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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13
A LOSS TO LITERATURE.
Tho Death OF Wolcott Balestier, and What
1t Really Means.

Tho Death OF Wo1cott Balestier, and What
1t Really Means.
LONDON, Dec 1.-THE death of VOL
cott Balestier, at Dresden last Monday,
means possible loss to large circle Of
friends in London, Paris, Berlin and Leip.
zig, as we'll as America. Balestier left
London, where he had been residing for the
last two or three years, two. weeks
before his death. He was taken i'll in Ber-
lin, and hastened to Dresden, where his
mother and sisters were. Everything was
done for him that human skill could accom-
plish, but his illness developed into typhoid
fever, and on the day of the crisis he sue
cumbed. On Monday his partner, Heine-
mann, Henry James, Edmund Gosse and
Hall Caine left London to make arrange
ments for the funeral. Caine writes of
Balestier to the Pail Mall Gazette, as follows:
To the public Mr.. Balestier was hardly
known at all, or only as the collaborator OF
Mr.. Rudyard Kipling, in the novel which is
now appearing in the Century Magazine, and
as the partner of Mr.. Heinemann in the pub
lication of the English library at Leipzig,
but to many authors in England he has for
nearly three years been a literary figure Of
great mark and promise, a man of business,
OF infinite capacity and resource and q
friend Of high worth, true and unseltish,
wide sympathy, and most pure and
noble character. A man of so much and SO
various power it has not often been our
fortune to meet. There was not q man or
woman of letters in England whom he did
not know in the relation Of business which
brought him here as tho representative of
the publishing house of Mr.. Lowell in
America, and there was hardly one Of the
members to whom his personal qualities
had not endeared him as friend. He was
the soul of honor and prince of good fel.
lows. His literary talents were, we think,
almost of tho highest, and, If his life had been
longer, his opportunities greater, and his
energies less encumbered by commercial
occupations, he must surely have taken his
place among the very foremost of the writers
that America has given to England.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13
MISS ST. JOHNS GOOD MANI
Defended on the Stand by Herself and
Several of Her Friends.

Defended on tho Stand by Herself and
Several of Her Friends.
LONDON, Dec. 12.-Miss St. John, the
plaintiff in the divorce suit against Mr..
Marius, was again on the stand to-day, this
time in rebuttal of the testimony of the de.
fense. She emphatically denied that she
had at any time or place, improper relations
with Cohen. She had discharged the house,
maid who had testified agains her because
she always read novels and never worked.
She had frequently taken supper with
Cohen and received presents of jewelry
from him since her separation from her
husband
She had driven, dined, supped and had
gone to balls and parties with Cohen, but
she did not like him any more than she did
other people. She did not think Cohen
loved her, although he greatly admired her
Her husband told her she should not go to
the theatre. Cohen came to escort her but
her husband refused to allow her to 60.
Afterward he consented, and even asked
Cohen to do him the favor of taking her.
Several of Miss St. Johns friends testi-
fed that they knew of no improper con-
duct on the part of her and Cohen. A dep
osition by Mr.. Mayer, theatrical manager
in New York, stated that he had engaged
Miss St. John. for her American tour. Mr.
Mayer stated that he had seen Miss St.
John and Cohen together four times. She
had always behaved as lady should be-
have toward gentleman. 1t was a COM
mon custom for leading actresses to receive
friends in their dressing rooms.
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ENGLISH In ENGLAND.
NOT ALL FOREIGNERS WHO MARRY
IN THE ROYAL FAMILY.

Loyalists Think tho Times Better Than
They Used to Be-A Great Display Of
Enthusiasm Over . Royal Betrothal-
Congratulatory Chorus.
rBY CABLE TO THE DIsPArcH.I
LONDON, Dec. 12.-There has been q
great display of enthusiasm here over the
betrothal of the Prince of Wales eldest son
to the daughter of the Duke of Teck. It was
assumed he would seek bride abroad, and
the fact that he has accepted girl not
wholly German is accepted as cause for
national thanksgiving.
Not very long ago . disloyal versifer
wrote: 'The very dogs at England's court,
they howl and bark in German" We live
in better times than that, say the e1ulting
Loyalists: One Of the Queens daughters
married the MARQUIS Of Lorne, and Princess
Louise of Wales is the happy wife of the
Duke of Fife. Even Prince Henry of Bat
tenberg, the husband of Princess Beatrice,
has learned to play cricket and to ride to
the hounds. He takes an intelligent inter-
est in football has developed a liking for
roast beef and plum pudding, breeds fat
oxen, and, in fact, is fast becoming quite
English, you know.
As for Princess Victoria of Teck, the
brlde-elect, she speaks English almost with
out an accent, which is more than can be
said of at least two Of the Queens sons, and
as the Prince of Wales properly described
her in the course of q speech at public
banquet, the other evening, "she was born
in this country, educated in this country,
and has the feelings of an English woman"
After this it is not surprising to learn
that movement is on foot for presenting the
couple with q national wedding gift, and
that the Government may feel encouraged
to ask Parliament to dover the bride. The
chorus of congratulation, however, is not
quite free from dissenting voices The Star,
for instance, suggests that the Prince of
Wales would have been nearer the truth had
ne said: 81 am quite proud to think that my
ION, who was born of German Danish |
parents, marries one born of German parents
n this country, and educated amid the
German surroundings, and if she has the |
ceilings of an English woman she differs
rom the rest of her family, and conspicu-
'usly SO from my mother, the Queen, who
$ always ready to prefer, in the service of
he country, her poor German relatives over
he heads Of British officers"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13

emales working tYpesetting machines aver
were employed solely in the DAYTIME and
on matter intepded for weekly papers only.
The Daily Ne'9b' scheme was similar to this
as regards wages, but the machines were to
be used at night and copy was to be selected
Tor them, M violation of the rules of piece
WORK ofhceS which require all copy to be
ouIkeo an all to take what comes.
stfike Temporarily Diverted.
Severak interviews between the owners
ana the hnen proving fruitless, a council of
the typographical Society decided to call
the meh out, and proceeded to block all the
society offices in London and the provinces
against the Daily Neacs The society acted
With secrecy and celebrity, and the Daily
1seaus owners, finding themselves cornered,
yielded to the extent of promising that the
men should be employed to work the ma
chimes and be paid at full rates.
A strike has been averted for the present,
but the owners are chafng against their de-
feat and will in all probability revive the
original scheme when better prepared for
the struggle. This incident is not credita-
Bile to the Daily Neacs people, seeing that
Labouchere, in his paper, Truth, Morley on
public platforms, and the Daily Neaos in edi-
torials. are wont to denounce close-fsted
capitalists and to bewaiI the evils rising
from underpaid labor.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13
THE GAS IS GOING.
0hio's Great Supply Of Fuel Succumbs
to the Reckless Waste.
FACTORIES NOT NOW SUPPLIED.
Toledo Has Already Shivered and Put Up
With Cold Breakfasts.
A TABLE OF DECREASING PRESSURE

SPECIAL TELnGRAH TO THE prsrKrcn.l
TOLEDO, Dec 12.-At last 1t has dauned
upon the people of North western Ohio that
their supply of natural gas is almost ex-
hausted. So confident have they been in Its
permanence that the nature of the discovery
is almost startling To-day not more than
one-tenth of the manufactures in North
western Ohio are supplied with natural gas.
At the same time the supply for private
consumption has been so decreased that
many family has tossed the gas burner into
the backyard and returned to hickory and
coal Many others keep constant supplies
Of coal on hand ready for emergency at any
time. Coal Is also burned with the gas
when 1t is low by . majority Of consumers
Since gas was first used for fuel here the
pressure has decreased over $50 pounds.
Tho volume has decreased about Is per
cent The volume, however, is sufficient
for all the drains upon It The trouble is
that the pressure is too weak to force the
gas to the burners. It lies sluggish and
dormant in the mains, or in q state Of
inertia in the rock and wells The average
pressure at the wells owned by Toledo is
about 116 poundA During the recent cold
snap it went down to 102 poundA
A Reign Of Cold Breakfasts.
While the pressure was at this ebb there
was general Inconvenience and suffering
among the patrons of the city line. Busy
housewives strove in vain to cook their
daily food. They were obliged to send
thousands of toiling husbands to labor
on cold breakfasts. The flames in
their stoves were tiny, blue affairs,
which twinkled and sputtered more
like parlor matches than gas The sound |
of the escaping vapor was nothing compared |
to what it usually is. On the lines of the |
Ohio Natural Gas Company,
Of which Secretary Foster is President, the !
service was some better. Four-ffths Of all |
the territory in the field is owned by that
company, and all the big, strong wells are
On its lines. This gave it pressure enough |
% force partial supply through its lines.
A little wood or coal piled on top of the
burners helped out the gas so there was the
usual amount of heat.
The time has passed for supplying gas
% all the factories in this part Of the
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ESCAPED THE HALTER.
TWO oCoLD-BLOODEDM DMURDERERsToO
YOUNG TO HANG.

Boys Less Than Ten Years Old Who Killed
Playmate for His CIothes-A Natural
Product of the Liverpool slums-A Most
Brutal Crime
rBY CABLE TO THE D1sPArcH.1
LONDON, Dec. 1.-Two bows, aged 8 and
9years, respectively, were this week con.
victed at Liverpool of one of the most cold,
blcoded and brutal murders on record, and
owing to their extr.ras youth they have es-
caped the halter, which they are almost GER
tain yet to grace, and are delivered into the
charge of religious institution. The vic
tim was the same age as the younger of his
murderers, and the craft with which the
two little fends lured him to death seems
almost incredible in children so young.
Shearon and Crawford are the names of
the two malefactors, and they are the
natural product of the Liverpool slums by
the laws of heredity and environment.
Shearon was such an incorrigible youth
that his mother took his clothes away from
him and hid them to prevent his going out
He procured piece of old sacking, with
which he covered his nakedness and escaped
to join his playfellow, Crawford.
Recognizing the necessity for wearing ap-
parel the two boys, according to their
own story, decided to lure away the first
decently dressed boy they saw, kill him and
take his clothes. They met their victim,
Eccles, late in the afternoon, and took him
off to play with them at ''the rafts." as they
described large unfinished building, with
an excavation in which there was about
eight or ten inches of watec. They began
their ghastlF play by floating sticks in the
water until some other boys who were
playing there had gone away, and then
Shearon and Crawford induced Eccles to
try and walk across girder some IL feet
above the excavation The child said he
was afraid. and the other two children then
pushed him into the water.
He struggled and the two murderers as
sisted him out with many protestations of
concern, and got him to take off his clothes
to dry them. Then they took him up to
the girder and threw him down. Again |
md again he struggled. For the second |
time they assisted him out, and then |
lraggfng him up to a higher part Of ma
Ionry, threw him over for the third time.
This time he lay as ne fell, and Crawford |
climbed down and knelt on the victims |
head, keeping it under water until they |
we're sure that life was extinct
Both then watched the body for an hour, |
ITO see if he moved" and then driving the |
Head boys clothes at a street brazier, |
Shearou put them on, and with Crawford |
went hons. According to English law, in |
The cases of children between the ages Of z |
and IA, it is for jury to decid, whether or |
not they are responsible for the crime OF |
murder, and the jury in this case found |
hat the two boys were 'tguilty of the mur-
1er, but were not responsible, on account of |
.hei. age"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13
PREHISTORIC RELICS.
Wonders Discovered in Depository
of Mound Builders.
HUNDREDS OF COPPER ORNAMENTS
A Number Of Skeletons Are Yet to Be Un.
covered by the SearcherA
A HILL FULL OF UNIQUE TREASURES

CHILLIcoTHE, o., Dec 1.-THE Worlds
Columbian Exposition Survey, under War;
rem Z. Moorhead, at Anderson, made dis.
covery yesterday which exceeded the finding
of the King some time ago. In the same
mound from which the King was taken, Q
mass of 120 unique copper objects were
found. Just below the deposit are skels-
tons resting upon the hard floor Of the
mound.
These will be taken out SOON. The
copper objects represent fish, crosses, combs,
discs and combinations of squares erect and
crescentA They evince degree of work.
manship superior to that attained by Ohio
Indians, and must have come from . South
ern source, possibly from Mexico. Con.
spicuous among them were three splendid
cuttings of the Swatiska cross. This type
Of cross is similar to the early Greek Cross,
it Is found on the Patenque tablet, at
Chiapas, Mexico.
Religion of the Mound Builders.
This cross is frequently found in Yucs-
tan. This throws great light on the relis.
ion and travels of Ohio mound-building
clans. The fishes represented are ten
inches long, and have eyes worked in re-
pousse. All the objects are Of sheet copper,
admirably executed. Circles large as .
plate, with leaves and hearts worked
within, were found. The spaces between
the leaves and the outer edge were cut OUT
giving the affair the appearance of stencil
Anklets and bracelets Of massive copper,
very like Etruscan or early Egyptian, to
the number of 18, were uncovered. There
were large spool-shaped copper earrings
and wrist ornaments found, consisting Of
These showed relief work, perforations, etc.
One large sheet of copper, three feet in
length, was covered with beautifully cut
crescents, leaves and fish heads. -Four
combs, representing an animal of the cat
family, with long teeth in the place of legs,
lay upon the sheet
Symmetry Of Finish Displayed.
Never in the exploration of Ohio mounds
have such numbers of copper efigies and or
naments been found, exhibiting such
symmetry of finish. Messrs Moorehead and
Cresson are of the opinion that they were
not made in Ohio. When the King was
found he was thought to be the greatest
parsonage in the mound. The skeletons to
tity Of copper above, may indicate higher
chiefs than he. None of the coppers could
have been manufactured with stone tools
The designs are manifestly Mexican; the
Swatiska cross, occurring four times, 10
feet below the surface, could not have been
made by modern hands. The copper is
covered with verdigris, and has every ap-
pearance Of age. This cross find may lead
to the establishing of relationship between
primitive man in Ohio and Mexico The
design can not be accidental, and will un-
doubtedly create no little excitement in
archaeological circles when the facts are
fully known. The survey will work for one
month before completing the mound.
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COULD, BUILD SHIPS
Right Here at Pittsburg That Would
Be Able to Traverse Any Sea.
THE REIGN OF THE WHALEBACK,
All the Material for Its Construction Within
Easy Reach.
OPENING NEW MARKETS FOE OUR COAL

1t seems incomprehenslblet to some shrewd
business men, capitalists at that, but not
versed in the matter of making iron, that
Pittsburg cannot enter into competition
with the little towns on Lake Superior and
Everett, on Puget Sound. and secure her
share in the building of class of seagoing
vessels that will displace all present freight
ers and possibly all such superb floating
palaces as are now the pride Of the Cunard,
Inman and other steamship companies as
passenger carriers. The vessel alluded to
is the whalebaek, specimen of which is
now being built at q cost of 81, 900, 600 at
Superior, and, after being finished in the
highest style of art, will be exhibited At
the Worlds Columbian Exposition.
She will have double-decked cabin
resting on caissons, the same as those of the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13
The French Ministry 0. x.

PARIS, Dec 1.-THE fears that the ex-
istence of the Cabinet might be terminated
to-day, owing to the extreme dissatisfaction
of members of the Right at the Govern.
ment in the Chamber yesterday of its in
tention to introduce bill dealing with as
sociations, religious and secular, have not
been realized. The Chamber of Deputies
to-day, by a vote of 243 to 223, passed a res
olution expressing confidence in the Gov
eminent.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13
QUEEN v1croR1A's VISIT TO ITALY
(BY CABLE TO THE DIsPATc

To Boom . Summer Resort That wss Re-
Gently Discovered.
tBY CABLE TO THE DIsPATcH.l
LONDON, Dec 12.-Queen Victoria will
not leave England until the end of Febru-
sry, when she will start for Costebelle, a
beautiful little place in the Rive
ria, near Hyeres, where she will
remain during March. She has rented two
month. They are about mile from the sea,
on the slope of hill backed by pine woods
and commanding superb views.
The Queens vfSits will be the making of
Costebelle, which was discovered" a few
years ago by the late Duke of Grafton, and
upon which much money has since been
spent in providing roads, villas and hotels.
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under seas Of salt water, as several once

under seas Of salt water, as several once
good fields aleady are.
Most of this has been caused by the almost
criminal waste of gas. With all these de-
plorable facts staring the public in the face,
tine reckless waste Of gas continues in the
field. Thousands Of great fambeaux burn
in the air every night, often all day, and
sometimes for q month at time. Little
villages, too poor to pay for street lamps,
are better lighted than the streets of Pitts
burg are The issues in the local elections
are more on which candidates will vote to
place lights wherever wanted than on which
are Republicans or Democrats.
How Farmers Waste Gas.
Out in the country nearly all the farmers,
when they leased their lands, made the pro-
vison that they should be supplied with all
the gas wanted for private consump-
tion. Every farmer has couple
of flaming torches for his barnyard,
one for his well and one for the hitching-
post out in the road. Every room in his
house must have two or three jets, and the
horses in the barns are curried off by the
lights of natural gas. The fire insurance
policies have been Cancelled by nearly all
the companies holding risks in the field, SO
reckless is the use of gas.
AT night one may travel for miles and
never be out of the glare of the natural gas
lights. Gas men say enough fuel is wasted
in this way every day to have supplisds .
6O-horse power boiler. It is this that is re-
ducing the rock pressure more than any
thing else. The theories many have ex-
pressed that gas is continually forming,
were long ago exploded.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13

Jacques recent &C.. days fast Succi to-
day makes this unique offer:
II am willing to swim twice or three
times day for 80 days, and during that
period l will fast absolutely, partaking Of
no nourishment whatever. On the thirtieth
day, if find any one who pretends to be
then, in the presence of medical men, par
take Of poison in sufficient quantities to
kill any 40 ordinary men,"
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Bulgaria Pleased with Her Pr,noa.

SOFIA, Dec. 1.-THE Sobranje to-day
voted to grant to Prince Alexander of Bat
tenberg s2O, 900 pounds yearly. The Presi-
dent Of the Sobranje spoke in the highest
terms Of Prince Alexander, and extolIed
the great services he had rendered BuIpari.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13
Davitf Won't Stand Against Redmond.

DUBLIN, Dec lin consequence of the
refusal Of Michael Davitt to become the
candidate of the party, the McCarthyites
have chosen Mr.. Keane, a nephew of the
late Bishop of Cloyne, to contest the seat
in the House of Commons for Waterford
against John Redmond, the Parnellite
candidate.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13

IT will be to your advantage to examine
my prices and stocks of fine diamonds,
watches, jewelry, silverware, clocks, bronzes,
ETC. All the latest designs. First-class
goods and no fancy prices No trouble to
show goods at NJ. G. Cohen's, Diamond Ex-
pert and Jeweler, Sc Fifth avenue. Tele-
phone 1886. Store open at night till Christ
maA
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13
The snltan Stands Up For the Ka,..,

CoNsTANTINoPLE, Dec. 1.-THE Porte
has suppressed the French newspaper,
LIE StdnbosA, for alluding in an offensive
manner to Emperor William, of Germany.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13
Some Significant statistics.


This makes the average yearly decrease
about 30 pounds. In less than three years
at this rate, there will be no rock, pressure
and whatever natural gas there may be, will
remain locked in the rock that for ages has
been its abiding place. It will be buried
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13

WHEN leaving the city have us pack and
ship your household goods. We are re-
sponsible for loss or damage
HAUGH & KEENAN,, SO Water street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13
For HOLIDAY Gifts.

"Chemical Diamonds" mounted in solid
gold and set in jewelry of every description.
K. SMIT, Sole Agent,
Corner Liberty and Smithfeld and 81
Smithfeld street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13

PLANO buyers who want . frst-class
instrument at reasonable price will find it
to their interest to call on j. NJ. Hoffman,
& Co., 537 Smithfeld street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13
For Holiday Gifta,

"Chemical diamonds" z. SMIr,
Sole agent, corner Liberty and Smithfeld
and 81 Smithfeld street.
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An Education Finished in Q Fortnight
1BY CABLE TO THE pIsPArcH,1

LONDON. Dec. 12.-Young King Alexan-
der, of Servia, is coming to England next
summer; not, it is announced, to find q wife,
but to finish his education. The process
will not be mentally exhausting, as he will
remain only fortnight
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13
siSnor Succi's Latest BLUM

lBY Gable TO THE DIsPATCH!
LONDON, Dec 12.-Signor Succi has re-
turned to London, ''from the Nubian"
desert, he says, full of envy of Monsieur
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13

FoR Coughs and Throat Disorders use
Browns Bronchial Troches. Have never
changed my mind respecting them, except think
better of that which began by thinking well Of.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. Sold only In boxes.
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Kennedx,s Ladies', Lunch Room

Is the popular place among the ladies'
Prompt service and reasonable prices.
SIXTH STREET AND DUQUESNE WAY.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-13

Kennedy's Croquettes,
Pates and Ices delivered promptly to order
SIXTH STREET AND DUQUESNE WAY,