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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1890
Page
15
The Dispatch announces subscription rates and issue details for daily and weekly editions. It outlines carrier duties and reporting missing numbers, editorial policies on unsolicited manuscripts, and postage guidance for Sunday deliveries and multi copy issues.
The article notes European manufacturers rushing wares to the United States before the tariff takes effect. German glassware makers allegedly plan to avoid duties by decorating plain glass in America or importing finished pieces, undercutting domestic prices. It calls for action by Congress and possible use of the Alien Contract Labor law to protect home industries.
The Tillman victory in South Carolina redefines party lines with regular Democrats now backing Tillman and Bourbon opponents becoming independents. Republican organs face a reversal as Tillman becomes the standard bearer and Bourbons are cast as dissenters, leaving Mugwumps as the only clearly defined group.
The first purchase under the new act drew fire as the Treasury kept the price paid for 310,000 ounces of silver secret from the public. Officials cited London quotes, with guesses placing the price around 112 dollars per ounce, in a move critics say lacks open bidding for a monthly expenditure over five million dollars.
The article argues that open bidding or private awards could affect silver prices and influx of foreign surplus. It suggests publicizing Treasury silver purchases to deter miners from raising bullion prices and to test the measure's wisdom promptly and thoroughly.
A series of interviews with U S Senate millionaires shows widespread belief that laborers are well off. Critics argue that capital’s dominance and monopoly myths hide growing class division and skewed lawmaking toward the wealthy while underscoring unequal wealth distribution and the neglect of labor’s true interests.
The piece chronicles growing desertion among Republicans as organs brand members as unfaithful for opposing tariffs and election reforms. Butterworth Ewart Blaine Plumb Wolcott Paddock Quay Belden are cited as targets or censorial figures as party unity frays and doubts about new officials arise.
Critics ousted from the party are hailed as real leaders while others who scored points are labeled malcontents. Blaine's reciprocity policy is adopted by the administration and Quay Ewart Paddock Walcott and Plumb are said to be vindicated in the caucus. The piece suggests Speaker Reed may become the faithful one among the faithless as party policy shifts.
The Hon. W. R. Hysell spoke at a miners meeting urging equal protections for bituminous workers, stopping immigrant labor at Castle Garden from unsafe mines, and calling for law to end employer exploitation across eastern Pennsylvania. The piece also notes debates on tariffs, Panama Canal finances, anti lottery legislation, and political commentary on Westminster Abbey and the rivers and harbors bill.
The Dispatch highlights Senator Quay with praise for earnestness and leadership. It notes his reliability and enduring influence, stating he never falters or gives in, underscoring his place as a steady political figure.
The New York World charges McCann, a tenant of a Central Park restaurant, with failing to pay rent. The note hopes Riverside's restaurant keeper advances reforms to ensure rent is paid for the adjacent stable by Grant’s Tomb.
A strike wave for universal suffrage persists in Belgium, described as an immense boon by supporters while the rounds of stoppages proceed with steady momentum.
The New York Tribune editorial notes the strike settles more than labor issues. It highlights Chauncey M. Depew’s forced endorsement of the company’s stance and suggests the move dampens his Presidential prospects. The remark about the Teutonic timekeeper and White Star contrasts with recent pace.
Our local page today presents an article detailing how easy it is to enter jail and how hard it is to leave. It covers prison conditions, dungeons, and fare, offering readers a window into the realities of confinement.
The passage notes the old gentleman is a humbug while Senator Quay embodies the Massachusetts Republican stance on the force pill. The remark frames internal party critique rather than a broad political event.
A nostalgic fragment recalls a weathered hammock swaying beneath trees as summer winds pass. The speaker links the torn faded hammock to precious memories, while another figure, Nowabe, shifts thoughts to pies and cake as the narrator rakes around a tree.
A writer extols Schenley Park in Pittsburgh praising its perfect roads and scenic drives. He notes dry weather keeps conditions ideal and laments low local use, urging residents to explore the park's broad lanes and rolling lawns while lauding the work on roads and the park’s generous gift to the city.
A Pittsburgh man and a Bostonian meet near Minneapolis's Minnehaha Falls and discuss barbering prowess. They spot a barber shop with a striking gold sign on a tri colored ground proclaiming a remarkable claim, signaling a sharp contrast in style and expertise.
A collage of brief vignettes shares fashion flurries at a Fifth Avenue photographer’s gallery, a Pittsburgh dining misread over English mutton chops on a menu, and a comic mix of names and captions. Also noted are a secretary’s wartime command and a Pittburgher’s spelling grievance as ordinary city life unfolds.
Ex govern Eexom Honurpay of Virginia has completed his third voyage around the world. Several notable figures arrive and depart for various duties, with comments on health, politics, and society.
A chorus of editorials reports Senator Delamater's broad denial of charges by ex Senator Emery. They describe the denial as comprehensive and principled, with some urging specificity and others praising his direct rebuttal and integrity.
In the last seven months US petroleum exports declined in both quantity and value versus 1889. Illuminating oil exports dropped from 22,272,308 dollars to 19,008,553 dollars. Russian competition is increasingly affecting world markets.
Thirty thousand barrels of Bourbon whisky burned in Kentucky on Thursday, cooling demand for drink and jolting public mood as prohibitionists celebrate the blaze and widespread relief from headaches and temptation across the nation.
A $250 prize is offered by the Bachelior Newspaper Syndicate for the best pictorial story with minimal verbal help. The judge will be Mr. W. Lewis Fraser, art manager of the Century. Submissions should rely on images to tell the story.
A cryptic religious column surveys an industrial mission in India where Christian artisans blend crafts with gospel instruction. It cites church counts, missionary societies in Africa, and various advocate voices praising moral conviction over covetousness while listing mission school and pupil figures from Presbyterian and Methodist groups.
Dr W B Watkins died of heart failure at 2 am yesterday on Ridgeview Camp grounds near Derry. He led the Methodist Episcopal Church at New Brighton and preached at Smithfield Street M E and churches at McKeepsport. Born in Bridgeport Delaware he studied law before entering the ministry. He valued languages and had a long, active pastoral career. He married three times including a wife near Wheelloz and a wife Lacy of Lacyville.
A proposed women run pool room in Manhattan aims to serve female players who feel excluded from male dominated venues. Backed by capital, the club will be a ladies select space with strict rules and a male supervisor, promising elegant rooms and discreet access above Twenty-third Street near Broadway.
An incident at a country hotel ends with a man claiming fatal wounds then recovering after the wound is found minor. He refuses treatment, jokes about the scare, and storms off in anger. Separate note mentions the Manhattan Elevated line carrying 500,000 daily users in season, with 100,000 fewer riders per day in summer.
Mrs. Smith Carpenter of Great Hill Ansonia hears a commotion among chickens and finds a large red adder. After a failed stone throw, she uses boiling water poured from a dipper to scald and kill the snake, aided by her daughter and a whip. The four foot reptile alarmed her yard and is described as a notable incident.
The piece describes Pithole once a boom town now reduced to a sole resident after the sheriff sold out the other occupant. It compares Pithole’s rise and fall to Western mining towns and notes its dramatic depopulation within a few decades, highlighting its romance and decline in oil country lore.
In Italy a wager between King Humbert and Madame Friserio ended with a bracelet of diamonds as the payment. The anonymous report notes that bets by women are settled in cash elsewhere but in Italy wins are rewarded with jewelry, reflecting courtly intrigue and fashion.
A compact moral reflection from the Indianapolis Ham's Horn pressing virtue over wealth and self control. It warns that money cannot buy salvation and urges temperance and willingness to act, noting even small helpers can empower larger efforts and that true religion rests in conduct not status.
Paris dispatch lists Americans registered this week including D E A Bague Dr L Danforth and wife Captain Griffith and family Colonel Long A H McKee Oppenheim of New York Dr Connor of Toronto General Draper and wife Miss Hope Dale and Miss E Keith of Chicago Mr Sdulieten and Prof Rogers of Philadelphia amid wartime arrivals and social notes.
The Grand Army selects Judge Veazey of Vermont as Commander in Chief praising him as a gallant soldier and learned jurist. General Alger is noted as a worthy predecessor and Veazey described as a genial, capable leader fit for the role.
The seal dispute appears ready to settle, but the outcome is likely to leave all parties dissatisfied as the debate over the seals reaches an apparent end.
A garbled miscellany reports a 49 pound bass caught off New Bedford, sparrow payments in Michigan, a 400 mile carriage trip by Mrs. Arnold with her birthday noted, a Georgia prize for homeliest woman on a parade float, a man found drowned in a New York spring, and young soldiers named Wallace Riley and others. It also notes forests between the Urals and Okhotsk, a raid on tramps in New Haven with bank books showing deposits, newly hatched chickens in hay, city finances of New York, and a Frankfort electrical exhibition. Other items mention Miss Elizabeth Pittman’s England to New York marriage, a dog rescue in Georgia, Mount Sir Donald climbs, and an Episcopal clergyman’s parlor-card tale.
Whimsical items parodying royal frugality and English manners. The quips mock the queenly thrift, pompous heirs, sailor talk, and light wordplay about toast, yachts, and editors, attributed to Whitten for the Dispatch.
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