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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-21
THE G. A. R. PROGRAMME.
A Week Thar VIII 10 Made Memorable to
the Veterans.


MHwAuKEE. August 20.-Manager Chap
man has prepared the official programme for
the encampment. Next Monday evening the
Sons Of Veterans win hold q camp fire at the
Westside Turner Hall. Commander-in-chief
Warner, Of the Grand Army, will preside The
parade of the Grand Army and Sons of Vet
Grams will occur Tuesday forenoon. On Tues
DAY evening the visiting members of the
Woman's Relief Corps Will be rendered re-
ception at the high school building. The
Grand Army men will hold camp fires on the
same evening at the Westside Turner Hall and
the armory. Department Commander Wsis-
sert will preside at the camp fire at the West
side Turner Hall. Addresses of welcome will
be delivered by Governor Hoard, Mayor Brown
and Department Commander Weisserr. Com
mander-in-chief Warner and Pension Commits
sioner Tanner will respond. General Fairchild
will preside at the armory camp IRE. General
sherman, it is expected, will attend both camp
fires The post war concert will be given Tues
day evening. A reunion of the Sons of Vet
Grams will be given Tuesday evening at Ply
mouth Church.
The business sessions of the Grand Army
and the Woman's Relief Corps will begin
wednesday morning. the former at the West
side Turner Hall, the latter at St. Manuel
week. The reunions of regiments. brieades
and divisions will be inaugurated Wednesday
On wednesday afternoon General Sherman
will visit the Soldiers Home, where he will be
formally received by the veterans and salute
fired in his honor. The second and final war
concert will be given Wednesday evening
THURSDAY afternoon party of specially invit-
ed guests Will be taken out by the Entertain.
ment Committee for a drive around the city
The party viii visit number of leading manu-
featuring establishments, and an elaborate
lunch viii be served to them on the route The
naval Dattle VIII occur on Tuesday evening.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-21
THE WINDOW GLASS DEADLOCK.

The window glass manufacturers at CleVe-
land yesterday reported unanimous agree
ment to remain shut down at the orders of the
wages committee. In other words they take
the ground that they will keep out of opera
tion until a scale is adopted that suits their
views. This indicates prolonged idleness in
the window glass industry.
OF course there is possibility that after
the factories have been shut down a few
weeks this frmness may not be quite so un-
broken. Many an agreement of this sort
has proved to expend the principal share of
its stamina in the index and to reach an
impotent conclusion. The announcement
of cut prices, made day before yesterday,
now proves plainly enough to have been a
bluff evidently for the purpose of securing
this result But on the other hand, there is
the decided probability that the manufac-
turers cannot afford, with the competition Of
tank furnaces, to pay the wages demanded.
II they cannot find a profitable market at
the proposed scale, of course their best way
to avoid loss is to shut down.
The exact strength of the agreement will
probably depend on the prices at which
window glass can be sold. If the manu-
facturers find that they can get a profit out
of the business by paying the scale, some of
the factories will be in operation before the
fall is over. If the tank furnaces can supply
the demand at prices which leave the pot
factories no profit. the best thing that the
latter can do is to remain out until their
owners can put up the latest appliances for
glass manufacturing.
The strike appears bound to come; but the
operators and men have still week in
which to ponder the superior advantages of
compromise over conflict.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-21
IMPORTANT TO PENSIONERS.

Commissioner Tanner Issues an Order
Making Proof of Disability Easier.
WASHINGTON. August 2o-Pension Com
missioner Tanner to-day issued the following
important order:
To Chiefs Of Divisions:
The rule which has hitherto maintained in this
office regarding proof OF origin of disability,
under which the evidence Of one commissioned
oficer or one orderly sergeant was accepted,
while in the absence of that evidence the testi-
mony Of two private soldiers has been required,
the evidence Of the commissioned officer or the
orderly sergeant; the origin shall be held to be
proven on the evidence Of the claimant and one
private soldier: provided, always, that said
claimant and said private be men of reputable
character. JAMES TANNER
Commissioner.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-21
FUNNY MEMS FANCIEs.

A summer resort phenomenon-thel longer
q man stays the shorter he gets.-Tsrrs Haux Er-
press.
The latest fancy in dress is called sur
prise gown. Doubtless the surprise comes In
when the bill is presented.-St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
Lady Ito tramp)-Poor mani You must
have broken off many dear ties IN your past life.
Tramp--No. marin, stepped on 'em tenderly.--
Epoch.
Smith-Were you ever disappointed in
Jones-No. but I've been disappointed in mar
riage.--Bcston Courier
Yabsley-what has become of old man
Figg? never hear Of him any more. Is he deadi
wickwire-No, not exactly. His wife Is keeping
boarders.-Isrre Hdute Express.
Fond Father-Sir, my daughter is the
apple Of my eye. She shall continue under her
going to speak about that. Can you give the
northwest wing?-Epoch.
Mr.. Truelove-Miss Clara, can 1 hope
that you will return my love?
Miss Ciara-Certainly, Mr.. Truelove. and II I'm
too busy myself, III send the stable boy around
with ft.-Ksarney Enterprise.
THE GRUMBLER.
The man who owns a barking dog
That keeps all awake,
Is always speaking OF the noise
His neighbors' children make.
--Boston Courier.
Visitor-I don't see your old foreman in
the Office now: what is the trouble?
Editor-well, he left rather suddenly last
week. In my society column wrote that '.Miss
DE Forrest tainted at the ball last evening, and
the next issue Of the paper contained the notice
that ''Miss De Forrest painted at the ball last
evening. .''-Kedrney Enterprtss.
Lay aside the little squirt gun;
Let the lamblet frisk In glea,
DO not raise n knife to hurt one
That elixir is n. z.
What they told us Of its virtues
Wasnaught but facile lie,
Twill not heal--'twill sorely hurt yer;
shun the bowl OF baccilli.
Minneapolis Tribune.
He Was Engsged.-Fond Lover-Is
your pa In. Adder
Gentle maiden-Yes. but you may come in.
II. IL don't think he likes me, and he might
g. M.--There's no need to be afraid; he Is en-
gagged.
y. L.--Engzged Is her
q. M.--Yes. He stayed out till after Il last
night and went on this morning without giving
ma . chance 70 talk to him. She Is talking to him
now and he won't be in this part OF the house for
the next three hours Come fright in.--5ostoa
0owr5srs -
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-21
4 SINGULAR CASE.

Little Girl Likely to Die From nm Attack
of Chambers.
sKDALIA. Mo-, August a.-The I2-year-old
daughter of a farmer named Mason, living near
Greenridge, this county, is suffering from an
attack Of glanders, contracted from her fathers
horses Three of Mason's horses have died In
the past few days, and others are sick of IL,
The horses were driven along the public high
way Just before their death, and the whole
neighborhood is excited.
The little gir's life Is despaired of. A petition
will be sent to Paquin, asking him to visit Ma
sons farm and order the remainder of his
horses killed. A veterinary surgeon of this
place says there is hardly county in this State
that is free from disease
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-21
AN INVALID MADE HAPPY.
How the President Glnddened the Heart of
Sick Girl.

How the President Glnddened the Heart of
Sick Girl.
From the Boston Advertiser
An interesting incident occurred while the
Presidential party was momentarily halted on
South street on the way from the railway to
the hotel Wednesday. In the window of q tene-
ment house one flight up from the street a
pale-faced girl Of II years gazed out upon the
procession and feebly waved her handkerchief
to those below. The marks Of long illness were
evident upon her cheeks and pillow that
bolstered her back indicated some disease of
the spine which prevented walking. President
Harrison raised his eyes to the tenement
window above.
An expression Of pain passed over his coun-
tenance as he saw the girl, with disappoint-
ment in her eyes. cease waving her handker-
chief and settle back in her chair, as If sorry,
after all her effort. that she had not seen the
Presidents face. The latter impulsively turned
in his seat, and, locking directly up to the win
dow. bowed smilingly to her as individually as
il the throng around were absent and he had
known her well. The blood mantled her face
in Joy at the recognition, and with an Impul-
sive action she broke of a half-opened bud
from a solitary plant on the window sill and
tossed 1t down to the carriage below. At that
moment, however, the procession started and
the girls gift fell short. 1t dropped on the
muddy pavement, and the hoof OF cavalry
horse crushed 1t.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-21

The total result of the public and news
paper protest against that divorce scandal
in New York SO far has been the absence of
all the parties engaged in it on their summer
vacation. The idea of the culprits evil
IDENTIFY is that If scandal is given time
enough it will blow over. Time is pro-
verbally regarded as able to heal all things,
but it may be questioned whether it will
always accomplish that result in covering
up the betraysls of public trusts and the
perversion of the machinery of justice to the
infIction CT injustice.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-21

AN Eastern cotemporary develops the
important fact that strychnine is ''an in
fallible cure for drunkenness" There is
reason for believing the statement to be
correct. In addition it might be main
tanned that this drug is the only infallible
cure for that ailment, unless it be commen-
surate doses of arsenic or corrosive subli-
mate. The experience Of mankind amply
testifes to the fact that any Of these drugs,
thoroughly exhibited, viii prove perma-
nent cure for drunkenness and all the
other vices that flesh is heir to.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-21

WE are pleased to learn that the widow
Of one of the richest manufacturers in Lom-
hardy has leased theater at Milan for a
performance of the opera "Lucia," in order
that she herself may appear in the role Of
the page. The information is satisfactory.
1t affords the comforting assurance that this
country is not the only one afflicted with the
variety of foolishness which impels rich
females to pay large sums for the purpose
of exhibiting how little they know about
operatic and dramatic art.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-21

THE fact, which is being developed more
and more strongly each day, that we have a
wheat crop in this country which will yield
large surplus for exportation, at the same
time that there is a general shortage Of
bread stufs in the European district, con-
tains an equal promise of prosperity for this
country, and a relief of Europe's scarcity
from our abundance.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-21
An Early East End Ho.telry.

In East Liberty to the rear of Liberty Hall,
was the famous Beitler tavern, first kept by
Thompson. The building, which was occupied
IS q tavern certainly in the first decade of the
century. still stands, and if its walls could
speak, they could tell many pleasant story of
the pioneers and their merry-makings. John
Beitler isstill remembered, by persons not SO
old as one Of the noted East End landlords.
Further out the road was the Barker house.
at Point Breeze, where Penn and Fifth avenues
come together. The date of this tavern was
not so early as the Beitler tavern, nor was its
record as savory. If the truth were all known,
1t is probable that the Point Breeze tavern was
years ago the scene of merry-making that was
not strictly orthodox.
Toward Williamsburg was the Bullock Pens
tavern, a little east Of Homewood avenue. and
in Williamsburg proper Mrs. Rippey was land
lady of one of the best inns of the time.
The taverns here mentioned date back to the
early years Of the century, and there are only
q few 'lingering on the brink" who can re-
member their good cheer. j. II. Y.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-21

THE daughter of an American railway
king is going to marry German Prince,
whose distinguishing characteristic is his
chronic impecuniosity. If we must have
railway monarchs. it seems as if their power
is enough to deserve a better match than
this. But Mr.. G. P. Huntington probably
consoles himself with the reflection that the
kind of alliance that is good enough for
Queen Victoria is good enough for him.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-21
A Line Steamer DELAYED.

To-day was the first Tuesday in many years
that Guion Line steamer has not left this
port for Liverpool. When the Nevada arrived,
a week ago, defect was found in a shaft, and
it was decided to detain the ship here until a
new shaft could be made. The sailing of the
Nevada was accordingly postponed until next
Saturday. Notice was promptly sent to the
passengers who had been booked. Half a
dozen or so, however. did not get the notice.
They went down to the pier this morning ex-
pecting to sail. All the passengers took the
delay good-naturedly, and agreed to wait and
go with the ship on Saturday.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-21
ANOTHER STEAMSHIP RACE.
The Teutonic and the City of New York
Test Their Speed.

The Teutonic and the City of New York to
Test Their Speed.
NEW YORK, August 2O-The steamship
Teatonic is preparing for her maiden voyage
eastward to Queenstown. She will sail at 2
o'clock tomorrow afternoon, one-half hour
later than the City of New York. 1t was with
the New York that the Teutonic sailed on her
maiden voyage westward two weeks ago. The
two steamships strained every fibre during the
the finish on last Thursday.
There Is not a doubt in the minds of those
versed in maritime matters that the two steam
ships will once more race over the ocean. Not
little betting Is being transacted on the ex-
pected six-day race. The ODDS appear to be in
favor of the Teutonic, for the reason that o
steamship never makes her best time on her
maiden voyage As the Teutonic proved such
rival to the City of New York when her ma
chinery was new and stiff, much better things
are expected of her hereafter.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-21
JAIL OR MARRIAGE.

Some men are easily discouraged. Here,
for instance, is the case of young man
down South who married woman 20 years
his senior to escape going to Jail, and now
wants to go to Jail to escape his wife. He is
evidently of a changeable disposition.
Couldn't keep his mind straight the length
of the honeymoon. 1t is not alleged that
joy made him crazy, or the case would have
been far from extraordinary.
EThe young man committed a burglary.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-21
DEATHS OF A DAY.
William J.Lnufner.

William j. Lautner, we'll known young man
of Allegheny. died in Switzerland yesterday
morning. The announcement was made by
cablegram, received by his father, Joseph Laut-
ner, the wholesale hardware merchant Of Ohio
street. The son had been suffering for some
time past with a lung affection, and in
the spring in hopes of bettering his health. In a
letter received q few hours before the death mes
sage young Lautner spoke OF his trip in glowing
terms, and said he was rapidly improving. MI
Joseph Breuning, of the Keystone Brewing Com
pany, was with him when he died.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-21

that Judge Terry cannot read his own
obituaries should be some satisfaction to his
friends. Perhaps that fact coupled with the
further one that he cannot visit the editorial
rooms of the newspapers which publish those
obituaries should be the source Of more sat
isfaction to the people who write them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-21
THE TOPICAL TALKER.

Patriotism In Pittsburg-siGns of Dlcker-
wisdom-Innoc cence-Men and Maidens'
seashore Methods. :.
THERE may be some Americans, no doubt in
tho Eastern coast cities they are to be found
in no small numbers, who as a matter of fact
like England or continental Europe better than
their own land. But you won't find many of
that turn of mind in this part Of the world.
During the past week or two have met q score
of Pitteburgers Just returned from their tray-
els abroad, and might quote as their first and
last words the declaration of sturdy Mr.. Joe
Fleming to friend who asked him how he en-.
joyed himself: ''oh, very we'll" said Mr.. Flem-
ing, 'but America is good enough for me and I
want to stay in America
EXACTLY so,
30 Senator Quay is . wonderful man."
Says good Mr.. Finn with never snicker.
When compliments pass prepare for plan
or campaign that will end in q dieker.
Irisa singular coincidence that both Mr..
William Thaw and Mr.. Gallery, the most prom.
inent citizens death has taken from Pittsburg
this year. were building fine residences at the
time they died. Mr.. Gallery had set his heart
upon having a house on Hiland avenue. in the
East End, and had made all the preparations
for building it when his sadly sudden death oc-
CURED. AS is well known, Mr.. Thaw's new
house. near Point Breeze, is nearly completed
and there are few houses in that suburb of fine
residences to be compared with it.
am told that, if statistics on this subject
could be obtained. it would be found that the
successful man of business, In majority of
cases, dies about the time he thinks he can de-
vote his attention to the building of an ideal
home In other words, the business men of
this age do not retire from active work early
enough to enjoy the full fruits of their industry
There may be good deal of truth in this.
WE all know how smart Yankee children
are. but it seems Canadian youngsters are no
less quick In acquiring wisdom.
A little toddler, who is not more than years
old, gave his nurse q lesson up in an Ontario
town the other day. The child wore coat with
many buttons upon 1t. Anumber of these but
tons had been torn of, and the nurse was
puzzled how many had to be sown on. II don't
know how many you've lost, Master Fred. she
said.
"Count the button.holes." said the a-year-old
sententiously.
A PTrTsBURG lady made cake Of exquis lite
deliciousness the other day and set it on
plate to cool. The new cook, young Irish
girl. saw 1t and coveted q taste. She finally
could resist the temptation no longer, and cut
OF tiny slice. By and by her mistress came
into the kitchen and inspected the cake. She
saw the deficiency at once, and surmised the
young cook was the defaulter.
"Mary," she said, in a tone of kindly correc-
tion, you should not have touched the cake. 1t
wasn't right to cut a cake this way"
"Sure, ma'am." Mary replied, opening wide
her innocent blue eyes. II should've cut it the
,nth AMI 7 shn
1t was not sarcasm, either. but real innocence.
-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-21

THE proposition is made in Georgia that
the farmers of that State shall convert their
watermelons into sugar instead of sending
them North. The specimens of Georgia
watermelons received in this part of the
country raises a doubt as to the amount of
sugar they contain. If they cannot be
utilized in their natural state the Georgians
should try to sell them to the trust and rail-
way promoters for use in the watering of
stocks.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-21
A Good Vaudeville Programme.

The first matinee of the season at Harry
Williams Academy of Music, and nearly every
seat in the house was occupied. During the
summer Manager Williams has so neatly
touched up his popular home of variety that
the interior is scarcely recognizable. Every
ana eenst and sns @ are new new
to the beauty of the whole. The company
which opens the season is first-class one the
acts of Juteau and Delhauer alone being an
entertainment A roaring farce, with that
funny fellow. Joseph J. Sullivan, concludes
the programme.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-21

YALE COLLEGE is now in the field for
two million dollar endowment. 1t has got
the baseball championship, but it has prob
ably discovered that it takes large amount
of money to support great public dis
tinction
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-21
SHARK FISHING AT CAPE MAY.
A Veteran Fisherman Succeeds In Landing n
200 Pound Monster.


200 Pound Monster.
CAPE MAY, August 20-Shark fishing is one
Of the chief amusements for those with sport
ing proclivities in search of bigger game than
the Sound fishing affords. Colonel Floerckey
is one of the inveterate fishermen,
occupying his favorite place on the ex.
treme end of the pier every day, spending
hours trying to hook his large game To-day
at bathing hour. while Colonel Floerckey was
waiting for something to nibble at his hook the
line began to play our rapidly and the Colonel
had considerable dificulty in slightly arresting
its progress.
AT last when the entire line was out Colonel
Floerckey began to pull In, but found his fish a
little too heavy and he called several interested
bystanders to his assistance. The crowd on the
line walked shorewards and beached a shark
about 3 feet long and weighing about 800
pounds. A crowd soon gathered and sur
rounded the monster as he lay wriggling on the
sand. The shark was the largest yet caught
this season and seemed to be able to hold two
men. ..-..a
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-21
NOVEL CURE FOR RHEUMATISM.
An italian Prisoner Takes an Iron Rivet as
n Remedy.

= Remedy.
CAMDEN, N. j., August 20-With one quick
gulp an iron rivet disappeared down the throat
of Michael Angelo Curatelo, in the Camden
county jail, yesterday afternoon. Curatelo is
accused Of the murder Of Michael Dinapoli. at
Waterford, in July last and has been morose
and gloomy for some weeks. On Sunday he
told an Italian boy who is locked up as wit
ness that he wanted to die.
Edward Markey who is in jail charged with
murderously assaulting his aged mother, was
juggling three rivets close to Curatelo's cell
yesterday afternoon, when one of them fell in
side the grated door. The italian grabbed it
quickly and swallowed it with frog-like
struggle, although the iron was ~ inches long
and II inch IN diameter. Marley gave the
alarm, and the I.alian was taken out Of his cell.
DR.. E. p. Townsend gave him a tumbler of cas-
tor oil. The oil would not remain on the pris-
oner's stomach, and last night he was pacing
his cell. muttering many prayers and crying in
his agony.
The proprietor of a peanut stand on Federal
street. opposite the jail, was sent for, and Cura
telo explained to him that he had swallowed
the rivet as a cure for rheumatism His fellow
countrymen, he said. took iron filings, but they
were too slow for him.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-21
IN MEMoR1Am-w1LLIAm THAw.

20 trumpet not in praise my name"
His voice would speak from out the grave;
1T kept no count Of what gave
Nor wrought charity for fame"
Fame, o most kindly soul and wise,
Yet while the stars their courses keep,
Good deeds OF those who fail on sleep
Shall blazoned be to mortal eyes.
What marvel then we are not blind
To deeds that call for loving praise.
Nore'er forget that all thy days
Thy heart was tender to mankind.
,RITTsBuRG. August ~. ,ASoNs