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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1892
Page
1
Ex Speaker Thomas Reed intensifies bid to deny Harrison renomination, with New England backers and Maine allies weighing a bold anti Harrison strategy. Leaders in Colorado New Hampshire and the South rally against the President, while Reed contemplates a formal candidacy to block Harrison.
Judge Louis W. King of Youngstown spoke with Tax Dispatch about the 18th district congressional race. He reports 48 of 56 Mahoning delegates and 24 Columbiana delegates pledged to him, plus 9 votes from William Monagin in Columbiana, totaling 89 of 112 needed. T. R Morgan Sr., an Alliance manufacturer, expects Stark County’s 95 votes and King aims to prevent Morgan’s delegates from being stolen, hoping to tilt the nomination if Morgan fails.
Mr C F Meek a Republican National Committee member and Sergeant at Arms says convention hotel rooms in Minneapolis are ample and rates will not be excessive. He notes applications have been handled and local hotels plus Lake Minnetonka and St Paul properties remain with spare capacity.
The Cook County Republican Convention urged the State Convention to renominate Governor Fifer and backed Henry L. Hertz for State Treasurer and George S. Willitts for Congressman at large. They called for a repeal of compulsory education, endorsed Harrison, and urged a national plank for an eight hour day and a Labor Secretary in the Cabinet. In Washington the National Democratic Campaign Committee appointed Senators to its Executive Committee including Butler Colquitt Blackburn Jones Bate Faulkner Turpie Blodgett Barbour and Mills.
Messrs Reis Knox Stritmatter Moorhead Emery and Thompson of New Castle urge the Governor to appoint W. Danner of New Castle as Judge to fill the vacancy caused by the Seath or of a eees in Butler Lawrence et al. The Republican group represents large manufacturing and business interests, while their candidate is a strong Democrat. Secretary Foster tells Frank G. in the Dispatch that Treasury work will not kill secrecy. worry will.
Ferdinand Ward, once called the Napoleon of Finance, will be released at 6 a.m. tomorrow after six years and five months in prison. He carries $200 cash plus $1000 earned, aiming to restart in New York or Connecticut with uncertain plans and restricted public visits.
A Maryland Club party for ladies led to heavy punch and disorder. Gen Snowden Andrews, Secretary Bayard’s brother in law, and ex Senator C Rick Goodwin figure in a set-to. Edward Winslow Witt injured after leaning from a Mt. Vernon Hotel window. He suffered a battered nose, broken wrist and fractured leg. The incident raises questions about the club’s future.
Milbank fought a duel at Nieuport after insults by two Frenchmen at Ostend. He wounded his opponent in the hip at 12 paces, transported to a yacht off the coast, while his seconds and he returned to Brussels. De Morny denies involvement. Whether the wounded man survives remains unclear.
The Ohio and Wheeling Short Line Railroad Company is formed in Toledo with 1 million dollars capital to build a Toledo to Bellaire or Steubenville line and then to Pittsburg. Incorporators include J B Muliken J H Houghlett W H A Read and others from Toledo and rail interests.
Customs officers seized smuggled jewelry valued at 3000 dollars from Jules de la Motte a Liverpool passenger bound for San Francisco at the White Star pier. Police found diamond earrings a brooch bracelet hair ornament gold chains spoons and other items. He was held on 2500 bail by United States Commissioner Shields and examination set for tomorrow.
Judge McPherson delivered three opinions in state tax cases against the Westinghouse Air Brake Company reducing the assessed tax from about 135000 to about 43000. The company argued taxation only on stock not invested in manufacturing. The ruling cut the total levy significantly.
Cable report from Parts explains Mrs Milbank’s claim that Drayton forced his wife to sign a confession and an £3,000 yearly allowance. She says she and Mr Borrowe arranged arbitration, but the duel in Paris followed after taunts and pursuit across the Atlantic.
Norfolk special reports a rich gold field found in Goochland county on C. F. Prior’s farm near Columbia. Gravel deposits 12 to 18 inches below surface yield large returns. a 36 pennyweight nugget was shown at the Dispatch office. The belt runs through Louisa and Buckingham counties and into North Carolina. nearby quartz workings are profitable as crowds gather amid excitement.
Mrs Deacon fled France to dodge testifying against her husband at his trial beginning May 20 in Grasse. Bail presently frees Mr Deacon, with a warrant issued to compel his appearance. He faces surrender five days before the trial date.
Dr. A Penrose Jr arrives in Philadelphia with D M Barringer denying imputations against his brother Dr Bingham Penrose and the Wyoming stockmen party. He asserts his brother was the only reliable surgeon in the state when the expedition began and that he accompanied the group.
The Hamburg American steamship Fubrat Bismarck arrived from Bremen after a Southampton passage of 6 days 12 hours breaking its own prior record of 6 days 14 hours 15 minutes.
The second annual convention of the Car Protective Association ended in St Louis today. The next meeting will be held in Pittsburgh.
A speaker notes she saw only one second on each side of a duel and cannot identify her husband’s opponent or provide any details about the confrontation.
Maggie A. Kiefer of Allegheny City sues for divorce for adultery and asks 5000 alimony. She alleges Edward C. W. Kiefer left in 1887 after embezzling insurance funds, later living with Christine Glade in Pueblo, Colorado. She traces him through Louisville Kansas City Denver Yankton to Pueblo where he wed Miss Glade.
Dr Dwight F Carroll at Lehigh University has fallen into insanity after students ridiculed him with a minstrel act. The reserved physics instructor, a Wesleyan alumnus from Wallingford Conn, grew paranoid that students were his enemies. His brother Charles F Carroll arranged a move to Wallingford for treatment.
Food distribution began with 500 people receiving rations in the Rio Grande City area as drought and famine threaten many more. Distress is worst inland from the river where former cattle owners report hundreds of head dead and no relief in sight.
Platinum found in the southern hills about 25 miles west of Rapto City with a specimen of white quartz resembling horn silver. Separately in Charlotte Miss Inex Sykes was attacked on the street, strangled cries silenced, hair cut with a razor, and the assailant fled after striking her in the breast.
New York April 29 Special Agents James H Finn and Edward J Becker of the Gerry Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children were held to bail at 5 000 each for examination on Tuesday on extortion charges. Pasquale Caponizza acted as surety for Becker. Finn remained unbailed. The society plans a thorough probe and potential prosecution if guilt is shown, with Assistant District Attorney Townsend leading the complaint.
In Toronto today Liberal N G Bigelow won the Ontario Parliament vacancy by a margin over 800. Conservative N A E Kent tallied 4 204 and Independent Labor P Thompson 400. Annexation candidate Ernst Macdonald received 161. A US union platform candidate drew limited support.
Cleveland reporter notes a City Food Inspector test of water from a South Willson avenue well showing one grain of arsenic per ounce. The suspected poisoning would have harmed multiple families as the well serves a Polish Hungarian neighborhood. Mrs Mundracek observed white powder on the water and well surface. a hen died after ingestion.
A brief note in The Dispatch describes Isabella Stockton, after whom Stockton avenue in Allegheny was named, highlighting the local honor and its historical linkage.
This morning page lists topics and items from various sections including Milbank duel gossip Westinghouse and the Electric Trust Vie Woodhull Talks Well and a feature on a cheaper Poor Farm site. It notes Max Schneider license hearing and includes editorial miscellany and market notes.
George Westinghouse seeks the Columbian Exposition lighting contract as bids reopen. The Edison General Electric and other rivals push high prices while Westinghouse denounces the trust and aims to keep costs down. The Southside Machine Works bid the lowest but underwrote by a Westinghouse arrangement. committee favors Westinghouse and Edison General.
In BosTax court the jury awarded the Rev W. W. Downs 10000 against Dr Noyes Mrs Abbie Campbell and Alice Xenton for alleged conspiracy to ruin his reputation. A defense motion to set aside the verdict was filed as downs vows a long battle to vindicate his character and ministerial standing.
Milwaukee April 2 reports the suspected suicide of Peter Rupp an attorney who vanished then body found. The note says he was an embezzler though details remain unclear and the case involves his alleged financial misconduct.
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