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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-04

The Ohio campaign has realized all the
anticiparions of interest which from the
first attached to it. But candid Demo-
Gratis, who do not mistake humor for
serious discussion, must feel disappointed
when they scan Governor Campbell's
speeches upon the tariff Il was serious
mistake to burden an otherwise popular
candidate like Campbell with indefersible
positions upon the tariff and the silver
questions: yet, even at that, it might be
supposed he would make more Specious
plea tor his side
The burden of the Governors appeal
has been to the farmer; aid the story told
the farmer day in and day out is that he is
at grievous disadvantage because he can
not buy the cheap products of foreign
countries. Also, because the tax assessors
have set a light valuation on farm lands,
Mr.. Campbell tells the owners that these
lands have decreased in value, though the
difference between assessed values fo1 tax
purposes and real values is perfectly well
understood alike in the rural and city dis
tricts. But, after all, the Governor is not
convinced that the farmers are in really so
deplOrable state this year as he tells
them they should be. When, therefore, he
finds them feeling about as good as usual,
and mainly unconscious of the grievances
he breaches, the explanation which the
Governor volunteers is that the good crops
Of the present season have dulled their
perception of adversely.
Among the operatives in manufacturing
establishments Governor Campbell says
nothing of the desirability of bringing
from foreign countries cheap manufac-
tyJred goods to displace the product of
these operatives at home. To this class of
voters he says wages have not been raised
since the Mckinley bill came into opera
ton He makes no allowance for that
which is perfectly well known to most of
his hearers, that without protection the
wages in many industries would inevita-
bly have to be reduced to meet competi-
ton with products of cheaper labor
abroad. Nor does he take account that
the shouting of national disaster and
calamity, which has been part of the Dem
Oeratc canvass since last fall, has in itself
been calculated to produce want of con-
fidence and Of aetivity-a condition
usually Unfavorable to the advancing of
wages.
A local instance of the Governors mis-
statement of facts is worth mentioning.
lie spoke Of the recent strike in the build
ing trades Of Pittsburg as dueto depression
of business, and indirectly saddled even 1t
upon The Mckinley bill The fact Of the
matter, as everyone knows, is that the
strike in question resulted solely from
demand for shorter hours and, in some in
stances, increased wages; and it is also well
known that had the wages and hours OF
the previous year been permitted to stand,
the building season of Pittsburg this year
would have been the greatest ever known.
On the WHOLE Governor Campbell's
srumping tour through the Eastern part Of
the State las been infinitely more enter
t. ming than instructive. In place of
shaking the friends Of protection in their
attitude, ii must have had the effect of
powerfully confirming them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-04
CANADIAN RECIPROCITY.
The Government Will Negotiate q Treaty
Favorable to the Union.

The Government Will Negotiate q Treaty
Favorable to the Union.
Washington Star.l
The reciprocity conference will not take
place at the time arranged between the ad-
ministration and the Canadian Government
for the reason assigned by the President
that the Secretary of State will not be able
to be present on the 18th instant. At some
time in the future after Mr.. Blaine shall
have returned to Washington the projected
consultation will take place. Meanwhile
the Canadian Ministers may ponder the sit
uation and be prepared to adapt their pol
icy to it. To us on this side it has seemed
that the Tory administration at Ottawa was
not as regardful of the condition of affairs
as it ought to be. There are abundant
grounds for the adoption on the part of
Canada of more liberal ideas.
1t is certain that this Republic will never
agree to let the Dominion realize the
greater portion of the benefits Of trade ar
rangement labeled ''reciprocity." Such q
jug handled agreements might suit the
Canadians very well so long as we could
"stand and deliver" but it would not please
our people at all and therefore cannot be
entertained. When the outlines of fair
commercial treaty are settled in the minds
of the Canada statesmen-a treaty which,
when approved by the Queens Government,
will secure to the manufacturers of the
joyed and which, on the other hand, will
give to Canadian products corresponding
advantages, the Republic will be glad to
negotiate it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-04
THE WATER SUPPLY.


The situation with regard to the watel
supply of Pittsburg forms the subject o.
an interesting article in this issue The
means of pumping water which in the 7O's
were fondly expected to be adequate to
the needs of Pittsburg for half century
are now fully taxed to keep up with the
consumption of our enhanced population.
A combination Of good fortune with care
full management has taken the city
through the heated term without any
deficiency in its water supply; but there
is no telling how soon weak spot may be
developed in the pumping machinery, OF
in the infiuent pipe, and the city be con-
fronted with water famine.
1t is certainly unwiSe to wait for the
taking active steps to provide full facili-
ties for the utmost needs of the city that
can be expected in times to come. THE
DISPATCH has heretofore urged the i'm
portance of providing storage reservoirs in
various parts of the city so that a
reserve could be had to tide over such a
contingency as contemplated. In ad-
engines in first class order, so that the old
liability of all four breaking down at once
need not recur, is a self-evident policy.
Beyond that, if consumption has caught
up with our present capacity, the ex-
tension of the supply by the most avail
able methods should be the subject of
thorough and careful discussion.
With regard to one point-the supply of
the down town portions of the city from a
lower level basin-the discussion of the
subject, as reflected in our local columns,
requires one correction. The original plan
of water works extension in the 70's did
not contemplate the pumping of the entire
water supply to the Hiland avenue reser-
voir. The plan was for a reservoir on
the lower slopes of the same hill, known
as the Brilliant basin. Whether another
now be preferable, it is fact, FIVE are not
mistaken, that portions of the masonry of
that half finished reservoir are still to be
found on the hill about half way from the
Hiland reservoir to the pumping station.
This reservoir was abandoned not from
any preference for the high level basins,
but simply because the experiences of the
7O's left the city without money enough to
carry out the original plan in full.
1t is probable that the economy has been
more than Offset by the increased expense.
1t is self-evident proposition that if we
have gone on for years pumping $4,000, 600
gallons of water daily to height of $50
feet when 20, 100000 would have served
the same purpose if raised only half the
distance, there has been an immense ex-
penditure of wasted power. 1t is evident
that the establishment of a low level basin
with our present pumping capacity would
mean an addition of nearly 2O,O00,OOO gal
Ions daily to our water supply, and full
provision for the growth of the next de-
cade.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-04
NEW ARMY TACTICS.
The Tendency Is Toward More Aggressive
Fighting and Quicker Wars.

The Tendency Is Toward More Aggressive
Fighting and Quicker Wars.
New York World.l
For number Of years a board Of army
officers has been devising new system of
tactics, or rather revising the old and adapt
ing it to the changed conditions of modern
warfare. General Schoield has now ap-
proved the revision and it will doubtless be
at once promulgated in official orders from
headquarters. What the changes are it is
impossible to say, for the world at large has
not been taken into the secret of the few
army officers who have been intimately con-
cerned in the work. But this we do know
that the whole tendency of modern tactics
and it is apparent that the hew system
for our own army follows this tendency-is
toward more aggressive fighting, to quicker
wars, to more speedy determination of the
armed conflict.
Thus we find that the new tactics do not
provide for the driving in of the pickets and
main guard on the lines. The pickets are to
hold the line which the main body will un-
dertake to transform into the battle line
The stronger bodies in the rear are not to
wait for the retreating sentinels, but are to
move forward at the first scattering fire.
body after body, until the army shall stand
somewhere near the post occupied by the
pickets. The inventions in ordnance and
explosives, the swift and strong vessels and
the new conceptions of battle add much to
the interest of mems talk of war and much
to the improbability of an international
conflict,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-04
THE CHINESE MUST 60.
The President Finally Settles the Case Of
an Interloper.

The President Finally settles the Case OF
an Interloper.
WASHINGTON, Oct 3.-The case of Chong
Sam, Chinnman who entered the United
States from Canada, and who was ordered
deported to China has been finally disposed
of. Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British
Minister, interested himself in the case on
the ground that the man had domiciliary
residence in Canada and should, therefore,
be allowed to return to Canada, and in order
to accomplish that purpose, he urged that
the President grant pardon to the China
man. The President wrote to the Secretary
of State as follows: .. o
have had under consideration the case of Chong
Sam, Chinese subject, who crossed from the Do
minion of Canada to the United States and was ar
slon act. and in whose behalf Sir Julian Paunce-
fote Her Majesty's Minister to this capital has
made some representations and the request that
this man should be returned to Canada. Please saw
to Sir Julian that If this were single case 1t would
give this Government great pleasure to show its
consideration by complying with his request but
there is involved in this case, in my opinion the
whole question of success of enforcement of our
exclusion act. If Cinnamon land in Canada and
suffer no other penalty for crossing our line than
that of being returned to Canada, from whence
they may again repeat their attempt to enter our
territory our law becomes practically a dead LET
ter | have therefore, directed the Secretary of
the Treasury to send this man back to China
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-04

the famous record which has for nearly a
decade stood unequaled She is aeurely
bred American trotter, and if she wins the
championship even by another quarter of
a second she will become the equine dar-
ling of a great nation.
Nancy Hanks and Sunol may yet sig
nalize the end of the season by beating the
Queens time If not the promise of a
world beating record between those two
speedy mares and the feet Allerton is
very good for the season of 1892.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-04
APPOINTMENT OF MINISTERS
Took Up the Time of the Free Methodist
Conference Yesterday.


Conference Yesterday.
NEW CASTLE, Oct. 3-[Spectal. This even
ing closed the business meetings of the Free
Methodist Conference, which has been in
session since Tuesday. The reports of varf-
Gus committees and addresses by Prof. B. H.
Roberts, President of A. NJ Chesboro Sem
mary, New York, and Prof o. o. Bacon, of
the Gerry Orphanage and Home, occupied
the attention of the assembly.
This evening the stationing of ministers
was fixed as follows: d. B. Toby, Chairman
of Pittst urg and New Castle districts, and
Walter A. Sellers, Chairman of Oil City and
Bradford districts.
Pittsburg district-PiGtsburg, M. B. Miller,
Braddock to be supplied; Homestead, 7. E.
Glass. Mansfield to be supplied; Venango and
Kittanning. w. B. Roupe.
New Castle district-New Castle, j. s. Nc
Creary; Rochester, s. Wellington; Sharps-
ville F. T. Shoup; Meadville, A. Faulkner,
Oil City district-Oil City, C. C. Grill;
Franklin. A. C. Showers Titusville, E. NJ
Sandy; Hickory, r. H. Bentley; Tidioute,
S. Sager; Weavers, j. r. Nealy; Centerville,
c. Copeland; Clarion, X. NJ Whitcomb.
Bradford district-Bradford, A. Bean; Pen
fred, j. Hodgkins: Ridgway, A. Smith; Phil
lipsburg, A. d. Zahmiser; Sheffield, II. C.
Barnes and E. Zahniser: Keech and Ray
mond, Emma Ellison; Beechwood, Nettie +.
Hibbard.
The ministers will preach in the different
city churches tomorrow, and early Monday
the conference will adjourn.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-04
GOVERNMENT TOWN SITES.
The Hot-Aouse Process Is Said to Be Not
Very Successful.

Ihe HOt-dOuSe PROCESS Is said TO BE Not
Very Successful.
Ohio State Journal.
The laying out of town sites in advance by
the Government upon lands opened for set
tlement, had its first illustration in the SET
tlement of Oklahoma. The policy is q
doubtful one. The place where a town
ought to be cannot always nor generally be
determined in advance. Towns located
originally under what seemed the most
promising circumstances and in the most
favorable position, came to nothing, while
others started on the borders of swamps or
in the midst of bowling wildernesses, have
developed into mighty cities that absorb the
trade and business of extensive regions
The growth of a town depends not only
upon its original location, but upon the sub
sequent drift OF events. Causes which no
man and no Government can foresee may
sap the vitality of one place and impart life
yigor and superabounding prosperity to
another. Hot-house growths are never per.
manent, and the forcing process recently
adopted in reference to the county seats in
the new territory looks too much like hot
house process Better let the people. guided
by time and circumstances and the nature
of things, decide where their own cities and
towns shall be.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-04

1t is amusing to note the approval of the
straight Republican organs in New York OF
the resolutions adopted by the Chamber of
Commerce in that city on the silver ques-
tion. Considering that these resolutions
condemn the purchases of silver provided
by the present law and predict that they
will bring the country to a silver basis, the
dose is one which requires heroism on the
part of a republican organ to swallow with
out wry face.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-04

WITH the cholera epidemic in China the
Chinese exclusion act is recognized to have
its virtues. But It must be backed by a
strict quarantine as well. The cholera is
just as bad whether it is brought into the
country by Chinaman or Caucasian.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-04

THE election of ex-Inspector McAleese to
the position of Warden of the Jail was
of the public demand for eff
cheney in that position. The people will ex-
pect Mr.. McAleese to display the same quail
ties OF energy and care that he has done in
the police department The result of that
will be decided improvement in the disci-
pline of the Jail, and the certainty that if
Fitzsimmons is caught again he will not get
out except as the law takes him out
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-04
B,ockinp Rankin,s Little Ambition

BRADDooK, PA, Oct 3-[Specsdl 1.-The
Braddock School Board, through their at
torney, Major Stewart, has fled objections
in court against the granting of a charter
for the incorporation of the village of Ran
kin into borough. The township has a
large school debt and there is no school
house within the limits of the proposed new
borough. The township would be Compelled
to pay their share OF all school property
du maid for.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-04
enhances the aggravation of this IS degree

In view of the statement that the first
rainy Saturday OF October is set as the day
for the appearance on the Boston streets of
the dress reformers, who will thus display
the superiority of the abbreviated skirt,
there is general anxiety in Boston to dis
cover some rainmal1er who is certain to
make it rain.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-04
A NOTABLE SEPTEMBER.
The Cause of the Warmth and Dryness
Should be Studied.

Inc cause OF the WafmEn ana DryneSS
Should be Studied.
New York Herald.1
The Government weather crop bulletin
covering the whole month of September
1891, just issued, states that it "was warmer
and dryer than any previous September Of
which there is record in the Weather Bu-
reau over the rincipal agricultural districts
east of the Rocky Mountains.
In the Upper Mississippi Valley the aver
age daily temperature was from to de-
grees higher than usual During the 10
days ending September %, throughout the
Mississippi and Ohio Valleys and the lake
region, the mean maxium temperature ex-
ceeded by II to IA degrees the normal maxi
mum temperature for the third decade of
the month.
A very careful study of the causes Of this
phenomenal weather should be made. The
discovery of these causes would be of great
value in forecasts of future anomalous sea-
sons, which SO materially effect all agricui-
tural interests for the better or the worse.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-04
THEY do these things differently in &c,

They do these things differently in Ger
many. The other day Chicago tourist in
that land of absolutism thought to enjoy the
great American privilege of writing his
name on the base of famous statue. Where.
upon a minion of imperialism pounced down
upon him and grimly stood guard while the
tourist carried soap and water and washed
off the defacement. Such an eminent exam
pie of making the punishment fit the crime
of that especial idiocy is calculated to make
sensible Americans wish for little touch of
similar tyranny in this country.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-04
A HOT CANE RUSH
At Allegheny College, in Which the Girls
Took Good Part.

MEADv1LLE, Oct. 3.-TSpecial IA "rushn
took place this morning between the Sopbo-
mores and Freshmen of Allegheny College.
on account of a flag placed upon the highest
pinnacle of Bently Hall by the Sophomores
The Freshmen took the flag down, and tear
ing it into shreds for buttonhole ornaments.
marched into the chapel. Immediately after
service the fight began in earnest, and re-
suited in riots too numerous to mention.
The fight ended in well-earned victory
for the Freshmen. A challenge was imme-
diately issued by the Freshmen to the
Sophomores for cane rush to take place
Tuesday morning. Excitement is at lever
height, and it will no doubt end in a hot en-
gagement. Among the most prominent par
Elephants of the rush were the girls, who
maintained the honor of their classes with
conspicuous courage.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-04

TOUCHING Mr. Flowers coat-of-arms, it
is discovered he has appropriated the es.
cutcheon of viscount Ashbrooke of England.
with the exception of his lordship's golden
tiger This is a sad omission. If the tiger
had been on Flowers coat-ofarms it would
have served as a standard for Tammany's
hosts in this campaign. Without the tiger
it is dead burden for the shirt-sleeved
Democracy
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-04
THE M. E. CONFERENCE.
Reports of the Growth of the Church and
Addresses Heard.

Reports of the Growth of the Church and
Addresses Heard.
WHEELING, W. VA, Oct. 3.-[SpecialJ- lin
the NJ E. Conference to-day Rev. Benson B.
Brooks and Rev. John W. Woodruff were
elected to deacon's orders The annual re-
port of the Statistical Society showed the fol-
lowing: Practitioners, 2,431; full members,
1885, local preachers, 24s; number of
churches building, $780, value $7O5 s22; num-
Der of parsonages, 1O7: value sl24 331; num-
Der of Sunday schools, 617; number of Off
GERS and teachers, 8, 14s; number of scholars,
33, ,762. Rev. L. H. Jordan was chosen the
fourth delegate to the General Conference
The Lay Conference visited the Ministerial
Conference during the morning and listened
to an address by Bishop Warren. Other ad-
dresses were by Rev. DR.. Weakly, of Cincin-
natl; DR.. Chadwick, Society of the Freed
mems Aid and Southern Societies; Dr.
Pains, Secretary of the Board of Edu-
cation, and theirs.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-04

THE new failure of the potato crop in
Ireland indicates that the unfortunate island;
though it may not have shared'the agricul-
turai prosperity of Europe in former years,
is condemned to partake of its agricultural
disasters this year.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-04
ou,io Democrats were Not sb.r.

Chicago Inter Ucean.I
Democrats in Ohio were not smart when
they made arrangements for Campbell to
discuss the issues of the campaign with Nc
Kinley before the same audience. The
Democracy in New York are wiser, Thew
win never allow Fassett to thrash the
ground with Flower
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-04

THE storms having spoiled the rain
makers business out West by raining right
along, whether they operated OF not, they
had better emigrate to the Sahara. If they
can make it rain there they can own the
bigger part of Africa
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-04
MISSIONARY WORK,
Home and Foreign, Received the Attention
of the Reformed Synod Yesterday

Home and Foreign, RECEIVED the Attention
of the Reformed Synod Yesterday.
LATRoBE, Oct. 3-[SpecidL Tho morning
session of the Reformed Synod was taken
up entirely with routine work and an ad-
dress by the Rev. j. P. Mopre, retired mis-
sionarv from Sendai, Japan. The report of
the Board of Home Missions was heard. THE
one at Sharpsville Mercer county, was
especially complimented. The election of
candidates to fill the vacancies on the diff
ferent boards of the Synod will be held on
Monday
Rev s. D. Fouse, Superintendent of Home
Missions made a lengthy address this even
ing, urging upon the ministers and workers
of the church to give the work special at
tention. Rev. p. c. Prugh, of Butler, talked
of the orphans home work and of the good
done in this particular subject. The annual
Communion will be held tomorrow
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-04

IT is reported that Blair may be accepted
by China after all, as Colonel Shepard has
taken up his cause, and as the Chinese idea
of warfare Is making a hideous noise the
Chinese probably think that the Colonel is a
warrior to be dreaded.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-04

THE Atlanta Constitution remarks that
"the lethargy among Democrats OF year or
so ago is nowhere visible" In view of the
stunning results of the Democratic lethargy
of last year the loss of it this year is
ominous for the Democrats.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-04
A Balance Is Accumuiatinp.

Denver Republican,
The shipments of farm products, including
cotton, wheat, corn and meat from this
country to Europe now aggregate about
al Ono 600 per day. There will be a big hal.
ance on our side of the trade account bv
Christmas.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-04
Margaret Elphinstone.

Margaret Elphinstone, widow of James
Elphlnstone died yesterday afternoon, in the 74th
year of her age, at her home 2i Resaca street.
Allegheny. She is the mother of City Attorney
George .Elphinstone, Of Allegheny The funeral
ernO