Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-31
A CAPITAL WEDDING
On the Cards for More Than the Late
White House Steward.
SCHLOSsER AS A BROTHER-IN-LAW
Of Hugo ziemanffs Bride Expectant,
About Christmas Time.
FAMOUS CATERERS NEW DEPARTURE

John B. Schlosser, formerly one of the
proprietors of the Duquesne Hotel. and the
new owner Of the Hotel Albemarle, will be
married during the last week of December
to Miss Velker, of Washington, D. G.
The wife expectant is an heiress after a
manner, and is described as being one Of
the most beautiful young women of Wash
ingtop.
Mr.. Schlosser was called upon by a re-
porter for The DIsPATcH yesterday, but
he would give no information concerning
the coming union. He said that it was
only private to himself, and that when the
marriage occurred he would have no hesita-
tion In giving the matter to the public.
From another source, however, the reporter
secured information about the bride to be.
Almost every man about town in the city
knows Mr.. Schlosser. For some years he
was one of the propretors of the Hotel
Duquesne. He came to this city from the
Metropolitan Hotel, New York, about 1877,
and took charge of the dining room of the
Duquesne Club, which was then the only
social club of note in the city. Schlosser was
the bone of contention over which split oc-
CURED in the club, and
THE YOUNGER MEMBERS LEFT
it. He had dispute with one of them, and
the case went before the Board of Directors.
The latter, backed up by the old members of
the club, sustained the steward. The young
men pulled out of the organization, and
formed the Pittsburg Club, which is still in
existence. At that time the Pittsburg Club
was about to move into the Blume building
upon the site of their present quarters The
new organization quietly worked a deal by
which they secured possession of the fixtures,
etc., of the old clubhouse on Penn avenue.
1t was Mr.. Schlosser who stirred up Pitts
burg to the present manner of conducting
restaurants in this city. He brought from
the old country the notion of first-class eat
ing houses, and the manner in which he
conducted the Duquesne restaurant was an
example to Pittsburg in general. Mr..
Schlosser went from the Duquesne Club to
the Duquesne Hotel, and there established
his idea OF what a hotel cafe should be. The
wonderful success of the Duquesne cafe is a
tribute to Mr.. Schlosser's persplcacity.
WHO THE BRIDE IS.
Miss Velker, WHOM, Mr.. .Schlosser will
wed, is daughter of the noted Fourteenth
street restaurateur of Washington, D. C.
He, for many years, conducted one of the
most fashionable and best patronized
restaurants of the national capital. He has
been dead 10 years, but left fortune which
he acquired in the restaurant business The
house was managed, after his death, by
Mrs. Velker, who later married gentleman
named Felter.
Mr.. Velker was the father of two beauti-
full daughters. One of them is betrothed to
Mr.. Hugo Ziemann, who was the steward
of the White House until about three weeks
ago. At that time he left the Presidents
mansion to become the steward of the Hotel
Richelieu of Chicago, at a munifcent
salary. It is said that the weddings of
Messrs. Ziemann and Schlosser will occur
in Washington December 26, and will be
made society events.
Miss Velker, it is reported by those who
know her family, will bring an addition
to the present comfortable fortune OF Mr..
Schlosser. The latter has decided to be-
come the proprietor of q practically new
hotel in this city. and on the occasion of the
return home of himself and bride will give
a reception at the Albemarle