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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-17
FOR AMUSEMENT LOVERS.

"PoMPEu" is to be given at Recreation
Park this evening with more pomp than
usual. Messrs. Pain & Sons, proprfetors of
the spectacle, are here, and have taken
charge Of the closing performances. There
will be only one more exhibition after this
on Saturday night. The special features for
this evening are portrait of c. L. Magee in
colored fires, taken from one of the latest
pictures of this well-known Pittsburger, and
Niagara Falls in silver fires. Niagara has al
ways been popular with visitors to
"Pompeii," and Notwithstanding that it is
very expensive, the management is deter
mined to give it for the wind-up of the sea-
son. There are number of new specialties
for the Pompeiian games before the eruption
Vesuvius.
"O'DowD's NEIGHBoRs" is doing splendid
business at the Duquesne, 1t is the best
farce comedy that has been in Pittsburg for
many seasons The preliminary fall season
at this theater ends with the presentation
of "a Fair Rebel" war comedy drama that
is one of the solid successes of the year. 1t
is filled with stirring occurrences and
splendid scenic environment.
THE production of 'La Belle Helene by
Miss Pauline Hall and her superb opera
company Monday night next at Mr.. G. L.
Davis new Alvin Theater Is creating great
deal of interest among lovers of light opera.
Miss Hall will be seen in new role es-
pecially congenial to her, and her excellent
company cannot fail to do full justice to
Offenbach's exquisite music.
THE Fitzsimmons furniture at Harry
Davis Fifth Avenue Museum is great card.
A perfect representation of the fatal cham
ber is given, with the identical bed and
other things that were in the room ut the
time of the murder. The skeleton dude says
he has chosen his bride, but will not name
her till Saturday.
EFFIE ELLsLER comes to the Grand Opera
House on Monday night, and brings with her
the original Madison Square Company, or at
least those who originated the principal
characters, including Messrs. Couldock and
Weston.
THE Bijou Theater management have a
surprise in store for Pittsburgers in the pro-
duction of the spectacular farce-comedy "a
High Roller" on September 81. Barney
Pagan and 90 comedians will furnish the fun.
BEGINNING next Saturday and on each sue
ceeding Saturday throughout the season.
every child who visits the Worlds Museum
Theater will receive a handsome present.
HARRY WILLIAMS has an excellent enter
tainment at his ever-popular Academy of
MuSic
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-17
JOKELETs FROM JUDGE.

A wicked Western boy killed his father
and mother aud was duly found guilty.
s'we ask for leniency in the sentence, Your
Honor, - said the lawyer for the defense.
ION what ground?'' gruhiy asked the judge.
''Your Honor, the defendant is an orphan.''
Although it seems to me you're carpin',
Your words appear to be much out of joint;
For, like poor lead-pencl we would sharpen,
You never seem to come just to the point.
''This young man., said a gentleman who
was urging claim for a situation in bank, ''is
trustworthy that his companions call him Honest
Dick"
Then don't want him. ~ replied the bank pres
ident, with a shudder.
'I wonder what SlimsOn keeps an office
for?'' said business man. ''He never has any
thing TO attend to down town."
Il suppose, was the reply, ''he has to nave
place to go while his wife gets the house-worK
OFF her hands,
The men who marry their chosen girls
Are like the divers who leap in the sea;
They may perhaps find treasures and pearls,
Or monsters they never had known 10 be.
"I have here an article on 'The Style of
Rudyafd Klplng, ~ said the young lady.
'.Don't want it, returned the Office boy.
''Give us one on his lack Of it and she goes"
Cubbage-What's the difference between
a dilatory man aud the president Of female col
lege2
Rubbage-I'I give it up.
Cubbage-One misses the trains and the other
trains the misses.
He swore long to succeed in life,
And the crown that he wears is not dim;
For n race horse to-day is named for his wife,
And a tugboat is called after him.
Guest lin Chicago)-I really must
apologize for my husbands absence. He enjoys
these musicales SO thoroughly.
Hostess-ShaIl we not see him later in the even
ing?
Guest-I'm afraid not. There's a couple of
thousand hogs to kill for early morning delivery,
and guess Butch will find his hands full What
beautiful volume of Browning you haye!''
.'Blithers is an awfully mean duck.
He robbed the poOr-box once
.'rbat's not anything ike mean as Hicks
Hicks borrowed One-cent paper from newsboy
and then gave 1t back
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-17
REcIA1M1se THE WESTERN DESERT.
The Irrigation Congress Continues Its ses-
sion at Salt Lake City

sion at salt Lake City.
SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 16.-To-day's session
of the Irrigation Congress was devoted to
the consideration of the report of the Com
mittee on Resolutions. 1t recommended to
the convention the discussion of the follow
ing topics: Should Congress donate lands
outright to the States and Territories?
Should Congress, instead, make grants in
trust? Should such donation or grant in trust
be of the arid lands only, or include
the entire public domain within the States
and Territories to be benefited, or should 1t
be limited to the number of acres of both or
either? Upon what conditions and with
what instructions spould grant trust be
made? Should States and Territories bene-
fitted compel the preservation of sources OF
which guard themP Instead of such grant
or donation of land, is it advisable that the
Federal Government retain the public do.
main and itself enter upon the work OF
reclamation of the arid land and then trans
fer to actual settlers.
The congress went into committee of, the
whole with Senator Stewart, Of Nevada, in
the chair. Francis C. Newlands, of Nevada,
in speech of some length, stated that the
field of individual effort in the matter OF 1rri-
cation was about exhausted. The hrst
essential thing is the control of the land 1t
self. The people can do nothing until they
receive an unlimited grant of all the arid
lands within this region, or grant sufficient
in quantity to justify the States in under
taking the work. The United States ought
to make grants in the arid regions with a
view to developing the school interests. The
congress must consider the effect of de-
mand upon the national body for that
amount of land. The East would certainly
oppose it. The speaker favored cession by
Congress without conditions. Newlands
closed with the assertion that greater men
lived in the West than in the East, and urged
the nomination of q Western man for Presi-
dent.
Mr.. Estee, of California, took exception to
this speech, and said that Congress had as
politics, but irrigation. Resolutions pro
viding for the issue of bonds to the amount
OF $3.50 900, 900 to be expended on irrigation;
said bonds to be redeemable in Treasury
notes issued against them, were offered and
laid over for future consideration.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-17
THE PARALLEL OF PERFECTION.

A modest Cincinnati educator the other
day made an interesting disclosure in an
address to the Cincinnati teachers. 1t was
that the line of maximum purity of speech
lies along the 4Oth parallel Of latitude. Of
course this brings Cincinnati close to the
line of English, undefiled, and was re-
ceived with enthusiastic approval by the
Cincinnati instructors as a testimony to
the eminently successful results of their
labors.
But it is worth noticing that Pittsburg is
nearer to the 40th parallel than Cincinnati.
Consequently the purity and accuracy Of
our language is greater than that of Gin
cinnati. This may have been observed al
ready, in those indices of popular
culture, the press, of the two cities; but
the public have not previously had the in
formation why it is So Further, Wheel
ing being very close to the 4Oth parallel,
and Philadelphia and Columbus directly
on it, it will be clear that the standard of
pure English is maintained to an unsus-
pected degree. We also learn that the
language of our legislators at Harrisburg,
which is only few miles to the north of
this line of lingual perfection, mustbe cor
rect and refined to an eXcruciating degree.
The assertion contains further disclos-
ures. The idioms of the section in which
we have the fortune to reside are thus
shown to be like attic phrases, as compared
with the provincialities of other latitudes.
To say that a person "wants out" and to
speak of the overshoes of modern times as
gums is now mark of culture; while
the Yankee twang of our more nOrtherly
citizens and their description of the same
useful articles as "rubbers" is distinctly
archaic. After this, there is nothing left
for Boatian Boston to do but to hide her
diminished head.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-17
WEDNESDAYS SOCIAL CHA TIER.

Mr.. AND Mrs. W. r. HAsLETT and Miss Sadie
Bartholomew, of Jackson street. Allegheny,
have returned home from Bedford, White
Sulphur Springs and Somerset They under
took the old time way of travel to drive
across the mountains there and back.
Captain John w. Morrison, candidate for
State Treasurer left last night for Coats
vile, where he will attend the reunion of
his old regiment, the l25th Pennsylvania
Volunteers
INVITATIONS have been issued by Miss
Seila A. Boardman to q select rea ding and
musical at her home, Ridge avenue, Allie
gheny, Wednesday evening, September 23
Robert Lanvon, of Pittsburg, Kan, is at
the Monongahela. He is interested in the
skelp mines ut that point. The output this
year is the largest for some years past.
James B. Clay, of Lexington, Ky, passed
through the city last night. He had in
charge two carloads of blooded horses from
the blue grass country for New York.
w. j. King, the coal and coke operator
of Cleveland, is at the Anderson. He does
not think there will be any more trouble in
the coke regions for some time.
REV. j. G. GEorTMAN, pastor OF Trinity
Lutheran Church, Allegheny, was rendered
a reception last evening by the members of
his congregation.
G. A. Allen, prominent politician of
GAINESVILLE. o., passed through last night. He
thinks Mckinley will be elected by q hand
some majority.
Theodore Hawkins, of Bealsville,
brother of Colonel \. l.. Hawkins, 10th Rezi.
ment, n. G. p, with his family is at the
Central.
Samuel E. Stewart and James S. Fruit,
members of the Legislative Investigating
Committee, went East on the last lihe last
night.
THE Ellsworth Social, of Allegheny, have
issued invitations for its second annual ball
which will be given in Turner Hall No7enl-
ber Is.
John H. Evans, Prothonotary of Venango
county. went to New York on the fast line
last night. His family accompanied him.
THE second annual ball of the East Park
Council No. 32l, Jr o. U. NJ, will be held at
Masonic Hall, Allegheny, November lG.
THE marriage of Miss Ollie Haney and Mr..
John l.. Getty, of Indiana, Pa., will be
solemnized in Mckeesport october II.
Thomas Barnard, superintendent of the
Western Union Telegraph Company at Buff
falo, is a guest at the Anderson.
County Chairman Cochran, of the Repub-
licau County Committee Of Mercer, went to
Philadelphia last night.
j. Horace Harding, a prominent banker
of Philadelphia, is registered at the Dn-
quesne.
James Amen, who is with the Standard
Oil Company at Buffalo, is at tue Duquesne
Dick Quay went East last night. He
will join his parents at Atlantic City to-day
Miss KATE BAUM and DR.. George NJ. Shil-
Tito will be united in marriage this evening
Franklin Pierce, the well-known iron
man of sDarpsville, is at the Anderson.
Thomas Gait and wife, of Moundsyille,
are at the Seventh Avenue.
State Senator j. W. Lee, of Franklin, is
a guest at the Duquesne.
A TEA will be given this afternoon by Mrs.
Fred Magee.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-17
COOLING A KING.

The extraordinary efforts recently re-
ported from the tropical kingdom of Siam
to keep the monarch of that country from
becoming Overheated are naturally at
tracing attention. The spectacle of an
absolute monarch put inside a glass re-
ceiver with the favOrites of his harem, and
cool water turned on SO as to Theoretically
seal the Brother Of the White Elephant, is
one that could only he surpassed by the
yet unattained ideal Of live potentate on
ice
Yet it is plain that the successful refrig-
Grating Of the Orientalhing does not solve
the problem for the Western monarchs.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-17
REALISTIC ARTILLERY PRACTICE.

The training of the militia in the noble
art Of war is a public duty, no doubt
There is indeed a universal agreement
that it has been too much neglected in
this country Nevertheless when the exper-
mental operations of a battery of artillery
include the shelling of one or two country
towns, it must be objected that the repro
dUction of the events Of war is altogether
too realistic. This is what was done in
the target practice of the Second New
York Battery the other day. The target
was set up on Hampstead Plains, in a
reasonably isolated place; but the shot and
shell developed greater attraction for
the neighboring village of Hampstead,
where they tore flower beds and scared
the inhabitants out of a years growth.
The rural villagers are ready to do any,
thing to encourage military training, but
they think they ought to be protected
against bombardment until war actually
breaks out. They may petition to have
the target set up in their villages as a
measure Of safety, in order that the mill
tia artillerists may fire at them and hit
somewhere else.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-17

Andrew Hartupee. the great engineer and
machfnist, died yesterday at the home OF his
son, w. D. Hartupee, Charleroi Pa. He was
an inventor and produced the first COM
pound engine and the first nutmaking en-
gine During the war he became a great
boat builder and subsequently built the
Pittsburg water works. He was born in
Pittsburq in 1919 and until recently has
always lived here. His daughters are Mrs
III. Sellers Mckee, Mrs. DR.. Chandler and
Mrs Burke His son, w. II. Hartupee, is
superintendent and part owner of the Char
leroi glass works.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-17

IT seems that the German electrical exhi-
bition did better than was expected in the
transmission of electrical energy. THE Dis
PATCH referred the other day to the fact that
waterfalls have been used in this country
for the same purpose. But to carry the
power 100 miles with loss of only % per
cent in transmission is an unrivalled feat for
the Germans. With that example it becomes
pertinent inquiry whether the falls of the
Youghiogheny and Neshannock, and the
rapids of the Conemaugh and Loyalhanna
may not yet furnish electrical power to
Pittsburg.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-17
Hensel After Those Rebates.

HARRISBURG. Sept. 16.-[Speciol. 1.-The At
torney General to-day entered suit against
the publishers Of the Philadelphia Press, En-
qufrer. Ne,os, German Democrat, North Anlerf-
can and Evening Bulletin, to recover the sum
of money alleged to have been paid as rebate
to the persons who procured for them the
advertisement of the mercantile appraisers
lists. The Commonwealth will claim that
the money was unlawfully paid. Suit has
not yet been brought against the Philadel-
phia Telegraph because of the absence Of the
publishers in Europe.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-17
Obituary Notes.

Majesty Queen Victoria, who executed the bronze
statue of Robert Burns erected in Central Park,
New York City, is dead In London.
MRS. r. ScHEIDLER, wife of prominent trac-
tion engine manufacturer of Newark, o., died
Yesterday afternoon after short Illness She was
The recognized leader of society in that town and
active in charitable work. She was about 60 years
of age.
MRS, MARGUERITE SHARP, widow of the late
Thomas c. Sharp, pioneer resident of Braddock,
died Yesterday at her home at Green Springs, aged
q, wears She was the mother of Thomas W. Sharp
of Braddock who has several times been Burgess OF
the borough.
OLIVER G. PARR, a former business man of
Newark, o., and doorkeeper of the House of Rep
resentatives in Columbus, died yesterday at the
home of his brother-iu-law in Newark, aged 55
ycaIs He is the last of three brothers. and has
lived in that vicinity almost all his lifetime until
about year ago, when his family removed to
Chicago.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-17
Homestead's Soldiers Monument.

HOMESTEAD, Sept. 16.-LSpecfdt. 1.-The new
g.. 200 soldiers monument ut this place will
be formally unveiled tomorrow with appro-
pirate ceremonies. Major Denniston, of
Pittsburg, will be Chief Marshal. There
will be present 13 G. A. r. posts in body
and 10000 persons are expected to take part
in the parade. Colonel W. d. Moore will be
other prominent persons, will make adj
dresses Colonel Chill w. Hazard, of
Monongahela City, will conduct a big camp
fire in the Opera House in the evening.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-17
MRS. FAIRS FORTUNE.
She Wills the Bulk of 1t to Her Daughters
Instead Of Her Sons.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16-John Mackay
and Mr.. Dey, the late Mrs. Fairs men Of
business, estimate the value of her estate at
$6,OOO,0O0. The will is not to be opened until
after the funeral, but its provisions are
known. To her two sons, James G. Fair, ,Jr,
and Charles Fair, she leaves but a compara-
lively small amount. The great residue of
the estate is to be divided equally between
the two daughters, Mrs. Herman Oelrichs
and Virginia Fair.
Their fortunes, like their brothers por-
tior1s, are to be in the hands of trustees and
the income only is to go to them, atleast for
some years. There are no bequests to
churches or charitable institutions. This
fact has caused considerable surprise, as
during her lifetime Mrs. Fair was one of the
most generous of the patrons of large
number of charities.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-17
Good Advice by an A. NJ. e. Bishop.

JoHNsTowN, Sept. 16.-[SpecioL 1.-The A. NJ
E. Zion Church is holding its annual session
for the Allegheny district in this city. Many
prominent ministers of that church are
present among them being Rev. John Holli-
day, of Plttsburg, and others from that end
of the State Bishop j. W. Wood, OF North
Carolina, delivered an interesting Episcopal
address to the members this afternoon. He
devoted a greater portion of his address to
bad habits, both among ministers ana men,
bers of their congregations. He was par
ticularly severe in his denunciation of the
too free use of tobacco and intoxicants
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-17
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CHANGERS.
Ex-Governor St. John One of the Orators at
the ReIIefonte Convention.

the BelIefonte Convention.
BELLEFoNTE, Sept. 16. - Especial - The
weather being disagreeable not over 5000
people gathered at Grange Park, where the
Patrons of Husbandry of Central Pennsyl-
vania are holding their annual convention.
Hon. Leonard Rhone, Master of the State
Grange, made the opening address, and was
followed by Colonel James Wearers. He
dwelt at length ON equal taxation and the
free coinage of silver, of which he is an en-
thusiastic exponent, and which is rather
favored by the members from this section.
Hon. S. r. Downing, of West Chester, also
made an interesting address.
The principal speaker this afternoon was
Ex-Governor st. John, of Kansas, who made
a long address on general topics OF interest
to farmers This afternoon there were fully
1000 people present, and many were disap-
pointed at not hearing Governor Pattison,
who was detained at the last moment. To-
morrow and Friday will be the big days,
the latter being veterans day.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-17
Sunday Cars VIII still RIM

HARRisBURe, Sept. 6.-[Special l-Attorney
General Hensel to-day addressed a commun-
tcatton to the counsel for the citizens of
Harrisburg, who petitioned for O writ of quo
warranto against the East Harrisburg Pas
senger Railway, and to the counsel who aD-
peared in opposition to the petition, inform
ing them that after due consideration Of the
matters presented at the hearing of the case,
he declined to permit the use of the name of
the Commonwealth in proceeding to for
felt the franchise of the company, on the
ground that it operates its cars on Sunday.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-17

THE Berlin report that the Gar intends
to visit the Kaiser and that the visit will be
returned, is discredited. But why should it
be? Did not the imperial magnates visit
each other last year, and keep right on
massing troops, and doing threatening
things? "The one does not prevent the
other" any more than with respect to other
royal irregularities concerning which the
phrase was first used.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-17

IT seems that there are defined limits to
the heretofore unregulated powers of cor
poration presidents. The president of the
New England Terminal road the other day
called passenger an ass for grumbling at
delays on the road, ,whereupon the passenger
smote the corporate magnate on the nose
somewhat repeatedly. He has not been
prosecuted, which is not unnaturally taken
to mean that the grumbler can protect his
privileges under the corporate legal theory
that might is right.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-17
MANUFACTURERS CHANGING BASE.
The Labor Question Forces Them to Locate
in Small Towns.

New Y ork Post.
A noteworthy development of the labor
question I'm the Eastern States is the estab-
lishment in recent years Of a number of shoe
manufactures in the smaller cities and
towns of Massachusetts,, New Hampshire
and Vermont. This Is the result of the
troubles with the walking delegates and
other obnoxious accessories of the labor
unions in the cities where this industry was
formerly concentrated.
Many O manufacturer has had the expert
ence of one who recently closed his big fac
tory in Haverhill, and explained his course
by saying, 81 am tired of being bulldozed by
labor unions" The single factory in the
small town escapes these troubles, Its en-
ployes being as rule men of some charac-
ter, who are not ready TO throw up work at
the beck of any loafer who NAV come to the
front in a union. A few years ago the agita-
tors thought that they were going to run"
the whole industry of shoemaking, but they
are slowly learning their mistake.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-17
Whitewash1nga = Canadian NJ. p.

OTTAWA, Sept. 16-The majority report of
the Cochrane Committee reported to Parlia-
ment yesterday exonerated Mr.. Cochrane
NJ p, from completely in selling Govern
ment offices, holding that his connection
with the abuses has not been proven. The
minority report contends that the selling of
Offices would not have taken place unless in
spired by Cochrane. The Privileges and
Elections Committee met to-day and
adopted the majority report. The minority
report will be moved as an amendment in
ha Hnnsa
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-17

telegraph poles that had been unloaded in
their vicinity proves that the heather Chi
nese, in some things, are ahead of the Ameri-
cans. Perhaps if Pittsburg would put her
affairs in the hands of a commission of Lung
Chow's citizens we might attain that long
desired municipal goal of getting rid of the
poles and wires.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-17

IT is interesting to find the Robinson
organs pitching into John Dalzell for dis
turbing the restoration of harmony. Har-
mony in the Robinson lexicon means the
absorption of all the available positions in
sight by the Senator-Congressman and
would-be League President.