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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20
Most Graceful shnrer.

Her ready tact and extreme unselhshness
prompted a verv pretty act, when. as she com
pleted her first encore number during which
Miss Mamie Reuck assisted the accompanist),
instead of bowing acknowledgment alone Of
the ovation, she, by taking the hand of the
talented young violiniste, made her an equal
sharer in the triumph.
Miss Reuck's youthful figure was robed in a
soft silk of mode shade, and she was decided
fayorite during the evening.
Miss Agnes Vogel was gowned in Light blue
of some soft clinging material and looked un-
usually attractive.
Mrs. Dr. Walters, the directress Of the POGO
a-POco Orchestra, wore toilet matching as
nearly as possible the color of her hair, golden
shade, draped with black silk null.
The stage lost some of its ancient look by the
artistic decorations on either side, composed Of
handsome plants, ferns and palms.
The baskets and bouquets given the various
artists were of the choicest flowers, and, in
every instance, brought forth the sweetest
smiles of the receivers.
The ushers who braved the weather were in
immaculate attire, and handled the large audi
ence with skill and discretion.
THoRNE BRANCH,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20
THEY WANT HARMONY.

Modest Demands to be Made BY Congress-
men From the New States.
WASHINGTON, November l9-The Repre-
sentatives-elect from the four new States with
the exception of Congressman Clifford, Of
South Dakota. who is i'll, met last evening IN
conference for the purpose Of securing har-
monious action at the coming session Of Con-
gress. They decided to act as unit on all
measures affecting their interests. They will
favor an increased coinage of silver. liberal ap-
propriatiops for river and harbor Improvements
and for irrigation, the taxation OF lead ore inn
portations and the protection Of the farming
interests, including that OF sheep raising.
They will ask for places on the Committees
on Territories, Public Lands, Indian Affairs.
Coinage. Mines and Mining, and Rivers and
Harhora
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20
WEDDED AT CALVARY.
The Crouch Parker NuptIals Attract a
Fashionable ThronR.

The Crouch Parker Nuptials Attract a
Fashionable Throng.
IN Calvary Church last evening, at 7:3O Miss
Frances Crouch, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
F. Crouch, of Mayfower street, and Mr.. How
ard Hampton Parker. of Shadyside, were
united in marriage. Rev. George Hodges, pas
tor of the church, performed the ceremony.
Miss Killikelly presided at the organ, and the
Lohengrin Bridal Chorus foated forth as
Ushers w. X. Hart Jr., Frank Liggett, ]. NJ.
Even, Clark B. Nicholson, Weldon s. Mason
and A. w. Weber preceded the bride, attended
by her father, to the altar.
The groom and Edgar G. Lang, his best man,
were in waiting. The bride, a petite young
woman, was attfred in very stylish travelling
suit Of blue broadcloth, the large pockets and
cuffs OF which were trimmed with Vandyke
points. White broadcloth formed V at the
neck, and gfrdle finished the bodice. A pretty
little toque and bouquet of roses completed
the toilet
The young people left on an evening train for
Chicago and other Western points. They will
reside in Shadyside upon their return.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20
WOULD CHICAGO BE SATIsFIED9
A Contemporary Would Give It the Worlds
Fair and the Qnnlfnl. Too.

A Contemporary Would Give It the Worlds
Fair and the Capital. Too.
From the New York Herald, Paris Edition.]
If the Exhibition goes to Chicago. why not
meet the growing sentiment of the country and
send the capital there. Washington is . mis-
take. 1t was, at the outset. real estate specu-
lation. 1t was captured and burned by foreign
foe, and Chilli. with our helpless navy, could
capture and burn it tomorrow. The West could
govern the country. Do not let rs initiate q
New England brethren at the time of the Hart
ford convention or our Southern brethren in
the Rebellion. and resist any honest impulse Of
this kind.
Ifpublic opinion would give Chicago the Ex-
hibition. so be it Let the capital go likewise.
New York will do her part to make them both
q success feeling that she is in herself an exhi-
bition all the year round. and the capital Of the
Continent, lowered with supremacy which
none can challenge.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20

THE statement that one of the Pittsburg
labor leaders who was expelled from the
Knights of Labor was subjected to that dis
cipline for talking too much" warrants the re-
mark that the remedy is not likely to work
cure. The probability is that the expelled
member will make his loquaeity rather broader
and more persistent than ever, without any
effort to use his conversational powers for the
benefit of the K. of L.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20

To the esteemed cotemporary which rises
up in Indignation at the answer of THE Dis
PATCH to a correspondent that If man lies
about his hand at poker he loses the pot,w ten
der our humble excuses. While the intellect
ual department of THE DIS PATCH may not
be fully versed in the deceptive features Of
drawpoker it was obvious that the mistake was
one which no one connected with the Times
NRnnld make
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20
AsaLadyViews 1t.

The miserably inclement weather had almost
interdicted a public appearance, and those
ladies in the audience who risked wetting did
not don their most gorgeous apparel. Not an
evening toilet was to be seen, except those
worn upon the stage. Miss Jueh was
in one OF her merriest moods and also
one of her loveliest gowns-an exquisite
creation of delicate blue, which looked
sweetly simple, but must have cost preposter-
Gus sum. 1t was cut mediumly loW-enough
to display the perfectly-rounded neck and
shoulders of the fair diva. anG the CLEAN of
many diamonds constituted the only trimming.
Her reception by the audience must have been
as gratifying to her as her graceful responses
to the encores given by her were to the audi
ence.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20

THE Pittsburg and Western denies that
it has any freight blockade on its line. This, it
is hoped, will permit the road to handle freight
as the shippers may order, instead of under
taking to issue orders itself as to what classes
of freight the shippers shall ship.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20
SPRING OWNERS COMBINE.

Oyer S25, ZOO, eco of Capital Represented
in the Now Organization.
CHICAGO, November ia new organiza-
ton, representing an invested capital of over
SIS OOO, 900, and including all the prominent
mineral water spring owners of the country.
was effected here to-day. The object of
the organization is to secure protection
by legislation from foreign manufactured
mineral waters. 1t is said that nearly all of
the imported mineral water Is manufactured.
but that it is entered as natural spring water
and thereby comes in duty free. defrauding the
Government of large revenues and seriously
injuring the legitimate trade in this country.
A. NJ Jones, Of Waukesha, Wis, was elected
President; w. B. Keller, editor National
Bottler's Gazette, New York, Secretary, and ..
Enfield, Of Bedford Springs, Pa, Treasurer.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20

THE New York girl who sued for 500, 900
damages for breach of promise and got ver-
dict of 9 cents is to be condoled with on the
depressing effect on her interests of the New
York environments. The tendency of the
metropolis to cut down the amounts aimed at
to minimum In realization produced even
greater shrinkage in her enterprise than in the
Worlds Fair and Grant monument funds
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20
SENIOR CASTELAR'S MOVEMENTS
nuse Some Talk of Revolutionary DEM
e. GuoSn

Cause Some Talk of Revolutionary Dem.
onstratIon in Spain.
PARIS, November 19.-Senor Emilio CASTELAR,,
who has been spending some days in this city,
started this morning on his return to Madrid.
Political wiseacres who seek to find some
meaning in all of Castelar's movements i'm
agine that they see in this some indication of
significant political agitation to be inaugurated
in Spain, Some go so far as to think that this
will take the form of Republican revolt.
Senior CASTELAR,, in his speech at the reception
rendered him by the Students Association.
evoked the greatest enthusiasm by his refer
ences to the fepublic, which he said was infalli-
BILE. He dwelt upon the greatness of sublime
faith in an ideal Columbus he said discovered
America through faith If America had not
existed God would have made it rise from the
waters to recompense such faith.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20
GOSSIP OF TIE METROPOLIS.
Opposed 70 Postal Expre.aags.
rnnH YORK. RuREAu sprcrAr.s.f


NEW YORK, November 19.-Ex- Postmaster
General James expressed himself at length this
morning concerning Postmaster General Wan
amaker's proposal to reduce postal rates for
packages. Il am opposed he said, mot only
to the increase of facilities for delivering par
GELS, but think that the whole businessshouId
be dispensed with. The Government is now
carrying parcels at a rate far below cost and
this makes it impossible to consider at present
any further reduction in letter postage. The
letter postage ought 70 be cent and it could
be but for the enormous loss which the Gov
ernment meets with in carrying the parcels.
The truth is that the letter postage is held at
2cents in order to preserve the balance in the
department. 1t is not possible. in my opinion,
that this sort Of expressage business done BY
the Government will ever be remunerative.
The greater the amount Of the business the
greater the loss to the Government, and IL the
prices are still further reduced 1 am apprehen-
sive that the increase Of business will swamp
the department.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20
CHARITY CONCERT.

A Delightful and Successful Musical Event
Emma Juch's Charming PART of the
Programme Generously Doubled Up
The Toilets Most Noticeable,
Not even the day Uf rain and the night-faIl Of
drizzle could in any degree counteract the
strong centripetal forces that made Old City
Hall last evening the center of attraction for
the musico-social whirl. Fashionables and
music-lovers from all quarters of the com
munity streamed in and crowded the au-
ditorium to overfowings Just as was the case
with the recent Thomas concert, so here sew
eral hundred additional seats at the same price
land who knows how many, at popular prices)
could have been sold, if the hall could have
held them.
Could there be better evidence that Pitts
burg is full ripe for large, central music hall3
AS everybody knows, the occasion was the
charity concert for the benefit of that ad-
mirably practical Domestic Training School in
the East End. The well-known society women
actively interested in the institution, with the
wise advice and most efficient aid Of Advisory
Chairman John W. Black, did all they could to
make the ticket sale what it ought to be-aud
then went on to make the concert itself worth
more than the price they asked for the tickets.
rare and most creditable phenomenon in
charity concerts was this.
OF course a charity concert does NOT and can
not pretend to stand upon a purely artistic
plane. 1tmust place aims before art; shekels
before standards By the same token, it is not
proper subject for criticism according to Sc
we're standards-the more since the performers
are almost always volunteers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20

The continental idea seems to be that if
American heiresses will not come down Hber-
ally for the European titles they buy, it Is the
function of the European press to make up the
deficiency by slandering the young women.
European nobility does not seem to be an es-
pecially noble thing when you come to get ac-
uuainted with it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20
TO PUSH THE BORDER CLAIMS.
The state Commission Will Visit Chambers
burg and Begin Work To-day.

The stnte COmmIsBion VIII Visit Chambers-
burg and Begin Work To-day.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcHI
HARRISBURG, November l9.-The commits
sion appointed under resolution passed at the
last session of the Legislature to present to
Congress the claims of the people who suffered
losses by the rebel invasion during the war,
will leave here tomorrow morning for Cham
bersburg, where operations will be begun. The
claim aggregates about S., ,OOO, 600 of which the
State would receive SS0OOOO in return for
moneys advanced claimants at different times.
The commission consists of Governor Beaver,
Attorney General kirkpatrick and Auditor
General McCamant and members of the Legis-
lature. Congressmen Maish, of York, and A.
kinsop, of Juniata, Will be present at the meet
ing of the commission, which will have, full
Representation in attendance, except Speaker
Rover.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20

Mr.. WILLIAM WALDORF AsToR has
written magazine article combating Chicago's
claims to the Worlds Fair. more effective
method of combating Chicago would be for
Mr.. Astor to come down with 100000 sub
scription to the New York fund; but that would
not be quite SO economical.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20
More yYesteru Men FIxed.

WASHINGTON, November 1s-The President
made tho following appointments to-day:
Alonzo j. Edgerton, of South Dakota to be
United states District Judge for the district Of
South Dakota; Willis Sweet of Idaho to be
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the
Territory Of Idaho; William b. Sterling, OF
South Dakota, to be Attorney Of the United
States for the district Of South Dakota,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20
A Trick Donkey makes a Mistake.

Last night the trick donkey belonging to
Bartholomew's show nearly killed James Lyon,
the stage manager at Proctor's Opera House in
Bridgeport. 1t is part Of the performance for
the donkey to fire pistol by pulling the trig-
ger with its teeth. In this instance the donkey
fred cannon, which it was intended one Of
the trained horses should discharge. Mr.. Lyon
had his back toward the audience, and the
charge and wadding. striking him below the
equator, hustled him over the footlights into
the orchestra. Lyon was severely hurt and
the performance temporarily paralyzed The
donkey, after Dombarding Mr.. Lyon, trotted to
the footlights and looked complacently down
on the confusion.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20
New Fa.hIon. in the Easr.

From the New York Telegram.l
Waterbury threatens to set some very impor-
tant fashions. She has already made time one
OF the cheapest things in the country and now
one of her courts has fixed fifty cents as the
legal rate per kiss when a man trespasses on
the lips of another mans wife. 1t would have
paid Mr.. Arbuckle to have taken his Baby
Bunting case to Waterbury.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20
III not delivered in
ten days return to
james JO0es
- James street.
New York City.
:: JOHN DOE,
Broadway,
City.


mo stamp is affixed, and when the clerks, in
sorting the mail, discover this letter, they toss
it on one side, after first stamping it in red ink,
Returned for postage" Naturally the postal
clerks believe that Mr.. Jones is the sender, and
the letter reaches him. The address, John Doe,
is OF course fictitious. In this way they have
kept up a correspondence for months, and
Uncle Sans gray coats have been performing
messenger service gratis
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20

lines which is now going on, although it
may be produced by the system of exclusive
privileges, it aecomplishes distinct public
purpose widely different from the combina-
tion of competing lines.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20

GERONIMO, the Apache chief who was
formerly principally famous for his artistically
murderous abilities, is now reported to have
become Christian. Geronimo is evidently de-
termined to show that there is another way
of becoming good Indian beside the pro-
verbal one.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20

IT is to be remarked that three high
priced works of art are now attracting public
attention. They are "H Angelus," valued at
Sic, 900; Axtell, slO5OOO, and Snnol Varlously
quoted at $4,000 to 100000. The first named
is believed to have the most sentiment, bnt the
two latter excel in action.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20
TELEGRApHING ON THE CONGO.
Little Black Boys Trying to Master the Art
of Sending Messages.

of Sending Messages.
From the New York Sun.l
Some black boys on the Congo are now learn
ing the art of telegraphy. They live in the
cataract region. A short telegraph line has
been stretched over the hills, and the boys are
sending messages to one another. Their in
structor is Mrs. Bentley, the wife of one Of the
bestknown African missionaries. The last
time she was in Europe she learned telegraphy
for the purpose OF training native operators,
and she hopes to have them all ready for serv-
ice by the time the Congo railroad stretches a
line along the river.
When a French or German operator tries to
send message in English it is observed that
he is apt to make rather bad job of it, particu-
larly il the penmanship is a little blind. AS
these boys can read only in their native Ian
guage it is possible that some of the French
messages they will transmit will have little
value as curiosities.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20

The report that the State of New York
will tackle the Standard after it has disposed Of
the Sugar Trust, promises lively times before
the job is ended. 1t may be just as well to have
it settled now whether the State is bigger than
the trusts or vice versa.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20
A Gas Gusher in Kansas.

CHERRYvALE, KAN. November 19.-About
II o'clock to-day the Cherryvale Vulcan Coal
and Mining Company struck strong flow of
gas at a depth of 900 feet. The force of the
escaping gas threw the water confined in the
shaft 40 feet into the air.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20

IT is evident that the Indiana Liquor
Dealers Association thinks that its election of
Vice President Morton as an honorary member
was slur at the Vice President; bit it also fol-
lows that this amounts to decided recognition
on its part that its membership Is bad company
for any man of high reputation.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20
AidIur the Temperance Cause.

From the Detroit Free Press.1
If it be true that the price of drinks at the
Shoreham-vice President Morton's Washing
ton hotel-has been put at 20 cents. the friends
of temperance should rejoice rather than
grieve. At that price the average Congress-
man will be compelled to drink very moder-
ately or run in debt.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20

IT is reassuring to note that most of our
contemporaries editorially argue that both Emin
Bey and Casat must be with Stanley: but it
will be more reassuring when all three Of them
reach civilization once more.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20

THE joint platform of the Democratic
press and of General Fitz John Porter seems
to be that any historian of the war who does
not tell the story of the second Bull Run cam
paign exactly as General Porter wishes it told,
is liar and traitor to the State.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20
FAIR NORA WAS A FRAUD.
A Number of Wife, Hunters the Victims Of
Misplaced Confidence.

Misplaced Confidence.
NEBRASKA City, NEB., November l9.-Isaac
Henry, day laborer of this city, recently
rented lockbox in the postoffice and ordered
all letters addressed to Nora Henry, to be
placed in it. Then he inserted an advertise
ment in the Eastern matrimonial papers, that
Nora Henry an orphan, ''passably good-looking
and of independent MEANS" desired cores
pondence with view to marriage. Hundreds
of letters soon arrived for Mora" After some
correspondence mora" would ask for some
present as a guarantee of good faith, and the
contributions which flowed in consisted of gold
watches, money, rings and jewelry.
One of the dupes from Lincoln, Neb., and
another from Iowa. came here to press their
suits in person, but were told that Mora" had
gone to Kentucky. Isaac refused to give back
the presents and the dupes caused his arrest
for using the mails to defraud.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20
A Warming To Eurone.

From the Detroit Free Press.I
II such monarchy as that Of Dom Pedro
can be quietly overthrown and Republic pro-
claimed, the crowned heads OF Europe had bet
ter wake up and bolt the back door and ring for
the patrol wagon. It's the handwriting on the
wall
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20
An A.fnl Threat NInda.

Hundreds of frowsy fingers with tousled heads
and defective limbs crowded the steps Of the
City Hall from Ii to o'clock to-day. They
were the italian, French, swiss and German
curbstone musicians, who hRd turned ont to
help their committee IN pleading with the
aldermen for the repeal Of the ordinance
against street music. Tha Aldermen met at 10
o'clock. and before the deputation could
squeeze a word in edgewise, resolved to submit
the whole matter OF curbstone music legislation
to the Law Committee, next Friday. This is 3
victory for the organ-grinders. for the Law
Committee is a unit in their favor. The organ
grinders propose, in the event ofthe resembling
of the ordinance in question, to give an organ
concert in Paradise Park There viii be aT
least l50 organs played during the concert The
oldest organgrinder in the city. who Is an
Italian with an unpronounceable name, and
who has reached his S7th year, viii play the
''Miserere" on his hand-organ. One hundred
and fifty organs wilIplay in unison "Wait Till
the Clouds Roll By" "Boulanger's March" and
where Did You Get That Hat"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20
AN ALLEGHENY WEDDING.
Miss Belle Reed and Mr.. C. C. Bye Become
Man and Wife.

Man and Wife.
At $50 o'clock last evening in the Arch Street
Presbyterian Church, Allegheny, Miss Belle
Reed, and Mr.. Charles c. Bye, of Wilmington,
Del, were Joined in the holy bonds of matri-
Inony by Rev. D. s. Kennedy pastor of the
church.
The bride is member of the Mozart Club,
and out OF compliment to her a number of the
members under Prof. McCollum sang selections
from 'LOhengrin" and Cinderella"
After tile ceremony the friends were enter
tained at the home of the brides parents, on
Esplanade street, and enjoyed an excellent re-
past served oy Hagan. The future home of
Mr.. and Mrs Bye will be in Wilmington.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-20
Hard LueI. KIII. Apotb.r Man.

Nicholas skowerly, q bachelor 45 years old
was found dead on his bed this morning, with q
ten-inch stilletto sticking in his heart Hard
luck and lack ofmoney had led him to commit
suicide. He was in good circumstances years
ago, but was defrauded Of his money BY a
partner in business. He spoke i've languages
and read night and day.