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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1892
Page
10
dispatches from Tashkend report July 6 riots as Sarts attacked the Russian quarter during a cholera scare. Deputy Governor Poutinstoff was killed after being surrounded and stoned. Troops retaliated, mosques were seized, heavy fighting ensued with 60 Sarts killed and hundreds wounded. Russian losses included 15 dead. Authorities reinforced troops and patrols.
A petition challenges the return of Rt Hon Arthur James Balfour as MP for Manchester east alleging bribery in the last election. The July 6 vote reported Balfour 5147, Munro 4749, majority 398 with 11,418 registered voters. Also note cholera report from Tomsk prison in Petersburg dispatch.
Information from prison authorities notes ten cases of the disease and eight deaths among inmates in West Siberia. The report describes the outbreak within the facility and the authorities' response efforts.
Emperor William of Germany was greeted by officials as warships and yachts filled the Cowes harbor. The Kaiser Adler and German Beowulf met the royal flotilla off Sandown, with salutes at Spithead. He toured Moltke, then visited Osborne House with Duke of Connaught before an open carriage ride to the royal residence.
Gladstone improves and can leave bed but remains in his room in Lonpos. Sir Andrew Clarke, his physician, notes progress but says a full recovery will take at least one more day in bed. Helen Gladstone confirms satisfactory progress and limited social access. Midnight report says he is feeling well.
The Tageblatt reports sharp criticism of Prince Bismarck's recent speech, calling it the most notable utterance since leaving office. It highlights his call to weigh popular convictions over monarch will and suggests liberals may shift, opposing the new program despite reservations about earlier policies.
The British steamer Albany from Laganorog reported sailing from Malta with two cholera cases and two deaths during the voyage. It arrived at Terre Annunziati in the Naples province and will be quarantined at Asinara off Sardinia.
Princess Beatrice telegraphed from Castle Heiligenberg Germany that she is quite well and not alarmed by the midnight fire which damaged part of the castle last Friday.
The cholera epidemic in Baku is abating and residents who fled in alarm are returning to their homes as conditions improve.
The War Department stores four to five vacancies on the limited retired list of the army for future use. When transfers to the unlimited list occur, vacancies fill rapidly, causing embarrassment. Colonel A P Morrow of the Third Cavalry, an Illinois man with 30 years service, will be placed on the limited list. The department aims to retire higher grade officers to benefit more junior officers.
Onawa Nebraska August 1 Assistant Treasurer Crounso was to fly endorsed by the last county Republicans for Governor at the County convention. It is believed this assures Judge Crounso's nomination by the State Convention next Thursday.
Rain fell across southwest Texas since last night affecting most areas while the lower Rio Grande region remains extremely dry. The system brings widespread showers and potential flooding in vulnerable zones as residents monitor runoff and drainage.
New York dispatch reports Joseph Peukert and a crowd of about 500 anarchists praise Berkman at Military Hall. Emma Goldmann, Berkman’s ally, demands harsher action against Frick and vows further violence while hecklers are silenced and police monitor the gathering.
The speaker argues that the statute’s wording does not intend to cover editorial utterances. The remark questions the reach of the law and suggests a distinction between public commentary and unlawful assembly actions.
A mob of over 150 men in Irmo plotted to storm Lexington jail and free Kinard who attacked a white woman. Sheriff Drafts, alerted by a church tip, quietly transferred Kinard to the State penitentiary in Columbia at 2 a.m., averting a fatal confrontation. The mob fired into the air in frustration.
In Springfield Ohio a pipe sparked naptha causing a blaze after a 12 PM wreck at Cold Springs. Four men fatally burned the wrecking crew and others severely burned as a tank exploded and oil sprayed across the scene.
Prominent Philadelphia merchants explore a direct steamship service to Mediterranean ports. Italian marble importers pledge support and ships would be supplied by James Knott of New Castle-on-Tyne. Project meets broad favor though details remain private.
W Loomis reports a strange belief among the Okanogan Indians near Conconully Washington. The lake is said to be surrounded by cliffs with no inlet or outlet and campers avoid its shores. Past disappearance of several tribe members fuels the legend of a monstrous, antediluvian creature dwelling in the waters.
The Mormon scene stirs as Herbert Slade the former heavyweight rival of John L Sullivan elopes with Bishop John Speasley’s daughter in a romantic abduction. The couple wed before the justice of the peace, while the bishop and family pursue them. Slade, once imported by Richard K Fox, was famed for power but dwindled in later years.
The Church of St James at Guerero and Twenty third streets in San Francisco displayed relics including a garment fragment and a small lock of St James's hair during the Feast of St James. Elaborate services drew large congregations as a gilded reliquary rested inside a sanctuary rail with a Latin inscription.
Father Lynch, rector of a church, presented two relics said to be genuine from Rome. One item described as a torn cloth fragment with a stencil of St James, the other a minute lock claimed to be the apostle's hair. He asserted full authentication and lack of doubt.
Detroit officials pursued counterfeiters of $1 lottery tickets for some time but the prosecuting attorney declined to act and the matter was dropped. The company’s counsel had been working to catch the forgers amid the ongoing investigation.
Two cases of dynamite were stolen today while in transit from Marssilles to St Wilssuas Paris in France. Police seek suspects and review security footage as investigators probe the theft and route details.
Charles V. Whaley chief business manager of the Chicago Evening Journal was arrested in Minna Wisconsin on a capias in a civil suit to recover 150000 alleging he embezzled 35000 from the Journal Company. He previously posted 20000 bail with the cashier. The investigation followed him from the East after a prior joint arrest on embezzlement charges.
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