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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-28
COUNTY LEAGUE AFFAIRS

Some Very Important Questions to Be Dis
cussed at the Next Meeting.
\ Meeting of the County Baseball League
viii be neld this week and it will be n very
important one. The question of admitting
the East Liverpool club to the League will
lie discussed and quite an animated talk is
expected to take place on this matter There
l. 4 strong feeling against extending the
Lea-"e beyond the limits of Allegheny
county, on the one hand, and on the other
j; i deemed necessary TO admit any good
club into the organize tion.
Questions relating to the proposed per
centage system and the salaries will also be
dealr with: in short, every question to be
discussed Is of the utmost gravity. Mr. Bar
hour o. the East End Gyms, is out for the
presidency of the League, and it is likely
That Mr.. Mayer, the present president will
bc Il candidate.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-28
BOWEN VERSUS GIBBONS.
Ratt1ing Fight Looked for Between Two
Well-Known Pugilists.

NEW ORLEANS Dec. 27.-The glove contest
between Andy Bowen, of this city, and
Austin Gibbons, the Jersey boy, which has
been arranged by the Metropolitan Club for
December 29, is the talk of the town from
the fact that it is both Gibbons and Bowen's
first fight since their unsatisfactory goes
with McAuliffe and Myers. Andy Bowen
has fought both Carroll and Myers and is in
the best of condition. Austin Gibbons. who
is in training at Bay st. Louis. reports that
he is in the best of condition. and that if he
loses it will no- be from lack of training.
The purse is s.. 500, of which $500 goes to the
loser. Jimmy Carroll will second Gibbons,
while Billy Myers will perform a like office
for Bowen.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-28
a TEAM FGR MILWAUKEE,.
President Iverson Says His Club VIII BE
in Line Next Spring.


MILWAUKEE, Dec 27.-Prcsident Iyerson
OF the Milwaukee Baseball Club, has re-
turned from Chicago where he had been TO
look up the outlook ior Milwaukee for next
season.
There need be no worry" said he, "but
that we will have club in the field next
wear. The circuit, of course, has not vet
been decided upon, but whatever it may be
Milwaukee cannot be overlooked It will
consist perhaps OF this city, St Paul and
Minneapolis Omaha, Grand Rapids, Detroit.
Columbus Kansas City and some other
large city. There have been $50 good ball
players thrown ont of employment by the
late Indianapolis deal. They can b., OBJ
tanned for rea sonable salaries. l desire that
the club may be freed from al! indebtedness
before next season, and then with a few
thousand dollars we can put club in Mil
waukee Solidly ON its feet. / am in favor of
Duttin" krauthOff. of Kansas Citv at the
hcad OF 1t. lie is n shrewd business man a
good lawyer, and if he had been in the
American Association none of this trouble
would have occurred
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-28
BIG ELECTRIC ROAD PROJECT.

The Proposed Line Extends From Chicago
TO Aurora, With Branches.
AURORA, ILL.,, Dec. 27.-The Aurora and
Chicago Interurban Railway has been in
corporated here with capital stock of
S1,OO0,0O0. The proposed enterprise is the
building of an electric railway to operate
between Aurora and Chicago, running mid
way between the Chicago and Northwestern
and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Railroads. entering Chicago over the
Northern Pacific right of way.
Branches are to be built to Batavia
Naperville and other suburban Villages on
the line of the above named roads. The
projectors expect to have the system in
operation in time for the Worlds Fair.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-28
Speaker Crisp Slightly Improved.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 2.-Speaker
Crisp was fairly comfortable to-day, and it
is reported that he is slightly improved to-
night. Dr. Walsh, his physician, said to-
night that the Speaker is convalescing from
his attack of the grip, and he hopes to have
him sitting up in few days. The doctor
feels certain that his patient will be able to
resume his duties in the House when that
body again meets after the HOLIDAYS.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-28
SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRST.
Unc,e Sam the Last of Eighteen to Agree
to General Convention.

Unc,e Sam the Last of Eighteen to Agree
to General Convention.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 27.-Mr. LIE
Chait, the Belgian Minister, has received a
cablegram announcing that the Brussels
Anti-Slave Trade Convention was ratified
bv the French Senate yesterday. The
Chamber of Deputies took similar action on
the oath inst. Eighteen powers were repre-
sented in the Brussels conference, and the
adhesion of all of them is requisite to render
this ssActe Generate effective.
France makes the seventh nation that has
ratified the convention, leaving only the
United States to determine whether it
shall become operative. The latest date
for the exchange of ratifeations is February
9, 1892 and the exchange must be made at
Brussels The question will therefore be
brought again before the United States
Senate next month.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-28
Tho News From Below.

WHEELrSG-River Is feet 8 inches and rising
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES State, Pittsburg; Ben Hur,
Pittsburg: Lizzie Bay. Pittsburg: Congo, Cincin-
natl: Courier, Parkersburg. Cloudy and cool.
CAIRO-Arrived-W. p. Shenck, New Orleans;
Guiding Star. Cincinnati. Departed-P. NJ,
Schenck, Cincinnati: 10 Long. New Orleans.
River IS feet and rising. Clear and pleasant.
MEMPHIS-Arrived-Kate Adams Arkansas City.
Departed Osceola, Greenvflle; transfer steamer.
General Pierson. Paducah. Passed up-Ferd
Herold. Natchez TO Cairo. River 10 feet and rising.
Clear and crisp.
CINCINNATi-River Is feet inches and falling.
Fair and cold. Departed G. w. Bachelor, Pitts
burg.
ST. LoUIs-Arrived-H. G.. Wright, Memphis.
No departures. River stationary; Sc feet. Clear
and cool.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-28
a RAILROAD TIED UP.

All the EMPLOYEES of Southern Line Go
Ont on Strike.
SAN ANTONIO, TEX, Dec. 27.-At $50
o'clock tomorrow morning all the employees
of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Rail
way Company's operating department will
strike, tying up the entire system of 600
miles of road. The trouble dates back to
the discharge of Conductor O'Brien by
Superintendent Sands for an alleged viola
tion of orders. The men are acting under
instructions from the Chairman of the
Labor Federation Board.
Receiver Yokum has issued telegraphic
circular, saying that he is unwilling to be.
lieve that the employees of the road have
taken this action of their own volition.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-28
THE LARGEST OCEAN MAIL.

A Mishap TO the Gcrmanic, Which Turns
Over Her Matter to the Bothnia.
LONDON, Dec. 27.-The steamer Bothnia
sailed from Queenstown for New York to-
day. The Bothnia's mails, which include
those of the steamer Germanic, amount to
1,757 sacks, the largest quantity of mail
matter that has ever crossed the Atlantic
The Germanic broke her crank shaft
while coming to anchor at Queenstown, on
the oath, and has been towed back to Liver
pool and docked
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-28

Little washington's Judicial Candidate.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-[Special. THE
members of the Washington county bar
have determined to press vigorously the
candidacy of Hon. Boyd Crumrine for
the United States District Judge. A strong
letter to President Harrison has been pre-
pared, and every member of the bar has
signifed his intention of signing it. A
committee of five prominent members of the
bar will go to Washington to present this
letter to the President and Attorney Gem
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-28
The WOUNDED SURVIVORS
OF the Hastings Wreck Are Improving,
and the Brakeman Is Still at LlrGe.

Of the Hastings WRECK 8re Improv1ng,
and the Brakeman Is Still at LirSe.
YoNKERs, n. Y, Dec. 27.-There are
now only three persons in the hospital in
this city who were taken from the wreck
at Hastings OH Christmas Eve. They are
Mrs. Homer P. Baldwin and Editor John
Bagnall, at St. Johns Hospital, and Miss
Annie Ford, at ST. Joseph's. Lawyer Dem
mis- Murphy died at 10 o'clock last night;
This morning Mr.. Baldwin was allowed
to see his wife for the first time since the
accident, and the. meeting between them
was very affecting.
. Up to O'Clock tonight nothing has been
heard of Brakeman Herrick, who is charged
with causing the week by his negligence.
The warrant for his arrest is still IN Detec-
tive Humphreys hands.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-28

Marriage by capture is a very old and
very widely spread custom. II prevails
among the Hfndoos, the Kalmucks and Cir.
cassians, and the primitive races of Aus
tialia, New Zealand and America, but in
stead of abduction being considered an out
rage by these half-civil;zed peoples, it is
looked upon as preliminary marriage rite.
and, as a general rule, the coy damsel is by
no means averse to the mild violence.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-28
FIVE LOST IN THE MOUNTAIN.
The Probable Fate Of Men Who Tempted

the Fury of Western Storm.
CARSON, New, Dec. 27.-Joseph Klein.
son of Jake Klein, of the Bullion Exchange
Bank, and George Bcsworth left Placerville
two weeks ago to walk to Carson over the
mountains. They were met by man, who
advised them to turn back, but they de-
cided to push on to the next station, IL
miles distant. Since then nothing has been
heard of them. Three other men started
over the summit on the Sunday previous.
One of them was found dead II miles from
Lake Tahoe. Further search on snow shoes
showed nothing of the others. All the sta
tions have been visited by searchers, but
none of the wanderers have been found.
The storms in the mountains for the last
week have been terrible, and the nights cold
enough to freeze one to death. 1t seems
certain that all of the five men perished
Another searching party is about to start
out.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-28
Dosing Young Field With whisky.

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-E. NJ. Field still
persists in refusing to eat. H drank three
glasses of whisky to-day. Warden Dunlap
is alarmed at his prisoners actions. and
has asked the physicians advice. They
advised him to dose Field with whisky.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-28

who had been in the penitentisry on three
sentences and had escaped six times. He
carried off with him about 81, 900 of his new
wife's money and her first husbands re-
volver. With these facts in her possession
Mrs Howells at once began divorce pro-
ceedings.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-28
A Calamity TO a Welsh Family

LONDON, Dec. N.-A Cardiff watchman
named Smith is berett by terrible calsm-
ity. On returning home recently, he found
that the house in which he had lived had
been burned. and that his wife and only
child had perished in the flames.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-28
Another Good Boating Stage.

MCKEEsPoRT, Dec. 1.-THE Monongahela river
is rising slowly, and if the present coal snap does
not shut down too into a freeze the pross
poets that there will again be good coal boat
stage. All of the coal in the pools which had been
loaded sent out. and there is little for ship
ment but the coal outlook is good. and 1t will not
be long until several of the largest coal plants
along the river will be in active operation.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-28
BeIsians Kicking Against the Treaty.

against Belgium's entering into treaty
of commerce with Germany is extending.
The journal La Refo1me declares, however,
that despite the opposition of certain fac
tions in the Chamber of Representatives,
the treaty bill will be adopted.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-28
A Brazilian state Rebellion spreading.

RIO JANEIRo, Dec. 27.-The revolt in
Desterro, the capital of the Province of
Santa Catharina, aiming at the deposition
of the Governor, has already extended to
several other parts of the province.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-28
What Upper G,u-es show.

MoRGANTowN-River1 II feet inches and fall
ing. Clear. Thermometer DO at p.
BRowNsvILLE-Riyer Is feet and rising. Clear,
Thermometer 20 ats NJ.
WARREN-Riyer 5 feet. Fair and cold.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-28
A Grin Victims Suicide.

CINCINNATI, Dec. 27.-Mrs. Thomas
London, wife of private policeman in
Covington, KY, committed suicide this
afternoon by shooting herself She was
crazed by the grip.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-28
THE SAN FRANCIsCOs MISSION.

She Eas Not Been Sighted, and Is Proba-
bly, Steamins for Acapulco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27.-It was ru-
mored that the cruiser San Francisco,
which left here at 1 o'clock yesterday with
sealed orders, would stop at Monterey, Cal,
only few hours from here, Tor target prac-
tice.
A dispatch from there says she has not
been sighted, and it is now believed she has
gone direct to Acapulco.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-28
The Queens Wounded Son-in-Law.

LONDON, Dec. 27.-Prince Christian, Of
Schleswig- H Holstein-Sonderburg, so-in-law
of Queen Victoria, who sustained an injury
to one of his eyes while out shooting re-
Gently, is now progressing favorably toward
recovery.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-28
TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL.
PITTsBURG, Dec. c.E.-The United States Weather
Bureau officer in this city furnishes the following:
RIVER NEWS AND NOTES.
Louisville Items-The Stage of Water and
the Movements of Boats.
ESPECIAL rELEGRAMs TO TILE DISPATCH

TSPEC1AL IELEGRAHS TO TIE DISPArCH.I
LOUISVILLE, Dec. q w Gather clear and cold.
River falling. with feet inch in the canal feet
inches on the falls and II feet inch below. The
Tell City gotin with good trip from Evansville.
The Grace Morris came in from the Lower Ohio.
The Buckeye State is due from Cincinnati to Mem.
pnis. The John X. Speed Is due from Memphis to
Cincinnati. Departed-Fleetwo ood, for Cincin.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-28

No Tobacco Monopoly for Persia.
TEHEHEN, PERSIA, Dec. 27.-The Shah
has issued a proclamation ratifying the
abol ition of the tobacco monopoly.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-28
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ALWAYS GAINING.

The Cent-a- W ord columns keep growing.
The latest comparative exhibit gives the
following fisttering figures:
Adlets for t,Uo ,Oeeks ending December 10. 3245
For same t,po aoeeks last year. I.649
Increase Due to os,.,-a- Word. 1896
The largest tapo syeeks' increase pre- QO7
cfousty reported ,ods.. ds................. I,OO/
No better evidence OF the real popularity
of these columns could be produced. Do
not fail to read them. 1t win amply repay
you to use and peruse them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-28
WANTS SCIENTIFIC BOXING.
= Patron of the East End Gyms Says a Few
Words.

The East End Gyms are arranging some
1nore indoor athletic contests, which will he
held shortly. The contests are expected to
be Of more interesting and exciting kind
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-28
THE WEATHER,

For Hesters Psn1usyl-
canid, West Virgusia and
Ohio Fair, Warmer. South
Winds. Warmer and Prob
ably Fair Tuesday.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-23
THE BOOMING ALLIANCE.
The Dispatch Proposes an Oyster Conven-
ton,
West Point virgiuian. !

tWest Pom. Nirgtnlan.l
The Richmond Dispatch proposes that q
convention TO consist of delegates from
Maryland, Virginia. North Carolina, South
Carolina, and Georgia be held in Richmond
to consider the oyster question. This is
one of the best and most practical sug-
gestions the Dispatch has ever made. We
will second the Dispatcls efforts with all of
our ability. We see no reason why such q
convention may not be held at an early day.
We feel sure that great good would result
from such a convention. We do not quite
agree with Mr.. Oldham's suggestion as to
the representation in the convention. but
that is minor consideration. Wecongratu-
late the Dispatch upon the position it has
lately taken on the oyster question. So
far as we are informed the VirginidR was
the first paper in Virginia to advocate what
are termed advanced ideas" in oyster
culture. We have felt very lonely for a
long time on this oyster question, but We
knew that sooner or later our views would
be generally adopted.
We are anxious TO confer with intelligent
men from other States. but Virginia can
not afford to wait for other States to test
new methods fully. Legislation on the
oyster question is needed now. We there
fore suggest that the Dispatch unite with
us in urging the Governor to call an extra
session Of the Legislature TO meet when
the oyster convention meets. No men,
bers OF the Legislature ought TO be men,
bers of the oyster convention. The
Legislators could meet the delegates
10 the convention and thus gain
much information. The recommendations
Of the convention, II they met with favor,
could be embodied in the new oysteI-law.
ANY new law TO be practical must require
the survey, marking of, and plating Of
both the natural rocks and the planting
grounds. II new law was adopted this
spring the surveys could be made during
the summer. BY the opening of the next
oyster season everything would be work.
ing smoothly under the new law. BY all
means let US have both the convention and
the extra session Of the Legislature.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-23
That ReOulatiOn.

That provision of the Federal Constitu-
ton which empowers Congress to regulate
commerce between the several States Of
this Union is very often brought 10 the at
tention of the public. Indeed, ii ID re-
markable how frequently it interposes it.
self between the people and vicious legis-
lation. The last case was the decision rem
dered a day or two ago-namely, the one
rendered by the Supreme Court Of the
Un!tad' States affirming Judge HuoHEs's
decision in the case ofthe sellers of Chicago
beef in Richmond. This and other cases
were recalled TO our mind by paragraph
In our issue of yesterday stating the action
of the Richmond Grain Exchange on GER
tain matter presented on Wednesday eve
ming for its consideration. We quote from
our own columns:
"Tne Exchange considered the arrangement
existing Deiween the Chesapeake aud Ohio Rail-
way Company and the Richmond Elevator Com
pany. Tbs main point OF the discussion was
the transfer charge Of 81 per esr on all grain go
points, sad exompting from that charge ell
grain received from out Of the State"
1t strikes us that this regulation may be
unconstitutional. We have not examined
che question carefully, but upon first blush
Il would seem thatsf the Virginia Lesisis-
ture cannot constitutionally pass Lave
taxing all beef brought into the city from
. distance exceeding one hundred miles
that lie. from other States-a railroad CON-
pany cannot constitutionally make a regu.
lation taxing all grain going in and out Of
an elevator from Virginia points and ex-
emptine from that charge all gram received
from points out of the State. And If the
railroad company cannot do this directly,
can II do it indirectly? Does the elevator
company protect itf Does this regulation
interfere with commerce between the
BtatesS IL 30. IL could not stand for mo-
ment If il was q railroad company's regula-
ton
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-23
FUNERAL OF Mr.. W. N. SHELTON.
Large Turnout of Cittzeas-A Hung
Jury Given Day to Consider.
rsDectni telecram 10 the Dtspatchl

DANvILLE, Va, January 22.-The funeral
of Mr.. w. N. Shelton took place from the
Presbyterian church this afternoon and
was largely attended. The edifce was
packed TO overlooking. The services were
conducted by Rev. DR.. Martin, assisted by
Rev. w. II. Doggett and L. Il. Thames.
The floral offerings were profuse and
elaborate. The Tobacco Board of Trade
and directors of the Merchants Bank at
tended the funeral in a body. The re-
mains were deposited in temporary vault
at Green-Hill cemetery.
COURT AFFAIRS.
In the Circuit Court to-day the jury in the
case of Brooks (colOred) against the Dan
vile Construction Company failed TO
agree. and they were given until tomorrow
morning TO consider over the matter.
The suit of w. 4. w. Williams against
the Richmond and Danville Railroad Com
pany for $4,000 was set for Monday next.
The Court tomorrow will hear evidence in
the suit of Thomas's Administrator against
the Danyille Construction Company for
$4,000.
COLD AND RAIN.
One of the heaviest rains fell here this
morning that has been witnessed for long
time. The weather has turned very cold.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-23
Closure Taken Up.


The Radicals in The Federal Senate yes
teriay succeeded. through the Reed.like
rulings OF the vice-President, IN having
taken up for consideration their closure
resolution, and that measure now becomes
unfinished business instead of the force
bill. IL viii "hold the boards" doubtless.
until moro Of the Malignant gang return
from their fence-mending at home TO do
duty under the direction Of HoAE. II IS
earnestly to DO hoped, however, that the
conspirators will be still further foiled
that Republicans enough of conservative
sentiment will be found 10 enable the
Democrats TO prevent the adoption OF the
rule after all. and so to postpone for still
longer period, IL not for all time. the en-
actment into law Of the iniquitous force
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-23
Another Centenarian.

LUNRNBURG, January 10, 1871.
To Gie Editor Of the Dispatch:
See enclosed slip. Are you convinced
with best wishes for the new year, yours
truly, W. j. NEDLETT.
Here is the paragraph which Mr.. Neb-
lett encloses:
Some of the clergy who areyoung men
of seventy will read with interest that the
Rev. John Elliott, rector Of Randwick,
near Stroud, has entered upon the hum
dredth year of his age. MIR. Elliott was
born in 1871, and in 1919 was appointed TO
the iHcumbency of Randwick. which he
still holds, so that he has been nearly
seventy-two years IN charge of the parish.
Until year or two ago he preached ser
mon every Sunday and has very recently
taken part in the services of the church
and visited sick parishioners. He is in
possession of all his faculties, hearing only
excepted. At present the condition OF his
health occasions anxiety. at which we do
not wonder. ChtvchmGn, January l5h.
He is not yet a centenarian, it appears.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-23
Baby Darling" red c5iI z

Pique Bib, bound all around. and the
price &c.
Good Hairpins, 4 papers for 1c.
Mohair Braid Shoe-Strings. II yards
long, ! inch wide, &c. pair
All-Silk Garter Web, 10c. a piece OF ( OF
yard;
Darning Cotton on cards, for lc.
Teaspoons, silverplsted on white metal.
49c. set
Table of the same, Csc. set
Tripleplated Teaspoons Sl.49 set;
Table OF same, Sl.9S;
A Solid-Handle English Steel Hand
Forged Table Knife, SIC. a set
cost three times that;
An all. pure Steel Scissors, nickleplated,
various sizes to 8 inches, l8c.
Gloves, Silks, Dress Goods, Under
wear, and thousand various things at
your prices just now.
For Friday and Saturday only We
shall give