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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26
Obituary Notes.

JONAS LEINBACH. well-known farmer OF Rich
mond township, Berks county died Thursday
night. aged 7?. lie was the father of 2U children.
COLONEL THOMAS ID. GRIFFIr HIS. the 'Welsh
Bard of the coal regions. died at his home in st.
Clair, near Pottsvlle, Thursday, after brief ILL
ness.
OLIVER T. PINDELL, ex-President of the Com
mercal Travellers Association Of the United States
and popular travelling salesman for the past 20
years. died Thursday, aged 45.
JAMES PATTERSON. Postmaster at Hookstown
Pa. sat down to late Thanksgiving dinner, ap-
parenty In his usual good health, but during the
meal lie fell to the floor corpse. His aiment was
heart disease. He was IS years old, unmarried,
and lived with his two sisters.
COLONEL WILLIAM Fl. EVANS died in Darling
ton, S. e., Thursday of paralysis. lie was gradu-
ate of the South Carolina College and served in
the Legislature. Before The war he was q Captain
In the Eighth Regiment of South CarOlnR VOlun-
teers. He was a:terward made Lieutenant Colonel
In the Reserve Corps. and was one Of Governor
Bonham's aides.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26
MISCELLANEOUS MERRIsIENT.

"This turkey reminds me of the kind
used to get at home when was boy" said Bill
iBgs.
.'Does IT. indeed?'' twittered Mrs. Hashcroft.
''Yes. 1 shouldn't wonder If it is from the
Identical flock that there when left ten years
ago. ''-LsdidBnpoIts Journal.
Cashier Gin restaurant in 1S93)-But, sir,
your check is "a 80, and you only give me half
dollar in payment.
Customer-That's Worlds Fair souvenir haI-
dollar.
Cashier thumbly)-I beg your pardon.
Hands customer sl6 6s in change. c'sIa1o L.
press.
We hear one universal cry
Throughout the mighty state:
''Pile up our clothing bills sky-high,
The Clothier and Farnisaev.
DeLamb-Hellol Wolf. Still in the cloth
ing business?
Wolf Yes, I'm at the old stand, keeping NJ
parlors.
DeLamb-Keeping what parlors?
Wolf-Fit parIors. go to the fashionable tailors
and buy at half price the suits made for dudes ana
refused because they ft.-Smih, Gray coz
Monthly.
AS HE DISCOVERED ATrERwARD.
On his proud face there played q smile,
As up the street he marched in style.
With pompousness and arrogance
He noted many passer's glance
And still his lips grew sharper curled-
He relt his value to the world.
But what made him seem man OF note
Was that his necktie climbed his throat
Chicago Neos ReccTu.
Fledgling-We'd better lake our money
and buy diamond to cut the glass.
Jail Bird-W hats der matter wid brick!-'e'o'
elers' Weekly.
In a dainty book she keeps accounts
With pencils small her orders sends;
But 1t takes goodly bark account
To stand the money that she spends!
-Eeso Hork Herald,
Editor (anxlously)-Well. doctor, what
is the matter with me? Nothing serious hope.
Doctor-H'mi well, you are in bad way. You
circulation is very low.
Editor (excitedly)-what? Why, sir. have
least two hundred thousand a day. You have been
reading rival Sheet sir.-Tsr1s Sifttnos.
Fannie-Willis Winkin, the funny man
of the Buos. proposed to me last night.
Hattie-why, he isn't old enough TO have whisk-
ers.
Fannie-PossIbly not, but his jokes ars,-Dssroft
Frs Press.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26

A HORSESHOE got caught in the slot on
the Wylie avenue cable track last night, and
a serious accident was narrowly averted.
Inspections ofthese slots up and down the
city cannot be too frequent and painstaking
IL they arc to be prevented from becoming
serious sorce of danger.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26
SILVER MEN IN SESSION.

| AsTuTE f1nanciers predict that. It will re-
| suit in IN unqualified failure to bring about
substantial relief.-Grand Rapids Herald.
No one has yet ventured to reduce to def
mite form any plan that Is supposed to be
e7en possible for the conference to adopt
| Ne,o York Times.
The International Monetary Conference
| would possess more interest was there
| reasonable hope that anything of pra ctical
| value will be accomplished.-Baltinl
| american.
THERE is q chance Of the meeting being the
| first of a series of conferences between na-
tions for the closer knitting together of tho
business interests of the whole wOrld.-C7I-
cdgo Inter Ocean.
THE conference was the only move that
could have been made to find an outlet for
American silver and to protect the interests
of the producers of that metal in this coun-
try.-ClersLand Leader.
| EVERYBODY will hope that substantial
gains may result from the conference. even
II it be too much to suppose that 1t will
utter tho final word on the much-mooted
ST liver question.-Boston GLOBE.
The public should not expect too much
from this con ference. and 1t should be con-
stantly borne in mind that the only object
in view is not to accomplish anything in
particular but merely to talk matters over.
Philadelphia Teleoruph.
If the conference should arrange for the
prompt publication OF an intelligent cpl
tome of what is said it would accomplish
more good than by the late publication of q
verbatim ana voIuminous report OF Its pro-
ceedinys.-P Philade phia Ledger.
BIMETALLIsrs as well as monometallisrs
here at home may rest in the assurance that
their respective sides of the great question
will be ably and fully presented by the great
men who will represent both those schools
of finance-Richmond Dispatch.
WE don't want sectional controversy
over free silver If we can help it. and the
submission of the whole subject OF silver
coinage and circ ulation to q board of inter
national experts is the best way of helping
it. That was the Presidents idea, and the
chances are that It Ill provo to be a correct
onc-BrooklInl Edgle.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26

FARMERS appear to be awakening to the
benefits OF corporation. They talk of ware.
cotton comparatively in the South,
and using similar means for getting rid Of
the middleman in distributing their prod
ucts in Pittsburg.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26

announcements that King Behanzin would
be beheaded was little premature. as he
finds prudence better than vaior after
defeat. and has fed to wtlds impenetrable
enough to place the value of his head good
deal below the cost OF securing 1T.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26
ON THEIR WAY TO EUROPE,
Three Hundred Scandinavians Stop Owe
to See Niagara Falls,

to See Niagara Falls.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y. Nov. 25.-[SpecioL J.
This morning over 800 Scandinavian, and
German farmers from the Dakotas and the
Northwest passed through Suspension
Bridge on their way from their farms to
their old homes in Europe. This migration
takes place every fall and during the early
winter.
The farmers find it almost as economical
and more pleasant to travel and spend the
winter In the old country, thus ayotding the
New York and then take cheap passage to
European ports. Most OF the party to-day
stopped over and viewed the falls. They
will return in early spring.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26

THANKSGIVING DAY has no hallowed
associations for train robbers, and they
managed to get in their work as easily on
that occasion as they generally do by means
of surprise and the moral suasion of fire.
arms
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Robert Barbour. millionaire.

Robert Barbour, President of the Barbour
Flax Spinning Company. died of aroplexy early
yesterday morning at his home in Patterson, N.
j. Mr.. Barbour was born in Ireland in 1924. and
came to America in 1864. With his brother
Thomas he established the big American industry
and-yas also interested in the monster linen works
at LISBON, ireland. He leaves u fortune variously
estimated at from s. COZ, 900 to $40, 900, 900.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26
The Political Princetons.

Washington Post.1
There ought to DO enough Republican
kicEcrs in the Electoral College to organize
q flrst-class football team.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26

AS compared with baseball in this coun-
try, one of footballs greatest advantages is
found in its nnprofessionalism. 1t is ut
present a game played by the people for the
people. and it ought to remain so.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26

GOVERNOR RUSSELL is so accustomed to
the possession of his Office that the con-
testers of his election have poor chance
for securing even that tenth part of the law.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26
The Deed Is Done,

Chicago News Record.1
It is painful to observe that many poll
ticians are still worrying ovor the "what-
done.it" puzzle. Why not be content with
the bare obvious fact chat it "was didf"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26

PRINCETON is in position to sympathize
very sincerely with the Republican party.
And it is just about rs pluckily hopeful of
vindication in the future.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26

THIS is an age of invention in all things.
Aluminium shells are expected to do for
river racers what pneumatic tires and ball
bearings have accomplished for trotters,
PAGERS and bicylists.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26

As AN example of the terrible dissipa-
tion resulting from too rapid progress in
an erratic course, the comet or what there is
left Of it is an awful warming.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26

PREsIDENT-ELECT CLEvELAND's ex-
periencss in trying to avoid Office seekers in
the retirement of Broadwater Island ought
to give him some valuable pointers on the
subject of quarnntine.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26

YESTERDAY the most thankful people
were found among those who abstained
from making greed vehicle for their en-.
thusiasm the day before.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26

AS an aftermath of football games, the
casualties resulting to the players are on
the whole less severe than the sickness to
which the spectators expose themselves.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26

PERHAPS the rainmakers in Texas could
help the astronomers to explain the whence
whittier and wherefore of those meteoric
showers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26

New York Recorder.I
The comet and the coming policy of the
Democratic party are two OF a kind. Nobody
can tell anything about either.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26
Defense Must BE Sound,
Pittsburg Ev ening Press.1

Pittsburg Ev ening Press.l
While the acquittal of Sylvester Critchlow
of the murder OF Connors at Homestead is
source of thankfulness Tor him and his
friends, it cannot be regarded as having any
bearing upon tho other Homestead cases.
Critchlow's line of defense was one that ap-
piled only to himself. and cannot be regard
ed as general proposition in any way.
Although the attorneys for tho defense
sought to justify the action of the Home
stead strikers on the 9th of July, they did
not rely upon the sentiments of the jury in
this regard to acquit Critchlow. They
proved to the satisfaction of the jury that
the prisoner was not on the scene Of the
riot at the time the fatal shots were fired,
and that, therefore, he could not have
killed Connors. That was all. On that be-
lief the jury acquitted him, without refer
ence to whether he would have been justi-
fed in shooting at the men on the barges,
had he been there. = - 1t is to be hoped
that counsel will be able to make as good a
defense for the other Homestead men as ir
has in this first indictments against Critch-
low, for If the defendants depend upon sem
timent alone, they will find that they are
trusting to very fratl support.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26
Too MANY Cooks spoiI the soup,

New Orleans Picayune.]
The greatest misfortune in having q cold
is the fact that everybody wants to doctor
you.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26

Pennsylvania Judges Are Non-Partisan.
Min neapolis Trioune.1
A Pennsylvania Judge has instructed a
grand jury to investigate election bet ting
and indict all who indulged In that form OF
gambling. That Judge must have been dis
pleased with the general result.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26
He Has Nothing to Fight 1

He Has Nothing to Fight for Now.
St. Louis Glote-Democrat.l
It is not half as easy to get lctter from
Mr.. Cleveland now as it was three months
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26

A YOUTH driven insane by reading cheap
and trashy fiction is confined in the Alle-
gheny hospital. An appetite for such litera-
ture is a serious symptom of unhealthiness
in itself.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26
The Alibi the Main Feature,

Philadelphia Ledger.1
The trial of Critchlow, one OF the Home
stead strikers indicted for murder, WAS in
geniously managed by his counsel so as to
give the public the impression that his
acquittal. which was inevitable, was due to
the opinion of the jury that the rioters were
justified in shooting down the Pinkerton de-
tectives. The main feature of the testi.
mony for the defense was an alibi. which, II
proved, was sure to obtain an acquittal; but
the speeches Of counsel were mainly di-
rected against the Plnkortons and TO q de-
fense OF the rights of labor. The District
Attorney pointed out that the alibi was an
all-sufficient defense II proved, and argued
thnt the introduction of other matter was a
con nfession OF weakness. Bnt the fact is that
the general defense was entered into for the
sake of its effect on the public mind. The
alibi secured Critchlow's acQuittal. but along
with acquittal goes the speech of counsel in
de efense OF the rioters. On account OF the
alibi the case furnishes no precedent for any
defendant proved TO be present.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26

The French have routed their Dahomeyan
enemies, as they were bound to do. But the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26
TIE CRITCHLOW VERDICT.
The Prosecution,s weakness.


Pittsburg Evening Leader.I
The public is sufficiently we'll informed
concerning the Details Of the trial to recog-
n 1ze the wanton injustice of onslaughts on
q jury which did its simple duty In refusing
to convict of murder a man OF whose indi-
vfdual completely in the crime there was a
reasonable doubt. After the failure of the
pros ecution 10 rebut the alibi testimony
submitted IN Critchow's favor, there was
not and could not be any question of the
weakness of its position and the correspond
ing strength of the defense. = = News.
papers that clamor for capital conviction
on insufficient and doubtful evidence and
Dewa1! the failure to bring to the gallows the
hrst OF series of defendants because, for
sooth, the ''miscarriage" may influence the
1uries Called upon to try the rest OF the
series, are answerable for gross and
utterly unjustifiable perversion of the re-
qu1rements OF justice. We can conceive of
no more mischievous doctrine than that
which demands the satisfaction o. justice,
In an emergency, by the punishment OF the
nrst Scapegoat available.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26

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TRIBUNE BUILDING. NEW YORK, where
complete files OF THE DISPATCH can always be
found.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26
What the Verdict Illustrates.


Owing partly to the mastery defense OF
his attorneys and partly to the scarcely dis
guised sympathy OF the jurors q verdict of
acquittnl was quickly arrived at in the case
of Sylvester Critchiow, charged with muir
der in connection with the Homestead riot.
1t can scarcely be doubted that similar re-
suit would be reached in the other cases
against the rioters, should they ever be
brought to trial. In q case where the de.
fense is an alibi the verdict depends en-
tirely upon the degree OF credence attached
spective witnesses. The jurors at Pittsburg
believed those who testified in Critchlow's
behalf, and generally ignored the evidence
presented by the District Attorney. These
proceedings in court illustrate forcibly the
difficulty or securing conviction in a capital
case when large body of citizens are in
terested In one way or another in the de-
fenSe.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26

Whitney's Washington Dinners Coming.
Philadelphia Record.1
The price of diamond-back terrapin has
gone up since the Democracy became
SYNONYMOUS with the fat OF the land.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26

THE DISPATCH is on sale at LEADING HOTELS
throughout the United States, and at Brentano's,
5Union Square, New York. and IL Avenue de
Opera, Paris. France.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26
THE CABLE LETTERS
Are a Feature That viii Be Found
in No Other Paper.
ONE ATTRACTION

Will be an interesting illustrate corre-
spondence from the island made famous
by De Foes Robinson Crusoe.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26
Enough Lives Already Taken.

Bu1falo Express.I
Critchlow, tho alleged Homestead rioter
will not be hanged. but he may yet serve n
long sentence for aggravated riot. It is a
matter for congratulation that the jury was
able to acquit him of murder. Enough lives
have already been taken by this lamen til bio
affair. But there is no public sentiment
which will justify Letting u single guilty
man on either side go unpunished.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26
TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.
TWELVE PAGES

pITTsBURG. SATURDAY. Nov. 20. 1892.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26
Does Not Affect the Main Issue.

Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
The result of the Critchlow trial cannot be
accepted as verdict upon tile main issue
involved In the Homestead cases. The alibi
set up introduced a confusing side issue,
and it is impossible to say to what extent It
determined the action of the jury. 1t has
been assumed in some of the comments
passed upon the result that the alibi had
really nothing to do with it and that the
verdict is to be taken as meaning that the
jury justify the outbreak of mob fury on
July 6. The inference is drawn that the
pillars OF social order have been shaken and
that the temple of justice stands insecurely
on its foudaItons. This is an alarnist view
of the case. 1t is to be presumed
that the jury in tho Crftchlow case returned
a verdict in accordance with the facts OF the
case as presented to their minds Mr..
Critchlow was entitled Co the benefit OF
doubts raised by the conflict of the evidence
and his acquittal should occasion no sur.
prise.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26

Vol. "a. No. D5-Entercd at Pittsburs Postofice
November, 1851 as second-class matter.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26

How the Lesion Can Be Destroyed.
New York Press.l
1t now seems probable that the cases
against the Homestead workingmen accused
of murder may be dropped. Having failed
to get q conviction in Crltchlow's case, thev
will stand even less chances of success in
the others. Without raising the question as
to the Justice or injustice of the verdict,
from legal standpoint, the Press believes
that there will be more rejoicing than
mourning over the outcome of the trial. The
Homestead men may have erred, but they
have also suffered ample atonement. While
not in the least palliating their offense in
setting the laws at defiance and violating
the rights OF private property. we recognize
both the frailty of human nature and the
provocations to which the men were SUBJ
jected. They and organized la Dor through
out the country have already received sal
utary lesson which in the future will go far
toward preventing violence as an accom-
paniment of strikes. The good effects of
that lesson might easily be destroyed by
too merciless punishment of the vanqufshed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-26
just What Was Expected.

affair. But there is no public sentiment
which will justify letting u single guilty
man on either side go unpunished.
just What Was Expected.
Pittsburg PostI
Itwas just such n verdict as was expected.
Tho evidence was mo- produced 10 convict,
and there could be only one conclusion. 1t
wonld have been just as disgraceiul and
criminal for the jury to have brought in q
verdict of guilty, to vindicate the rights Of
employing capital, as it would have been to
find verdict Justitying the professions OF
lawless labor. The jury did neither. It
judged the issue Just as any other would
have been met. There was no necessity for
the jurors to go beyond legitimate and legal
lines of reasoning. Critchlow may be
guilty, but the Commonwealth certainly
failed TO prove 1t beyond "a reasonable
doubt" Much is said about public opinion
and popular prejudice invading the jury
box. Well. until human nature is changed
the jury system will be subject to a greater
or less extent to that influence. 1t cannot
be otherwise. Men who go into the jury box
cannot divest themselves OF their humanity
any more than they can when they go on the
bench to sit as judges. Who would have it
otherwise, if they couldf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-05-19
The Gazette.

Our esteemed contemporary, the GA
zErTE, has come out in new dress, en-
larged, and otherwise improved. We
congratulate our neighbor, and wish it
many years of usefulness aud pros
perity.-Sua.
Our old friend and neighbor, the AL
exandria GAZETTE, celebrates his ninc-
ty-third year of publication, by. coming
before us in n new suit of clothes
which for n paper means, now type and
beautiful dress. We were near neigh
Dor of our contemporary for too many
pleasant years not to wish him success
andgreater successthan ever. The South
ern Churchman was not born until the
GAZETTE was nearly forty years old,
so that our fifty-five years seem as moth
ing to our venerable GAZETTE, which
was begun by Mr.. Snowden; the grand
father, continued by his son and now
carried on by the grandson. Is there an
other paper in the United States which
has such record ?-Southern Church
man.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-05-19

ST. john, Fauquier bred horse, won
Il grand race in New York few days
ago, distance one and three quarter
miles.
Mr.. Lea r. Kemper has a COW which
has been giving milk without cessation
for ten years. The COW has made him
from the beginning three hundred dol
lars net
Since May the 18th, 1891 to date, one
hundred and eighty-one loads ofstock
cattle have been received at The
Plains from southwest Virginia and
Tennessee. Cars average twenty-eight
head to the load, making a total of five
thousand and sixty-eight cattle re-
ceiyed. During the same time one
hundred and ninety loads of fat stock,
embracing cattle, sheep and hogs have
left there for northern and eastern mar
kets.
One farmcrat Markham reports 11S lambs
from 65 ewes. Figures like these may make
more farmers turn their attention TO sheep
industry.
Mr.. John T. james died at his home in v ar
rcnton early Saturday morning in the 74th
year of his age.
Since the opening of spring wheat has inn
proved very much and during the past few
days grass has also improved.
We do not speak knowingly but, We vely
much fear that now while tho case against
Rosenbcrger, Spindle & Co.. has been dimissed
in the courts, the depositors have heard the
last of their 33 per cent. which the accused
offered TO have the case dimissed.-I Varrenton
CrQiMian.