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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15
SURPRISING THE FOREIGNER,

eve air great country, sir; aud we
must be cracked upr' Was it Jefferson
Brick or Mr.. Hannibal Chollop who
severely impressed this fact upon young
Martin Chuzzlewit There is flavor of
the conviction that the effete foreigner
must not come here and say anything
about our faults, in the indignation with
which all classes in New York are trying
to suppress Rudyard Kipling for his
cutting epIgrams on the abuses of New
York City politics. The Tammany
organs of course denounce him for his ex-
pressions; but it is a novel indication of
the universally of the idea that we must
not be criticised from abroad, that the
newspapers and classes opposed to Tam
many are showing their resentment at the
way in which be lashed at government
of ''by the alien for the alien"
1t is plain that the Indignation is not
due to Kipling's having made false state
ments concerning New York. When the
alleged observer describes the intoxicated
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15
SUNDAY, MAY Is, 1892.
RIGHTS OF THE PEDE>TKI,N


Among other ordinances affirmatively
recommended to Councils yesterday was
one granting a franchise to the Exchange
Street Railway. A part of its route runs
from Fourth avenue along Market street
TO Liberty, and Market street between
Fifth avenue and Liberty is one of
the most crowded thoroughfares in
the city. There is not room
for foot passengers, and in the busiest
hours of the day large part of the foot
traffic takes to the roadway in preference
to going at a funeral pace and being trod.
den under foot by the seething tide of
wayfarers. The road is as disproportion-
ately narrow as the sidewalks, and the
presence of a baby carriage would be
serious Inconvenience to vehicular traffic.
Rapid transit is well enough, but it it
involves the granting of such franchises
as this, the sooner pedestrians resign
themselves to the use of the housetops and
the carrying Of portable bridges for the
purpose the better it will be for their
peace Of mind and safety of body
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15
WHAT NEWS ERRaNpg

The announcement that Colonel John
c. New has left his very comfortable and
profitable post at London will arouse some
interesting inquiries. No one will of
course wonder that Colonel New, on land
ing at New York, will be impressed with
the certain triumph Of Harrison's cause;
hut a good many people will be disposed
to ask what particular eXigency in the
Presidential canvass called for the Consul
General reinforcement to the homeward
flight of the diplomatistS.
1t cannot fail to have struck the OBJ
server that when Platt began to set up the
pins in adverse style in New York, Mr..
Whitelaw Reid, left Paris TO her own
devices. Also when Senator Quay raised
the anti-Harrison cry in Pennsylva aia
M. Charles Emory Smith hustled home
and left the Gar lamenting. Now that
Nj. New is bringing in his reinforcements
at the best ocean speed. there may be per-
tinence in the inquiry who is raising the
deuce in Indiana
At all events, if Mr.. New is coming home
to straighten things out, he is to be
congratulated on the political wisdom
implied in the fact that he has not got any
eXtTaditiOn treaties with him.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15
HIGH SCHOOL CHANGES.

An important proposal, detailed else
where in this issue, is to be submitted to
the subcommittee appointed by the Board
of Education with regard to changes in
the methods of admission to the High
School That there are many obiectiona-
BILE features in the purely examina-
ton system in vogue has been
amply demonstrated by expert
ence. Theoretically, the new pro-
posals are a vast improvement. But they
contain so many detailed complications
and demand so much conscientious atten-
ton from teachers and principals in the
careful keeping of records and the esti-
nation of ther pupils individual ability
that practical experience alone can show
their true value.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15

bought for q song. what place soand-so's
Cong since gone) used to be for good liquor,
that certain big fire when they ran with the
machine; the degeneracy OF young men, and
SO on and so forth.
Men are pretty much the same the world
over, and, Judging from what these sta1d,
rich, old gentlemen say they used to do,
young men are not much worse now than
they were 80 years ago. There is the same
comfortable air of proprietorship and the
same provincialism observable in these fell
nabobs alluded to, though the New Workers.
have million to every hundred thousand
Of the latter without making SO much show
for their money.
Old Dan Rice in Wall Street.
Wider known and more beloved than a
score Of these millionaires is hale old gen.
tleman of sturdy frame and resonant voice
whose hearty handshake is a pleasant thing
to feel in the lower town-old Dan Rice. His
immense breadth of shoulders covered with
light colored goods, his shock of white hair
ana rather rolling gait can be distinguished
in any crowd far ahead OF you. But when
you confront him and catch the full frank
glance of his keen eyes, and hear his CHEEKY
voice, your memory runs back at once and
PICKS up the thread of long ago when you
thought this same man one Of the great Of
this green earth. Somehow, under the mag
netism OF his presence, you can't help but
feel something like that yet. just now
however, met in Wall street. he seems like
some ancient historical figure recently ex-
humed and confused in your early roster of
the great with General Scott, Stephen A.
Douglas, William Lloyd Garrison, ct al.
But there is certainly no myth about the
old Dan Rice of to-day, for lie is about as
sp ,ndfd a physical specimen as have seen
in many moons. The same old circus voice
with the sawdust ring to it, familiar to hun
dreus of thousands OF the boys of half GEN.
tury ago. Dear old mani What pleasure he
has spread over the earth in his time! May
he have luck in Wall street, and many years
OF his present health and strength yet to
comel CHARLEs THEODORE MURRAY.
NEW YORK. May IL
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15
READING TO COME HERE.

The financial column Of the Phila-
delphia Ledger quotes the Reading officials
as saying that the traffic arrangement just
concluded with the Beech Creek and
Rochester and Pittsburg roads includes
the extension Of the Beech Creek to Pitts
burg. On this fact is based the assertion
that sthe importance of the Rochester and
Pittsburg deal has not been fully de-
veloped."
This is good authority for what will be
an event of the utmost magnitude for
Pittsburg. 1t means the creation of new
coal feeder and the opening up of new
line from Pittsburg to Philadelphia, New
York and the anthracite regions 1t is the
realization of the object in view for the
South Penn project choked off in de-
fiance of courts and Constitution nearly
decade ago. By it Pittsburg will have in
the Vanderbilt lines nearly, if not quite,
as important a competing factor as the B.
& O., and both of them, by recent changes,
will be raised more nearly to equality with
the Pennsylvania Railroads commanding
position than could have been hoped for
fifteen years ago.
the inspiring cause of the Pennsylvania
Railroads opposition to the Reading deal
more than its conscientious opposition to
combinations. 1t will, however, have the
important effect of proving that the at
tempt to choke off competition by the
South Penn deal was futile. That Illus
tration of corporate violation and nullifca-
ton of constitutional principles might as
well have been spared if the Beech Creek
route opens up to Pittsburg the new route
which was closed by the stranging of the
South Penn.
If the anthracite coal combination gives
Pittsburg new line to the East, it may
be quoted as justification. But the
double fact appears, first, that the re-
ported extension of the line to Pittsburg
will not be combination but competition
with the. Pennsylvania Railroad; and
second that if it had not been for the cor
porate policy of combination to choke off
competition Pittsburg would have had the
new Eastern line in operation years ago.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15
Is FOR ROBERT LINCOLN.
W iniam witherow Thinks the Minister
CouId certaipJv Carrv New York

W iniam Witherow Thinks the Minister
Could Certainly Garry New York.
New York Telegram.1
william Witherow, prominent Republi-
can politician of Pittsburg, Pa, proprietor
of the Duquesne Hotel, and q close friend of
Senator Quay, Is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
to-day. Mr.. Witherow is a delegate to the
National Convention. met him and asked
him who he favored for the Presidential
nomination.
Robert Lincoln" was the ready answer.
"With him as the nominee New York. be-
lieve would go Republican beyond a doubt,
the Eastern and Western States would be
united and the solid South would be broken"
what do you think of President Har-
rison's chances?" l asked.
"The President can be reelected, but the
majority OF the Republican party, as far as
my information and observation goes are in
favor of change"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15

DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.

JANE EssLER. the actress, is dead in Paris, aged
81 years.
COLONEL HENRY G.. PARKER, editor of the
Boston Saturday Eusntn0 Gazette died in that city
Friday.
CARL MEINENTH. the inventor OF the mezzotint
process OF engraving, died In Newburyport, Mass,
Friday, aged Ct.
EDWARD s. WARNER a well-known horseman
and pony breeder, died Friday at his home In East
Williston, l.. l., aged 40 years.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15
PICKINGS FROM PUCK.

Stranger-I believe, sir, that every man
who was in the army ought TO have pension,
whether he was injured or not
Citizen-Are you soldier?
Stranger-No, sir; am a pension attorney.
Although the earth is green and gay
With bird and brook in tune,
The clergyman won't go away
Before the end ofJune.
All nthrough the moon of roses uhfte
And red, on deck he'll be
To gather in his great delight
The shining wedding fee-
"Your eyes are my only books" said the
..BIue books are not interesting reading. gener-
alIy she returned softly. And newell, he was
glad her mama had fallen asleep.
Valet-Wake up, sir; it's very latel The
time you wanted to be called has gone past, sir.
Pelham Parker (sleepily)-AH right Henry; lust
call me when the time comes around again.
Jack Lever-Then you didn't move ON
the first of May?
Mr.. Lotos-No: my wife said that II she took m
all the carpets and took down all the curtains and
turned the house upside-down. generally she
thought we could get along without moving this
year.
"Her face is like an open book"
They told me. who had learned TO read IL
The gentle task undertook,
And, now, I'm willing to concede It.
1t is dainty ElZlvir,
Illumined with colors can see come:
A little blush that tells me clear
want it for a Wade mecum!
'There are 81 metals" casually remarked
man at the breakfast table in a Washington
hotel.
sir" quickly responded the Senator from Ne
yada, ''there is but one metal.''
Jackson Parke-Do you know Ta-ra-ra
Boon-de-ay?
Athena Hubbs-No. 1 don't care for these
French writers very much.
Tantivy Tooler-You ought to go to
Europe this year; It's cheaper than staying home.
Jack Leyer-Yes; that's why l prefer to stay
home,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15

RALEIGH, n. c., May A.-Caterpillars are
so thick in the southern part of the State as
to delay trains on the North Carolina Central
Railway, just as they did a year ago. The
trains have again killed many, but the vast
BODY has marched into Columbus, Bladen
and Robeson counties. Reports to the State
Agricultural Department received to-day
say the caterpillars have stripped the forests
westward. So far as reported they have not
attacked the crops.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15

THE organization of rivermen and civil
engineers proposing to subject all schemes
for improving the Mississippi to severe
scientific criticism before submitting them
to Congress is a union of forces that has
long beer. needed and that will have i'm
mense scope for usefulness.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15

Two men lynched in Kentucky, one in
Arkansas, and two more victims Of mob vio-
lence in Virginia was portion of yester-
days news. Verify ours is a Christian and
progressive country, and our people do in
deed live under the rule OF properly consti-
tuted courts oftustice. obeying the law.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15

progress of science for some ages that
diamonds might be artificially produced.
This discovery appears to realize that
dream, and even surpasses it so far as the
industrial uses Of the precious stone are
concerned. 1t marks another step in the
triumphant march of scientific industry.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15
THERE is so much talk of dueling in the

THERE is SO much talk of dueling in the
air that Benjamin Harrison with his Delli-
cose spirit must exercise great discretion if
he would avoid infection. No doubt the code
would be extremely useful in getting rid of
some OF the upstarts presumptuous enough
to allow the use of their names in the con-
test for the Presidential nomination. But a
resort to such extremities would hardly be
prudent in these United States.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15

TAXPAYERS objecting to the results of
the triennial assessment evidently have a
sincere belief in the tactics of the importu-
nate widow of Scriptural history, whose ex-
ample they are so sedulously following.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15

A BAKEovEN recently blew up at Man
helm. this State, but no baking powder
manufacturer has yet been found with SUI.
ficient enterprise to claim that the explo-
sion was due to tho raising power OF his
brand.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15

THE Queen of England holds drawing
room tomorrow, and many dressmakers and
florists will be kept busy all to-day in con-
sequence. Victoria and her advisers must
share the responsibility for the spirit of in
difference to the work people shown by
selecting the day following their only oppor-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15
After the Convention Is Over.

Chicago Inter-ocean.j
After the June convention it Will be hard
to make Senator Hill believe that 'ft is the
early bird that catches the worm"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15

POSTAGE-An persons who mail the
Sunday issue of The Dispatch to friends
should bear in mind the fact that the post
age thereon is Two t2) Cents. All double
and triple number copies of The Dispatch
require a s-cent stamp to insure prompt
delivery.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15
C0NvICTs BACKS BLIsTERED.
The Delaware Lash of Justice Falls Heavily
Upon Eight Luckless Wights.

WILMINGTON, DEL, May A-Three hun
dred persons stood in the rain at New Castle
this morning and saw Sheriff Simmons apply
the lash to O number of criminals sentenced
at the present term of court, principally for
larceny.
There were whipped and pilloried alto.
gether five colored and three white pris-
oncrs. Charles Thompson, the notorious
colored chicken thieI, had his back well
blistered by the lash.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15

'IEss Than Mile Minute" is the head
line used by a cotemporary to call attention
to some rapid railroad travelling. How much
less than a mile minute is it necessary to
do to cut the record?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15

THE Lake Erie and Ohio Ship Canal
scheme will not languish for lack of Dali
Zell's efforts. He knows the interest of his
constituents and the nation at large, and he
lives up to his knowledge.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15
One Thing He Hasn't With Him.

Chicago Tribnne.1S
1t may be a little cold where Explorer
Parry is. but he isn't wading in mud up to
his knees all the time.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15

LAW and Order detectives are evidently
too expensive a luxury for the county,
even though there were an immense popu.
lar demand for their maintenance.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15

PIPES has been convicted of manslaughter
at Waynesburg. Such verdict would not
be nearly severe enough for the pipes known
as Eureka, and in "use" in Pittsburg.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15

Tiol1URa7-V contributors should keep copies Of
articles. II compensation is desired the price
expected must be named. The courtesy of re-
1'77,ing rejected manuscripts ,riU be e1tended
ichen stamps for that purpose are Enclosed, but
The Editor of THE DISPATCH sciU under no cir
ctnnSances be responsible for the care Of u'asolic
i5ed 1ldn,kScYintS
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15

THE sun needs a tonic just now almost as
much as the atmosphere requires purifier.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15

THERE was no ball game at Cleveland
yesterday, so Pittsburg suffered no defeat.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15

THERE will be more fools than usual in
Pittsburg tomorrow. The circus arrives
to-day,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15

SUNsHADEs and fans have received set
back, while overshoes and umbrellas con-
troll the situation,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15

THE Weather Bureau service may be un-
derdone, though bad weather is anything
but rare.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15

Can't Keep Pace With the Rivers.
Boston Herald.1
The boom in Western railroads isn't keep
ing pace with the rise in Western rivers just
at present.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15

A DEAF mute institution in New York
had a fire yesterday. OF course, this was an
example OF still alarm.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15

CROP estimates are cropping up with
their usual plentifulness, reliability and
variety at this season.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15

MRS DRAYroN has expressed her satis-
faction with her fathers will, but Hallet
Alsop Borrowe has yet to be heard from.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15
THE CLEvELANDs CAN'T GO

They Practically Decline an Invitation to
Visit in Chicago.
CHICAGO. May 4.-The following is self.
explanatory:
LAKEWOOD, N. j.. May IL.
To E. c. Culp ESQ:
DEAR SIR-Mrs. Cleveland and desire to ex-
press our thanks for the invitation extended to
memoration of the four huudredth anniversary Of
the discovery of America. We regret exceedingly
that our plans are such to give promise Of our
being able to accept your courteous invitation.
Yours, very truly, GROVER CLEVELAND.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15

This issue of THE DISPATCH contains
"a pages, made up of THREE PARTS
Failure the part of Carriers, Agents,
Newsdealers or Newsboys to supply patrons
with Complete Number should be prompt
" reported to this Office.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15
tunity for rest and recreation as the time for
this court reception.

THE Peoples Party Convention on July
4 will be like fire cracker explosion-noisy,
harmless sand shortlived.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15
TERMS OF THE DISPATCH,

POSTAGE FREE IN THE UNITED STATES.
DAILY DISPATCH. One Year. 90
DAILY DISPATCH, Per Quarter. 2 90
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DAILY DISPATCH, including Sunday. year. 10 90
DAIRY DISPATCH, including Sunday, Smiths, 2 so
DAILY DISPATCH. including Sunday, NTH. 20
SUNDAY DISPATCH One Year...............-.. 2 50
The DAILY DISPATCH is delivered by carriers at
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70 cents per week.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15

mentS. There is the butcher-are 1--WE butch
ers-half a dozen grocerS-as many icemen,
milkmen, newsmen and other small neigh
boring tradespeople, who are on the lookout
for new customers. The janitor may fix
the cooperation Of the janitor. The tenant
proposes, the janitor disposes. The tenant
may elect to have certain milkman, but the
Janitor can make that milk thin and watery
and totally fail upon occasion-and when the
tenant is finally tired of that he will take
the particular milkman recommended by
the janitor. The tenant may engage his
morning papers from any stand he pleases
but when he misses once or twice a week he
will fall back on the janitors newsman. The
tenant may patroniZe a certain butcher, but
If that butcher doesn't happen to be of
the janitor's approval the meat will go to
the wrong floor, or be too late Tor dinner, or
something. And so on through every line
of neighborhood trade. To get and keep
commissions and takes tine expense out OF
the tenants. The iceman gives free ice, the
milkman milk and cream, the butcher occa-
sional fowls, the grocer vegetables, etc. So
ali the money the janitor takes in is practf-
cally clear. He may spend it on his family,
or play the races or get drunk. And May
and the mid winter holidays are his haying
days, sunshine or no sunshine May beats
December. and no bank clerk is half SO
blithe toward his friends, and no gas COM
pany cashier is half SO insolent to the rest
of the world, as the janitor in May.
The Old Men Are All Alike.
One OF the most entertaining sights
downtown Is a quartet or more of old
timers-merchants, brokers, lawyers, etc.
together at the Astor House about midday.
They're a jolly set. 1t isn't uncommon to see
half a dozen millionaires in clump chat
ting about things that happened to them 40
or so years ago and Laughing like q lot of
schoolboys. They call each other, "And
say" in the funniest way Imaginable. They
remind me of the same kind of well-to-do
old gentlemen to be seen in any country
in the Notwithstanding around store
fronts and swapping yarns about boyhood
escapa des the tricks they used to play, the
times when that square could have been
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-08-06
STRAW HATS. :.

homestead settlement Of Laird township
Houghton county, wero found by q
party of searchers, Wednesday, about
half mile north of Coach's camp on sec.
28. town 81 range SO. An inquest was
held on the body by Justice Miller and
Deputy Sheriff Bawdeu, of Houghton,
but there was nothing discovered to
indicate that he had come to his death
by violence. Some $62.80 in money,
watch and chain, loaded revolver and
numerous private papers were found on
his person. The condition Of the body
indicated that he had been dead at
least two weeks. When found the body
lay prone upon the ground, face down,
with one arm extended from which it IS
inferred that he died suddenly from
exhaustion or heart failure. The re-
mains were brought to L'Anse yester-
day morning and buried in the L'Anse
cemetery. The deceased was member
of the G.. A. r., was about 46 years of
age. and, rs far as known, has no rela-
tivcs except brother who lives ut
Jacksonville, Sullivan Co, N. Y.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-08-06
PHILIP FoUCAULT.

Chicago papers arc doing their level
best to illustrate the intensely hot
weather OF the past few days by pen
sketches. Yet they talk about the
windy city and It's lake breezes.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-08-06

Poison lily paper at S. L. Harris &
Cos.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-08-06

Sticky fly paper at S. L. Harris &
Cos.