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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1891
Page
20
A clever Tory surge at Walsall yields a reduced Liberal majority by about 1100 votes. The piece notes James's strong local appeal and Liberal financial backing, while predicting renewed party battles, notably in Lewisham as Warmington vies for a good showing against Tory incumbent Fenn amid intra-party rifts.
English newspapers report the death of American poet James Russell Lowell causes deep sensation in England. Canon Farrar plans a Westminster Abbey bust in his memory while Archdeacon Farrar gives a brief address. Present were Minister Lincoln and Mrs Harrison, with praise for Lowell as poet, scholar, orator, and bridge between nations.
Aylesbury, the bankrupt fourth Marquis, failed to obtain court approval to sell the Savernake estate to Lord Ivach for 750000. The Lord Chancellor's court declined the sale, and Amesbury is seen in London pubs, living with Bessie Bellwood after leaving wife L Tester. Bellwood vows to slap his face if they meet.
The Health Congress in London closed after a muddled start and waning interest. Attendance sagged as garden parties and water picnics drew people away, with few debates attracting attention. A fashionable remark in Pall Mall matches summed up the event as a gathering of old fogies denying everyday woes.
Losnos reports Parnell enjoys a carefree honeymoon with his bride at the Grand Hotel in London. He faces a looming bankruptcy dispute over Captain O Shea s order, with aides predicting he will pay. Parnell then travels to Dublin, detouring after a train incident near Holyhead, ready for a Kells address.
London August 15 The iron and steel sectors in Britain are struggling as Mossbay Iron and Steel Company shuts works and lays off staff. West Cumberland steel departments idle with no near restart. Workington, home to the steel workers, reports over 6,000 idle and many seeking relief. In Germany the major plants at Harby and Bench in Savona are closed this week.
The Aug 15 issue from Lospex reports on The Daily Noes coverage of widespread European discussion on the Hebrew question. It notes the dispersion of perspectives and debates across various nations and print outlets.
The city journal notes Gladstone's call for clear exposition of Russia's region and praises George Kennan's Siberian writings. It reports authorized translations into French Danish Dutch Czech and appearances in Hungary Italy and new papers. Five German translations exist and Free Russia groups grow in England due to the dispatches.
In England a report says Sir John Burns and Cunard directors contract with Fairfield for a 600 foot 42000 ton twin screw liner to sail at 22 knots and 21 knots at sea. Ship runs begin before Chicago exhibition traffic. Liverpool expands dredging to ease tide access and a new bi weekly Canada US service is planned targeting cattle and freight.
Lexpos reports in August that William O'Brien has paid the costs in the libel case against Lord Salisbury. The Bankruptcy Court ruling declaring him insolvent due to unpaid costs has been annulled.
Samuel W. Allerton, head of the Chicago stock yards group, completed purchase of the Stickney tract west of the city, 3000 acres, with belt line railroad access. He plans immediate work and moving half the stock yards business to Stickney within six months amid tensions caused by Armour Swift Morris. Armour counters that a Stickney shift would boost Stickney syndicate shares as the Big Three push for concessions.
Dr. Paii reports George Mueller issued the Alliance wheat circular and has received no unfavorable replies from Alliance Secretaries in Minnesota South Dakota Wisconsin and Kansas. One individual in Freeborn county offered a personal opinion. Farmers may hold grain in stacks delaying threshing and fall work.
Franklin Pa August 15 Mallory Bros shipped two oil well rigs and drilling tools to Shirkstown Canada under contract to drill gas wells. Depth 800 feet with 600 feet granite and limestone. Wells use larger tools for the hard strata and softer overlying rock drilled with ordinary tools. The region around Shirksville shows extensive gas potential near Buffalo.
Ex Senator Henry G. Davis and R. C. Kerens visited Moncntons to inspect a proposed Monongahela route linking Pittsburg with the Davis Elkins system in West Virginia. Observers expect the railroad to be finished by next summer.
Arrangements for a large Swiss Independence Day celebration are nearly complete with a mammoth parade and picnic planned for Monday August 51. Mayor Gourley will attend at Ross Grove. turnout expected from Johnstown Wheeling Youngstown Steubenville and other towns. Parade officers include Chief Marshal R Caldreider Adjutant General Charles Perrot and Arnold Schneider. The event features Swiss costumes speeches in English and German and a reading of the treaty that united Swiss cantons.
The passage recounts Swiss figures such as Agassiz and Guyot, noting emigration to America, and highlights a celebration for Swing people analogous to the American Fourth of July. It describes Switzerland’s three cantons uniting, the Lake Lucerne region, and Uri as rugged with the others pastoral, portraying early Swiss inhabitants and landscape.
In Miptann Texas on August 15 the experimenters plan a Monday or Tuesday rain test using 50 balloons filled with explosive gas and many kites with dynamite tails. Professors Meyer Castallar and Rosell coordinate the blast sequence while balloon observers and General Dyrenforth monitor results by telephone. If successful it could mean a major weather breakthrough.
T Burr Robbins files a bill in equity against J M Guffey John Gailey and M Murphy claiming ownership of coal under 91 acres in North Fayette township and seeking an injunction to stop drilling wells that could release gas into his mines.
A dispatch from New York details Camp Lily Dale's growing attendance and ongoing demonstrations of spiritualism led by Miss Maggie Gayle of Baltimore. Reports cover described séances, slate writings, and tests validating or challenging mediums, including investigations by banker W. S. Foltz and banker Samuel Plumer, with mixed reactions from observers.
A consumer endorses Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy for stomach pain. The testimonial notes quick relief after two doses and states it has done all claimed, from E D Book of Blain Perry County Pennsylvania.
A trip to Atlantic City with Baltimore and Ohio Railroad priced at $10 round trip. Tickets valid ten days. Trains depart 8 15 AM and 9 20 PM.
Lansdowne silk warp offered at 75c from Joan P. Kxarve Co. with regular 150 goods while G. A priests at Rock Point host Tuesday next the 18th inst. Ground entertainment promised. Also mentions To-KA-LON soothing wash and best French reduced to close from Jonyx P. Kwase Co. and 36 Fifth Avenue. The new town Blainel noted.
A Aug 15 dispatch profiles Matt Quay and Chris Magee, longtime rivals in Pennsylvania politics, and how Simon Cameron advised Magee to amass wealth before entering politics. The piece suggests Blaine could bridge the rift as the 1892 presidential contest approaches.
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