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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-20
THE TOPICAL ,TALKER.
Newspaper Enterprise In New Direction-
Gossip of a Personal Character.

Newspaper Enterprise In q New Direction
Gossip of a Personal Character.
AMONG the newspaper men who were at
Johnstown immediately after the disaster
were Frank J. Kelly, an Irishman who had
come to Pittsburg by the rather roundabout
way Of Australia and the Pacific, and Charles
Morton, the well-known comedian. Both did
good work for THE DISPATCH in the emer-
gency. but they did not feel like settling down
into newspaper work here.
They laid their heads together and by and
with the connivance of Editor Harry Gather
they arranged an excellent entertainment
consisting Of lecture upon the Johnstown
flood. copiously illustrated with Photographic
views projected by a stereopticon. Naturally,
they had no difficulty in producing an intensely
realistic and truthful account Of the ruined
town. This Mr.. Kelly told to large audience
last night in Little Washington. The stereop-
ticon views were hardly needed to supplement
MI. Kellys word pictures, SO intensely vivid
were they.
The success of the project is now assured,
and the Johnstown disaster will be brought
home to many an audience far and wide
through the country. Enterprise Is winner
every time.
THE man who invented the typewriter never
contemplated to what base uses itmight be put.
nous letters finds secure shelter under the
type of that excellent machine.
+.*
HANGING by Manager Gulick's door at the
entrance to the parquet stairs in the Bijou
Theater, is a portrait of young Mrs. James g.
Blaine, Jr. A pretty face and pretty picture
Mr.. Gulick received it but few days ago from
the debutante's manager.
Mr.. Gulick said last night: II saw Mrs.
Blaine at the Madison Square Theater last
month. and she seemed to be in remarkably
good health. She did not look more than Is in
her light and rather short dress and straw hat,
trimmed with white ribbon.
Sc
UNMIsTAKABLY Mr.. Wilt has made some
changes for the better in the Grand Opera
House. The new storm doors have long been
needed, and the clearing out of the foyer is an
Improvement The new carpets will be fol-
lowed by new curtains, Mr.. Wilt said last night,
for the windows back of the foyer. The house
looks clean also-which is prime requisite.
~
WHETHER il is due to his small dip into poll
tics to his larger dips into the sea at Atlantic
City, or the excellence Of the cuisine at Browns
Chop House in New York, nobody seems to
know. but Major e. A. Montooth's face wears a
rosy-bronze tint that is good to look at, and !
dare say, better to possess.
There won't be anything the matter with the
Republican candidate for Governor from this
end OF the State-he lie sound, sane and SEN
sible, and he has sand.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-20
TIE rHEArERs OPEN.
Roynl Pnss-Docksfaders and Other
Entertainments.

A Roynt Pnss-Dockstaders and Other
Entertainments.
"a Royal Pass" produced at the Bijou
Theater last night, pleased fairly large audi
ence. The singing of Mr.. Staley and the
tableau clfmaxes of most of the acts were very
palataole to the gallery, and every time the
curtain went down there was plenty
OF applause. 1t might be possible to
make "a Royal Pass q good play. To
do this either the melodramatic plot or the
yodling would have to be omitted. They spoil
each other as it is. To stop the progress Of q
violent plot in order to allow the disguised
RUSSIAN, Mr.. George G. Staley. to yodel for ten
minutes ard sing ballads in Emmet's style
and with that gentleman's German accent, Is a
fatal blow to the drama. And to suspend the
yodling TO allow Mr.. George G. Staley as dis
gulsed Russian to find his wife or to defy and
defeat ms enemies. is detrimental to the
muslcal side of the performance. Another
error Is 70 allow barmaid brought mp in the
stockings and short skirts, her blonde hair and
capaclous smile into play that is supposed TO
picture accurately the highest society of Rus
sia. Equally unjusti fable is the insertion OF
an american stage newspaper correspondent,
put the sparkling cleverness of his lines and
MI. Iony Farrelps quiet humor made him well
come last night.
But "a Royal Pass" while 1t is not good
Play, is entertaining and thrilling often enough.
The humorous side of it is so much superior to
everything else in the play that one Is tempted
TO peLeve that the author has been travelling in
the paths of comedy hitherto
George Q. Staley yodels well, and he has
sympathetic touch upon tender strings that
reminds one of Emmett constantly. He
is much stronger actor than the
monarch OF lullabies and baby SONGS. Miss
Ethel harrington, who played the difficult role
OIL wife torn from her husband by an in
human mother, is really beautiful young
woman, and her voice is rich and melodious.
But 1t Is her voice that hurts her. 1t Is con-
tlnually full OF tears. She knows her powers
TO stimuli ate sorrow in its most poignant form,
and she uses it numerically. Tony Farrell
was capital as the Dewspaperman, who is not
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-20
SULLIVAE's BEST CHAECE

Somevery curious ideas as to the enforce
ment of the laws are presented In the inter-
views with the pugilistic lights. One of
them asserts that Governor Lowry will par
don the pugillsts as soon as they are SEN
fenced; and another represents that arrange
ments have been made by which the con-
tractors for prison labor in Mississippi will
keep the convicted pugilists in clover while
they are serving out their sentences. If
these facts are true, as they probably are
not, it would indicate that the form Of en-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-20
ALWAYS READY TO SHOOT.
A BeIated Anecdote Told In Washington
About Judge Terry.

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArCH.I
WASHINGTON, August 19.-One of the many
old "torty-niners," who are spending their de.
clining days in Washington, tells the following
story of . meeting he once had with the late
Judge Terry:
'It was in the winter of 1880" said the old
man, and was mining in the California mount
aims. One night my partner and arrived at a
little town, having come in from the hills for
some needed supplies. OF course, the first thing
we did was to drop into saloon, as 1t was Gus
tomary to do in those days. The town was
place of hotels As usual, there was game in
progress. 1t was faro, think, and was run by
a desperate gambler called Faro Jones or
Monte Johns, I've forgotten which. 1notlced
one man in particular who was losing steadily.
He was evidently between 80 and go years of
age. He was slightly built, with very narrow
chest, STOPPING shoulders-in fact, he had any
thing but good physique. He had lost over
s., 900 worth of gold dust. Pretty soon the old
man, nettled by his losses, excitedly charged
the dealer with cheating. Naturally that meant
shoot and the words were hardly out Of his
mouth before Jones had pocket pistol leveied
at his head.
"a number of men interposed and begged
Jones not to shoot the old man. explaining that
he was excited and didn't mean what he said.
Jones became appeased, and apparently the
trouble was over, but just at this moment a
man stepped forth from the crowd, and quick
as fash dealt the old man a terrible blow ID
the face with an old-fashioned Texas Ranger
Colts six-shooter, which would weigh five or
six pounds. The blow broke his nose, his
cheek bone and the frontal bone over his left
eye. He fell like a log, and don't believe
ever recovered, but never heard definitely.
We had been in good many tough place, and
had seen some desperate encounters, but had
never seen such a brutal, cowardly deed in that
country of fight and bloodshed. 1nstinctively
my partner and I both instantaneously slipped
our pistols to the front of our belts. We were
mad clean through, and one of us, won't say
which one, exclaimed: Stranger, l don't know
who you are. but do know you are -
coward A quick glance showed the stranger
that the chances were against him. He might
shoot one of US, but he would be surely killed
by the other. He pocketed his pistol without
a word and sneaked out of the saloon.
After he had gone we were told that his
name was David s. Terry. ! never have for
gotten him, because never have seen such q
brutal act. He was probably a silent partner
in the game. but we never knew for certain.
have watched his career ever since, but, as
SAID never saw anything to change my mind
about his character. He was always ready to
shoot if he had more than an even chance"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-20
GREAT SURPLUS OF GRAIN,
Wheat Enough for Home Supply and Large
Quantities for Export.

Wheat Enough for Home Supply and Large
Quantities for Export.
From the Philadelphia Record.I
Latest returns estimate the American wheat
crop of 1889 at 50u0O0,0 900 bushels, or nearly
5000, 900 bushels in excess of the crop of last
year. This will leave not less than 10000, 900
bushels of wheat for export Last year the
exports OF wheat and wheat -four amounted to
IL, ,000, 900 bushels Notwithstanding the obsta-
cles to the export trade that were created by
speculative operations in the Chicago wheat
pit.
In the present favorable. conditions the corn
crop Of this year promises to be enormous
Last years yield of Indian corn was estimated
to be nearly 1000. 100000 bushels and it is prob
able that it will be exceeded considerably by
the crop of this year.
Last years exports of Indian corn and corn
meal amounted to but little NJ ore than 35 0O0 900
bushels. But. in consequence OF the short
crops of wheat and other cereals in Russia and
Austria. the exports Of Indian corn promise to
poor of Europe with cheap bread,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-20

THE report in a London paper that the
guests at recent banquet ''were amused by
a running fire of epigrams between Mr..
Chauncey and Mr.. Depew" is inte resting to
this country. If the genial railroad Pres,-
dent has solved the problem Of individuali-
ty, and has succeeded in expanding himself
SO that there are two of him, it will do away
with the obstacle heretofore existing to his
entrance into politics. We presume that
Mr.. Chauncey will continue to be the Presi.
dent of the New York Central Railroad,
and that Mr.. Depew will enter politics as
the champion of the grangers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-20
The Grand 0nera House.

What is there to chronicle of Dockstader's
Minstrels at the Opera House? They did what
they always do-made very large audience
laugh continuously. In the first part amid
rural scenery the regular minstrel circle was
formed-all the minstrels in tennis suits. After
string of ballads, funny and tender, and a
scattering of jokes from bones and tambo, the
quiet party is thrown into the wild cavortings
Of fox hunt. Mrs. Ditimus' party proved as
catching as ever. though it might be cut down
somewhat and lose nothing. Lew Dockst4der
interfered with great success. "Steal the
Alarm is very funny skit on 1.-THE Still
Alarm"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-20
MERRY MOMENTS.

The fywheel is the anarchist of me-
chanics. 1t Is always engaged in revolutions
Washington Capital.
Strength Supporting Weakness.-Mr.
sterne--This tea Is very weak.
Mr.. Price-Then would advise you to lean It
against the butter. Detroit Free Press.
MIR. n. Peck-I think if any one is en-
titled to 9 pension it's me. Mudge-You were
never in the war; were you? MIR. N. Peck-No
but the fellow my wife was engaged to got killed
at Shiloh. Terre Hdute Express.
She is not brave-she conquers by
The force OF dainty charms;
Yet as a youth could testify,
She often flies to arms
--Washfnoton Capital
His Fesst-Hello, Grindstonel Why
were yon not at the banquet last night? We had .
feast Of reason and how Of soul.
80 had L At least had a feast Of freezin'. I
called on q young lady from Boston. r--C Chicago
Tribune.
"I hear Brown has been taken to the in
sane asylum since his failure-business troubles
must have affected his mind?n 20, yes, he's
crazy as a loon-went around. don't you know,
after the crash and offered to settle up tor 90
on dollar. ''-Epoch.
Miss Crinple Ito Clerk of Snake Creek
House)-will you please send the porter to our
room, Mr.. Bigstud?
Cleak--Yes, nam; anything wrong?
Miss Crimple--Paps just shot mosquito, and
we would like Patrick to carry 1t out. -kunsey's
Weekly.
1t is a Way They Have.-Wife-Just
think. Ihave sat here and seen man going after
man into that saloon over there.
Husband--You re right. That's Just what they
are doing--every man who enters there will assure
you that he Is going In after another man.--De-
trott Free Press.
-She-Of course the feminine half of hu-
manity Is the smarter. II not how do you account
for the fact that at the age when \ man Is still
gawky boy the woman has reached her self
possession and intellectual maturity? Hell
don't know unless 1t Is because she hasn't SO far
to Terre H1uts EzDress.
doctor" said Sohker, show would you
treat a man who was subject to dipsomanial''
'Iwouldn't treat him ~ all. I" replied the doc
tor, after moments consideration; ''treating Is
the bane Of our civilization" And the applicant
for Information paid the usual fee and left the
once. Washington Capital
Benevolent old man-What's the mat
ter. my little manS What are you crying abouty
Small boy-I amt got no (bo-hoo) no mother. ner
no father, ner (bo-hoo) no brothers, ner no sis
ters ner (bo-hoo) no uncles, ner no aunts, ner no
(bo-hoo) )-ner nobody else. b. q. M.-weI. tut,
tut. Don't CRY about that; you're just the kind
Of . man we'll be wanting TO run for President
about 70 years from now.-LtgAt,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-20

THE report that several of the Chinese
highbinders are coming East from San
Francisco in order to assassinate the MEM
bers of the Chinese drama tic company that
is playing in the East. indicates q superfiu-
GUS readiness to charge all crimes to the Sc
cret Chinese organization. Why not credit
the intended assassination to some of the
audiences that have been forced to listen to
the performance of Chinese acto rs?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-20
HE SWAN SEVENTEEN MILES.
Remarkable Feat of Mr.. Deutschbeiu, a
Young Detroit Nntator.

DErRoII. August 1a.-Gustav Deutschbein,
swimming teacher. started for long distance
swim from Belle Isle bridge to Bar Point light
ship in Lake Erie. a distance Of Is miles. at 10
o'clock this morning. He was accompanied by
two rowboats and the steamer Daisy, which
took along few who wished to See the swim.
Before he started he had a bowl of beef tea and
a glass of milk for breakfast and was rubbed
down with mutton tallow and whale oil. The
water and air were quite cold. the former being
at $50, and practically the only advantage the
swimmer had was that there was no wind to
cause waves.
When Wyandotte was reached at 2:l7 those
in the boats decided that it would be best for
Deutschbein not to swim much farther because
of the cold water. His arms and legs were
found to be quite stiff with cold, but a little
hard rubbing soon brought the blood into cir
culation. Deutschbein made the trip of IL
miles in hours and IL minutes. Deutschbein
is25 years of age and florist by trade. While
in New York he did considerable swimming.
on one or two occasions going from Castle Gar
den to Coney Island. o distance Of nearly IA
miles, in four hours.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-20

AN idiosyncrasy of partisan journalism,
which ought to be reformed, is illustrated
by the fact that Democratic newspapers in
reporting the negotiations concerning the
strike in the Illinois coal mines; assert that
w. L. Scott declares his intention of giving
good wages to his coal miners, while the
Republican organs report with equal assur-
ance that w. L. Scott was the power in the
operators organization which prevented the
concession of living wages to the miners.
Evidently one side or the other of our parti-
san friends has been doing some downright
lying. News should be reported with strict
truth, no matter what amount of perversion
of facts is permissible in the editorial column
of o partisan newspaper.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-20

ENGLAND would be willing to do almost
anything to stop the spread of infectious
diseases, except to hurt her trade with
the semi-civilized countries where the infec-
tious diseases have their nurseries. As this
is exactly what is needed, England's CO.
operation in this work is not likely to be
of very much more value. than in this
country the cooperation of the trust mag
mates would be in checking the growth of
monopolies.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-20

AN interesting contrast is afforded by the
fact that whereas the Tammany Hall au-
thorities called upon Sheriff Flack, Of New
York, to resign his position in the Tam
many Society, and he did 50; while the
people are calling upon him to resign his
position as Sheriff of New York, which is
supposed to be in the gift Of the public, and
he does not resign worth a cent. This
raises the important question whether the
desire of Tammany is greater with the office
holders than the wish of the people. or
whether the contrast is due to the fact that
the position of Sheriff yields revenue of
some tens of thousands of dollars annually.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-20
Harris TbeateP.

The company which has met with so much
favor in "His Natural Life" and "Ten Nights
in Bar Room" is repeating this week its sue
cess Of last week in the last named play. Yes
terday's matinee and night performances were
witnessed by good audiences. Mr.. Charles
Patterson, the excellent leading man of the
company, and Miss Lillian Andrews are max
ing many admirers by their good work with
this company. Manager Starr promises
change of bill for the last three days of this
week. Beginning Thursday night a double bill
will be given, consisting of kathleen MaYour-
neen" and Uncle Josh"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-20
ONE LITTLE DIFFICULTY.
The Soldiers Orphan School Commissiol
Has TO Make q Change.

Has to Make Change.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArcH.l
HARRISBURG, August l9.-The Soldiers
Orphan Commission met with a difficulty
at its session in this city to-day by the refusal
of the management of the Northern Home for
Friendless Children In Philadelphia to accept
the l70 boys and girls the commission had de-
cided at the previous meeting should be placed
in that institution in addition to the number
of pupils now in the school. The man
ayers of the school were invited to
be present at the meeting to-day, but none
appeared, and the commission resolved to
have the number OF boys and girls intended for
il accommodated at the Mount Joy school The
commission few weeks ago voted to get rid
of all the institutions controlled by the notori-
GUS syndicate, but the action of the Northern
Home has compelled a change of programme
Ex-senator Wright was here to look after
the interests of his schools, and proposition
submitted by him to rent the Mount Joy school
buildings and furniture for $1,000 for year
was accepted. The commission also decided to
allow $500 for necessary repairs to the build
ings. Prof. Smith was elected principal of the
school at a salary of 81, 600 per annum. The
commission ratified the contracts for the leas-
ing of Whitehall, Butler, Jumonsyille, Hart
ford and Loysville schools.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-20
ATTICA'S SLEEPING BEAUTY.
Taking Nourishment Now and Apparently
Regaining Her Health Rapidly.

Taking Nourishment Now and Apparently
Regaining Her Health Rapidly.
BUFFALO, August l9.-Emma Althouse, the
famous sleeping beauty of Attica, is rapidly
recovering from her two years illness. in the
course of which she has been given up as dead
several times. Some of her sleeps have lasted
IS days. but lately they have decreased in
period of duration, the last one occupying only
three days. Mrs. Althouse, until a few days
ago, took no nourishment whatever, except an
occasional spoonful of warm milk and water.
but now she drinks beef tea copiously. takes
only short maps and has recovered the power of
speech.
To-day she was able to sit up while her bed
was being made. and chatted pleasantly with
her sisters. The paralysis of her left side has
disappeared, and her worst symptoms, outside
of exhaustion and headaches are nose-bleed-
ing She no longer has second sight, a feature
which distinguished her long trance when she
described events happening at great distances
which were not even mentioned in the sick
room.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-20

s'MoNEY TALKS" says the Chicago
Ne,Us, with reference to the rivalry for the
possession of the Worlds Fair in 1892.
Possibly money does talk sometimes; but a
perusal of the subscription lists in Chicago
and New York fails to disclose any vocifer-
Gus conversation on the part of the circu-
lating medium in either city.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-20

tosupport his title; but It will not be at all en-
HANGED by his patent of nobility. In fact
there have been suspicious that grants
of italian titles result in enhancing the
royal revenue of Italy rather than that Of
the grantees.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-20

An example of good work is furnished
by the report that the inspectors of New
York have gone through 1,250 factories in
that city and ordered fire escapes to be put
up on ITO buildings. This did not save the
victims of the last tenement fire; but it may
save other lives. 1t would be pleasant to
be able to publish the information that the
building inspectors in Pittsburg had Or
dered fire escapes to be put up on some
scores of buildings.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-20

EVERY batch of nominations published
by order of the President contains con-
siderable number of appointments; but it
contains also several times as many iisap-
nointments
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-20

THE wrath of the politicians at the idea
that the President pays enough attention to
the redemption of his own and his party's
pledges, to extend the civil service rules to
the appointment of the chiefs of divisions,
is pathetic. Butthe politicians ought to be
able to console themselves by observing the
work which Clarkson has wrought out with
his meat ak among the fourth-class post
Offices
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-20
An Enar End Wedding.

There was pretty wedding in the East End
last evening. 1t was at the home Of the Pol
locks, in the Nineteenth ward, and Miss Birdie
Pollock was the bride. She was married to w
Miller Graham, of Washington, Pa, and the
happy pair left shortly after the ceremony for
New York, where they sail for Europe to spend
their HONEYMOON,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-20

THE political reporters count that day
lost which do es not bring the report of deal
between be factions of the Republican
party in which political support is alleged
to be swopped for Offices.