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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-12
Social Chatter.

THE members of the Argonot Association
will hold their eighteenth annual reunion on
Monday evening at the residence of William
Sbaffer, No. s629 Penn avenue. The association
is composed of forty-niners. who are the sur
yivors of company of 800 that went from Pitts
burg to California in the gold days Of lSi9.
REV. T. ]. LEAK, D. D.. will lecture in the
Union NJ. E. Church. Allegheny, this evening
on "a Horseback Journey Through Pales-
tine"
Mr., AND MRS. J. ]. SPEARMAN, Of Sharon,
will celebrate their, wedding anniversary this
evening. Hagan will cater.
MRS. ROSE GALLERY and daughter are So
iourning at the Arkansas II Hot Springs.
MISS MARY d. WATSON has returned from
a two weeks visit in New YORK City.
THE Order Of Solons will hold reunion In
Old City Hall this evening.
MRS. A. C. GRAFT and son. J. D.. have gone
to Hot Springs. Ark.
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in SoCIETYs DOMAIN.
Leonard Wales Opera to Be Produced by
the Duff Opera Company-To Be Grand

Leonard Wales Opera to Be Produced by
the Duff Opera Company-To Be Grand
Social Event-List Of Men Interested.
A social event Of considerable Importance
with any number of society patronesses is be-
ing arranged for during the return engagement
OF the DnR Opera Company, when
it will give three performances Of
Leonard Wales opera, THE Lion OF
Peru" for which Dr. Woods furnished
the libretto The opera. both score and u
bretto. has been recently rewritten and now
stand. it is said. very greatly improved. The
new orchestration was thoroughly tested not
long ago by Mr.. Willis orchestra, who will rem
der II, as the performance will be given in
the Opera House. The opera. it will be
remembered. was presented In this city by the
Boston Ideal Company In May. 1889. At that
time number Of business men, whose names
have never been published were interested in
the production. They were Andrew Carnegie,
James B. Scott, M. w. Watson, Gilbert Raj
fertv. George A. Kelly General A. L. Pearson,
]. M. Guffey, II. Z. Frck. Marshall Mcdonald,
Captain .. ). Brown. II. H. Brown, II. H. Ar
mold. Charles +. McKenna. W. j. Lewis, II.
Sellers Mckee and several others.
They are still enthusiastic over the opera and
many Of them, including Andrew Carnegie.
will occupy boxes in the Opera House with
their wives. Marie Tempest will appear In the
title role and Charles o. Basset will be cast for
"Walpole'' the leading tenor role.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-12

THE DISPATCH has refused to accept
hasty conclusions that the Koch lymph was not
as valuable as was hoped; just as it has de-
clined to jump to the belief that it was GER
tain cure for consumption. The results OF ex-
periments by impartial and authorized bodies.
however. begin to reach the point where it is
necessary to accept the first conclusion. Sew
eral organizations of medical authority have
after due experiments, practically decided
against it. The latest decision of the sort is by
the Spanish commission, while similar verdicts
have been given in this country, as well as in
Europe Indeed, the absence of further re-
ports from Berlin is calculated to strengthen
the belief that the discovery has effected no
permanent benefit.
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PROXIES AT CORPORATE MEETINGS.
Even those who may have differed from
Mr.. Westinghouse ideas as shown in the
manner of organization of some of his large
companies cannot fail to admit that Pitts
burg has been benefited largely by his
enterprise, and such feeling of sympathy
as was extended to him during recent
embarrassments is apt to be intensely
heightened by the sharp turn which was
taken to uust him from the Switch and
Signal Company. Ordinarily, it is not the
business OF the press to pass opinions upon
the transactions within private corporations,
but there is business question involved In
this case which has very decided public
interest. 1t is probably true that most of
the voting in many corporations is done by
proxy. Shareholders find it inconvenient
to be present Oftentimes they live at a
distance. Or, If in the neighborhood, they
are otherwise engaged when annual meet
ings take place They have to rely on the
good faith entirely of those whom they name
as their attorneys to cast their votes. The
question now arises in how far are these
apDOl0IeeS 10 DC uelu as OOuuU 10 carry out
the expressed or presumed wishes of the
persons who repose this trust in them. If
the law says not at all, then proxies here
after will be few and far between in
corporate voting.
In the case which has just made such a
stir in Pittsburg the givers of the proxies
quite evidently understood that they were
to be used according to Mr.. Westinghouse's
judgment. Mr.. Westinghouse himself was
named primarily as the person to cast the
vote. The peculiar nature of the proceed
ing, which has been SO sharply characterized
in business circles. is shown by the circum-
stance that, MIR. Westinghouse being absent,
the proxies were cast directly against him,
and thus became an instrument in forcing
out himself and his friends.
1t is this phase of the question which
bears upon the general use Of proxies at
corporate meetings which has decided and
instructive interest to shareholders in many
concerns,
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COMING THEATRICAL EVENTS.

SAM DEvERE's new company will entertain
the patrons Of Harry Williams Academy next
week,
HARRIS ever-popular rheater win present
1.-THE Tin Soldier" that laugh-provoking pro-
duction, commencing Monday.
FRANZ RUMMEL will give piano recItals at
Old City Hall Monday evening, March Ia and
Wednesday afternoon, March Is. Seats at
Kleber & Bros on and after Saturday.
JEFFERSON and Florence gave their last per.
formance of 1.-THE Rivals" last night The
Heir at Law" will be the bill at the Duauesne
for tho rest of the week.
The following is from the Boston, Mass,
Post of April IL, 1889. and is graceful COM
pliment to UllIe Akerstrom. the young actress
who is soon to be seen in this city az the
Grand: Dancing, real dancing. is an art al
most as much lost to our stage as pantoraime,
and Miss Akersrrom's.lightness ofImovement,
her sense for rhythm and the easy precision of
her steps are therefore in joyous contrast to
the clumsy ballet and the athletic pas seul to
which the American Terpsichore is for the
most part reduced"
AFTER two years absence, which she has
spent in conquering London and all England.
pretty Minnie Palmer comes to the Duouesue
next Monday for weeks engagement, pre-
senting H. s. Taylor and II. Williams new
comedy melodrama. "a Mile a Minuten The
mechanical effects employed are said to be far
in advance in point Of ingenuity of anything
vet developed by the modern craze for realism
on the stage. A. real English locomotive, i'm
ported at the expense of $4,000. Will be seen
running at the rate of go miles an hour in full
view of che audience during the great climac-
teric scene of the play. The sale OF seats and
boxes begins this morning.
If all the promises are carried out the attrac.
tion at the Bijou next week will be one of the
most important theatrical events Of the season.
The play is from the pen of that master of
playwrights, Steele Mackaye. and as the title
s.Money Mad"-indicates trears ON q subject
pertinent to these days Of financial troubles
and illustrating this great menacing evil Of
daily life. The story deals with life In Chicago
and the whole scene of the plot is laid in the
city by the lake and alternately transports the
spectator from the palaces of the money kings
to the slums OF the wretched and vicious. The
play is said to have several scenic features new
TO the stage and among them is realistic pro-
duction of the Clark street bridge which spans
the busy river that runs through Chicago The
bridge has swinging draw which opens and
closes and stsainers and tugs under full head
Of steam pass through.
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FOUND AT LAST.
A Former Slave, Now in Ohio, Hears From
His Lopg-Lost Mother.

A Former Slave, Now in Ohio, Hears From
His Long-Lost Mother.
sPRINGFIELD, o., March 11.-After 40 years
separation William H. Todd, an ex-slave at
Washington Court House. Fayette county, has
discovered the whereabouts of hrs mother, now
100 years old, living at Macon, Ga, through q
letter received last night. Twelve years prior
to the war they were sold to different masters
and each received the masters name who made
the purchase. Todd and one of his brothers
belonged during the war to the Twenty-second
Colcred Union Infantry and at the battle Of
Deep Bottom. Va, his brother lost his life
There were IA brothers, and all of them were
soldiers in the Union army; IL of them fought
In the Fort Pillow massacre, eight being killed
after the fort had surrendered and rebels had
taken possession of 1t. Four escaped and are
living to-day near the scene Of their childhood,
where their aged mother and four Of Gov
ernor'' Todd's children by his first wife are liv-
ing.
The letter gives Todd intense delight He Is
about 20 years of age and quite poor. An effort
is on foot to raise money enough to send him to
his native State, where he may see his mother
before she dies. He has been writing to people
In the South for many years concerning the
Whereabouts of his mother and children, and
at last he Is happy man. He was assisted in
the search for her by the son Of his old master,
Mr.. Todd.
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PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

HENRY WILLARD. of railroad fame, has
gone to Europe. He sailed yesterday.
Mr.. JAMES PAWN. the novelist. has
just Joined the staff of the London Punch.
HERR WINDTHoRsT, the leader of the
Center party in the German Reichstag, Is seri.
ously Ill again.
EDWIN BooTH's leading lady next sea-
son will be Miss Ada Dyas. Miss Minna Gale
will lead for Lawrence Barrett.
B. F. STEARNE, OF Lynchburg. Va, has
In his possession a curiously carved violin, said
to have been the property of Thomas Jefferson.
JOHN E. PARSONS. the lawyer of the
Sugar Trust, looks much as Ralph Waldo EN-
erson looked when he was so years old. He is
tall, attenuated and stoop-shouldered.
HENRY IRVING has been elected to the
Marlborough Club. This is q high honor. for
the Prince of Wales does not allow anyone to
join that institution whom he does not wish to
number among his intimates
PHILLIPS BROOKS is 55 years old, and
for 20 years he has been the rector OF Trinity
Church. in Boston. His salary is $4,000 year,
but of that a large proportion goes for charity,
for his generosity is proverbial
JAMES GORDON BENNETT, the proprie-
tor of the New York Herald, is q naval vet.
eran. He was a Iieutenant and commanded his
own yacht which was armed and commissioned
as a vessel of the United States navy
THE Empress Frederick is coming to
England again in July, TO be present at the
wedding of Princess Louise Of Schleswig- Hol-
stein and Prince Albert. of Anhalr-Dessau,
The Emnress ia then 70 he the quest of the
oneen .t Windsor CastIe and at Osborne.
h,,.h H.
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that the absent demand will be restored

that the absent demand will be restored
when 1t is most needed.
Latest statistics show that at the begin
ming of the month 7.134 miles of railway
were under construction as against 5,038 a
year ago; 7.7s7 miles were located or under
survey as compared with 7,041 in 1890, and
1891 miles projected against 1881 at this
time last year. Altogether there are 1s, Sl4
miles of railway on which work is now in
progress or is likely to be commenced before
the opening of 1892. OF course, the state of
general business and the condition Of the
money market will have much to do in de-
termining the actual amount of work done
in railway extension. But these figures
show that the prospect is good for fair de-
gree of activity and an increased demand for
iron and steel to be used in the construction
Of new roads and the supply of rolling stock.
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PETERS FINANCIAL VIEWS.
He Wants S5o,00O,o0O Issued to Raise the
Mortgages on Homes.

He Wants $50, 100000 Issued to Raise the
Mortgages on Homes.
rFRoM STAFF coRREsP oNDKNr.1
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE various
Farmers Alliance representatives in and out
Of Congress who have been visiting Washing
ton lately are taking occasion, through the me-
dunn of mass meetings and club gatherings, to
make known to the public their views on fnan-
cial and other questions. At meeting last
night Senator-elect PETER gave his financial
views at great length. Mr. PETER announced
that the Alliance men now meant to run things
to suit themselves
Among other things, the successor of Sena-
tor ingalls, wants $1,000, 600 new Treasury notes
of the denomination of S. This sum, or go
much thereof as was necessary he would loan
out, 10 per cent of each loan to be paid each
year. per cent to be applied to the extinction
OF the principal Indebtedness and per cent
covering the interest. In that way he believed
it possible to redeem every mortgaged home in
the land within period of Is years. He wants
the money-issuing power taken away from
national banks. and he thought those institu-
tions should be converted into Government
agencies.
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in doubt as to the fact, and on all other cases
the Constitution gives the Supreme Court
appellate jurisdiction, with such excep-
tions and under such regulations as the Con-
gress may make"
Under these circumstances. the assertion
that Congress muddled the Supreme Court
relief bill may be taken as partisan Stiffness
until more specific proof is offered OF its
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-12
ONE of those flower. that grow over the

ONE of those flowers that grow over the
party wall, in the shape of pleasan: interview
with Henry Watterson, published in the New
York Tribune reveals the fact that Mr.. Wat
terson started in life as piano player, having
accompanied Patti in her earlier concerts. But
a too vigorous pounding of the keys generated
a felou which paralyzed his thumb, and he was
forced to become a newspaper man. Since free
trade editors must be, it is to be regarded as a
fortunate felon which gave us so gallant aud
lively specimen of the class as Mr.. Waiter
son. But the disclosure suggests a regret
that some editors cannot generate a sort of
felon which will force them to desert Journal
ism and take to piano-pounding.
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Forgot His Impromtu.

The Lansing. Mich, correspondent of the
Detroit NeiOs says that joint legislative con-
vention. held Wednesday night was not sue
cess. One untoward circumstance which
1narred the effect of the exercises occurred
when Senator Benson took the platform. He
forgot his little piece.
1.-THE orators-ah-ah-to which you have
Iistened--(long pause)-pronounced in eulogy
of the illustrious dead whose distinguished sery.
ices have SO long been profoundly-ah-an-
profoundly recognized by the grateful peosle
of this republic (anoiher long pause), have
brought sadness to-ah-to your hearts and
of-of-"- aE
There was very long pause here, during
which the orator shifted uneasily around and
showed uumistakable symptoms of being about
to break down.
so seldom might q champion arise to
grappie with the oppressorn- fast and
with desperate intonation that was almost
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-12
UNCLE SAM MUST HUSTLE.
A Postmistress Got Married and Wants to
Resign, but Can't

Postmistress Got Married and Wants to
Resign, but Can't
Mr.. and Mrs. Reinhart, bride and groom Of
McMinn, Pa, and the latter. postmistress at
that place, were in the city yesterday on their
bridal tour. Mrs. Reinhart, since becoming a
happy bride, desired to retire from the employ
of Uncle Sam, but finding him slightly derelict
in settling mp accounts retained her posi-
tion, and while in the city consulted with
Colonel Hudson as to the best means of coerc-
ing the stalwart and contrary old gentleman
into doing the correct thing according to her
ideas. After being closeted with Colonel Hud-
son. and having a confidential chat with Post
master Mexican and Assistant Edwards she de-
parted. bent upon interesting the Congressman
of her district in the difficulty with the hope that
together they might vanquish the foe and re-
ceive the ducats
Mrs. Reinhart has been very popular as post
mistress of the little burg and her vacating
the office will be attended with regret by the
people. who. however. rejoice with her upon
her marriage, while congratulating her hus-
band.
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DEATHS OF A DAY.
John franklin Swift.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 11.-John
Franklin Swift. Minister to Japan, whose death is
reported from Toxic. was born in Kentucky in
1929. In 1852 he came to California and entered
the law Office of Frank Pixley. From then on he
engaged in some of the most import
ant cases IN the State. In 1868 he
was elected to the Legislature as Republican
In 1876 hc ran for Congress as an Independent but
was defeated. In 1877 he received the publican
nomination and was elected. In 1881 he accom-
panied j. b. Angel. the new Minister, and Will
fam II. Westcott to Pcking, where they negotiated
the Burlin game treaty. In 1886 Mr.. Swift ran for
Governor on the Republican ticket but was de-
feated by W. A. Bartlett. the Democratic nom
inee. He was appointed Minister to Japan March
II 1859.
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A HARVARD EVENT.
President Eliot to Lecture Here Next satur-
day Evening.

President Eliot to Lecture Here Next satur-
day Evening.
The advent Of the Harvard Glee and Mando-
lin Clubs in this city recently. and the preced-
ing organization of a Harvard Alumni Asso-
citation were seemingly but forerunners Of 3
series of intellectual and material treats. The
Harvard supper is scarcely cold before it
is announced that President Eliot, Of
Harvard University, will lecture to the newly
ORGANIZED association and it's friends and will
afterward be rendered a reception. The date
for the notable event is the 14th OF the month
next Saturday-and the place the Duquesne
Club.
The lecture will commence at o'clo ck
and the assemblage will be rep
resentatlve one, as invitations have been
extended by q. B.Painter the President to peo-
pie prominent alike in the social and CONNER
cial world. Though Lenten affair, it is to be
very brilliant and some exquisite toilets are to
be worn by society leaders The distinguished
and conservative college President will be en-
tertained at the Duquesne Club during his So
journ in this city.
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MRS LEsL1Es INTENTIONS.

Mrs. Frank Leslie's declaration that she
is about to make will leaving s600.OO for
the purpose of founding clubhouse for
women in New York indicates several
things besides the bare fact contained in it.
The amount of money is q large one, and
many men of good business qualities have
devoted their lives to trade without securing
anything like it. Here is woman, how
ever, who took hold of her husbands almost
bankrupt business at his death few years
ago, and not only put the business in good
condition, but made money so rapidly that
she is able to give over half million dol
lars to the foundation of beneficial insti-
tuition. This fact illustrates two things
the rapidity with which money can be made
at present, and that men are not always the
most successful in its accumulation.
Mrs. Leslie deserves commendation for
her expressed Intentions, but the mere CIV
ing them voice shows the radical difference
between men and women. We do not re-
member that any man ever told of his be-
nevolent intentions after or before putting
them in his will. Ii man wanted to build
college, endow church or do some siml-
lar act, he generally eshis heirs to learn
his intentions after he is in the tomb. Not
SO with the New York lady. She declares
beforehand the distribution she intends
making of her wealth, and, incidentally,
accepts all the advertising resulting from
her candor.
This is all right, of course. But there is
better plan than that adopted by Mrs.
Leslie for the enjoyment of grateful pub
lies thanks. The Pittsburg plan, as exem-
plifed by Andrew Carnegie, gives more sat
isfaction in that the benevolently inclined
person can see the results of his generosity.
as well as enjoy the honors accruing there
from. But perhaps Mrs. Leslie never
thought of that.
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Mrs. Porter's Farewell.

Mrs. James e. Porter. a lady prominent in
the social and musical circles of the city. whose
frequent appearances as concert soloist with
the Mozart Club and other organizations has
gwen her an extended acquaintance and fol-
Saturday afternoon at the free organ recital at
Carnegie Hall, before going to Roanoke, Va,
her future home. Mrs. Porter will be heard
in "F1ddle and l." "Babyland," whats in .
K,ss'' and Ave Maria" the latter with violin
obligato by Miss Mamie Reuck.
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supERsTIrIoUs sILLINEss.
Methods Employed for the Recovery Of q
Drowned Mans Body.

metnOQS EuplOycu IOE Inc DtCObcry VI y
Drowned Mans Body.
BIRMINGHAM. CoNN. March 1.-THE friends
of Bernard Gayner. who was drowned near the
Housatonic dam two weeks ago. have employed
queer methods for the recovery Of his body.
Material means failing, resort has been made
to the superstirious methods which have been
in vogue in many countries. A sheaf Of wheat
was thrown from where Gayner fell, and it was
watched to see where it would sink. 1t Is said
the sbeaf will sink in, the same place the body
does. The watchers searched where the sheaf
then stuck on board and lighted. The board
was sent floating down the stream. This was
done in the belief that the board would stop
and the candle go out over where the body lay.
This experiment was also failure. The last
venture has been that of the dead mans
brother who consulted New York clairvoy-
ant He was told that the body lay in a deep
hole close to the bank, at the east side of the
dam, where it was firmly imbedded in tie mud
A diligent search was made as directed but
with as fruitless result as the otherA
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AN ENCouRAGING SIGN.

In connection with the stoppage of the
Edgar Thomson Steel Works on account of
the dullness in the rail trade, it is peril
nent to observe that the statistics of new
railway building for this year show hope
of increased operation. The iron and steel
interests of Pittsburg have gone through a
long period of limited railway construction
without feeling the Limitation of demand,
until quite recently. The lack of orders
from new railways having been compen-
stated for by the demand from other direc-
10 Ms. it is satisfactory to note possibility
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The Great Baritone WIN Sing.

1t has been yariously reported that Theodore
Reichmann. the great German baritone, would
return to Europe Immediately and would not
appear at the Pittsburg May festival. Man.
ager George G. jerks yesterday received a let
ter from the baritone's MANAGER, stating that
he had decided to stay in America, especially
for the Pittsburg event. This is quite COM
pliment for Pittsburc and the management Of
the festival feels Fl altered on account Of Herr
Reichmann's decision.
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pathetic) c)-"Periclss. of Athens. made his city
the-ah--ah-the architectural wonder Of the
severed. had united the Gordon knot Of Asiatic
-ah-Asiatic"-
The auditors felt like biting tenpenny nails
during the long SILENCE that succeeded. Then
school boy, pulled big roll of manuscript ont
of his pocket and began to read his GRAFTON.
And instead, of starting it with Alexander,
where he had left OF, he began the thing all
over again.