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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1892
Page
7
The piece lauds Chicago for enforcing an ordinance that fines coal users who emit smoke and notes the rise of smoke consuming devices. It argues Pittsburg wastes millions from preventable smoke and urges urgent action to abolish the nuisance for the city’s potential.
The Baltimore Lun argues moral duties to protect the weak and aid the poor are real but unenforceable, allowing the rich to ignore them. He cites wealth built through unlawful methods, from price fixing to stock manipulation, noting legal obedience would reduce inequality. The key aim is universal respect for legal obligations.
The article critiques Mr. Harrity’s claim that resigning the state post is unnecessary to chair the National Committee. It notes he would run a national campaign while holding a state office, questions the burden of such dual duties, and suggests potential future changes if Cleveland wins, including possible avoidance of state politics.
The document notes a public figure giving up an annual salary of 12 000 to 13 000 dollars for reduced work, mentioning the name William F Harrity as the person not holding the position.
Governor McKinley addressed 15,000 in Nebraska arguing Protection defends American labor and industries. He attacks Democratic free trade planks as unconstitutional and cites constitutional support and economic data to show Protection’s impact on national prosperity and wage competitiveness.
The Northampton Court declines to appoint a receiver for the Lehigh Valley and to issue a preliminary injunction against the lease, ruling that plaintiffs would not be harmed. The decision notes the lease violated the Constitution and laments workers being displaced while shareholders retain dividends. The court suggests the corporate combination may boast of a constitutional violation.
The piece argues railroads are corporate entities with public obligations and have behaved as powerful landlords. It condemns ridiculed views of railroads as mere stock collections and endorses government ownership notions in the People’s party platform as sensible, while noting subtreasury debates.
The piece muses on how notoriety shapes lives and notes that abandoning clothing near rivers can precede summer departures. It suggests a suicide staged for attention as a frugal, provocative form of self publicity drawing onto a few circumstantial details.
The Fresh Air Food Society moved twelve baubles to Oakmont from the Home of the Friendless for a two weeks stay, as Ms. Warson’s public image falters within the House.
A column of opinions on stamps, Pittsburg steel, Monroe County fur skunks, Congress inefficiency, Cleveland letters by nickel, and a social gathering at Allegheny Observatory. Mentions Baner Wr. HELM, Jeremiah Rusk, and a wire workers’ conference.
A large audience of 15,000 heard Governor McKinney warn that protection will draw votes in November. The piece notes favorable weather and a chaffing on Oates Homestead and dog fight rowdy references. It mentions New York doctors and a Democrat advocating real free trade as contrasting moments.
Joux Mahin edits Muscatine Journal since 1852. Lord Randolph Churchill hailed as a brilliant future. Cleveland writes late at night. Duke of Manchester shows vitality near death. Queen Liliuokalani earns a modest Hawaii income. Guapstoin improves but stays indoors. Banon Hresce plans American visit and health restoration. Franzos described as middle aged German novelist with Hebrew features. Mar. Marcaest a cosmopolitan singing teacher with American dollars backing success. Count Herbert Bismarck to live in Austria. Radkersburg estate eyed for newlyweds. Hans von Buelow lauded for perfect musical memory and conductor skill.
The Joint Committee of the Senate and House attended the obsequies in Claysville Pa for Congressman Alexander K Craig elder of the Presbyterian Church for 38 years. Rev Frank Fish and other pastors conducted services. Congressman Gillespie paid tribute as a good and honest man. The burial followed at Claysville Cemetery with attending senators and representatives arriving by train.
The speech intended to stimulate audience interest in data analysis fell flat, described as the season’s saddest disappointment. The remarks failed to rally support or boost morale, leaving observers noting its lack of impact.
Boston Herald notes Grover Cleveland would miss some summer fishing while running for president. Toledo Blade comments that Congress faces widespread criticism for incompetence, reflecting on the Holmanesque body.
The article notes Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and West Virginia steel output down about one third due to labor troubles, yet Pittsburgh’s iron and steel capacity expands with 20 new plants and major upgrades. Edgar Thomson Steel Works doubles three year capacity to 1,500 tons daily, totaling about 250,000 tons monthly. Carnegie steel aims for 2,000,000 tons pig iron annually, signaling vast regional expansion and heavy rail freight implications. The piece also touches on politics, the Miller nomination fate, and calls for more local industrial exhibits at the Pittsburgh Exposition.
The will of Edward C. Knight, noted sugar refiner, was admitted to probate. It contains no bequests, naming only the executors. The document, dated December 8, 180, was written by Knight, and the estate is valued at nearly 1,000,000 dollars.
Tom Carter has not started work for Harrison yet and is not required to. The filibusters in Congress are said to be doing ten times the work against Cleveland compared with what he could achieve with his small committee.
General Michael P Small assistant commissary general of subsistence at Governor's Island died Monday after a three week illness. He was born in York Pennsylvania in 61 years ago and graduated from West Point in 1855. He served in California and with General Sheridan’s staff. He earned brevet ranks up to Brigadier General in the regular army for Civil War service.
An American landscape painter Richard Paull died Friday at the Morris Plains asylum New Jersey after months of illness. A pupil of Daubigny and Francais he was 37 years old and a native of Chicago. His studio had been in New York and Leonta New Jersey since returning from abroad. His work combined strength and poetry.
Mrs. Caroline Hyde Butler Laing, the author of Heroes of the Seven Hills, died in Germantown Pennsylvania after a non lingering illness. She spent many years in Rome where she wrote a children’s history of the city and has resided in the United States since 1872, largely engaged in literary work.
Obituary notes the death of Faz C Wilcut United States mint superintendent at Carson City Nevada yesterday. Also reported are deaths of Earl Bat Hunst in England Daniel McGowry a Jefferson Township farmer and others including Eroskut Davis Towne Blraxte and John Blraxte with brief biographical details and affiliations.
The city of Paris vies with Lohengrin's march as the proper wedding adjoint in the union of Miss Lillian B. Reed of Canonsburg and Mr. Frank Whitesell at Dr. Andrew Easton's house in Pittsburgh. The couple sails for a three month European honeymoon after a quiet ceremony with family. The Columbus Club hosts a midsummer fete at Silver Lake with dancing and music by the Guenther Hand and notable performers. A fire destroys wedding presents from the Finleys of Allegheny, including melted silver and a purse with banknotes, delaying their housekeeping plans.
Announcements received Monday note the Wigley and Green marriage at St Stephen's Church Toronto. After September 1 they will be at home to friends at their Lilac Street house. The message also mentions travel plans to Atlantic City and a Miss Snowden coordinating seaside arrangements for Pittsburg travelers. Miss Harbison and H Courtney Parker wed at Montgomery Avenue. ceremony at 7 pm. Parker from Louisville Kentucky. The bride wore white China silk and sweetpea bouquet, no bridesmaids, no ushers, small reception and dinner, couple en route south to Kentucky.
Social items report a church wedding at Mr Cronin's home with Miss Cronin marrying Mr J J Power. The couple's honeymoon aboard the Philadelphia Express to the East. Other social travel plans include Chautauqua chaperoned trips and Rocky Mountain sightseeing.
In a Northern Pacific coach from St. Paul westward a mix of travelers including a spirtual adviser, a Malta missionary, a lawyer turned miner, a doctor, a Montana judge, a railroad attorney and others discuss mining profits irrigation risks and rail travel comforts. The Montanan jurist and others critique vestibule trains and dining cars while a doctor-miner promotes salt as a preventive remedy and a 40 mile ditch irrigation plan is praised amid caution about showy prospects and unsound schemes.
Multiple papers report on the Mars canal controversy sparked by the Lick telescope. Some sources deny canals while others hail ongoing planetary study by astronomers at California and references to Schiaparelli. Accounts mention Mars moons and the planet's diameter as context for public fascination.
Chairman Harrity of the Democratic National Committee outlines a campaign plan urging unity to defend Democratic principles. The meaning of his phrase and how it will be explained by speakers in the field remains unclear.
A collection of brief notes on varied topics from bee transport to camel pens, electrical exhibitions, literary counts, railway plans, and natural curiosities. Notable items mention New York bee influence on railroads, Arizona camels, woollen weaving advances, and Kentucky caves with blind fish.
A collage of wry dialogues features Gus De Smith and Colonel Yerger discussing colds, a fashionable daughter Clara and a husband’s quip, Judge Duffy questioning innocence, and artists and lawyers trading barbs. A New York hotel corridor anecdote ends with a playful twist.
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