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VOL. XXL
N o . 6.
Published Every Saturday at 3 -East Fonrteentb Street.
New York, August 31, 1895.
organ." She "owed '"the bill to her son-in-
law, Mahoney, and so in a rude sort of will,
she decreed that the or%an should remain
THE "BRADP.URV" TO EDUCATE THE INDIANS.
in his house for one year as payment for
A $ 4 , 0 0 0 ORCHESTRION FOR E. F. DROOP &
the board bill, and that it should then go
SON'S NEW S T O R E — " A N ORGAN IN THE
to the houses of her other children, one
PARLOR" CAUSES A RIOT
THE JANKO
year at each house. The other children
KEYBOARD THE OBSERVED OF ALL OB-
held that Mahoney had no right to charge
SERVERS
MUSIC BOOKS
COPY-
the old lady for board, and that they had
RIGHTED— ELLIS & CO.'S WARE-
first right to the organ; so they called to
ROOMS—COLORED PEOPLE OF
get it, and the riot followed. The organ
THE CAPITAL CITY MUSICAL.
was hauled out into the street during the
COL. WISDOM'S OPINION OF
melee, and was so roughly handled that it
ORGANS—DEALERS AND
is doubtful if it last for the 3 7 ear that it is
SALESMEN RETURN-
intended to stay in Mahoney's house.
ING.
The display of the Decker piano with the
keyboard invented by Paul von Janko, in
WASHINGTON, D. C , Aug. 28th, 1895.
the window of Sanders & Stayman, calls
EALERS report that trade for the forth much curiosity and amazement from
past few days indicates an early ac- passersby, and the piano is beyond question
tivity in business. Sales have not been the observed of all observers.
Among the books of a musical character
large, but there has been "something"
doing. At F. G. Smith's branch store here copyrighted recently in the office of the
the alterations are about completed, and Librarian of Congress are "The Juvenile
this establishment is well equipped to Wreath of Song," first book, by J.D. Luse,
supply the demand for Bradbury pianos the of Columbus, O.; "The Ideal Music
coming fall. W. P. Van Wickle, the ener- Course," advanced book, by J.D.Sprenkel,
getic manager, is enjoying his vacation at and published by R. L. Myers, of Harris-
present, and the wareroom is under the burg, Pa.; "The Budget of Music," No.
charge of Mr. Becker, who informed me 53, by F. Trifit, of Boston; "Sweet Melo-
that they had received an order for a piano dies," by D. C. Wright, of Boston; "Ideal
to be shipped to the Indian School at Fort Mandolin and Guitar Folio," by the White-
Mojave, Ariz. This order came through Smith Music Publishing Co., Boston, and
the Interior Department. As a matter of "Popular Selections for Mandolin and
course, you know that the "Bradbury" is Piano," by J. J. Eberhardt, and published
by B. F. Banes & Co., of Philadelphia, Pa.
the Administration piano.
The alterations at the warerooms of
The work on E. F. Droop & Son's new
store on Pennsylvania avenue, is progress- John F. Ellis & Co. are approaching com-
ing rapidly. Preparatory to moving the pletion. When out of the hands of the
firm are offering attractive bargains, and contractors this store will be as handsome
are selling off their goods satisfactorily. as any in Washington. They report busi-
They hope to have their new store com- ness as very fair.
pleted and stocked and ready for occupancy
The exhibit of the colored people of the
by the 1st of September. A feature of this District of Columbia for the Atlanta Ex-
establishment will be a handsome orches- position is now being displayed at the Y.
trion which will cost about $4,000.
M. C. A. rooms, 1609 Eleventh street. The
A riot call was received at the Seventh collection of musical compositions is highly
The "Frederick Douglass
Police Precinct Station about six o'clock creditable.
the other evening for a lively disturbance Funeral March" and other well-known
at the foot of Jefferson street. A patrol productions are among the features of the
wagon loaded with armed policemen re- display.
sponded on a gallop, and found that the
Col. D. M. Wisdom, the agent for the
Thomas family, living at Jefferson and five civilized tribes of Indians, is some-
Water streets, had fallen out about an thing of a humorist. He is very popular
organ and were fighting like Zulus. The with the Indians, and they invoke his aid
Thomas family is colored. A few weeks not only in public matters, but even in
ago the mother-in-law of the family died their domestic affairs, and he is always
and left an unpaid board bill and a cabinet ready to help them. A Cherokee was lately
In Washington.
D
$,.oo PER YEAR-
SINGLE COPIES,io CENTS.
induced to buy an organ on credit, and the
seller annoj^ed him so much for payment
that he appealed to Col. Wisdom, who
wrote him as follows: "Yours received in
regard to an organ which you purchased
from an agent. If the organ is not what
he represented it to be you ought not to
pay for it, and according to your statement
you cannot be compelled to pay for it until
you receive the 'old settler's' money. I do
not think as a rule that an organ is worth
$150.
I regard it as a very poor piece of
furniture, as it is neither very ornamental,
nor at all useful, and usually succeeds in
grinding out the poorest quality of music.
The Cherokee nation, within my knowl-
edge, has spent money enough for organs
to educate all the orphan children in the
nation, and has received no recompense
therefor. If I had my way I would expel
every organ player not only from the Ter-
ritory, but would confine them on some
island in the sea. where their music would
be drowned by the means of the moist sea
waves."
Quite a number of dealers and salesmen
who have been away on vacation have re-
turned to town.and all are looking forward
hopefully to better times.
Edward F. Droop, wife and daughter,
have returned from a five weeks' stay at Hot
Springs, Va.
AT the first production of Delia Fox's
new opera "Fleur de Lis," at "Palmer's,"
last Thursday night, six autoharps were
introduced. They made an instantaneous
"hit." In fact, they were the talk of the
evening.
.
FROM despatches to this city we learn
that C. S. Blackman, vice-president of the
Hallet & Davis Piano Co., Chicago, was
accidentally shot at Block Island, R. I., last
Sunday. We are pleased to learn that the
case is not a serious one.
is to be a great singing 1 festival
and dedication of the Dolgeville Maen-
nerchor on next Monday. There will be
a chorus of six hundred voices, and the
program includes an address by Mr. Al-
fred Dolge.
.
THERE
R. W. TANNER & SONS, of Dolgeville,
N. Y., began casting in their factory last
week.