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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-22

Pope's army and the nations capitol from
capture by Lss's army" (The same bill
was intesAxeed in the House by Mr..
By MI. George, to refund to the pro-
ducers of cotton the internal revenue tax
collected thereon.
Mr.. Hoar offered a resolution, which was
agreed to-, insuucting the Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds to inquire
into the practicability Of providing sufi-
cient shelter, east of the Capitol, for the
protection of persons who may take part
in the inaugural ceremonies. He spoke OF
the Savage weather" at the time OF Presi-
dent Grants second Inauguration, and also
of the "verv heavy storm" that occurred at
the time of President Harrison's inaugura-
tion, when Mr.. Harrison's own health was
very seriously endangered.
Shelter for Everybody.
He suggested that temporary structure,
with a water-tight root, large enough to
shelter the entire crowd, could be arranged
without great expense.
Mr.. Morgan offered resolution, which
was agreed to, requesting the President to
communicate to the Senate the items of tax
alton imposed by the law of the Republic of
Colombia on products of the United States
imported into Colombia, and which the
President has found and proclaimed to be
reciprocally unjust to the United States,
and also to send copies of the correspond.
ence on the subject.
Senate bill to change the name of customs
collection district and port of Wilmington,
Cal, to that of Los Angeles was taken from
the calendar and passed.
Senate bill to amend the statutes so as to
prohibit the introduction and sale of intox-
icating liquors into the Indian country was
taken up, amended and passed.
A number of bills were also introduced.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-22
A WONDERFUL OLD WOMAN.

Mrs. Charlotte Post Smith Dies at the Ago
OF 1O1-RemarkaDle Preservation of
All the Faculties OF a Woman With Is
Great-Great-Grandch
NEW YORK, March 21.-[Specia. Mrs.
Charlotte Post Smith, who died yester-
day of grip at the home of her grand
daughter, Mrs. E. j. w. Stecher, in Brook
lyn, celebrated her 101st birthday May % of
last year. She had been sick 20 days.
Eighty-nine direct descendants survive her.
These include 6 >children, "a grandchildren,
81 great-grandchildren and IS great-great.
grandchildren.
Mrs. Smiths eldest child is 73 years old,
and her youngest great-great-g grandchild
was born on her one hundredth birthday.
In her one hundred and first year her face
was as smooth and round as a chiid's, with
a peculiarly sweet expression about 1t, and
especially when she smiled. Her hair was
thick and silver white. She was alert
and sprightly, and save for touch of rheu-
matism she enjoyed sound and happy health
up to her last year. She was only slightly
deaf, and SO far-sighted, it is said, that it
was impossible for her to obtain glasses that
would enable her to read Her mind was
bright and clear, and until few years ago,
when her rheumatism began to show itself,
she used to romp and play with her great
great-grandchildren.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-22
A PLEA FOR PARDON.
Judge Wickham Interposes in Be-
half of the Beaver Editors.
INFLUENCED BY EVIL COUNSELS
When They Iibeled Senator Quay In
Their Publication.
THE BRUISED REEDS NEARLY BROKEN

| ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.I
HARRISBURG, March 21.-Judge John
J. Wickham, of Beaver, has sent the follow
ing letter to the Board of Pardons, which
meets tomorrow, in the case of John A.
Mellon and William A. Porter, convicted
of libeling Senator Quay, and now serving
term in the Beaver Jail:
s'This was an extreme case. The actual
malice exhibited by the defendants was
such, that to have imposed light sentence
would have brought the Court and the law
into merited contempt (See brief report of
case, in 90 "weekly Notes of Cases." 4aa
A Judge does not occupy the bench to hold
moot-courts for the trial of real offenders.
His sentence, where a criminal is appar-
emily defiant to the last, should be more ef-
fective than blank cartridge.
The Theft Of Good Name.
ga newspaper publisher has no more
right than any one else to wifully or reck-
lessly bear false witness against his neigh
Dor, and think that to-day, as in the time
of Solomon, "a good name is rather to be
chosen than riches Ofttimes it is rather
to be chosen than life itself He who
causelessly and maliciously destroys or
seeks to destroy another's reputation is
surely, in the eye of God and man, at least,
as culpable as one who steals garment to
cover his nakedness or loaf to satisfy his
hunger
'In theory libel is only punishable, under
the criminal law, because it tends to pro-
woke breach of the peace, but, as matter
of fact, the courts have always been influ-
enced in their sentences, and rightly so, by
the moral nature of the crime, and have
been severe or merciful in each case accord
ing to the degree of malice shown by the
offender
Reasons for Executive CIemency.
''The sentence, viewed in the light of what
is said above, was fully justified by the cir
cumstances as they appeared to the court
Since it was imposed, however, certain e1-
planatory and extenuating matters have
been brought to nv attention which, if
known in time. would have made the actual
malice seem less and have somewhat lessened
the defendants punishment Yielding to
the prisoners request recommend them to
executive clemency, solely for the reason
already mentioned and the others following,
viz:
"First, I am assured and believe that the
prisoners sincerely regret that, Influenced
by evil counsels, they libeled the prose-
cutor.
''Second, The sentence, so far as it was
intended for public example, has probably
fulfilled its purpose.
Third, The prisoners have dependent |
families; their business imperatively needs |
attention, and their health, it is feared. will |
be permanently injured by long conine-
ment
Fourth, They have already suffered Sc !
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-22
SIX OF A FAMILY BURNED.

The Only Member Unhurt Is a Boy, Who
Drags His Father Out.
SLEEPY EYE, MINI, March 21.-News
of a terrible disaster, six miles south of
Springfield, reached here late last night.
A house took fire and five children fell vic
Tins to the flames The oldest was about
o. The father, named Leahay, was severe
ly scorched, probably fatally. He was
pulled out by boy IA years old.
Only one inmate escaped unhurt. He
awoke, ran from the house and returned
and dragged his father out. The mother
was absent from. home at the time. The
father had Just returned from the East.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-22
LATE NEWS in BRIEF.

Trains delayed by heavy snow in New
York State.
-Blizzards are still reported from Iowa
and Illinois.
-O'Brien, the defaulting treasurer of the
Catholic knights of America, is in Cincin-
matt, and may be induced to disgorge.
Colonel Weber barred 20 Italians at Ellis
Island yesterday. They were passengers
from italian ports, and were all ex-convicts
William Lawn, one armed convict, in q
drunken fight, at New York, with Michael
Slattery, cut the latter's throat with a
razor.
The explosion of a gasoline stove in the
wrecked the building and fatally burned the
pastor, Rev. MI. Boles
Miss Matte Hester keeper of a 'blind
tiger" and female desperate in trousers,
was captured by sheriff near Dublin, Ga,
Saturday, after a desperate struggle.
Mrs Sarah Althea Terry since her incar-
ceration in an insane asylum has become
very violent One of her favorite methods
for passing time is to lean against the wall
and receive spirit messages.
While moving a house across a street at
Chicago yesterday, the building toppled over
upon six men. Nicholas Brobst was Instantly
killed. Peter Becker was seriously, perhaps
fatally. injured, and Frank Schilling, Michael
Schwierath and Charles Weak were badly
hurt.
An undervest containing SIS, 600 in cash
and papers valued al twice that amount was
left in the Turkish bathrooms at the Palmer
House, in Chicago, by ex-senator Thomas NJ.
Bowen, or Denver, Sunday afternoon. 1t
was found half an hour later in the dressing
room the ex-senator had occupied by col
ored attendant. who at once carried it to
Clerk Cunningham.
Short Bull, Kicking Bear and the rest of
the Indians who have been to Europe with
Buffalo Bill reached Chicago Sunday, in
charge of squad of United States soldiers.
They were taken at once to Fort Sheridan,
where the two named will be kept for some
time, as it is feared they would again start
the ghost dance were they allowed to return
to their reservations.
disaster seems to follow Engineer Whist
Ter even after death. He was killed In q
wreck Friday night near Glencoe, Col. He
had just recovered from inju received in
railroad wreck, and that was his first run
since his illness Sunday morning his re-
mains were started to his late home in Cali
fornia. The train had proceeded to point
called The Rock, when suddenly the express
car which contained the remains broke loose
from the rest of the train, jumped the track
and turned completely over. The coach
containing the body was badly damaged,
and a man named Mack, who was escorting
the remains, had his leg badly bruised.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-22

verely, in body and mind, and the bruised
reed should not be altogether broken.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-22

To be healthy, rugged and strong use
Bisque of Beef herbs and aromatica
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-22
SIG Mems All Wool Suits for q 80.

We are selling to-day mems fine suits,
strictly all wool, for 81 80, which win cost
you from $14 to $16 in any other store.
These elegant suits come in straight cut
sacks OF round cut sacks, also double
breasted sacks and in and 4-button cuta-
way frocks You can take your pick out
of about 3, 900 suits. No such values were
ever offered by any clothiers in this country.
Be on hand as early as possible and ask to
see the 81 30 all wool suits as advertised.
P. c. c. C.-Pittsburg Combination Cloth
ing Company, cor. Grant and Diamond
streets.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-22
EDITOR GoDKIN IN TROUBLE

Arrested for Criminal Libel
NEW YORK, March 19.-Edward T. God
kin, editor of the Evening Post, was arrested
yesterday on charge of criminal libel pre-
ferred by Dennis w. O'Halloran, Secretary
of the February grand jury. Mr.. Godkin
was taken to police court, where he was re-
leased in $1,000 bail The grand jury of
which Mr. O'Halloran was secretary
handed in Q presentment censuring Rev. DR..
Parkhurst for his attacks from the pulpit
upon the official acts of District Attorney
NicolL In commenting on this the Evening
Post referred to Mr.. O'Halloran as ian ex-
keeper of low dive" The complainant
denies that he ever kept dive.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-22
FOR
THIS MONTH
ONLY.

All GOODS STORED tor future deliv-
cry. All bills to date FROM delivery of
goods Special prices and terms for this
month. A 20 per cent discount on
all cash purchases. A 10 per cent
discount on 6O-day settlements.
Six months time given on all bills under
$50. One years time given on all bills
from $50 to 500. All bills to date from de-
livery of goods CASH OR CREDIT in
every department..
The largest and best selected assortment
of PARLOR AND BEDROOM FURNI-
TURE in the city. We don't allow any
house to undersell U.S.
Our stock of CARPETS is complete in
every sense-Axminsters, Moquettes, Body
and Tapestry Brussels, all and part wool
extra super Ingrains The choicest line of
goods ever offered to the buying public.
Every variety of Rugs known. Portieres,
Chenille and Lace Curtains
A special drive this week will be about
20 extra super CARPETS, from 20 to "a
yards each, that will be offered at Il their
regular price. A big bargain, ana don't you
forget it..
Our Baby Coaches, Refrigerators and Ice
Chests are open for spring inspection.
Bear us in mind if you want bargain.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-22

AsTHMATIC TROUBLES, pleurisy pains,
and infamed throats, are overcome and
healed by DR.. d. Jayne's Expectorant-for
30 years an approved standby tor all coughs
and colds
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-22
NEW STYLES,
BUT THE SAME
OLD PRICES!

Is still the prevailing cry with our elegant
selection Of Mems fashionable Merchant
Tailor Made Garments. Our agents are kept
busy buying and shipping only the very best
OF garments that 1rst-class merchant tailors
are capable of making up.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-02-25
Colorado Marbles.

Much has been said of the purity Of
some of the Colorado marbles, and
that there are quarries of it superior
to the famed Carrara marble for stat
ues and art work. This may or may
not be true; it is, of course, to be
hoped it is. Those who have visited
Carrara will remember in what a
crude and primitive way the blocks
Of marble are gotten out and almost
rolled down the hillsides, resulting
in great waste. There are several de-
posits Of alabaster in Colorado, but
the specimens shown the writer are
not as clear as the foreign article.
One thing is certain, however, that
there is an inexhaustible supply Of
marble, alabaster and similar rock in
Colorado, suitable for the best of in
terror decoration and for practical
uses. The impure marbles possess a
variety and beauty of color that gives
them a special value, and are equal
to the petra dura of Italy. Somehow
or other, an article brought from a
distance possesses, in the opinion Of
many, a value greater than a domes-
tic article.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-02-25
American Tin.

NEW York, February 2O.-Phelps, Dodge
& Co., of No. IL Cliff street, received car
load of roof tin from the Apollo Iron and
Steel company of Pittsburg, Pa. 1t is a high
class tn, better, Mr.. McLane, of Phelps
Dodge Il Co., says, than any now imported.
"As yet" said Mr.. McLane, 'little of the
American article Is received here IN New
York but understand three or four Pitts
burg firms are making it. There is no trouble
disposing of lin, even at price above that
of the foreign article. 1t Is of better class. -
My mill is now turning out twenty-fOur
tons of tin plate a day, and the industry is an
assured fact in this country" said Exon
gresham Niedringhaus, of st. Louis, at the
Fifth Avenue hotel The ex-cOngressman
has demonstrated that good tin can be man
ufactured here as well as in Wales. He said
this about the outlook for the industry:
I'VE have carried out our promise to the
ways and means committee of the Elftieth
congress, and shown beyond doubt that we
can make TIN of the best quality in this coun-
try. 1t is now becoming great industry I
pay about s, 500 day for labor. Already
about twenty men have signified their inten-
ton to start tin factories, and altogether the
prospect Is rosy. The raw material costs US
almost nothing, and in that respect Wales
cannot compete with US. We have made a
great success of tin"
what about reciprocity?'
u believe IN 1t, especially with the South
American countries. But we must be care
full not to exchange free of duty manufac-
tured goods with England or any other coun-
try that pays labor one-third less than we do.
turing Industries here. A workmen here re-
ceives about three tunes the pay as in Eng
land or any part of Europe, and he can buy
nearly three times as much as the foreigner.
1t is wise to have reciprocal relations with
South American countries, because they don {
manufacture to any extent, and we can find
a market there in exchange for their coffee
and general products"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-02-25
THE sICILIANS.
Their History One Record of Oppression
and SPOliatiOH.

Their History One Record of Oppression
and SPOIiatiOH.
Sicily is one of the most unfor-
tunate of islands. Separated from
Italy by strait two miles wide the
islanders have suffered the combined
disadvantages of isolation and subju-
cation. Under the Greeks they were
misgoverned and oppressed, and if
they enjoyed independence during the
reign of Dionysius, "the tyrant of
Syracuse" their condition was not
improved.
Carthage dominated Sicily for a
while. Under Rome, rich patricians
sent gangs of slaves to till the Sicilian
estates, until the yeomen of the island
were all ruined. From the Caesars to
the BourbOns, as often as Italy has
changed masters, Sicily has been re-
garded by each in turn as part of the
spoils of conquest, and the people,
too few and weak to resist their ty-
rants openly, have had no recourse
against the direst oppression except
the secret society, the stealthy assas-
sin, and brigandage.
Under the present italian govern
ment the Sicilians are less oppressed
dllu DlOIt lOlCluls OuU lAACg law "
outgrow and undo the accumulated
mischiefs Of 5000 years of subjuga-
ton, during which they have never
been governed except for the adj
vantage either of a foreign despot or
feudal chief of their own blood.
. 1t is surprising that, after such an
experience, a majority of the people
should have retained the most essen
tial virtues of human beings; just as
the Irish have under similar oppres-
sion and spoliation. The British
! consul posted there, in his last official
report, described the condition of the
Sicilian farmers and also testities
to their good disposition. Such is
the poverty of the peasantry that
they are wholly unacquainted with
any sort Of luxury, even with tobacco,
the poor solace of the poorest in other
lands. Their food is mostly the hard
! est kind of rye bread, which they
mitigate with a raw onion or a small
quantity of beans or cabbage. A lit.
tie inferior olive oil, very strong in
point of odOr, occasional serves as
butter to their black bread. As fol
the laborers, they live in houses COM
posed of a single room, which is
shared by the pigs, goats, the donkey,
and the chickens. In spite of this
grinding and hopeless poverty the
consul describes them as moral, pO-
lite, patient, extremely industrious,
and wonderfully prudent. In Sicily,
he remarks, are seen creatures
clothed in rags, living on the very
last items of subsistence to which
human nature seems capable of being
reduced, but enduring the hardship:
of their lot with a resignation fol
which the joyous spirit Of the old
Greek pastoral poet would have found
no notes of recognition.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-02-25
The kansas Building.

AAAC ANeAAAoeAo DGAANAiAAEs
TOPEKA, February 19.-Seymour Davis, Of
Topeka, is awarded first prize on design for
Kansas building at the worlds fair.
]. W. Perkins. of Topeka, captured second
prize, and George z. Washburn, of Ottawa,
the third.
The prizes, 500, $50 and 500, viii be paid
when the award is approved by the directors
of the exposition
The building planned by Architect Davis
contains Is, 81 square feet of floor space on
the first floor; of that amount 4,O58 square
feet is in the rear of the building for the nat
ural history collection of the State university;
s, $40 square feet is in front for headquarters
accommodations: leaving a balance of .:S}6
square feet in the center for exhibits. The
design is cruciform and set twenty feet back
from the front line of the lot.
1t Is so arranged that the center front of
the hrst and second stories are TO be used for
club house purposes and the entire center Of
the building for exhibit purposes.
The front entrance to the building will be
through sixteen foot arch into vestlbule
23xl3 feet, which Is provided with three sets
OF double acting doors which open into the
main halls and can be locked when neces-
sary-
There are four broad stairways leading
from the first TO the second floors.
In the second story front the mems and
women's parlOrs are connected by writing
room and are each supplied with lavatories.
The second floor contains !, $40 square feet
for exhibit purposes and J, $40 square feet IN
front for further headquarters accommoda-
ton.
A large seal of the state rests over the front
window of the ladies parlor, on a shield
crowned with the American eagle.
Two shields are on each side, one with the
date, 1861, (the year Kansas was admitted
into the union) and one with the date 1893.
All three are to be connected with ribbon,
upon which is inscribed the motto, ''Ad Astra
Per Aspera-'
The building will be of stone and will be
fitted with all the most modern appliances,
the total estimated cost is 81, SS7.10.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-02-25

@Here we are, Edgar, most pleasantly
engaged Come on, old fellow; Wen
catch him yeti"
Accrington's demon look came back
ala, Arden, tooin muttered he. be-
tween his teeth. he suddenly passed
MS arm around Loveday's waist, and
swung her into the carriage, speaking a
word or two to his coachman as he did
so; next moment the carr age was
dashing down the lane like whirl wind,
and LoYeday was uttering shrek after
Shrek, without being heard by q soul
save Accrington, who clasped her in his
arms with giant strength, and let her
scream as she would, with her face
crushed against his b cas-
Even then, while using his superior
strength, like bastard, against a wo-
man, his yearning love rose uppermost,
and he pressed his pallid face upon
her silken head, plead ng with her in
heartrending tones, to forgive him.
%Hush, hush, my darling, do not
struggle sol Who will ever love you as
I love YOU? No, no, sweet, l cannot let
you leave me; 1 have de troyed my life
TO win you. Loveday, you cannot fear me
so very much, dear? how is it that she will
not love me when I-oh, God, she is my
all! Tears, my girl; let me catch them
on my heart! for each one you shall
have life's, devotion. Oh, LovedaY,
LoYeday."
He wept; scalding drops fell upon her
brow; they were wrung from the one
pure spot in that guilty heart
She lay still at last; she was exhausted
with struggling; she lay on his breast
half swooning Her hat had long ago
fallen to the floor of the carriage; her
yellow hair flowed wildly about her
waist, bathing his arms and hands, fill
ing him with rapture.
She had run out to keep her tryst in
nocent!y, all unprepared for journey; a
graceful tribe of white chenille swathed
the bare shoulders of her dinner cos
tune, and her feet were shod with
nothing more than black velvet brOde-
quins.
But Accrington was prepared for all
this; when the desperate struggle was
over, and her weakness succumbed to
his strength, then she should see nov
idolatrously he could love and provide
for her.
GTO BE CONTINUED.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-02-25
Greek EanatIos

ATHENS, February 2O.-The Protestant
church at the Piraus, which was pillaged and
partly burned by fanatical mob lately, was
built by money subscribed by Englishmen
and Americans, but the ministers connected
with it are Greeks The mob not only
wrought havoc IN the sacred edifice itself, but
they attacked the parsonage and wrecked l..
Everything IN the residence of the ministers
was destroyed.
The British Foreign Bible society, of which
the chef minister IN an agent, intends to
claim compensation for the outrage from the
Greek government. Many of the rioters were
masked, but no attention was paid to this, as
1t was day of carnival After the congrega-
ton and the ministers were driven from The
church everything portable was removed
from the building, the benches, chairs, stools,
cushions and everything else that could be
carried were taken 10 the square in front of
the church. saturated with petroleum and
then set on fire.
Several members of the congregation fed
IN fear of their lives and took refuge in the
British consulate. They were pursued to the