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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1891
Page
7
The West End Street Railway ordinance passed with little opposition as critics urged that granting broad rights to one company harmed competition. The piece argues that city revenue should be considered in franchise value and condemns the historical pattern of granting extensive rights without public returns.
The piece discusses subscriptions to railway projects as charitable acts and notes contributions by Baroness Burdett-Coutts and Stephenson to surveys and lines in Africa. It acknowledges progress in civilizing efforts while warning donors to guard Africa from stock watering, manipulation, pools and preferential rates.
The St. Louis Republic urges Congress to drop general tariff agitation and attack trusts with separate bills to cut or end duties shielding trusts. The Philadelphia Press opposes but urges fair trial for the McKinley bill. Both claim merit yet share a flawed conclusion on protection and monopoly.
A proposed broad rule would block protection of monopolies by duties. It argues against piecemeal attacks on individual trusts and favors a single statute allowing import duties to be defended in court if domestic industry is monopolized. The goal is impartial enforcement against trusts without dissolving all tariffs.
The piece compares current corn market squeezes to Deacon White’s failed September corner, noting the same clique benefits from manipulation. It argues cornering harms others and warns the public against selling assets they lack and against gambling in volatile markets.
A New York gathering under the Irish National League urges Home Rule leaders to end factional war and reunite the party. It warns that US support depends on united efforts and that continued infighting could wreck the Irish cause on the eve of success.
The piece notes a heated moral dispute about a man who buys a drink in an illegal saloon and then has the proprietor arrested. It cites liquor interests versus law and order advocates and mentions New Yorkers faced with a test by young men to see if saloon-keepers observed the law on election day. It cites a novel view in the New York Sun.
The Sun argues the wake of the maxim applies only when people can repeal law, challenging New York City excise legislation enacted in Albany without public input. The piece notes Pennsylvania's long standing excise law and laments how city liberties have been curtailed, while contrasting Reed's defense of minority rights against quorum-breaking with praise for undemocratic quorum counts.
The report notes the Poor Farm purchase featured in Connell proceedings only by its absence. It questions whether councils should record opposition to withdrawing that option. It also weighs the German empire’s war lord and debates the balance of imperial judgment amid questions about German beer.
At the Republican National Committee meeting New York Detroit San Francisco and Omaha urged their states were in danger if the convention stayed away. Democratic organs flag the claim as a gauge of Republican strength while awaiting Democratic National Committee reactions.
New York faces criticism over high per capita water use while Pittsburgh conserves water and warns against flavored supplies. A Bulgarian prince weds an opera singer, and Wall Street financier Napoleon Ives may marry. cautionary notes to actors and electrification safety follow. European moral reform, financial speculation, and Pennsylvania forestry needs are also touched upon.
Personal notes list health of Edmund Yates and Rev Paxton in New York. Mentions Governor Chase of Indiana, Sarr AmpRosE Shea of the Bahamas in New York, Maron McKinley in Canton awaiting inauguration, Lloyd Bryce’s Oxford ties to Allen Thorndyke Rice, Berlin dispatch on Mark William meeting Denmark’s King, Dom Pepro pension in Brazil, and other biographical scraps including Astor heir baptism plans and Parnell family Ireland trip planned on Majestic.
The article outlines a December of astronomical events including a partial sun eclipse visibility limited to far southern regions, the sun entering Capricorn and days shortening, and Jupiter facing Venus as a growing rival in evening skies. It notes Mars as a morning star, Saturn near the moon, and Neptune and Uranus with guiding stars for locating them, plus detailed conjugations and celestial positions through year end.
A poem-like sketch from Brooklyn Eagle portrays a once healthy youth ruined by smoking. Once rosy and lively, he becomes sickly, thin, and dependent on cigarettes. Six packs a day erode his health and finances as joints creak and fashion collapses under the strain of addiction.
In Greene county a Waynesburg and Washington Railroad run shipped about 6000 poultry Monday, 25850 Tuesday with extra cars, and 5000 more Tuesday night, totaling over 34000 poultry pieces moving toward Philadelphia and state markets.
Conneautville hosts W L Robinson who started in 184 fall and remains in business. Mercer Dispatch cites John G Kline in harness trade for 45 plus years. Butler Eagle notes Louis Stein of L Stein Son in dry goods since 1810 at age 82. Zelienople recalls C B Passavant in Pittsburg and ongoing work at Zolienople since 1687.
On November 9 the District Commissioners received a rare petition signed by inmates of the Washington City Asylum urging no new liquor licenses. They argue prohibition will curb drunkenness, grant honest work, and ban licensed temptation in the capital. The signers claim liquor brings crime and ruin to bodies and souls.
The Harrisburg Telegram notes that a Democratic candidate for Speaker suggested not recognizing ex Speaker Reed, prompting Republican leaders to declare Reed would be the floor leader next session. The piece argues any winner will face a difficult, unruly majority and a fragile party balance.
The Baltimore American condemns New York for failing to advance the Grant monument fund. It notes the fund stalls and managers quarrel over petty details, urging swift action to raise the money.
A collage of 1890s editorials critiques tariff policy, reciprocity and party fortunes. It cites Gov Daver, Maton McKistey, and Walter Woodruff in leanings toward protectionist and reciprocal trade, noting Democratic missteps and Republican readiness for a tariff clash.
The Pittsburg Academy of Medical Sciences held its second annual dinner in the Kenmore dining room with a Greek cross floral arrangement and an orchestra. Dr RR W Stewart presided as toastmaster. speakers included Dr Eaton and Chancellor Holland. officers and guests from many local figures attended as the academy marks two and a half years of existence with weekly meetings and public dinners.
Tri Art Society announces invitations for its 169th reception on Thursday in the society rooms at the Academy of Science and Art building. Rev George Hodges will lecture on Life in a Medieval Monastery that evening before the society. Tuk Afternoon Musical holds its second meeting at 2 30 today reading lives of Gounod and Rubenstein and selections from Pittsburg's young writer Nevin.
The letters discuss Speaker prospects with Maten seen as unlikely due to distance, while critics lampoon tax policies. Cassus about Springer, Mille, Crisp and McMillin dominates, with party factions debating support and vote outcomes.
A garbled list of trivia covers rain weight, coin value, coal output, and early utilities. It notes British and German population figures, railhead headlights in Indiana, and a host of curious facts about art, money in Corfu, and ancient temples. The piece blends oddities, statistics, and historical curiosities into a rapid-fire miscellany.
A collage of quips and rhymes fills the page from The Herald. It includes satirical lines on counterfeiters moonshine and patent leather, a fictional exchange about Mr Blushred at a ball, and a short personal verse about a maiden fair and a good night farewell.
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