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Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-24
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Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-24
Polo Notes.

Bridgeport plays here tomorrow, Christmas night. They defeated New Ha- ven in this city last Friday. They were aided greatly by the referee and the color of their uniforms The home team is play ing a good game and will have a hold on third place The referee was roundly hissed in last Fridays game and will prob ably watch himself more closely after that.
 The New Haven press polo team would like to hear from the Hartford press polo team Address Polo, this office.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-24
6Iauta.

One Cent . word each inserfioi nvs esnts . word for . fall wee (ssveA tfHes.l
Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-24
THE HOUSE COMMITTEES.

Sprfnger's Name at the Head of the
 Ways and Means The Bulk of the
 Cha1rmanships Go to the South. WASHINGTON, D. O., Dec. 23.-Follow- ing are the most important house commit
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-23
PEOPLE OFTEN MENTIONED.

HERR TART is said to be the new Ger
man violinist of the first rank.
Mrs. JOHN SHERWOOD says it is not un-
usual for New York hostess to spend 81, 600
on a luncheon for 20 women.
Mrs. LELAND STANFORD has purchased
$50 handsomely bound Bibles to go in the
students rooms at the Palo Alto University.
DR.. RUTH, United States Army sur
geon, who has cut prominent figure in
Washington, is reported to be dangerously
i'll at Carlsbad.
EX-JUDGE WILLIAM STRONG, who re-
tired from the United States Supreme Court
bench in 1856, is now living in Washington at
the age of "a years, in feeble health.
THE recent visit of Prince Scarsinki,
Chamberlain of the Car, to Paris, is said to
have been intended to arrange visit of the
Czarina to France late in the autumn.
REPORTED that Miss Marie Jansen is to
wed grandson of the noted English brewer
Bass. Nothing ails Bass worldly prospects,
as he is said to be heir to an estate valued at
sl5,OOO,OOO.
JlIE sentiment in the Massachusetts, Re-
publican Convention last week was over
whelmingly for Blaine. A poll of the d ele-
gates was taken in which Harrison had but
4s votes and the magnetic Secretary 372.
GENERAL EDWARD NJ. MCCooK, the
fighting McCook' of the army of the Cum
berland, has been spending a few days in
New York in company with his old friend
and comrade, Colonel John W. Marshall.
Mrs. PHELPS, wife of the American Min
lister at Berlin, sailed for New York on the
steamer Werra, which left Bremen Septem-
Der l6. II. A p. Carter, for many years Ha-
waiian Minister at Washington, is also one
of the Werra's passengers.
THE German Emperor has won the hearts
of the ladies by refusing to drink anything
but sweet champagne. Usually the liking
for sweet wines is looked down upon as
most weak and womanish, and the ladies re-
joice in an ally who is every inch a man,
King, and an emperor besides.
NJ. DELYANNIS, Premier Of Greece, has
been ill for some time. During his sickness
NJ Laimi, Minister of Justice, has repre-
scnted him rs Minister of the Interior The
appointment of NJ. Lafmi, rather than either
NJ. CaTapano or NJ. Deliorgi, as Acting Min
lister of the Interior, caused some sensation,
and revived the reports of dtsagreements in
the Cabinet
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-23
WORK OF TEMPERANCE WOMEN.
Annual Meeting of the W. C. 7. A. Held
Allegheny Yesterday.

Annual Meeting of the W. C. T. A. Held
Allegheny Yesterday.
The annual meeting of the County W. C.
T. A. was held yesterday afternoon in the
Sandusky street, Allegheny, Baptist Church.
The president, Miss Jennie Leeeh, was in
the Chair. Reports from all the officers and
superintendents of departments were heard
and approved. The trea surer reported
balance of SO, 703 on hand after all debts had
been Hquidated. Mrs. Mcdonald read
concise report on her work against the use
of narcotics, and Miss Harper an interesting
paper on the work of q local "Y." Mrs.
Watson desired the Union to purchase and
distribute 5000 leaflets, or catechisms. on
temperance study, among the schools of the
county. After some discussion as to how
they could be placed in the schools and the
best method for teaching them, the motion
to secure them prevailed.
The election of officers was then held.
Miss Leech positively declined a reelection
and Mrs Sands, after receiving an unani-
nous election declined also. Mrs. B. F.
Woodburn was then chosen President; Mrs.
H. c. Campbell, Vice President; Miss Mary
Woodburn, Recording Secretary; Miss Eta
L. Clark, Corresponding Secretary, and Mrs.
B. C. Christy, Treasurer The Alliance then
discussed the advisability OF doing some
practical temperance work through the
Kelley Institute by paying for the treat
ment of patient to be procured. The mat
ter, however was deferred and will be dis
cussed at special meeting to be held on
next Wednesday afternoon at the same
church.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-23
CORRUPTION OR NEGLIGENcEq

The report that the investigating COM
mittee in the jail management has discOv-
cred that employees there took money from
Fitzsimmons to carry the messages which
arranged his escape, and even to deliver
yhe tools by which he burst his bars, is
evidence of the necessity of such an
Investigation as is now going on.
Beyond that it affords a sufficient ex-
PLANTATION for the escape of FitzSimmons.
When the fact was made public that the
criminal had got away from the Jail, it
was perfectly clear that the escape of such
& prisoner from that building could only
be explained by the alternative of either
corrupt collusion on the part of Jail Off
cials or gross negligence. This main fact
prepares the public mind for the pos
sihility that there was both corruption on
the part of some of the Jail officials and
metliciency on the part of others.
OF course, if these things are shown to
he true there should be general clearing
out Of the Jail from cellar to garnet. That
reform seems to be called for by the fact
that one Of the most modern jails in
the country could not restrain a notorious
and defiant criminal Beyond that, if any
official is proved to have cOrruptly aided
FItzSimmons' escape, he should take the
Ilace of the more daring criminal to the
extent Of a term il the penitentiary.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-23
PEOPLE WHO COME AND GO.

Among the guests at the Schlosser is Cap
tain Liedernan, of st. Louis, one of the
Oldest rivermen between that city and New
Orleans. He is covered with badges awarded
by different societies for bravery, but he
Keeps them concealed beneath his coat. He
is here on business.
Charles l.. Gangloff, son of DR.. G. Gang
loft, prominent young man of the W est
End left yesterday for Cleveland, where he
will attend his fourth and final term OF
lectures at the Homeopathic Hospital Col
lege.
John Deyine, an Alliance, o., contractor,
is in the city. He is at present building q
new banking house at the growing town of
Elwood and fire stone church at Beaver
Falls.
George Roland, who has been in the
tropical fruit business in Pittsburg for some
Mexico. where he expects to make his home.
JR Pearson. the Fifth avenue photo
oronher. and his wife left yesterday for
Europe, where they will tour it for q couple
of months.
Henry F. Green, advance for the Abe
lincoln Company, is registered at the
SchIosser His company viii arrive next
Saturday.
&c. Sherburne, of Boston, and w. A.
Heroy, of New York, both plate glass manu-
focturers, were registered at the Duquesne
yesterday.
Mrs T A. Stewart, of Washington, Pa,
,n,i Nrr i stewart of New Jersey, are
anong the guests at the Seventh Avenue
Charles Burgess, of Titusville, accom-
nanied nv Mrs Burgess, is in the city,
guest at the Seventh Avenue.
Cantain II. M. Kune, who figured prom
inentIv in the Johnstown flood, was at the
Duquesne yesterday.
H. J. Hovt, of Millerstown, Pa, the
banker VINO failed Monday is an arrival at
the Seventh Avenue.
r. B. Stone, of Bradford, Charles W.
Stone and \. j. Hazeltlne, ol warren, are ut
the Seventh Avenue.
w. H. Morgan, of the Morgan Engineer
ing Company, and wife, are guests at the
Duquesne-
7 C. Mckinney, the Titusville oil man,
is among the late arrivals at the Anderson.
Colonel Chill Hazard, of Monongahela
CITY. is a late arrival at the Seventh Avenue.
Edmond L. Brown and NJ. A, Beecher, of
Youngstown, are DuQuesne arrivals.
CAPTAIN Henry Kuhn, of Johnstown, ar
rived at the Duquesne last evening.
Joshua Douglass, prominent attorney
of Meadville, is at the Duquesne.
Mrs. c. n. Brady, of Washington, Pa, is
q guest at the Seventh Avenue.
j. B. Stevenson, OF East. Brady, is a
guest at the Seventh Avenue.
r. Belleield and wife, London tourists,
are ut the Anderson.
j. L. O'Donald, of Warren, Pa, is guest
ut the Schlosser.
r.. II. Bulley, the Canton manufacturer,
is ut tue Daquesnc.
Thomas Deegan, of Chicago, is at the
Schlosser.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-23
OUR MAIL POUCH.
West Enders Want Water.


To the Editor of the Dispatch:
An evening paper of Saturday mentions
in rather n disparaging manner, the agita-
tlon OF the question of water supply IN the
west End, and, because the recent nres nave
been referred to as an argument In favor OF
q better supply, it says, mot for drinking
purposes; OH no, but to put out fires" NOW,
this Is misleading. we, good people OF the
West End, J" do drink some of the water, ana
we would drink more If the supply were
greater, and If that supplied were OF con-
sistency thin enough to be easily drank.
Ofcourse, we would like water enough to put
out fires, but it is a fact that we frequently
have none to drink. On Steuben street, am
told, we are supplied by a four-inch main,
ana families living on the upper side OF tne
street, or anywhere above the level OF tne
street, can get no water except for a short
time about midnight, rendering it necessary
for some one to remain up until that time
each night to lay in q supply for the next
day. On the lower side of tnis street water
is ordinarily to be had only in the cellars or
Easements below the level of the street, and
even here it frequently happens that there
is no water at all for several hours mt q
time. And in no part of the West End is the
supply of water sufficient to afford the
second floor: and, with the exception, per-
haps, of Main street, not even on the first
floor. Furthermore, what is supplied us, is
often more mud than water, and when at its
worst, to speak OF drinking 1t is simply
absurd, eating would be better term. I'm
der these circumstances l think we have
right to "raise a nowl" and we can do so,
too, without forgetting the "street car row."
JAS. Ii. HOFFMAN.
WEST END, Pittsburg.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-23
FITTsBURG. WEDNESDAY,, SEPT. %, 1ssl.
A SPECULATIVE FAILURE.

The failure of the New York firm of S.
V. White q Co. yesterday, which had its
echo in the temporary suspension of the
pittsburg brokers, Rea & Co.. bears suf-
fcient explanation on its face. 1t was
speculative in its cause and is speculative
In all its effects Moreover, it has evi-
IDENTIFY been produced by speculation of a
peculiarly reckless character, such as is
entirely removed from the domain of
legitimate business.
The failure is stated to be due to opera
tionS for a rise in corn. But the f1uctu-
ations in that staple have not been suffi-
cient to wreck even bull who conducted
his operations on a conservative plan.
The Deacon of Plymouth must have
plunged all he was worth and could bor
row in order to come to grief on that spec
ulatiOn. As he has already been promi-
nent before the country as an example of
the class which gets up corners and tries to
gain wealth by squeezing others-the public
at large preferred-iti is not necessary to
waste much sympathy over the fact that
he turns out TO be the lamb in this case.
sympathy is particularly unnecessary
when the DIAGONAL project that came to
wreck was the cOrnering of a food product
at the very time when it would interfere
with the legitimate marketing of that crop
abroad. The important fact is that the
failure has no proper connection with
legitimate business, even in the grain
market, and any unfavorable effects it
may produce will be merely secondary.
1t is worthy Of notice that the vast ma
jority Of the business reverses of the past
decade have had their origin in just such
speculative operations as these. The
spectators are the weak point of our busi-
ness system; but they cannot seriously in
lure the strength of the business that is
founded on real commercial services The
legitimate industrial and commercial in
tereStS of the country are solidly rooted in
the present and future prosperity of the
l0nI
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-23
A VICTORY FOR THE CONTROLLER.

The decision of Judge Stowe, yester-
day, on the mandamus case of the Clerk
Of Courts against the County Controller
adds another to the feathers the latter Of
fetal has placed in his cap by his deter
mined effort to shake up the dry-bones
about the Court House.
As TO the decision itself it is simply
common sense stated in the terms of the
law The claim that the Controller must
approve bill when It is supported by the
proper affidavit, no matter if he is salts
fed from other sources of information
that the claim is unjust, is placing the
form above the matter. As the Court
very clearly said, the supervisory powers
Of the Controller are not to be so easily
defeated as they could be by that device.
The Controller has discretion as to the ap-
proval Of bills, and it is alike within his
power and duty to refuse warrants where
he is convinced that the public money has
not been honestly and legally earned.
With this decision and the very ener-
getic way in which the Controller has
been exercising his functions, it is per-
missible inference that the day of sine
cures about the Court House is ended.
The Controller started out with the
ayowed intention of inaugurating a new
regime, and he seems to be doing so with
eminent success
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-23
AN uNTDrELY RESIGNATION.

State Treasurer Boyer on returning to
his office yesterday found among the ac-
cumulations there letter from Mr.. Liv-
sey, his cashier, dated August 26, resign
ing his position. The most charitable
view of this news is that it affords re-
markable illustration of the inconven-
fences of running an important office Of
the State with both its heads absent at the
same time, when the resignation of one is
unknown to the other for nearly month
after 1T is written.
The further inference maybe discovered
between the lines of Mr.. Livsey's reSig-
nation that there is not much likelihood of
the urgent de mand for his appearance be-
fore the investigating committee being
satisfied on his part. Livsey was pre-
sumably aware before August &c of an in
tended investigation into the relations
between the State Treasury and John
Bardsley, of Philadelphia Had he
intended to give his testimony before the
committee he could have handed in his
resignation in his own person. The letter
naturally conveys the information that
Livsey does not intend to give the COM
mittee the benefit of his intimate knowl-
edge of the management of State finances.
The friends of Mr.. Livsey should make
haste to inform him that such a course is
not compatible with the theory that he has
no knowledge of crooked transactions.
Resigning under fire has long and properly
been held to be equivalent, if not to plea
of guilty at least to plea of nOIO contend
ere. For men who have long held fidu-
ciary positions such plea is incompatible
with honor, and contains suggestions OF
such obvious character that it is unneces-
sary to point them out.
If Mr. Livsey is not better advised, and
does not appear and testify before the in
vestigating committee, the public suspi-
cion that there has been something rotten
in the management of the State finances
will grow to presumption.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-23
rNTHE HANDS OF BooMERs.

The anticipated serious trouble over the
occupation of the newly opened land in
Oklahoma did not materialize yesterday.
In no case. so far as heard, was there a
grave disturbance There was enough of
disorder, however, to awaken in the minds
of many the query as to whether the pres
ent method for the distribution of lands is
the wisest. Ever since the first land in
Oklahoma was given to the public, there
has been growing sentiment in favor of
the adoption of a dissimilar method. No
one has as yet proposed practical substi-
tute but the result of the second trial of
the plan in force is evidence that it is not
perfect.
1t has suffieed to populate the district
with rapidity that has never been
equaled in modern times. But the ques-
ton as to whether the population is of the
kind best suited for the country has yet to
be determined. The reports from that
district yesterday indicated that there
were more spectators on the ground than
any other class. These were not the men
for whom the lands were opened, but there
was no provision for excluding them. The
actual settlers and farmers were in the
minority, and their interests undoubtedly
require the sheltering provisions of an i'm
proved law before they escape injury at the
hands of the boomers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-23
Obituary Notes,

WILLIAM A. WYLIE, Il well-known pork packer
of Baltimore, died of typhoid fever Monday after
an illness of five weeks.
ISRAEL W. HEULINGs, President of the National
State Bank at Camden, died at Moorestown N j.,
Sunday night i'll his 6Sth year.
AMOS J. BICKNELL, publisher of the Architec-
tyrE and building Monthly, died Monday of asthma
al his residence i'll Elizabeth, n. j.
JOHN SHIRMER proprietor of the Coast House
at Angesea, n. j., died Sunday as the result of a
runaway accident. His hotel was a resort for
sportsmen.
Jesse POTTER, a well-known character in New
Haven. died in the anshouse Monday He was 20
wears old In his prime Potter was considered the
strongest man in New Haven county, and often
times showed his prowess.
MIAHJ BLAKE, one of the trio of New Orleans
men who wrote the ''Khedve, ~ recently dsas-
trously produced at Niblo's Garden, New York,
died in New Orleans Sunday, aged 26. He was
PROF, GEORGE X. BEcHrEL, principal of the
Nottingham Academy, Colora, Cecil county, Md
who was attacked with hemorrhages on a train of
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Rail-
road while going to Baltimore. died at the Johns
HOPKINS Hospital sunday, after the arrival of
his wife.
MRS, ELIZA BUTLER, the youngest daughter of
limited States senator Butler, died of nervous
prostration at her New York home Monday morn
ing after very short illness. General Butler did
n1t know, of his daughters illness until Monday,
when he, reached ler beside. The body will be
taken in "a special car to Edgefeld, 5. G., where
the funeral services will be held to-day.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-23
PHLECKs OF PHUN.

'Papa, where do the coolies come from?"
China, my boy. Why?''
81 thought perhaps they came from Chill. ~
Harper's Baz1r.
If he hadn't been fond of good living, they
say,
He might have in singleness tarried,
But he wanted a well prepared dinner each day
And cook he made love to and married.
But he made mistake when the maiden he took.
If for good cook he was looking;
She declares that she didn't get married to cook
But to have some one else do her cooking.
" T. Press.
Patrick-Begorra, Bridget, thin potatiss
yez poundin' is jist loike meseIf
Bridget-Now what does yez mare by that Pat
rick O'Donovan!
Patrick-Och, no sooner did they git their eyes
on We, than they were mashed.-I5oston Courier
Journal.
st. Peter-What can / do for you, sir?
Applicant am P. T. Barnum.
St Peter-Come in and L will make you ac-
auaintpd with Noah: he had the greatest show on
earth at one time.-N. Y. Herald.
There was lady of our town,
And she was wondrous wise;
She strayed into q drygOOds store
That did not advertise,
And when throughout that store was heard
The echo of her tread,
From top to bottom, on each floor
The clerks all fell down dead.
Cloak Reuielc
"And John-what is he doing?" asked
Mrs. BillingsIy.
''IIe Is studying pharmacy now.''
''Well, the idea. Who'd a thought that John
would ever took to farmin ?''-Denuer Strn
Dashaway-I have an old coat L think
you might wear, Uncle Jasper.
Uncle Jasper-Fse Obliged, sab. Is dat coat
sack? amt got much use for a tail coat sah
Dashaway-Why. what's the matter with tail
coat. uncle?
Uncle Jasper-Uml Mighty unhandy, sab, get
ting ober fences.-ClOttter ind FsTRish1,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-23

naval posts and render that sea
vast harbor for the British fleets that
may blockade the Dardanelles. So far
from being crowded out of Egypt, she is
ready to put a stopper in the Dardanelles
and rule the sea through which Russian
ships must pass to the Mediterranean as
completely as did Athens of old. When
she can plant at one corner of the Medi-
terranean post like those of Gibraltar
and Ismaila at the others and Malta and
Corfu in the center of that sea, she lays
evidence before the other Powers how
futile are the plans to wreSt its control
from her.
The Sigri picnic is rather more in the
traditional French line than in the John
Bull style, and indicates that Salisbury
has preserved touch of the DiSraell
humor. 1t is the fin de steele type of di-
plomacy 1t presents itself to Europe as
a Jest; but it carries behind it the warning:
HSee what we could do if we were in
earnest, and take warning accordingly.
And Russia's unique horror at violation
of the sacred Turkish territory, like the
anxiety of the wolves for the security OF
the sheepfold, proves that the point of the
Joke was fully appreciated.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-23
TIDING OVER A DIFFICULTY.
The Cashier of the Butler County pank
Secures Funds in Pittsburg

1He SdSHl0r Oh the buGler COunUy (-a1k
Secures Funds in Pittsburg.
CHICoRA (N1ILLERsTowN) Pa, Sept. 22.-
Especial lit is now more than week since
it was generally known that the Butler
County Bank at this place had run short of
currency. II. j. Hoyt, Cashier and proprie-
tor of the institution, has ever since then
been busy trying to straighten the affairs of
the bank and before opening the bank after
the first alarm called q meeting of his de-
positors. At this meeting it was shown that
the bank had enough good paper to clear all
debts, including assets in the way of val
liable personal and real property. On this
showing a number of the principal business
men of the town agreed to loan the bank
with good security. With that promise Mr..
wealthy brother, from whom he is said to
have received ample security. When he
returned with the papers, however, his
friends refused to keep their promise re-
garding the loan, thus leaving the bank in
the same condition Is before.
Last night Cashier Hoyt started again for
Cleveland, stating that he would positively
return with the necessary cash and transact
business as heretofore. Cashier Hoyt Is in
Pittsburg, he having wired from that city
tonight that he will be on hand Thursday
next with ample cash to tide over affairs in
He met his rich relatives in that city after
his Cleveland trip, and says he has all the
money necessary. Meanwhile the bank has
continued open, though doing little in the
way of cashing checks. The people had
been very uneasy, but the cashiers telegram
positors here are rather inclined to be lem
len. and saw their money is safe.