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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
ARASu UNDERTAKING.

1t pains US to learn that allegations are
sAoat of an attempt on the part of Messrs.
Craig and Brennan to disfranchise the fiery
and untamed Colonel Chill W. Hazard.
1t is alleged by the McKeesport Times that
Messrs. Craig and Brennan, in preparing
the contest for the Twenty-fourth District,
adi1g that Colonel Hazards name had
oeen omitted from the registry lists. but that
his vote had been accepted without the
formalitv Of an affidavit, threw out the vote
that stalwart Republican had cast for Stew
art. If this is true the Democratic cam
palgners have made an attack on the citadel
of American citizenship, and their act will
cause the eagles scream to be heard across
the expanse of the continent. We are pre-
pared TO demonstrate that Colonel Chill w.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
Why the Traction Gable Jerks.

According to the Philadelphia Press an ex-
pert on cable railways says: The violent jerks
we often experience in the cable cars are due
partly to the cable and partly to the gripman,
When the cable happens to be little slack,
and the train ahead has heavy load. the slack
caused by its stopping at corner gives the
next train behind severe jerk. Then again,
when splice has been made in the cable the
point of union is little larger than the other
parts of the rope, and if the grip happens to
catch the rope at the splice the car IS at once
hurried along at full speed and the passengers
are tumbled off their feet.
But the unevenness of motion Is not alto
gether due to the cable. The gripmen have in
structions when taking the rope to catch it
lightly, then relax little, then take a tighter
hold and SO by degrees draw the car into full
speed But to catch the cable tightly the first
time involves much less work. and many grip
men do so simpl, to save themselves trouble.
But not when the boss is around was riding
on cable car not long since that started OF
from the end OF the line with jerk that sent
me half through the AISLE Two or three times
this was repeated. wherf man whom l recog-
nized as one OF the superinuendents boarded
the car. No OK team could have started and
stopped more gently than the train did after
that man got on board. The gripman was
his best behavior, and could not help wishing
that the road had superintendents enough to
put one on every car.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
AMONG The IHEAIERS,

Number Of Old Favofstes at the Leading
Playhouses = Tho Champion Middle
Weight on the stage-He Proves to Be a
Drawing Attraction.
Although Fashions is probably the worst
conglomeration that was ever honored with a
title, the large audience at the Grand last
night sat through it with considerable patience.
They were waiting for Fitzsimmons, the cham
pion middle-weight. who was to open with
Billy Woods at the end of the third act. The
sparring was very much enjoyed, and the audi
ence went away in high good humor. Fitz-
simmons is a lean. 1ong-limbed fellow. with q
clever way Of using his fists. feinting dodging
and delivering Observation-Disclosures
hits in truly scientific manner. The other re-
deeming features of Fashions were Frank Nc
Nish in his old but pleasing speciality "Silence
and Fun;" Miss Cathar1ne Mclean, beautiful
woman. with sweet, well-trained voice, and
John Wills, who was rather amusing as dude.
But of all the inane productions Fashions
reaches the lowest depths. 1t is an insult to
actors to ask them to appear in it, and torture
to the audiences that witness it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
THE PROTECTION OF CANDIDATES.

The lofty standard of virtue which breaks
out in unexpected places is illustrated by
Senate bill No. 300, introduced by Senator
and Congressman Robinson, of Delaware
county. This measure proposes to enact
that any person who solicits from candi-
date, by letter or verbally, money for fair,
festival or other entertainment in the inter-
est of charity, corporation or church, shall
be subjected to fine not exceeding $3.50 or
imprisonment not exceeding three months,
or both, at the discretion of the Court. g.
This method of protecting the long-suffer-
ing candidate from solicitors for fairs is
unique and surpasses expectation. The
fair and festival practice has become a
well-known nuisance; but no one before
Jack Robinson has ever conceived the
idea of hauling the pertinacious damsels or
insinuating youths who conduct the busi-
ness before court and impoverishing them
BY fine or sending them to the workhouse.
1t would seem that such measure, although
designed apparently for the protection of
the soft-hearted-and soft-headed-candi-
date from such impositions, would protect
dll OIuer pSrsOusJ as Audu CoulO
secure the same happy exemption by an
nouncing himself as candidate for Councils
or Road Commissioner, and plead the law
as a sufficient answer to the solicitations.
But the provisions have their loopholes,
through which an entire wagon-train could
be driven with the aid of energetic wheel
horses. Why are fairs and festivals in aid
of "any charity, corporation, or church, +" to
3 be debsrred from striking the candidates
while those to endow baseball nine, or get
up a testimonial to a champion shoulder
hitter are left untrammeled? Why should
fairs and festivals in general be placed under
the ban, while the exhibitions of short
haired athletes, the meetings of well-bred
bulldogs or the competition of pugnacious
poultry are left to present unlimited claims
for political patronage? The most notice.
able feature of Senator Robinson's PROPOSE
ton is the large extent of methods left un-
checked by which the tender-hearted candi-
date can be relieved of his money.
The movement to protect the candidates
from imposition is new in this particular
shape but it is strictly in line with the
indisposition to pass the ballot-reform law,
which would subject the poor candidate to
the further peril that when he pays out
money for votes he cannot be sure that the
goods are delivered.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
THE LICENSE LIST.

So far as the retailers of the three cities
are concerned the agony is over. Joy and
sorrow have been handed down in large
quantities by the Judges of the License
Court, and the laughs and the sighs of the
applicants, according to their luck, are heard
In the land. Even those who have been re-
fused no doubt find their grief modified by
the thought that their suspense is over,
though It's somewhat cold comfort. Few of
the refused, however, will give up. Next
year will find them again in the big stone
building on Grant street giving the reasons
why they should be allowed to dispense
liquid refreshments.
The list as published this morning shows
some changes from last year. Pittsburg has
more saloons, fact which can probably be
accounted for on the ground that the census
showed such large increase in population.
Allegheny, which did not fare like her sister
city, can probably blame the prevalence of
the speak-easy for outweighing similar in
crease in inhabitants. 1t remains to be seen
if her police force, when remodeled, will SO
act as to remove the objection before next
year. Another thing which makes itself
apparent is that, while 1t is obligatory
for a successful applicant to keep
a hotel or restaurant, the mere fact
that a man keeps either will not insure him
license. This is emphasized by the re-
fusal of q prominent downtown hotel,
though, of course, the Judges reasons for
not granting the license are not stated.
Public opinion will generally give the
Judges credit for performing their delicate
task in a satisfactory manner. Mistakes
may have been made, but as a whole the list
will probably come nearer the general idea
than any previous one.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
GENERAL AND ADMIRAL.
Only One Man in the Country Has Right
to Both Titles.

to Both Titles.
New York Tribune
Rear Admiral Samuel P. Carter, who was at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel the other day, is the
only man In this country who has held the high.
est grades in both the army and navy. He may
be compared to an inverted axiom, a man who
was big enough to hold two military commits
sons at one and the same time. He was a
brigadier general in the army and a lieutenant
in the navy in the early part Of the Civil War,
and major general in the army and only a
lieutenant commander in the navy at the close
of the war. To-day he Is rear admiral on the
retired list OF the navy.
Rear-Admiral Carter was born in Carter
county, Tenn, and was appointed midship-
man in the navy February IA, 1S4O. When the
civil war began he was lieutenant on the
Seminole, in the Brazil squadron and belIev-
ing that the navy would have little active work
to do he asked to be assigned to the army, and
on July II, 1851, reported TO the Secretary of
War for special duty. He was instructed
to go to East Tennessee to raise troops
and organized the Tennessee brigade,
to which he was assigned to command
in September with the appointment as Brig
adler General. His first engagement was at
Wild Cat, KY, in October, when Zollicoffer,
the Confederate General in command, was re-
pulsed; also at the battle OF Mill Springs, jan
uary, 1862. and in the operations against Cum
berland Gap until 1t was captured on June II.
1862. He was in the Kanawha Valley in NO
VeInOeT, looA Wnen Ine reDels were QrlVen OUT
and the valley occupied Dy Union troops.
He commanded the cavalry expedition into
East Tennessee which tore up the rallroa ds
and destroyed the bridges, aud was in several
engagements in which the rebels were always
defeated. 1t was the first cavalry raid of any
Importance made by the Union troops into
rebel territory. For this conspicuous service
he was promoted to Major General, and he was
in several engagements afterward and in Sep
tember, 1858, was made Provost Marshal Gen.
eral in Tennessee, which place he retained until
active duty and was sent to North Carolina.
being in command of Goldsboro' during its
occupancy by General Sherman's forces. In
January, 1866 he was mustered out Of the army
and returned to the navy with the grade of
Commander, of the rank of Lieutenant Colonel
of the army.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
Duouesne Theater.

A large audience testified TO the popularity
which Messrs. Donnelly and Girard had at.
rained during their previous engagements in
this city. The Survival of the Funniest has
in their case been well exemplified for Natural
CAS- is funnier now than ever. A good many
new features have been added since it last ap-
peared in Pittsburg, and the older songs have
been replaced by new and catchy airs. The
duet, New Summer Season." by the two lead
ing characters showed their versatility and
thoroughly tickled the risibles OF
the audience. Mr.. ]. w. Myers earned well
deserved applause for his "Bedouin Song" in
which he had an opportunity Tor shoYing a
voice of great compass and sweetness. y
The role Of the Irish Mrs. Parvenu, Kitty
Malone, could not be in better hands than
those of Miss Annie Mack Berlein.
Natural Gas" as given by Donnelly and
Grard is on the whole much surer to please
than that PIttsburgers are furnished by other
sources.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14

DIR. EBEN ToURJEE, the founder and director
of the New England Conservatory OF Music. died
on Sunday.
HENRY K. PETER, proprietor Of the Carlisle
Sentinel, and for many years its editor, died last
evening, aged SO years.
WILLIAM NEWPORT, of Lena street, East End,
is dead. He worked ut the stockya ards and had
quite reputation as q musician.
Miss MATTE WILLS, aged i6 years. died at the
residence OF her parents, No. "a West Jefferson
street, Allegheny, yesterday. Bier death was
caused by the grip.
RICHARD HOLLAND, the pioneer carriage
maker of Youngstown. who located there in 1906
died yesterday afternoon from old age. When he
went there there were less than n dozen houses
and those of most primitive character.
HIRAM W. BLANCHARD, the weli-knUwn aboli-
ZIONIST died at his home In Neponset. Mass, yes
terday. aged 80 years. He was enthusiastic In the
auti-slavery cause. and was intimately asso-
ciated with Garrison, Phiilipski and The other
leaders Of that movement.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14

A PATHETIC letter is published in the
editorial columns of the New York World from
a school boy who wants the readers of that
Journal to tell him ''what to do. as get head
aches when study my lessons" The artless
inquiry is also made 'if they think l should
stay from school week and not study" The
esteemed World makes this the subject of q
forcible condemnation of over-study for chill
dren. But the appearance Of youthful head
aches in connection with studies warrants a
more careful inquiry into the symptoms. If the
headaches are of the intermittent sort, which a
great many who recall their school days will re-
member-comiug on with great severity Just
before the hours for study or recitation and
disappearing entirely when baseball match or
fishing excursion is on the tApis-they neeS
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
NEWS ABOUT WOMEN.


Little Jottings That Will Prove of Interest
to the Ladies'
MISS A. P. ROGERS has been appointed Over
seer of the Poor in Boston.
MISS SUSAN B. ANTHONY does not look over
60 but will soon be 70 years old.
MRS. :LIPPINCoTT (Grace Greenwood) is
about TO go to Washington to live.
MRS. JOHN WOOD is playing the part of 4
'lady journalist" at the Court Theater, Lon
don.
The Empress Of Germany sent outfits for all
the children born in the Lying-in Hospital,
Berlin. on the same day as the youngest
Prince.
MRS. FRANK LESLIE is q native Of New
Orleans, and is of French parentage. She was
divorced from E. G. Squier to marry Frank
Leslie, who had been divorced from his firss
wife.
For many years in England, and for the last
six years in Philadelphia, needework guilds
have been doing great deal OF good. and now
some benevoens New York ladies have organ :
ICED for similar work in the latter city. The
object of the guild is TO furnish new, plain.
suitable garments to meet the great need Of
hospitals. homes and other charities
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
also the most suicidal race in Europe. France

also the most suicidal race in Europe. France
comes next, England third, Italy and Hungary
fourth. while on the other hand Spain. the
most backward of European nations In culture;
Portugal, Corsica and Dalmatia rank the low
est in the suicidal scale. OF the different re-
gions of the same country the North and
Northeast of France ourank 10 culture and in
suicide the center and Southwest; the North
aad center of Italy outrank the South and the
islands, and Saxony, which in its schools ahd
general culture surpasses the rest of Germany,
surpasses it also in the number of Its suicides
In Short SO universally does the rule hold that
the strength of the tendency to self-killing
may almost be regarded as an index to peo-
ple's civilization,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14

Hazard has lived in Monongahela City
long enough to acquire legal residence;
that he is over twenty-one years of age, and
that he is superlatively an enfrsnchised
American citizen. That an attempt
should be made to reduce that untram mmeled
spirit to the base level of disfranchisement
fills us with regret; but the regret is chiefly
for the ill-advised persons vino undertake
that hazardous job. The men who want to
sit down on Colonel Chill Hazard by tax
ing away his vote wouh show wiser judg-
ment by trying to sit down on q buzz-saw.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
Fifth Avenue Museum.

There were pleased audiences at the thea.
torium of Harry Davis Fifth: Avenue Museum
yesterday. The main attraction was Mr.. Car
lisle, the genial and popular manager Of the
Museum, who appeared for the first time in
Pittsburg in his feats Of magic. Besides him
there were Brumel and Rankin, a clever musl-
cal team; the Keegans. sketch artists; MIR. and
Mrs. Dan Manning, In bright society sketch:
Prof. Lamb, ventriloquist. and a number of
other bright performers. The entertainment IS
good one throughout. The somersaultine
dog 'Topsy" astonished every one, and Lady
Pink" another dog, walked the tight rope a la
Blondin.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
Our Dollars Illegal.

I u
Apropos of the proposed change in the design
of the bland dollar it is curious fact that the
present design is illegal. The law says that on
one side the coin shall contain a figure en-
blematic of liberty the word "Iiberty," and
the phrase "United States of America" and on
the other side an American eagle and "E Plur-
ibus Unum." The use of the words sIn God
we trust" is left to the discretion of the Direc-
tor of the Mint. The illegality of the current
design lies in the fact that the phrases 'E
Pluribus Unum." and UNITED States of
America" have been transposed, each being on
the wrong side. The general symmetry of the
When the first designs were being perfected
the inscriptions were changed variously and
one die was made in which the words "E
P1uribus Unurh" were stamped around the
outside rim or edge of the coin. This was to
prevent tcounterfeiting.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14

The theory of the Paris Figaro concern
ing the Italian squabble is the most cold.
blooded Of the lot 1t thinks that the English
Government is urging Italy on to war in order
to have practical test of the availability OF
the big iron-clads, which are, up to this time,
untried in actual hostilities. This European
proposal Of the policy of 'trying it on dog" is
anything but flatterine or comfortable to this
nation. But SO far as England is concerned IL
is ev1dently freak of the Ffgdro's imagina-
ton. The interruption of trade with England
would cost that country great deal more than
the experiment is worth.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
THE CONTRACT ALIEN LAW.

An Agent of the Government Who Has
Been Looking Up the Subject.
CHICAGO. April 13-Special immigration
Agent lester, of Springfield. arrived here
to-day. He is preparing voluminous report
for Secretary Foster.
II have just returned from Omaha" said he,
land can promise you sensation in the course
of ten days. 1 have been making investiga-
tions there and have evidence that the contract
allen labor law has been, and is being, grossly
violated. Certain large concerns there that
employ number of men have been importing
alien labor in direct defiance Of the law. 1t
win be big SURPRISE as the concerns impli-
reputation for honesty that has been unques-
toned. There are also several other cities
where investigation has proved that the law is
being violated. but in no place are the cases SO
fragrant as In Omaha.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
One Women,s RELIGION.

MAYS LANDING. Md, April 13.-Mrs Win
field Estlow, of this place. has caused consider
able gossip by abruptly leaving her husband
because he worked on Sunday. She is strict
church-goer, and on Sunday. when her hus-
band announced his intention of working with
other employees of the Mays Landing Water
Power Company she told him that she could
not live with him. Mrs. Estlow went to church,
while her husband wenE-to assist in some nee
essary work. The couple were boarding with
Mrs. Estlow's mother. When Estlow came
home he was surprised to find his wife absent.
She believes that her husband has committed
a wrong for which he cannot atone.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
Some Canses of Suicide.

Besides imitation there are other social infiu-
ences which lead to suicide, but the most pow
erful is that which we denote by the general
term civilization, says William Matthews in the
North American Repteto. Self-killing is en-.
phatically the crime Of intellectual peoples.
Almost unknown to savages. rare among Mo-
hammedans, it RACES among the nations most
advanced IN culture and refinement with q
fierceness exactly proportional to their mental
development. 1t Is said that Rome knew moth.
ing of this curse till after the establishment of
the emuire. It was when the Roman legions
had carried their eagles triumpbaptly through
the world. and brought back the means of lux
ury in the spoil of Europe. Asia and Africa
that life in the Eternal City began to De"weary,
STALE fat and Improbable"
To-day the Germans, who are the profound
est thinkers and the most cultivated people, are
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14

In connection with the statement that
P. I. Barnum expended in the last twenty
years upward of three million dollars for ad-
vertising, an esteemed cotemporary makes the
bad break of remarking that Notwithstanding
this expenditure he left behind him fortune
of five millions" As the reported expenditure
was only an average of S15o000 year, it Is
clearly less than Barnum expended, and every
one knows that his fortune was gained as a re-
suit of the expenditure and notwithstanding
it. Our cotemporary means well. but it is un-
fortunate in its choice of words.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
QUEER HOME GARDENING.

Advice to Ladies' Who Wish to Travel Dur
ing the Summer.
Philadelphia Times.l
Now plant schemes for summer travel. Rake
in your husbands loose change and cut back
his superfuous expenses. Cultivate hectic
fushes and sick spells. showing the need of
fresh air and OF transplanting to the seaside.
Prepare for summer dresses and get ready your
guide books. Saratogas should be brought out
and overhauled. Water the family doctor with
generous fees and cultivate his ideas that the
European travel treatment would best suit
your case Begin to mulch your husband with
kindness and fattery 1t may encourage the
growth Of his liberality. W1en he Is ripe for
picking he should have more fondling and be
put into the sunlight of warm affection. This
should be kept up until he begins to drop big
leaves from his check book. When you have
got all you can, turn him out of the pot and
throw him into corner to dry OF.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
Harris, Theater.

To make the 1.-TWO Johns" entertaining, now
that the play which hinges on a comedy of
errors of which a couple of gobese gentlemen
are the heroes, the incidentals must be inter-
esting, The company presenting the play on
its ninth annual tour, which began a weeks
engagement at Harris yesterday, is able to
supply the needs of the case. The girls are
pretty, young and graceful, and the comedians
funny. The variety interludes form the best
part of the show, of course. Two large audi
ences enjoyed the performances of yesterday,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
A DEMOCRATIC DINNER.
The Young Jeffersonians of Boston Listen to


The Young Jehersonians of Boston Listen to
Speeches.
BOSTON. April la-The Jeffersonian dinner
of the Young Mems Democratic Club Of Mas
sachusetts was held this evening. over 200
Democrats from all sections of the State being
in attendance.
Congressman MCMILLAN. of Tennessee made
voted the ore,fer mart of bis ra,nsrLs - ~,
arraignmenr of the last Congress- laying great
stress on its lavish expenditure of money, which
he characterized as profIgacy and exsrava-
gance.
He sharply criticised Speaker Reeds rulings
and criticised the Mckinley bill severely. The
only redeeming feature of the BILL he said is its
partial free trade and reciprocity provisions,
and its entire free trade provisions regarding
sugar. He predicted that the bill would be re.
pealed within three years.