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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-10
CLINGING TO THE UPPER CRUST.

THE house which Lord Revelstoke was
building previous to the Barring failure is
now Baron Hirsch's.
WARNER MILLER is said to have secured
in California over $s,OoO,OOO in subscriptions
for the Nicaragua Canal.
Mrs. BAEYERTz is the name of q Hebrew
lady evangelist who is conducting a mission
devoted to her faith in Toronto.
PRINCESS MILENA, of Montenegro, has
arrived in Vienna on her way to Heidelberg,
where she will undergo a surgical operation.
1t is reported that Count Honore Mercier,
Premier Of Quebec, who was to sail from
London for Canada to-day, is dangerously
ILL
Mrs. ELIZABETH FAUCHER, who died
in Carrollton, Ark, last Sunday, at the age
of 95. claimed to be a Hneal descendant of
that daring Revolutionary soldier, "Mad
Anthony" Wayne.
CHARLES DAVENPORT, of Cambridge,
Mass, who is said to have built the first
railroad car in the United States, has just
started for tour Of Europe. He is over so
years of age and "as sound as nut"
JOHANN MOST can scarcely complain of
any Interference with his freedom of speech,
for he is permitted to send out from his cell
to his fellow "revolutionists" of New York
incendiary letters that should bring him
within prison walls if he were not there
already.
CHARLES D. ROBERTSON, the seaman
who saved many lives by throwing kissing
Confederate shell overheard from the gun
deck of the Hartford in April, 1862, now lives
in Baltimore. For this act of bravery
Admiral Farragut made special mention of
him in his report, and Congress voted him
medal The medal is the size of a $40 gold
piece, and Mr.. Robertson is proud of it.
CARL SCHURz has great, gaunt hands,
but they are very artistic in performance
and more delicate than the touch of a
woman when they wander over the ivory
keys of piano. There is probably no
amateur pianist in the country equally
gifted with the German college professor
who after only few years in this country
became a member of Presidents Cabinet
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-10
PARD0Ns DENIED
BY the President in Two Cases, While Some
Fines Are Reduced by Him.

Fines Are Reduced by Him.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArCH.1
CAPE MAY, n. j., July 9.-This has been
another busy day at tho Presidential cottage,
and President Harrison has been working
hard. He took time enough this evening to
enjoy drive along the ocean driveway,
which extends along the front of the city
and now stretches from Cape May to Cape
May Point. He was accompanied by Mrs.
Harrison and Mrs. Dimmick. The United
States revenue cutter Hamilton was ex-
pected tonight and will anchor off the Cape
until tomorrow morning, when it is ex-
pected that the President and party will go
out to the banks, about Is miles or shore,
for five or six hours excursion.
The President to-day denied the pardon
asked by Oscar j. Harvey, of Washington,
who was sentenced to the Albany State
prison for II years in 1887 for getting up
bogus claims and drawing money on them
horses and was chief of the horse claims
division in the Third Auditors office in the
Treasury Department. William T. Chapman
was granted remission for forfeited recog-
nizance. Louis Goodbeit, of Indiana, was
remitted $500 of a fine of $500and costs, which
was imposed upon him for breaking the law
in regard to selling Oleomargarine without
permit. W. G. Taliferro, of the District of
Columbia, who petitioned to be released
from serving ont his sentence imposed for
being professional bondsman, was denied
the privilege. The President, in denying
the petition said the man was professional
bondsman and must pay the penalty, as he
has enjoyed the emoluments Of O nefarious
business
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-10
TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.
PITTsBURG, FRIDAY, JULY 10. 1891
CHANGED CONDITIONS OF CITY LIFE.

City Councils had before them yesterday
a batch of proposed new legislation to
cover conditions growing out of the recent
enlargement of our city in population and
consequent demands. The ordinances
upon the fire department, smoke con-
sumption, the driving of cattle through
the streets and the regulation Of cable and
electric car traffic were all Of this class
In each instance it has been found that
the Pittsburg of 25O, 600 people and of S15,-
OOO. .On0 of weekly business, as shown by
the Clearing House returns, involves con-
ditions which are materially different from
those which existed ten or fifteen years
ago, when neither population nor business
was half as great as to-day.
These ordinances-with the exception of
the fire bureau meaSure-were held over
for further consideration. 1t is well that
they be carefully considered. There will
be objections at first to each. By hearing
the objectors patiently some useful modi-
fications may be made The advocates of
economy will justly urge that care be
taken not to run into extravaganza; the
stock dealers will argue that prohibition
uQueG any anu all CIRCUMSTANCES VI CdJIle
driving in daytime may work an occa-
sional hardship; the manufacturing inter-
estS will be skepticaI about the entire
feasibility of smoke consumption. and the
street car companies will not be all of one
mind at first as to the needed restrictions
upon their running and the expense of
protection for the public at the dangerous
crossings.
But the central fact remains that such
changes as the adequate protection of
property and of life and as the comfort of
the public require have to be made. 1t is
right to make such changes intelligently
and with the least hardship to the indi-
vidual interests affected. If the latter CO.
operate with the city authorities cheerfully
this end may be most speedily gained.
There will have doubtless to be a good
deal more of such legislation from time to
time as the city grows-and the central
idea of all of it should be to promote the
interests Of the city while carefully guard
ing those of the taxpayers. Pittsburg is
not standing still Every interest must
accommodate itself to the progress of the
community.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-10
SAID TO BE FUNNY.

Hankinson Pere-You look soiled and
! muddy, sir. You must have run against some
thing very dirty.
Hankinson Fills Dust in from Washington Park
on foot)-Yes, sir. L ran up against racing
game Chicago Tribune.
BIithe Corydon with Phyllis strolls at eve,
Or sits in hooks by egIantine embowered
And while he tells the tale she'd fain believe,
They're both by the mosquitoes half devoured.
-Ne1o York Press.
Farmer ellison came down from up
country the other day and brought his boy along
to let him see the sights.
Paw - said the lad, amazed at seeing hearse
horses trot, THAT amt q fnner'l, is itr'
Eyes, tits; these city folks hev to hurry like
sixty to get aman buried fore the mourners forgt
'im detroit Free Press.
Inventor (warmly) - You needn't be
stuck up over your wealth. have just as much TO
the dollar you have.
Capitaist-Then, why do you want me to go into
the scheme?
lnventor-simply because 1 haven't as many
dollars as yOu have.-Ne1c FORK Telegram.
He-How does your father regard my
suit?
she-wer, heard him say last night that he
Thought Towser could make a wreck of it in less
than three minutes.-Ee'o York Herald.
"How are you going to bet?"
1.-THE same as smartie. He knows just how the
race Is coming out
''He does, does he? Then, by lingo. I'm going TO
bet just the other ay.''-Nao Tors Press.
Montgomery Linkum, you raskel, go out
an bring in passel of chips outen de woodpile."
s'Dassen't do it. nanny: dc minlsser he done
tell me it orful wicked to touch chips
''Laws-a-massy. do de chile tink he de Prince OBJ
WhaIes?''-DetTOn Free Press.
He (suddenly)-By the way, Miss Laura,
do you paint?''
she (off her guard)-Sir, how dare-why, yes,
Mr.. Hankinson, sometimes, In an amateur way
Chicago Tribune.
She had her suit ''plumped" out with cork
Did one poor frail and skinny daughter,
But, sad to say, 1t wouldn't work,
She couldn't drag 1t under water.
Chicago Herald.
Esculapius-Well, my little man, what
can do for you?
Cupid-I want something to cure a lame arm.
The summer girl has kept me so busy shooting
hearts for her that am in danger of being laid up
py oyerwork.-Ne1o Tork Herald.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-10
CRIME ROBBED OF IT'S TERRoRS.

The secrets of the Sing Sing ''taking OF"
are being slowly disclosed. The folly of
the prohibitive clause of New York's
electrocution law is made apparent there
by. The truth of the old saying that walls
have ears is aptly demonstrated.
But is this the only folly of the new
method of disposing of murderers? Surely
not If the death chamber is to be robbed
of all its horrors by the secretiveness of
the witnesses, then the object lesson which
has been offered as a deterrent to capital
crime ever since the old lawgiVers meted
out justice on the eye-for-an-eye-and-to tooth
fora tooth principle will disappear. He
who kills will commit the deed in the full
knowledge that walls can stife his cries,
veil his cowardice, hide his agony; that
the scientists who watch the death
struggles will throw over them the
mantle of professional courtesy;
that the details of his death
will be garnished to suit the tastes of his
executioners; that those who cried out for
his blood will not witness the spectacle of
its stoppage along with the multitude.
viii this secretiveness, these scientific
overawe others? Will their technlcalities
and meehanisms fit through the brain of
him whose hand is raised to slay, or will
they only be studied and speculated upon
by the professionals and philosophers, the
students and the thinkers? Will the nerv-
GUS ones who were wont to pass Sing Sing
and Auburn make detour as did the
nervous ones of the chain-clanking gibbet
days? To these queries many will say no.
They will reply in the negative because
they believe the death penalty should
be administered with all the dignity
of the law and in the broad
open light of the day, so that he
who has murder in his heart will tremble
at the awful spectacle-will hesitate ere
he strikes, will read as he runs the terri
BILE lesson provided by the law for all the
people.
Surely death, the going from here to
There, is not the chief fear of the brutal
ones who torture and kill their fellows.
1t is the Spectacle. 1t is the shame, the
degradation of the scaffold, that makes
their faces blanch and their limbs tremble.
Rob the rope, the electric chair or the
guiIlotine of their publicity, say to the
murderers to come: "Your death shall be
in seclusion," and the laws intent Is de-
stroye6. Take away the torture of the
mind and the torments of the final act by
and science and then the
will not see a horrible
speeter standing between his deed and his
punishment, and the statistics of capital
crime will show rapid increase.
Executions in secret may satisfy the
law, but they place Justice in the role of
an avengerpure and simple. The spec
tacle of the law being fully satisfied with
vengeance robbed of the interest and pur-
pose of that vengeance is not a pleasant
one. Justice kills, but it does not plot to
secretly assassinate its victims
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-10
A MERCENARY EVANGELIST.
He Instructs a Lawyer to Bring Suit t.
Recover a Revival Fee.

He Instructs a Lawyer to Bring Suit to
Recover a Revival Fee.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA, July 9.-Evangelfst
Dixon Williams has created great stir in
Birmingham, Ala. The Cumberland Pres
byterian Church brought him here to con-
duct a revival, and built him q tabernacle to
seat 1,50O people. He was to stay month
and furnish great singer to lead the sing
ing. He came, and for awhile people fiocked
to hear him. Then he left for Indiana on
business and stayed ten days. The meetings
came near falling through, but were carried
on by pastor, and during this time all the
real conversions of the meetings took
place.
The contributions did not pan out Itwas
a big struggle to keep the meetings going
until it was closed with the church $500 in
debt and no results worth mentioning The
church got together $500 tor him and paid his
board bill of 500. He demanded s., 900. They
refused. He offered TO knock OFF $3.50 and
take $3.50 in full satisfaction. They had
raised all they could. Rev. Mr.. Williams then
sent claim for $3.50 to a lawyer, with in
structions to sue on it. The lawyer would
not take the case, and the evangelist with
drew his suit. Mr.. Williams came here from
Indiana,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-10
OFF TO THE SEASIDE.
A Number of Excursionists Patronize the
Pennsy,s First Trim SeaMard.

A Number of ExcursionIsts Patronize the
Pennsy's First Trip Seaward.
The Pennsylvania roads first excursion
for the season to Atlantic City and Cape
May yesterday morning was well patronized.
Nearly 500 people took advantage of the
cheap ten-day tickets to those points.
Among the excursionists we're Mr.. and
Mrs. John M. Oakley, Thornton Oakley, DR..
B. B. Brashear, of Cleveland, O.; William H.
Jamison, Miss Mary Heron, Miss Belle Nc
Clellan, Miss N. NJ. Pressly, J. N. Wylie and
Veach, J. F. Owens and wife, William H.
Lemon, J. E. Roth, Joseph Blaze and wife,
A. Apple and wife, of the Southside T. S.
Trumbull, of Jones & Laughlins; James
Anderson, of James B. Scott & Co.; B. H.
Brobst and W. Phelps. of the Hotel Ander-
son; Frank Watson. of Allegheny, and Dan
Corinan and Roger Higgins, two well-known
sporting men.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-10
CAN BE SPENT AT HOME.

A striking proposition is made by the
Troy (N. " Budget with reference to the
Government guarantee Of the Nicaragua
Canal bonds. We use the word Striking
in more senses than one. as in addition to
the regular meaning of the word the propo-
sition has a positive flavor of strike at
the Treasury.
1t is, briefly, that the Government shall
guarantee the 500, ,OO0,0 600 of Nicaragua
Canal bonds in order that the national
banks may have larger volume of bonds
TO use as basis for circulation. As we are
assured by the projectors Of the canal
themselves that the cost of work cannot ex-
ceed 500, 900, OO0 and that the engineers
estimates put it as low as S6O, GOO, ,00O it will
be seen that the issue of 500, 000, 900 would
afford a very inferior security for the hold
eTS of national bank notes except for the
Government guarantee. But that is suffi-
cient, as the Government would have to
pay for the bonds in any event.
If the Government is to go into the bus
ineSs of issuing bonds simply for the sake
of increasing national bank circulation it
need not go into remote country to find
projects deserving its aid. 1t can aid ship
canals within its own territory, such as
tie Ohio River and Lake Erie, the Henne-
pin, and the enlargement of the Erie
Canal. And these projects will not call
upon the Treasury to issue bonds in excess
Of the cost of the work either. They will
even raise some money for the projects
from other sources, and give the Govern
ment the first lien npon the work as Sc
curity.
Bonds for the benefit of the national
banks-if that purpose were worthy of
consideration-can be issued in aid of in
ternal improvements ten times as import
ant to this country as the same sum of
money sunk in the swamps of Nicaragua.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-10
TROUBLES OF OUR NAVY.

Inspired by the presence of one of the
large United States men-of-war in Boston
harbor, the Globe devotes some valuable
space to reasons why young Americans
should Join the navy and take chances of
promotions The chief reason given is
that they are liable to get on the retired
list 1t is cited that 80 retired admirals re-
ceive $500 annually, 10 commodores
$3.50, IL captains 1885, IL commanders
$3.50, and % lieutenant commanders
S2,25O.
A great nation should not be compelled
10 thus point TO the fact that it 80 hand
somely looks after the future of its ser
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-10
DANGER FROM OPEN STREET CARS.

This most peculiar weather for July
days warm and nights cold-sdds another
to the many dangers of city life. On a
sunny afternoon nothing is more pleasant
than to take an open street car for trip
into the suburbs. But when evening
comes, and with it a raw, cold breeze, the
pleasure is marred A physician is au-
thority for the statement that open cars at
night are menace to public health, and
that fact has been demonstrated to hun
dreds who have taken severe colds by
patronizing them. The curtains afford
little protection as the wind gets under
them and there is continual draught. A
company which looks to the pleasure of its
day patrons by furnishing open cars
should look to the comfort of its night
passengers by putting on winter coaches.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-10

EVER since the electrocution at Sing Sing
the New York papers have been talking very
hard against Warden Brown for the way he
acted in preventing the story of the death
scenes becoming public. Altogether they
have made life miserable for the Warden,
and he is declared to be the most unpopular
man in the State. 1t is inconsistent with the
usual good sense of our New York cotempor-
aries to thus assaf a man for doing his duty.
Warden Brown simply obeyed a law that is
obnoxious and contrary to the spirit of free
government. The newspapers should jump
on the Legislature and pat the Warden on
the back
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-10
THE oRANGEMEN's PARADE.
Preparations Complete for Their Great An
nual Turnout To-Morrow,

The sturdy local Representatives of Will
lam, Prince of Orange, will celebrate this
year on the e11th-to-morrow--as the 18th falls
on Sunday. Doubtless the shades of the
noble Prince will sanction the previousness
considering the circumstances. Western
Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio will be rep
resented. The parade is to form on New
Grant street, and to start ut A. M, moving
as follows: From New Grant to Liberty to
Tenth, to Penn avenue, to Ninth. over Ninth
street bridge to Anderson street, to Cedar
avenue, to Ohio street, to Federal over Sixth
street bridge to Market, to Fifth avenue to
Smithfield, to Liberty, and counter march
on Liberty street to Union station, where
cars will be in readiness for Hutton station
on the Allegheny Valley Railroad.
The Chief Marshal has appointed the fol-
lowing aids: w. J. Kyle, Adjutant General;
George Carlisle. Chief of Staff T. Foster,
James Foster Samuel Edgar, Robert Dodds,
Robert Mckee, Henry Bond, Robert Mcneil,
John MCLEAN, R. J. Patton, William Buchan-
Goddard, Timothy French, Samuel Heron,
W. j. Lees, William Powell, William Wight
man, James Sands, Samuel Woods, James
Campbell
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-10

OUR amiable contemporary, the Press, is
mistaken if it assumes that The DISPATCH in
its recent local mention of the Newsboys
Home Intentionally overlooked the sue
cessful efforts of the Press to establish the
fund of s26 900 to which the Home is to owe
its existence. We delight in the well-doing
of our cotemporaries, of which the Press in
the Newsboys Homo enterprise furnished
notable example, to which it can at all times
refer with pride.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-10
FEARS OF A FAMINE.
The Russian Government VIII Take Ener.
getic Measures to Prevent 1t.

getic Measures to Prevent 1t.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 9.-It is semi-officially
announced that If the harvest proves a fail
ure the Government, cooperating with the
public authorities, will provide ample means
to ward off anything like general famine.
The large Government stores of grain main
tanned for milia ry purposes can be distrib-
uted in the distressed regions.
The Minister of the Interior is preparing
for the expected scarcity, and has sent Off
GERS to make tour of the threatened dis
tricts. An inquiry is also proceeding in the
grain centers to ascertain how far it may be
necessary to restrict the expectation of
corn. The latest reports from the grain dis
tricts are reassuring. Reports made to the
Government represent the present imitation
in prices as largely due to speculation. 1t is
probable that the Government will intervene
to put an end to the artificial embarrass-
ment in the markets.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-10

CHARTERS street. In the course of time q
high river will float It away, and those below
will have as much reason to complain rs
Southide citizens have in the case of the
Braddock garbage boat. ALL refuse should
be burned, and no one should be allowed to
use the river bank as dumping place.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-10
TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH.
A Chicago Inventor Thinks He Has a Drill
That Can Dig to 1t.

CHICAGO, July 9.-Fulton Gardiner, of
this city, has invented an electric
drill which he claims will bore a
hole of any desired depth, doing the
last foot of it as easily as the first. The
power is applied directly at the tip, without
the use of shafting, and the only limit to the
depth bored will be the depth the electric
current can be conducted.
He brought his invention to the notice of
the Mining Department of the Worlds Fair
to-day He wants to show it in operation at
the fair, and proposes to drill q hole to the
center of the earth.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-10

THE interviews with prominent Demo-
cratic leaders noticed in our local columns
do not back up the assertion that the Demo-
Gratis are displeased with the Governors
judicial nominees. The Democrats will be
found pretty unanimous for the Governors
ticket; and If the Republicans fail to indorse
they will likely have the contest in their
own ranks.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-10
THE SCHOOL MAAM's LAST DAY.
Close of the Most Successful Convention
Ever Held in the State.

ClOSG Oh Gn6 uObt SuCceSSIu convention
Ever Held in the State.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArcH1
BEDFORD, July 9.-This was the third and
last day of theiState Teachers Convention.
"The Pennsylvania State Teachers Associ.
alton and Its Professional Values" was dis.
cussed by Prof. G. L. Maris and Superin-
tendent B. K. Buehrle; "Its Educational
Values" by Prof. Hockenberry and Prof.
Michener; "Its Legislative Values,n by Prof.
w. w. Woodruff. Rev. E. p. Pettymen, State
Superintendent Of Maryland, made an ap-
propriate educational address.
The afternoon was wholly taken up with
eulogies upon the life of Hon. J. P. Wicker
sham. Tonight the teachers are being row
ally entertained at q social reception at the
Bedford Springs Hotel. Many of the teach
ers will remain in the town for some time to
partake of the famous waters. The conyen-
tion has been one of unparalleled success in
the history of the association, the enroll
ment being the largest by great many, and
the financial affairs in much better condi-
tion than ever before.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-10
Nicolay Replies to Mcclure,

WASHINGTON, July 9.-John G. Nicolny,
President Lincoln's private secretary, has
addressed a reply to the statements of
Editor Mcclure with regard to the Hamlin
denomination affair, in which he (Nicolay)
reiterates his former statement that Presf
dent Lincoln did not oppose the renomina-
tiOn.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-10
TOO JEALOUS FOR REFORM.
A Mormon Chiefs War on Tobacco an
Frflls Disrupts His Church.

Mormon Chiefs War on Tobacco and
Frills Disrupts His Church.
KANSAS CITY, July 9.-There is a serious
split in the Hedr1ckite branch of the Nor
mon Church at Independence, Mo- A ma
jority of the members have Withdrawn from
the church and are seeking admission to an
other branch, all because Elder Hall,
chief of the Hedrickite branch, tried to in
stitute certain reforms among his followers.
He required the sisters to dress in plain
black dresses and sun bonnets without rib
bons, laces or frills. He forbade the men to
use tobacco. Disobedience, he said, would
be punished with expulsion. The frivolous
brethren and sisters, however, rather than
give up their tobacco and their frills, gave
Is members.