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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1889
Page
11
Charges from inmates of the Western Penitentiary recount negotiations for escape, bribery, and torture. Editors urge careful corroboration of prisoner testimony before removing officials, noting the need to balance inquiry with trust in prison administration.
A boiler explosion on the Allegheny river destroyed two boats and two lives yesterday. The boats are valued at five thousand dollars each, but the author argues human life is worth more and calls for accountability for careless acts that destroy life to deter repeats.
The ruling ends city aid as Schenley and Denny estates must pay taxes on tenant improvements and the city will tax ground regardless of private lease contracts. Landlords may seek rent adjustments or tenant recourse, while the estates gain no further support as their leases pass tax costs to tenants.
The editor comments on C. Waite's city declaration that railway building should be curbed by law, arguing such measures favor existing capital over the public interest. It compares railways to blast furnaces and urges that free, honest competition best reveals what new enterprises can prosper, challenging the railway view that new lines harm older stocks.
A significant indication of the value attached to enactments of the inter provincial or international framework emerges from archival records. The document underscores the economic and legal implications guiding legislative decisions and policy alignment across jurisdictions.
The state claims Commissioner Walker will manage the Inter-State Commerce Railway Association at a salary about triple his U S pay. The group promises to enforce the interstate law while rail interests allegedly ignore it by pooling proceeds and evading the law. The article argues the fifth section prohibits such pooling and notes the association forfeits violators revenue, undermining the law’s spirit.
A city editorial urges Citizens' Traction and Fifth Avenue lines to enforce strict safety measures after a pedestrian injury near a corner where cars speed through crowded streets. It argues civil penalties should deter dangerous operation and warns that continued risk may invite criminal penalties to protect vulnerable pedestrians.
Initial reports from Connellsville say few workers have struck and some sources claim most are satisfied with current wages. The piece argues strikes are a form of industrial warfare and unlikely to settle disputes, urging an equitable price based scale tied to actual coal selling prices to reduce future strikes.
A proposed measure blocks parallel lines within a thousand feet of traction firms but adds a clause granting gas and electric companies monopoly if they post eight percent dividends for eight years. The writer argues the bill prioritizes corporations over people and could cement monopoly power across cities.
Prof Hadley contrasts presidents Porter and Dwight with Kant versus Financial Chronicle as evidence of Yale’s alleged stance. The remark suggests principles of political economy are suspended to aid Wall Street in propping up watered stocks, exposing a supposed bias in academic guidance.
The crisis arose during the election period as West Virginia politicians faced shifting bids and unstable fortunes that threaten their political longevity thereafter.
A statement urges officials to advise that charges impacting police integrity cannot be dismissed by threats against the whistleblower. The remark highlights concerns over intimidation and the need for accountability within law enforcement.
A collection of editorialized notes criticizes political pressure tactics and law enforcement actions, mentions a hospital steward allegedly aiding convicts, and discusses a barkeeper fined for selling liquor to an intoxicated person. It surveys press coverage, royalty rumors, strikes, taxation theory, and Mary Anderson’s theatrical performance with a satirical tone.
The Rev Spurgeons sermon copy found in Dr Livingstones box in Africa is noted along with a New Year gift from Prince Charles of Sweden to Queen Louise. The Czar is urged to Bant diet for insomnia while Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes donates his medical library to Boston. Objects from Rio Tinto mines show Roman era slaves gear. Senator Pal mers forthcoming novel teased as Dolph distracts from Father-in-Law Sam Owen bill discussion.
Prof Hadley at the Yale alumni dinner contrasts past and present college president qualifications. He recalls President Porter’s era with Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, and now Dwight’s office is more likely occupied by someone reading the Financial Chronicle. The moral is obvious.
The cathedral fair wrap up featured a pretty night of music and recitation drawing a large crowd. Performers included Russel Jennie Flora Wowmersley McAlister Sadie Totten Ida Lanigan Celina Fenesy and gentlemen J. M. Hays Lawrence Ricketts Frank J. Totten P. A. Ward and R. Mayers.
On February 14 the third in a series at La Fayette Hall under Drill Corps auspices of Allegany Commandery 2 No. 5. The program includes elocution and hours of planet dancing entertainment.
A long essay argues that servants reveal a master’s character better than anyone. It recalls a cook’s testy interview, a maid who left for money only to return after a year, and notes how servants suffer or be spoiled by mistresses. The piece cautions about nagging wives and social tensions in 19th century households.
In Spartanburg County a young merchant, Obadiah Blaylock, faced multiple lawsuits with judgments against him. His property was advertised for sale, but he claimed homestead benefits, asking to have it laid off to support his wife and three stepchildren. He had wed a widow to form a ready-made family, while creditors seek to set aside the arrangement as preventing lawful claims.
Special telegram from Washington reports a near disaster as Lincoln’s portrait bound for a $14,000 government purchase was rent in the gallery corridor while being moved. The rent spares the face but undermines the artwork, provoking ridicule of the artist Travis and the price as absurd.
New York February 2 St Stephen s Roman Catholic parish once led by Dr McGlynn is divided Archbishop Corri s plan creates a new east parish from Seventy fourth to Thirty third streets and east of Second Avenue to the East River Carmelites from Whitefriar Street Dublin will oversee it Very Rev John Bartley the provincial has been arranging the entry Site bought for 70000 at Seventeenth and Twenty Ninth streets to house the church Seven late four on Twenty eighth and three on Twenty ninth streets will be included Bellevue Hospital will receive spiritual consolations from the Carmelites.
William K. Vanderbilt and family arrived at Bournemouth on the yacht Alva. The Alva left harbor at nine this morning for a long cruise expected to last about seven months. His wife and children accompany him with Belmont Redmond and Winfield Hoyt among the party.
The Philadelphia Times reports Pittsburg seeks a tarable valuation of 191 072 000, near Alabama and Louisiana totals, and well above Arkansas and Colorado. Taxpayers fear the big valuation will lead to higher taxes while comparing to Florida. Also notes Queen of Sweden does her own housework to stay healthy, with humor from Chicago News.
A Chicago News item notes the Panama Canal’s impact, suggesting General Boulanger’s rise to power via canal influence, though the claim is presented as a notable assertion rather than fact. The piece implies geopolitical shifts tied to the canal’s status.
Captain John A. Davis, a widely known Ohio river pilot with a long residence in Coraopolis, will be buried this afternoon after a Friday funeral.
Miss Jennie Cogan, Sl ten aeien in the Port Earn soned yesterday morning.
Philadelphia February 2 Michael Hanley of 143 North Fourth street began a periodical spree and fought a stranger. At Pennsylvania Hospital he dislocated an arm and drank glasses of water in rapid succession, biting and swallowing pieces of the tumbler. Dr Shoemaker intervened as the patient pressed for more water.
Mr Russell Harrison refused to speak to reporters in Chicago but shared an anecdote with a friend about his mother’s persistent belief that his father would become President. She urged optimism during his Senate days and remained convinced a presidential nomination would come from his party.
Benjamin C. Lum, a New Haven Savings Bank bookkeeper, was accidentally locked inside the bank vault after a fall injured him. He remained unconscious briefly, then hung until the vault door opened 9 o clock the next morning. Lum reported feeling fine, though very hungry, after his confined ordeal.
One of the most remarkable lawsuits in Alliance Ohio concerns Benjamin Eidemer versus Michael Glessner and Ream Brothers, all local residents. Eidemer lived on defendants’ farm until 1886 when told to leave. The case, moved from Common Pleas to arbitration, was repeatedly postponed due to sickness and deaths among witnesses and defendants. Two defendants died, another witness died, and several postponements followed as illnesses struck the parties involved. The trial was repeatedly reset and then delayed again by serious illness.
Experiments at the State Experimental Farm in St. Pavul test frozen wheat from No 3 to the poorest grade. Fifty seeds of each quality were sown and are sprouting in greenhouses. Many show healthy growth with stalks six to eight inches tall, though final maturity remains to be seen.
Steubenville February 2. W H Wallace Sr of Hammondsville the oldest postmaster in years of service in the United States having served over 538 years beginning with a 183 first appointment by President Ackson and still handling mail at Hammondsville along with a mercantile business Wallace born Deenebare Province of Quebec Canada in
New York reports Mrs. Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, widow of the late Secretary of State, is dying at her Newark home. She had not been well since before her husband’s death and was ill at the time of his passing.
The Boston Herald reports a new census showing St Petersburg’s population declined by 80,000 over eight years. The writer quips that this supports the physics law that heat expands and cold contracts.
A compact verse meditation on nature as a generous mother. It extols how nature provides for all, shaping rain and sun to suit every need, and rebukes ingratitude toward her mercy. The speaker urges yielding faith to receive her gifts and to recognize equal value in every earthly blessing.
Correspondence from Washington notes heated talk among politicians about delaying action and potential war. Critics warn the Samoa dispute reveals profit seeking and imperial zeal, arguing U S citizens were not outraged and questioning the flag incident amid skepticism of American motives.
The writer questions U.S. foreign ventures in Samoa arguing for a purely domestic country. They claim German Samoa is as much theirs as ours and warn against a belligerent policy that would swell the army, national debt, and taxes, presenting a bleak view of imperial entanglements.
A fragment from a debate shows Itoa Jingo Senator condemning war as a burden on the poor who enlist for pay while the aceemee Senator hints war could ease labor troubles. The text reflects conflicting views among lawmakers on military conflict and its social impact.
A Pennsylvania politician forecast a swift end to the Quay Magee feud as Republican factions realign toward harmony. He notes Cameron and Blaine mending ties, Blaine and Cameron socializing, and Quay and Magee edging toward cooperation to back Harrison’s cabinet, with reconciliation expected soon.
A Congress member recalls Erie millionaire W L Scott as the most disappointed man in the nation, ruined by money politics. Scott poured out tens of thousands for Democrat power, dreamed of a Cabinet role, and believed Pennsylvania would swing for Democrats. His retreat from national politics marks a harsh blow to his influence and to party machinery.
An elderly Presbyerian asks readers to overlook a poker tale in Sundays DistatTce, noting five aces appeared though accuracy suggests four aces and a king high flush. He hints a Washington politician’s bad luck, a blind hand, and a “jack pot” opening change in fate, while praising honesty of the game.
From Charles Hillman and Co shipyard the 1 100 ton steamship Maracaibo was launched this afternoon. The craft is described as sturdier than the ships that sail the Delaware and is built for the Red D line trade.
Mrs Calvin Bbrice offers a 100 dollar reward for an oblong aqua marine pin described as an intagio with several diamonds and 35 stones. She believes it contains the largest aqua marine in the world and values it in the thousands. The pin vanished at a Madison Avenue reception two nights ago.
In Justice Duffy's polices court six unemployed young men asked for island labor due to hunger. The judge, noting they could care for horses, gave each a nickel and ordered them to the Second Avenue street car stables, where they promptly found work as the strike created needed positions.
Colonel James J. Mooney mobilizes a veteran regiment in Samoa conflict effort. Nearly 2000 men have joined on paper and claim similar enlistments spread across major Western and Southern cities. They assert readiness for field within nine days.
Mrs James C Stead of Brooklyn was found in a dark closet after taking a large swallow from a bottle she mistook for wine. She suffered severe throat and stomach pain, collapsed, and died after a period of agony despite medical aid.
More than $22,000已 subscribed to defray expenses of the Washington Inaugural Centennial. Officials arrange trunk-line tickets at one half cent per mile for the celebration. The Art Committee designs a memorial medal for all official participants in the anniversary exercises.
Leo Classis aged 10 dies from a leg bruise after a quarrel with 13 year old Jimmie Mc Donald over a game of tag. Blood poisoning developed from the bruise and led to the fatal outcome. McDonald was arrested tonight.
Mrs. Thomas seeks another term as president of New York Sorosis amid a factional struggle led by Hester M. Poole versus Jennie Jane. A small party opposes both on personal grounds as members warn the society may be doomed after the election. Some members discuss forming a new woman suffrage group from the wreck.
Washington February 2 The House Judiciary Committee kept the naturalization bill under study to address objections that it would block a family's home during the year probation period. Proposed amendments would limit aliens who may obtain large land holdings and ease tribal restrictions for Indians seeking citizenship, with further drafting expected next week.
Washington February 2 The Florida electoral vote was the only one not presented on time to President pro tem Ingalls. Secretary Davis, upon notice of the vote, appointed Law Clerk Bryan of the State Department as special messenger to secure it. He returned this morning with the vote but the missing messenger appointed by the electors remains unaccounted for after his trip.
The Allegheny Musical Club under Prof L Zitterbart schedules its fourteenth concert and promenade on February 5 featuring the Neunk Biances and well known vocalists delivering a diverse program of music.
Aspect of the French Crisis notes the situation has arrived but now seems to regret the pressure it has unleashed as tensions in France show signs of cooling amid mounting external pressures and domestic doubts.
Reports note the Eiffel Tower surpassing 670 feet and frequently veiled by clouds around 520 feet. Prof Graham Bell comments on population fatigue and atmospheric electricity studies confirm prior conclusions about origin from aqueous evaporation. Earthquake shock in Brazil prompts meteorological instrument setups at telegraph stations.
A sprawling, fragmentary column surveys diverse topics from blindness cases to mechanical marvels, bibliophiles in London, poetic notes on Shakespeare’s first folio, weather and farming hopes in New Hampshire, a Maryland spring contraption, and stray vignettes on London crime, Japanese modernization, and church fees. The piece stitches together oddities, inventions, and social quirks with dated tone and local color.
A stitched collection of humorous snippets and curios from papers including remarks on weather accuracy, a week old paper, and family pretensions. Jokes span absent mindedness, odd professions, and strange animals with brief quips about Redtape, Belwedge, and a Norfolk child.
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