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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-20

has made national reputation without
detracting from the standing of the actors
in Wall street. But it will be seen that
the Nail and Express need not go so far
afield before it begins to compel restitu-
ton. Its condemnation falls equally upon
the practice of contracting with an inside
construction company to build railroad
for $40, ,OOO 900 which an outside contractor
offers to do for $500, 900; or, in selling
out one corporation to be wrecked in order
to gain advantages for another corpora
ton in which the officers have a greater
interest The eyes of Colonel Shepard
having been opened to the dishonesty of
these methods, of course he will at once
proceed to labor with the Vanderbilts to
make restitution.
If all the money made by such dealing
with ''the property and benefits OF their
cestui que trust had to be given up, there
would be very small remnants left OF some
of the mightiest fOrtunes-galned IN cor
porate administration.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-20
TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.
PITTSBURG, TUESDAY, OCT. 20. 1881.
TWELVE PAGES
BLATNE,s POINTED LETTER.

The free trade New York Ecening Post
shows sad inability to appreciate the
delicate point of Mr.. Blaine's letter to
John Hopley when it asserts that he at
tempts TO spike the gun he himself
loaded 1t justifies that view by saying
that the provision for reciprocity in the
Mckinley act is not what Secretary Blaine
advocated, thus showing its failure at
once to recognize the real aim of the reci-
procity policy and to appreciate the re-
fnement of statement by which Mr.. Blaine
calls public attention to the important
feature which his influence placed in that
measure and thus widened its scope and
breadth of purpose.
Il may be true that the Secretary's orig
inal conception of the details by which his
policy Of reciprocity was to be carried out
differed from that finally adopted. But
the essential feature of reciprocity was the
abolition or reduction of duties on the
products of countries which we cannot
successfully produce in exchange for a
similar reduction of duties by those coun-
tries on the 4, Enmodities we can send to
them. 1t was found that this could be
dCnc by the proviSo in the Mckinley bill,
as the results show, even more promptly
than by separate reciprocity enactment
with each country. Mr.. Blaine's policy of
reciprocity was fully engrafted On the
tariff act Thus the Republican policy
was definitely fixed to be the enlargement
Of cur foreign commerce by this means
willie continuing the encouragement of
cur domestic industries.
Ii WAS strictly in place for Mr.. Blaine to
point out that this policy was what he
urged and that its adoption in the Mckin-
ley act secured his warm endorsement of
that measure 1t is Ro less an indication
that Mr.. Blaine is fully awake to the po-
litical future that the letter calls atten-
tion to the fact that the policy thus adopt
cd was his policy, and that the gratifying
results now being reaped are due to his
influence. The letter is at once state
ment Of the breadth and wisdom of the
Republican policy and a reminder that
James G. Blaine is the leader to whom it
owes its widest scope.
The letter also serves a double political
purpose 1t informs the Democrats that
the name of James G. Blaine cannot be
quoted TO break down the Republican pol
icy he has aided to shape, and it permits
other Republican leaders to infer that Mr.
Blaine is still in the field of activity with
all of his old yigor and aGroitness.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-20
sUNDRY POINTS OF VIEW.

YANKEE roast pig and apple sauce will soon
be driven tandem into German and Italian
stomac chs--Los IngeLeS Herald.
In Tennessee the banks assign at mid
night. Perhaps the railroad time card is re-
sponsible for these uncanny hours.-RdnsGs
City Times.
IT isn't enough for q man to live honestly
these days. If he happens to carry life in
surance he must prove that he died honestly.
Washington Star.
The statue of William Penn for the Phila-
delphia City Hall weighs 40 900 pounds.
Philadelphia can't "take her Penn in hand"
anyway.-ChicdgO Times.
\ CORPORATION has been formed to build
railway from tile United States to Central
America. The trains will be run by revolu-
tions.-Spokone Spokesman
IT is not surprising that the campaign in
the city of New York should have taken a
mud-slinging turn. There is more mud there
than anything else to sling Washington
Post.
DIR. CLEVELAND will find that walking the
floor for three or four hours in the stilly
night, attired in thin garment and Groom
ing mon otonous lullaby is one of the best
anti-iat arrangements ever discovered by
mortal man.-Chicd2o Tribune
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-20
Explaining the Exposition Attendnnce.

'I understand" said George Hanson. a
New Yorker at the Duquesne yesterday,
chat your Exposition was not as success
full this season as it was last year. The rail-
roads also complain that they did not
carry as many people, all of which,
1 think, is easily explained. 1t
is not always that business
increases from year to year, and the
man or corporation is fortunate that can
hold its own. This season money was not
so plentiful as in former years. and this fact
must not be overlooked. L think the great
est reason why the show was not more sue
cessful was that it was not properly adver-
tised in the country districts. There is not
another city in the country that could make
a better industrial display than Pitts
burg, but this is not what the
people want. They have the mills
and factories at their doorsteps and are ia
niliar with all the operations. The Pitts
burger wants something more than dis
play of products aud mechanical appliances.
Give him little horse racing, balloon as
cension, something more on the mounte-
hank order and he will be pleased beyond
measure"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-20
A JUDGE ABOVE PARTS 4NsHIP.

1t is to the credit of the State of Penn
sylvania that the example of electing
Judges to the bench without especial ref
erence to their political predictions, is
constantly gaining ground. There are
this year several instances outside of Ale
gheny county where Judicial candidates
of known standing have been endorsed by
their political opponents solely because of
their fitness. Prominent among these in
stances, both for the character of the cam
didate and the Importance of the position,
is the case of Judge Simonton, of Dauphin
county. His district is the most important
of any in the State, because it is before
his court that a large share of the State
cases originate. His ability and integrity,
abuudantly demonstrated by previous
service, have secured for him the endorse
ment of the leading citizens of both par
ties. There is an opposition to him on the
ridiculous straightout idea; but that will
not have much effect against a candidate
of Judge Simonton'S character. Thence
pie of Dauphin will honor themselves as
well as the Judge by giving him a prac-
tically unanimous vote.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-20
SOME LITTLE SMILES.

sBy George" said Smithers, sngrily,
about a week after he had moved into the country,
'every blessed thing meet seems to have bill for
something
yes said little Johnny smithers. there was
a rooster here this morning with bill for corn"
Truth.
'Tis sad to think that autumn grace
Cold winters might must feel.
That skating Kinks will take the place
of the banana peel -Wa8hin0ton Star.
Maddox (waking from nap)-I must
have been sound asleep.
Gazzau (,yho had been annoyed by Maddox's
snoring)-You were. heard the sound.-HdTpsr's
Bdzdr.
When Mr.. Basso tuned his throat
To rumble in the choir-cote
And de Drofundis tones begat,
Sp.llbound the worshipers all sat
As tho 'twere quite enthralling.
But when, parent, he did try
To perpetrate lullaby,
The first few quayers that he shed
Did lar the baby out of bed
And set him caterwauling.
Boston Courier Journal.
seThis gevser,' said the guide in the Yel-
lowstone region. lis called the Political Geyser."
..Ah ~ replied the tourist. 'And why:''
sBecause it throws mud PUCK.
The leaves blush scarlet on the trees,
So naked are the limbs about,
Until the poets fancy
Old Natures ballet coming out.
N z. Herald.
Manager-Yes, advertised for a good
support ng lady. Have you supported any one
prior TO this season?
Mrs. Wickwire-Oh, yes, indeed; I've had three
husbands. and I've had to support every one of
them.-Jud0e.
'.Your husband refused to buy you hat,
you say?''
'.Yes, but I've made m,squirm for it,
''Howg''
81 bought him new flannel undershirt, and he's
wearing 1t for the first time to-day. ~ z PrAss.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-20
OUR MAIL POUCH.
Findlar is Not Democratic.

Ffndlay Is Not Democratic.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
have long been q reader of THE DISPATCH,
and have learned to put so much confidence
in it that feel sure twill correct mis-
statement even though such statement ap-
peared in its own columns. In the. issue of
to-day THE DISPATCH credits one Frank
Miller, commercial traveller. with the
statement that "Findlay, q Democratic
stronghold, will go Republican" l would
like to ask Mr.. Miller when Findlay became
a Democratic stronghold. At the election
for Congressman last fall the city gave Mr..
(Secretary) Foster majority of nearly 600.
Mr.. Miller's assertions concerning the mag
netism" of Major Mckinley are equally at
fault. Here in Ohio, where the Major is best
known, he is admired by men of oil parties
for great ability and unswerving honesty,
but even his best friends will not claim that
he is magnetic" or even possesses Or
dinary elements of personal popularity.
He is not the kind of a man to pose for
popular admiration and the plaudits of the
public. He has other and more important
things to occupy his mind. A. B. K.
EAST LIVERPOOL, o., Oct. 49,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-20

"A small crowd watched him wend his way
down Smithfield street, past the deserted
postofice. He was youth to fame and fort
tune well known in the early summer. Then
his eye was bright, his face was cheerful,
and his whole exterior bespoke the personifi-
cation of pleasure-seashore. tennis, pretty
girls and all that. His light suit had lost its
newness, the trousers were awry, the crease
had departed as if blown away by the
rude winds touch. His hair was longer than
usual, so was his beard. His negli2e shirt
was faded and in his vain attenl9t to hide it,
He walked on aimlessly, and when he
reached Sixth avenue he turneh in and bore
down in the direction of the setting sun, and
they went with him--the last pair of russet
shoes
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-20
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Rev. George Diehl, ID. ID.

Rev. DIR. George Diehl of the oldest and
most prominent ministers in the Lutheran Church,
died Thursday at his home in Frederick City, Md.
He was born IN Greencastle, Pa, and graduated
from Pennsylvania University. In October, 1889,
he was called to supply the pulpit of the Lutheran
Church, Winchester, Va, which he did for about
six months. He was licensed to preach by the
Lutheran Synod of Virginia in 1870 and was Or
dained OH Christmas 1871. In July. 1851, he ac-
cepted call from the Evangelical Lutheran
Church of Frederick, where he was the only Luth-
eran minister till January, 1888. Hewa repeat
edly Secretary and President of the Synod of
Maryland In 1850 he was elected Secretary of the
General Synod at its convention In Charleston 5.
G., and in 1873 he President of the General
Synod at its convention at Dayton. In 1853 DR..
Dtehl was elected member of the Board of Trus-
tees of Pennsyvania College, an office which he
held at the time of his death. In 1888 DIR. Diehl
became the pastor of st. James Lutheran Church.
n newr-organized congregation at Frederick. and
last y = he bought the Frederick E1tminer and
Union. which papers he consolidated under the
title OF The Ennfni'sr, issuing daily in connec-
tion with the weekly. DR.. Diehl married Miss
Kate Drinkhouse, of East Houston, Pa, who
with one daughter. Miss Marie Diehl, survives
him. He was about so years old.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-20
Not for Individual Interests.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
An article appeared in a morning paper on
Wednesday, October "A, announcing that
the A. P. German Democratic Club has
changed its name to the Samuel J. Tilden
Democratic Club to carry out Governor Pat.
tison's Presidential plans by keeping out OF
sight the names of others who have similar
aspirations, etc. Kindly deny for us the
statement. We had no object in changing
our name. The fact that the naming of our
organization would offend Governor Patti
son or any of his supporters in Western
Pennsylvania is absurd. We have not Or
ganized for the interest of any individual,
but for the interest of our own members.
THos F. J. HEATING, President.
PITTSBURG, Oct 10.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-20

THE condition of clerical opinion in
Washington is indicated by cartoon in the
Washington Post in which the fact that one
OF the bureaus OF the Government keeps q
record of the tardiness of clerks, their leav-
ing work before the close OF the office, and
their lettering or indulging in unofficial
conversation or writing, is held up as ridicu-
lous. The idea that Government clerks
should be made to attend to business may
seem ridiculous to one as well acquainted
with them as the lively Post; but that will
hardly seem to the country to be as severe
on the regulation in question as on the
clerks.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-20
p SNAP SHOTS In SEASON.

PITTsBURG is in the push, and the motor
men who say so are in the pull.
AND now the farmers want free mail de-
livery i'll all country villages. They should
be satisfied with having the earth.
THE Blue Law scare blew over with a
suddenness that surprised its makers.
A DRAUGHTY room,
Neglected cold;
Sadness and gloom
In that household.
THERE'S always plenty of room at the
top of the fashionable ball dress.
JACK FROST is not teetotaller, as he in
variabIy takes his nip.
EATING crow is conclusive evidence of
the lost caws.
If there were no fools in the world life
would not be half so amusing as it is
WE are compelled to look up to those
above US, but we needn't let them walk OH
us.
YESTERDAY was a rare day in October
simply because it was raw
EUROPE will be intoxicated with delight
over our corn as soon as the natives find out
that its juice will make good whisky
WHEN meal is to be served in military
quarters the cook always makes mess of it.
THE birds have flown far away,
Cold winter draweth nigh;
The turkey scents Thanksgiving Day,
And roosteth very high.
THE buckwheat batter will soon be on
deck. -...---
BEAUTY has face value, and the counter
felt article don't pass.
WHEN society is shocked of course it is
electrified.
THE season for Indian outbreaks and
Salt River tickets draweth nigh.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-20
Obituary Notes.

JOHN SHoRrELL. the Oldest man in Southern
Indiana, died Sunday night at Seymour aged TO-
years.
.HoN. GEORGE JACKSON, ex-President of the
Maine Central Railroad and of the Eastern Rail-
road, diet yesterday morning at Portland.
GUsTAvUs STEIN, musical critic of the New
York Stnnts Zsitun0, died yesterday morning of a
spider bite, followed by blood poisoning and pneu-
Inonia.
REV. W. W. HOUSTON, of Talladega, Ala,
preached In the Second Presbyterian Church of
Montgomery yesterday at II clock. He was then
in perfect health. After dinner he was stricken
with apoplexv and died at O'Clock.
CAPTAIN MARTIN KLAUS, well known through
out the West as Captain of the First Indiana Ar
tillcry during the Civil War, died at Evansville
Sunday morning, in his G6th year. He will be
buried This afternoon by Farragut Post.G. A. X.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-20

NEW YORK, Oct. 19.-[SpecidL. 1.-The follow
ing Pittsburgers are registered at the differ
ent hotels: Th. Ballenell, Grand Hotel; Z.
NJ BALI, Hoffman House; c. L. Berger and
wife, Westminster; J. L. Garner, Gilsey
House; G. S. Graham, Albemarle; j. G..
Heinz, Cosmopolitan; K. II, Hill, Sturtevant
House; G.. NJ kountz, st. Denis Hotel; A. G..
Mitchell Cosmopolitan; J. Murdoch, Jr., ST..
james Hotel; w. A. Nimick. sturtevant
House: j. II. Phillips, Gilsey House; W. FL.
Rear, Hotel Brunswick; z. Reymer, Jr.. AL
bemarle; H. B. Ria. Hotel Normandie; o. G.
Ricketson; Murray Hill; J. S. Tibby, Astor
House: G. Wertan and vile, Cosmopolitan;
A. Wise Sturtevant House.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-20
TALK OF THE TIMES.

"Years ago was engaged to Democratic
girl. was a Republican then. After four
years married her, and by that time 1 was
a Mugwunp. What has happened to me
since to political faith you are we'll
Governor Campbell. Aye. 1t has
been blazoned on high and serves as a beacon
light to warn other people from the same
rocks and shoals.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-20
The Oil Going to Waste.

at is pity SO much oil is going to waste
at Mcdonald" remarked "A. H. Logan last
evening. Mr. Logan is one of the largest
operators in the field. "The crowds going
there every day in search of locations are
very large" he continued. "They are con-
tented to take anything to have the privi-
lege of drilling we'll. l know of one
firm, Finnegan & Bowling, who have
been losing leo barrels per hour for the last
few days. The tankage is not sufficient, and
they can't shut off the oil. This evening, 1
am told, there was q stream of oil as large as
mans body running away from the field"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-20

teresting to wait and see if the precedents
in that affair would not be adhered to by
finding some other excuse to stop their
work. The result justiiies that expectation,
as the experts have been dismissed, the
reason given being that they failed to make
their reports weekly to Secretary Foster.
The adverse fates presiding over the prob
ing of that my stery seem to be unconquer-
ohl
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-20

JUDGE MITCHELL, of the Supreme Court,
very emphatically squelches the legal doc
trine that juries are judges of the law as
well as of the facts. Juries will hereafter
confine themselves to the facts in the State
of Pennsylvania. II they judge these cor
rectly they will be doing well enough.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-20

THIRTY-oNE million dollars worth of
breadstutfs exported in September, against
$1,000, 600 in the same month last year, show
that the United States is improving the
opportunity to feed the nations of the Old
World and to turn a pretty penny thereby
at the same time.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-20
Dad yyss Under the Load.

Chicago Inter-Ocean.1
OF the seven Democratic Congressman
from Massachusetts, four have already an
nounced that they shall in no case vote for
free coinage candidate for Speaker of the
next House Such facts explain the somer-
sault of Mills, of Texas, in Ohio. dad was
under the Load
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-20

Now we are informed from New York
that Mrs. Kendall has grown more hand
some than ever. This indicates that her
separation from the dearly loved patrons of
the drama in the United States has not told
on that charming actress health, nor, like
the worm in the bud, fed on her damask
cheek.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-20

STILL the esteemed Philadelphia Record
gives an illustration Of partisanship by de-
nouncing Bulkeley for holding over the
Governorship of Connecticut and saying
nothing about the Democratic Governor of
West Virginia, who did exactly the same
thing two or three years ago.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-20

CLARKsoN remarks that he can find a
dozen men to be the candidate of the Re-
publican party. No doubt there are more
than that number of cases of misguided am
bition; but when it comes to finding the
candidates who can be elected, the number
is to be divided by twelve.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-20

DEMOCRATIC newspapers who try to make
political capital ont of the reduction of the
wage scale at Braddock will of course omit
to mention the little fact that the tariff on
steel rails, the product of the Braddock
works, was reduced about 40 per cent by
the Mckinley bill.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-20
Daniel e. Shelley. Musician.

Daniel d. Shelley, the emin"n musician and
vocalist, died at Bay City. Mich, Wednesday last
aged "A years. He was native of New York. and
for more than so years was resident of Rome
n. Y. He was noted throughout Central New
York as an accomplished teacher of vocal and in
leader of church choirs and of concert comp tries
The sickness which carried him off dated fl, IN an
attack OF the grip last spring He was a brother of
the late Edward H. Shelley. formerly National
Bank Examiner all | Postmaster at Rome and
whose death occurred about two weeks ago.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-20

The presence of infectious diseases in
Chicago has produced regulation that
public Librarians must disinfect the books
brought in to prevent contagion. If the
treatment is to be efficacious in the case of
the productions of the Zola and Saltus
school, the only effective disinfection will
be to make a bonfire of the books.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-20

Mr.. Grover Cleveland, presiding at Tam
many meetings because he doesn't dare to
refuse, must remind himself painfully of
Samson grinding in the mills of the Phiis-
tines.-Hdrfford COtirdn1. Perhaps like Sam
son he's arranging a little plot to pull out the
props of the Philistine's temple
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-20

AN English estate which nine years ago
sold for $4,000 has just brought Gl3,OOO The
depression of agricultural property seems to
hit free trade England rather harder than
the United States.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-20

THE declaration of an English statisti-
clan that 'SoO,OOO official prayers are an
nually offered for the Prince of Wales in
dicates that prayer test of the kind pro-
posed by scientific agnostic some time ago
has been invountarily carried on for some
years. And the result is not wholly satis-
factory for the efficacy of prayer.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-20

A prize is offered for the best song upon
American tin. The song and dance which
Mckinley is giving Ohioans on that subject
doesn't seem to fill the bill.-Cnicago Times
It's song that is mighty popular, though,
and it's giving the free traders hard time
to keep up to the procession.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-20

ST. Louis Globe-Democrat,
Mr.. Cleveland is now in a condition to ap-
preciate the wisdom of remark once made
by Charles Dickens that strong argument
against the degeneracy of the human race
could be found in the fact that every baby
that came into the world was declared better
and finer than any baby that had preceded
it s.n..,. hc waritl Dryan
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-20
Louis Young.

Louis Young, well-known and respected
citizen of the Southside died rt his residence sun
Beuah street. shortly before O'Clock last evening.
lie was 81 years old and leaves three children His
illness was caused by i severe cold. He was MEM
her of the Southside police force. and had gained
quite reputation efficient officer. and par
ticuarly known in the Twenty-fOurth ward, where
his beat was located, having been there for nearly
three years.