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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09
THE READINGS PETITION.

A new phase of the effort to carry out
the Reading combine is afforded by the
statement-which comes simultaneously
with the announcement that the Attorney
General will file a bill in equity against
the Reading deal-that a petition is being
circulated throughout the Eastern part of
the State urging upon the Governor that
the combination is really very good
thing. The petition disclaims, on behalf
of its signers, anything to do "with the
legal questions before your Attorney
General" but as its space is occupied
with the assertion that the consolidation
of the interests of the several coal produc-
ing regions of the State with view to the
readjustment and equalization of prices"
will result in an expected increase in the
price of labor" it is evidently intended to
impress upon the Governor that the Con-
stitutional question must not be energetic
ally pushed against the consolidation.
This is sad falling from the early as
sertions that the provisions of the Consti-
tuition were fully met in the consolidation,
and that it would be easy to prove that
there was no control of parallel or COM
peting lines. 1t entirely lacks the mas
terly tone of the assertion that the consol-
idation would be carried through mo
matter what the courts might say" To
come down from that high horse and re-
sort to the effort to influence the admins
tration by a petition which really means
that the signers do not want the Constitu-
ton enforced reveals greater respect for
the law on the part of the combination
than was to be suspected from their past
course.
1t is well-known quality of the public
exercise of the right of petition that if
paper was circulated recommending his
satanic majesty for an Office of trust and
profit it would obtain numerous signers.
No doubt the railroad corporations, the
stock operators, the coal mining compa-
nies, who expect to get share of the
profits of the combination, and their nu-
merous employees and dependents can get
up monster petition. But even if ma
jority of the people of the State should
petition against the enforcement of the
Constitution that instrument would still
remain the supreme law of the Common
wealth.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09
REFORMS THAT DO NOT REFoRM.
Some Hot Shot Fired by Rev. DR.. Rains
ford In New York.
New York World.l


ford in New York.
New York World.l
At st. Georges Church on Sunday the first
Sunday In Lent, so many sought admission
in the morning that hardly standing room
could be provided. The Rev. DR.. George s.
Rainsford occupied the pulpit and preached
from the text: "Thou grantest them their
request and sendeth leanness into their
souls" DR.. Rainsford said:
"Life is the diverging Of many forces 1t
is made up of an almost infinite number of
pulls and drags and pushes given at many
angles. Yet there is But one resultant We
mus t be what we wish. We shall grow as
we aim. We cannot fail to grow as we will
God himself cannot make us other than we
when we say that God, in all his omnipotent
power cannot alter the will OF man. save by
throwing about him divine influences of
grace. So
Social reformers too often fail to consider
this. Archbishop McGee, now dead, once
said to the House Of Commons when called
upon to speak upon some liquor traffic legis.
lation, that he would rather see England
free than sober! How would truth be indi-
Gated In that sentiment!'
"To-day every effort in business and moral
1t may do very well to organize capital and
say to the banker that you want per cent
dividends, but 1t is disastrously traitorous
to introduce this idea into the realm of
morals.
"a large part of 1900, 900 people find much
comfort in the one principal meal OF the
same people have not schooled themselves
to do without their glasses of liquor.
What now occursP Why, enthusiasts, buz-
z1ng like so many waSDs In hive, go to tho
Legislature and get law passed ordering all
saloons to be closed. Is that law obeyed?
Not at ALL What follows then? The exist
ence of that iniquitous institution, the back
door. Here is our folly shown?
"Better, much better, my friends, to open
the front doors of saloons during certain
definite hours of the day than to make it
defy the law and enter the saloons by COW
cred passageways. We are working against
fhe law of GOD when we support such re-
torn legislation as that existing at present
against the liquor traffic.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09
PAID $500 FOR A BRICK.

Tho Latest Victim Of tho Green Goods
Gang squeals Loud and Lustily.
PHILADELPHIA, March 8.-Another case of
green goods swindling by the New York
gang that has been operating so extensively
throughout the country, was brought to
light to-day by the victims discovery of the
usual brick in the box instead of the spuri-
GUS money he had purchased. A young man
giving his name as J. U. Coon, Of Fairfax, S.
c., called at detective headquarters this
afternoon and said that he had been
swipdled out Of $500 by sharpers in New
York. Coon took the bait sent to him by
mail, and went to Baltimore, where he was
met by "steerer" and taken to New York
There he was introduced to the principals in
the affair. and paid $500 for what he thought
was SIC, 900 worth of counterfeit money.
After his discovery Of the cheat Coon re-
mained in state Of mental collapse until
the train arrived in this city, when he re-
covered sufficiently to make his way to
the police authorities and inform them of
his loss.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09
JoKELETs FROM JUDGE.

''Shall you go to the party tomorrow
night?'' ask Miss Emerson of Boston of her friend
Miss Bleecker.
..You bet your sweet life. ~ was the reply.
''But isn't it rather reprehensible to wager ones
ssccharine vitality?''
Hofenbloom-Baby like der tick-tick7
Hofenbloom's Baby-It vos nod goot peesuess
policy to gif any.
Hofenbloom (delighted)-You see der wheels go
'roundt fer dot mein leedle sohn.
Bloobumper-Well, suppose the sew
ing-society went over . great lot Of gossip this
afternoon?
Mrs. Bloobumper-No; we .did't talk . bit Of
gossip;
Mrs. Boobumper-Every member was present.
Jones-I say Brown, old fellow, you
ought to reform.
Brown-Whati 1?
Jones-Own up, now. Amt you regular sotf
Brownie, Jones; not that. But I guess you
may put me down as something Of an anti-temper-
Nance fanatic.
pleaded with her more than once,
Sweet Hester. for her love a-suing;
But then she called me dolt and Ounce.
All, her replies were my undoing.
At least thought so years ago;
But now I'm happily wed and Cupid
Has never come to her, and SO
I don't appear oDe-half SO stupid.
MI. Wsyback-Be yew the waiter?
Waiter-Yes, sab.
Mr.. Wayback-Dew yew know, I've been a-won.
derin' all along why they call these places chop
houses. know now. VIII yew please bring me
an ax2 want tew cut this steak.
'T'd like to know why you refer to my
papa as Satan,'' exclaimed Eliza Snodgrass "a
young Mr.. bunker.
IT have scripture authority for it.n
'Indeed?"
''Yes. Isn't he father Of 'Lize?''
Bottom-land Farmer-Why don't yer git
. stan breaker ter harrer your land with9
Upland Farmer-Got that divin-ben yet ter put
in yer;spring wheat with?
Mayor-This is, indeed, serious business
You say the policemen have struck
Chief-Yes, sir: every man.
Mayor-Whatdo they want more vases2
Ch1sf-Nos sir; home ruls for Ireland.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09
NO EXCUSE FOR MOB LAW.

A cotemporary thinks the granting Of a
new trial to Falton Hall, the Tennessee
desperate who had been sentenced for his
ninety-ninth murder, affords an instance
why mobs rule so often. This paper says:
Time was when a man committed murder
he was pretty sure Of paying the penalty
legally with his life, but his chances Of
escape are many and great now. The only
remedy for this great wave Of crime which
has increased so during the last generation
is, especially in the South, to make punish
ment follow surely and speedily every
crime, from the least to the greatest.
Without undertaking to express any
opinion at this distance of the facts in the
Hall case, it may be conceded that the
administration Of justice is uncertain, de-,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09
IT Is TINE TO SPEAK,
And Also Time to Pray When Mon Like
Gould Give tho Church Gold.

And Also Time to Pray Whom Mon Like
Gould Give tho Church Gold.
New York Letter.
Rev. DR.. W. s. Rainsford, rector of st.
Georges Protestant Episcopal Church, of
which j. Pierpont Morgan is q vestryman,
severely criticizes the action Of the Presby-
terian clergymen who met the other night
in Jay Gould's house and received from him
$4,000 for church extension. In his sermon
Yesterday he said: "When hear of
Church strong, numerous, influential and
rich-a body Of Christian men remarkable
for the championing of what they claim to
be Apostolic Christianity-calling meeting
for the extension of Christ's Church in the
house of the one man who before the people
of all these United States has confessedly
represented what is the very opposite
Of Christianity "A man who has
done more to degrade and debauch
the morals OF business life than
any other citizen-when this happens, say,
It is time to speak as well as to pray. I state
the matter as temporarily as can when l
say mistake has been made which has put
tens of thousands of Christian people to the
blush; and more, say it is idle to talk of
praying for the Advancement Of Christ's
Church If such things are allowed to pass un-
challenged, or those who are responsible for
them to pass unrebuked."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09
DEPRESSED corroN,

The price of cotton in Liverpool has
touched the lowest point on record and q
panic is expected among dealers on the
other side of the ocean. OF course, the
same cause affects the cotton producers in
this country unfavorably, and renewed
talk is heard of the necessity of COM
bined movement to restrict the growth Of
cotton
Yet the nature of the case proves that
no combination will be of the slightest
avail. The decline in the value of cotton
is mainly due to the growth of its culture
in Eastern counties, in addition to the in
creased production under free labor in the
South. If there is profit to cultivators
trary restriction of production would sim
ply transfer the market to other countries.
If there is loss in the cultivation there is
no need for combination to restrict acre.
age 1t will restrict itself.
This effect We may expect to see pro-
duced in the near future. The less fertile
cotton lands will be eliminated from pro-
duction by force of necessity. There is
land which will yield as high as two or
three bales to the acre, and there is other
land from which it is hard to get quarter
of bale. On land that yields over bale
to the acre there is still profit to be
obtained by cultivation; while the land
which yields less will be devoted to graz
ing or other purposes. If, as asserted, the
crop does not repay the. cost of cultiva-
tion, the land will pay better if put into
timber than if cultivated at loss. If
there is not a considerable reduction of
acreage by the elimination of the less
fertile land it will signify that the talk
about loss really means that the cotton
planters cannot make the big profits of
past years.
On the other hand, the low prices have
their compensation. Until more service
able and cheaper fabric than cotton is dis
covered its consumption will keep pace
with production. Its cheapness is the best
guarantee against its disuse. The evi-
dence of increased consumption, appears
almost concurrently with the low prices.
The additions to the cotton manufacturing
industry in Lancashire alone amount to
1 1850, 900 spindles. Cheaper cotton means
cheaper fabrics, and cheaper fabrics mean
increased consumption all over the world.
This, in time, insures reaction in favor of
the cotton growers. The cotton-growing
Interests are no doubt undergoinga severe
ordeal, but better future for them is
among the certainties.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09

1T is to be hoped that the Congressional
Committee appointed to accompany the re-
mains Of the late Representative Kendall
will do something toward earning their din.
ners by officiating as bearers for that twenty
five miles to be traversed after leaving the
railroad. 1t would be a touching token of
respect and economic principles.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09
THE TAIL wAGG1NG THE DOG,
Brownsville Trying to Annex the Large,
Town Of Bridgeport.

Town Of Bridgeport
BROWNSVILLE, March s.-[Special. 1.-The in
habitants Of this place ana Bridgeport are
greatly agitated over the question of a post.
Office for Bridgeport and also because OF the
proposed annexation Of the latter town to
Brownsville. Bridgeport has population
OF nearly 200, and, although it has more in
habitants than Brownsville it has no post
office. Should Brownsville lose the postal
patronage of her larger sister, she would
fall back into q fourth-class office. For this
reason the Brownsville people are fighting
the new postoffice petition. To head of the
project the annexation petition has been
signed by almost every man in Brownsville.
Bridgeport cannot get a postoffice until
the name of the town has been changed, as
there Is another postoffice Of the same name
in this State. To overcome this objection,
the citizens called q meeting of Council last
night to have the name changed, but that
body refused to DO this. A big Indignation
meeting was held tonight. ct which the
servants of the Brownsville people.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09

OUR Government should take hint from
Italy and allow the Baltimore sailors claims
to be made privately against the Chilean
authorities in the same way as that used by
the families affected by the New Orleans
mob against the Crescent City.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09

Now that Hill has gotten back to the
Senate after arranging his New York
mechanism, he is TO take leave of absence
to mount the stumps of the South. Hill will
do anything for Hill, whether it interfere
with the performance of duties for which he
is paid makes no difference whatever.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09
al New Comet piscuxeretl.

ROCHESTER, N. Y, March a.-Prof Swift, of
the Observatory, Rochester. N. T., discov-
cred this morning just at daybreak bright
telescopic comet. As read from the circles.
It was in right ascenson 10 b. 30 M, declina.
direction. It can be seen with an opera
glass. but no tail was visible through the
great telescope.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09
Liberals Garry Hawaii,

HONOLULU, March Little excitement at
tended the elections Of last month, and
Affairs are now quiet. Returns now COM
plete from all quarters Of the kingdom show
that the coming Legislature is composed Of
As Liberals, or opposed 20 ,'fnissionary" in
nuence. The House will not sit until Nay
NEXT
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09

DALzELL starts out with the immense
advantages to be derived from the solid sup
port of the best business elements, and his
success will be assured by a maintenance Of
the high principles which have hitherto
characterized his work.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09

The fnancier who does his best to con-
ceal a Gift of $4,000 to the University of New
York, while reveling in the ruins he has
wrought among stock dealers, has strange
character in which there must be some con-
siderable sprinklfng of good intention.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09

ORGANS which attempt to stir up inter-
national animosity at the least possible
provocation are acting in an unseemly
fashion, and going to work in q way most
likely to debase the national dignity and
integrity"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09

SOMEBODY is likely to make fat picking
from those cattle supplied to the Indians, to
judge from the prices paid for them, and the
many reports recently received that the
cattle delivered to the red men are mostly of
the bag g-of-pones species.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09

The treaty providing for the arbitration
of Bering Sea matters has not yet been
signed, sealed and delivered, though it is
expected that enough seals will be found for
the purpose.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09

PHILADELPHIA is offered q handsome
monument free of charge, and it is foolish to
raise petty objections to its erection in q
place well fitted for its reception.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09
Rusk Has No Easy Cake Walk.

Chicago Herald.
The Secretary of Agriculture is now out
as candidate for President. But Harrison
is away ahead, and Rusk in spite of the asso-
citation of his name with a popular variety
OF pastry may expect no easy cake walk in
the race against him.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09

A widespread Plot Alleged to Restore
Braxirs Fallen Dictator.
Rio DE JANEIRo, Feb. E.-Congressman
Aristides Lobo, who has exceptional oppor'
tunities for obtaining informatio n, but for
whose morbid Imagination allowance must
be made, says there is no doubt of the exist
ence of widespread plot, with ramifica-
tions In Congress in the artillery and the
navy, to restore to ONCE General da Fonseca
and his friends.
Recent news from Sac Paulo and Rio
Grande do Sui indicate that the theory of q
general uprising is not altogether baseless.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09

The Whisky Trust makes many protesta-
tions to the public, but most people are un-
der an impression that it will find when it
falls that it has had q drop too much.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09

APPLICANTS for help from public charity
are about as prone to return the same as the
man who inadvertently misappropriates
an umbrella
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09

SECRETARY FOSTER appears to be ac-
complishing altogether too much for q man
seeking to benefit his health by rest and
quiet.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09

LONDON is now in fair way to obtain
something more than merely nominal local
government and the control Of her police
will be one of the first objects sought.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09

. LET it be clearly understood that bv a
Free Coinage Bill the owners of silver mines
would profit at the expense of the wage
earners
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09

No doubt the German and Russian peoples
will realize that any attempt at puiveriza-
tion seriously involves their interests, but
the trouble is the little difference that makes
IN thA r.uIere
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09

Cn1c38o IIlounesi l.tl
Good roads indicate . high civilization.
Good roads are impossible where narrow
buggy tires prevail. Ergo. the marrow tire
b . foo to civilization. BanishfA
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09

THERE is no string attached to the prose-
cution of the National Cordage Trust.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09

THERE is some appropriateness in de-
scribing starving bread rioters as loafers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09
BEFORE the Raum Investigation Commit

BEFORE the Raum Investigation Commit
tee to-day MI. Chandler, Assistant Secretary
of the Interior, was the first witness. His
testimony was of little Importance. He
said he had never received charges to the
effect that young Raum had taken money
for illegal transactions He had no personal
knowledge that any person employed in the
Pension Office was interested In the refrfx-
orator company of which Commissioner
Raum was President
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09

ALLEGHENY CITY has wealth untold in
the money which is owed to #.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09

REPREsENTATIvEH HOLMAN, of Indiana,
isagain confined to his rooms in the Hamilton
House by an attack of illness. He was un-
able to be at the Capitol yesterday or to-day.
He has never fully recovered from the ef-
fects Of the grip, with which he was afflicted
last winter, and since then has been sick
several times with throat and other all
mentS.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09
A warning to All once Hold.rs.

The fate Of once Mayor Wyman 10 warn.
ing to al once holders
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09

Mr. JOHN ALGEo, of Williamsburg, will
leave to-day for south California, where he
intends to delve in the mysteries and pleas
ures Of an Orangery.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09

ABOUT IS young people Of Williamsburg
and the East End will attend party to be
given by Miss Maggie Laufmann at her
evening.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09

Miss LAURA WoRTHINGToN, Of Ross
street, Williamsburg. will entertain q num-
Der of her friends this evening with euchre
and music.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09

COMMISSIONER RAUM has sent Secretary
Noble q letter in reply to the letter of the
Secretary in relation TO pensions called up
upon the status slips of members of Com
gress found complete by the examiners
briefed and sent forward for allowance.
He says he made search for this evil as soon
as it was suspected and applied the remedy
as soon as It was detected. The cases called
upon Congressional slips were not consid-
cred under tho rule established by the com.
pleted files order, but contrary to 1t.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-09

The Secretary of War to-day transmitted
to Congress communication from Chief of
Engineers Casey submitting estimates Of
amounts that can be proftably expended
during the coming fiscal year to carry out
the recommendations of the board appoint
ed to investigate the mining debris problem
in California. These are: For the protec-
tion of the navigation of the Yuba river, the
construction of q dam at Deguerre Point,
1000; restrictive works below the dam,
10000, and at Van Giesen's dam on the
Bear river M5OQQ
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-01-21

He Is Charged with Running a Gambling
House Without One.
Colonel RAYMOND was arrested on Main
street yesterday for running a gambling
house without a license. The colonel was
Immediately released IN $500 bail, which
was furnished by Thomas Graham. The
warrant for Colonel Raymond's arrest was
issued at the time Charles Brown was gath
cred in by Marshal Sims officers. charged
with feecing one Patrick Henry by means
of a ''sure thing game. Brown gave bonds
to appear before the district court. The
place which Col. Raymond is alleged to
the second floor of the building On South
Main street next to Broadway. County
Attorney Nolan SAYS Raymond recently
went to the county treasurer and got q
license which he had dated back to cover
certain dates. Henry says Raymond is one
of the parties who was in the scheme, and
who, after taking oil his money, was kind
enough to give him back enough to got
something to eat. The coloneps hearing
has been set for three p. M. to-day before
Police Judge Sanders when there promises
to be q crowded house.
Col. Raymond took his arrest very coolly.
He is a w%ell-known figure in gambling cir
cles and may be seen almost any after
noon on Main street. The colonel would
attract attention anywhere by his erect
and soldierly like form. His hair is gray
and Qold-rimmed glasses adorn his promi-
nent nose and give an intellectual air to his
nristocratic looking features. Col. Ray
mond is always neatly dressed and reminds
a person of one of those fine looking old
gentlemen of the old school. \