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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21
THE FUNNY SIDE OF LIFE.

Better to be loan than in bad company
was not written Of our umbrella.
Tom Spendall, whose extravagance was
checked by his father, says there is big differ
ence between a check and a cheque.
Reason Euough.-She-How conceitedIy
that man talks. Is he an actor?
He-Worse than that! He is an amateur actor.
Little pitchers have big ears which is,
doubtless for the purpose of better enabling them
to hearthe umpire's decisions balls and strikes
Good point!
Miss Penelope Peachblow-I am sorry
you were quite jolly, as IL is considered bad
form now for girls to drink much champagne
Miss Dolly Flicker-It may be bad form, but it's
good taste.
A MARCH ODE.
The devil makes the strong March wind
That lifts the skirts too high:
But angels send the whirling dust
That blows in the bad mans eye
Does Death End AIl?-A young physician
was showing q friend a recent purchase that he
had made in the way OF q skeleton. Every inter-
esting,'' commented his friend. 'One of your
PATIENTS doctor?''
Better Than Nothing.-Minister Ito hotel
clerk)-Do you have special rates for ministers Of
the Gospel?
Clerk-Yes, we have. We make money re-
QuctlOn. DuJ we give bnelr names rs AAOuiAAShb
Arrivals to the reporters.
A Mercurial Belle.-Young Mr.. jackson
(at Thompson street soiree)-Does yo' dance
much, Miss Birdie?
Miss Birdie "a fascinating but very stout young
lady)-Somet does. Mr.. jackson, and some
times doesn't. 1t all depen's ON dethermonetah.
A Pussle Solved.-Paperwaite-
eawn,t undawstand about it is that Bylker should
come and pay me back that five dollaws he bor-
rowed fwom me without awsking Jaw it
Larnbre0uin-Perhaps he wanted to borrow ten.
Paperwaite-By jove! He made it twentyl
Coming Away.-His Lordship-It was
iollv enough but-er-but what a beastly crowd.
The .cum of Europe should say.
Mrs. F,-The scum Of Europei They are the
elite OF New York!
20 back little?
Table d'Hote On the Lake Of Como
ssDonl you, then. ever wash here?''
siOh dear mol 1 only scratch ana rubl,
Miss Tomkins overhearing, leaves the table ab-
ruptly much disgusted. She afterward hears they
are members Of the Royal British Water Color so-
ciety who were discussing the technique Of their
profession.
Az from Las
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21
AernRs ANN RALL PLAYERs.

Helen Dauyray, the actress who is mar
ried to John Ward, the great baseball
player, has written an article comparing
actors with ball players, to the general dis
advantage of the. former. This is not her
purpose, perhaps, so much as to scarify the
managers and proprietors of the ball clubs.
Helen Dauvray succeeds in showing, with
tolerable clearness, that the baseball mana
gers make great deal more money with
infinitely less work and risk than the thea
ter managers, and that the actor obtains
greater rewards, including liberty of action,
than the ball player for his labor
The excuse for this chiyalrous, albeit
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21

places the authority and responsibility of
executive appointments in the President
and his constitutional advisors. The Con-
gressmen are frequently prone to exhibit
scant respect for the Constitution in their
practical operations; but i'll none Of them do
they show more ignorance of that instru-
ment than in their claim of right to name
the appointments of their own districts.
If the Constitution deemed the Congress-
men the best qualified to make the appoint
ments, that power would have been vested
in them. At present the responsibility
lies with the executive, and the attempts of
Congressman to usurp the power by threats
of fighting the administration, such as
Mr. Funston, of Kansas, is reported to have
made, should be recognized as attacks on
the Constitution no less than on the admin
istration.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21
THE SOUTH AND PITTsBURG.

Mr.. Andrew Carnegie's letter on the
Southern iron industry is the latest contri-
BUTTON to the rather extended literature
which has been produced on that subject.
Mr.. Carnegie bears testimony to the I'M
portance of the Southern developments, the
cheapuess at which they can produce
foundry iron, and the prospect which they
have of eventually converting pig into
steel by means of the Bessemel and basic
processes. All of these points are already
well established; but Mr.. Carnegie's cor
roboration of them is especially valuable to
Pittsburg.
Mr.. Carnegie's opinion is of weight, but
it is nevertheless permissible to question his
declaration that the South will be in the
future Pennsylvania's most formidable
enemy in the iron and steel trade. The
most cogent reason for doubling this is the
fact that as the South develops its manutac-
turing industries to the finished forms it
will create its own markets rather than take
ours away. The South may become rival
of Pittsburg, although it has not yet done
so. That it can become an enemy We hardly
deem credible.
But with an opinion like this, it is GER
tainly important for Pittsburg to strengthen
its position for the future, by seeking con-
nection with all the fields of production for
raw material within our reach. In that
connection it is particularly cogent that
Pittsburg manufacturers and business men
should not have permitted an enterprise
like the South Penn to have been strangled
at the dictate of the trunk lines. That en-
terprise would have brought into closer
connection with Pittsburg important dis
tricts, and would have strengthened our po-
sition immensely if it had been preserved.
Neither the South, nor any other section,
can overthrow Pittsburg's supremacy in
the iron trade if Pittsburg's own manufac-
turers and business men are true to her
cause.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21
BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT.
The Case of Pierpont Morgan Against
Thomas Struthers to be Heard.

The Case of Pierpont Morgan Against
Thomas Struthers to be Heard.
Special Telegram to The Dispatch.
WASHINGTON. March 20-It is probable that
case of considerable interest to parties in
Western Pennsylvania will be urged before the
Supreme Court of the United States on Fri
day. The plaintiff is ]. Pierpont Morgan. of
New York, and the defendant Thomas Struth-
ers, of Warren, Pa. 1t is on an action growing
out of an agreement on a purchase of stock
which was not carried out by the defendant.
The case was argued in the Circuit Court at
Pittsburg, before Judges McKennan and Ach-
eson, and verdict rendered for the defendant.
This was following decision of the Supreme
Court Of New York in an exactly similar case
against the same defendant.
Since the trial at Pittsburg an appeal was
taken in the New York case, and the Court of
Appeals Of that State reversed the verdict of
the Supreme Court, and now the Pittsburg
case comes before the Supreme Court Of the
United States. Hon. John Dalzell will appear
for the plaintiff, Mr.. Morgan, and George
Shiras, of Pittsburg, and Judge Brown and
William Lindsay, of Warren, for Mr.. Struth-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21
I. Our Climate Changipgs

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.l
Is the American climate changing? If not,
how is it that Mississippian is accused Of
stealing two oyercoats at this time Of year?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21

CONCERNING the unwelcome report that
Mrs. W. J. Florence will retire from the
stage at the close of this season, an Eastern
exchange saws that "she will be missed"
Paradoxical as it may seem, Mrs. Florence
is occasionally "missed" on the stage; but
in such cases it is always much more at
tractive miss than the void which she would
leave if she should retire from it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21

Is not the declaration of the Department
of Public Safety, that the entire refusal of
licenses in a certain district will prevent
crime, an undisguised adoption of the am
munition of the Prohibitionists? Saul
among the prophets was fool to this ap-
pearance of our police officials in the pro-
hibition ranks.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21
THAT centennial quadrille to take place

THAT centennial quadrille to take place
at New York seems to be having the benei-
cIal effect of making the Fifth avenue noodles
pay more for pedigrees showing their de-
scent from Revolutionary leaders than
they have been doing for those which con-
nected them with the English aristocracy.
This awakening of patriotism is a very de-
cided improvement on the lately fashion
able Anglomania.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21
WOMEN AS WARD WORKERS.
The Ladies of New Jersey at the Polls for
the First Time.

- ----0- - A'S" SOhSCy oS ssAO . OAAS 80
the First Time.
BURLINGTON, N. j., March 2O.-Women
voted for the first time in New Jersey yester-
day, and in many towns in the State females
were candidates for school directors and
trustees. The polls were surrounded by fe-
males in many places, and they electioneered
with will tor their friends. In Burlington
their ticket was in opposition to the old Board
of Trustees, who were candidates for re-
election. So vigorous was the work of the
women that for time defeat stared the men
in the face. The women had no ticket printed,
but about so of them surrounded the voting
places plentifully supplied with stickers, and
the men who voted had to press through a
bevy of bustles and bonnets.
With the shrewdness of experienced ward
workers the women succeeded in capturing
large quantity of the regular tickets and
affixed their stickers, and the men soon found
that they were out of tickets while the women
had plenty. A largo number of women came
to the polls and voted, many of them being
wives of leading citizens. Late in the after
noon when the public school sessions had
closed, the female teachers who were loyal to
the old Board of Trustees heard of the success
of the female politicians. They too, found
their way to the polls. The female candidates
were defeated and the old Board of Trustees
reelected. In Moorestown the ladies were
more successful Mrs. Wilson, a prominent
member of the W. c. 7. u, was chosen
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21
KIND WORDS FOR MR.. KING.

He is Again Second Vice President of the
Baltimore and Ohio.
BALTIMORE, March 2.-The regular monthly
meeting of the Board of Directors of che Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad Company took place
to-day. President Mayer in the chair. The
President, in complimentary terms, nominated
to the board for Second Vice President Mr..
Thomas M. King. This position was formerly
filed since he resigned, in December, 1887.
Mr.. Keym, on seconding the nomination,
alluded to the successful manner in which Mr..
King had, while formerly connected with the
road as Vice President, in the face of great
difficulties managed the affairs Of the company
in connection with its line east of Baltimore.
The nomination was unanimously confirmed
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21
One Event Caused by the Other.

When the managers of the Manhattan Club
meet tomorrow night they will act upon the
resignation of ex-Mayor Hewitt, as well as
upon the admission of ex-President Cleveland
as an honorary member. The prospect of the
latter event taking place, coupled with the
failure of the club last year to elect him Vice
President is evidently the cause of Mr.. Hew-
tits retirement Perry Belmont is among the
new members to be elected tomorrow night.
The club has now a membership of $50, or
within so of the limit fixed by the constitution.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21
CLEVELAND A TAMMANY BRAVE.

The Ex-President and Mr.. Villas Elected
Members of the Columbian Order.
NEW YORK, March 2O.-Ex-PresidentG Grover
Cleveland has been elected member OF Tam
many Hall, and will ride the goat' at the first
meeting in April. Mr.. Cleveland will be sup.
ported on the occasion of his initiation by his
ex-Secretary of State. Thomas f. Bayard, and
ex-Secretary of the Navy Whitney, both old
same meeting his ex-Secretary of the In
terror. William F. Villas, will be made Tam
manV brave
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21

THE organization of the boiler manufactur-
ers with the professed object of securing to
buyers that they shall get good boilers, but
with the incidental fixing of "a minimum
price" is calculated to provoke general
smile at the benevolence of the boiler men.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21

The basis of accurate information on
which the esteemed Courier-Journdl, of
Louisville, bases its free trade fulminations
is to be perceived in its allegations that in
this city 'some of the puddlers are paid
So 80 per ton, while others get but s. 75."
If the Courier-Journal can come and locate
the mills in this city that are getting pud-
ding done at So IS, it can make decided
sensation in industrial circles.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21

POSTMASTER GENERAL WANAMAKER
is cultivating the habit of reaching his
Office and starting work ateight o'clock in the
morning, instead of ten, as his predecessors
were accustomed to do. If he make similar
requirement of the department clerks, they
will be reviving the late administrations
charge of pernicious activity against him.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21
FORTUNATE FURSCH-MADI.
The Noted Singer Receivers 81 200 In
Suit Against nm Opera School.

Tne Noted singer hecOVers 11,OOO In
Suit Against m Opera School.
Special Telegram to The Dispatch.
NEW YORK, March 2O.-Pretty faces lighted
up the courtroom in which Presiding Justice
Van Brunt sat yesterday to try the suit of
Madame Fursch-Madi Verle against the
American School of Opera, or. as it is other
wise known, the National Conservatory of
Music of America. The pretty faces were those
of Madame Frusch-Madi's pupils, who were
called to testify for her. The suit was brought
to recover $40, 900 with interest-Sll 100 in all
alleged to be due on q contract running from
October /, 1886, to May 81, 1887
Madame Fursch-Madi said nothing had been
paid her. In his answer, as President Of the
company, Parke Goodwin said that instead of
deyoting herself entirely to the school. Madame
Fursch-Madi looked ont for herself, and in
duced several pupils-eight or more-to violate
their contracts and leave the school before
their time expired. The jury found verdict
for the singer for Sll, 100.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21
DEATHS OF A DAY.
Charles G. nrinnick.

ELLSWORTH. KAN, March 20.-Charles G.. Min
nick died at Lincoln, Kan, yesterday, in his DIST
year. He was born and raised in Baltimore and
was in the volunteer service of the United States
during the war Of 1872 with Great Britain. and
took part in the battle Of Baltimore in 1914. in
1875 he attended the old defenders' reunion at
Baltimore where only 13 were left to march in
the parade, and also In 1857, when only two were
there to take part in the celebration.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21
Truthful, If Not Honest.

Henry Kniss. musician from Arizona,
stayed at Bade's Hotel, in Hoboken, last night.
He intended to go to Germany by the North
German Lloyd steamship this morning. He
wanted to see Hoboken, and before leaving the
hotel he asked Carl Becker. the clerk, whether
there were any thieves in the city. Becker told
him thieves we're thicker than flies in summer,
and advised him to leave any valuables he
might have in the hotel safe. Kniss gave him
1914. This morning Becker did not appear at
the hotel, and an examination of the safe did
not disclose the 1914. The police were notified,
and it was discovered that Becker had de-
camped with the money. 1t was all that Kniss
had, and he will not go to Germany now He
says Becker was truthful, if he was not honest.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21

THE Legislative committees still con-
tinue to show their affection for the Con-
stitution by reporting against bills to en-
force that instrument. The Legislative
idea as to whether they must consult the
Constitution or the corporations is very
clearly defined in those negative recon-
mendatious.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21
A PROFESSORS IRE AROUSED.
Bis Grandfnther's Statue Thrown in the
Mud by Mischievous Students.

Special Telegram to The Dlspatch.
NEW HAVEN, March 2O.-The first thing
which Prof. E. 8. Dana saw when he left the
Pattell chapel after prayers this morning was
the statue of his illustrious grandfather, Ben
jamin Silliman, lying in the mud at the base Of
the pedestal on which it had stood for the last
two years. He stopped, looked at it for mo-
ment, and is said to have wept. Some of the
students had during the night overthrown the
statue. Great indignation is felt among the
faculty. Before beginning his recitation Prof.
Sumner thus addressed his division:
1t is the most disgraceful and idiotc action ever
known since have been connected with the coll
lege. 1t is quite evident that there are some men
in college who have no business to be here. 1t
was gross indignity to the memory of Prof. sill
nman, whD did SO much for Yale. and any person
who knows Of the great services rendered to Yale
by Prof. SiHiman cannot help being shocked at go
fragrant an offense.
Prof. Ladd and others also spoke very disap-
provingly of the overthrow of the statue. The
faculty are bending every effort to find out the
perpetrators of the mischief. If found they
will be summarily expelled from the university.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21

THE mildness of the German officials in
connection with the Samoan question will
make it difficult for Mr.. Blaine to demon
strate the vigor of his foreign policy in con-
nection with that dispute. But, possibly,
Mr.. Blaine is not anxious to launch any de-
cided thunder against the man of blood and
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21
THEIR SILVER WEDDING.
A Delightful Recognition of Mr.. and Mrs. e.
DeRoy's Anniversary.

Denghtiui hecognition OIL Mr. ana WIS E'
DeRoy's Anniversary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emanuel DeRoy, of Sheffield
street, Allegheny, were surrounded yesterday
evening by large gathering of relatives and
friends. 1t was the occasion of the twenty
fifth anniversary of their wedding-day and the
silvery festivity of the evening fully antici-
pated all expectations. Four generations were
represented, ranging from grandfather to
grandson, and large collection Of costly pres
ents attested the warmth of feeling of those
present. One noteworthy object was an old
''grandfather's clock" family heirloom.
The house was tastefully decorated by Bader,
the florist, and Toerge's Orchestra furnished
the dancing mnsic. A supper was served in
frst-class style by Goettmann at 1880, and nu-
merous toasts we're drunk to the welfare of the
chief celebrants.
Among the company. which numbered about
35 couples there were Mr.. and Mrs. Julius
Koch, of New York; Mr.. and Mrs. L. DeRoy
from Columbus, O., and Mr.. and Mrs. e. V an
Baylem, Of Detroit
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21
We Draw the Line at Counts.

From the Minneapolis Tribune.]
An Italian newspaper warns Italians against
immigrating to this country, saying that Amer
leans have no respect for them. Our Italian
cotemporary is mistaken. We can respect any
of them except an Italian count. We are
obliged to draw the line there.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21

n CONCERNING Senator Chace's declaration
that he cannot afford to remain in the Senate
any longer, the pertinent suggestion is
made, in view of the approaching close of
his term, that the expense which he cannot
afford is the expense of being reelected.
Other Senators might give cogent testimony
as to the point whether they could not live
on their salaries very comfortably, if they
let the Office seek them instead of seeking it
so vigorously.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21
Hospitals for Animals.

From the Detroit Free Press
The cats, dogs and pollparrots of England
having been properly provided for. a hospital
for fish has now been established. Fish are
much exposed to dampness, and pulmonary
diseases would naturally be most common,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21
Mrs. John willis.

The wife Of Oficer John Wills, one Of the hest
known members Of the police department in this
section, died at her home on East Diamond street
Allegheny, Yesterday; Captain Wills was one Of
the first Chiefs Of Police on the Northside and
for fully 30 years. His wife was 90 years Of age
and was member Of Lysle Circle, Ladies Of the
G.. A. r.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21
CALLED TO ACCOUNT BY COURT.
Lebanon Insurance Society Asked to Ex-
plain Its Business Methods.

plain Its Business Methods.
Special Telegram to The Dispatch.
HARRISBURG. March 20-The United Breth-
rem Mutual Aid Society, of Lebanon, which
has been prosecuting the assessment Insurance
business for over 20 years, has been called to
account by proceedings instituted before the
Attorney General, who to-day secured an order
from the Dauphin county court, requiring it to
show cause why its officers should not be re-
moved or its business closed.
In the petition to the Court tis declared that
the society has failed to carry out the provis-
ions Of its charter that it has never been legally
organized. that the bylaws have been estab-
Eshed in contradiction to the charter of the so
ciety, through which the officers have consti-
tuted themselves aselfperpetuating body, and
have denied to members the right to partici-
pate in the administration of the affairs of the
society, and also contracted with themselves.
and paid to themselves out of the company's
funds, salaries amounting in the last ten years
to S123 900. The society did a large business in
this State for many years, but owing to large
assessments its financial condition has greatly
suffered recently.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21
LIVING IN LILLIPUTIA.
A Man Who Sees Everything Through n
TeIescope,s SmnIl End.

TeIescOpe's Small End.
PHILADELPHIA, March 20-Edward Con-
nelly, a New Jersey metal worker, recently
committed to the Blockley Asylum, has sim
gularly defective vision. To him nothing ap-
pears as big as it ought to be. He seems to be
gazing through an inverted telescope, and all
that he beholds assumes pigmy proportions.
His trousers seem to have been made for a
shrunk to the size of those of dear little
maid from school.
When he looks at a house he sees only dog
kennel. When he receives his board bill it is
so diminished in appearance that it seems to
him to be so in fact. Connelly's trouble arises
from mental disorder. i.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21
A Corpse EmbaImed for so Cents.

A Chicago man got permission to embalm an
unclaimed dead body in the morgue on Mon
day by what he called the Egyptian process.
The body was placed in zinc-lined box, and
some powder that looked like clay was set on
fire and put inside. The cover was screwed on
and not taken of for about six hours. When
it was removed the body appeared to be per-
fectly embalmed. The Chicago man said the
cost of the process was but so cents. The ex-
pertinent is of especial interest to Cinnamon,
who send their dead to the Fl1wery Kingdom
for interment when they can afford it, and
often when they can't
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21
George Smith.

SHARON, PA, March 2o.-George Smith, a prom
inent resident of this city, proprietor Of the
White House. died this morning at Noblestown,
at the home of relatives, aged AZ years. MIR, smith
trade of heater years ago at the Sharpsbnrg mills,
The funeral will take place Friday in this city.