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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14
ROSCOE C0NKLING's SPIRIT
Called Out by a Medium Several Days Be-
fore His Death.

Called Out by a Medium Several Days Be-
fore His Death.
New York Advertiser.l
"Talking about spook raisers,n said we'll
known lawyer yesterday, reminds me of a
little incident in Kalamazoo while 1 was
stopping there over night several years ago.
dispatch was received announcing the
death of ex-senator Roscoe Conkling. 1 at
tended spiritualistio seance that evening,
and the medium, who was a very enterpris-
ing woman, called up the spirit of the dead
statesman, and had few words with him.
Imagine my astonishment the next morning
to learn that Mr.. Conkling was still alive,
and, in fact, he did not depart this life until
two days later.
"When l sought out the medium for an ex-
PLANTATION 1 found her smiling and conf
dent. She told me that after had left her
circle she was aroused by the spirit of u
New York coroner who had died many years
ago. This celestial visitor communicated to
her the fact that the soul of Mr.. Conkling
had actually taken its fight, but returned
to the body in the course Of few hours"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14
A Pointer for Poets,

''IT is not much use giving poets pointers
about anything" said a man who is guilty of
writing verse for magazines, "but it is pity
that all of them do not understand how
much it mars poem to print it in any but
the plainest kind of type. Many poem has
suffered terribly from being printed in
script or archaic type Wide margins and
good white paper stand for great deal, but
even they will not compensate for the in
jury improper type can infict upon a poem.
Half the people who like poetry and they
are none too numerous, won't take the pains
to decipher the average poem printed in
script or like illegible form. Lots of men
who write for the magazines and weekly
papers appear to think that their poems are
set off to advantage by being scrawled in a
weak imitation of handwriting. This very
day, with keen appetite for anything poet
clever poem in one of this months maga-
zines, because it was concealed by the strag-
Cling knock-kneed script in which it was
printed. 1t is bad enough for poet to cul-
'tivate obscurity in handwriting or lapse into
it through carelessness but that is a matter
for himself and the typesetters to
fight out. When 1t comes to print most
poets desire. to be read, and if
plain Roman type, thanking mercfful
providence if it is the largest type in the
case.> Ii on the other hand perfect justice
were administered by the editors, half the
poetry printed ought to be engraved in the
most artistic, which means of course, the
most obscure style conceivable, for then it
But the best poems usually meet the vilest
fate.n
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14

NUMEROUS esteemed contemporaries are
making the most of the discovery that the
Rev. Sam Smalls accounts in connection
with that Western college show a shortage
of q thousand dollars. This shows that Mr..
SmaH's financial abilities are limited. If he
had possessed the genius of the financial
heroes worshiped by the papers criticising
him he would never have been caught get
ting away with anything so petty as thou
sand dollars.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14

THE report that Sir William Gordon
Cumming is going to write book on the
Tranby Croft scandal credits him either with
a willingness to make profit of his disgrace
or desire to expose himself in order to in
jure his enemies Sir William should leave
bad enough alone, and devote himself to re-
tirement and his American heiress.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Hamilton Mackenzie.

Hamilton Mackenzie, well-known citi-
zen, died at an early hour yesterday morning at
Canton while praying. He awoke his wife at
O'Clock and said he going to die and requested
Tie PRAYER. Shortly afterward he fell TO the floor
and expired. Mr.. Mackenzie went to Canton from
Beaver Pa, eight years ago. He leaves a wife
aud family of Ii children. One son resides in Pitts
burg. He was aged 63.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14

THE colored juror summoned for service
in New York was challenged peremptorily
on the ground that, as he had never served
on jury before, he lacked the necessary ex-
perience. Besides the remarkable prefer
ence for the professional juror indicated by
this challenge it also is built clearly on the
logic of the fond parent who refused to let her
child go near the water until he had learned
TO swim
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14

THE news that the head of the Standard
Oil Company is suffering from nervous pros
tration will surprise those who considered
that his nerve was of the kind that never
got prostrated. The discovery renders it
pertinent to advise him that if he will let
trade have its natural course in the Oil bust
ness, and abjure schemes to shut off compe-
tition, he will be able to get in line without
overtaxing his mental energies.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14
AN American fishing schooner. retur,

AN American fishing schooner, returned
from a voyage to Africa, reports she was
forbidden to sell fish to the fisL-eating
natives because she caught more with her
nets in day than native fishermen could
hook in six months. This shows that the
savages are just as much opposed to compe-
tition as any of the trust advocates. 1t also
demonstrates that the trust apostles are
teaching the kind of political economy prac-
ticed by the most ignorant savages.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14

IT is intimated that Frederick Douglass is
not satisfactory as Minister to Haiti. Per-
haps not. but if the Government of the
United States adopts the policy of setting up
murderous tyrants as rulers of Haiti in ex-
change for coaling stations, the henecessity for
bullet-proof Ministers to that island will
make the position very hard 70 fill.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14

THAT conference between the President
and Senator Quay, as a result of which an
offensive and defensive alliance is an
nounced, after the Senator in published
interview declared TINT "Blaine can have
the nomination if he wants it," illustrates
the operation of the law of cause and effect.
The Senator's record in connection with this
administration bears witness that he thor
oughly understands the effectiveness of the
conservative but judiciously applied kick.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14

AFTER full comparison of the qualities
of Mr.. Russell B. Harrison with the Prince
Of Wales, this country felicitates itself on
the fact that political donkey is not as bad
as a confirmed gambler, and that the dom
keys term does not last two years more.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14
MIR. FOSTER FACETI0Us.

Eating at the Rate of so Miles an Hour
Causes Dyspepsia
New York Advertiser.1
Here's the latest yarn about Secretary Of
the Treasury Foster. He sprung a little
joke on his private secretary while the two
were travelling from Washington to New
York on the Congressional limited one day
last week. They dined on the train, and
while at dinner Secretary Foster remarked:
you'll get dyspepsia, surely, If you are
not careful"
"How's that?n
"Perhaps you don't know that you are eat
ing at the rate of so miles an hour"
The private secretary said that he would
stop the train.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14
A Queer Wedding Present.

''The Adventures of Baby Carriage is
not as dignified a title as "The Adventures
of a Phaeton," that served for one of Blacks
novels, but it would fit story that is having
wide circulation in this city just now.
1t appears that O gentleman who resides
outside the city was invited to attend a
fashionable wedding that took place here
last week His wife came with him to the
city, and, 1t must be added, brought along a
new dress specially built for the occasion.
They went in the first place to stay for a
day or two with a relative in Allegheny, and
the day before the wedding migrated to the
house of another relative in the East End
Their trunk they left behind, intending to
have local express company transfer it.
The directions for the transfer were given
by the gentleman himself, and he seized the
opportunity to send a wedding present to
the bride-elect by the same agency. The
trunk and the present were at the house in
Allegheny, and the expressman was ordered
to fetch both at the same time.
There was standing in the hall at
the time the expressman called
baby carriage, done up in burlap, with
some fishing rods strapped beneath. it.
The eNpressman took the baby-carriage
to be the other package he had been charged
to deliver, and without inquiring took it
out, then the trunk, and went on his way
rejoicing. He drove to the house of the
and handed it over to the servant who
opened the door, merely saying that it was
from MI. -. What he did next nobody
seems to know, except that he did not take
the trunk to its proper destination. With
the new dress inside it, the trunk f1oated
around the East End till the day after the
wedding.
The effect of the baby-carriage's mysteri-
ous arrival upon the household where q
bride-elect was eagerly scanning the I'M
ports was startling. A baby-carriage is not
a customary wedding present. 1t may have
mystified more than it mortified those who
examined it. The maid who had taken it in
reported the name the expressman had
given as the donors. That only deepened
the mystery. Then someone discovered the
fishing rods knit to the baby-carriage's
anatomy, and speculation took new di-
rection. It was not till night fell that the
the laughter began over 1.-THE Adventures of
a BabV-Carriage,n
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14

THAT $4,000 estate divided between
Henry George and the widow by the will of
the testator, and taken into the New Jersey
courts some years ago, now turns out to be
about S,SOo the rest having gone in lawyers
fees and court charges. Yet there are some
people who think there is no need of reform
in the legal business!
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14
At Least an Explanation.

San Antonio Express.1
Sir William Gordon-Cumming is man of
birth and breeding, and has been a gallant
soldier. There is but one explanation of the
fact that he descended to the "fim-f1am
game on the night at Tranby Croft: He was
hypnotized by the Prince of Wales
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14

Mr.. HENRY WATTERsoN is very much
opposed to the new Constitution proposed
for Kentucky. 1t is even intimated that he
may go to the extreme length of dealing it
the most deadly blow in his power. That,
of course, consists in writing it friendly
letter advising to withdraw.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14
Major Bell Whiteford.

REV. GEORGE BELL, of Queens Uni
versty, Kingston, Ont. was notified on Wednes-
day by cable of the death from fever at Nagpori,
India of Major Bell Whiteford, his eldest son, who
had adopted the name of his maternal uncle. Major
Whiteford was an eminent linguist and engineer.
He only AZ years Of age and had visited Canada
two years ago.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14
Everybody Well Done.

Cleveland PIaln-UeaIer.J
People may be willing to take Mr.. Lowells
word for it that day in June is very rare,
but they want it distinctly understood that
the sort of days inflicted on this suffering
community in this month of June are not
RI re- enOuoh by half,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14

THE allegation of the French that the
United States has been shipping to that
country horse-fesh in disguise as beef, is
based on the same principle as the idea of
the drunken man that every one but him
self is intoxicated.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14
With Jaws Wide Open.
Chicago Times J

Chicago Times.1
An endowment order called the "Order of
the Gates Ajar" proposes to give Chicagoans
81 for every 80 cents intrusted to it. A better
name for the institution would be "The
Order of the Sharks Agape."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14
PLEBEIAN TENANT WANTED.
A Landlord Who Thinks Patricians Don't
Pay Their Rent.

Pay Their Rent.
Philadelphia Record.1
The following quaint advertisement, which
in one of the city papers the other
day, is attributed to genial "Tom" Donald
son, "the man who beat Blaine" as he is
sometimes called in allusion to his connec-
tion with the management of the Republi-
can national campaign in 1884, and with the
Burchard incident, a title, by the way, in
which MI. Donaldson takes no pleasure:
"To rent, No. 81 Preston street; it is of no
moment whether the tenants grandfather
assisted John Hancock in the Declaration
and they must not be too good-a plebeian
tenant preferred. Patrfcians seldom, if
ever, pay rent without legal skirmish; no
boarders to be taken; the highest qualifiea-
tion requisite will be evidence of capacity to
lay 2S beans or shekels per month in ad-
vance in the hand of the gentlemanly col
lector"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14
The Place for Young Men.
Boston Globe.1

Boston GlODel
Torontos Prescott, the new President Of
the International Typographical Union is
only 2J. The young men are coming to the
front all along the line.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14
Elastic but Strong, This Land.

"WHEN foreigners impugn the elasticity
and strength of our institutions" said
Robert d. Layton to me yesterday, "I am
fond of quoting to them bit of my own ex-
perience. In the spring of 1865. was pres
ent when General Johnston surrendered to
Sherman. The regiment l served in, the
Thirteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, formed
part of General Sherman's escort One of
the surprises of that day to as troop
ers was the appearance OF General
Wheeler, the famous Confederate cavalry
leader. He had been raising cain with US
for months and this and his raids in preyi-
GUS campaigns, had made us think of him as
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14
YOUNG JEFFERSON MARRIED.

According to Previous Announcement He
Weds Miss Bender, of Brooklyn.
New YORK, June 13.-Joseph Jefferson, Jr.,
son of Joseph jefferson, the well-known
actor, was married at o'clock this morning
to Miss Blanche Beatrice Bender, eldest
daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Peter Bender
The ceremony was performed at the resi-
dence of the BRIDES parents, Brooklyn, and
one-half hour later the newly-married
couple left the house to go aboard the steam
ship Etruria, which sailed for Europe at 10
o'clock.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14
This Is No Skin Game.

Harrisburg Patrfot.1
Tanner is English slang for a piece of
money. That being the case it may not be
improper to remark that the Hide and
Leather Bank, of New York. which has
capital of $500, 900, is well tanned.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14

This issue of THE DISPATCH contains
90 pages, made up of THREE PARTS.
Failure on the part of Carriers, Agents,
Ne1ysdealers or Ncvsboys to supply patrons
with Complete Number should be prompt
~ reported 10 this office.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14

P0STAGE-AH persons who mail the
Sunday issue Of The Dispatch to friends
should bear in mind the fact that the post
age thereon is Two (2) Cents, All double
and triple number copies OF The Dispatch
require 2-cent stamp to insure prompt
delivery.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14

1'olwtCyT contributors should Keep copies Of
o-fic7eS II compensation is desired The price
e9De-ted mast be named. The courtesy Of re-
f1g7ij1Q rejected gnGHScriltS IriB be offended
erbea stamps for that purpose are iJ1closed, but
The Editor of THE DISPATCH 1cW nader no cir
taanSalccS be responsible for the care Of anlsolic
Ete5 u5CnWScT7pS.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14
CORRECTING THE FLAG DESIGN.
The War Department Fixes the Arrange
ment of the Blue Field

WASHINGTON June 13.-The following order
was issued at the War Department. to-day:
1.-THE field or union of the National flag in
use in the army will, on and after July 4, 1891,
consist of A stars in six rows, the upper and
lower rows to have eight stars, and the sec
ond, third, fourth and fifth rows seven stars
each, in blue field.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14

WHEN the traction and electric lines tap
the booming towns around Pittsburg it will
be great metropolis in fact if not in name
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14

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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14

WHEN Chief Brown unsealed the May
or's last letter he Immediately sealed his
1inc
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14

Low street car fares mean high speed,
and the crossings should be closely guarded.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14

THE summer boarder will soon be eating
COW butter and caressing mosquito bites.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14

LoURDEs and st. Anne de Baupre are
merely mourners' benches compared to the
Troy Hill shrine.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14

Vol. 4a. No. Ig7.-Entered at Pittsburg Postofiee.
November Il, Iss5, as secoud-elass matter.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-14

THE other day an artist who had accumu-
lated in his rooms a varied assortment of
bottles, old rugs, papers, paint tubes, ETC.,
made desperate effort to get rid of them.
The janitor declined to take the stuff away
for what it was worth. In his dilemma the
energetic knight of the brush finally
secured the streets for a junllman with IA
push cart. He was felicitating himself upon
having made q good bargain when ho dis
covered that the rag and bottle man had
wrapped up his brand new coat with the
other things By that time the itinerant had
disappeared. This by way of illustrating Il
favorite mode OF operation ON the part of
street gentry. They affect stupidity. If
caught they made a mstake-if not, we'll,
the other fellow made a mistake see?
Eva Mann-Hamilton's Latest
THE brazen etfrontery of the woman who
ruined the late Mr.. Robert Ray Hamilton is
illustrated in her announcement that she is
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-24
Financial Crisis Predicted by a
British Trader

LONDON, Sept. 23.-In an interview
with Robert Giffen, head of tie COM
mercial de partment and comptroller Of
corn returns of the British board of
trade, he was asked what truth there
was in the calculation that England and
the continent would be forced to part
with gold amounting to $50, 600, 900 to
pay for the imports of American grain.
Mr.. Giffen ridiculed the estimate. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Giffen, not bullion, but
securities and exports, will go to Amer
lea to pay for grain. Undoubtedly,
he said. there would be heavy drain
OF gold for several months to come,
but the payments for grain were not
the sole cause of such draine. An i'm
portant factor in the financial situation
was the silver question. Several Amer
lean houses, he declared, were making
preparations to face a silver crisis,
which is now inevitable, by making
gold purchases in Europe.
When asked if such a crisis was in
evitable, Mr.. Giffen replied: ain my
opinion, it is impossible to avert it,
The United States has become over
loaded with paper currency. The is
sue Of silver certificates to the amount
of e12 100000 annually was gross leg
islative mistake and is bound to bring a
crash speedily" In response to an
inquiry as to how soon the crash is pre-
dicted could be looked for, Mr.. Giffen
said: February will probably realize
the worstof the position. | do not see
how grave trouble can be averted by
remedial legislation. There is hardly
time to avert it even if the two parties
in congress could agree upon the
MEANS"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-24
Two Lumbermen Lose Their
Lives in the Forest Fires
Near Hinckley.
They Turned Back to Help a
Brother and Perished Amid
Flames.
Several Men Save Themselves
by Staying in Water All
Night. oi
Citizens Of Hinekiey Fight the
Fire Steadily for Many
Hours.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
EINCKLEY, Mimi, Sept. 23.-All day
long the fire company and citizens have
god. Scorched by the flames and suf-
located in the binding smoke, they
have fought for their homes. Towards
daybreak this morning the wind
subsidized and the fires died down
but early in the forenoon stiff
breeze, which soon blew into gale.
sprang up i'll the southeast and famed
the smouldering flamec into fierce life.
For hours it seemed certain the lumber
yards of the Brennan Lumber company
must go. They lay right in the track
OF the fire that has been burning at the
west end of town, and were saved by
backfiring. In the afternoon the town
hall caught fire from sparks, but the
fire was extinguished before any dam
age was done. The logging camps of
Albert hammers, of Saltwater, To-
Gated on the south fork of the
Grindstone, four miles west of town,
were totally destroyed. yesterday after
noon, entailing loss of more than
$1,000. The inmates of the camp eS-
capped by getting in the river and stay
ing there all night. A party of six men
started from one of the Brennan
Lumber company's camps to go TO
another about two miles away. Dan
Sullivan, his brother, of Mora, and Tom
johnson, of Eau Claire, were of this
party. After going a short way they
got in front of the fire, and Dan Sullivan,
missing his brother, went back with Tom
johnson to look for him. That was the
last seen of them till to-day, when their
remains were found by John Brodle
and their camp mates. The bodies were
lying about twenty-fOur feet apart. Sui
Ivan was burnt to crisp, but Johnsen's
body was only badly scorched. The
bodies were brought to town tonight.
Should the wind get in the west to-
night nothing can save the village. All
around us the skies are lit up, but in the
west the fires are fiercest and have most
to feed upon. Grain, rain," is the
prayer that is uttered with trembling
lips and ferVent hearts tonight.