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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1889
Page
4
The text outlines circulation figures for The Dispatch during March 1859 at 46 423 and lists postage free options for the United States. It also details subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, per quarter and per year, and notes carrier delivery at 10 cents per week.
The nation marks the centennial of the first presidential inauguration under the current government form. The piece highlights equality as a core principle, the aim of equal opportunities in education and property, and questions whether wealth privilege or aristocracy threatens the original democratic standard as the century closes. It urges vigilance to preserve the Constitution's fundamental ideas.
A theater wall fell in Altoona yesterday causing one death. Officials note that experts had previously deemed the structure perfectly safe. The incident underscores the need for strict safety in building standards and construction methods.
The article contrasts pledges versus performance in party politics. It cites Harrison and Cleveland era debates over pledge fulfillment and reform, noting public interest and concerns about subordinates in government offices undermining campaign promises.
A Washington correspondent derides young women for chasing fashionable diversions rather than serious discussion. The piece mocks a Cabinet officer's daughter for her English slang and perpetual use of "Don't you know" as a sign of wit. It laments maternal neglect and urges discipline to restore respectability.
The editorial criticizes Pennsylvania militiamen for displaying foreign flags abroad. It urges discipline, noting the need to protect constitutional liberties and avoid provoking mobs. It argues soldiers should ignore provocations and respect private property and lawful conduct during foreign campaigns.
The article notes Senator Wolcott of Colorado is dismayed by the need to bow to office seekers and departments in Washington. It parallels Quay and Wolcott with reform sentiment, predicting a push to curb spoils pressure and favor a more independent Senate in upcoming sessions.
The piece criticizes unproductive reparations, notes a disturbing death report in Minnesota, mocks the Oklahoma colony, and ridicules public figures. It discusses a naval parade, flag discipline, secrecy at the Samoan conference, and the idea of making April Fools Day a holiday. It also mentions ex President Cleveland and railway mail removals, with optimism about Duquesne strikers respecting the law.
A coal shipping firm announces commencement of suit against the New York Lake Erie and Western Railway under the Interstate Commerce law. The suit mirrors a prior ICC case, where damages were refused due to constitutional limits, prompting recourse to courts for monetary damages.
The effort to fund a statue for Schaumann in his native Zwickau has collapsed, mirroring failures of similar appeals for Hone, Weber, and Hommel. The Matthew Arnold fund has reached £7,000 with £1,000 from America. six hundred guineas would buy a bust for Westminster Abbey, and the rest goes to Mrs Arnold. Commissioner Tanner attends L. P. Thompson’s funeral in Canandaigua, NY, a wartime comrade. Reports confirm Berlin will adopt Frederick I dress for a royal visit, with William in knee breeches and a three-cornered hat. George W. Childs to loan the Moore harp to the Scotch-Irish Congress in Philadelphia. Duchess of Madrid hosts Princess Louis of Bavaria in Viaregero as Queen Regnant of Spain. Dhuleep Singh appeals to the Queen for the Koh-i-noor diamond or cash value to fund anti-imperial measures, prompting debate over ownership. Cardinal Gimpers travels from Baltimore to New Orleans in Mayer’s private car, with several church figures accompanying, and arrangements for May pallium and visits ahead. A Manchester Courier writer hints at Lord Lieutenancy resignation discussions rooted in 1847.
Washington April 3. Treasury estimates a drop in public debt by about 100,000 dollars due to government bond redemptions and adjustments in the federal accounting measures.
A column of light anecdotes about domestic staff missteps. A new cook botches vegetables causing a dinner fiasco. A nursemaid confuses a sack with a sacque leading to a dressing mishap. A boarding house owner faces ten hungry boarders and a lemon pie remedy proves profitable. A railroad restaurant praise and fashion notes conclude the column.
The Chief Signal Officer outlines a plan for two to three day advance weather predictions. The new forecast style would cover sections of the country and specify days of the week, using terms like warm or cold. Regular detailed indications will continue, with the long range forecasts issued occasionally to aid business interests.
Hartford firm Harrison and Morton Cloth notes that Washington and Adams wore Hartford made wool for their inaugural outfits. Originating from Rockville Connecticut, H L James suggested a substitute to the famous Congress Brown. The cloth was produced entirely in America using American yarn and machinery.
Miss Lizzie Young eloped January 7 from Flush ing with Temperance Exhorter McCombs. Married in Corona, she returned home to find he controlled money and barred visits. She later found pawn tickets for her jewelry and clothing in his pocketbook. She plans never to return.
In Baltimore on April 2, Captain Morrell and the Missouri officers received a warm public welcome at the Corn and Flour Exchange. Business and Change paused after 12:45 p.m., doors opened to the public at 7 p.m., and Mayor Latrobe led the reception with flags displayed and officers of the ship presenting to dignitaries.
An exact copy of George Washingtons lone poem to Miss Cary notes his youth and heartbreak. The verse laments a restless heart, Cupid’s feints, and sleepless nights as the speaker longs for enraptured dream and gentle repose away from foes.
A humorous note suggests young men should study the Chinese Emperor’s generosity to his mother-in-law after marriage. It claims he presented $1.5 million in cash and $750000 in silks and satins, implying he avoids lectures from his mother-in-law.
An open question from the Chicago Times notes the Illinois Legislature is to be in session another month. The discourse centers on Providence’s mysterious ways and the presumption that certain individuals possess cognizance of legislative affairs. The matter remains undecided and subject to discussion.
A Paris paper mocks an American arrival with lavish outfit and no brains. The note, carried by the Chicago Inter-Ocean, ties to a New York Tribune piece about Centennial Committee members drafting a ten volume catalogue of the press celebration’s kicks.
Thomas J Byrne a young train dispatcher died yesterday morning at his mother’s home after long illness from overwork. He worked in the dispatch office in Alleghen, with funeral plans not yet finalized. Henry J Abel son of Edward Abel of the German National Bank died at the family residence Center avenue with funeral arrangements noted.
The Howard Athenium Company presents a lively vaudeville at the Bijou with Ida Heath’s agile dancing and Cinquevalli’s acrobatics drawing praise. The Irwin sisters, Wood Sheppard, and Leon Clark entertain with humor, novelty acts, and a parade of skilled performers without offense to refined tastes.
The melodrama Alone in London played last night at the Grand Opera House to a fair crowd. Ada led the cast with a strong performance while Gon Craig portrayed the villain Rich.
The week shows the play attracting packed houses at Harris' theater with strong audience demand. Despite many imitators, the enduring popularity signals the continued strength of Uncle Tom's Cabin in this market.
The reception for Harry Kernell Variety Company remains positive with excellent reputations for the performers and strong week long audiences expected at the Academy of Music. The afterpiece is noted as unusually humorous.
The Bijou adds an additional matinee of the Boston Athenæum Company this afternoon. Huntsweat returns with trained horses at Grand Central Wednesday evening and continues through the week. The Boston Ideals at Opera House next week promise musical fare including Zelis De Lussan as Marguerite in Faust. Faust on Monday features a new role, Chevalier Edward Scovel. The week's repertoire includes Faust Barber of Seville Martha Carmen Lion of Peru and Lion on Oru with a farewell performance of De Loken.
Clark Lewin, a local troublemaker, was jailed in New Haven for stealing a horse blanket and failing to prove recovery. His release to care for a family without support led to deep distress and his death from a heart condition. The tale centers on wrongful accusation, guilt, and hardship.
A comic rail tale shows Ben Harrison quelling three office hunters from Boodleville aboard a Pullman car. Harrison lectures, lightens the mood with a song, then uses firm action to drive the boodlers away, leaving the trio defeated and scattered.
A woman in Gotham reached a whisky home scene and set a fire in a corridor stack of baby carriages, a crib, and a straw bed. Mr. Garnier stopped the blaze and police were summoned. she fled by leaping four stories, suffering fractures and severe injuries likely to prove fatal.
Panic at Barnum parade in Jersey City injures several women. Bridget Radican breaks leg, Mary Doherty fractures arm, Mamie Doabno and Lizzie Garry suffer arm injuries, and a dozen women faint or are otherwise battered as two frightened dray horses bolted through the crowd.
The St Ronaus from Liverpool brought sixteen under seventeen Irish youths to port this morning. One boy wore only one shoe and blistered feet due to coal-shoveling in the engine room. Customs officers guard the vessel awaiting investigation and the British consul will be informed.
Washington's pew in St. Paul's Church draws steady tourist attention as the most popular Centennial relic in the city. An unbroken procession passed in and out from morning until night, with the plain pew recalling red cushions and foot rests from a century ago.
A movement forms to erect a monument to late Postmaster Henry G. Pearson. William Potts, treasurer, began collecting contributions. Promoters call Pearson a martyr of public duty, worn out by enemies in Washington who denied him needed assistants, portraying him as a spoils system victim.
Peter Reth a carpet weaver, jumped from a four story roof into a crowded Bowery street this morning. He died instantly. Report says he drank heavily yesterday and his wife, after locking him out, told him she would not live with him again. He then killed himself.
Prominent East Norwich figure Acker allegedly killed his wife after a quarrel at supper. He fetched a shotgun, returned to the dining room, and fired without words. Mrs Acker suffered facial and chest wounds requiring amputation of a limb. Acker is jailed claiming accident and a dropped weapon.
The bulletin discusses record book prices including a Hebrew Bible once in Vatican possession and a 335 pound weight for payment. It notes a 290,000 francs bid (about £10,000) for a missal with ties to Pope Leo XI and Henry VII, and mentions sales by Sotheby’s of the Hamilton library.
W A Cuddy former chaplain of the Arizona Legislative Assembly after adjournment sent 22 to the conscience fund in payment for his alleged hypocrisy. He explains the act as a stance against rulers who preach virtue yet fail to practice it though he admits he has not kept spotless.
Several fellows who went to Oklahoma to grow up with the country have already been planted. The note reflects a grim turn in the idealistic venture and hints at fatal consequences for some travelers.
A Meadville widow receives six dollars anonymous conscience money from Cleveland with interest. Judge Waddell in West Chester affirms Ella E. Sharpless will leaving twenty thousand dollars to her guardian Dr. H Fronefield. A Warren County man offers a large Newfoundland dog cheap due to high feeding costs. Tioga County resident Brit Boyce reports a nineteen year old white cat that eats mice only after removing the skin. Sam Sure of Wyoming spots a queer animal, shoots eleven times, and claims a two pound black woodchuck. Ricu in Northampton finds a strange hinge issue at his granary door lingering unresolved.
A jumble of short items notes a pocket typewriter in Wheeling West Virginia near the world’s largest nail plant, odd anecdotes about a rat carrying a hen egg and a man in Rothschild Nebraska in a shroud, plus scattered regional tales from Georgia New York and California.
A collage of humorous notices and gossip bits from various papers. It references fashion in Russia, social notes from Wichita to St Louis, arrivals and boards for a new Sweden structure, a dead horse boom, a dialogue about writing when the specter moves, and a chaotic exchange about an egg and a gent's yistiddy bed chink. Includes Oklahoma notes and a stray bear story.
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