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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-10
DALZELL's-GoOD WORK.

Mr.. Dalzen made another demonstration
of his ability in advancing the progress Of
a national project in which Western Penn
sylvania is particularly interested by urging
before the Committee on Rivers and
Harbors the appropriation for survey Of
the Ohio river and the Lake Erie Ship
Canal On the same day he urged the
Secretary of the Navy to recognize the
importance of the city by naming cruiser
No 6 "The Pittsburg."
Mr.. Dalzell's active and able advocacy
of the ship canal project is certain to be Of
great aid. The material and commercial
values of that great enterprise have been
fully urged by the thorough work of the
Ship Canal Commission; but what was
needed, was a man of national position
with the perception Of the value of the
project necessary to assume its advocacy,
and with the ability to make that advo-
cacy effective. Mr.. Dalzell furnishes the
lacking element as no other man in West
ern Pennsylvania could, and his leader
ship in the movement furnishes the best
promise for its ultimate success. So long
as MI. Dalzell devotes his energies to such
work he can rely on the united and en-
thusiastic support of all Western Pennsyl-
yania
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-10
THE CHAMPION TORPEDO.
Its Inventor Has to Come to McKeesport to
Find His Material.

Its Inventor Has to Come to Mclzeesport to
Find His Material
MoKEEsPoRT, March 9-(Spectal 1-Patrick
Cunningham, of New Bedford, Mass, in
ventor of the Cunningham whaling lance,
and also of the nfe-saving rocket, both of
which are now used by the Govern.
ment. is in this city. He is here to
inspect the steel tubing turned out
by the National Tube Works, which is
to be used in the latest Cunningham inven-
tion-the naval torpedo. The steel tubes
will be ready for the Government test about
the middle OF July. These mills are the only
ones which can turn out the steel tubes with
the necessary strength to bear the enormous
pressure used in firing a torpedo, and it is
positively known by both the officers Of the
concern and by the inventor that the tubing
will stand the test.
Cunningham claims that his new inven-
ton will be more effective than the White
head or Ericsson torpedo, and will carry
with greater speed. He also says that he
can regulate the speed, and will use power
full composition explosive of his own fnven-
tion. He has searched far and wide for steel
tubing to come up to his standard, and says
he has found it here. Cunningham says his
torpedo will propeI itself much faster than
the 100 feet per second hitherto attained,
and says it will carry over Is per cent of its
own weight in dynamite or explosive matter,
which is between 10 and 16 per cent more
than any known torpedo will carry. He
will not tell OF the propelling power, but it
is believed to be electricity.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-10
RETALIATION WITHOUT WAR.


The talk of Jingoes on both sides Of the
Atlantic about war as a result of the
Bering Sea dispute should be shut down
on as speedily as possible, not SO much for
its liability to mischief as for its unadul-
terated idiocv. Neither nation can afford
to fight each other on such a quarrel. 1t is
especially absurd for the United States to
talk of war for multiplicity of reasons.
In the first place in naval contest, such
as this must be, the United States would
be at a very great disadvantage. Next,
all the seals in the Pacific Ocean are not
worth days actual hostilities. Finally,
when the Government has submitted to
arbitration whether sealing outside the
three-mile limit is within its jurisdiction
it cannot consistently engage in hostili-
ties to support right which it has con-
sented to adjudicate.
But if Lord Salisbury continues his
present unfair attitude, the United States
has perfectly available means of retalia-
tion. One of the subjects of arbitration is
as to international concert to preserve the
seals. If the English Government will not
continue the preservation pending the
arbitration the United States need not do
90 either. Let the North American Com
mercial Company kill all the seals on the
rookeries this year and the Canadian
sealers will come back with light loads.
This would probably extinguish the
sealing industry; but if that is to be done
anyway the United States might as well
get the revenues from it. When it is done,
the nation will be rid of matter that has
cost a good deal more squabbling and
worry, political and international, than it
is worth.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-10
PITrsBuRG. THURSDAY. MARCH 10.
TWELVE PAGES
INCREASED TAXATION INDICATED.
Twelve mills-which is announced to be

Twelve mills-which is announced to be
the millage fixed by the subcommittee
having the matter in charge-on valua-
ton of S245, ,OO0, 900, is an increase of $240,-
600 on the tax levy of last year, which was
Is mills ON valuation of $3.50, 600, 900. In
addition to that the city can safely count
on increased revenue from licenses of All
equal amount, while it has an available
asset of s15O, 900 appropriated last year on
account of the unfinished streets. These
figures, therefore, contemplate an increased
expenditure for the coming year of over
5000, 900.
There is no possible excuse for any in
crease in expenditures. The total of ap-
preparations last year was the largest ever
known, and when we take into account
that in departments of expenditure cover
ing one-third the total there has been no
appreciable enlargement, it leaves us the
remarkable increase in the other depart
ments of nearly two hundred per cent in
ten years. II the increase contemplated
by the figures published yesterday is per-
mitted it will establish scale of expend-
iture in two departments of the city gov
eminent three and half times what they
were in 1882
This is to be corrected by closely
scrutinizing the appropriation ordinance
when that document sees the light If the
appropriations are kept down to the proper
limits that twelve-mil tax levy can be re-
duced to ten mills.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-10
THE NEW COLLECTOR.

The protracted uncertainty with regard
to the Collectorship of Internal Revenue
for this district was ended yesterday when
the President nominated George W. Miller
for the position. The principal signifi-
canoe of the appointment is h the fact
that the fruits of victory are carried off by
Mr.. Dalzell. Mr.. Miller's qualifications
for the position, like those of Mr. Graham,
are unquestioned; but the fact that MI.
Quay has no longer speaking acquaint-
ance with the Federal machine sticks out
strongly between the lines
So far as the incumbency of the Office is
concerned, MI. Miller will be an efficient
and reliable Collector, and his appoint
ment will be satisfactory to the wide circle
of that gentleman's friends and acquaint-
anceS
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-10
BLUE LAWS IN BOSTON.
How Agitation Against the Sunday News.
paper Is Sized Up There.

How Agitation Against the Sunday News
paper Is Sized Up There.
Boston Herald.l
Certain excellent gentlemen Of this vicin-
tty have been occupying themselves the
past week in an attempt to argue the Sum
day newspaper out Of existence. Their mo
tives. we doubt not, are good, and they ap-
pear to feel a.hne sense OF duty discharged
while engaged in the operation. Still
we are inclined to inquire to what end
in this efrort7 The. work frees their own
mind, and agitates somewhat the minds Of
others. But do they really expect that any
thing further will result from 1T Can it be
possible that, after an experience now ex-
tending over nearly q generation, the fact
that the Sunday newspaper has come to stay
has not penetrated their consciousness.
And are they not aware that its readers are
constantly on the increase, and that
large part Of them come from members
of their own churches and congregationsf
We can understand efforts to improve the
Sunday newspaper, and to attract attention
to that winch is best in 1t, and aid those who
are doing the most to make it worthy and
acceptable to readers. We deeply sympa-
thize with it. indeed. But to attempt to rule
out the Sunday newspaper altogether seems
to us a scheme so sbsolutely-we had almost
said ostenta tatioualy-futfle that IL fs difficult
to see how practical men can waste their
time over 1t.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-10
PERTINENT PERSONALITI ES.

ALEXANDER DUMAS has decided to
abandon his Paris residence and to sell at
auction his splendid collection of works of
Meissonier, Corot, Dupre and other masters.
GOVERNOR RUSSELL, of Massachusetts,
was greatly devoted to athletic sports a few
years ago, and by this Indulgence managed
at various times to break his nose, one finger
and both arms.
MRS. LEASE, the eloquent Kansas woman
who was SO instrumental in bringing about
the downfall of Ingalls,, declares that every
man has the right to drink all the whisky he
can buy and pay for.
A CHICAGO newspaper says that B. P.
Hutchjnson. the great speculator, who is now
in New York, is broken in spirit and that the
fortune of SIC, 600, coo he possessed few years
ago has dwindled to an Insignificant sum.
PROF. DAVID SWING, who is to Chicago
what Beecher was to Brooklyn and Spurgeou
to London has a diminutive Mexican dog,
Chihuahua by name, whose personality Is
said to be as interesting as that OF his dis
tinguished owner.
MR.. TATE, the wealthy Englishman who
offered this Government a fine collection Of
pictures and $400 900 wherewith to erect O
gallery If the Government would furnish q
suitable site, has withdrawn his offer in dis
gust 1t the way in which it was treated.
HENRY ARTHUR JONES, the English
playwright, who wrote 1.-The Middleman"
and "The Dancing Girl" is described as "a
ong-haired man of rather short stature, who
beneath his soft felt hat and long locks has
q fund of original and interesting ideas"
PRINCE HATZFELDr and his American
wife are among the prominent visitors at
Pau this season. There is plenty ofbaccarat
at the French Club there, and the Prince is
said to be always ready to stake as large
portion Of his wife's fortune as the other
players care to cover.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-10
NATIONAL DRINK BILLS
What the English Spend Would Have Paid
the Expenses of the Queens Navy.

What the English Spend Would Have Paid
the Expenses Of the Queens Navy.
Minneapolis Trioune.l.
DR.. Burns, an English economist, has Just
published his annual report upon the drink
bill Of Great Britain and Ireland. His con-
clusions are somewhat startling. Last year
the total amount spent on intoxicating
drinks in the United Kingdom aggregated
some $706 900. .000 This means an annual ex-
penditures of SIS Is per head for every man,
woman and child in the United Kingdom.
It means an expenditure of s9S Is for every
family of five persons. While the use OF
moro expensive drinks has decreased the
use Of the cheaper alcoholic beverages has
increased enormously. In the IL months
England consumed $400, ,0O0, 900 worth of beer
alone.
This sum spent on single alcoholic stimu-
liant would have paid nearly twice the ex-
penses of the army, tho navy and the civil
service. Looking at these statistics from q
strictly economic point of view one begins
to see why the English laboring man has to
wage such q continual struggle against
poverty and starvation. The average wages
Of laboring man in some 80 cities in Eng
land and Wales is estimated at o. 70 per
week. Granting that he secures continuous
work throughout the year. ne makes $2S5
With the yearly drink bill of the average
family amounting to S9S 7b it is not a matter
Of surprise that English workingmen do not
live as comfortably as do their brothers in
the United States.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-10
MONEY FOE CHURCH suPPoRE
II Gould Be Questioned as to Its Origin,
All Should Be Asked to Explain.
New York SUM-

II Gould Be Questioned as to Its Origin,
All should Be Asked to Explain.
New York SUM-
The Rev. DIR. Rainsford, OF st. Georges
Church, joins the Rev. DR.. Parkhurst, Of the
Madison Square Presbyterian Church, in OBJ
jeoting to the acceptance of . gift from MI.
Jay Gould for religious purposes until he
tells how he got the money. II that ques-
tion is to be asked Of MI. Gould, 1t should be
asked Of everybody who makes contrtbu'
ton for pious. purposes. Everybody who
puts in money at the onertory Of the church
should be required to accompany the cash
with an explanation whence it came. All
churches should at once set to work to trace
to its origin all the money contributed for
their erection and support, to discover
whether 1t wss obtained without disobedt-
ence to the commands Of christ and the
principles of Christianity. A committee Of
Investigation should be appointed by St.
Georges Church, for instance, to examine
the books and the history Of the millionaire
bankers and merchants who have given 80
literally for its maintenance, 80 that the
money Of their gifts may be traced to It's
sources. o.
The Rev. DE- Rsinsford,s salary come: ne:
from many contributions, and whence the
money for them was derived must be dtscoy-
cred in order to satisfy his scruples % ex-
pressed with reference to the gift OF Mr.
the pharisaism which the Divine Founder OF
Christianity zealously denounced. He has
Judged one Of his neighDors, and why should
he not judge all Of them Likewise, and him.
self also, by the standards Of Christ which
he breaches and by which he processes to
regulate his own lifef II that fs to be the
rule as to one giver to the Church, IL must be
the rule for all. 1t must be applied to minis
ters no less than to laymen. . II
Mr.. Gould were an attendant upon st.
Georges Church, would DR.. Rainsford refuse
to receive his money for its purposes7 Mr..
Pierpont Morgan Is the treasurer Of the
church. Would he reject Mr. Gould's money
If 1t was sent to his banking house until Mr..
Gould explained how he had obtained 1T
Yet Mr. Morgan, as a Christian, would be no
less bonnd to refuse to receive tho money at
his banking house If he IS bound to reject it
at his church. = - Though Jesus
condemned the rich SO tremendously, He
for charity and religion - =
He did not demand of them whence they OBJ
tanned the money, and cry out against their
offerings, but only commended the poor
widow who cast in her two mites as moro
bountiful giver in having given "all her
living" while the others "did cast of their
abundance" as do MI. Jay Gould, Mr.. Pier
pont Morgan, DR.. Rainsford himself, and the
parishioners OF st. Georges upon whom 1t
relies chiefly for its maintenance. AL Of
these are rich men In the senee In which
Jesus spoke, and the money Of all Of them
was obtained and Is held in violation OF His
precepts.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-10
A RESULT OF CORPORATE RULE


It is instructive to read in the Ratlway
Age statement of the causes of the great
railway blockade just raised after three
months of congestion. The cause is
briefly stated to be that the capacity of
the lines east of Chicago is not adequate
to the demands liable to be made on them
at any time of heavy freight movement.
During the past fifteen years the railway
systems west of Chicago and St Louis
have been practically created to furnish
transportation to dozen States which,
previous to that time, were. prairie and
desert. "With unlimited freight offered
them," says the RaSlsoay Age,-as was
practically the case for a while this winter
-''the Western lines can atany time choke
the Eastern lines in two or three weeks
time"
In the light of this another fact assumes
peculiar character. It is but afew years
since the railway and banking powers Of
New York Joined in an edict that no more
trunk lines were to be allowed through
New York or Pennsylvania. That pro-
nunciamento of the corporate magnates
was the fruition of the South Penn deal,
and it proved of more binding force in
actual effect than the enactments of the
Constitution or the mandates of the courts.
It now appears that the corporate decree
not only displayed its superiority to the
law but actually resulted In leaving the
country without adequate railway facili-
ties for the full development of its traffic.
Probably the trunk line magnates can
find consolation in increased earnings
from the fact that during three months
they have been unable to handle the
business of the country. But the results of
arbitrary and absolute corporate rule do
not appear SO satisfactory from the stand
point of the public.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-10
A DIFFERENCE IN PRIVILEGES.


The statement that the total Of claims
filed on behalf Of the sailors injured in the
Valparaiso riot amount to g, ,O65, 900, not
including those who were killed, sup-
gests reflections on the protection
to life and person afforded to
American citizens abroad as compared
with the same protection in their own
country. No one will dispute that citizens
of the United States should be fully pro-
tected in foreign lands; but should there
not be some similarity in the measure Of
protection afforded to citizens in their
own land?
The general estimate Of the law is that
$1,000 is the limit of damages to be paid
by railroad and other corporations for
each life lost by their neglect of precau-
tions This limit has crystallized into
statutes or rule of law in some States,
and it was supposed to be an in
variable rule in the practice of this
State until year or two ago. Verdicts of
$4,000 to $50, 900 for permanent manning
have been cut down by the courts as ex.
cessive. Yet here we have an average
claim of over $125, 900 for each individual
injured In the Valparaiso riot, or twenty
five times the rate generally assessed on
corporations for killing man in this land
of the free.
OF course it will be said that the cas- es
are different, and that the damages
claimed from Chile are exemplary DAM
ages. But why is there not the same basis
for exemplary damages in one case as in
the other? The ground for the claim on
the Chilean Government, which is not
a inst the rioters, is that 1t neglected to
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-10
INCAPABLE OF CITIZENSHIP.

Another mob, this time located in Men,
phis, Tennessee, has declared by its action
that the people who compose 1t are not
sufficiently instructed in the duties of citi-
zenship to require fair administration Of
justice. This is the only conclusion pos
sible when mob takes prisoners from
Jail and shoots them without trial If
the law cannot be trusted to administer
Justice and punish criminals it is the fault
of the people,. II the administration Of
law is efficient, still more egregious in
capacity for self-government is shown by
mobs that usurp the right to commit muir
der
1t is time to speak out plainly, and as
sert the principle that people who assume
the right to kill others, black or white,
not only commit murder, but prove their
own incapacity fer citizenship in coun-
try governed by law.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-10
A Quixotic Crusade.
Reading Press.l

The Pittsburg Law and Order League is
still keeping up its Quixotic crusade against
Sunday newspapers. On last Sunday its
agents were vigilantly watching the news
boys and newsdealers, and as result
II fresh prosecutions were brought for
violations of the blue laws of 1874
Up to this time about 150 prose-
cutions have been instituted for sell
ing Sunday papers, and in nearly all
the cases the alderman imposed fines of s25
and costs. All the cases have been appealed,
however, and on March II they will be tried
before the judges of the county court. In
view of the prolific field presented, in Pitts
burg and every other large city, for the op-
erations Of antagonists of real vice and i'm
morality, such vehement and persistent
warfare upon harmless newspapers. is
strongly suggestive of fighting windmills.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-10
LITTLE HUMOREsQUEs

Mrs. Potter-Well, wonder what kept
you out all night this timei
JACK Potter-I sat up with . sick friend.
Mrs, Potter-what was his complaint
Mr.. Potter-He complained that the rest Of us
cheated him.-Puck.
The man who wants to make amends
For his acknowledged failings,
Who'd like to have host Of friends,
And silence critics. railinRs,
Who fain would make himself secure
From Jove's stray lightning flashes,
VIII shovel OF his sidewalk. sure,
And sprinkle it with ashes.
-Someviue Journal.
Amy-Young Mr.. Dolley is . very close
MsbeI-what perfectly splendid lover he would
make.-Smtth, Gray d Co. . Monthly.
Mrs Hicks-How do you suppose Cupid
came to pierce my heart?
Hicks-Shooting for practice, probably.-Desur
Sun.
It was just as we were startingi
And hope you understand,
Itwas but to break the parting
That let him take my hand.
Then he asked me something. Surely
Ihad meant to answer MOI"
But he held my hand securely.
And-he wouldn't let it go!
Puck.
Jlnks-You say there are 70 years DC
tween you and your wife? There doesn't look te
be that difference in your ages.
Breezey-Oh. there isn't. I referred TO sne
length Of time we'd been married.-1s0 foSf
herald.
suitor-I trust that your daughter may
not regret her choice. ..
Father-I guess that she has acquired the phil'
osophy Of Hobson by this time.-J''d0s
The leap year girl whom oft We SEQ
'Ttseasy to resist 'er.
Perhaps It would be hard were she
A pretty - her sister.
-Wdshfnoton Srur.
1.-THE advantage in buying knife Of thi
kind, /" said the salesman persuasiyely, 'is thatf
has good nle blade.''
..what-aw-isa nle blade fsw?'' inquired Mr.
Tweddy Olechsp.
For ding your finger nails.'
'I-aw-nevah use anything but the edge Of
gold coin for that ~ SAID Tweddy. transnxtng II
presumptuous salesman py . cold stare through m
eyeglassS-Ch$cdeo Ttoxse,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-10
A HovEL QUESTION AT Law.


Haselton in Doubt Whether City or Borough
Licenses Arc to Be Charged.
WnxEsBARRz. March 9.-Judges Wood
ward and Lynch to-day handed down an
opinion on which the question is decided as
TO whether the saloon keepers Of the new
city Of Hazelton are to pay $500 as city or
500 as borough. The Court decides that
Hazelton became city when the letters
patent were granted, and that conse-
pay 500 Q year into the county treasury.
Exceptions have been dled by the attor.
neys for the liquor men, who clAtm that
the oficers elected iast Februsry = are In.
stalled. The case VIII be taken 70 the Su-
preme Court.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-10

WHAT wonderful sacrifice of private
opinion to public necessity, and the delights
ofa salary, is displayed by the announcement
that q public executioner who has dismissed
two hundred criminals to their account is
opposed to the principle of capital punish
ment-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-10

Tariff was begun yesterday and the Repub-
lican party will rejoice in the fray. There
is no standard like Protection to fight and
win under. Its strength is but the more
clearly shown blythe nature of the attacks
made upon it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-10
A Haun,,d Farm Near Younr,tov,n.

YouNesrowN, March O. a-[Speciaa EJohn
Kurick, q German farmer occupying the
farm Of C. B. Wick, north Of this city, has
left the place. asserting that it was haunted
by ghosts. He says they surrounded the
house ct night, opened and closed doors, and
prevented him Sfrom getting enyrest. His
health began TO give way and he decided to
evade the nocturnal visits by migrating.
Colonel Wick says that he does nos doubt
ghosts won't pay rent.