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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18
THE QUEENS PIPE ABOLISHED,
Struggled Tobacco Is Distributed to til
Governments Wards.

Struggled Tobacco Is Distributed to the
Governments Wards.
NEWCASTLE, ENG, Jan. 7.-Formerly all
tobacco seized by the Custom House officers,
as well as tobacco detained or deposited in
the Queens warehouse at the several
Custom Houses for security of duty for
which no application was made by the own
ers within six months of date of deposit,
were destroyed in furnaces, under strict
supervision without having been offered for
sale, and q certificate of destruction had
to be given by the principal officer of each
port that the goods were so destroyed This
method of disposing of smuggled tobacco,
known as the Queens Pipe" has been abol-
ished.
A few days ago the Commissioner of
Customs in London, acting on instructions
from the Treasury directed the principal
officer throughout the United Kingdom to
forward all smuggled tobacco which was fit
for smoking to the Queen's warehouse
keeper in London, and the portion unfit for
smoking was TO be burned locally, as had
been the case in the past with all smuggled
tobacco. Cigars and spirits smugeled were
originally an exception to the above regu-
lation, and these goods still continue to be
sold by auction at the several Custom
Houses from time to time, and are not being
returned to London. The purpose of send
ing the smuggled tobacco TO London is to
distribute 1t among the inmates of public
establishments supported, or partially sup
ported, at the expense of the Crown.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18
Goody-Goody Reformers.

Reading Times.]
The Law and Order Society of Pittsburg
has inaugurated a crusade against Sunday
newspapers. On Wednesday evening news
dealer and q newsboy were arrested for SELL
ing papers on Sunday, and wholesale arrests
are expected to follow. This procedure is
strongly suggestive of "straining at gnat
an swallowing a camel" If that of Pitts
bui ,is such a moral and virtuous commu-
nifty that these goody-goody reformers can
find nothing OF more heinous terpitude
than the purveying of Sunday newspapers
against which to direct their efforts. the
Smoky City would seem to have no need for
such an organization as Law and Order
Society. But seriously speaking, does it
not strike the non-fanatical judgment that
it is about time for rational revision OF the
antiquated "blue laws under which such
Quixotic undertakings as the suppression of
Sunday newspapers are attempted?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18
GUARDED HIS MASTERS BODY.
Hound Watches Beside Hunter Acct
d.ntslly Killed.

MuScIE IND, Jan. 17.-Yesterday morning
Amos Rich, of Yorktown, aged %, took a
hound and left home to hunt rabbits About
4 O'Clock John Myers and William McDon-
aid, two hunters, had their attention at
tracted by the bowling of a dog. On investi-
CATION they found the noise was made by a
large hound sitting beside dead man.
The dog didn't notice the two men until
they attempted to approach; then he plainly
displayed his objections, and they retreated
to call help. Soon a half-hundred men were
at the scene. They finally induced the dog
to permit them to approach. The man
proved to be Rich. Evidently in climbing
fence nearby the young mans gun was
discharged. He had dragged himself through
the snow to a stump 80 feet distant, and
taking off his overcoat, placed it under his
head, and laid down to die. After the body
was taken home the faithful dog kept up his
pitiful bowling until driven away.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18
OUR MAIL POUCH.
Have VIC Ere. Coinage Nowe


To the Editor of The Dispatch:
The great struggle between the classes
whose interests are opposed to any increase
in our currency, and the great mass of peo-
pie whose interests are the very opposite,
has been Upon us since 1865. The people
have had the argument, but the other party
has had the influence or the votes. This
question has been placed in national and
State platforms of both parties-some favor
able, some the reverse. Newspapers of both
parties have argued 1t pro and con, and
politicians haye been all torn up on it.
Now the question assumes another phase,
and it is asked, "Have we not already the
law for free coinage:" 1t seems from an in
spection OF the law that we have, and here
it Is:
Act of 1887: "That gold and silver bullion
brought to the Mint for coinage shall be re-
ceived and coined by the proper officers for
the benefit of the depositor." That is as
plain as language can state it. Notice the
terms: "Shall be received and coined" The
language is compulsory on "the proper
The only question further to De considered
Is this: Has the law OF 1887 been repealed?
/ think it has not. The law of 1878, which is
generally considered to have been passed as
"a trick" and which establishes the trade
dollar, reads as follows: THAT any owner OF
silver bullion may deposit the same at the
Mint to be formed into bars, or into dollars
of the weight of 420 grains, troy" This has
been repealed.
Then the act of 1878 providing for "pur-
chase from time to time of silver bullion at
the market price thereof, not less than
g, 1000 600 worth per month, nor more than
"a, 100000 worth per month, and cause the
same to be coined monthly, as fast as so
purchased, into such dollars"
This act has been modified by act of 1890
as follows: "That SO much of the act of Feb
ruary %, 1878, as requires the
monthly purchase and coinage of the same
into silver dollars of not less than q, 900, 900
nor more than 81, 100000 worth of silver
bullion, is hereby repealed"
This brings tine silver question to the
front. Is the law of 1887 repealed? Without
arguing the question at length il Is sufficient
to say that SO eminent lawyer as Senator
Morgan is of opinion that the act of 1887 is
now in force. Steps are to be taken to get
definite opinion from the Senate Judiciary
Committee on the question. And in the
meantime the people should watch their
Congressman well for fear OF amendatory
legislation to keep silver down.
J. II. STEVENSON.
ALLEGHENY, Pa, January 15
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18
TRE QUERIES SHOULD ANSWERED.

THE QUERIES SHOULD BE ANSWERED.
MultitudinOus and various are the trains
Of thought incident to the intelligent OBJ
servance of a confagration If the spec
tator have an artistic temperament he will
be chiefly occupied with the gorgeous
combinations of fire-light, steam, clouds
and moonlight If an economist he will
be mentally figuring up the dead loss and
distributing it proportionatelya among those
upon whom it will fall. If a practical
mechanic he will be measuring the pres
sure of the water and calculating the eff
cheney of the engines. If his nature is
sympathetic he will be mourning for those
who suffer, and if his sensibilities in that
direction are dull he will abandon himself
to an enjoyment of the sight and its at
tendant hustle and occasionally humorous
incidents. And so the man who makes a
study of his fellows finds ample material
for the exercise of his hobby in the crowd
outside the ropes.
The majority of Onlookers at the
last fire here were very forcibly struck,
first by the rapid mastery obtained over
the building by the flames, then by the
apparent lack Of sufficient pressure in the
jets, and last by the inclination of the hose
to burst at unexpected places and without
provOcatiOn. Five or six times the pipes
burst, the escaping water sousing all
within reach, knocking over those near
enough to get its full force, and very
seriously hindering the firemen in their
struggle with the devouring element.
Where and how was the hose obtained?
Who was responsible for its testing? Did
YOU ever see such rotten stuff? These
questions and the like were heard
on all sides in more forcible and less polite
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18

THE figures of the Bureau of Statistics
for the calendar year just ended show the
beginning of the large export movement
which will appear in its most striking form
in the crop year closing next September.
eChe exports of breadstuffs for 1891 reached
total of 1924, ,3l9 500, an excess of $s7.47S,7O4
over the exports for 1890. This is slightly
Offset by the fact that the exports OF pro-
visions were but sl90, ,s4l ,929. or decrease OF
$40 ass, lis from the previous year. The gain
is enough to make very favorable balance
of trade but it is far below what will be
shown in the statistical comparison OF the
different crop years.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18
ObituarysNotes.

ARCHBISHOP JOHN MARANGo. of Athens, is
dead.
Mich AEL FINNERTY. the Oldest man in Indiana.
died in Bluffton Saturday aged 10j.
MADAME OUTREY, whose husband was formerly
the French Minister to Washington, is dead In
Paris. She was daughter Of William Russell, OF
New York.
REV. JOHN KoEL. for 20 years an Evangelical
clergyman officiating in Pennsylvania and Mary
land died In Easton Saturday from grip. He was
II wears DID, and his last charge was In Phiiadei-
phia.
Mrs. HELEN NICHOLSON. wife OF Maxine Out
rey for many years French Minister at Washing
ton and daughter of the late William II. Russell,
of New York, died suddenly of paralysis at Cannes
Saturday.
THOMAS w. HUMEs. d. D.. for many years
President of the University of Tennessee, and an
Episcopalan minister of reEOwn. died at his resi-
dence I'll Knoxville Saturday morning at the age of
II. He was from his youth an ardent abolitionst.
ALExANpER JACKSON DAVIS. well-known
architect. founder of the American Institute of
Architects, and Secretary of the American Acad-
emy Of Fine Arts. now the Academy Of Design.
died Thursday at HIS residence, near Llewcllyn
Park, West Orange, after short illness.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18

language. And they are inquiries which
are practical and important enough to
demand a thorough investigation. 1t
there is jobbery in the matter it must be
punished, if nothing but incompetence 1t
must be remedied, and if there is plausi-
BILE explanation it should be offered at
nnoa
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18
FRIn.y,s Conere,sional "carryings-or

fridays Congressional "carryirgs-on"
again make it deplorably evident that some
Representatives" are under the impression
that they are at the Capitol for no other
purpose than the display Of their own per-
sonalities. Men may be found all over the
world who will do anything to make them
selves conspicuous, but electors should see to
it that their Representatives are taught
that the accomplishment of business is of
infinitely more importance than efforts to
display their knowledge of humorous litera-
ture and be funny on their own account.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18
MINOR KEY NOTES.

ssTho-, roo1Iv faar she will 90 insane
inoy IoS--y - ,art 80. ~ -.
You see' she iouno uiarS ne Nep' 'eioi He ii'es
..Ob. see. And the awful revelations
..Revelation nothing! 1t in cipher and she
coudn' read word of 1t. ''-Dlidnapolis Journal.
- ~, - L.. .I A. .-
LII music nath charms u soo'ne 'ne sa'aSe
r. foraS Dreast - no -u,c that seldom varies.
,,,, -. - ~. a. ,,ood and rot n rest
ID D.. s-,,,. organ grinderS off as missionaries
' -P,,ck
wen, dld the governor IRE you "nen ne
heard of that escapade?
nc ulna Hasoh mil, Ne,cs -'' O'ei '"e
BOhby-Pa, what does IL mean when IL
savs man estate was divided according tolaw?-'
Pa-It means, Bobby. that the heirs of the dead
man get what left afetr the lawyers get through
Judge
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18
The GALA SEASON AT YALE.
Opening OF Promenade Week, with a Series
of Germans

NEW HAVEN, CONN, Jan. H-[Specfol j
Promenade week, the gala season of the col
Iege. is here and with it the annual host OF
fair visitors. The galleries of Battell Chapel
were this morning crowded with strange
faces, eager to see how Yale men behave ut
church. The festivities of the week will be
formally begun tomorrow afternoon, when
President and Mrs. Dwight will give a re-
ception. In the evening the Junior german
will be held at Alumni Hall. ABOUT 60 cou-
piles will take part in the german, which will
be led by A. Chisholm. 49,
On Tuesday occurs the annual concert of
the Yale Glee and Banjo Clubs, OF the Hyper
ion, followed by the Senior and Sophomore
germans. The Senior german will be held at
Alumni Hall and will be led by w. C. Ivf-
son, 9l, and T. L. McCiung, 81 The patron
esses will be Mrs. w. D. Rockefeller, Mrs. D.
B. Ivison and Mrs, Daniel Lord, of New
York City, Mrs William wreightman. of
Philadelphia, and Mrs. William Farnham, of
New Haven. On Monday and Tuesday occur
the society receptions, and on Wednesday
evening will come the grand finale, the
promenade at the Second Regiment armory.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18

The behavior of those present at the an
nual reception ut the Chinese Legation has
again been highly discreditable to this
country at large. People take advantage OF
the ignorance of our language and customs
by the Chinese attaches and servants to
thrust themselves into place to which they
had no invitation, and having gotten there
they prove their unfitness by behaving like
o herd of swine.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18

The movement now to the fore to pro-
vide for the election of United states Sena-
tors by a popular vote is one that should re-
ceive the support Of all who believe that
Senators should be real representatives of
the people. Its far moro difficult to COR
rupt enough individuals to talsify popular
election than to achieve the same result
with an equally powerful number of the
State Legislature, Or for that matter, Of any
electoral college
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18
TALK OF THE TINES.

A Pittsburg man has completed an ar
rangement whereby hose can be raised over
a street car track in the vicinity of a fire,
thus permitting the cars to run as usual
Chicago Tribune. This idea WAS evolved while
the car, lines were stopped by q recent fire.
It.is as yet only an idea, though.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18

Mr.. HoLMAS's resolutions are described
by the New York Tribune a. "merely cheap
bid for notoriety." Perhaps that Is all they
are; but the esteemed Tribune might do well
to consider whether as between cheap bids
and the very expensive bids for notoriety as
those made by the last Congress, the latter
may not be more acceptable to the people
who have to pay for them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18
A Rig TIN PLATE FACTORY.
Only the American Mined Metal Will Be
Used by the Company.

ELwoop, IND, Jan. H.-Superintendent
Isaac L. Morris, of the American Tin Plate
Works of this city, left for Youngstown, O.,
yesterday to procure the necessary ma
chinery for the manufacture of tin plate.
For the past six months large force of men
have been engaged in erecting buildings for
the tin plate company here and have now
four structures ready to receive the ma
chinery.
This will be the largest tin plate plant in
tine United States. Sipce beginning the
works the stockholders decided to double
the capacity and also to add rolling mill in
connection with it. Mr.. Morris is authority
for saying that American tin exclusively
will be used and that IS per cent. of the
labor employed will be Americans.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18

AT the discussion in the German Reich
stag on the appropriation for the Worlds
Fair, there were some very sensible re-
marks, notably those on the Mckinley bill
maintaining that every State must do what
it considers best for its own interests.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18

Ancient Laws Have Been Resurrected
Scranton Republican,
Pittsburg appears to be experiencing a
spasm of morality. People are being III.
rested for selling newspapers on Sunday.
The ancient Blue Laws have been resur.
rected in the ex.Smoky City by Law and
Order Society.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18

THE recently reported interview with Sir
Edwin Arnold, in which that usually gentle.
minded poet is represented as saying that
Russia will be driven out of Asia, and that
Every Russian throat beyond the Caspian
will be cut" puts the author of the Light
OF the World" in a light not wholly consist
ent with that reflected in his works. Who
would have thought that poetic Regeneration
Of ancient religions WAS As bloodthirsty
toward the Russians as the editor OF a lingo
organ is for the gore of the Chileans?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18
Wrong and Impraoticable Policy.

CINCINNATI C0mmerClaI Gazette.J
The attempt in Pittsburg to enforce a
Sunday law that is more than a hundred
years old is bound to encounter difficulties.
The Law and Order Associations intentions
are doubtless good, but its reforms should
be in accordance with more advanced ideas
and under more modern authority. The
city has grown some since this ancient law
was adopted, and other conditions have
greatly changed. The arrest of dealers for
selling Sunday papers is a sample Of policy
that is wholly wrong and impracticable.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18

REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT, of Illinois, has
a good case against the Government in his
bill for prohibiting the Postoffice Depart
ment from selling stamped envelopes bear
ing the printed request for the return to q
given address if not delivered within cer-
tain time. He rightly maintains that by
selling such envelopes at the same. rate as
those without the printed request the Gov
ernment is competing unfairly with the
.a,.c
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18

THE importance of the invention by two
Harrisburg men which provides simple
underground system for electric cars IS very
great Anything tending to diminish the
number of overhead wires will be greeted as
a great boon. The most remarkable feature
of the invention is that it has been accom-
plished by q newspaper man and an ex-Chief
of Police
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18

WHAT q wonderful effect the weather
exercises on the tempers Of people in gen.
eral 1t is delightful to note the geniality
which is prevalent on all sides when bright
skies and a keen, bracing, healthy air is
met with in the streets.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Mrs. Rose McLane.

Mrs. Rose McLane, widow of the gallant
Colonel John W. McLane. is dead at her home
in WestHeld n, Y. Ihe deceased was remark
able woman Sne was near connection of the
family of James G. Blaine. Coonel McLane tel
while leading the Eighty-Thiri nnsylvania Vol
uuteers at Gaines' Mill In 1852 and his remains lie
in Erie Cemetery where those of his widow will
he laid Tuesday. Mrs. McLanes great sorr' W was
the murder Of her son, Joseph McLane, cattle
grower by the Utes Is years ago!
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18

AMONG other progressive resolutions to
be discussed at the annual meeting of the
National Board of Trade is highly COM
mendable one which speaks OF the univers-
ally deplorable condition of the public high
ways as a positive obstruction to progress.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18

The generous action of the various rail-
roads in agreeing to transport free of cost
the corn given for the Russian sufferers is
another vivid contrast to the ridiculous
cheese-paring policy shown in Congress on
this subiece
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18

If Chicago is cold these days It is not for
want of plenty of thick and fluffy quilts and
blankets of smoke over it.-Chicdgo Ne,os.
There is a bond of sympathy between Pitts
burg and Chicago which even extends to
the clouds OF smoke.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18

Some surprise is expressed that the Worlds
Fair Directors should have chosen to com
plete the woman's building first of all.-Chi-
caqo Times. The Directors probably had in
view the fact that the last nail in the build
ing is to be driven by a woman.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18

Parsimony may be as hurtful to the coun-
try as extravaoance-T. louis Globe Demo
crrt. This maxim has been forwarded to
Washington for reference. 1t is hoped that
it will be memorized and acted upon.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18
The Contract Is a Big One.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.l
The Law and Order League of Pittsburg
has the largest contract it ever assumed in
attempting to stop the sale of Sunday news
papers. The Sunday newspaper has come
to stay in spite of the efforts of few cranks.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18

We have a medley of laws governing mar
riage and divorce which permits and legal
izes almost anything including bigamy.-
Philadelphia Call There is no time like the
present to remedy an evil.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18

THE tunnel for turbine wheels at Niagara,
which is nearing completion, will mark an
immense step in the cheap production and
transmission of power.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18

THE New York legislative situation is
rapidly converting Republican organs to
the doctrine of the rights Of the minority,
The Republicans are in the minority there.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18

AMONG Boston vegetarians peanuts are
in future to enter into keen competition
with baked beans as q source of nourish
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18

The type of useless luxuries in New York
of late years has been the skate.-Ne,u York
World. In Pittsburg there has been Just
enough ice to make the skate a useful lux
ury.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18

Senator Hill has become a noun tain.-
Omaha World Herald Some people are only
too ready to make mountains out of mole
hills.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18

They Have No Mortgage on This Country.
Sharpsburg Herald.]
The Law and Order fanatics and cranks
say that the Sunday paper must CO. but then
neither of these cranks have deed of mort
gage on this country.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18
Vol. g. No. 945.-Entered at Ptttsburg Postofice
November. 1857. as second-class matter.
TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.
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DAILY DISPATCH. One Month......-..-........ 20
DAILY DISPATCH. including sunday, year. 10 oo
DAILY DISPATCH including sunday, Sm this. so
DAILY DISPATCH. including sunday, m 'th.- 90
SUNDAY DISPATCH One Year.................. 50
WEEKLY DISPATCH, one Icar................. i IS
THE DAILY DISPATCH is delivered by carriers at
15cens per week, or, including Sunday Edition, at
q cents per week.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18

which viii injure those who win 1t, in
common with the rest of society, more
than it benefits them.