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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1890
Page
1
The Senate drops the tariff bill for a rivers and harbors measure and approves Beaver Dam funding. No condemnation of another Monongahela lock and dam will occur. Quay and Gorman steer the coalition, with a pending election bill left for a later session amid talks of adjournment.
The committee struck the entire clause relating to dam No 1 while an appropriation of 250000 for a dam at the mouth of Beaver river passed. Other items of interest to Pittsburg were approved in the budget amid lighted session notes.
Delaware shows a ten year population rise of 14.5 percent with Kent, New Castle, and Sussex counties totaling 167,871. Wilmington and New Castle towns drive large gains, while Providence Rhode Island rises from 104,857 to 132,043. Saginaw Michigan and Fayetteville North Carolina also report notable growth under new census figures. Superintendent Porter names Byron F. Ackerly to gather statistics in Carbondale and Scranton.
The House failed to reach a quorum as debate erupted over a resolution led by Mr. Thomas of Wisconsin to arrest absent members. Mr. Baker of New York proposed a substitute referring to Roger Mills and an editorial in the New York Sun. Disputes delayed the reading and consideration as members pressed for withdrawal or advancement, with the session recessing at 5 PM.
Wasniscron August 15. Following correspondence with Secretary Windom the Treasury Department announced that today’s silver sale offers ranged from 114 to 115 1/2 cents per ounce and that all were accepted at prices below 115 1/2 cents. It is expected that future government silver transactions will receive the same publicity as bond operations.
secretary Procter says his planned trip to Northwestern frontier posts is a routine annual inspection with no sensational significance. He clarified there is no special purpose behind the visit and it should not be treated as alarming.
Wisconsin representative Caswell presented in the House a resolution aiming to secure the Senate Bill early vote. The item notes an effort to advance legislative action and set voting timing patterns, underscoring procedural moves within the session.
The bill was ordered on the bill and pending amendments and referred to the Committee on Rules for consideration.
Washington August 15 President Harrison nominates Captain John C Gilmore to be Assistant Adjutant General in the Twenty fourth Infantry Positions are hotly sought and 20 line officers with hard service competed. Quay and other senators backed Captain Hamilton who was bypassed amid party feuding and a looming election clash.
Washington August 15 The Senate Appropriations Committee has finished work on the general deficiency appropriation bill and reported it with amendments. The notable addition is a $110,000 provision for heating apparatus and elevators for the Pittsburg post office, along with other increases including Dayton, Ohio post office funding of $10,000 and Wisconsin overflow costs totaling $120,402. The bill also includes payment of French spoliation claims amounting to $1,329,688.
A Springhill dispatch reports the eight week strike costing miners 120000 and harming the district. Firemen and engineers were ordered to cease work, a move that could flood tunnels and ruin the mine, with 1100 workers likely displaced as managers refuse new coal contracts. Settlement expected within days.
Deputy Sheriff Ferguson in New York obtained executions totaling 83 965 against the Georgia based South Brunswick Terminal Railroad Company. The judgments arise from defaulted promissory notes endorsed by president J J Holley and others. Levy was directed on Holley furniture and pictures at his West Seventy first Street home. Holley, a leading Jersey cattle breeder, heads Commercial Union Life Insurance and the Pittsburg Marion and Chicago Railroad.
Mr. D. B. Martin, General Passenger Agent for the CCC and St. Louis Railway, was arrested by a federal agent on a charge from the Interstate Commerce Commission alleging he provided free transport to a Cleveland area superintendent to influence a teachers group toward attending the National Educational Convention in San Francisco. The defendant faced options to answer locally or in Cleveland.
Special telegram from New York reports Guatemala's Minister to Mexico, Lieguer, accused of falsifying war news and communications. The Guatemalan government denies seeking war, stating it does not beg for peace or war, while Exeta sends mock reports of victories.
In Havre on August 15 the Highland Lawn sexton found Mrs Plina Oldham by the grave of her daughter who had died by self harm last year. Doctors treated her through the day while authorities offered no further comment.
Fresh predictions of distress among the poor of Ireland due to the potato blight are reported. The Parnell defense fund has reached £42,000 as debate continues in Parliament over the Behring Sea dispute and related issues.
Distress is rising as potato crops fail across Cork Limerick Tipperary and Waterford with reports from Armagh clergy indicating severe hardship. A Belfast circular for the Parnell Commission defense fund shows total subscriptions reaching £42000 incl £28000 from Ireland.
Breux-Herr Helmelmann, manager of the German West African Society, was discharged by directors who used technicalities to stop all letters and money orders to the society. The post office forced reform of communications, jeopardizing the business. directors offered to repay his capital and grant 12 months salary to end the deadlock. A ridiculous accident at Friesoythe as the Grand Duke’s carriage overturned after a gun salute frightened the horses. Grand Duke unhurt, Grand Chamberlain injured.
In Bern August 15 a German doctor Von Ganling is accused of stealing Berne University seals and stamping fraudulent medical diplomas for Americans and others who pay him. He has fled to the United States where he may exploit the stolen facilities for further fraud.
In Loxpow August 15 dispatches report Mr Alexander Stavely Hill questioning Behring Sea negotiations and Sir James Fergusson saying full judgment awaits Lord Salisbury final reply. Also Emphasis on Depew comments after a strike and Ireland famine fears from potato crop failure with Balfour noting no famine due to Poor Law unions. Leprosy debate in India cited.
Reports from various fronts describe a French squadron reaching Toulon after torpedo and dispatch vessels were damaged. In Parliament Sir James Fergusson said the Portugal convention remains unsigned but disputes near settlement. Floods devastate Beloochistan as Bolan line washes away.
Ex-Gov Gilpin discusses a cosmopolitan railway linking America to Siberia via Behring Straits, across Asia and Europe to the Atlantic. He envisions two bridge sections near Diomede Island, arguing favorable currents, shallow depths, and year round open straits remove major barriers.
August 15 near Kennard Newton county. Charles Pratt, once employed at Hattie Town's home, fatally wounds Town and shoots Hattie Town in the back as she moves at daybreak. Pratt killed by Town’s father. Pratt captured with help of the girl's brother. lynching threatened.
In Havre on August 16 bondsmen to ex-City Treasurer Fitzpatrick met and heard he would surrender all property valued at 13 000 with encumbrances of 3 000 to cover a 10 000 shortfall cited by the Council Finance Committee. The report notes an ongoing effort to invest the first farm and settle the dispute.
The Democratic State Convention adopted a platform condemning the Republican course, pledging to substantiate charges against Delamater. Ticket: Governor James E. Boyd, Lt Governor Alexander Bear, Secretary Frank Sprague, Auditor B. B. Wahlquist, Treasurer W. H. Cushing, Attorney General Jobs H. Higgins, with nominees for public lands and instruction, amid calls for tariff revision, labor protection, anti-railroad land giveaways, and coinage of silver. The platform opposes alien landholding, endorses the Lodge bill's defeat of sectional issues, and backs a general pension policy and the Aus ballot system.
A Dallas dispatch reports that at the state Republican Convention in San Antonio on September white Republicans will be led by Southern born men. They aim to dethrone Wright Cuney, Galveston Collector of Customs, build a white Republican party, denounce the fares bill back the Australian ballot law support a railroad regulation commission and seek Republican nominations for state, congressional and county offices.
Captain A H Burke accepts Republican nomination for Governor at Fano North Dakota. He generalizes on the party platform and denounces the attempt to legalize the lottery. He urges the people to repel the effort vigorously and pledges to fight alongside the state.
A long fought battle over the local contest shows no result as judges adjourn sine die after ten more ballots. Charles H. Noyes appears virtually certain to win, with 1250 ballots counted and the stalemate ongoing between Republican contenders. The next session is scheduled for September 27 at Titusville.
The Dispatch records ex Senator Emery being asked for a reply to Dela34ee who denied his charges at Chambersburg. Emery replies he has nothing to say today but will undertake to substantiate his charges at the proper time.
The Democrats of Florida’s First District nominated Stephen R. Mallory of Pensacola to succeed Davidson. Mallory is the son of Hon. Eli Mallory, former U S Senator from Florida and later Confederate secretary.
Cleveland August 15 The deadlock in the Twentieth Congressional District Republican Convention continues after two hundred seventy five ballots. State Senator Taylor leads in Cuyahoga county portion with Con Wickham of Norwalk a close second Beester Prohibition Nomatics. Inpigna Pouia August 15 The Prohibitioniste of the Tenth Congressional dis
Bukner August 15 The Congressional Committee met at 9 AM as the chair noted the Sullivan motion that if the nomination in this district was achieved by bribery it was invalid remained pending. Debate covered county committee judgments from Beaver and Butler and the right of delegates to submit the proposition. Votes split along party lines, with some supporting and others opposing the resolution. The motion to investigate was adopted, and conference adjourned to meet August 20 at 2 PM at the Sourbeck Hotel in New Brighton.
PatrEnoy New Jersey August 15 A Erie Railroad collision between Train No 2 the Chicago and Grand Trunk express and a standing freight train near Passaic River bridge left Fireman J E Townsend badly injured while the engineer Bellert, though his locomotive plowed through wreckage, escaped with the crew unharmed.
Jackson Mississippi August 15 Judge Hill decides Ford and Levy versus Delta and Pine Land Co. sustaining title to over one million acres in the Yazoo Delta valued at five to ten dollars per acre. Delta and Pine Land Co. holds about four hundred thousand acres and L N C and T B R about six hundred thousand. Decision cites curative act of 1888 and prior tax sales, with strong implications for titles statewide.
Contracts between the Erie and the Big Four railway companies outline a joint route from Dayton to Durbin via the Erie railroad and then the Ohio Indiana and Western line to Cincinnati. The Big Four cedes its Cincinnati Sandusky and Cleveland lease while the Erie will use the Big Four from Dayton to Cincinnati instead of the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton. The Big Four will parallel to Columbus.
Frank H. Smith baggage master and Mr. Rowland road master were hurt in a collision near Lexindox Ey August 15. They walked to the job station to give notice of an approaching train and sought assistance after the mishap.
Philadelphia officials seized Andrew J. Squibb and Thomas Van Fosser alias Tom Wester in a third floor room at Duponceau and Locust streets with molds for two dollar and ten cent coins, dies, plating gear, and a battery. They had just weeks out of the penitentiary and were jailed at the Nineteenth district station awaiting arraignment.
The Letter Carriers' National Convention endorses a monument for the free delivery system and its workers. The fund currently stands at 2725 dollars, needing 10000 more. A special endowment committee includes W. H. Wood, Wilmot Dann, and George J. Kleffner. Officers elected: President John J. Goodwin, Vice President Robert Samson, Secretary John F. Victory, Treasurer P. B. Lorsch.
Curcago dispatch reports John Barns from St. Louis visiting his mother turns fugitive after abducting his brother Daniel Abernethy’s wife, taking 125 dollars while Abernethy briefly stepped away. Police lack clues on Barns location as of now.
Panama August 15. Official reports state the Colombian Government has requested Congress to authorize extending the concession to the Panama Canal project. The move aims to support the broad canal scheme and advance the enterprise through continued concessionary rights.
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