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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-08
Stage Notes.

OWING to the absence of the principal
comedian, Satan" was not given last night
at the Grand Opera House. It will be given
tonight.
THE .Leonine woman at Harry Davis
Museum attracted crowds yesterday. She
has really lioness' appearance. Cool Bur
CESS heads good show in the theater.
THE Night Owls had great audience at
gave good performance. The new specta-
Gle, .'The Blue and the Gray" is really
beautiful and entertaining. The old favor
ties in the company are as clever as ever.
THAT most successfully managed Worlds
Museum-Tbeater gave its patrons more
than usually fine treat last night Its splen-
did attractions cannot be enumerated here,
but "Krao" deserves special line to her
self. She is a perfect marvel, and must be
besieged by crowds all week.
A ST. PAUL, MIMI, dispatch says: O'Dell
Williams, of A. M. Palmer's Alabama COM
pany, at the Metropolitan Opera House, St
Paul, and Zenaide Vislaire, the -iAanta
Moberley of the same company, we're married
to-day at y o'clock by DR.. G. D. Andrews. Of
Christ Episcopal Church. at mis- residence
Willard, manager Of the company. and
Walter H udson, the vanguard for Maggie
Mitchell. Mr.. Williams was The Old
Culpdigner in BARLEY CampbelPs "Clio'
Exit, the Arkansas Traveller" a
good many years ago. Miss Vislaire, who
was formerly member Of Augustin Daly's
stock company, is a native of Mississippi, q
descendant Of well-known Southern
family. Her grandmother, for whom she
Beanharnais, Of the house of Josephine, wife
of Napoleon.
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WHO EMPLOY THE ARcHlrEcrsq

WHO EMPLOY THE ARCHITECTSf
The statement that the Builders Ex-
change intends to discipline" two archi,
tects of this city, and the course of action
assigned in connection with that discipline,
contains remarkably instructive reasons
for that portion of the public which
may have money to invest in brick, mortar
and lumber.
The assertion is that these architects
have not conformed to the rules laid down
by the Exchange, and it is proposed to
notify all architects who do not conform
to the uniform system that they must do
so to secure the patronage OF members of the
Exchange" The general suppositlon has
been that architects were employed by
the people who paid for the building, and
one of the chief reasons assigned why
people should employ architects has been
that they represent the interests of
the owner and prevent the contractor
from doing what he ought not to do. If
the Builders Exchange makes it public
issue that architects are subject to the dis
cipline of the contractors, must obey
their rules, and be governed by the threat
of losing their patronage, it presents the
question of building contracts and archi-
tects' supervision in an entirely new light
If this reported policy of asserting the
supremacy of building contractors over
architects really prevails, it will be most
effective in designating the boycotted
architects as persons whom the owners
can rely upon to represent their real in
terests instead of being dominated by the
contractors.
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Ministry which would talk of war for cleo
ton purposes would be overwhelmed with
defeat
GRANTS OF sGoNopoLIns.

The resolution introduced in the House
for investigation into the management Of
Yellowstone Park is one that may open
an interesting inquiry into the idea that
it is proper for an Executive department
to grant monopolies. This idea, II not
corrupt, is essentially stupid; and yet 1t is
one of the most persistent notions Of
loot.
The investigation is inspired by one
favorite of this policy In revenge for an
act which intrenches on its monopoly.
The inspiration is worthy Of little re-
spect; but the results of an inquiry may
be none the less instructive. Some years
ago the Interior Department granted to
the Yellowstone Park Association the ex-
elusive privilege of building and operat-
ing hotels and Transporting passengers
throughout the park. The result-very
mean and insufficient accommodations
has been reported from time to time by
correspondents and travellers; but that did
not seem to be Of any importance either
to the Interior Department or to the hotel
monopoly. s-
Last week, however, the Secretary de-
clared the transportation privilege for
feited, and transferred it to . Montana
Republican alleged to have been named
by the Hon. Russell B. Harrison. It was
simply the taking away of 4 monopoly
from an old beneficiary of official power
and giving it to q new one. But the
Yellowstone Park Association, like all
other monopolies that meet with restric-
tions, takes this as an invasion Of its
vested rights and goes to Congress for the
If the granting of monopolies on the
public domain can be made . matter Of
favor there is no reason why
Mr.. Russell Harrison's friend should not
have some of the park as well as the
earlier recipients of the same remarkable
grant. But it will be quite salutary to
give the Interior Department a chance to
explain on what principle of Republican
government it undertakes to set up
in hotel management and
stage transportation at its pleasure.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-08
AT TIE PLAYHoUSEs.

Rhss in New Piay-Willard in The Mid
dleman-Nssural Gas Better Than Ever
All tho Plays In Town Criticised.
The historical drama "La Czarina." from
the French OF Eugene Scribe, was presented
last night at the Alvin Theater by Nine
Rhea. It is an interesting and strong play,
showing In its admirable construction, As
we'll as in the subtlety Of it, play, the mas
terful hand Of the expert French dramatist.
The play. deals with one Of the many in
trigues of Catherine. the wife of Peter the
hen shsr
passion, which is mutual. Peter hears Of an
attempt by Supieha. the Polish, Count. to
meet the Empress alone by night in cor
OF Prtnce MenztkoN alone shares the Empress
apartments, and to turn the suspicion from
the :nperial lady Sapieaa pretends that he
ns 1ne ezae to erses g s9 to
marry Olga then and there. Oi0d
is Wiling enough, for she loves
they are married. still Peter is not satisfied.
His suspicious are aroused afresh by Okga's
admission before her father that she knew
nothing OF Sopteho's presence in the palace
the Char and asked to explain. Again Olga
comes, to the rescue with the confession, for
she SECS her husbands head Is in danger,
that she had made an assignation with
"How is this1" asked the Czar at this
point "You said moment ago that you
knew ne nothing of sspiha's presence in the
All, but Your Majesty forgets my father
was present!'' replies the quick witted Olga.
But this shrewdness and self sacrifice is
wasted, for the Gear determines to make
clean sweep Of all the conspirators-as he
believes them to be. While the Gar is
plotting general slaughter, Prince Menzikor
Opportunely drops some poison In the
royal cup. and-after q stormy closing scene
with Catherine-Peter the Great is food for
worms
The company which Rhea has
at hand for the performance Of this play is
hardly equal to the task. Mile. Rhea herself
is an actress Of considerable charm. Her
smile IS the most engaging thing about her,
as her eyes are the most moving. If only
our language had the gallantry to accommo-
date itself to Mademoiselle's tongue, we
should have better chance to examine her
art. She invested the Ctarina with much
dignity, and the struggle of her emotions
when her husband strives to drag her secret
from her by threatening her lovers life
was admirably pictured in her face. But
the play Is not a one-part affair. 1t needs
good actors in at least four parts. Mr.. william
Harris gave an exceedingly clever picture
OF the traditional british despotwhether he
was the real Peter the Great who founded
modern Russia is not worth inqutring now.
Mr. Harris was especially powerful in the
last act Miss Una Abell as Olga was thor
oughly girnsh and engaging. and in the dis
posal of the lighter touches, the only ap-
proach to comedy in the piece was especially
pated Admiral was good piece ofcharacter
work. The rest of the cast was not strong.
In the matter OF scenery, costumes, etc.,
the production was artistic and rich.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-08
GRANGERIsM IN A NEW PLACE,


The war started in New York against
excessive telephone charges has spread to
Philadelphia. In the latter city q request
by the Bell company for authority to lay
conduits has evoked from the Trades
League, Builders Exchange and several
KINDRED bodies demand that, as . con-
dition ofthese privileges as well as those
already enjoyed by the company. Councils
should enforce reduction of the present
exorbitant telephone rates.
Now, this is rank Grangerism. It is ex-
actly the theory Of the Changers that, be-
cause the State has granted valuable fran
chises, it is its duty to regulate the use of
those franchises so that the people shall
not be burdened by unreasonable or dis
eliminating charges 1t is one of the In
dications OF the vast difference it makes
whose OK Is gored that the Eastern cities,
which have for long time charged all the
business woes of the nation to the de-
structive Grangers, should take kindly to
the application of exactly the same prfn-
ciple to monopoly which pinches them.
The theory Of rates fixed by legislatures,
councils, boards or officials of any sort is
essentially an unsatisfactory one. But
where public franchises have been granted
Of nature which creates a pract cal
monopoly, it is the duty of the COVE rn-
ment granting them to regulate the
charges of the monopoly. While,the tele-
phone company occupies the streets with
its wires, Councils Of every city should
consider themselves charged with the
duty of seeing that its charges are not
excessive.
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GEN. BUTLER. BEATEN.
He Endorsed Note for $4,000 and Now
Must Pay Il. ..>

He 1ndorsod . Note for $4,000 sn0 Now
Must Pay II. .>
BosroN. March 7-[SpecioI ]-General Bon
F. Butler has been beaten in suit at law
which will take little over sc, 600 out of his
pocket. The suit was brought by the Pres
colt National Bank, of Lowell, against tho
General on n note made by A. 8. Woodworth
and Harry H. Hale for 81, 500, dated June Il.
1885. and payable in four months to General
Butler. The suit was against General But
Ter as indorser Of the note, which he dis
counted. The note was protested for nom
payment. and the General, on being sued in
April, 1899. set up as O. defense that
he bought it Of 8. 8. Mosely & Co, Boston
brokers, and they did not discount it d.
rectly. Il
Another defense set up later in the case,
was that the note was made on the Lords
Day, and was illegal and void. The case was
tried at East Cambridge. The plaintiff ad-'
mitted that the note was made on Sunday,
but declared that that made NO difference,
because they we're suing an indorser and
that the Endorsement was made on Satur.
day, July 10, 1886. The banks Judgment is
for the face of the note and accrued inter-
est. The General will toxic the case to the
Supreme Court. Z
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TIE SHADE OF A rELEeRApHlR

Tattoos on q Table at = Seance and His
Sweetheart Promptly Faints.
MILLERsBURa, O., March 7.-[Special. RE-
ported manifestations were made at a
spiritual seance in q residence in the north
ern part of the city last night. Shortly
after the circle was formed under the glare
on the table, as II some telegraph operator
were sending q message. The telegraph
operator at the railroad office was sent for,
and, listening to the raps, declared they
we're made by an expert operator who
seemed to know several persons present.
Several messages were sent and received,
the telegraphic shade declaring he was not
happy because he had not lived right on
earth. The spirit then said he wanted to
talk to Miss A., whereupon that young
lady in the circle promptly tainted and
broke the combination. as nothing else was
heard from the dissatisfied spirit It Is said
the young lady in question had o dear friend,
who was an expert operator, who died some
years ago.
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THE JINGo CULT IN ENGLAND

Alleged expressions of lamboyant
Americans in the London Times to the
effect, that the United States will take the
earliest opportunity of expunging Great
Britain from the map of the world, furnish
a striking illustration of the fondness of
that journal for bogus documents. The
first deliverance of that sort, being the
signature of "Brigadier General Winter,
U. S. A" was promptly exposed by point
ing out the fact that there is no such name
among the brigadier generals of the
United States army. Undeterred by this
the Times produces another communica-
tion which, with notable paucity of in
vention, repeats the Winter tale with q
few added details, and is signed captain
Scotte, Thirty-eighth Pennsylvania
Rifles"
We might possibly credit the Times with
being taken in by some of the fre-eaters
of the navy whose appetite has been sharp
ened by their failure to make mouthful
of Chile, if one deception of this character
had not previously been exposed. But it
cannot plead being taken in after that, as
it did in the Pigott case, when it repeats
the idiocy of crediting communication to
a captain of military organization which
has no existence and who commits the
offense of which we do not believe any
Pennsylvania was ever guilty, namely,
spelling Scott with final ''e.''
The case indicates that the Thunderer
is engaged in the work of firing the heart
of John Bull by publishing bogus commu-
nications of alleged Americans of char
acter to make John get red4n the face. Is
it a part of the Tory policy to get up war
spirit for the sake of carrying the general
election this year? If that is the game of
Salisbury it will prove most dangerous at
the breach. The English people know
that war with this country would be An
unqualified disaster to both nations, AnH
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The Return OF, willard.

One scarcely knows what to say about
such acting as E. s. Wizards in "The Mid
dleman. His Cyrus Blenkarn the potter, is
living, breathing piece of humanity in
whom the audience centers its affection on
immediate acquaintance. It is not often
before the curtain after play. Mr.. Willard
experienced. that honor at the DuQuesne
Theater last night and that was the enthus-
iastic climax of a series of recalls that began
with the ending of the first act. The COM
pany is the same able one that appeared
here earlier in tho season. Marie
Burroughs is the same sweet Nary
Blenkmn, Royce Carleton the same
purselproud, ambitious Jos Chandler; and
Harry Cane the scheming manager Bdtty
Todd, all of whom we have known before.
All are clever and fit their several parts ad-
mirably. ''The Middleman" will be the
bill all week, excepting Thursday night,
when Judah" another famous character
izAgion of Mr.. Wizards, will be offered.
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MYSTERIOUS GHOSTS EXPOSED.

Tho Unsxplainable Made Clear by the
Wheels Of . Passing Street Car.
New York SUM- ..
Here is q strange thing. The windows
along Pittsburg street are persistently
broken by missiles discharged against them
at . high velocity. The police are driven to
despair; the window insurance companies'
detectives are baffled. Then pebble huns
past the head OF the pedestrian who is
watching an electric street car and pene-
trates the heavy plate glass behind him,
and the mystery is solved.
1t appears that the railway company
mended its permanent way with . top dress
ing of screened river gravel. When the car
wheel pinched one Of these little round
pebbles It shot out like q rifle ball. The
world is full Of ghosts whose games are less
Of a mystery by half than that OF the Pitts
burg electric street cars.
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PITTSBURG, TUESDAY, MARCH g.
PAGES
CONGRESSIONAL IDlosYNCRAsIEs

CONGRESSIONAL IDlOSYNCRASIES.
The fight in the House yesterday over
the consideration of the Bland free COIN
age bill illustrates the inveterate tendency
of that body to waste time in unimportant
disputes and to decide questions of public
importance not on their merits, but as they
affect the issue advocated by one side or
the other.
1t really made very little difference as to
the decision of the issue whether the order
fixing the consideration of the silver bill
was taken up before or after the reading
of the journal If the free silver men
were strong enough to take it up first they
could have done the same thing after the
reading. On the other hand, the oppo-
nents Of the movement might have seen
that their fight was useless, as the vote
showed, and that it could have been made
just as effective before the public if it had
been reserved for the discussion of the
coinage issue on its merits. But the in
curable tendency Of the House to purpose
less squsbbling overruled these considers
tions and the melee went on.
1t is also noticeable that the stated issue
was not voted for on its merits. The issue
on its face was whether report from the
Committee on Rules is in order before the
reading of the journal. 1t might be sup
posed that vote could be taken strictly
on that parliam entary point; but it was not
All the free coinage men revised their
parliamentary principles to serve the
imagined exigency of free silver as
promptly as the Republicans in the last
Congress shifted their views of parlia-
mentary law to suit the needs of their pet
measures. The anti-free coinage men did
the same thing on the other side, and
therefore added to the demonstration that
the Congressional mind is unable to decide
an abstract question on its merits where
partisan issues are supposed to be in
volved.
If the mathematical law that twice two
are four should be found to affect the sill
ver question-and some people may claim
that it does-a very respectable contin-
gent Of Congressman would be ready to
vote for formal declaration that twice
two are either three or five.
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IDYLs OF THE HOUR.

''Has that lady who called on your mother
gone yet?'' -
s'Mow do you know?''
..Because she just got up from her chair and
said: We'll. must go-goodby. '''-NeU Iors
Press.
Happiness Is but q cake
Which the Wise and Merry take;
Sorrow is . lump of dough-
Fools and cynics seek it though.
Puck.
Mother-What makes you so nervous
Charley, dear?''
Chariey-rve had two proposals Of marriage.
and really don't know whether to accept Clara
with her brains or Ethel with her money.-udos.
II ask for no retention fee,
Quoth Counselor o. Quirk,
mo money. sir, unless IL be
Reward for honest work"
He tried the case and won the same,
And when 1t did befall
A thousand for his client came
He just retained IL all.
-Boston Courier.
IT verwy much enjoy calves bwains, You
'.AhG'' replied the young woman. ''Do you
mean to eat or to think w1th?''- Washington Stav'
Larkin-I have q great deal Of CORE
spondence to do. and 1t tires my hands greatly.
Bunting-Why don't you use typewriter?
Larkin-f I did, people would md out nov
badly spen.-Smsth. Gray Co. . AbnfAly.
The woman who would like to win
Unbounded admiration,
Who wants the world TO put her In
most exalted station,
Whose wish 1t is to have folks call
Her lovsble and gracious, .i,
VIII always have smile for al, =
And never wax loquacious.
-Som9vfls Josrn64
Mrs. Smythe-I never could understand
why IL tskes ten tailors to make msa,
smyths s(unwsxily)-Whyf ..@ -, u
Ms. Smyths-Beeause should feel MAfe VIII
juDt one dye1smaker, ,-Hs,e yofk ATa3ds
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-08
THE FIELD PUZZLE

Justice Van Brunt May Do Ono OF Four
-, Things in e. MS Case.
NEW YORK, March 7.-[SpecidL IJustice
Van Brunt made a decision in the case Of E.
M. Field to-day. He may do one of four
things-declare Field sane or insane, submit
the question to another jury, commit Field
for examination as to his sanity or appointa
commission in lunacv.
In case Justice Van Brunt decides that
Field is insane and commits him, it is
question what will become of the orders Of
arrest in the civil suits.
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INSTRUCTION AT PRINCETON.

The grocers and boarding house keepers
of Princeton are making an exhibition of
their devotion to the principle that any
attempt to lower the cost of life to the
consumer is fiat burglary. The Univer-
sity Club having been organized for the
purpose of establishing cooperative board
ing at price suited to slender purses, the
clearinghouse keepers and grocers have
combined against this horrid encroach-
ment upon their vested rights of big
profits to be squeezed out of the students
board bills.
AS the boarding keepers are to be
left out in the cold by the University Club
anyway, their threat that the treasonable
clubbers shall 20 unsupplied is not very
terrible. But it has rung the gro
GERS in; and the grocers issue the edict
that the club shall not get from them
either grain Of sugar, bean of coffee or
any other atom in the grocery line so long
as it pursues its unhallowed object of liv-
ing at reasonable prices. And if any New
York grocery house dares furnish the
rebels against the regular hash foundries,
Princeton grocers will boycott all New
York and devote the metropolis to COM
mercial ruin by the withdrawal of their
patronage.
This is the regular spirit of the trusts
and combinations. The consumer who
does not yield up fat profits without
murmur shall be put under the ban. One
can hardly help suspecting that the fervor
of the Princeton grocers in this matter is
due to the knowledge that the University
Club would buy Its supplies at wholesale
rather than pay their big rates. It is
much easier to renounce trade that can
not be got, and to try to shut it of by
alleged boycott, than to refuse patronage
which might be secured by reasonable
prices.
Of course, the University Club will get
its supplies. There is not yet any such
monopoly in wholesale groceries that an
outside buyer cannot buy groceries for his
money. Meantime the spite of the Prince
ton grocers may afford the Princeton
students practical lesson in the use Of
combination for attempted oppression to
the consumer and the value of free COM
petition as the protector of the people.
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cHMTRAL AMERICAN NEwa

Barillas, the Beaten President, win Prob
ably Leave Guatemala.
SAN FRAHoIsoo, March 1.-THE Pacific Mail
steamer San Bias arrived from Panama.
She was tho first mail steamer to dock at
San Diego under the new mail contract
The steamer brought no nofnformation regard
ing the Guatemalian elections. When she
was ct Guatemala everything was quiet, and
BArrilias, 1t was thought, would leave the
country MS soon al possible.
News was received ut Panama shortly be.
fore the San Bias left there OF the suicide OF
Senior Pedro Montalso,a young Italian sculp-
tor or Carthagena, who jumped from the
gallery Of the Church Of San Juan 20 the
1AEe1nI below. He was very highly thought
etkhd had done work in the Central and
South American Republics