License Court Delays Tangle as Judge White Absent
The Allegheny license examinations proceed slowly with Judge Magee briefly on the bench while Judge White remains absent. Only 45 applicants heard as wholesalers’ lists delay until after the Allegheny retail list is finished, possibly by week’s end. Detective Hesser and Attorney Christy push for enforcement amid Brooks law doubts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magee
White
Ewing
Allegheny
Sewickley
Judge White
A New Way to Dodge Taxes by County Farmers
Farmers near New Castle discuss a scheme to form a corp oration to shift tax burdens from township and county taxes to corporate property. They plan a skilled farmer as president to buy and sell advantageously and compare their plan to railroad tax practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
New Castile
Up & Company
Barricaded in his bedroom at the Auditorium
Frank Collier, the eccentric lawyer once seen at the Court of St James, remains inside the Auditorium despite an order this morning demanding his departure. He has sworn to stay put as authorities confront the standoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ChicaGo
Frank Collier
Court of St. James
Hotel Row Breaks Into Public Skirmish Over Bill and Room
The hotel confronts Collier in room 032 after a demand for payment, sparking a tirade about citizen rights. Collier vows to bar the door and threaten legal action, naming prominent figures like President Harrison and Levi Morton in a prepared statement. He remains in possession of the apartment with doors bolted as staff plan eviction efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collier
Whipple
Harrison
Levi FP. Morton
Frank
Resignation Accepted After Seventeen Years at Bellefield Church
Bellefield Presbyterian Church reluctantly accepts Dr. Holland's request to dissolve the pastoral relation after 17 years. The congregation notes 57 members departed and a current communicant roll of 417 with nearly $300,000 in benevolent and congregational giving. They praise his leadership in building a new church edifice and his maturity as pastor and preacher. Commissioners Herriot and Wightman are appointed to present the minute to Presbytery. A successor has not yet been named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Bellefield
Presbytery
Pittsburg
Bellefiald
Congregational
Holiamt
Pitwaba
Thomas Herriot
Thomas Wightman
Dr. Holland
Shirley Dare Offers Massage Experience For Dispatch Read
Shirley Dare will provide a massage experience for The Dispatch. The article describes the treatment in detail and outlines its merits and risks, with emphasis on readers learning about both benefits and potential dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Dare
Dispatch
Reduction of Sugar Discussed in Ohio Senate
In Columbus on April 3 the Ohio Senate debated a resolution extending congratulations to the people on sugar reduction linked to the McKinley tariff. A Democratic substitute claimed the tariff acts as a tax, noting sugar savings. Governor Hill’s letter to the Free Trade League was read amid claims of Democratic divisions, with five pounds more sugar per dollar cited. The resolution was postponed until next Thursday. Buchanan proposed a Michigan electors bill resolution, which also went over.
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Ohio Legisla_ture
Disfator
Columbus
Senate
Hill
Free Trade League
Buchanan
Michigan
No Mine Absolutely Safe Monongahela City
To day while all the miners were in the Snow Hill plant there was beards sound as of an explosion and the men rushed to ward the opening. A slight explosion occurred down one lead but no one was injured though alarm spread. It is believed gas is now out and work will resume tomorrow. The source notes the mine was thought gas free and the cause remains unknown. The Dispatch announces a Flower season feature with tips for lovers of blooms and a twenty page issue tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles N. Young
Sandusky Street
Christy
Mr. Young
Womien
Young
South Diamond Street
Joseph Zeller
Ohio Street
Joseph Isenberger
Rossmaier
Zeller
Martin J. Brennen
Rebecca Street
Hippely & Sons
Edward J. Lee
Joseph Blattner
Allegheny Avenue
J. d. Berbrick
Besver Avenue
Judge White
Berbrick
Washington City
Mr. Berbrick
Mr. Christy
Captain Wishart
J. W. Casey
Chartiers Street
Daniel Dichtenmiller
Western Avenue
John M. Dugan
Pennsylvania Avenue
William M. Bright
Mr. Brennen
F. P. Kohen
Beaver Avenue
Michael J. Kelly
Ridge Avenue
Bartholomew Moullegan
Mire
Mary Jekil
Mr. Mullegan
Miss Hare
Mullegan
Samuel McCartney
Star
Mr. McCartney
Beore Frances Milligan
John Nolan
Manhattan Street
Martin W. Oliver
Zimmer
Monongahela City
Snow Hill
Beards
Illinois Steel Company
Coko
Connellsville
Chicago
Weaver & Gets
Calumet Furnace Company
Iroquois Furnace Company
Pittsburg
Wheeling
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
IL. M.A
HR. G. Dun & Co
Omaha
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Boston
Philadelphia
Louisville
St. Louis
Kansas City
Mahoning
Shenango Vale
Solar Ira Works
William Clark's Son & Co
Spang
Chalfant & Co
Etna Mall
Braddock
A. W. Cadman
A. M. Potter
J. G. Taylor
W. J. McDermitt
Keystone Manufacturing and Supply Company
George
Sue
A Fair Victim of Melancholia Ends Life by Drowning
At Shoemakersville on April 3 the husband heard his wife arise and depart, her body later found upright in the canal. Coroner's inquest returned suicide verdict as the woman had long suffered extreme melancholy and had relatives in an asylum. She leaves two children. Also an ad for Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoemakersville
John Ogden
Coroner's Inn
West Virginia Coke Makers Challenge Connellsville Strike
Chicago dispatch notes pressure on Connellsville coke masters as West Virginia rivals gain in market share due to Pennsylvania strike. Despite higher quality, Connellsville coke costs more and supply disruptions threaten steady Chicago demand, with operators preparing for a long term shake up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ChicaGo
Connellaville
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Connellsville
Virginia
Pittsburg
Cleveland Letter Advocates Plain Tariff Talk to Farmers
Grover Cleveland writes to G Sheldon of Bloomington praising a pamphlet titled A Fool's Questions and Answers. He urges simple explanations of tariff operation and criticizes excessive jargon that confuses busy readers. The note describes the pamphlet as plain farmer language explaining tariff facts without ornate writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Inuu
G. Sheldon
Cleveland
Star
Grover Cleveland
War declared on lotteries in crackdown across the nation
The Post Office Department launches a broad assault on lotteries with seizures of lottery mail and arrests in Pittsburg. Five suspects reduced to inquiries for requesting prize lists or drawings from the Louisiana Lottery. Individuals claimed ignorance of the law as the September act takes effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Pittsburg
Five Pittsburg men arrested in U S District Court action
Those arrested are H. Stragard and Victor Weis of Pittsburg, Joseph Cooster of Homestead, Matthew Mallory of Bridgeville, and William Hughes of Latrobe. They are held in bail for the May term in sums from 300 to 100 dollars. They claim no knowledge of any law being violated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Stragard
Victor Weis
Pittsburg
Joseph Cooster
Homestead
Matthew Mallory
Bridgeville
William Hughes
Latrobe
United States District Court
Chicago Grip Grips City as Funerals Flood Streets
Chicago endures a grim march of deaths from the grip with March total at 3 220. Dr Purdy warns the disease spreads through damp weather and public neglect while whisky and quinine hinder treatment. Doctors urge anti fever remedies and renewed care to prevent relapse and complications like bronchitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lake View
Purdy
Exposition space rush urged as applicants urged to act
Manager Johnston reports strong prospects for a successful exposition season. He notes many applicants, urges past exhibitors to declare intent by submitting signed applications, and warns space is limited. Blank forms have been mailed. duplicates will be sent if notices reach the office of the society in the Hamilton building. THE Sporting season begins, and THE Drs. PATCA prepares to collect all sporting news. Pringle's Review is a regular feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston
Society
Hamilton
Drs. Patca
Pringle
Four Business Buildings and Their Contents Destroyed
Fire at about 3 am destroyed the large brick storeroom building of Isaac Smalley and the Farmers' and Mechanics' Company store in Brownsville. Two adjacent frame buildings owned by Definney also burned. Marker & Kirk meat market occupied one frame building. Loss estimated at about 5000 dollars, fully insured. Origin of the fire unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Isaac Smalley
Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Company
Definney
Marker & Kirk
Tragic self-inflicted death in Barclay Street home
Robert Grigsby a 35 year old married man on Barclay Street shot himself with an old fashioned horse pistol in a small room. His wife, returning from a visit, found him dead. The coroner's jury ruled death by own action caused by long sickness and poverty.
Will of Rufus King Bequeaths Major Funds to Law and Church
The late Rufus King’s will, admitted to probate in Cincinnati, provides $20,000 to the Cincinnati Bar Library Association and $30,000 to establish a Constitutional Laws Professorship at the Cincinnati College law school. It also earmarks $50,000 for the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States to fund itinerant missionaries in the Southern Diocese of Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Rufus King
Cincinnati Bar Library Association
Law School
Cincinnati College
Protestant Episcopal Cituzen
United States
Ohio
New York Special Telegrams Report Slow Trade and Coke Strikes
Special telegrams note no rise in distribution of general merchandise as snow blockades and bad weather slow spring trade. Cattle and hogs weak, sugar prices fall, money rates stiffen, and bank clearings decline. Coke strike worsened by riots. iron and steel prices held, anthracite coal cheapens. Wheat exports rise with high stock levels and slow collections persist in western trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Pennsylvania Coal Minerals
Connellsville
United States
Market News Update on Farm Commodities and Trade
Wheat sales reach 33,000,000 bushels with prices 14 cents higher than a week prior. Corn edges lower, pork and lard rise 50 cents per barrel and per pound respectively. Cotton steady, coffee stronger, oil up 4 cents with light trading. oil price average slightly below last week. Eastbound Chicago shipments drop 19 percent year over year. Atlantic exports of wheat and corn down, domestic bank activity close to last year due to farm price gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Dominion
Chicago
Indians Refuse Enlistment in Western Army Drives
War Department reports show Indians refuse infantry enlistment due to dislike of walking and long terms. They favor scouts in cavalry but avoid five year service and distant postings. Few recruits expected in West. South offers promise at Mount Vernon barracks where Apache units near enlistment. Geronimo, once feared, is described as a Sunday school teacher online with local services.
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Wasninetos
War Department
South
Mount Vernon Barracks
Alabama
Geronimo
Indiana
Successful Skin Grafting in Grave Carbuncle Case
Huntingdon April 3. John Bitter near Spruce creek suffered a gangrenous carbuncle with a five inch bare occipital area. Skin grafts from many donors saved the patient. The Dispatch will publish tomorrow a note about Robert Louis Stevenson and Mrs. Stevenson being adopted as children of no South Sea Chieftain and other Marquesas photographs.
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Huntingdon
John Bitter
Spruce Creek
Robert Louis Stevenson
Marble Monument Plan for Lookout Mountain Battle
A Cincinnati sculptor proposed a marble monument on Lookout Mountain summit to honor both Union and Confederate troops. The design features a tall marble shaft, a Grecian colonnade, and a plaza. A Pence statue will stand beside the shaft while Confederate and Federal soldiers shake hands at its base. Busts of generals from both sides would be placed in the colonnade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Cincinnati
Lookout Mountain
Pharmacist's dangerous blunder leads to damages suit
In Zanesville on April 3 Mrs Elisabeth Harman sues Graham & Co. for 5000 dollars after her husband received laudanum labeled paregoric on January 2. She claims the mislabeling caused her to fear harming her children and prompted lasting health concerns as the children grew ill from the drug.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landanum
GEAM
Dplora
Zanesville
Elisabeth Harman
Graham & Co
Sis
Consul Jarrett Reports on English Carpet Industry
John Jarrett of Pittsburg, former Consul to Birmingham, submitted a State Department report praising the carpet industry study in England. The piece notes very low wages for carpet weavers and attributes it to free trade, suggesting the findings will aid the Republican campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
HinoGt Tor
John Jarrett
Pittsburg
Republican Party
Birmingham
State Department
Savannah Banker Ends Life at Daughter’s Grave
Thomas Gadsden cashier of Merchants' National Bank blew his brains out with a revolver at his daughter’s grave in Laurel Grove Cemetery this morning. A prominent Savannah financier with long bank service and ties to several enterprises, the motive remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Thomas Gadsden
Merchants’ National Bank
Laurel Grove
Gadsden
Sod
Penalty Actions Planned Against Pennsylvania Lines
Attorney General Watson prepares to sue 11 Pennsylvania Railroad lines to collect the $1 per mile tax with penalties from $500 to $1,000. A test suit against the Pittsburg Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis line was decided for the State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Obijo
CoLtumBus
Watson
Pittsburg
Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis
Wisconsin World’s Fair bill advances to passage
The Legislative Committee on Claims has reported favorably a Wisconsin World's Fair bill. The measure authorizes up to 75,000 this year and 5,000 next year for the exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin's
Mappisox
Wis
Trade Outlook Shows Valley Furnaces Renovations Amid Dull Demand
The Valley iron and steel industry enters a cautious recovery with overhauled plants and crowded mills. Analysts expect weak demand in early 1891 as money markets tighten, coke strikes persist, and many blast furnaces remain idle or reduced. New firms form in Braddock and Ellwood as productions shift toward coal use and diversified metal manufacturing.
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Detective Besser
Hesser
Northside Liquor Men's Protective Association
B. C. Christy
Charles E. O'Brien
Sandusky
Judge Magee
James Riddle
Sandusky and
Robinson Streets
Air
John A. Rupprecht
Madison Avenue
Martin Reeth
Ghio Street
Israel
George Scherrer
Peter Sturnagel
Chestnut Street
H. A. Davis
Mr. Seifert
Margaret Savers
Federal Street
Fort Wayne Depot
Charles Schutte
Lacock Street
Sonntte
Sophia M
John Sigimund
Joseph F. Slapneck
Bonth Canal Street
Wyman
Chief Murphy
Atorneys
Jis Honor
J. F
E. P. Sinelsir
Vs. Snyder
Oln Ayder
John W. Thomson
Chestnut
W . Pudge Magee
Mr. Thompson
Macee
John Templemeyer
South Canal Street
John Triska
Charles E. Wolfendale
Girard Hotel
Louis Woog
Herman Seifert
Kreseulia Weber
Connellyville
Fairmont
New River
Rufus Fing
Wil Will
Peoria
Memphis
Atlanta
New Orleans
Montgomery
Jacksonville
Tron
Zectal
Consul Jarrett
Father Wall
Shera Murphy
Deony, Clarke and McCarthy
Society of Jesus
The
Valley Furnaces
Edgar Thomson
McClure Coke Company
H. O. Frick Company
McClure Company
Mt. Pleasant
Wy Dewees Word Company
McKeesport
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