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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1890
Page
7
The French government tolerates the young Duke of Orleans despite rumors of a monarchist bid. Abdication by Comte de Paris signals royal decline, yet the Orleans heir may still threaten the republic, though France remains strong and resilient after nearly twenty years.
Public interest grows after Mr Carnegie’s grand gift to Pittsburg. The Allegheny loan exhibition and the art gallery museum project spark discussion of art education’s value to local industry, with strong endorsements from informed commentators. The opening of the Allegheny library adds to anticipation for Pittsburg’s cultural progress.
The occasion will be esteemed of greater interest than the striking display of paintings by modern masters secured for the event from our citizens.
The article lauds George Kennan for exposing Russia's deportation and the reported massacre of political exiles in Northern Siberia. It notes Kennan's Century magazine writings have stirred global concern, challenges Russia to prove his charges, and predicts eventual Russian unrest despite official denial.
The review of House rule changes reveals a plan to revive riders in appropriation bills. Critics warn it allows ill considered legislation and pet projects to pass without direct merit votes. The piece argues Republicans should oppose the retrograde step to maintain direct accountability.
The Signal Service apparatus failed but the snowstorm sparked chatter and reminiscence in Pittsburg. Elders recall past winters, poets weigh the season, and critics dread a flood of snow poetry while ordinary woes like slushy streets and leaking roofs remain unspoken targets of humor.
The drive to cut coal rates from Pittsburg to lake ports sparks strong splits in railroad and coal circles. Railroads reject lowering rates to Ohio miners’ level, clinging to the forty mile radius. The split risks weakening coal operators unity and seems a short sighted policy amid mounting rate tensions.
The piece argues Pittsburg coal faces higher freight costs than rival fields for two years. It urges coal operators to act together to win district wide reductions, noting inner radius mines may gain more than outer ones, and warns unity is essential to secure the best possible rates.
Railroads quarrel over a Pittsburg to West freight route as they slash rates five to eight cents to compete with water transportation. Analysts say profits suggest old charges were high, and rail cuts may freeze river carriers out. shippers will use the cheaper rates during the cheap transport period.
The column surveys Foraker’s protest at the Chicago Convention amid ballot box scrutiny and a judge-like stance on his conduct. It criticizes Plumb’s bison protection bill as ineffective and notes Secretary Winthrop’s bullion plan fading from congress. It also mocks Ohio tactics and Delaware’s reform of witchcraft penalties.
The piece notes Hon. William M. Evarts praising lawyers in presidents, questions Washington Jackson and Grant in lists, urges authorities to push the new post office project, and hopes construction may begin, aiming for completion by next fall.
A long list of so called agents for life insurance firms is presented with covert insinuations that these men secure commissions on their own policies. The piece argues companies can afford to cut both rates and agent commissions. It also criticizes friends of passenger railways granted street franchises for resisting their share of costs.
The French copper syndicate stock, once controlled by M Secretan’s Secratan group, has been halved by bankers who protected their paper. The Angelus now belongs to the United States instead of the engineer, as Exposition Park floods. The fire engine test must proceed once the water subsides.
Even as railroads claim rates hurt shippers Pittsburg manufacturers plan to exploit rumored cuts to push large quantities of Pittsburg products to the Northwest They will endure the wage and coke cost pressures with philosophy Yet caution is urged not to push the experiment too far
Republicans in the Montana Senate propose penalties for absence without leave as Democrats threaten to absent themselves for days to bankrupt the Democracy and enrich the state without taxation.
Minneapolis Tribune notes a man not fishing, Mr Glevaland, digs dals with industry as part of a season prep segment.
A tour of the Aronson Opera Company members Pauline Hall and Eva Davenport through a Grand House court area ends with a phonograph concert in a Bar Association chamber. A horse story, a winter scene on Fifth Avenue, and a poetry exchange close the eccentric episode with local wit.
Four Spring Mill residents John William son James Thomas Robert Jones and James MecGranh were arrested for trespass at Lees Son's woolen mill in Bridgeport after repeatedly courting four female workers and disrupting operations. Magistrate Thomas remanded them to jail in default of bail.
The Garfield statue bound for Cleveland is announced for this month. France’s President Connor translates Tennyson into French. Clark joins a Washington law firm after six years as Clerk of the House. The Duke of Palmetto offers funds to defend Portugal. Baron Rothschild fears the Commune and guards valuables. Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt’s state occasion necklace wows observers. Emastus Wea touts phonograph use for business dictation. Empress Augusta appears in Berlin in artillery lieutenant uniform during 1818 riots, disguises valued documents for safety.
The Heart and Hand Society of the Third Presbyterian Church held a charity bazaar and cafe yesterday at Mrs. Harold Pierce's Ridge avenue home. Rooms were repurposed into an art room and display areas with needlework and delicate wares, the kitchen became a banqueting hall serving supper from 6 pm, and flowers decorated the stairhall. Proceeds benefit the Fresh Air Fund as Rev. Dr. Gowan returned from Mexico to address his congregation.
Parishioners honor Rev Dr Leak with a farewell reception in the North Avenue M E Church lecture room. He receives a $500 purse and a $10,000 accident policy ahead of his Holy Land trip. Presentation by Hon James L Graham and George D Riddle. Mrs Leak receives $100 from church ladies. Dr Leak sails from New York on Wednesday.
Dr W H Milburn the blind chaplain of Congress will lecture at Second Presbyterian Church on Tuesday Thursday and Friday January 18 2 and 21 on Aaron Burr the Character in American Political History What a Blind Man Saw in Paris and What a Blind Man Saw in Washington Four Years Ago and What He Sees There Now The press opinions in the U S and Great Britain are flattering and the evenings should please intellectual audiences.
Last night at the German Masonic Hall Allegheny a concert and readings amused attendees. Elocutionist Edward Fabian from New York delivered recitations that pleased the audience while a 150 voice choir under Professor provided the chorus, with solos and quartets enriching the program.
Announcements report a ladies free banquet at Beaver Falls with no men allowed and a sequel to a Beaver Valley Manufacturers' Association event at the Grand Hotel with women excluded. A musicale at Prof. Riddle’s Ridge Avenue residence, and Belva Lockwood to settle marriage questions in Braddock on the 17th. Mrs Ever Mircred hosted visitors, a Parmand bazaar at Emory M. E. Church East End, and RK Wood hosted a children's party on Ridge Avenue yesterday.
A Niles Ohio Independent notes the Pittsburg Sun Dispatch's growing circulation of over 60000, calling it a monster 20 page Sunday edition. It highlights strong contributors, cable letters, sports and business reviews, and the paper’s national reputation in Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania.
The New York Evening World notes Mr. Stanley is far from hating the fair sex and is contemplating marriage after his African travels. He may endure this change with good humor as he pursues life beyond adventure.
February 7 report states General Salamanca, Captain General of the Island of Cuba, died at 8 PM after a day of liver related illness. He received solemn ministrations as he declined, ending a long career in aristocratic service and earning respect from the people.
A garbled telegram summary from Anara Ohio and Hou Lip a Tsivuno notes Joshua Saxton founder of a local group and William Mein Binet involvement. It also mentions Mias Bessie Hammond and elocution teacher Seminat Williams presenting a poem named Reve this morning.
A staff correspondent profiles John De Bois of Du Bois Pennsylvania as a retiring, shy yet sincere young man. He visits the Du Bois House hotel and chats with a traveling salesman while awaiting a train from Brookville. His attorney ex Judge Jenks also appears.
In an evening at a hotel, Mr. Du Bois hosts a gragolette gathering for four guests, including two commercial travelers and a physician. The game lasts about an hour as he plays himself, while repeated kind remarks toward staff and guests accompany greetings with John and Elizabeth.
In Williamsport era style prose the article follows Mr. Du Bois and his Allegheny Valley hotel and estate near the low grade railroad line. It notes his refined life in a mansion with hilltop monument, and his hotel’s late bar closure, while tracing regional figures and the lore of the Low Grade route across Pennsylvania. It discusses the line’s ascent and potential future steamboat and electric prospects on the Allegheny River, and recalls historical ties to Kittanning and Indian trails.
In February 7 report Andrew Sehraum a Methodist exhorter, accused of eloping with a 16 year old daughter of a wealthy farmer. The pair fled by buggy to town and were believed to be boarding a train toward Michigan for a marriage ceremony opposed by the girl's family.
In Chicago Judge Prendergast examined Mr and Mrs Frank Austin of 151 West Lake Street as both were declared insane from consuming large daily amounts of opium. Dr Warren testified the pair had eaten about a pound each daily, a remarkable and destructive habit. The wife, educated and refined, has long been an opium eater. the husband began after their daughter’s birth. Authorities plan to monitor them and seek care in the asylum.
Chicago Tribune report from the Grand Pacific rotunda describes Rep. Frank Lawler of Wisconsin recalling a Washington dining episode. Congressman Littler and Col. Babcock recount how Lawler ordered a dozen lobsters, mistaking the shellfish for crustaceans with a comic misreading.
Mount Gretna, a National Guard encampment site and resort, will gain at least 200 acres this year to enlarge the grounds for camping. Robert Coleman plans the addition to accommodate infantry, cavalry, and artillery during midsummer drills and three Guard brigades, with improved access via Cornwell and Lebanon Railroad.
A compilation quotes opinions from the era on direct tax bills and tariff reform. It also cites comments from editors in Chicago and Baltimore on treasury spending, World’s Fair politics and party loyalty, with a brief note on embezzlement cases across states.
A wandering voice urges a leap beyond a hedge into a visionary land. The speaker lingers at the hedge, then watches the dream dissolve as twilight darkens the valley and the day fades.
A collage of odd items notes York photographer Luther H. Leber filming 1700 feet below an oil wall in Warren, a 40-pound wild turkey in the Chickasaw Nation, Australia arming its army with munitions, a $100000 Laurel Hill mausoleum, and various peculiar tales from the United States and Europe including machinery, burglars, and curious animal notes.
Snippets from a 19th or early 20th century periodical show dialogues about authors and social remarks. Entries reference Wa'd, Judge, Fan in the Green Room, and mentions of Lassiter and Wall Street figures, plus stray lines from poems and notices. No cohesive story emerges.
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