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Pittsburgh Dispatch

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1890

Page

4

Advertising office contact in New York and Paris notices

Fragmented ad text mentions advertising offices in Broome and New York with references to THE VISITATU and PISPATAC. It notes readers in New York and Paris can receive regular notices or hotel information, but the passage is garbled with illegible names and directions.

Broome Ferelen Aevertierrs New York Srowiane Caton Square New Fork Ave. de Opera Paris France

Evening Dispatch Subscription Rates and Delivery Details

The notice lists subscription options for the Daily Dispatch and Sunday edition, including annual and weekly prices, delivery by carriers, and a Sunday-delivery surcharge. It notes a one-year term, delivery days, and a per-week rate with or without Sunday editions.

the United Htatre Orpatch ONO Ffainy Iierarcn Tibees Cme Daily Dispatch Darey Lieraton Darcy Tierarch Sendat Dasraten Neemte

Green River Water Pollution Threatens Southside Water Supply

The Monongahela river near Southside has turned green due to Youghiogheny pollution from chemical waste. Analysts warn fish dies and drinking water safety is at risk, urging urgent protection measures for the Southside water supply.

Youghiopheny Youghiogheny Monocgahels Tee Disraten

The Great Strike Faces Uncertain Path Between Railroads and Knights

The piece describes conflicting reports on the New York Central Strike by Knights of Labor and rail labor disputes. It notes the railroad recovered from paralysis but labor holds a large reserve of leverage. It urges clear public disclosure of grievances and calls for a public statement of the strike's issues while praising orderly strikers.

New York Central Railroad Knights of Labor Vanderbilt

John Boyle O Reilly Remembrance and Legacy

Amelia reflects on John Boyle O Reilly as a beloved figure whose life filled with adventures and sacrifice for Ireland. The piece praises his patriotism and calls him a gifted poet and writer whose grace and force enriched literature and advocacy for the oppressed.

Amelia John Boyle O'Reilly O'Reilly

Our Summer Girl Shirler Dare Defies Griping Portrait

The Disrates columnist Shirley Dare paints summer women as pale and bilious but readers find the season’s girls lively and healthy. The piece argues Pittaborg summers and mountain retreats show women fit, cheerful, and wholesome, contradicting the grim view.

Shirler Dare Ja Grippe Shirley Shirley Dare Pittaborg

A Gag For The Senate Debates Cloture Rule Change

Senate debate centers on Senator Host's cloture resolution with Republicans dividing and Democrats determined to oppose. Edmunde Cameron oppose summary debating tactics, while a prolonged session looms as tariff talks extend.

Host Senate Edmunde House of Representatives Cameron Reed

Senator Hoar's bid to cap debate tests Senate rule

The piece argues Hoar's resolution to allow closing debate after a reasonable time would hasten pending legislation and curb endless dilatory tactics. It warns that opponents could derail this change, risking the tariff bill and other measures while the Republican majority faces a rocky path ahead.

Hoar Senate Congress Voorhees Edmunds

Capital Punishment by Electricity Draws Global Debate

The Kemmler execution sparks wide European interest and prompts Gladstone and Cardinal Manning to condemn the new method. Gladstone agrees with the view that such serious life ending matters should be handled by experts.

Kemmler Europe America Mr. Gladstone Cardinal Manning Gladstone

Interior Secretary Commends Porter's Statistical Work

The Interior Secretary praises Superintendent Porter for accurate statistics and the remarkable accuracy of his figures. New York milk dealers raise the price by half a cent per quart, while chalk prices also move upward in a coincidental trend.

Secretary of the Interior Porter New York

Sovereigns of Industry Propose Cooperative Store Plan

The Sovereigns of Industry announce an experiment to aid workers by establishing a cooperative store to replace the contract system. Members would receive special price reductions at certain stores, with the store run on cooperation models successful in England.

England

EsotTa Democrats Rally Amid Growing Tensions

A fragmentary report notes Democrats and Farmers' Alliance tensions rising as parties vie for support, with emphasis on fear and resolve amid unsettled local politics.

Heligoland Joined to German Empire Sparks Mixed Reactions

In a reflective piece the newspaper notes Heligolanders celebrate as Heligoland becomes part of Germany while criticizing widespread gun ownership. A fatal shooting near Carbon Iron Works is urged to be investigated, with calls to action if a colored watchman fired the shot. It also warns of Mormon influence among Blood Indians at Calgary and hints at potential international implications.

Heligoland German Empire Distatch Sullivan Carbon Iron Works Calgary Canada

Our Short Stories feature debuts in modern journalixom

This morning the caption Our Short Stories introduces an entirely new feature with the brightest humorous philosophers of the age. Boston attracts strangers from across the Union as the Keaneaters entertain the public and their friends with lively showmanship.

Univer Journalixom Boston Boys In Blue Keaneaters

Senator Cameron Opposes Federal Election Bill

The remark notes Cameron's stance against the Federal Election bill and implies other Republicans share similar opposition within the party.

Cameron

Exhibition canceled as asylum patients occupy Montreal buildings

No Montreal exhibition this year. Exhibition buildings are used as refuge for lunatics burned out at the Longue Pointe Asylum. The lunatics near the Chicago Exposition could endanger that project as well.

Montreal Longue Pointe Asylum

Monument plans and notable figures span distant lands

The items report on Missouri Governor Francis ailing and away from home, a Davy Crockett monument cornerstone set for Strong's Springs Tennessee, Theodore Invine linking to Washington Irving, a Canton asylum venture, New York senator Brown seeking abolition of capital punishment, OUIDA's new play for Sara Bernhardt, Grand Army veterans gathering in Boston, and various appointments and travels including Evans, Erhardt, Bunce, and a yachting cruise for material for a new novel with stops at Levant and Sevastopol.

Francis Missouri St Louis Davy Crockett Strong's Springs Limestone Tenn Theodore Invine Order of King’s Daughters Washington Irving de E. P.tuwirro New York China Canton Brown Elas Ouida Sara Bernhardt Grand Army Decaturs II F. Stephenson Boston Charles Parke Vermont Philadelphia Maxwel Evarts Benator Evarts United States New York City Yale Puck Henry Battendergsn Tanziers Syracuse Constantinople Sebastopol Balaclava Matta

Baby Friends: A City Childs Playmates Depart

A narrator recalls daily visits with two young couriers of happiness, Georgie and Margery. After a two week absence due to diphtheria, he returns to find their cottage silent and the children gone, moved away. The tone preserves a quiet, reflective mood of loss and memory.

Georgie Margery

Prepared for Trouble in a Polite Encounter

A woman confronts a ragged man begging for money claiming a lost dollar, seeking to buy a doll for his sick child. He asks for 50 cents, but the woman refuses. He leaves, stating he is prepared, and she replies she is prepared to call a policeman if he does not move on.

Bome Dr. Lancet Cillman Tle Seelon Seceon Roe Tarraccioletti

The Sheriff Who Fell Silent and Escaped Justice

Tom Maul, known for his friendliness, becomes sheriff and arrests a murderer. He tolerates his friends, supports stray dogs, and hides his fear of drinking. After the murderer is found guilty, Maul disappears before the hanging, later found dead in winter woods with a seed pod in hand, suggesting he fled justice while living by the law.

Tom Maul Tom Gentral Maul Dr. Todd Tennessee Robert Taylor Taylor Flrst Bob Taylor M. A. Guggenheim

Electrical execution debate spans papers across states

New York World notes electricity as a potential death tool with Auburn's earlier experiment. Other papers discuss Kemmler and the cruelty of electrocution, contrasting opinions from judges, editors, and officials about how such death should be conducted and its humanity.

New York

Lost art of embalming demonstrated in Kansas City

An undertaker in Kansas City claims superior embalming without oils or linen. Clarence Wagner died in 1888 at 39 and his body is preserved in his rooms, injected with a secret salt solution and daily rubs. After six months the corpse remains intact despite exposure to the elements.

Kamsas City Kansas City Clarence Wagner Wagner Germany

Express driver buries dead baby after emotional plea

A San Francisco expressman named J A Rheinheardt arrived at the city prison with a dead 16 day old baby. He requested help to bury the infant, received a coffin order and burial permit, then transported the body to a cemetery before returning to work.

San Francisco Merchant Street Coroners Office Dave Magner Ble J. A. Rheinehardt

Why He Got Out

Detroit Free Press reports a man in a tobacco shop recalls a dream of losing his purse at a lonely railroad junction and being coerced to pay a 20 year old debt with compound interest, deciding to walk away instead.

Detroit Free Press Detroit

Congress Prolongs Tariff Talks With Four Weeks More

Washington dispatch reports Congress will extend tariff debates into a long session. Lawmakers linger to enjoy Washington life, awaiting adjournment around November 1 to permit a brief rest before the new session opens.

Washixcron D.C Congress Washington

Congress Should Extend Session To Four Or Five Years

A parliamentary column argues for a longer session and longer terms to finish major bills like the tariff and River and Harbor acts. It contends amendments should be possible, warns against rushing, and advocates a new Congress meeting immediately after the old one ends.

Congress House

Senators Lived High While Earning Public Pay Says Author

The author argues many U S Senators spend beyond their salaries. He cites half a dozen in modest homes yet notes their households cost hundreds of dollars per event. He lists Jair, Turpie, Allen, Wilson, West, Cockrell, and Wilson of Maryland as examples and claims private secretaries provided the figures.

United States Jair New Hampshire Turpie Indiana Allen Washington Wilson Iowa West Maryland Cockrell Missour

Farmers Alliance Picnic Draws 3000 in Northwest Ohio

In Lima Ohio the Farmers Alliance held a monster picnic seven miles north near the county line with delegates from Allen Harden Hancock and Putnam counties. About 3000 people attended as John Begg Henry Price and Rev Griffith spoke with Price delivering a prohibition address to a political crowd. The alliance shows rapid growth in the region and may nominate a candidate for Congress in the Fifth district challenging the Democratic nominee with Republican backing in that district.

Lima Farmers’ Alliance Putnam Allen Counties Allen, Harden, Hancock Putnamounties John Begg Allen County Alliance Griffith Henry Price Kenton Congress Price

Ballot Reform Drives Democratic Ticket in Pennsylvania

Washington reports Chauncey F. Black and Pattison loom as Democratic nominees in Pennsylvania with strong support from farmers miners and labor groups. The core issue is a constitutional convention to implement a secret ballot and modern voting reforms opposed by Republicans.

Washington BE. G. van Baman Chauncey F. Black Robert E. Pattison Ebbitt House Pennsylvania Pattison van Haman Isberian Powderly Knights of Labor Black

President Harrison's Jersey cow impounded by city police

In Indianapolis on August 10 President Harrison refused to sell his valued Jersey cow kept for fresh milk. The gentle animal wandered into the city limits and was impounded by Patrolman Ford. Fees were paid by the custodian and also by Consul General New for his cow, and both cows were returned to their owners.

Indianapolis Harrison Washington M. E. Ford New Harry New

Great Day at the G A R Camp in Scottdale

Scottdale reports a record GA R encampment day with 9 000 to 10 000 attendees at Ellsworth Park. Highlights include guard mounting by Company E Pennsylvania National Guard and sermons by Rev. J D Palmer. Harry Hall of Mercer gave the crowning address amid parades by veterans, Knights of Pythias bands, and visiting posts from nearby towns.

Webster John J. Jarrett J. Fielding Pitsburg J. J. Fielding Pittsburg

Prominent News Snippets From Philadelphia to Birmingham

A Philadelphia woman allowed her husband to hang himself then intervened to stop death and had him committed to the House of Correction. Birmingham reports a 14 year old burglar and murderer with hanging cited as a consequence. London hosts a rising Chicago heiress and bold suitors. Ohio’s rankings shift as Strake and Foraker fade from public life. England to adopt the American district messenger system. An Ohio undertaker claims a lost art in embalming surpassing ancient methods. Cramp’s ships boast fastest Philadelphia contrast.

Philadelphia Honce of Correction

Living Beyond Their Means in Congress

E W L argues that 108 or more House members and many Senators live in expensive hotels or high rent homes, with few owning homes. He claims not more than 60 Congress members live within their salaries, driven by salary allure, and that reforms are unlikely as wealth dominates entry to office.

Congress

Robbed Pocketbook and Roasted Money Incident

Presley Brewer hid $105 in a tree root while working in a wood pasture in Greene County. A cow devoured the treasure. Mrs. Albert Gilmore hid $550 in a stove oven, then roasted it in a fire. The burnt papers were saved and the loss covered by Uncle Sam.

Martinsville, Inc Presley Brewer Greene County Brewer Albert Gilmore Sam

General Grant Resting Place in Riverside Park

The Philadelphia Ledger notes Mrs. Grant insists the general's body remain in Riverside Park and not be disturbed. The piece urges Senate action to spur New York's effort and public pride in honoring America's military hero.

Philadelphia Ledger General Grant

Brick Pomeroy Sees Forest Deal Make Him Millionaire

Brick Pomeroy profits from Adirondack timber sale after floating 158 square miles of forest for 250000 and selling timber to Adirondack League Club for 400000. He also presides over the Atlantic Pacific Railway Tunnel project near Denver where initial ore shipment yields silver gold and lead per ton. He aims for wealth and possibly a presidential run on the poor man's ticket.

New York Brick" Pomeroy Adirondack League Club Atlantic-Pacific Railway Rockies Denver

Dedication of New St Michael's Church in City

The new St Michael's Roman Catholic Church was dedicated today in the city. Vicar General Thorpe of the Cleveland diocese presided. Catholic societies from other cities attended the ceremony as the new church, regarded as one of the handsomest structures, opened with impressive rites.

St. Michael's Thorpe Cleveland New Church

Public opinion shapes Senate stance on foreskill reform

The Baltimore Sun reports strong public condemnation of the foreskill and notes the Senate’s Republican members favor a milder substitute. The measure contrasts with House firebrands and marks a retreat from their position, signaling political maneuvering over civil liberties.

Senate House

Mahoning County Republicans choose new county committee

A Special Telegram to The Dispatch reports the Mahoning County Republican Executive Committee elected Hal K. Taylor as chairman with T. H. McEvoy as vice chairman George D. Geasaman as secretary and Randall Montgomery as treasurer. Chairman Taylor is a son of Congressman E B Taylor.

Mahoning County Republican County Executive Committee Hal K. Taylor T. H. McEvoy George D. Geasaman Randall Montgomery Taylor E. 8B. Taylor

Johnstown Leader Daniel Coolidge Talke Sees City Resurgence

Daniel Coolidge Talke of Johnstown while in Washington reports Johnstown now prospers despite the flood wreckage. He notes his iron rails plant has two years of orders and that bodies from the catastrophe were still being found, reflecting enduring hardship alongside renewal.

Daniel Coolidge Johnstown Washington Washington Lost Riggs

The French Subsidy to Papers Stirring Controversy

The St Paul Geide notes France pays newspapers £400000 in subsidies, contrasting with American methods. It claims editors are sent abroad or rewarded with lucrative offices at home, implying differences in media support and influence.

St. Paul Giebe

Love's Secret by the Late John Boyle O'Reilly

Fragment from a poem where lovers sit in a woodland setting as their kiss blesses the moment. They share a cup of love and perceive beauty around them while hints of fate and restraint linger in the scene. The lovers part with roses and grapes, choosing to keep a single flower and the memory of love.

Jowh Boyle O'Reilly Love

Reply to Cumberland Merrimac fight accuracy

Harrington disputes Demetrius P. George account of the Cumberland battle with the Merrimac. He states 103 survivors from 315, correct vessel armament, and that Cumberland survivors were saved by own boats, with no shots fired after sinking.

Dispatch Ises Demetrius P. George Cumberland Mr. George Ase George Merrimac Demetrius P Jonxs Harrington No. & Gun Batt Hvssen Neen Angus

Let there be an end of it less murder more victims

A letter to the editor deplores sensational coverage of murderers like William Kemmler and urges focusing on the victims. The writer criticizes public displays of sympathy and argues harsher punishment for criminals, calling for less attention to the condemned and more to those harmed by crime.

Ou Crry Plichard Kemmiler Brookups Standard Union Kemuiler India Birmingham Ape-Herald Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Remmler William Kemmler Kemmiar Thisk M. Sharon

Readers letters and inquiries to The Dispatch

A collection of reader notes dated August 9 requests political corrections about Governor Taylor and renominations, asks how to tan a groundhog skin, and seeks the Governor of Pennsylvania’s salary. Additional bits inquire about the largest secret organization.

The Dispatch Pittsburg Pennsylvania G. Pittsburg Callges Pittshurg

Democratic factions clash over convention supremacy in Bellefonte

Special telegram from Bellefonte reports a fierce Democratic split with two factions led by ex Judge Orvis backing Heinle for Sheriff and P G Meek backing Dunkle. Dunkle appears favored for delegates though the race remains open with potential cross faction picks. Morrison wins Recorder nomination. Goodbeart Abrams secure Commissioners spots. Treasurer contest between Eisenhath and Herring.

Bellefonte Agenst Democratic Party Orvis Heinle Sheriff P. G. Meek Dunkle Morrison Worth Township Goodbeart Potter Abrams Hogrs Eisenhath Herring Democrata

Musicians appointed Durham examiners and criticisms of opera

Sin Joan Stadler and Dr Philip Armes named examiners for musical degrees at the University of Durham. The piece debates contrasting practices abroad and praises Mascagni while criticizing Paris Opera mediocrity. It notes Verdi’s reaction to Cavalleria Rusticana and mentions organ builder Cavaille-Coll and Rubinstein remarks on prodigies Hoffmann and Hegner.

Sin Joan Stadler Philip Armes University of Durham America

Curious Condensations From A Bustling News Sheet

A mixed bag of curiosities and local notes. Water concerns in Amsterdam. eel catching in Pecksville. grain trade slips in Tulare County. tea testing tip. coroner’s inquest in Chicago. memory feats of Miss Mary Lee. measles outbreak tale in Zacatecas. a Grand Rapids death by elevator accident. Waterbury plans for signboards. Maine malt service oddities. a wind responsive South American flower. Chicago Masonic temple plans. a seven year old burglar case in Agracase. relics in Americus. a Georgia Indian relic discovery. a strange meteor report near Rockport. peculiar state nicknames in Michigan. drought reveals Des Moines river petrified monster remains.

Chicago Mary Lee R. E. Lee Edward Orrin Zacatecas Mexico Ferg Henry Zaidema Grand Rapids Rindge & Bertsch Somerset County Maine Jackman Moore River South America Csetus Masonic Temple Agracase Americus Geo Washington George Washington Brown Clark's Station Wilkes County Lightkeeper Rogers Straltsmouth Island Rockport Mass Hee Michigan Georgia Asa Low Coldwater Gene Eaton County J. U Gaton Rapids John Ande Aaron Mark Wayne County Iowa Des Moines Percy M. County Dawson Irving Tows

Humorous Skits and Sleepy Habits Chronicle

A collage of comic exchanges from a late 19th or early 20th era paper. Jokes cover ocean blues and social quirks, a sleepwalking husband, a forgetful doctor, banking absence, and playful mishearing in daily life. Contains dialogue snippets and neighborhood banter.

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