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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-13
SMOKE CAN BE CONQUERED.

Andrew Carnegie is engaged in good
natured controversy with the New York
Sun regarding the length of future ocean
voyages. While the honors of the discus
sion seem to be about even, however, Mr..
Carnegie improves the opportunity to get in
a few interesting remarks about a subject of
prime importance to Pittsburgers. Speak
ing of his last European excursion, he says:
"One great improvement is the forced
draught and proper firing which render the
Teutonic almost smokeless. Passengers
continually inquired if she was = not
using anthracite" Pittsburgers generally
may not care very much whether
the Teutonic is almost smokeless
or not, but they certainly will be interested
in any ideas Mr.. Carnegie has regarding the
control of smoke; and his statement that
forced draught and proper firing have done
much to mitigate the nuisance on an ocean
steamship is entitled to respect as coming
from one who knows whereof he speaks. 1t
is admitted that the majority of appliances
now in use for burning coal are constructed
with but one end in view regarding smoke.
So long as it can escape into the atmosphere
without causing too much inconvenience to
the person around the fire, they seem to be
satisfied. The introduction of smoke con-
sumers has been greatly retarded by this
carelessness of the rights of others, but now
that Mr.. Carnegie has pointed out cheap and
effective means OF escape from excessive
smoke, it is hoped that his words will be
productive of good to this city at least.
While manufacturers of smoke-consumers
have always claimed that their appliances
saved iuel, many persons have never ad-
mitted the fact These persons will now
have no excuse for not making an attempt
at improvements in the matter, because the
means mentioned by the great iron master
are without or almost without cost. To in
crease the draught of an ordinary furnace is
an easy matter, and no one who works at q
fire needs be told that increased draught
means better consumption of fuel, with con-
sequent better results in the matters of heat
and steam. The improved results in heat
and steam mean the getting of more value
for the money expended for fuel, and for
this reason alone Mr.. Carnegie's words are
worthy of attention.
Exactly the same reasons hold good with
regard to the second part of Mr.. Carnegie's
statement. with the exception that the
change from improper firing to proper firing
will cost absolutely nothing. Mr.. Carnegie,
in effect, says that fuel improperly placed
in furnace will cause more smoke than
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-13
sESAToRs VIEWS ON ROADS

The discussion OF tire road bill in the
State Senate yesterday brought out very
little that was new. In fact. about all that
was obtained from the talk was ths more or
less interesting views of some Senators on
pauper immigration and foreign labor,
though neither have a very close connection
with the subject of roads.
The idea that State aid for public roads is
charity is, Of course, absurd, and as one
Senator said is about as sensible as the idea
that State aid for public schools is charity.
The making of good roads and the keeping
of them in good repair by the State is a
public duty and the people who do not see
the matter are very few. THE DISPATCH
has already pointed out the deficiencies of
the township system and given its views at
length on the whole subject The only
thing now to be feared is that a bill will be
passed which will be so emasculated by
amendments as to be of little practical use.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-13
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

DUPREz, the French tenor, still lives, at
the age of IS.
GENERAL BOOTH, of the Salvation
Army, is seriously i'll.
MRS. OLE BULL, widow of the famous
vioiinist, is visiting friends in New York.
WILLIAM DUDLEY FoULKE has re-
signed the Presidency of Swarthmore College.
GENERAL o. o. HOWARD denies that he
is the author of biography of General Sher-
man.
The Duchess 'Uzes, who spent fortune
in the cause Of Boulanger, is i'll in Paris with
fever and ague.
MISS LILLIAN B. PERRY, of Covington,
Tenn, has won a prize for the best description
of a man to marry.
COLONEL DOM PIATT, according to
latest reports, will not return to the editorship
of BeUord's Magazine.
AUGUST BELMONT, JR., is the new
Chairman of the Louisville and Nashville Rail-
road Board of Directors.
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN is as agile and
muscular as he was 20 years ago, and walks
with the same brisk energy.
RossI is acting in Vienna in Tolstoi's
"Iyan the Terrible" with immense success.
After one act he was recalled 15 times.
MRS. Z. D. E. n. SoUTHwoRTH's fall
name is Emma Dorothy Eliza Neuette South
worth. She is over rs years Of age and very
feeble.
Mr.. EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN,
the banker-poet, is engaged in delivering his
long-deferred course of lectures on poetry at
John Hopkins University.
EDWIN WEBSTER SANBoRN, the New
York lawyer, is q nephew of Daniel Webster,
! and has high forehead and deep-set eyes like
the distinguished statesman.
LEONARD JEROME, who died last week
in England, was an old-time newspaper man.
He edited the Rochester Native american for
some time, and later owned a large interest in
the New York Times
STEPHEN SANFORD, of Amsterdam, N.
Y. an ex-Congressman and millionaire, found
fault with the way the street repairs were being
made, and has been appointed Street Commits
sloner and told to 60 ahead and do better If he
can. He has his dander up and will accept
VT. MEzHoFF, the well-known Russian
photographer. is preparing work in which all
the books and journalistic articles treating on
Siberia will be catalogued. The work will EN-
brace also the books and articles on this inter.
esring subject which have been published in
foreign countries NJ. Mezhoff has been ordered
to compile his book by Siberian millionaire
The first volume of the work is in print; two
more volumes will follow.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-13
sCIssORED SMILES.

THE PRESIDENT GOES SHOOTING.
Ye President goes forth to shoot
Ye blithesome canvasbacks.
AS home ye Congressman doth scoot
Who reelection lacks.
Now we opine. ye sporting Ben
Will find ye birds he kills
Not unlike sundry Congressmen-
All quackery and bills.
-Nsso York Continent.
Professor-We must change our marking
system.
Tutor-why?
Professor-So many students get 100 per cent.
think there should be something higher and
arder to attain-say 80 per cent
+ Tntor-But no man could get more than 100 per
cent
students who know great zeal more tnan there
Is to know.-Relo fork Herdtd-
A HISTORY OF CRIME
Fail.
Wall.
jail
Bail.
Finis.
Washington Post.
Eugie-How do you like my new engage
ment ring?
Emma-I never liked it; 1t was too large for me
when used to wearit.
And Eugie and Emma walk on different sides OF
the street now .-SrooktyH Eagle.
81 see accounts in the papers every day Of
doctors who ante-dated Koch in his discovery
No great dlscoverer comes before the public with
out hoi de of men rising altar him, and claim-
ing they were there before him.
.'Oh. you are Mistaken
s'Indesd!''
''Yes. No one claims to have ante-dated Mo-
Aliister in his discovery of - 900. '''-Puck.
The egotist takes il as a personal afront
when told to shut his lis. -Drake's Magdstn<
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-13
THE OLD CONSTITUTION WILL DO

Our esteemed cotemporarv, the Erie
Herald, would apply Pennsylvania share
in the direct tax windfali to defraying the
expenses of new Constitutional Conven-
ton, and thinks THE DISPATCH, because
of Its advocacy of ballot reform, should take
a like position. Weare unable, however, to
agree with the view that q new Constitution
is at all necessary, or that it is even desir-
able to get body of men together to tinker
at the fundamental law as 1t stands. The
fact is that the Constitution of Pennsylvania
which was adopted by the people in 1874 is
the best product of the brightest minds then
existing in the Commonwealth. Not alone
did great mental perspicacity distinguish
the Convention which framed that instru-
ment, but there was also high moral pur-
pose. The delegates we're for the most part
men of the highest character, and as class
they essentially had no partisan or personal
axes to grind. The chief evil which the
Constitution of 1874 was intended to remedy
was the abuse of power by the Legislature,
which had become a hunting ground for
private interests. 1t set such restrictions
the evils of special legislatioa which were a
constant menace to the rights of the citizen.
1t also issued mandate. for the purity of the
ballot and for the regulation of corporate
powers, whose value is not the less because
OF the neglect of the Legislature afterward
to enforce them by adequate penalties.
The Constitution of 1874 was not in favor
among the politicians. Some of its excel
lent provisions have lain imperative because
of the indisposition in political quarters to
enforce them. Others have been successfully
overridden by quibbles in the courts. But
there is no guarantee that any new Consti-
tuition would be better treated, while there
is a very decided liability that much which is
good in the old one might be materially modi-
fed. What is needed is ths public interest
which will compel enforcement of the Con-
stitution as it stands.
As for ballot reform, the association which
is specially urging that very proper depart
ure insists it can be effected under the pres
ent Constitution. 1t is clearly best TO try
this idea before going in for general sub
version of the fundamental law of the State.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-13
D0DGING THE LAW.
Two Condemned Murderers Who May Not
Die in the Electric Chair.

Two Condemned Murderers Who May Not
Die in the Electric Chair.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.l
NEW YORK, March 12-Smiler and Slocum
the murderers who are in Sing Sing under sem
tence to die in the electric char next week.
will not be put to death according to that SEN
tence The discovery that, as the United
States statutes now read executions can be
postponed indefinitely by series of appeals
to the United States Courts. based on refusals
of Circuit Court judges to grant on trivial
grounds writs of habeas corpus, will be util-
lied by the counsel for both murderers. Lawyer
Hooper. who is S,ocum's counsel, will probably
base his demand iSr writ on the ground that
Slocum was not re1resented by counsel. Helm
zleman. the lawyer who defended Jugiro, and
who is said never to have been admitted to the
bar, defended Slocum. Hooper was Heinzle-
mans law partner.
Ambrose H. Purdy, Smiler's counsel, may
base his demand for writ on any one of a
dozen no-account grounds. The demand will of
course be denied, and then will come the appeal
from the decision, which is a matter of right.
The appeal will, of course, act as a stay. When
this appeal is denied, which may be in three or
four months, another one can be taken, and so
on until the prisoners die of old age. The
State in the meantime. supports them in idle
ness and furnishes them with much better
food than any other class of criminals gets.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-13

reconciliation of a century Of American
invention, other matters of interest will be
advanced. A proposal to organize a per-
manent national association of inventors
will likely be made, with the intention
OF bringing home to many thousands
of inventors the necessity of enlarging the
facilities of the Patent Office. The Com
missiouer's report for January called atten-
ton to the lack of Office room and the
inadequate examining force, together with
other matters of Importance. and the pro-
iected association will, if formed, do Its first
work in striving for what seems to be
much-needed reform.
The Patent Office in the past has been
conducted on line of policy generally COM
mendable, but the rapid growth of its bust
ness is such as to render frequent changes
necessary. If way of making these
changes economically can be suggested by
the contemplated association it will have
done good work. Unnecessary change will,
however, meet with decided opposition.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-13
Social Chatter.

TASTY little cards have been issued by Miss
Edna Morrow, of Oakland street. for a o'clock
tea on the afternoon Of Friday. March 20. II is
to be given in honor of Miss Mill 3. Wagenhals,
a charming young lady of Columbus.
The First Christian Church OF Allegheny is
to have new carpet for its Sunday school, and
a supper given in the church last evening by
the ladies helped materially to swell the sum
with which to purchase 1t.
REV. T. ]. LEAK. d. D.. lectured last evening
at the Union NJ. E. Church. Allegheny, on the
subject, "A Horseback Journey Through Pales-
tine" The proceeds benefit the Young Ladies'
Missionary Society.
LECTURES on Greece by Prof. M. l. D'Ooge
of the University of Michigan, will be delivered
on March l6 II and 10. in the Pirtsburg Club
Theater.
A PIANO recital will be given at Dilworth
Hall, Pennsylvania College, next Thursday aft
ernoon by Edward Baxter Perry.
THE Carnegie Musical and Literary Society,
of Curry University, will give an entertainment
this evening at Curry Hall.
THE Misses Dougherty, of Federal street,
will give euchre party Friday evening.
AN "Orange tea" was given last evening in
the Presbyterian Church, Bellevue.
MRS BRACE. of North Highland avenue,
gives reception this evening.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-13
IN sOCIETY'S DOMAIN.

Graduates of the School of Design Received
Their Diplomas and Medals Yesterday
A New Studio to Be Opened-Weddings
and Receptions.
Incidental to the School OF Design session
yesterday was the presentation of diplomas to
the graduating class of this year and of the
medals awarded at the recent exhibir. The
diplomas we're handsomely illuminated in col
ors and beautifully framed, and those
receiving them were Misses Mary d. Watson,
Bessie Young, Mary Boyd. Sallie Keenan, and
received medals. Miss Young silver, Miss
Keenan, bronze and Miss Watson gold. Miss
Francis McCreery also received gold medal
for life class work and Miss Bessie Riggs
bronze medal for cravon ornamentatlon.
The medals are all from Tiffany & Co.. New
York, and are exquisite in design and finish
They are handsomely encased In velvet, and
inscribed with the school motto, the name of
the receiver, the name of the school and the
WORK for which the honor was given
new studio will be sequel to this
years graduation. as Mrs. Seaver and
Miss Watson have completed arrange
ments for a suite of rooms In the Woman's
Exchange building and will forthwith furnish
according to the most approved Eastern studio
ideas. Both of the ladies have just returned
from "trip to New York, where various pill
grimages were made to famous and removed
studios. They will have everything in thor
oughly artistic order by the frs Of the month.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-13
THE HEIR-AT-LAw.
Performance of the Jefferson-F Florence
Company Last Night.

Performance of the Jefferson Florence
Company Last Night.
A Pittsburg audience has rarely witnessed
as finished performance as that of 1.-THE Heir
at-Law" by the jefferson Florence company
at the Duquesne Theater last night. The
comedy is one of the old, old English ones. 1t
was written by Coleman. who was perhaps
contemporary with Sheridan, author of THE
Rivals" The comedy has not been seen
In Pittsburg for manya years., the
older theater-goers say-and has never been
taken up with the care that is now being
ing bestowed upon 1t. Mr.. Jefferson always
liked 1t, and as he grows older his liking for it
increases, and the public has reason to be glad
that it is so.
the curtain rises, is magnificent, and. like the
costumes, historically accurate. n
The acting was on the highest plane and
every part was carried with the most charming
effect. Mr.. Jefferson as the erudire. aged and
dignified DIR. Pdngioss, LII. d. and a. s. g..
had every opportunity to bring out the quaint
humor of which he is master. In constructing
the part the author did not leave so much to
were frequently anticipated, but the
inimitable and always unexpected ss man,
this very fire-knowledge a pleasure. That
nimbleness Of limb has not departed from the
popular comedian was made apparent by a
livery step at the close OI tne IourIn acL " Lhe
song,
Over the hills and far away,
II don't dance get no pay.
Mr.. Florence in the character of ekiet
RomespIn brings out both humor and pathos
AS Sir Luctus OT11gger he is superb, and he
is SO, too, as the honest country boy, though
the two characters are altogether different.
But Mr. Florence is versatile, and every char
acter he assumes is better than any other we
could think Of until we have seen him in that
other. The parting scenes with his boyhood
friend in the second and third acts are master
pieces
OF course, Mrs John Drew was missed. but
Nine. Ponisi, who was of the original Wallack
Stock company, and has seen so much of the
stage that criticism is disarmed was an admir-
able Lady Duterly, and would doubtless sur
prise Coleman himself. could he see
her, by what she gets out of the char
acter. Viola Allen, as Cicely Homespun,
gave a very praiseworthy Interpretation
of her lines and her dialect, with that OF Mr..
Florence. was pleasing in the extreme. Mr..
Paulding appeared to good advantage as the
dazzled lover and won hearty applause. Mr..
Bangs as Lord Duberly has the Mrs. MdtdDroD
character of the comedy, and got his words
delightfully."- tangled in spite of the expostula-
tions of Dr.. Pdngloss.
The epilogue is more extensive than the
average Of these old English plays and as rem
dered last night raises a question as to the
wisdom of the moderns IN doing away with the
rhymes that were won't to point moral or
adore tale"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-13
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
SOME of the bills framed at Harrisburg
should be placed in guilt frames.

WE are a race of advisers and critica,
aren't we? No matter how peculiar the calam-
ity some nay many, will be found who believe
that they could have partially averted it. When
the elements tear down, sweep off or devour some
there be among the lockers on who firmly insist
that had this or that been done the ruin
wrought would have been lessened, the lives
lost saved, the terrible blow lightened True,
thanks to mans foresight and genius, much
can be done in precautionary way. With
each lesson from the forces-from the unex-
pected and the seemingly uncomfortable
some of US are taught something
that can be turned to good profit in the future
But when the flood comes. and the wind blows
and the fire burns many who mingle IN the
crowds have suggestions on their tongues and
advice on their lips which is whispered or
shouted in the ears of their fellows. They
point the finger of scorn at the woi kers criti-
cize the plans laid to check the destroyer, jeer
at heroic effort and laugh at daring. If. they
had the dong of it they would do differently,
to be sure. But they haven't, hence all they
can do is turn aside in disgust and go up and
down the land peddling their plans and seeking
praise therefor. They amuse, however, even
if they do not instruct. When the flames
crackle again they will be there with the same
receipts for staying the sparks and smotherng
the smoke. Others, however, read the ruins
like q book and learn lesson that can be
treasured against the future. They are
the silent ones-the ones who note the
obstacles ana see a way to overcome them; who
detest delays and plan quicker action; who
profit by errors and devise means to prevent
them; who see imperfections and plot toward
perfection; who talk not but think great deal.
They are neither croakers critics, advisers nor
suggesters, but are the workers and the help
ers who fortunate for all now galloping to-
ward the silent cities, make the running easier
by keeping the track clear and the weights
properly adjusted.
GIRLS to be even q little chic must have
fine feathers
WELL Connected Men=Those in the
chain gang.
IF humanity would abide by what has
been decided the courts would not be SO
crowded.
TENNYsoN must have been only half
awake when he wrote his poem on sleep
the Memphis tragedy turns out to be q
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-13
NATIONAL BANK DEPOSITS.

The Government VIII Only Draw Them Out
In Installments.
WASHINGTON, March l2-Acting Secretary
Nettleton, of the Treasury Department. made
the following statement this afternoon in re-
gard to a report that that department has de-
cided to call in the Government deposits In
national banks:
"The Government has no present or imme
diate need to use any part of the funds now
in depository banks. Doubtless during the
next eight months part of such deposits will
be required; but they will in such case be
called In instalments and only on reasonable
notice. as heretofore. 1nasmuch as these de-
posits, when SO called. will doubtless be dis
bursed to meet current requirements of the
Immediately returned to the channels Of busi-
ness"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-13
THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH,

when properly placed, and his long expert
enee as an owner of furnaces induces Us to
believe he is right. There is no reason, then,
WHY our local manufacturers should not
make trial of both means. Their own ln-
terests will be helped. and the general pub
lie will be saved much annoyance and prob
able pecuniary loss.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-13

NEW YORK aldermen want the city to
provide gold badges for them at cost of $40
each. There always has been suspicion that
New York aldermen could be SO easily
distinguished from the common herd, that
badges seem to be unnecessary. Those OF them
who are wearing peculiarly striped clothes In a
well-known institution certainly would, no
doubt, be glad to doff their decorations.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-13
Hon. John Edwards.

MADISON, WIS, March 12.-Assembly-
man John Edwards, of Port Edwards, died yes
terday at the Park Hotel of pneumonia. He was
sick when he came here at the opening of the ses-
sion but occupied his seat in the Assembly till
February 49, MIR, Edwards was one of the wealth.
lest men in Northern Wisconsin. He was native
of England aud came to Wisconsin in 1882 with
his parents, who settled in Grant county. He was
a iumberman, and had extensive land Interests in
the northern part of the State, was delegate to
the National Democratic Convention in 1883 and
To the Democratic State Convention in 1890.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-13
AN OLD ENGLISH WEDDING
Celebrated Last Evening in st. Andrews
Episcopal Church.

Episcopal Church.
An old English wedding was solennized last
evening at o'clock in st. Andrews Episcopal
Church. The bride, Miss Mary Lulu Cavitt,
wos attired in magnificent toilet of white
satin, high necked and long sleeved, and in
stead of flowers carried beautifully bound
prayer book beneath the folds of the bridal
veil that enveioped her graceful form. Miss
Cavitt, at all times pretty girl. was unusually
SO in her bridal robes as she promenaded the
aisle on the arm of her father, A. NJ Cavitt 10
tie altar, where the groom, Ralph Holden
Binns. was in waiting with the surpliced clergy
man.
The only attendants other than the ushers
were. Miss Carrie Cavltt, sister of the bride, as
bridemaid, and Edward Binns, brother of the
groom, as best man. The ushers were Messrs.
E. and w. l.. Rodgers, r. Il McClaran. H. g.
Veeder, C. G. Hussey and ]. II. GrubD, the
latter of Philadelphia. The wedding was wit
messed by large and fashionable audience
Rev. DR.. White officiated, and Beveridge Webs
ter presided at the organ.
A reception was subsequently held at the
Cayitt mansion in the East End for the rela-
tiyes and ushers. A wedding trip will be en-
joyed by the young couple among Eastern
cities.