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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09

is lying seriously i'll at the home Of her
uncle, MI. Brooks, on Locust street, Allie
gheny.
REV. DR. SUTHERLAND, pastor of the Second
Presbyterian Church on Penn avenue, mas
Deen called 70 Albany, N. Y, TO attend the
bedside Of dying brother.
THE summer excursion ON the Mayfiower,
under the management of Mr.. George Y.
Jenks, this evening will be O very enJ0yaple
'anafr, and will inaugurate series OF sucn
evenings.
MRs. Z. Il. VEEDER, the charming authoress
OF Her Brother Donnard,n - who has been Ior
some time the guest of Mr.. Nicholas teeoer,
OF Penn avenue, will leave shortly Ior
ua1nsvlile, her summer home.
An ice cream and strawberry social viii be
held at the Bingham Street NJ. T. Church, on
THURSDAY, the 1lth inst, under the auspices
of the Ladies' Aid Society. Music and reci-
tations will be q portion Of the evenings en-
tertainment.
AN ice cream social and entertainments for
the benefit of the Southside Hospital, will
be given on Monday evening, June p, at the
rooms Of Fidelity Council No 10, Daughters
OF Liberty, at South Twenty-Seventh ana
Sarah streets. DR.. j. Milton Duff will de-
liver the opening address Of the entertain
ment.
The engagement Is announced Of Miss
Minnie Howard, of Allegheny, and Mr.. Hart
ford Gillespie, son of DR.. Gillespie, the Sec
retary of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign
Missions. Miss Howard is q very sweet, pre-
possessing young lady of strong church ten
denotes, which fact alone would make the
afianced congeniaL
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
BErTER FIRE PRoTECTIoN.

The communication Of the Board of
Underwriters to the Department of Public
Safety, presented to Councils yesterday,
makes another addition to the literature
on increased fire protection. The docu-
mentary discussion of this important ques-
ton has thrown SO much light on the sub
ject that unless, as rumor hasit the Mayor
proposes to add his contribution, the time
is about ripe for definite action.
The Board of Underwriters practically
agrees with the Chief Of the Department
of Public Safety as to the steps to be taken
for the increase of fire protection. It in
dorses the proposition for q fireboat, and
the general agreement of authority for
that enlargement of the force places the
acquisition of freboat beyond the limits
of debatable measures. Beyond that, the
Board pointedly declares that the fire
department of 1870 is not adequate for the
Pittsburg of 1891, nor is the chief Among
its other recommendations, therefore, is
the one that the Office of Fire Director
shall be created, that officer to have charge
of the department at fires; while the pres
ent chief shall give his attention to the
organization and discipline of the force in
the engine-houses.
This is evidently compromise with the
sentiment against the complete retirement
of an officer of long service and advanced
years. Apart from the question whether
its theoryis inharmony with the principles
of democratic public service, it seems to
involve division of authority that would
be detrimental to discipline. The officer
who directs force In active service must
hold complete authority over itat all times.
His subordinates must know that upon
their prompt fidelity 10 his orders their
standing and advancement will depend.
He must be able to select those upon
whose loyalty the efficiency of his admin
istration will depend; to reward those who
are quick and faithful in action, and to
discharge those who are slack or insubor-
dinate. 1t does not appear that such
division of functions as is proposed in this
case would secure tothe actual head of the
department that supreme authority which
isrequisite for the most thorough efficiency.
On the question of additional apparatus
for protection to the business part OF. the
city, there is no material difference of
opinion, nor any reason for further delay
on the part of Councils Pittsburg can
better afford to pay for thorough fire
protection than to 60 without it. Fl
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
cL1NGINe TO THE UPPER CRUST.

PROF. MARY E. BYRD, of Smith College,
has been elected to membership by the
British Astronomical Association.
JUDGE HENRY B. TAYLOR, of Hunting
ton, Ind, has been appointed q member of
the Pan-Republic Congress Committee.
EDNA LYALL, the English novelist, sent
g, 500 to the Salvation Army scheme as her
protest against Prof Huxley's criticism.
LIEUTENANT HAwLEY, who saved the
Nipsic and many lives in the famous Samoan
hurricane, has received formal commenda-
ton by resolution of the Massachusetts
Legislature.
THOMAS A. EDISON is writing his first
novel. A telegraph, Atlantic cable, tele-
phone, phonograph, audiphone and kineto-
graph will figure among the accessories, and
the denouement occurs in thunder shower.
MRS. LOUISE BURBANK, of Leominster,
Mass, is almost 104 years of age. In her
early years she walked from Quebec to
Boston, carrying her babe upon her back,
the family finances compelling them to make
the journey in that way.
Mrs. LELAND STANFORD has decided to
turn the Lathrop Memorial in Albany over
to the trustees of the local orphan asylum
and endow it with 5000 a year, SO as to
secure relief from personal attention to this
charity, which she founded in memory of her
parents several years ago.
HERR SCHMALFELD, who was Prince
Bismarck's antagonist in his recent electoral
contest, was cigarmaker with no particular
fame. Association has brought him eminence,
however. and even in his defeat he has
gained q notoriety which makes him the
victim of the autograph fend.
THE Queen of Roumania has undertaken
to write on the subject of Bucharest for
great illustrated work on the capitals of the
world, which l. now being prepared in Paris.
This is probably the first time that Queen
has described her capital for the public.
Vienna will be treated by Madam Adam and
Toxic by Judith Gautier.
LADY MACDONALD, the widow of the
late Canadian Premier, is a remarkable
woman. She is tall, with abundant white
hair, and face that is stamped with energy
and determination. She is clever talker,
an omnivorous reader, and the possessor of
extraordinary social graces. She is fire.
quently in attendance at the sittings of Par
Lament.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
MAcDoNALD's SUCCESSOR IN OFFICE.
Sir Charles Tupper Out in the Cold, With
Chances Fayorinp Mr.. Thompson

Sir Charles Tupper Out in the Cold, With
Chances Favoring Mr.. Thompson.
OTTAWA, June SIN the special dining hall
at Earnscliffe lie the remains of its master.
The casket stands on pedestal in the center
Of the room, and all the appointments are
most imposing. When all was done the
metallic casket, with. its burden, was car
ried down stairs from the room in which the
Premier passed away. There the remains
will lie until tomorrow, to be viewed by the
members of the household and the few per-
sonal friends, including the members of the
Cabinet, who called at Earnscliffe to-day.
So far Lady Macdonald has borne up
bravely.
The Globe (Liberall, discussing the politi-
cal situation, says: Though Sir Charles
Tupper has been telegraphed for, the pres
ent Impression is that Sir John Thompson
will be first Minister. Sir Charles Tupper
seems to have been dropped out of reckon
ing His appearance as first Minister would
have excited the hostility of Liberals and
have provoked not few Tories. Mr.. Abbott,
who was talked of week ago, has also been
set aside. Government by him would mean
government by Mr.. Van Horne and the
general conviction is that Mr.. Vau Horne
already wields as much influence in and out
of Parliament as any single railroad mag
nate ought to enjoy" q
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
NOT A TYPICAL PH1LANrHRop1sr.
A Relative Protests Against a Public Monu
ment for Mary Morris Hamilton.

A Relative Protests Against Public Monu-
ment for Mary Morris Hamilton.
NEW YORK, June S.-The following letter
has been sent by Philip Schuyler to Mrs
Elizabeth Thompson. Mr.. Schuyler has re-
ceived no reply OF direct Acknowledgements
of any kind:
DEAR MADAME: I have heard for the first
time, yesterday, of the proposal of your as.
sociation to erect q life-size statue of the late
Mrs. George L. Schuyler MARY Morris
Hamilton,) to be sent to the Worlds Fair as
representing "The typical philanthropist," !"
and that committees are being formed
throughout the country and money is being
solicited to carry out this project. Had the
family of Mrs. Schuyler, whom represent,
been consulted, or even had the attention of
any one of them been drawn to the matter,
we should certainly have protested at the
beginning at any such use of her name in
this connection. Mrs. Schuyler, though
taking her share with others in the philan-
thropic work of her day, is in no sense "The
typical philanthropist,h and to place her in
such position is to invite public criticism
of sort which has already been made to the
press In behalf of her family, whose senti-
ment on this subject is conveyed in this
letter, respectfully request that the pro-
iect, so far as she is concerned, be abandoned.
l shall be obliged for a prompt acknowl-
edgement of this letter, and for as early
reply as may be possible. Very truly yours,
PHILIP SCHUYLER.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
NNoCUoUs BECAUSE INVALID.

The following remark on freak of
legislation attempted at the late session is
made by the Philadelphia Press: ''The bill
to forbid specific contracts to repay loan
In gold was beaten in the last Legislature,
as it should have been, because of the man.
ifest injustice of preventing capitalists
from protecting themselves against the
financial vagaries which are now domi-
mating large portion of the country"
There was better reason for not pass
ing the bill than tender regard for the
interest of capitalists Indeed, so far as
that argument is concerned, capital should
not be taken into consideration any more
than labor But the very sufficient reason
why the bill should not be passed is that
it would not be worth the paper it was
printed on.
The Constitution of the United States
forbids any State to pass an act impairing
the validity of contracts, and the constitu-
tional principles laid down by the Supreme
Court of this State have made it plain that
no such interference with the freedom of
contract would be permitted by it, even if
the United States Constitution did not for
bid. This mercifully preserves State
legislatures from such foolishness as the
National Congress has at times attempted
to prevent specific contracts to deliver a
commodity of universal use.
This makes the comment of the esteemed
Press, though right in its general bearing,
open to one criticism. The bill would not
have inflicted injustice on anyone. 1t
would have been justso much waste paper.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
CONTRACTION THE OTHER WAY.

There seems to have been some remark
ably loose reasoning among the New York
bankers at the meeting held to consider
Secretary Fosters proposition to extend a
portion of the maturing AZ per cent bonds
at IL per cent The grounds for its action
are summarized as follows by Brddstreet's:
"a formal resolution, embodying the sense
of the bankers present, was that in view of
the approaching crop movement and the
inevitable demand for circulation, the in
terests Of the country demanded that the
maturing bonds should be extended at the
rate of 2 per cent, and that lower rate of
interest would tend to contract the cur
rency at an inconvenient time"
1t does not seem to have occurred to the
banking interests of New York that the
payment of bonds is good way to put
money in circulation. The logic of the
above proposition is that If the banks can
not get per cent interest OF their bonds
they will surrender them and retire their
circulation, which they represent as con-
traction of the currency. But this COM
pletely ignores the fact that for every $500
of bank circulation retired 8, 900 of Treas
dsS funds will come into the money market
SuppOsing the amount of Az per cent bonds
held by the banks as basis for circulation
to be $50, ,0o0, 900 their payment win retire
S2@ 100000 of bank notes and bring -out.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
PEOPLE COMING AND GOING.

j. G. Cunningham, Belleyernon business
man, is registered at the Anderson.
d. G. Wheeler, of Columbus, and J. V.
Ritz. of Butler, are at the Seventh Avenue
Hotel. $3.50
w. L. Abbott and Colonel James An
drews were among the Eastern passengers
last evening
Superintendent Cyrus Merrill, of the
Pullman Company, has gone East for few
weeks vacation.
Samuel b. Dick, the Meadyille banker,
and A. T. Mead, of Dubois, are stopping at
the Duauesne.
Colonel Stone and wife, w. H Graham,
wife and daughter, Allie, and Prof. Blaisdeli
started last evening for trip through
Europe.
II. NJ. Clarke, of Tidioute, and w. H.
Picking, Travelling Passenger Agent of the
B. & o. at Somerset are at the Monongahela
House.
Rev. Robert H. Fulton and wife, of Phil
adelphia, arrived in the city yesterday to
attend the commencement exercises of the
Pennsylvania Female College.
c. +. Cole, Assistant General Freight
Agent of the Pennsylvania Company. left
for Chicago last evening to attend a meeting
OF the Central Traffic Association.
James O'Donnell went to Harrisburg last
evening to represent the Commonwealth
against the appeal for pardon for James
L. Orr. Thomas M. Marshall, John Robb
and D. 7. Patterson viii appear for Orr.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
THEATRICAL NOTES.

ALL the theaters are closed except Harris.
SIDNEY r. ELLIS, manager of Chas. A Gard
ner is in town, and will stay for week or so
till he goes to New York to arrange for next
season.
MANAGER HARRY DAVIS writes from Gin
cinnati, where he has been located for some
weeks, that his Silver Grove Park has been
doing good business in spite of the wet spell,
and promises to boom when the summer
fairly opens.
"TEN NIGHTS IN BAR Room, an admirable
warning to those who seek relief in cooling
but intoxicating draughts this weather, is
being played at Harris Theater this week
by clever company, which includes George
Hager, George Secor, Mrs. Rachelle Renard,
Miss Louise Hofer, Miss Lizzie Davis and
Little Tiny Jonesr The two performances
yesterday were fairly attended.
THE improvements contemplated in Harris
Theater are of greater importance than THE
DISPATCH was informed last week. Manager
Starr said yesterday that the theater will be
closed about the middle of July for four
weeks The proscenium arch and auditorium
will be re-painted, and stock of new scenery
provided New chairs will be put in the
parquet and the entire house will be cleaned.
In the lobby new tiling is to be laid, and the
walls re-decorated. In fact Harris Theater
will be almost equal to new when the season
of 1912 commences.
HARRY DAVIS MUSEUM has the sterling and
never stale "Rip Van Winkle' as its dra-
matte attraction this week The play is we'll
presented, all things considered, Edwin
Young playing Rip Miss s. A. Wallace
Gretchen, and Miss Annetta Sawyer Meenie
In the Curiosity Hall the young women who
are saving woodland saying nothing-are
the chief feature, and the contest of fair
sawyers promises to be interesting. A rep
of q town in miniature with
real steam locomotive and a train of cars
running through it, and other strange sights
are to4e found there too.
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THE DocroR's DIAGNOSIS.
Patsy Doedy's Report Of His Visit to a New
York Physician.

Patsy Doody's Report of His Visit to q New
York Physician.
New York Recorder.1
Patsey Doody, the Eastside pugilist. was
examined by DR.. Loomis, the celebrated spe-
cialist in lung diseases, the other day.
"Me and my sister," said Patsey, Gwent to
the doctors office. 1t was in a basement as
dark as cellar I fell over the feet of two
bloles in the dark and nearly broke my
neck. 1 hadn't-been there more than a min
ute until I was called for. think the doc
tor must a-knowed me, for was not kept
waiting. whats the matter?' said the doc
tor, as If he was ordering ton of coal
That's what come here to find out saws l..
with that he grabs hold of me coat and nulls
1t open. Then he lays the fiat of his left
hand on me chest and gives me two welts on
the chest with his right hand When he
was through with that he puts his ear on me
bosom and says he, Cough let grave
yard croak out of me that shook the win
dows. That settled, it, He threw up both
hands and stepped back shaking his head.
1 looked at him and sodid me sister. She
said: 4-a
"'Well, doctor?'
Consumption, says he.
ny tssys sisssE !. aboDt % going to oroak and that's
"swhat shall Patsey do, doctor?' says me
sister.
"'Go on q farm says the doctor.
"That's all he said till asked him what
was the matter wid me throat.
"Same thing says he.
s'Me sister chucked 50 at him and we came
away. think I'll last till October"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
PREPARE TO SMILE

Colonel Fizzletop was under the painful
necessity Of administering a severe castgstion 70
his son Johnny. After he had completed his labors.
he said sternly to the suffering victim:
''Now tell me why punished you?''
THAT'S II, !" sobbed Johnny; 'you nearly pound
the life out of me, and now you don'teven know
why you did it. ''-Tsras SVttngs.
He-Then you reject me?
she-I'm sorry, very sorry, but must
He.(desperately)-Then there is only one thing
left for me to do, that's all.
She (anxiously)-Oh. what do you intend to dor
He-Propose TO somebody else.-6eso York Press.
Irate Father-I never gave my father i'm
pudence when was a boy.
Son-Maybe your father didn't need it.-LVs.
The girls who take vacations
With an eye to beach nirtations,
For nothing spend their time and wear their sum-
mer costumes gay;
The maidens bright and witty
Stay in the dusty city
And hirt all summer with the youths VINO cannot
get away.-Ne1o Iork Press.
Greene-Whom are your children said to
take after, Mr. Enpeckg
Fnneek with mental reservation) : The
Younger with a sweet smile and angelic temper,
takes after his mother; the elder that cross-eyed
Young viper, takes after me, I'm informed.-Ones a
Week.
Sinelair-Uncle Tom says that if marry
YOU. he win set US up in nice little cottage.
Eya-No, guess not; no Uncle Toms Cabin for
me.-PIck.
0ustomer-Are these colors fast?
New Salesman-well. black is never considered
fast color, but we have some pretty loud varie-
gated colors that might please you.-Jad0e.
Hell detest being thin, and have tried
eyerythlng-patentm medicines Included.
she anxious for an invite)-Did You ever try
good dinner ut Delmonco'sy-Fivsak Lsslie's HiHs-
truted Newspaper.
ssFor the first time in its history" sobs
Nebraska dispatch. "a saloon license has been
granted In Weeping Water The cynicism Of
geographical nomenclature has seldom been dis-
played more wantonly.-AsD Hork Szh
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
PRINTERS AND NINE HOURS.
The International Typographical Union VIII
Consider the Working Day.


BosroN, May s-The International Typo
graphical Union in Faneuil Hall this
morning began its thirty-ninth annual
convention. President Edward 7. Plank, of
indianapolis, said in relation to a reduction
of the hours of labor that the movement is
one that should only be undertaken when
fully prepared for an earnest and long
struggle, and then only by concerted action
by all unions at the same time. Under the
circumstances it would be a good plan, he
said, to adopt resolution at this session
and submit the question to popular vote
whether or not we shall make an attempt to
enforce nine-hour day next spring. In this
we may gain the support of the American
Federation of Labor.
Drafts upon the fund during the year had
been very heavy, the address said, the num-
Der of lockouts, strikes, etc, having been
large. The Committee on Laws reported
favorably upon suggestions that unions
comprising 800 or more members may adopt
such methods in ordering strikes as In their
Judgment seem best. A report on the copy
right law was presented and referred to the
Committee on Miscellaneous Business. Con-
gratulations were sent to the Amalgamated
Association of Iron and Steel Workers of
North America now in session in Pittsburg.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
THE BRIGGS CASE AGAIN.
A Report to the Chicago Presbytery Disap-
proving the Assembly's Act.

A Report to the Chicago Presbytery Disap-
proving the Assembly's Act.
CHICAGO, June s.-Drs. Worcester, Dewitt
Lewis and Hoyt, commissioners from the
Chicago Presbytery to the General Assembly
of the Presbyterian Church, which met re-
Gently at Detroit, made their report to-day
at meeting Of the Presbytery convened for
that purpose, In the matter of the Briggs
case, it was the opinion of the commission
ers that the Assembly had acted unwisely
in endorsing the report of DR.. Patton's COM
mittee. The Call case had, by this action,
become more complicated and less easy OF
settlement. DR.. Worcester's scheme of set
Element would have been solution OF the
difficulty.
A dispatch from New York says: The New
York Presbytery spent two solid hours dis
cussing the Prof Briggs case to-day. There
were sixty-five present at the meeting,
which was held in the lecture room of the
Scotch Church, in East Fourteenth street.
Forty-nine were ministers and is elders.
A letter from DR.. Briggs was re-
ceived, withdrawing all protest against
what be deems the unjust pro-
cedure of the Presbytery against him, in
order to facilitate the time when his ac-
cusers must face him and have their charges
tried. The committee to arrange for the
trial begged for more time.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
AN INSTANCE OF HORSE INTELLIGENCE.
The Team Refuses to Run Over a Child in
Its Baby Carriage

The Team Refuses to Run Over a Child in
Its Baby Carriage
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.J
CANTON, O., June "a remarkable illustra-
ton of equine intelligence is reported from
Buck Hill this morning. A man named Mar
shall was driving into town with two-horse
team, pulling load of hay. He had been
indulging overmuch and fell asleep, leaving
his team to go as it pleased. A hired girl of
one of the neighbors had been trundling a
little child in low-wheeled buggy, and
while stopping to chat with a friend, care
lessiy left The buggy in the middle Of the
road, just as the heavily-loaded hay wagon
came along.
The driver of the wagon was suddenly
awakened by the wagon coming to stand
still. The sleepy fellow rubbed his eyes and
saw his two quiet and sensible horses calmly
pant. which was directly in their path. and
which they had refused asse it,r to run down. The
under the wheels.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09

ONE of the instructive though not wholly
edifying features Of the princely gambling
case in England is that no one in the Prince
of Wales circle seems to have thought of the
fact that the surest way to prevent cheating
ut gambling was to expose the cheater and
then renounce gambling. The most import
ant consideration according TO the united
testimony of all witnesses was to prevent
the awful fact from getting out. In England
as well as in America there seems to be O
conviction that the most disgraceful thing
about dishonesty is in being found out.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-09
If it is true that the administration's

If it is true that the administrators
action in raising the blockade put Hippolyte
in the Presidential position, then its failure
to receive the consideration in the shape of
the mole St. Nicholas for ccaling station.
should warn our statesmen that it served
them just right in undertaking to set up and
pull down governments for other people. A
coaling station is all very well; but It is not
important enough to permit a republican
government to ignore the principle that the
only right foundation for governments lies
in the consent of the governed.