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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03
'TWIXT HAY AND CORN
Is About the Time That the Tories
Would Like the Election.
MORLEY ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
Durham Miners Begin to See That They
Can't Win Their Strike.
sACKvILLE WEST IN HOT WATER AGAIN
rBY CABLE TO THE prsPATcR.I


LONDON, April 2.-[copyrlgha ]-Yester-
| day Mr. Labouchere made another attempt
to extract from the Government some def
mite declaration as to the date of the general
| election, and Mr.. Balfour made a very care
full reply. which seemed to afford little in
formation, but it evidently conveyed some
thing satisfactory to Mr.. Gladstone, for that
| willy old strategist spoke honeyed words to
Mr. Balfour and advised Mr.. Labouchere
not to press the Government further for the
present It has since become known that
MI. Gladstone is of the opinion that Mr..
Balfour's statement contained virtual
promise to dissolve Parliament before
August, probably early in the summer.
Mr.. Gladstone's belief may be due to in
formation which reached him from the Tory
camp, quite as much as to the substance Of
Mr.. Balfour's guarded statement in Parlia-
ment.
A large number of Tory members have
recently caused to be conveyed to the Min
listers, through the party whips, their deep
concern at learning that there are members
of the Cabinet who desire to postpone the
general election until autumn. The memor-
ialists point out that such a course would
deprive them of their customary holiday
after an e1haustlng session, and would con-
stitute such strain that many of them
would be compelled to refrain from seeking
reelection.
Campaign Between the Harvests.
They suggest that the dissolution should
not be delayed beyond the beginning of
July, and that the best time for the cleo
tions, if they cannot take place Immediately
after Easter, would be between "the hay
and the corn harvests'-that Is to say, at
the end of July. The probabilities at pres
ent are that an authoritative announcement
will be made by Mr.. Baltour on the 25th of
May, when he will address, in St. James
Hall, the annual meeting Of the National
Union of Conservative Associations.
The Government continues to muddle
business and waste time in the House of
Commons and accuse the Liberals of OBJ
struction, while diligently assisting the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03
LADY GYMNASTICS.

Swell New York Females Astouish Male
They Fly Through the Air With the
Greatest of EaBe and Arc Perfectly Able
to Do as They Please.
NEW YORK. April 2.-[Special 1.-The
Berkeley Ladies' Athletic Club at their
third annual opening yesterday, astonished
their friends with their exhibition of mus
cular prowess. The pupils wore gymna-
sium suits which consisted of dark blue
blouse braided, military fashion, with gold
braid, very full Turkish trousers, reaching
just below the knee, with the same mate
rial and color as the blouse Black hose,
and low black, rubber-soled shoes COM
pleted the costume.
1t was quite lesson in metamorphosis to
recognize swell girl whom you had seen
on the avenue an hour before now hanging
head downward from the horizontal bar; or
to see the daughter of leading divine tax
ing a little excursion up and down the
room on the travelling rings" or another
meek-tongued maiden transformed into the
woman with the iron jaw.
Two young ladies whirled round and
round the horizontal bar with a rapidity
that would make you dizzy, while the.
others were performing on trapeze rings in
q way to substantiate The Darwinian theory.
The high jumping was excellent.
Nine. Beserer, with three of her pupils,
gave brief exhibition Of q fencing lesson.
Last in order were the fancy steps The
girls formed in two platoons At each sue
cessive descent of the hall was added an
extra hop, or kick, or pirouette until there
was scarcely motion left untried. There
were 72 pupils, the youngest under years,
and not few gray haired. The figures were
well developed, and they were by no means
like the inmates of Mrs Squeers' school,
where ''the general run of limbs was
crooked %
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03
A BIG REAL ESTATE DEAL.
THE DUKE OF DEvONsHIRE DISPOSES
OF HIS TOWN HOUSE.
He Thereby Rakes in q Cool Thrse-Quar-
ters Of q MiIlion-The John Burns
Wages Committees Treasury Almost
Bankrupt-A Striking Contrast.
IBY CABLE TO THE DISPATCH, ]


Bankrupt-A Striking Contrast.
IBY CABLE TO THE DrsPAroHJ
LONDON, April 2-[Copyright. 1T Is
stated that the Duke of Devonshire has de-
cided to sell his town house in Piccadilly
with the land around it, nearly four acres in
extent The purchase money is $3.50, 900,
with which the Duke will be able to buy
another frst-rate house and then put $780,
900 in bank. 1t is expected that the pur-
chasers will cover the ground with big
hotel and aristocratic flats, which is the
only method by which they can hope to
make large profit.
Cheek by jowl with the announcement of
this big deal by which the Duke pockets
$3.50, 200 solely because he is the son of his
father, the moralist may read an appeal
from the John Burns Wages Committee for
funds to help pay the famous labor leader
the modest salary of 92 "a week. When Burns
was elected three years ago to a seat in the
London County Council he was earning e2
a week at his bench as a filter. He stipu-
lated that as he would have to give mp all
his time to municipal affairs the working
men of London should enable him to live
by raising that sum per week by voluntary
subscription. Consequently, the John
Burns Wages Committee was formed, and
Burns has since received his modest stipend
as member of London's municipal parl1a-
ment.
He has rendered incalculab1e service to
the cause of labor, but labor has not shown
much gratitude to its champion. The COM
mittee has raised the necessary money from
week to week with great difficulty, and sew
eral times, as at the present moment, the
treasury has been almost. empty. The fact
Is that the older and richer trade unions OBJ
ject to Burns because he is Socialist, and
only the Dockers' Union, which he estab-
lished, has contributed to the fund.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03
CHRAPER RIDES IN FRANCE
Tho Railroads All Reduce Their Rates 10
to 80 Per Cent.
iBY CABLE TO THE DISPATCH,

to 80 Per Cent.
iBY CABLE TO THE DISPATCH!
LONDON, April 2.-Americans who pro-
pose travelling in France will be glad to
know that the reduction of railway fares to
the rates charged before the Government
tax in consequence Of the Franco-Prus-
sian war was put upon the companies
came into effect yesterday. The reductions
made in the fares for passengers on all the
French railways are 30 per cent on the
previous third-c!ass fares, 20 per cent. on
second-class fares and 10 per cent on first
class fares The knowledge that these
reduced fares were to be applied on
the 1st of April had the effect
of reducing the number of passengers very
considerably during the last few days, but
from an early hour yesterday morning every
train which lett Paris was besieged by
passengers who had postponed their jour
neys in order to profit by the reduction.
The arriving trains also steamed into the
stations, yesterday and to-day, with almost
every seat occupied.
The loss entailed by these large reduc-
tions is of course very great, but the rail-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03
BOYS STYLISH SUITS
That Will Take Il

That viii Take the Easter Prizes-P. C. @. O.
Boys with their parents are now trooping
into our store to be fitted with new spring
suits. An elegant present for every boy that
viii! make him happy, free. The new penny
savings bank, shaped like a bucket, holds
100 pennies and registers each time, or q
regulation League bat and ball. free
Boys double breasted suits, fine cassi-
mere or cheviot, sizes 4 to Is, stylish
and tasty, real value 8 30; our special
price:........:.:.. ......................s1 81 90
At 81 20 q special line OF boys' silk mix
lures and checked suits pleated or
plain: regular a 30 goods, we sell for 80 40
A big line of boys confirmation suits
and Sunday suits; plain cloths and the
Come and see us Monday. P. c. C. c., Cloth
iers. corner Grant and Diamond streets,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03
THE KEYNOTE OF 'q2.
His Party viii Not Wander OFF to
Silver Doubt and Danger.
ONE SUBJECT ATA TIME ENOUGH.
Reciprocity Lamely Limps in the Direc-
tiQn He Thinks Right

If Hypocrisy Is the Homage Vice Pays
TO Virtue, Reciprocity Is the Homage
Reforn-His Talk on Corruption and
Bribery-Tells How Brave He Was in
Issuing His Free Trade Message-De-
clared Principles on Which the Demo-
cratic Platform Rests-Prejudices in
q Campaign-The Ex-President's First
Speech in Rhode Island.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03
OPENED A BOMB WITH AN Ak.
A Texas Boys Successful Experiment With
Bayou Find.

HOUSTON, Tex, April 2-[SpeciaL J.
During the war a large amount of bombs
and other ammunition was thrown into
Buffalo bayou to avoid capture. To-day
boy, Charlie Harris, got one of the bombs
out of the bayou, took it home and pro-
ceeded to open it with an ak.
He succeeded. One foot was blown off;
he has slug in bis groin, and another in
lis head. The stable where he was expert
menting was blown to atoms.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03

way companies look forward to great and
rapid growth of passenger traffic, and are
already making preparations for it. The
Paris, Lyons and Mediterranean Railway
Company is building over 500 new carriages
and 100 new engines The Northern, East
ern, Western and Orleans railways are also
largely increasing their rolling stock.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03

now opposing the Dukes proposal to dis
entail considerable portion of his Suther-
landshire estates
Members of another noble family are
quarreling about money matters. Lady
Jane Lindsay is accusing her sister, Lady
Theodore, Of coercing her aged mother, the
late. Marchioness of Westminster, into max
ing will in her favor. The old lady, who
died in February, was left nearly million
sterling BY her husband % wears ago.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03
CARPET saleI Carpet Sale!

This week. 25c ingram carpet at 100; heavy
two-ply 400 carpet at 29c 60c brussels at 42c;
81 brussels at soc: CSC oilcloth at lie; 35c Oil
cloth, 25c; best SC and 10c stair oilcloth at
65lc. Cut this item out.
j. H. KUNKEL & Bro,
1347-l349 Penn avenue, corner Fourteenth
and Penn avenue.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03

latter in the work of clogging the legislative
wheels The Easter recess Is to be un-
usually long, probably from the 18th to the
25th inst, which affords fresh proof that the
Government is in no hurry to push forward
the Irish local government bill, the rock
upon which the ministry will break up.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03
NOBLE FAMILIES QUARRELA

A Couple Of Them Interesting the British
Public just Now.
BY CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.
LONDON, April 2.-The Marquis of Stat
ford having gained partial victory over
his father, the Duke of Sutherland, in the
matter of cutting down timber at Trentham,
recently referred to in THE DISPATCH, is
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03

wages should never sink to the disgusting
level of the pauper labor of Europe, but
that, in view of the fact that the war in
which the tariff then existing originated,
had been closed for more than 20 years, and
in view of the further fact that the public
treasury was over-burdened, they were will
ing to readjust the tariff, if it could only
be done by its friends instead of '.Rebel
Brigadiers."
Why the Country Went Democratic,
will not refer to all the means by which
our opponents succeeded in that contest.
Suffice it to say they gained complete DOS
session OF the Government in every branch,
and the tariff was reformed by its alleged
friends. All must admit however, that
either this was not done by the peoples
friends or that the efforts in their behalf
were sadly miscarried or ungratefully re-
membered; for few weeks thereafter
relegation to private life among those oc-
cupying seats in Congress who had been
active in reforming the tariff occurred
which amounted to political revolution.
These victims claimed that our voters
failed to indorse their reform of the tariff
because they did not understand it. 1t is
quite probable, however, that if they did
not understand it they felt it, and that, be-
cause it made them uncomfortable, they
emphatically said such a reform was not
what they wanted.
At any rate, the consumer has found life
harder since this refoum than before, and if
there is workingman anywhere who has
had his wages increased by virtue of its
operation he has not yet made himself
known. Plenty of mills and factories have
been closed, thousands of men thus lost en-
ployment, and We daily hear of reduced
wages; but the benefits promised from this
reform, and its advantage to people who
really need relief are not apparent.
Reciprocity Amps in the Right Direction
The provision it contains permitting
reciprocity of trade in certain cases, depend
irg on the action of the President, is an ad-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03
Merely an Unconsidered Trifie.

uPou WHICH INC ministry Will Dredk uP.
Merely an Unconsidered Trifie.
John Morley, in speech at Manchester
on Thursday, put this matter very clearly.
That bill, he said, contains IS clauses and
rather elaborate schedules, and occupied
nearly 60 pages of print. He doubted very
much whether the ministers would be able
to find it convenient to bring their men all
through the long summer afternoons and
nights to discuss bill (which its own
author, by the way in which he introduced
it to the House of Commons, showed that
he regarded it as mere unconsidered trife
Of legislation."
Next week John Redmond, in the House
of Commons. viii ask Home Secretary Mat
thews another question with regard to ex-
Detective Superintendent James Black, of
Birmingham, who is now known to have
long practiced blackmail, and whose where
abouts are unknown. Redmond will bring
before Parliament the information about
Black that was obtained by THE DISPATCH
reporter in Birmingham, and published in
last Tuesdays DISPATCH, and it will be
impossible for the Home Secretary to re-
fuse an investigation into the career Of the
e1-detective, upon whose testimony DAILY
and Egan were convicted OF treason and
felony, and are now undergoing life SEN
tence in Portland prison. That such an in
vestigation will result in the liberation Of
the two men there Is little doubt
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30
GIFT OF A MlSER.
Dartmouth College Enriched $1S5, 900 by DR..
Ralph Bntterfield. Kansas City Recluse.

KANSAS Cry, Dec. 29-The announce
ment made by the president of Dartmouth
College that DR.. Ralph Butterfeld, of Kan
sas City. has left the college S1s5.O00 In
will. caused much surprise here. Nobody
seemed to know who DR.. Butterfield was
After q long search through the records of
the board of public health the record of
DR.. Butterfield's death and his late address
was found. Then it was found that be was
an old miser who had lived the life OF Ie-
cluse for many years, and died in apparent
poverty. He kept a secondhand shop on
Grand avenue, and had no friends and few
acquaintances. His late neighbors tell
many stories of his penuriousnesa He
would follow wagons TO their destination
and. after the coal had been dumped and
carried into the house, he would pick MP
the few remaining Goals. place them in a
basket and carry them TO his shop. In this
way he would collect q considerable
amount of coal, and would sell it by the
bushel. He was never married and MOTH
ing is known here OF his antecedents. He
graduated from Dartmouth in 1859. His
property Is valued at slS5.OOO, and by the
terms of his will it all goes to his alma
mater.
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ASK YOUR GROCER FOR
FLOUR.
LEFT TIE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
DR.. Smell, Bishop Kesne's Secretary. Weds the
Daughter of Presbyterian Divine

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29-There is o de-
cided commotion In Roman Catholic
Church circles here over the detection Of
-Merwin Marie Smell. private secretary to
Bishop Keane. the rector of the Roman
Catholic University and lecturer upon COM
parative religion in that institution. DE-.
Smell is young man of remarkable
scholarship. author of various books on
religious subjects. and o frequent contrib
utor to the church reviews. His works
have always 1reathed the deepest 10y atty
to the Roman Cathojio faith. and his most
recent books ended with the declaration
that If any word written was counter to
the doctrines of the mother church it must
be considered nil. BY his own choice, after
deep deliberation. DIR. Shell has out loose
from the creed which he had espoused
when beginning his scholarly career and
declared his allegiance ended. There was
q little romance In the manner of his leave
taking too. for it was first made known by
the announcement of his marriage.
Christmas evening DR.. Smell and Minnie
Gilbert Sprague, the youngest daughter of
b Presbyterian clergyman here, were
married. and the ceremony was performed
by Rev. J. G. Rankin. the Congregation
alis: minister.
This step accommodated me from the
Catholic Church, ipse facto." said DR..
Smell last night. 81 do not anticipate any
formal exc0mm unication from the powers
that be. My decision was made at the
point where the study of religions made it
possible for me to no longer remain an
honest communicate of the Roman Catho-
lie Church. J am not prepared TO talk
about my religious attitude just now.
will soon define my position In a public ad-
Dress"
"Your friends think that you are inclined
toward theosophy in thought" was re-
marked.
II have been called q theosophlst. 1t is
true" Dr.. Smell replied; but did not like
the name. l recognize much that Is ad-
mirable in the theosophical society. but.
on the contrary, cannot accept the belief
In Mahatmas and in some of the other
tenets which the members of that society
hold. However, / think il true that much
of our best thought is coming from the
East, ana this study of PHILOSOPHERS and
religions of the Orient which the theo-
sophical society encourages. will be pro-
ductise of effect upon the religion of the
Nest-the Christian religion"
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DESERTED BY HIS BRIDE.
Ranchmen jefferson Must Return to Els Ore
gon Home Without His Wife of Day.

CHICAGO, Dec. 29.-Wlnfield s. Jefferson,
whose bride of q day jumped from win
dow of the Atlantic Hotel to escape him
and the clerk of the house. pleaded with
her to-day ut police headquarters that he
did not care for her money, but loved her
for herself alone. and tried to induce her to
accompany him to his ranch in Oregon.
This the woman declined to do, and in
formed Jefferson in very plain terms that
son left, stating that he did not know what
he would do. Mrs. Jefferson has partly re-
covered from the injuries received by the
leap for liberty. She says she acted very
foolshly, but now that it Is all over she Is
glad of il, ana, upon the arrival OF her
friends. will return TO her home in Kinder
hook, n. Y, much wiser woman than
when she left,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30

MILwAUKEE. Dec. 2o-Two hundred or
more citizens attended the mass-meeting
held in the Chamber of Commerce this
morning for the purpose of taking action
In the matter of the many disastrous fires
which have recently occurred in Mil
waukee. The meeting resulted in n defeat
of the people who entertained the theory
that all the fires were of incendiary origin.
RESOLUTIONS commencing the course OF the
authorities and pledging them the CO. oper-
alton of the meeting. AS well IS calling
upon all good citizens TO take the most
careful precautions to prevent the break
ing out of any moro fires we're adopted.
II. c. Payne, of the Willard syndicate. is
now Of the opinion that the car-barn fire
was the result of an explosion Of an ac-
emulation Of gas in car-heater.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30
GENEROUS BALTIMORE WOMAN.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Garrett Gives $306.977 to
Johns Hopkins University.

BALTIMORE. Nd, Dec. 29.-Mies Mary
Elizabeth Garrett has made possible the
opening of the proposed medical school of
the Johns Hopkins University in which
women shall receive the same opportunity
for study as men. The school. by vote of the
university trustees. will open in October,
1898. Miss Garrett has placed Mt the DIS
posal of the trustees $500. .977, which, with
the amount already on hand will make no
$500 000 the sum which was required by the
trustees TO be made available for the med
ical sch ool before it's establishment would
become a fact. The gift Is to be called "the
Mary Elizabeth Garrett fund.-"
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Minstrel siavin Die. while on a Spree.

TOLEDO. Dec. 29.-Bob Slavin. the famous
minstrel. died very suddenly at the Mer-
chants Hospital. in this city. last night,
being found dead in his bed this morning.
He was with Crawford Brothers Ministries.
who appeared here Monday night. Slavin
left the company here. and has been on
drinking bout ever since.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-30

SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS.

Fracture Splints Special Trusses, Clutches Elastic
Hosiery, Deformtty Braces and Surgical Appliances
Of every kind. The largest stock OF ARTIFICIAL
EYES In the State WM- III. ARMSTR ONG d co
~ South Illinois Street.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-07-13
TELEGRAPHlC SPARKS.

Inere was a $4,000 fire 10 North Lowell,
Me.
Striking Baltimore carpenters COM
promised.
The report that Lottie Collins, the SOU
brette, was dead, Is untrue.
A furious storm In Winnipeg destroyed
property and caused loss Of life.
The president addressed the National
Educational Association at Saratoga.
Ex-senator Blair Of Manchester, ~ H..
is I'm the field for congressional nomina.
tion.
Max Crohn, clothing merchant OF
Hartford, dropped dead from heart disease
at New York
At the races Of the New Hampshire
division. l.. \. w, =. j. Berlo wheeled a
mile In 2m. los.
Thirty people were killed and many in
jurcd by an avalanche at st. Gervais-les
Baines In Savoy
John II. Durgin Of West Hamstead, n
IT,. aged 60 was struck and killed by {
train AZ Lee, y. IT,
Willie. the AYE arNo ID son Of William
Ballanger Of New York, was drowned In
the mill pons at Machias, Me.
Bloodshed az Paducah, KY. was cause
by armed negroes congregating at
Jail to protect one Of th cir race imprisoned
there