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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-05
THE BURDEN OF EUROPE.

A striking picture of the waste of human
life in war is drawn by Camille Flam-
marion, the French writer, in a special
article appearing in this issue of THE DIS
PATCH The grim statistics of the total of
dead bodies, dismembered limbs and
wasted blood, which the European wars
of the century have produced, should be
SUFFICIENT to inspire in the next century q
determination to beat swords to plow-
shares, and to melt down Krupp guns for
pacific machinery.
Yet the enumeration of the loss of life
and limb by war, although the most horri-
bic, does not give the whole of its burden
upon humanity. The men who are slaugh-
tered in the wars of ambition and policy
are at least emancipated from further
suffering. But the waste of money in war
wrung from the taxation of the masses
represents vast sum of human toll and
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-05
FAIRGROUNDS In raE PARK.

While Schenley Park is young and un-
formed it is well to consider how it can be
used in part for the public benefit. In
this connection THE DISPATCH suggests
that it would be well for the city authori-
ties to devote small portion of park
acreage to public playground. This is a
purely practical suggestion, for the plan
is in successful operation in nearly all the
cities where the nature of the parks will
permit.
For many years the people of Brooklyn
have used beautiful hooks in Prospect
Park for lawn tennis, archery and other
outdoor pastimes which do not require
much space In other portions of the
park are baseball, football and cricket
grounds which can be had on application
to the park authorities. These grounds
are used by the young. people at will for
ordinary exercise, and if formal
match game of some sort is on, the park
police keep the peace, protect the umpire
and help the canoe along generally. The
same applies to Druid Hill Park in Balti-
more, Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, the
Common in Boston, Central Park in New
York and to several of the parks in Lon
don and Paris.
1t has been the experience of those in
charge of the parks that the outside public
is great admirer of out-of-door pastimes
and does not obtrude itself in disagree
able manner. There can readily be ar
rangements made in Schenley Park for
the preparation of tract for use. There
can be tennis courts and other quieter
games by themselves and at some distance
from the noisier and more public sports.
If Chief Bigelow will talk to some of
those who take an active interest in our
amateur organizations he can get practical
suggestions which at trifling cost can be
put into practice even this year. Some
kind of inexpensive pavilion can be erected
in which are lockers and dressing rooms
for rental and which will serve as head
quarters for those who take part in the
games.
There is a very large portion of the COM
munity which has no lawns nor play
grounds of its own and it is the duty of
the city's officers to try paternal govern
ment in mild form.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-05
DISCOVERY OF THE ROOF GARDEN.

The opening of a roof garden in con-
nection with another theater in New York
has produced an outburst of enthusiasm
from our esteemed New York cotempora-
ries in favor of that feature 1t would
seem to be an indisputable proposition
that roof garden is a very pleasant
variation for the crowded cities during hot
summer evenings, but when we find the
spirit of the movement going the length Of
presenting the roof garden as complete
substitute for the summer in the country
and the abolition of peaked roofs every
where as a relic OF barbarism, there seems
to be possibility of OVERRIDING the thing.
1t can be laid down as general PROPOSE
ton that roof garden in the summer
would be a very good thing for those who
have no way of enjoying the genuine
article. As substitute for paved streets
or stuffy rooms in hot city the better
circulation and cooler air will be boon to
many an overheated soul. But to tell one
who is accustomed to the dewy freshness
of genuine country garden or the breezy
GOODNESS Of hilltops or seashore, that he
can get any substitute for them from
hanging garden of the city where the re-
fraction from brick walls and metal roofs
lasts past midnight, and where the pre-
siding odor is stale beer, is something
worse than offering stone in place of
bread
New Workers or any other city dwelIers
who cannot reach cool, windswept hill
tops, or something genuine in the line of
gardens, should invite their souls in the
roof gardens, to the best of their oppor-
tunities. But the outburst over the dis
covery of that substitute, as a boon to un-
born mankind, contains a strong sugges-
ton that the greatest benefactor will be
he who solves the social problem of trans
planting large share of the congested
city population to the country, where they
can enjoy something genuine in the shape
of air and verdure.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-05
look upon the office he holds as his private

look upon the office he holds as his private
property"
This is generally taken as hitting Mr
Harrison. It does so undoubtedly, but it
is likely to hit other people as well, and it
is just possible that it may hit some OF
them harder than Harrison. After the
public has got through fitting 1t to the
President they may exercise their
memories sufficiently to reflect that Mr..
Platt is well posted on this point He
became nationally prominent eleven years
ago for the strenuous way in which he
insisted that not only the office he then
held for short time, but large number
of other offices were the private property
Of himself and Senator Roscoe Conkling.
When politician is tempted to indulge
in epigrams at the cost of others, 1t is dis
Greet to write the epigram down, study all
its possible applications and then commit
it to the waste-basket
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-05
MANY ICEBERGs AT SEA.
Steamships Arriving at New York Report
the Atlantic Full of Them.

Steamships Arriving at New York Report
the Atlantic Full OF Them.
NEW YORK, June A-The reports of incom-
ing steamers during the past week show an
unusually large number OF icebergs drifting
about the Atlantic. These icy monsters are
becoming a great menace to the trans
atlantic liners, for they are directly in the
path usually followed by the big liners at
this season of the year. AS q consequence
OF this prevalence of ice the cautious navi-
gators are making unusually long trips, for
they steer very southerly course to avoid
humping into one Of the derelicts from the
Polar regions.
The log of the Inman liner, City of Berlin,
which arrived yesterday evening, shows
how dangerously close to the transatlantic
path the icebergs are lowering Just at
present. On the afternoon of May 81, about
545 O'clock, the Berlin was in latitude 5000,
longitude 42. Is. 1t was clear and pleasant
evening. Mostly all the passengers were on
deck. About O'clock the air became very
chilly and the temperature OF the water was
fcebergs and steered a more southerly
course in the hope of avoiding them. About
O'Clock. only few miles to the north
towering double-pinnacled berg was sighted
1t, and in the distance the peaks looked like
cathedral spires. The berg was fully 800
feet high and about 500 feet long. The sun
sn Wss I view 81 the
miring eyes by the Berlin's passengers.
Twenty minutes later another berg was
sighted on a direct line with the first. Be-
tween 8 and $40 o'clo ck four bergs were
sighted. None of them was less than 100 feet
high and 800 feet long. All were in good
state Of preservation and looked as though
they would be able to drift about Tor some
time. All of these bergs were directly in
the westward track of steamers.
The Rayltan Dixon, from Jgysund, q Swed-
ish port, also encountered some bergs, She
saw two on May Is in latitude "A, longitude
Werlsendanl. from Rotterdam, sighted on
May 80, in latitude Ass. longitude A7.6o. a
berg measuring 200 feet high and 500 feet
long. The same day the Werlsendam passed
through a lot of broken Ice, and also sighted
o piece about 80 feet high.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-05
CONVENTION NEWS
The Dispatch VIII, as Usual, Have the
Best and Brightest Reports.

The Dispatch VIII, ss Usual, Have the
Best and Brightest Reports.
The DIsPAToH, which was the first upon the
field of Presidential action at Minneapolis,
will continue to furnish the most elaborate,
diversified and non-partisan reports of the
work and gossip prior to and during the Re-
publican National Convention.
Besides assigning the best reporters on
our staff to look after the local end of the
proceedings, TIE DISPATCH has secured Mr..
GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND ("Gath'D to
sketch the features Of each days doings un-
til the close Of the convention. In
addition, THE DISPATCH will be served
by a special STAFF composed of the
best writers on the 'leading jour-
mails Of the country. By this cooperative
arrangement THE DISPATCH will secure all
the inside and outside Information, which
will be carried quickly over its leased wires
and given to the public at the earliest hour
every morning.
The DISPATCH also has at its command the
elaborate reports of the Associated Press
which has made extensive preparations for
covering the routine work of the great gath
ering.
Patrons of TIE DISPATCH will get every
thing from all sides and in good shape.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-05
A NEW TIN-PLATK MACHINE.
Invention of . Fhiladelphian Which Turns
1t Out in Continuous Roll.

Invention of . Fhiladelphian Which Turns
It Out in q Continuous Roll.
From Hardware.1
Amachine for the manufacture of tin plate
has just been PUT into successful operation
by the American Ttn-Plate Machine and
Manufacturing Company, OF Philadelphia,
the invention of Samuel Y. Buckman. of that
city. A feature of this machine is that it
turns out the plato in q long roll, making q
perfect looek OF the sheets.
The machine is 80 feet long and four feet
wide. Black steel sheets, 10 feet long and 20
inches wide, are taken from pickle which
removes all rust, and fed into one end of the
machine, passing through the different pro-
cesses of cleaning. dipping and soldering
end continuous roll Of plate. The sheets
are obtained from Pittsburg, being made
specially for this machine. American sheets
have to be used, on account of the unusual
length necessary. After being fed into the
machine. the sheets are carried along by
rolls passing first under two brushes, which
by the use of sand scour the top Of the sheet.
TuGthe on NJ two more brushes sSour the
between sprays of water, which give final
cleaning. Three steam, or felt rolls, sur
rounded by steam jackets, next come in con-
degree Of moisture desired, and preparing
them for coating.
Before passing into the hux, the ends of
sheets come under the action of an ungeni-
GUS device which makes compact seams
From this point the sheet becomes contin-
uous, passing, by means of series of rolls,
through fIx box containing oil f1ux. and
then through the metal in the pot, which is
covered with palm oil. The seams are
soldered by the metal, the two operations
being performed at once. After leaving the
pot the plates pass between rolls which are
adjustible, partly regulating the thickness
coating
sheet of metal passes from the pots to the
second story, between a final set Of rolls
which fix the seams firmly, and shear that
cuts 1t into desirable lengths. No boxes
will be used, the intention being to sell the
tin in rolls of suitable ZENITH. Two men are
required to handle the machine proper, and
the complement Is six men, one of them q
skilled mechanic. The minimum capacity
OF the machine is stated to be 100 boxes
day of ten hours, the product Of five stacks
operated by the old method, when the sepa-
rate plates have to be dipped successfully
into the wash. flux and metal bath.
1t is claimed that this machine can turn
out the highest grade of plate, as we'll as the
lowest. and, by changing the temperature in
the metal pot and regulating the rolls
the pot, tho thickness of the metal desired
can be pur on. The seams are far better
than can be made by hand, and the strips
arc as straight as II is possible to make
them. 1t is their purpose to use in this ma
chine only American black sheet iron, and
they are now waiting upon Pfttsburg for
sheet iron, when the machine will be put to
work. and, in ALL probability, q new era in
the tin business will be opened.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-05
BLAINE IN THE FIELD.

As was foreshadowed in THE DIS
PATcH's special kilograms few days ago,
and positively predicted yesterday, Mr.
Blaine has cleared the political situation of
doubt by resigning his position of Secre-
tary of State. The correspondence be-
tween himself and President Harrison is
terse, and is marked by the absence of the
usual expressions Of regret on either side.
With that short, sharp and decisive ex-
change of letters the mist in the atmos-
phere at Minneapolis is dispelled.
By this act Mr.. Blaine shows that he is
not to be in any way bound or hampered
by an official connection with the Presi-
dent He gives the convention at Mime
apolis to understand that if it wishes to
confer the nomination on him he has
placed himself in position to accept it
With this declaration on one hand, and
the constant and uncomfortable popular
demand for his nomination on the other,
there is hardly any room for doubt as to
the nomination The real force of the
Blaine tidal wave is from the people, and
while Office holders and the expectants of
favors from President Harrison will op-
pose it TO the last, it will prove ire
sistible
Our special dispatches from Minnea-
polis-eoncerning which it is simply state
ment of fact to say that they have so far
surpassed those of any paper in the coun-
try and will continue to do so during the
convention-show that wire pullers on
both sides are claiming votes enough to
control the nomination. But the knowl-
edge Of what the people want is stronger
force than any ante-convention estimates.
That knowledge will be doing its work
with the delegates during every hour from
this time till the convention begins ballot
ing.
When the point of balloting is reached
it will not take long for the result to dis
close itself, and the Republican party will
be in the field with the leading living
American as its candidate, on the plat
form of protection, reciprocity and the
alliance of the American nations for their
mutual interests.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-05
THE BUILDERS ExcH.NGE RULING.

IhE BOlLDEhS' tACh 'N1E hOAhT>o'
Judge McClung's ruling in the Builders
Exchange case yesterday, puts the legal
aspect of the policy generally attributed to
that organization beyond question. That
line of action is placed in exactly the same
legal category, as the boycotts ruled on, in
the case of Brace Bros. VS. Evans, and the
succeeding cases.. 1t isillegal to "organize
and combine together" and by "menace
of violence or harm interfere with the
legitimate business of the plaintiffs or in
duce or persuade others to do so." The
Court is also of opinion that the afi-
davits in the case disclose acts of this
illegal character. But as there is no evil
dence submitted that acts of that sort are
about to be committed that can work in
jury to the parties complaining, the tenn
porary injunction is refused. The Court
says:
As before intimated some OF the acts COM
planned of may be such as to render the de-
PENDANTS who committed them liable to ac-
tion 1t law for damages or Indictment. All
we determine here now is, that nothing has
been shown in this case that would JUSTIFY o
court of equity in interfering in the manner
asked for
This authoritative declaration that the
combination to interfere with the legiti-
mate business of persons who, acting
strictly within their own rights, may not
choose to conform to the line of action
prescribed by the Builders Exchange,
should place that organization on its guard
as to the policy attributed to it. The
members of a legitimate industry cannot
afford to place themselves in conflict with
law and public. Nor can they, with due
regard to ultimate consequences, try
to steer as near to the line of illegality
as possible without getting into the grip
of the courts. The building trades should
be conducted on the platform that every
man has equal rights. Men whose prop
erty and business interests are protected
by the law should be the last to introduce
the rule of the boycott and blacklist, as
superior to individual rights.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-05
WHAT HARRISON READ.

The Note of Blaine Conveyed a Double
Meaning to the President.
President Harrison acted very quickly
on the resignation of Secretary Blaine. Per-
haps he read in it what the capitalized let
ters in the following copy convey:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WASHINGTON, June 1, 1892
To the President.
respectfully beg leave to subNdit my
resignation of TE5E ofiCe of Secretary
of State of the United States to which 1
was appointeD by you on the fifth Day
of N Arch, 1883. The copdiTion of public
businEes in the Department. OF State
justiFSies me in requesting TEIat my
Resignation may be accepted imme.
diAtely. Ihavothe honoR TO be
VERY respectfully,
your oBEdienT servant,
JAMES @. BLAINE,
Or to be brief this was the contents as
Harrison read it:
lam the candidate of the party, you bet.
JAMES G. BLAINE
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-05
MR. PLATES EPIGRAM.

Political epigram is generally interest
ing and accompanied by good deal of
satisfaction to the utterer; but it is not
always discreet Sometimes an epigram
which is launched with the greatest sue
cess takes an unexpected flight and lands
on the head of the person who sent it out,
after the fashion of the boomerang.
Mr.. Thomas C. Platt, of New York, is
at present enjoying the satisfactory stage
of feeling over the general success of his
epigram with regard to President Harri-
SOM 1t is astonishing how quick and easy
is the process by which man comes to
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-05
ON A FLOATING ISLAND,
Captain Torrey's Remarkable Experience
in the Pacific Ocean.

Captain Torrey's Remarkable Experience
in the Pacific Ocean.
SEATTLE, WASH, June 4-Captain George
W. Torrey, of the fishing schooner "Alice,"
reports that his boat was almost run down
by a floating island in the Pacific Ocean, Off
Cape Flattery. The Captain and Grew went
on it and made partial exploration. There
were a hut and a small farm on the island
and other signs of habitation, although
there were no signs of life.
"My vessel got caught" said Captain
Torrey. II was prepared to find several fat
hogs and water. All the islands in the Straits
have very abrupt shores. but was electri-
fed to find the line playing out fathom after
fanthom and still had no bottom. At last !
held the line in my hand, and, although
there were 80 Iathoms of it over the side
the lead was not resting on the bottom. We
broke loose as soon as we could and sue
ceeded in getting away without losing any
men, although two had narrow escapes from
drowning"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-05
THE REFoRMAToRY ExoNERATEn
Governor Pattison Receives the Report OF
the Board OF Charities,

Governor PattIson Receives the Report Of
the Board of Charities.
HARRISBURG, June 4-The report OF the
Board of Charities on the investigation into
the charges against the Huntingdon Re-
formatory, preferred by Senator Osborne,
has been received by Governor PattisoD.
The report, which is signed by James B.
Scott, George W. Ryan and George W. Starr,
states that the management OF the institu-
tion has been well maintained, and is honest
and competent.
Criticism is made of the fact that when
improper punishment has been inflicted no
records have been kept of the circumstances.
Deputy Superintendent Smith is found to be
competent and well lifted for the position he
occupies. The Board recommends enlarged
facilities for providing education for the
Inmates OF the Roformatory; modification of
the solitary punishment S. stem, and the
abolishing OF the ball and chain method. 1t
is also recommended that the monitor sys-
tenn be changed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-05

REAL romantic robbers wear masks to
conceal their identity. and there seem to be
more than enough OF them around just now.
Ladies with any pretension to style wear
wells to keep their faces warm ana enhance
their charms, and they are at present even
more numerous than the masked robbers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-05

UNDER the significant circumstances the
form of Mr.. Blaine's signature to his letter
resigning the office of trust to which he was
appointed by President Harrison, that "I
have the honor to be. very respectfully, your
obedient servant" serves to strikingly bring
to mind the observation of Sir Edmund
Burke, the great English statesman. that
I have seen very assuming letters signed,
Your most obedient, humble servant"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-05

THE man who in all ingenuousness strives
to make the reports of rival correspondents
at Minneapolis tally with one another, un-
dertakes a job that will drive him to either
lunatic asylum or an early grave. He
might just as well attempt to square any cir.
Gle other than those political ones designed
expressly for being squared.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-05
Mrs. William C. CONN

Jane NJ, wife of William c. Coffin, one of
Allegheny's Oldest citizens, died on Friday MORN
six months. She was born In Westmoreland county
October lsT. She had been for life member Of
the First U. p. Church of Allegheny, and most
devoted and patient Christian. Besides her hus-
band, she leaves to mourn her three daughters and
one son In Allegheny and son in San Francisco.
Three brothers also survive her Josiah and SAM
uel Osborne of this city. and Albert Osborne. Of
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-05
AMATEUR rHEArRIoAIs ROASTED,
Other Features Of Modern Life Denounce
by the Reformed PresbyterlanS

Other Features OF Modern Life Denounced
by the Reformed Presbyterlank
MANsFIKLR o., June l-[SpeciaL]-Th
General Reformed Presbyterian Synod being
held in this city, has been devoid Of any
thing Of general interest until to-day, when
the report on the woman's right question
was read. This report drew out discus
sion which showed vast difference of opin-
ion. Other reports were read declaring
against secret societies and deciding against
any members entering the Worlds Fair
grounds If the gates are to be opened on
Sunday, or if Intoxicating liquors are to be
sold on the grounds.
The report on Sabbath schools showed an
excellent condition of work, and recon.
mended that increased efforts be made to
have the children organize mission schools.
The report deprecated the growing tendency
to amateur theatricals, and condemned their
Introduction among children, saying tnat
the giving of undue promin enoe to so-called
festivals of Christmas and Easter is merely
the revival of dead Journalism.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-05
PITTsBURG. SUNDAY, JUNEB. 1892.
NOTICE TO AGENTS.

THE DIsP 4TCH has made arrangements
for the most exclusive, as well as the most
exhaustive, reports of the Republican Ma
tiona1 Convention. Agents who have not
sent in their orders for extras should
promptly notify the Business Office, as the
dented.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-05

GENERAL MILES is experimenting on
the use OF bicycles for military purposes,
but it takes the enterprise of two Sharps-
burg boys. thirteen and fourteen years old
respectively, to establish private system
OF mail delivery and collection between two
wheels