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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-21
SNAP SHOTS AT LOCAL NEWS

WRECKS at Summerhill on the Pennsyl.
vania and at Collier station on the PAN
handle delayed through trains for several
hours hours yesterday morning.
THE examination for teachers certificates
for this city will be held in the Normal
school building, as follows: May 81 music,
physiology, reading and drawing. May 20,
grammar. orthography and arithmetic. June
4, geography, history and writing.
THE Master Horseshoers' Association has
completed arrangements for an excursion
to cleveland and Put-in-Bay. They will
leave July % for three-days trip, going by
way OF the PittsDurg and Lake Erie Rail-
road to Cleveland and taking a steamer
there for Put-in-BIy.
PROPERTY owners on Herr's Island talk of
taking legal steps to protect themselves
from the unhealthful influences of the two
phosphate works. glue factory, stock yards
and the Allegheny abbatoir, located on the
Island. Residents of Upper Allegheny and
Troy Hill will lend assistance.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-21
HE INMANS BLOCKED
Johnny Bull Raises a Legal Snag
Against Changing Flags
2ISH FIGHTS HURT H0ME RULE.
nglish Free Traders Still Grumbling at
SaliSbury's Speech.
4 FIGHTS HURT HONE RULE.
EWS FROM THE EUROPEAN CAPITALS

oPrRIGHT. 1892. BY n. Y. ASSOCIATED PRESS. ]
LONDON, May 20.-The proposed transfer
Inman Line steamers to American reg
try continues to be discussed. 1t is
nted that the Admiralty will raise ques-
on which will prevent the company's
implying with the American law. 1t is
ated that the Admiralty has an agreement
-eventing the Inman Line from entertain
offers for the purchase or charter of its
Gamers for period exceeding five weeks
ithout first giving the Admiralty the right
purchase or hire.
English officials admit that the parties
N cerned never contemplated the present
Use, and so are not provided for it, but that
is obvious that the transfer of the vessels
a strange flag is contrary to the spirit of
Ie agreement They argue that if the YES
Is become the property of an American
'mpany of the same name, the Admiralty
ust, in justice, have the option of pre-
nption, for which they have been paying
nee the ships were built. Meanwhile En-
ish shipping circles are anxious about the
1ming American competition.
GIoatinG Over Irish Dissensions.
Little interest is taken in the debate on
se Irish local government bill. The
'nionist press is gloating over the Free1na,s's
1,u75dl meeting, which is held up as another
lstructive example of what to expect if the
rish get their own Parliament The Glad
onians are not pleased at the edifving ex-
ibition, which, on the eve of dissolution,
ley think is not likely TO assist the pros
ects Of home rule.
To-Gays meeting was quieter, chiefly
wing to the withdrawal of many of the
lareholders. After the election of Mr..
exton as a director, Mr.. Dillon, in closing
le proceedings, said he hoped this would
the last of the extraordinary meetings
omplete accord with Mr.. Healy is now
established, and the Freenlan'S Journal will
enceforth be the official organ OF the Irish
parliamentary party.
Lord SaIisbury's Protection Bomb.
The sensation of the week is Lord Sails
ury's protection speech, which has pro-
oked the greatest CONSERVATION among his
wn followers and organs. That Lord Sails
ury should have iourneyed to Hastings,
nd to a watering-place audience to deliver
lch an important manifesto, is a subject of
Onder on all Sides His speech, though
cry guarded and so qualified by reserva-
ION that it really commits him to nothing,
as produced a decidedly unfortunate effect.
u Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham,
laSgOw and other business centers the
'-emier is most severely denounced
Bi-metaIlists are absorbed in a discussion
n the location of the International Silver
'onferenoe. The proposal that the con-
erence be held in Brussels does not meet
18th favor. The unanimous feeling in
-lSland is that the conference ought to be
ED in London. The provincial chambers
{ commerce are already preparing to me-
lorialize Mr.. Goschen on the subject.
pecial stress viii be laid on the fact that
americans IRE undivided in favor of London.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-21
TWELVE HUNDRED DEAD.
he Calamity at Mauritius Worse Than at
First Reported-Like Solid Wall of
Green and Inky Blue the Storm Bursts
Relief Work.

he Calamity at Mauritius Worse Than at
First RepOrted-Like Solid Wall of
Green and Inky Blue the Storm Bursts
Relief Work.
LONDON, May 2O.-Baron de Worms,
'arlsmentary Secretary OF the Colonial
1fice, read telegram in the House of Com
hons this afternoon, fully confirming the
errible disaster at Mauritius One-third of
lie capital city, Port Louis was destroyed.
mong the buildings wrecked were the
oval College and "a churches. Many sugar
nils in the country were completely de-
lolished and the valuable machinery en-
loved in the grinding of the cane and in
Doiling the product, vacuum pans centri-
ugals, etc, were badly damaged.
Il is known that in the city Of Port Louis
lone 500 persons were killed. In the
-Hrious country districts thus far heard
rom, 500 persons lost their lives, and these
cures are more than likely to be added to
rlcn news is received from remote districts
the mountains. 1t is believed that when
he death roll is complete it will be found
hat over s., 200 persons were killed The
-reater part of fatalities were among the
ah0rinE classes, Africans, Hindoos, Chinese
and Nalag3SSvS.
The hospitals in Port Louis were filed to
we're erected on the hospital grounds to ac-
nlmodate those whose injuries demanded
usIaut attention. Nearly every
louse in the city had one or
ugre Of its inmates under treatment.
D Port Louis alone 1000 persons were in
ured. The Government has taken meas
Tres TO relieve the distress that prevails in
very direction. Pecuniarv assistance is
leeded. Thousand of people have lost their
InuseS, and there is much suffering. The
ord Mayor OF London will at once open a
uUd for the benefit Of the islanders.
Before the storm burst the mercury fell
T.S5-, and the shipping in the harbor made
ID the preparations that good seamanship
ictated to weather the gale that was known
70 be coming. Suddenly, far out on
he calm sea that was sending its
Ong ground swells shoreward, with scarce a
1pple on their surface, could be seen threads
IF the gale. Long, ragged streamers of
,louds shot up from the horizon. These
cached up out of a mass of inky black
clouds, apparently lifting the water
Ip to them. Swiftly coursing land
ward there came solid mass
ooking like wall of green. At its top
vas a mass of froth, which, lighter than the
water was lifted by the gale that was fol-
lowing close behind, and blown far in ad-
vance Of the onrising sea. This was quickly
followed by another and another, and then
the storm burst
Those best calculated to judge, state that
wind blew at the rate of 120 miles an hour
Many Of those who lost their lives were
Eilled by being lifted bodily from their feet
and dashed against trees, walls and houses.
The latest official estimates place the num-
Der killed at about 1,2O0 Many of the
lighters and tugs in the harbor were blown
high and dry on the shore.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-21
FOUND AMONG THE WEEDS.
The Ohio River Gives Up the Body of an
Unidentified Woman.

me oulo nlVer OlVcs tne bOOy Oh an
Unidentified Woman.
T. H. Braden, a ferryman who lives at
Shousetown, while out rowing in the Ohio
river yesterday morning, found the body of
a woman among the weeds on the Leetsdale
side of the river. Later in the day
the body was brought to the morgue.
and an examination showed that it must
have been in the water for at least three
months, as it was very badly decomposed.
The body is that of woman about 80
years old, who wore light steel colored
coat, plaid dress, black and white under
skirt and black stockings. In the pocket of
her dress were found pocketbook contain
ing two rings, II cents in money and card
bearing the name of Mile Gibson, 1853
River avenue, Allegheny. The book also
contained 5-cent bangle on which were
the initials A. J. W. The body is still at
the morgue awaiting Identification.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-21
watchorn Not a Candidate for Congress.

N"tCIIUTH -N1s % O"TUIu"to TUT OOHsrtss
Robert Watchorn, Factory Inspector, re-
turned to Harrisburg last evening. He
said he was not candidate for Congress
against T. f. Acheson. He doesn't know
how the report originated about him. He
was asked if he would accept were the NOM
ination offered to him. He replied that it
was an unfair question. The man who
would be afraid to run and make the fight
in Presidential year would not deserve the
confidence of his party in coming years,
and ''the time may come when 1 would like
to enter the field, he added
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-21
BLAZE AT WILLIAMSBURG.

The Electric Co.'s Office Burned and Two
Residences Damaged.
Williamsburg had an $4,000 fire last night.
The blaze originated in the large frame
office building of the Williamsburg Electric
Company at about II o'clock, and quickly
spread to the residences of Drs. Stevens
and R. w. Allison near by. The fire de-
partment from Brushton was sent for to
assist the home company, and with several
good plug streams did effective work in pre-
venting further spread of the flames.
The loss will fall heaviest on the Electric
Company, their figures being about Sc, ,OO0
DR.. Stevens loss will probably reach 81, 500,
but DR.. Allison escaped with about $500
damages.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-21
HENRY CLEWS on the silver question In
THE DISPATCH tomorrow.
Died in the Workhouse,

Jacob Hareft, so years old, committed to
the workhouse from Westmoreland county
for selling liquor without license, died in
that institution early yesterday morning
Coroner Mcdowell investigated the case
yesterday afternoon and found that Harett
had died from fatty degeneration of the heart.
An inquest will be held to-day.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-21
Monument for Honest Old Abe.

The American Monumental Association
of the city are preparing to have erected a
5000 life-size marble figure of Abraham
Lincoln mounted on pedestal J. A.
Itzel, of Allegheny, is engaged on draw
ing of monument, and the association In
vites' public subscriptions for their under
taking.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-21
A CONFERENCE ON TAXES.
An Interesting Meeting OF the State Confer
ence Called for June I.

ence Called for June 1.
A meeting of the Pennsylvania Tax Con-
ference, composed of representatives from
agricultural, commercial, manufacturing,
labor, railway and transportation associa-
tions and County Commissioners, will meet
on June 1. The first meeting was held Feb
ruary 1, when commission was appointed
from the delegates to ascertain value of the
various classes of taxable property, the
amount Of property exempt from taxation
not covered by the exemptions specified in
the new Constitution, and the amount ef
tax paid by each class of property, local
and State. This commission is to report at
the next meeting, and some interesting re-
ports will probably be turned in. Joseph
d. Weeks, William Weihe and County
Commissioner Mercer are the delegates
from this city.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-21
EitfuI finishes From Afar

CHOLERA at Hurrar, Egypt, is killing 100
people daily.
.rrrE river water in Paris is afflicting the
,,eopIe with cholerine.
Two new gunboats were launched and the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-21
READY FOR ANOTHER WAR.

The Boys Brigade Presented With a
Hanpsome Flag.
Judge Slagle last night presented stand
of colors to the Boys Brigade attached to
the Wylie Avenue United Presbyterian
Church. The church was well filled and the
brigade made handsome appearance in
their neat blue uniforms. Miss Mamie
Mackrell received the flag on behalf of the
little soldiers, and speeches were made by
Controller Morrow, Mayor. Gourley and
others. Captain J. a. A. Brown gave an
exhibition drill of his pupils, who displayed
great dexterity in the manual
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-21

Examiner Hoffman is having more trouble
with the county poor officials This time it
is over two women who keep speak -easies in
McKeesport. They get out of the Jail or
workhouse and then have to be sent home
from Pittsburg. They do not have any
money, and Mr.. Hoffman says he can't find
the county people, and so has to send them
back. Yesterday the city gave ticket to
Mrs. Mary Hickey, and the day before one
was given to Mrs. Griffith.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-21
Parliament to Dissolve June 20.

LONDON. May 2O.-It is stated that at the
7.siIed 70 dissolve Parliament on June 20.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-21

NEW YORK, May 20-Judgment for $685. s45
was entered to-day against the New Birm-
ingham Iron and Land Company, and the
New Birmingham Iron and Improvement
Company, of Texas. in favor of James A.
Mahony, William r. Utley and Leopold
Wallack.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-21
BRING THIS PAPER WITH YOU.
LADIES' MUSLIN UNDERWEAR

Muslin Chem:ser beautifully
embroidered, worth SI.25.. 75c
Plain Muslin Chemise, corded
bands, extra sizes, worth 75c. 5Sc
Fine Cambria Drawers, trim
med with Torchon Lace,
worth S1.25.................". 75c
Fine Muslin Drawers, wide
embroidery, cluster of tucks,
worth 81. 5o................... 9Sc
Plain Cambria Skirt, with hem
stitched rufflc and tucks,
worth 81. Observation-Disclosures. CSC
Muslin Skirt, deep embroid'd
rufle, 2 tucks, worth 81. So. 92c
Cambria Nightgowns, turn
down collar, briar stitched,
worth 81. 5o.................-. CSC
Cambria Nightgowns, beauti-
fully embroidered, worth S2.$1.25
Muslin Corset Covers, high
neck, worth 1Sc......... &c
Muslin and Cambria Corset
Covers, trimmed with en-
broidery, worth 5oc......." 25c
Fine Cambria Corset Covers,
beautifully emb. worthSI.5o 75c
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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-21
s,,ain Welcomes the American Hog.

MADRID, May 2o.-Spain has cancelled
,T1e prohibition of the import of American
r7rI,. which has been in force for many
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-21
WOMEN DYNAMITE A FACTORY.
Eight Persons Killed and the Building
Wrecked by the Explosion.

Wrecked by the Explosion.
madrid, MAY 2O.-The papers here re-
port an explosion at a dynamite factory at
EaIdames, near Bilbaoa, by which eight
persons were killed and ten injured, and
the factory was destroyed. Warrants have
been issued for the arrest of some women
who we're recently dismissed and who it is
supposed caused the explosion
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-21

BESSIE BRAMBLE sizes up the women
who attended tho club convention at
Chicago for THE DlSPATCH tomorrow.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-21
Pittsburg Eighth in Bank Business

The following table gives the clearing
house returns for the week ending May 10.
1892, and the percentage of increase or de-
crease as compared with the corresponding
week last year:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-21
LADIES' &CH|LDRENs HOSIERY LADIES' & CH|LD'Ns AECKW

Ladies' Fancy Hose, regular
made, worth 7oc............- lOc
Ladies Balbriggan Hose, seam
less, worth 18c. lOc
Ladies Fast B C k Hose,
ribbed, worth 2oc........ lOc
Ladies Black "Onyx" Hose,
worth 25c..................... l1c
Ladies Fancy Silk Hose,
Richelieu ribs, worth SI.25. 75c
Ladies' Spun Silk Hose, black
and fancy, worth 81. sos l.l5
Ladies Black Pure Silk Hose,
worth h$2.25...................Sl.SS 81.
Children's Brown and Navy
Hose, full regular, with 25c.. &c
Children'sBl "Onyx' Hose,
regular made, worth 4oc.... 25c
Children's Black Silk Plated
Hose, worth 75c............. 4Sc
10, 900 beautiful Stick Pins,
worth from Ioc to 25c, will
be sold for. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. lc
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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-21
HOUsEFURNIsHING GOODS.

Ice Chests, hard wood, good
size, the very best make..-.S 4.85
Hardwood Refrigerators, char
coal filled, good size ........S 6.95
Garden Hose Reel, excellent
quality. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Doc
Combination Dinner and Tea
Sets, containing liz pieces,
with underglazed decora-
tions.............................$6 $50
English Porcelain Tea Sets,
56 pieces, latest patterns,
nicely decorated. d...~...-....S 2.75
Thin Blown Tumblers, full
size, per dozen............ 34c
Plain White Meat Dishes,
large size...................... zoe
Plain White Toilet Sets, IL
pieces, including large jars 2.98
Acme Curtain Stretcher, best
in the world ld..................S 2.98
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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-21
BRING THIS PAPER WITH YOU.
ART EMBROIDERY
And Materials for Fancy Work.


Lorraine Stamped Cushions,
worth 1a1zc................." IL Sc
Silk Head Rests, worth soc,
the same kind that we have
had such a ''run" on at 25c 1Sc
Mummy Cloth Tray Covers,
stamped, fringed and open
work, worth 3Sc...........- 19c
Hemstitched Linen Tray Gov
ers, very fine, worth 5oc... 25c
Mummy CT o t h Splashers,
fringed and open work,
worth 4oc..................... lSc
Tinsel for Embroidery, worth
&C a ball all.................... lc
Stamped Hemstitched Table
Covers and Bureau Scarfs,
worth 81. 5................... 7Sc
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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-21
LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S s
SPRING UNDERWEAR.

Ladies Swiss Ribbed Vests, =
worth aoc...................... 1Oc
Ladies' Swiss Ribbed Vests,
worth a5c..................12 1910
Ladies' Fancy Vests, pink,
blue, white and ecru,
worth a5c...................- lSc
Ladies Ribbed Vests, long or
short sleeves, worth 4oc.... 25c
Ladies Fancy Lisle Vests,
worth 65c...................... 42c
Ladies' Light Spun Silk Vests,
Richelieu Ribbed, worth
S1.z5..........-...... SOc
Children's Swis SIS Ribbed
Vests, worth 5c............. Sc
Misses Fancy Ribbed Vests,
worth a5c................-.. 15c
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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-21

Infants Null Caps, worth 2oc. Sc
Infants Embroidered Null
Caps, worth SI............... 63c
Children's Lawn Camps, sizes
to 6, worth SI.... SOC
Children's Cambria Camps,
emb. yoke, worth 81. 3S..... 79c
Infants Short Dress, tucked
yoke, worth S1.25............ CSC
Infants Rubber Diapers,
worth 25c. 16c
Infants Zephyr Bootees, worth
5C.................... OC
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-24

for men who are entertained IN the
homes Of married society women
Christmas is the day of bankruptcy, old
debts paid and new debts incurred.
We give because every body else gives
and we do not feign to put a bit of heart
into our giving. Christmas means the
sudden necessity of bestowing unneces-
sary gifts.
The shops are filed with tired-faced
women. who rush about obeying the
mysterious befest of some imp of Ell
quettc. who says that acquaintances,
even into the seventh remove, shall be
remembered land how unpleasantly)
at Christmas. What are the rules OF
giving? Who should or can be, with
irapunity, omitted from the list? And
how is an escape and a return to first
principles of giving, which are regu-
lated by heart, not head, possible? A
bevy of questions like these troop along
side as one hears the great query of the
week before Christmas: "Well, won't
you be glad when it's over?"
The answers are varied as the kinds
that Christmas, as we know it, is a for
mality.
Each one OF rs has, perhaps, five
friends Co whom it is a keen delight to
give, but we have fifteen or twenty 9TH
err friends who must, as a sop to the
Christmas Cerberus, give US something
we don't want to be returned by the
gift of something else they had little
rather be without.
That is because in our hurry we are
tactless and the perfunotory gift really
hurts the recipient. Sometimes we are
absolutely mercenary and the hveliest
trouble follows a grasping Christmas
victim. There is true story which SO
absolutely typifes the too pervading
spirit of the day that it must be quoted.
A man and his wife had argued for
months over the purchase of some cur
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-24
XMAS LIST.

tains. His was mans Will, but hers
was woman's way, which bent his will.
On Christmas morning the curtains lay
beneath a slip of paper, bearing the
clinching clause: ITO my husband, with
his wife's love"
New Years morning dawned upon a
bulky package bearing the legend:
''To my wife, hoping they may prove
as useful as ornamental" Oh, horrorsl
The barbarian had given her a very
large and serviceable pair Of hunting
leggins The insult was too great, and
now. I believe, the matter has gone to
the courts. where a cross bill is entered
on the grounds Of cruelty and abuse.
This may be irrelevant because it oc-
CURED in the bosom of a family and we
have to do only with etiquette of ac-
workmanship gifts But doesn't 1t,
as the moralists say, show us whittier
we are drifting:"
81 dare not assert" said a society
woman who introduced her daughter
to New York this fall, that my
necessary list can be cut down. Christ
mas giving is as rigorous convention
as that l shall return my calls or dis
charge my social debts. Here arc
those to whom / must give-my hus-
band and children, the only unalloyed
pleasure Of the day; my servants, who
would leave II / did not give them
dresses Of the finest quality; each and
every one Of nv relatives, sisters. broth
ers. sisters-in-law. brothers-in-law and
my cousins. Then come the dozens
Of town friends who last year gave me
Christmas presents. which ] failed to
return at any OF the intervening holt
days. These bear as plainly Is il il
had been written on the card, Equal
values are expected Lastly ] reckon
gifts TO people whom / have visited and
whose hospitality can't at once return,
and TO church charities
Believe me, Christmas and the man
Ter in which one meets Il largely oe-
term;nes social prestige
A vgell-bred giver. 81 eoa-se. Goals
the almost business-lIse method Of hs
giving by . dainty presen.atio1- 2 he
card Is quite enough 10 inelose, thous.s
q personal note Is pretty h1eSse.
How can one escape thanf1less giving
I caunot- Perhaps other women who
have less a. stake NAV DO II bv a simple
refusal 70 be burlleued 50. Bu- imaE51e
what would result upoa my announce
ment that 10 gifts would o. received Or
returned. Ny acquaintance would
desert me, thinking fortune had failed,
and ( should be mortally uneasy over
debts not liz.u.dateiI-