist.
COUNT DI MONTERCoLE, the former hus-
band of Miss Virginia Knox, the Pittsburg
heiress, is just now at the Philadelphia Hos.
pital and feigning insanity. He is to be ex-
amined with view to determining his men,
tai condition.
GAN effort is being made" says the New
York Recorder, ITO induce Governor Camp
bell to move to this city as soon as he va
Gates the Ohio Gubernatorial chair in Janu-
ary. He will, however, remain in Columbus
until summer"
Mr.. W. D, HowELLs will shortly cease
to occupy the Editors Study" Of Hdrper's
Magazine His place will be taken by Mr..
Charles Dudley Warner, whose knowledge
of men and books and whose critical powers
re at least equal to Mr.. Howell's.
A NOT very definite story is current that
Miss Murfree, the. author, has married one
of her typical Tennessee mountaineers.
This lady has lived a quiet life, devoting
herself to Sunday school and other local in
terests, and giving people the impression
that she did not intend to marry.
A DISPATCH from indianapolis saws that
Governor Hovey, who was compelled to re-
turn from his Mexican trip II days earlier
than he intended to on account of sickness,
is in rather critical condition. His illness
was caused by fatigue; the unfortunate eff
feet of high altitude and alkali dust and
poor water.
ANOTHER Kipling has written a book.
1t is Rudyard's sister this time, who has,
taken advantage OF the success of zone of
the family" iA his literary ventures, to Sc
cure publisher for very commonplace
volume. 1t is entitled "The Heart of n
Maid'' ana che scene is laid in India. How
ever, it has no local coloring whatever and
the whole story is tame and insipid.
BARON Won WIssMANN, Commissioner
of German East Africa, is reported by cable
from Cairo to be lying ill there of pneumo-
mia, the result o. the severe trials encoun-
tered in his expedition to Kilima-Njaro He
is improving, however. He states that on
his recovery he will return to Germany and
insist on his resignation as CommissioneIsof
German East Africa being accepted.
A CABLE dispatch from Rome reports
that Robert Lincoln, United States Minister
to England, will sail from Brindisi to-day
for Naples, where he will remain two DAYS
and then go to Constantinople for week.
Mrs. Lincoln is spending the winter at Fon-
taine. Mr.. Lincoln is in excellent health.
At the end of the year he will probably give
up diplomacy. and return to the practice OF
law in Chicago.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-21
ONE OF FoRAKER's IDEAS.

The apparent attempt to keep c. s.
Brice out Of the National Senate bears ear
marks of another scheme. While the
upper branch of Congress certainly has
sufficiency of purely monetary statesmen,
and the election of Mr.. Brice to a seat IN
that body was accomplished under rather
peculiar circumstances, there is no proba-
bility that the other Senators will refuse
him seat in their company. The Payne
case, where the evidence was much
stronger, sufficiently demonstrated that.
Still the effort to investigate the title OF
the member who claims residence In
both New York and Ohio would be praise
worthy, whether successful or not, if it
were not for the suspicion shat the noise
is being created for a very different OBJ
ject The contest was originated and is
most persistently advocated by the organs
and close confidants of Joseph Benson
Foraker Already the claim is set up that
Sherman will be responsible if Brice is not
barred from the Capitol, and that such a
result will show that he is not desirous of
having the fiery Ex-Governor in the Senate,
even as colleague. The next step will
be to use the seating of Brice as an argu-
ment against Sherman, and for the election
of Foraker
The Ohio Rupulicans should not allow
the question Of Brice's eligibility, which
should be decided in judicial manner be-
fore the proper tribunal, to become an is
sue within the party lines in the present
Senatorial contest. The reasons which
cause practically the entire country to de-
mand the reelection of John Sherman are
so vital that no side-tracking will be al
lowed,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-21

New York Evening SUM-
A Philadelphian, the snowy whiteness of
whose unspotted soul makes plain mortals
shade the mental eye, wants the Custom
House to refuse admission to the picture en-
titled "The Fall of Babylon" The means
are inappropriate to the end in view. The
proper course would be to prepare the pic
ture for Philadelphian exhibition by in
vesting the foreground figures with aprons
of bargain counter patterns, to be laid on in
water color. This would wash off without
injury for the New York show, where the
real shrinking Phiadelphian souls would
and could come on to see unbeknownst to
fellow workers in the Sunday school. Thus,
too, might the New York Postoff1ce secure
the advantage of a visit frsm Wanamaker
himself. As pearl of hypocrisy the Phila-
delphia species is of great price.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-21

HON. JoNN A. KAssoN's s explanation of
the attitude of the Iowa people on the sub.
ject of prohibition reveals a great deal of
human nature. The majority in that State
are in favor OF prohibition, he says, but the
law has been pushed to the extreme of pro-
hibiting the transportation of wines and
liquors for private use, to which some Of
them object The position of people who
want to have the sale of liquor stopped to
other people, but object to its interference
with themselves, has been more tersely ex-
pressed in the declaration of the old citizen
who was "in favor of prohibition, but agin
its enforcement"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-21
The PRESBYTERIAN CREED.
Views on the Revision by an Eminent
Brooklyn Divine.

Brooklyn Divine.
One of the leading Presbyterian clergymen
of Brooklyn, in a letter to the editor of the
Boston Trousuer describing the recent action
of the Brooklyn Presbytery, writes thus
terseIy and emphatically concerning creed
revision:
$50 far as I can gather. the leading
churches take very little stock in the revis-
ion. They prefer to allow the confession,
as it is, high position Oh the top shelf of
the library, and ask q simple, broad state
ment OF the cardinal principles of Christian
ity for the study table. There is no sense in
having more creed than is usable. This is a
pra ctical age, and it dooms prolixity to the
book-worm. All that any church needs is a
few workable principles. Seeing that the
church has the Bibles TO fall back uDon, and
seeing that the Bible is in itself sufficient. if
not efficient, the smallest possible creed
necessary to lift to view the present truth is
all that is requisite.
"Tho Presbytery voted to omit from the
Confession all sections teaching the doctrine
of pretention. You can no more fit the
doctrine that God was pleased not to elect
some to everlasting life into the doctrine of
an honest universal offer of salvation to
men the outcome of Gods infinite love
than you can comfortably fit a thunderbolt
into q graceful broad-branched oak and
main tain the form and grace of the oak. Let
any man try it, and he will have as a result
blasted pile of splinters. God is honest
when He offers salvation to all men. Any
thing else is unthin>s ble."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-21
MENALEK of Abyssinia must have

MENALEK of Abyssinia must have
been studying the American political idea
of claiming everything with confidence. He
has sent circular to the Kings and Queens
OF Europe in which he notifies them that "if
the good God gives me life and strength,
shall re-establish the ancient frontiers Of
my country Of Ethiopia at Khartoum and
the Lake Nyanza, including all the country
of Gala" 1t is believed that Menalek can
take khartoum without objection from
Europe or any other difficulty than that Of
overcoming the opposition of the fierce
Soudanese, but when it comes to grabbing
the Nyanza country he will have to deal
with England and Germany. They did the
grabbing act themselves only a short time
aro.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-21

10tal. lOldl fff
The Electoral College has been increased
by the new census and the new aLportion-
ment and the admission of new states from
401 to 454. Of this increase of 43, Pennsyl-
vania gains 2: and as the new Congressional
apportionment failed in the last Legislature
by executive veto, the two additional Con-
gressmen will be elected at large on the gem
eral State ticket, as was done in 1872 Six
new States have been admitted to the Union
since the election of 1888, viz.-1daho, Mon
tana, North Dakota. South Dakota, Wash
ington and Wyoming, with an aggregate
electoral vote of 90 All OF these new states
voted Republican in the Democratic sweep
of 1890, except Montana.
Michigan is misunderstood by many be-
cause of the peculiar attitude i'll WHICH she
is placed by the adoption of the district sFs-
tenn of the choice of electors BY the last
Legislature. The present Legislature and
Governor are Democratic, and law was en-,
acted and approved requiring Presidential
electors to be chosen by Congressional dis
tricts, except the Senatorial electors. The
law was tested in the Supreme Court of the
State and its constitutionality afi1rmed. i.
New Congressional districts were formed, OF
which the Democrats claim seven and the
Republicans concede them six.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-21

LAKE BANGwEoLo, in Southern Central
Africa is giving explorers and geographers
a great deal of trouble. First the lake was
discovered and located by the early ex-
plorers and was duly set down on the maps.
Then Victor Giraud came along six years
ago and discovered-o- said he did-that
there was no such lake at all. Finally Mir.
Joseph Thompson, who has jus5 been there,
says the lake is there, but as he slept on dry
ground in spots where the lake is marked on
the MAPS he does not think it is located
very accurately. All of which tends to the
conclusion that either African lakes or
African explorers are very uncertain guam
titles. Perhaps both.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-21
Tammany-Past and Future.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette

Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
Tamnany has stolen the Brooklyn Bridge,
captured the State, provided for the occupa-
tion and possession OF Brooklyn, poured the
water out of the Croton barrel through q
bung that cost $50, 200, SO that New York
is. in prvation and peril; charged Roger A.
Pryor $4,000 for place on the bench Ia
most rascally robbery, and is seeking to
control the election of Speaker of the House
of Representatives-the Tammany candidate
being Mr.. Crisp-and to set up the nomina-
ton and fix the fraudulent election of the
next President of the United States. Tam
many has two candidates for the Presidency
Hill and Flower. The certainty is already
out that Cleveland is to get nothing but
three cheers. which are three jeers, for his
campaign services, and Hill is to be pressed
far enough to defeat Cleveland, and then
Flower is to come in as a compromise candi-
date, and he will put up another 5000
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-21

ALONG with the destruction of the
story of President poultry-raising comes
the denial of the idea that Dryenforth is
rain-Inaking crank. 1t is declared on his be-
half that he had little or no faith in the idea
of making rain by explosions, but simply
conducted the experiments as he was Or
dered by his official superiors. This ends
the jokes at Dryenforth's expense; but it
may take him out of the frying-pan and
into the fire. Suppose that the real be-
levers in the explosive theory should now
jump on him with the claim that he did not
give the theory a fair trial?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-21

reduce to a minimum the importance OF
either wing as force in politics.
This is not to be regretted The Alli-
ance in its inception was valuable force;
and if it can be restored to its original
functions as the seeding wing desires, it
may yet fulfill useful mission. But when
it becomes rallying center for all the
economic notions from the sub-treasury
and land schemes down to unlimited soft
money its disintegration is the best thing
that can happen to it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-21

THE announcement that Captain Nor
rison in the position of cashier of the State
Treasury will learn all about that office be-
fore he assumes charge of it is gratifying
one. A good many people have been want
ing to learn something concerning the inside
matters of that public trust; and it is pleas
ant to know that the number of those pos
sessed of that important information is to
be increased by one.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-21
Signs of the Millennium.

New York Tr1bune.l
Numerous enterprising cities are anxious
to take care of the Republican National
Convention, and are sending delegations to
Washington with claims, arguments and
hospitable offers. This is quite proper and
commendable, and the best OF it is that the
contest is as friendly as it is brisk. Here is
st. Paul, for example. declaring in the most
emphatic and enthusiastic manner that the
one place specially designed by Providence
for the purpose is Minneapolis. If now
Chicago, having taken herself out of the
the millennium will forthwith become visi-
BILE to the naked eve.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-21

United States Supreme Court in the
knowledge that he thus puts off the evil
day four years.
If the courts are going to treat this great
political idea with such summary rude
ness, only one course is open to the poll
ticians. That is to secure the passage of
law giving all of them who may need to
use the plea a change of venue to the
PENNSYLVANIA Senate,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-21

MOST of Admiral Browns refutations of
the charge of partiality, in the Chilean
struggle, are satisfactory; but we fail to see
that his explanation of the cutting of the
cable explains. 1t is not the business of q
neutral to aid corporation of its own nation
to fulfill a contract to keep open lines of
communication for one of the contestants.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-21

If the people in the southern part of
Fayette county are, as alleged, in sympathy
with lawless gang that is terrorizing that
region, it affords sufficient explanation of
the fact that farming land can be bought
there at a minimum price but that there are
no buvers
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-21
THE ELECTORAL VOTE.
Figures of the New Apportionment for the
F1.~t;on of Next Year.

The following table represents tne e'eo
toral vote of 1888 and the new electoral Note
of 1892, with asterisks ~ to each state that
voted Republican in 1858 and the same 10
the States in the column giving the vote OIL
1892 which voted Republican in either or
both of the elections of 1890 and. 1891:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-21

THE Yuma Indians in California have
just put to death one of their medicine men
who failed to produce rain as he had
promised. Melbourne will steer clear of
the Yumas in future rain-making enter
priseS
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-21

THE cold snap isthought to interfere with
the occupation OF producing rain by explo-
sions. Bat there is no reason why the rain
makers cannot get up a grand combination
of explosives and make it snow.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-21

BETTING on horse races is now prohibited
in New Jersey. Under such circumstances
those who must bet can find subject of de-
lightful uncertainty by betting on decisions
Of the Supreme Court.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-21

So Harrison is not in favor of Pittsburg !!
Well, one good turn deserves another, and
Pittsburg is not in favor of Harrison.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-21

THE spread of great idea is exemplifed
by the way in which that mo jurisdiction"
plea bobs up in the Fourteenth ward police
station suit.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-21
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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-21
FLOATING FORTRESSES.

Rapid Progress Making on the war fesseis
Most Approved Fighting sh1ps Oh
Modern Times-Our New Navy q Model
One in Many Respects.
The progress of the work upon the new
navy, SO far as the important Quaker .City
yard is concerned is shown by the Ph1ladei-
phia Telegraph, which says that the snlps
now under construction differ from those Al
ready completed in many important partlc-
ulars, and when finished will undoubtedly
attract the attention and command the ad-
miration of all skilled in marine maneuvers
and warfare.
Towering away up stands the new steel
cruiser New York. the work on which is SO
far advanced as to permit of her launching
on the 1st proximo. The ship is Il majestic
one in every view and the building has been
closely inspected by experts and approved
in every detail. She is certainly noble
specimen of marine architecture, and Will
excel her famous predecessors, the Baltl-
more. Philadelphia and Newark, in many
particulars. 1t Is believed that her coat OF
mail is superior, her build stronger ana
more serviceable, and her armament will be
the best that can be devised of the most ap-
proved ordnance
'1n fact" said a naval officer, "these new
vessels are calculated to inspire respect for
our flag and our country: to give foreigners
a whOlesOm fear of the Yankees, and to pro-
mote peace by harmlessly manifestinS the
terrors of the warfare of the future. The
character of these new cruisers makes them
Immediately and powerfully useful in almost
any water, and If they engage a foreign man
of-war, will be sure to display some surpris-
ing qualities and extraordinary efficiency"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-06

NEW ORLEANS, May 5.-[Sepcial]-
The report of the grand jury. made
to-day says that researches of the Jury
have developed the existence of
"Mafia" and says that under the cir
cumstances it had become the duty of
the people in the exercise of their
sovereign right to issue their decree of
condemnation. That decree being rem
dcred, the power of the Malta has been
broken, and it must DO DESTROYED.
After six weeks investigation the grand
jury completed it's labors on tho Hem
messy case and the killing of tho Italians
at the parish prison by presenting %
special report at 4:3O this afternoon. 1t
is very long document.
Three thousand words at the begin
ming are devoted to tho subject of tho
alleged bribery of the jury which tried
the Italians. The grand Jury is empha-
tic in its expression Of tho assured con-
viction that the result of tho trial was
due to tampcring with the jury by De-
tective O'Mally and others associated
with him and employed by him.
The method by which this conclusion
is reached is stated, tho circumstances
reviewed and the difficulties thrown in
the way of the investigation set forth,
and the report proceeds to say: But
sufficient evidence was offered by yolun--
tary and reliable witnesses to Justify
the Indictment of six men. as follows:
Thomas McCrystol and j. Cooney with
ID. c. O'Mally, for attempting to bribe
talcsman and Bernard Glaudi, Charles
Granger and Fernard Armant, for at
tempt by each to bribe three different
talcSmen.
These parties are closely shown to
have been intimate with O'Mally, often.
at his Office, informed of all his doings,
and were active workers in the Jury
fixing business generally.
We are prompted to express ourselves
in depreciation of the hesitation of many
of our citizens to be connected with tho
criminal prosecution by seeking relief
from jury duty Tho intelligent and
law abiding with those engaged in var
| ious enterprises of business and trade,
must recognize tho obligation, without
which the guilty too often go unpun-
ished. We urge them to cast off this
repugnance, to rise superioI to annoy
ances attendant upon trials, standing
up with the great majority of their fell
| low men in condemnation Of the detes-
table practices brought to a high degree
of perfection by the frequency of their
practices which threaten to dcadcr and
destroy the virtues of the criminal code,
to debasc the temple of justice for
lgnoble ends and degrade the cherished
right OF trial by jury" from its high po-
sition as an exponent of truth. Justice
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