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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-31
THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brashear Congratulated
Their Friends and Children.

Mr.. and Mrs. Brashear Congratulated by
Their Friends and Children.
The golden wedding of Mr.. and Mrs. Basil
Brown Brashear was celebrated last even
ing at the residence of their son, Mr..
John A. Brashear, the eminent scientist and
astronomer. The beautiful home on Observa-
tory Hill witnessed the gathering together Of
all the children of the aged couple, six in num-
Der, Is grandchildren and several great grand
children, besides number of old-time friends.
Mrs. Brashear. ST., was Miss Julia Smith, the
daughter of Mr.. Nathaniel n. Smith, who
built the first Morse telegraph and the first
electrical engine in Western Pennsylvania.
She was married to Mr.. Brashear in the year
1889, in Brownsville, by the Rev. Mr.. Freeman,
an Episcopal clergyman. Altho ugh 70 years of
age she has the appearance of a much younger
woman, thus proving that her choice of hus-
band and protector was wise one. Mr.. Brashear
is in his I'D year and enjoys unusual good health.
Besides being skilled mechanic he is noted for
his musical abilities and knowledge. Many
and beautiful were the testimonials of esteem
that were presented Mr.. and Mrs. Brashear
last evening, and among them was to be found
a magnificent bouquet from Superintendent
Hamilton, which was greatly appreciated by
Mrs. Brashear, who is an ardent lover of how-
ers. Orchestral music, banquet served by
Kennedy, with congratulations, made the even
ing one never to be forgotten.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-31
PUCK,s PERT POINTS.

Whipper-What do you think OF young
Mrs. Giddy's complexion
snapper-I'm afraid it won't wash!
New Yorker-Did you ever notice now
ts,v TrIsh names there are over drug stores?
Great Truveler-There are plenty Oh them In
Iowa and Kansas.
Drafts should be avoided, particularly
sgbt drafts. They are bad for the eyes: But II
heroic treatment becomes necessary, nave the
grace tthree days. to cheque them without pro-
test.
Sick Man Gin Maine)-I want something
for this cough.
sIex Man-Yes, but don't want syrup-I want
whisky.
Iasked her on nv knees to wed,
Aasl Her heart is ilnty-
She will not share my slice Of bread,
Because my names McGinty.
-AH from Puck
The Court-Whst is your age, madamY
The Plaintiff-Mnst answer
The Court-You must.
The Plaiutin-Why, Judge. 1 thought peopls
didn't have to testify against themselYesl
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-31

BY one of those inadvertences which
sometimes happen in hastily arranging long
midnight report the remarks of Mr.. E. M.
O'NeiI, of THE DISPATCH. at the Press Club
banquet Wednesday night on the progress of
Pittsburg journalism appeared in our own
issue Yesterday without mention of the speaker.
The omission was perhaps not particularly i'm
portant, and would not require to be rectited,
but that the address as printed read like an
unexplained annex to MIR. Watterson's speech,
and we clearly wish to be understood that the
speech of the distinguished Kentucky guest of
the club was SO complete, happy and excellent
in itself that nothing could with advantage be
added to OF taken from it
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-31
ALMOST TOO BIG TO BURY.
Peculiar Scenes at the Funeral of n Citizen
of ChicaRo's Suburbs.

Peculiar Scenes at the Funeral of a Citizen
of ChicaRo's Suburbs.
CHICAGO. January 30.-The funeral of late
Peter Damn, one of the old settlers and per-
haps the best known man in the Town of Lake,
was in many respects, peculiar one Mr..
Damn was man of immense proportions
weighing $50 pounds at the time of his death.
The body was so large that none of the ready
made coffns would contain it, and the under
taker made burial casket to order. 1t was
nearly three feet wide, the actual measure
ments being feet s inches wide by rs inches
deep. The coffin barely went into the hearse,
there being but an inch to spare. 1t took 10
sturdy Germans, selected particularly for their
strength, to get the coffin and its bulky burden
down the narrow stairs of the late residence.
The distance from the house to the church
was but two blocks and the pall-bearers de-
cided that they could best carry the body. Ac-
cordingly they had secured five stout wooden
bars, upon which they carried the coffin, five
men being upon each side. The pail bearers
had about all they could do in keeping upright
on the narrow sidewalk leading to the sacred
edifice, SO heavy was the body.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-31
FOR SENATORIAL HON0RS.
Any Number of Candidates In the Field in the
Thirty Sixth District.

Thirty-Sixth District.
rPEcIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCH.I
BEDFORD, January 3O.-The contest for the
Republican nomination in the Thirty-sixth
Senatorial district-composed of the counties
of Somerset, Bedford and Fulton-is becoming
interesting, each county claiming the position.
Bedford and Somerset counties compose the
Sixteenth judicial district, and Bedford, Som
erset Cambria and Blair the Seventeenth Con-
gressional district. Thus political complica-
tions have arisen on the solution of which de-
pends the Senatorial nomination. Senator
Alexander, of Fulton claims second term
first because it has always been the custom,
except in the isolated case of Hon. ]. Fl. Longe-
necker, who declined it; second, because his
record justiies it; third because during the past
30 wears Fulton county has had the Senator but
once. while Somerset has enjoyed that honor
for II years and Bedford for IL years; fourth,
because he wants it Bedford county will pre-
sent for the nomination three of its distin-
guished Representatives DIR. Y: +.
Calhoun Captain n. c. Evans, and untitled,
plain, honest, hard-working and genial e. @.
Aschom. This trio will make lively cam
paign.
Representative James l. Pugh and ex-D District
Attorney Bisecker-both good men and active
in their county politics. Did the nomination
simply mean a contest between the rival as
pirants it would not amount to much as either
one of the gentlemen named would represent
the district in a creditable manner,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-31
STILL CHAOS IN WASHINGTON.

The latest news from Washington indi-
Gates that the worst of the uproar in the
House of Representatives is over. The Re-
publicans are very confident that the discus
sion Of the contested election cases will pro-
ceed to-day, the Democratic Congressman
abandoning their opposition to Speaker
Reed for the time at least. This is the COM
plexion of affairs as it appears to The DIS
PArcH's correspondent in Washington.
AT this distance the turbulent character of
yesterdays debate, and the determined atti
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-31
REPORT OF THE CONVENTION.
Miss WiIIard's Confessed Position on the
Political Question - She Differs From
Mrs. Weeks-The Prohibition Party IL

Political Question - She Differs From
Mrs. Weeks-The Prohibition Party IL
Not Expected 10 Come Into Power.
The report of the fifteenth annual conyen-
tion of the W. z. T. U. of Pennsylvania. held
IN Philadelphia last October, has just been
issued. 1t is a voluminous book Of over 200
pages, and contains the proceedings of the
convention complete. There are some sugges-
tive, not to say amusing, features about the
book. There are two names among the
lists of officers and superintendents Oh depart
ments erased with red ink. These are Mrs:
C. e. Roney, Superintendent Of Mothers
Meetings. and Mrs Joseph D. Weeks. super
intendent of Scientific Temperance Instruc-
ton. The inference is that these women hay-
ing Joined the nOn-partisan faction are not 70
be recognized in the future IN connectlOn VIII
W. c. T. U. work.
The following quotation from Miss Frances
E. Wizards address at the Philadelphia Con-
vention is timely in view Of the he'd differences frei
"The editors of your papers In Penn
sylvanla expend great deal OF printer 5
ink in telling you what dreadful thing 1t IS TO
go into politics. but ask you to remember how
those editors advised men to vote on the 18th
of June last. They steadily dinned it in every
mans ears to vote against the amendment, ana
think you will be wise If you listen to them
Just as much this time as you did then, for In
ueither case do they deserve your confidence.
I'VE say something more against the RepuO-
lican party than the Democratic, for the reason
that the Republican party processes TO be the
party of temperance while the other openly
courts the liquor traffic. The fact is that both
are national liquor parties. not because they
wish to be, but because they must be, or fall to
! pieces Prohibition would introduce into each
one of them a disintegrating force, and they
can only exist b. cohesive force. Your papers
say thar Sister Weeks and l are on the same
side of this question.
mo two women in the nation are more widely
apart than she and on the subject of prohiol-
tion, politically considered. There IS certainly
| no GOOD reason why we should not be. We
have always said in the National W. c. 7. o.,
and in all the States save Iowa and Illinois,
that there was no political test Women were
| partisan or non-partisan, Republican, Demo
cratic, Union-Labor or Prohibition, Just as they
| pleased = We do not expect the Pro
| hibition party to come to power. but to furnish
the nucleus for the great on coming party OF
rafnrm ~
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-31
TO INITIATE PIFTSBURG.

Cleveland is DESTROYS of an Exposition Pat
termed Alter Our Own.
From the Cleveland Leader.1
The Exposition in Pittsburg last summer
cleared $5SO0O, which sum was very small
fraction of the amount made by the business
men from the trade of the hundreds OF thou
sands Of visitors attracted to that place. With
out doubt, equally satisfactory results would
follow the establishment OF an exposition in
this CITY, provided it is centrally located. This
wear the Pittsburg people expect to greatly In
crease their profits, and they would naturally
increase in Cleveland from year to year.
In a few years all the expenses incurred In
building would be paid and then the surplus
of receipts over expenses would, In all proDa-
pility, go to the city, and be used to defray the
expenses Of a manual training school. This is
a feature of the subject to be considered by
the Council committee which is considering the
question of location. If the city gives the
grounds it will be entitled to the net receipts
after the enterprise is put upon paying basis.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-31
TRYING TO MAKE AMENDS.
A Railroad Company Voluntarily Pays nm
Orphan Girl 81, 500.

A Railroad Company Voluntarily Pnys IN
Orphan Girl S7,5OO.
CHICAGO, January 3O.-The Chicago and
Northwestern Railroad Company has paid
William DE Lorenzo, the uncle and guardian
of little Dora Payne, 81, 500 for the loss of her
mother and stepfather in the Rose Hill railroad
accident.
"Isn't that an unusually large amount of
damages to be voluntarily paid by railroad?"
was asked of Claim Agent Richards.
"Yes, it is" replied Mr.. Richards, ''and it
would take good deal Of memory searching to
discover case wherein we paid like amount
You see, the law limits the damages for life
lost to s., ,000 and it isn't often that jury will
give the full amount, but in the Payne case
there was good deal of sentiment The COM
pany viewed the case in the same way as did the
public Here was little girl suddenly de-
prIyed of her father and mother and left al
most alone IN the world, and the Northwestern
road thought that the most humane thing to
do was to save the little one and her friends the
costs of suit at law and give her handsome
sum- This was accordingly done, and if the
money is not squandered she will not have to
worry about getting living the rest Of her
life ~
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-31
REFUSES TO BE CONQUERED.
A Brave Naval Cadet Who Failed to Pass
His Examination.

A Brave Naval Cadet Who Failed to Pass
His Examination.
WASHINGTON, January 3O.-Richard H.
jackson, OF Alabama, is making an effort for
reappointment in the navy. He was q naval
cadet until last June, when he failed to pass
the final examination sufficiently high to Sc
cure commission as a minor officer. A bill
will be presented to Congress placing him last
on the list of ensigns of the navy. Jackson
served his last two years as a cadet prior to the
final examination on the Trenton, and was on
that vessel in March of last year during the
hurricane at Samoa. When Lieutenant r. NJ.
G. Brown gave the order to the men of the
Trenton, which signalized him as an admirable
executive in a time of emergency, and which,
according to the reports of the commanding
officer. cleared the Trenton of a reef and saved
45O lives, it was Cadet Jackson who led the
men into the rigging.
The men had hesitated, uncertain of the
novel order given by Lieutenant Brown, and
seemed only to need the stimulus of a leader,
which circumstances and ready appreciation
of Browns tactics had made Cadet jackson
act Lieutenant Brown, who is on duty at the
Navy Department, said to-day that jackson
was deserving young man and brave officer.
He commends his ability and energy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-31
Mr.. WiTTERSON'S LECTURE.
Valuable Pointers Money and MOrnlS-
The Former Not Of Much Account UnIesa
One Has Financial BackIng-Canada n
Good Place TO Go To,

Valuable Pointers Money and Morals
The Former Not of Much Account UnIess
One Has Financial Backing-Canadn n
Good Place to Go To.
Hon. Henry Watterson lectured to q large
and enthusiastic audience in Old City Hall last
evening. He announced that Morals and
Money! was the subject upon which he would
speak. He said one gentleman had re-
marked that he would come and hear him be-
cause he had very little of either. He hoped
that the majority of his audience had not come
for the same reason.
In the minds of the audience, by the words Of
the speaker, North America became living
reality whose progress in the past defed par
allel, but whose future progress was in danger
from Canada and Mexico. Canada and Mexico
were used geographically, not with any in
tended or implied insult to the great countries,
who were in time destined TO become members
of the great Union. Canada was for tourists
who were overburdened with checks, so much
SO that they had no time or inclination
to get their baggage checks, in fact,
for men who had more money
then morals, It was an easy nome
For men who had neither money nor morals
Mexico offered fowery place Of residence.
Money was power that no man could anoro 70
ignore or disdain in his calculations II is
the one thing most universally uSeo anu HAS-
used, coveted and reviled. A good thing to
have plenty of, but one should be sure II Is
honestly earned. He deplored the fact now
ever. that when men continue in the trafhc Oh
money for an indefinite period they assume
some of the metallic qualities of the metal tney
handle and their one aim becomes the trying 10
rub two dollars together and make the tnlru:
''The money question" said the speaker, rs
becoming the absorbing question OF all Amer.
leans. A trade dollar hOvers over the head OF
everyone from the $4,000 pulpit minister to the
man who occupies a SlO0. 900 seat in the Senate ="
He spoke of how ready the public is to condone
the otfenses of the rich and regretted that so
little of the old-fashioned distinction between
right and wrong existed in the present age:
Money is the god to which all young men OF
this generation pay homage and they desire TO
make fortune before they aspire to any
honors of State, because talent without the
financial backing is not appreciated.
AT this rate" he said, "how soon VIII II De
that all honor and sentiment will Vanquish
in the presence of the money god. There ID
more pleasure gained from the coinage Of one
kind thought than can be extracted from
thousands of dollars"
In taking an inventory or counsel OF the past
and present and prophesying for the future,
Mr.. Watterson said the nation was not threat
ened by the race question, although no man
could foretell the outcome OF It. For ms part
he hoped the education and elevation OF both
races would eventually end the strife.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-31
TAKING THE BODY HOME.

Conveying the Remains of Major Gordon 10
New CustIe for Burial.
The body Of Major William Gordon. OF New
Castle was brought to this city last night from
Asheville, N. G. and will to-day be taken to New
Castle. The body was in charge OF Mr.
Raney, brother-in-law, and recently partner
in the milling business; Mrs William Gordon,
the widow; Mr.. L. R. Gordon, the son. and Miss
Clinren. the stepdaughter of the deceased
Major Gordon was one of the prominent busi-
ness men and politicians of Lawrence county.
He served, during. the war, IN the One Hun.
member Of the Union Veteran Leagion. By
President Cleveland be was appointed Post
master of New Castle. Ill health recently COM
PEELED him to GO South. His death occurred
last TUESDAY The funeral will be held at his
old home at o'clock Saturday afternoon.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-31
TERMS OF THE pIsPATCH.
P1TTsBURG. FRIDAY. JAN. 81, 1890
PARTY ABOVE HONESTY.

1t is painfully apparent that offensive
partisanship is rampant just now. Not ex-
actlv as Mr.. Villas meant the convenient
phrase to be understood when he coined 1t In
the interest of his peculiar scheme OF civil
service reform, but in a sense far more dis
agreeable. Any one who wants to see par
fisan warfare at its worst can take the choice
of two pictures. One shows the Democrats
in the Ohio Senate expeditiously bouncing
Mr.. Lampson, the other Republican ma
jority overriding precedents in order
to bulldoze the Democratic party
in Congress. We do not declare
our preference; every citizen must take his
choice. We do not even care to go to the
facetious length of declaring that if there is
any difference between the pot and the
kettle, one is a little blscker than the other.
1t seems unlikely that the exact status OF
the facts of the case of Mr.. Lampson, who
was Yesterday deposed from the office Of
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, to which be
was declared elected at first by narrow
majority, will ever be known. The un-
pleasant conclusion cannot be escaped, how
ever, that whatever the facts, Mr.. Marquis
would have been given the second Office OF
the State by his partisan adherents in the
Senate. With Mr.. Lampson and his
Republican friends it is not possible for US
to sympathize deeply, for they do not con-
ceal their confidence that the Republican
majority of the Supreme Court Judges, to
whom they have appealed from the Senate s
decision, will decide the question according
10 their political lights and not upon the
law and the facts.
These exhibitions of partisan dishonesty
are disgraceful. They are dangerous to the
Republic. The only remedy lies with the
people. Politicians who place party above
honor and honesty ought to be sent to the
rear. The people can send them there.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-31
A PREACHER AS BENEDICT.

Miss Agnes Stevenson Becomes the Bride
of the Rev. Mr.. Ewing.
At the residence of Mr.. John Milligan, Swiss
vale, yesterday morning, the ceremony was
performed which united in the holy bonds of
matrimony Miss Agnes ]. Stevenson and Rev.
R. B. Ewing, pastor of the Sixth U. 2. Church,
East End. The ceremony was witnessed by a
very small gathering of friends OF the bride and
groom. and was performed by Revs. William ].
Reid. b. D., pastor of the First o. P. Church.
and s. ], Fisher, of the Swissvale Presbyterian
Church.
The bride is a talented, highly educated lady,
who has occupied position as teacher in the
Norfolk. Va, Seminary for some time past.
The groom is one Of the most eloquent speakers
of his denomination, and has had charge Of his
present church for 20 years.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-31
A MODEL IN EVERY SENSE.
The Paper That il Sought After for the
Most Trustworthy Information.

The PAPER That il Sought After for the
Most Trustworthy Information.
From the Parkersburg sentinel.l
When we want TO read the news of the world
and look for that which is most reliable and
Trustworthy, we invariably turn to The PITTS
BURG DISPATCH, model newspaper in every
sense. As news gatherer 1t is unsurpassed
by any other journal, either in or out of the
great cities, and in the quantity and quality Of
news it is thoroughly metropolitan. A surpris-
ing nose for news, care for the truth and pre-
sentation in a readable form Of the worlds
daily happenings are prominent characteristics
of THE DISPATCH, that make it SO great and
attractive newspaper. The Sunday edition of
THE DISPATCH has now reached a circulation
exceeding $1,000 and is one of the country. 1t
is veritable magazine Of pleasant literature, Of
20 large pages, made up Of the news Of the day,
correspondence from home and abroad and en-
tertaining fiction.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-31
PresidenInI Appointments.

WASHINGTON, January 3O-The President
to-day sent to the Senate the following nomi-
nations: William H. Taft, of Ohio, to be So
licitor General; Robert Adams, Jr, of Penn
sylvania, now accredited Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Empire of
Brazil, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minis
ter Plenipotentiary to the United States of
Brazil, Postmasters-Pennsylva Robert
]. Patterson, Uniontown; Charles s. w. Jones,
Tyrone; John s. Weaver, Mechanicsburg.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-31
A NICE PROGRAMME.
The East Liberty Y. M. C. A. Entertain
ment Was Successful.

The East Liberty Y. M. C. A. Enterfain-
ment Was successful.
Under the auspices of the East Liberty
branch of the Y. M. c. A. an entertainment
was given in the East Liberty Presbyterian
Church last evening. The programme was ex-
ceptionally well rendered and enjoyed by a
large and intellectual audience.
1t included selection THE Brigands," by
the Schmertz Orchestra; quartet "Sleep
While the Soft Evening Breezes," by Miss
Jennie Gray, Miss Jennie Abbott, Mr.. Cliff
McCausland and Mr.. George +. Wagner THE
Mill in the Forest" by Schmertz Quartet;
THE Scout" by the Haydn Quartet; a vocal
solo, ''Murmuring Zephyrs.' by Miss Jennie
Gray; Beautiful Maiden Polka, by Schmertz
Quartet; Waltz Song Haydn Quartet; du ct,
Flowers Sleep" by Haydn Quartet and Misses
Gray and Abbott, and the "Guardmcunt," by
Schmertz Quartet.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-31
THE ANNUAL EXAMINATION.
Miss Marie Murray Carries on the Gold
Medal for OiIwOrk.

The annual examinati N of the Pittsburg
School of Design was held yesterday morning.
The medals were awarded in oil painting, the
gold medal to Miss Marie Murray, silver medal
to Miss Bessie Young. Misses Jennie McMas-
tiers. Mary I. Patterson and Euginie Maple re-
ceived honorable mention.
Miss Laura D. Dummett was awarded the
bronze medal for full length figure in crayon
drawing. A bronze medal was awarded
Miss Laura John for ornamental drawing.
Mr. Joseph E. Woodwell in the life
class received the gold medal. The gold and
silver medals in water color were awarded to
Miss Mary T. Patterson. The graduates this
year are Misses Ruth P. Miller, Agnes Lawton,
Jennie McMasters and Mary Hurford. The
art rooms in the Penn building will be thrown
open to the public next Monday evening and
the inspection of the pictures that were hung
before the examination will afford an evening
of rare pleasure.to anyone interested in art.