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The record-union., 1891-08-29
TERRIBLY ROASTED.

Horrible Accident to Two Employees of
Electric Works.
BERLIN, Aug. 28.-The conductors on
the roof of the electric works at Posen
were'being repaired by employees, when,
by some mishap. the full current was
The record-union., 1891-08-29
ON THE COAST.
a Jockey Club Organized at Grass
Valley for Fall Racing.

| n Jockey Club Organized at Grass;
Valley for Fall Racing.
GRASS VALLEY, Aug. 2S.-A Jockey
! club to hold fall and spring races at Watt
| Park in this city has been organized with
the following officers: President, Dr..
jamison; Nice-President, Charles Il.
| Clink; Secretary, Henry Daniels; Treas
urer, Charles E. Clinch; Directors-M.
Sproul, c. f. Clinch, DR.. Jamison. Will
| lam Fowler, James Manning, Henry
Daniels and George Tracy. The Watt
Park, which is one of the best half-milo
| tracks in the State, will be placed in thor
Ough repair and races and other sports
will be held about Thanksgiving Day in
November. Liberal purses will be offered
by the club and the best horses in the
State will doubtless enter. The club
mem bership Is now sixty and it is ex-
pected to increase to 100 within q short
time.
PETALUMA RACES.
PETALUMA, Aug. 2S.-The unfinished
special trotting race, postponed from yes
terday, was won by Harry Mac, he win
ming the last two heats in 2:31! and 2:324.
The SECOND CO race had four starters.
| General Blucher won the first heat in
1881, and the second heat in 2:3I3 Sun
set won the third heat in 2:293 Blucher
won the fourth heat and race in 2:334.
The last race was won by Maud in
| three straight heats. Best time, 2:273.
~, There will be q special pacingIrace to-
morrow for Princess Alice, Hummer,
Gold Medal and Alana. Also a 2:27 trot
for Mile Wilkes, Maud c., Ned Lock
and Flora G., a district 4-year-old trot
and Stamboul will be sent an exhibition
mile.
AT CHICO.
CHICO, Aug. 2S.-The races to-day were
all one-sided. There was a good attend-
ance.
First race, running, mile and an eighth
dash, Wild Oats won, Dave Douglas Sec
ond. Time, 1853.
Second race, trotting, Mckinney won
in three straight heats. Best time, 2:33.
Third race, trotting, special, Don
Thomas won in three straight heats.
Best time, 2:24
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-15
KNOWN TO FAME.

CYRUS W. FIELD has personal ac-
quaintance with the Queen of England.
SENATOR VANCE, of North Carolina, is
on his way home from European trip.
SIR JOHN GoRsT, the new British Post
master General, once edited a newspaper in
New Zealand.
LOUIS HERRESHOFF, the famous builder
of yachts, says that personally he is not in
favor of high speed boats.
GovERNoR-ELECT MCKINLEY, of Ohio,
continues to improve, and yesterday was
able to sit up, although still confined to his
room.
EX-GOVERNOR TAYLOR, of Tennessee,
is lecturing on the fiddle. 1t is supposed
that he is trying to fiddle his way into the
hearts of the people.
Mr.. GosCHEN, the Chancellor of the
British Exchequer, is said to be the ablest
debater IN Parliament, but he has a voice
like the hoarse croak of rain crow.
Mis-. JANE ROBERTS, widow of the late
President Roberts, of the Republic OF ST.
IBERIA, is now in England, where slfe re-
Gently met with an accident while alighting
from \ train.
THE Czarina of Russia has received the
Maria Cross of Honor from her imperial
husband She has for 25 years been asso-
ciated with the charitable institutions
founded by the Cars mother.
Rev. FATHER SwEBAcH, of Prairie du
Chen, Wis, has received u cab!egram from
Rome, notifying him Of his appointment as
Bishop of the La Crosse diocese, to fill tho
--,~.-,r- c1rscd bv the death of Bishop
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-15
BOSTON'S DYNAMITER.

THE bomb thrower may or may not have
hailed from Somerville. He certainly ought
to have gone liberalization Herald.
THE discovery that the bomb thrower who
tried to kill Sage was Boston man is pretty
tough on the city Of beans and culture
Chicago Globe.
Now that the Russell Sage dynamiter has
been traced to Boston he will undoubtedly
be referred to as an acephalous lunatic.-
Washington Post.
INyoung Norcross. of bonneville, ,Massachu.
setts seems to have once more furnished a
man who ''1red a shot heard round the
world" What on earth he did it for is still a
mystery.-Boston Globe.
THE New York bomb thrower has been
identified again and some innocent gentle
man travelling about the country will learn
to his surprise that his head is now on q slab
in the New York morgue.-Chtco0o Times.
THE country is surprised that . dynamiter
should have come OUT Of Boston. 1t is posi-.
BILE that in some quarters oftheHub raw beef
has been substituted for the natural food of
the Bostonian, which is the peaceful beam
Louisville Courier-JourndL
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-15
TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.
PITTsRuRG. TUESDAY, DEC. I5. 1891.
AN ADvANTAGeoUs OFFER.

The offers presented to Councils yester-
day to put smoke consumers under the
boilers at the pumping station indicates
that the idea that smoke consumption is a
failure is by no means shared by builders
of Those devices. On the other hand such
talk is met by challenge for convinc-
ing test on the city engines at the cost OF
the smoke consumer people.
One offer is to put smoke preventers
under the boilers, at a fixed price, with
nothing to be paid at all if 90 per cent of
the smoke is not abolished and material
saving in fuel effected The other is even
more radical, proposing to take the saving
in fuel for seven months as full payment
for the work On this statement it is
clear that the city should accept one of
these offers, or if practicable give both the
desired chance to show their merits. If
they fail the city loses nothing; if they
succeed the city makes a greai gain.
The object of abolishing its own smoke
and saving fuel is sufficient to make it
imperative on the city to give these de-
vices the trial asked for.
There is even a more important end to
Re effected by this public experiment.
Efforts to abate the smoke nuisance have
been delayed by assertions that smoke con-
sumers do not work effectively. With
this proposed experiment on city property
Councils will know how much of this talk
is true and how much of it interested old
fogyism.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-15
REED IN THE MINORITY.

Referring to statement Of Demo-
cratic organ that Speaker Reed will be
every troublesome" this session, the
Brooklyn Standard Union, which aspires
to organic position, responds with an in
dorsement of the statement and the as
sertion that Reed salready shifts the
battle and his eyes sparkle with the Joy of
the combat near at hand"
This amounts to an assertion that Reed
during the coming session will employ his
talents in obstructing business. But he
has already in the last session taken ma
tional ground for the right of adopting
extreme parliamentary measures to facili-
tate business. The assertion that the
Reed may be true; but the difficulty, if it
exists, will be on account of their own
limitations. If the Democratic Speaker
chooses to adopt the Reed tactics of re-
fusing to recognize men who may be in
convenient to them, the suppression Of
the ex-Speaker will be a comparatively
easy matter.
But this is not so important as the asser-
ton of a Republican newspaper, assuming
to be mouthpiece Of Reed, that, having
posed as the champion of extreme meas
ures to put down obstruction, he is as the
leader of the minority to turn another
somersault and come down in the new
role of champion obstructionist The
suggestion is all the more interesting be-
cause Mr.. Reed, as the leader of the
minority, is likely to be one of the minority
members of the Committee on Rules. In
that position will he support the rules
which give the Speaker power to count a
quorum, refuse to entertain dilatory mo-
tions and use al! the other means for sup
pressing troublesome minority? If he
does not will not he afford another proof
that his famous theory of ''rules' was
simply devic, to push partisan meas
ures?
We say anothec proof, for the fact is
that Reed has once before turned his
avowed parliamentary principles upside
down to suit party exigencies. As a
member of the majority he declared the
privileges he overthrew as Speaker were
necessary to constitutional government.
The question now is whether he will
throw nip-fap back to his original posi-
ton. Mr. Reed may he troublesome, but
if he were burdened by conception of
consistent principles he would be most
troublesome to himself.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-15
PUBLISH EGAN,, NOTE

The circular of the Chilean Government
with reference to the Valparaiso affair
asserts what THE DISPATCH pointed out
early in the dispute as a very possible
cause of trouble. The letter of the State
Department was a careful and conserva-
tive document. But it unfortunately only
directed Mr. Egan to give an abstract
to the Chilean Government. THE DIS
PATCH declared at the time that it
would be very important to learn the exact
language which Mr.. Egan used in trans
mitting the views of his Government to
Chile, as request reasonable and Just in
its original character might be made very
offensive if couched in different language
No publication has ever been made of
Mr.. Egan's note on this occasion; but the
Chilean Government asserts in its circular
that his note was aggressive and insulting.
This OF course is no more conclusive than
assertion to the contrary SO long as it is
unaccompanied by the text of the note.
But unfortunately it is verified by reports
from Chile published in glorifcation of
Egan and is net inconsistent with that
gentleman's reputation.
1t is clear that the United States was
entitled to ask for investigation and salts
faction; but it is no less clear that it should
use reasonable and moderate tone until
the request is refused or neglected. If
Egan faithfully transmitted the instruc-
tious of the State Department without in
jecting his personal enmity into the nego-
tiation the statement of the Chilean circu-
lar is unwarranted, for the letter of the
State Department was just what it should
be. If he did change the tone of the com.
munication he rnt this Government in a
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-15
LARGE PIG IRON PRODUCTION.

The large production of pig iron. re-
ported for November, and the number OF
furnaces in blast on. December 1 show
that active operations in that industry are
being maintained. The present condition
illustration of the commercial policy en-
forced by the free action of competition
and of active operations on the basis of
hard pan prices and narrow margins OF
profit.
1t is many years since the iron industry
has had boom in prices; and the actual
result has impressed itself on the minds of
many manufacturers that they are bet
ter off without it. When they sell ton
of pig iron they get but small advance
on what it cost them, and at some juno
lures the margin has been invisible. As
rule, however, the effect of the conditions
has been to secure certainty in results with
enlarged production overbalancing the
narrowness of the profit. As further re-
suit after ten years, there is nothing heard
of insolvency in the blast furnace interest.
This affords striking refutation of Mr..
Aldace T. Walkers assertion, in common
with other combination apostles, thatun-
regulated competition is too destructive to
be permitted to exist Any attempt to
raise prices of pig iron by the combination
method would be utterly hopeless. This
is not only on account of the ease with
which new furnaces would be called into
existence by ar advance Of few dollars per
ton, but from the fact that there is reserve
of idle stacks ready to increase the output
the same month that an advance of a dollar
is isregistered. Is the free competitor in the
sale of pig iron destructive? Everyone
knows that no competitor will sell pig iron
alta loss, for the simple reason that to do
so would be to inflict the loss on himself
alone. 1t is only where there is chance
to restrict competition that this cutthroat
policy is resorted to for the express pur-
pose of getting the loss back out of the
combination.
The fact that wherever competition is
free, natural and unregulated, there we
find the best examples of legitimate and
steady trade, is the most complete answer
to all the sophistries of combination theor-
lists,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-15
no MOVE AGAINST HILL
To Deprive Him Of His seat in the United
States Sexate,

States Senate.
WASHINGTON. Dec. A.-[SpeciaL 1.-The at
tentlon Of Senator Faulkner, of West Vr'
ginia, was to-day called to the published
rumor that the Republicans Of the Senate
are contemplating move to exclude Gov
ernor Hill from the Senate on the grounds
that when he decided to retain the Cover
norship of New York, after the meeting OF
the Senate, he, by that act, abandoned his
seat in the Senate, and can't now lay claim
to it: "This Is the first have heard OF such
a move being contemplated" said Mr..
Faulkner, ''and 1 really placeno reliance
whatever In the report In the first place.
granting that the rumor was true, don't
understand what difference it could make
between Governor Hill taking his seat as
Senator on the assembling of Congress, and
say, month later, when his term as Gov
ernor shall have expired. There is neither
precedent nor reason for taking such q step
as Is attributed to the Republicans.
There was a case, cannot now recall 1t,
where the Senate decided'that Senator for
feited his seat in accepting an office ten
dered him after he had taken his seat as
Senator. That, however, was an act subse-
quent. In Governor Hills case the Senate
does not, officially, yet know that he has
been elected a member of that body, for his
credentials as Senator-elect have not been
issued, and until 1t is officially in formed the
Senate Is powerless to act The Legislature
OF the State of New York is the only body
having official knowledge of Governor Hills
election. and that body is the only one
which could act in the matter"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-15

ern Pennsylvania and the Mahoning Val
ley would, without calculating an In
crease in volume, pay for the canal in
four years. At the end of ten years it is
not hazardous to predict that the volume
would be so great that the economy on
two years operations would equal the cost
of the canal.
These are simply estimates OF what
Western Pennsylvania might expect from
the operation of influences which are
demonstrated in the case. of the Erie
Canal The conclusion is irresistible that
for an investment less than that in rail-
roads between this city and the lakes
transportation route can be secured the
influence of which in expanding our in
dustries will be equal to that secured by
the building of railroads in the first in
stance.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-15
THE INFLUENCE OF CANALS.

An illustration of the importance of
waterways is given by writer with this
reference to the Erie Canal:
That the Erie Canal is freight regulator
IS forci5ly demonstrated every year. But
few people in the State of New York who
own this great artificial water route, realize
to what extent the Erie Canal restricts rail.
road corporations. During the past season
OF canal navigation. rates by canal have
averaged less than four cents a bushel on
wheat from Buffalo 70 New York. and, of
course, the railroads have had to carry
grain at somewhere near that rate to get
any business. Just before the canal closed
wheat was shipped by canal for 3sz cents n
Dushel, and before the last boats from Buff
falo got to New York the railroads put their
rates up to * cents bushel, and men well
qualified to speak on the subject predict
tha: 10 cents bushel will be the rail rate on
wheat from Buffalo to New York after the
18th of this month. 1t Is matter of great
significance that rail rates are now double
the rate paid tile last boats out of Buffalo 10
days ago.
This demonstration of the effect which
waterway of only six-feet depth has
upon grain freights is an exceedingly con-
v;ncing demonstration to Western Penn
sylvania of what the result would be on
our interests by 15-foot canal from the
Ohio to Lake Erie. 1t is well known that
competition even when purely between
railroads has had more effect in bringing
down grain rates than much less costly
coal, ore and iron rates. If, there
fore, canal six feet in depth brings grain
rates from Buffalo to New York down to
less than half what it is when the canal is
closed what would vessels of several times
the capacity do for the coal and iron in
terests of Western Pennsylvania?
Can anyone, after a moments reflec-
ton, fail to see the immensity of the ad-
vantage which the lowering of the freight
charges between Pittsburg and the lake
would confer? On the single item of coal
alone it would, without allowing for the
expansion of business, effect an annual
saving sufficient to pay the interest and
running expenses Of the canal and leave a
very neat profit besides The owners of
Western Pennsylvania coal lands could
afford 10 give mortgage on their prop
crty TO anyone who would build the canal
and put it in free operation. The result
to them would be exactly parallel to that
on municipal property from the improv-
ing of street which when paid for is
given back several times over in the en-
bprrnd vo'r" nf the land The total sav-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-15
Social Chatter.

The Williamsburg Chautauqua Circle was
entertained last evening at the residence of
the Rev. John X. Burnett, on South street,
when the host MIR. Burnett reviewed the
Leading Facts of American History" and
Mr.. Harry Carmack spoke ON Social In
structions.'' Other papers read were on
Physical Life" and "The Social Life OF the
ColonistS."
A TEMPERANCE association, callet re New
Loyal Legion, has just been fot aied in
Williamsburg, with these officers: President,
Miss Jessie Anderson: Secretary Archie
Weldon; Treasurer, Clarence Robertson;
superintendent, Mrs. Calvert. The society
is made up Of young people Of both sexes
from to 20 years of age, They meet In
Academy Hall every Friday afternoon.
MR.. AND MRs. DAVID REEs have returned
from Memphis Tenn, where they have re-
sided for some years. Mr.. Rees, who is q son
of the late Captain Rees, expects to set up
intention OF remaining in Pittsburg to look
after the interest of the family estates.
Mr.. WILLIAM CARNAHAN and his bride, who
was Miss Mckee, will be at home at Mr..
Frederick McKee's house, corner Fifth ave-
nue. and North Highland avenue, after jan
uaryI.
Mrs HORACE LOWRY, sister Of Mr.. John W.
Beatty, the artist is spending the Christmas
holidays with her talented brother, ut his
Williamsburg home.
IT is expected that the Pittsburg Club will
BE- introduced to the public next week, and
possibly on Christmas night.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-15
trayal of public duty. Fortunately the
question can be settled beyond dispute by
the publication of Egan's note.
WHERE MEMoRYIs UsErUI;.s

There Is amusement and ediication for
people with memories, in the statement
that when officers of the United States
Court at Omaha sought to subpoena the
Superintendent of the Western Railway
Weighing Association to testify before the
grand jury, with regard to the grant Of
rebates to Armour & Co., that person was
found missing Officers say they 'chased"
this witness and another 'seyeral hundred
miles, but could not overtake them. Con-
sequently the cases had to be held over.
The striking phase of the fugacious
disposition of this railway parsonage will
be apparent to any one who can project
his memory back to the time when the
railway weighing associations were estab-
lished. These new organizations in rail-
way conduct were widely advertised as
designed strictly for the enforcement of
the Interstate Commerce law. The des-
perate and lawless shippers who deceived
the trusting railway officials, were to be
detected by this official, and the last
means of misleading the confiding corpor-
ations into unwittingly violating the law
was to be abolished.
IL this was the junction OF those asso-
Citations it must be said that the official in
charge of the business at Omaha has the
most unique idea of discharging his duties
evec heard of. For it is fair deduction,
from his adoption of the Catalinian pre-
cedent. ''ezcesstt, ecdsit, erumpit, " that he
had inside knowledge of the rebate con-
spiracy, but it also stands out on the face
of the affair that when there is an effort
to enforce the law in the courts, he at
once concludes that this is the time for
disappearing. Not until the skies are
cleared of the clouds Of prosecution will
he bob up serenely in his character Of en-
forcer of the law.
This can hardly fail to be suggestive Of
the question: During these years, when
the railroads professed to be founding
agencies for the enforcement Of the law,
were they really establishing methods for
its violation?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-15
A BIG FOSSIL ELEPHANT.
It ID Larger Than Any Remains Yet Dis
covered or Exhibited.

It Ii Larger Than Any Remains Yet Dis
covered or Exhibited.
LAWRENCE, KAN. Dec. 4.-Professor Willis
ton has received notice that an immense
fossil elephant has been found in the arid
region among the sand hills in the Western
part of the State. Arrangements are making
to have the petrification carefully removed
as it is believed, from the descriptions sent
to the professor, to be perfect, and if such is
the case it will be the only one ever found
with no parts missing.
The letter announcing the find was writ
ten by one of the collectors for the univer-
sity, and his. letter says that the remains
have been almost entirely uncovered and
appear to be in a fine state OF preservation.
The measurements show that the animal
in life was u monster indeed, and that it
WAS larger than any mammoth remains
which have ever been discovered. 1t Is six
teen feet from the sole of the foot to the
point OF the shoulder, and its length is pro-
portionate with the height. 1t is the
aim of Prof Willfston to get the specimen
intact and place it by the side OF the i'm
mense megatherium which is now the pride
of the institute at this city. As this Is the
first mammoth remains which have been
found IN Kansas it excites much interest
among the scientists as we'll as the curiosity
OF the general public.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-15
M1LwAuKEE's CONVENTION BID.
A Cash Guarantee Fund OF S10O, 900 and I
Carlsad of FREQ Beer.

MILWAUKEE,, Dec. A.-One hundred citi.
zens. representing capital of several
millions of dollars, to-day signed their
names to guarantee fund of 100000 to pay
the expenses of the Democratic National
Convention should it be secured for Mil
waukee. A "Booming Committee" has been
selected and hotel quarters secured in WASH
ington.
Each member Of the Committee of One
Hundred will wear dark suits with cream
colored trimmings. and one of the big
brew cries will send a carload of beer to the
capital for free distribution. An architect
who examined the Exposition building to-
day reported that there would be seating
capacity of %, 600, standing room for s. 900 ana
As delegation rooms. Twenty thousand dol
lars will be spent in reitting the building.
At meeting of the St. Paul joint Commit
tee on Convention Promotion and Auditor
ium for the Democratic National Convention.
City Attorney Lawler submitted an opinion
that the city could legally build the proposed
auditorium by the mill additional tax. A
resolution requesting such action by the
City Council was adopted.