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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1891
Page
5
After the Monongahela and Allegheny floods reach about 31 feet 3 inches, engineers blame riverbed narrowing and encroachments for the disaster. They propose levees and reservoir systems, plus rapid aid for affected residents amidst ongoing recovery efforts.
The annual report credits District Attorney Johnston for rapid disposal of court work and fiscal reform. The weekly list aided efficiency while postponements remained manageable. Two clerks cut costs, and expenses were kept low. The Dispatch notes show 200 more cases tried in 1891 than 1890, saving over 35000 for the county.
The article notes German manufacturers back the Columbian Exposition with tariff assurances and predicts strong sales from attractive designs. It cites Centennial and Philadelphia expositions as catalysts for global participation and highlights risks of trade bias toward trinkets unless carefully regulated.
The passage urges Chicago to vigorously implement the agreed plan for the Exposition, focusing on practical execution and avoiding past yearlong hindrances. It notes national contribution while assigning main discharge of work to Chicago and calls for united energy to ensure success.
A New York review argues large operators avoid stocks until Congress adjourns and that free silver coinage would inflate prices. It contends the claim that silver harms stocks is a fabrication, and that lowering the dollar to 60 cents would shift $900,000,000 from bondholders to shareholders, benefiting railway owners and harming small investors.
After flood waters recede, residents should bury submerged houses to remove dampness and burn coal and gas to dry infrastructure. Warns that sewers holding debris can pose health risks as flood debris blocks flow and may contaminate homes.
The article notes supporters and opponents among producers refiners and pipeline interests in the Burdick bill debate. It cites testimony and interviews to illustrate positions while stressing the legislature will weigh the overall tilt of the testimony and that no bill pleases all.
The discussion notes tentative optimism in the oil sector as major corporations are urged to adopt a generous approach to adjusting dealings with producers. The Producers' Association supports fair treatment for all interests, hoping Harrisburg actions may be simplified. Substantial relief is seen as badly needed and welcome if extended voluntarily.
The copyright bill, amended, advances from the Senate 36 to 14 with only one Republican voting against it. It proceeds to a joint conference committee and could return in a form acceptable to both houses. The Dispatch notes possible tweaks to the eshromo amendment and hopes for a bill aligning with public demand.
The piece argues that recent bank loan gains and railroad earnings suggest a temporary tightening is ending. It urges reducing production costs to secure steady prosperity, advocating freight reductions and a canal from Pittsburgh to lake ports to cut iron freights by more than half, boosting regional industries and railroad profits.
The piece argues against sectional overreaction to Western legislators pursuing usury statutes. It notes Kansas and Nebraska have as valid a claim as New York or Pennsylvania and points out that proposed Western rates may exceed those in Eastern states, urging fair critique rather than blind regional bias.
Alabama redraws districts in a bid to shape future apportionment for the Solid South and deter Republican efforts to outpace the state in gerrymandering. The plan presents a jagged map aimed at preserving Democratic influence and control.
The special legislative committee adopts the coroner jury’s conclusion that no person should be censured. It reserves blame for defective mining laws rather than individuals, noting law inadequacies as the issue.
Andrew Laxo defends American slang against Rudyard Kipling while Lang’s praise and Kipling’s critique spark literary debate. A high society English divorce case is reported with a prominent petitioner and a two-named co respondent. Mrs Ballington Booth is noted in a whimsical Washington society moment with distinctive attire.
The anthracite coal pool members rush to defend a 10 cent per ton reduction as winter demand falters after earlier 25 cent hikes. They fear excess supply will force prices down while seeking to avoid revenue loss from watered stocks.
A down town merchant kept his humor as waters neared his ceiling hanging a sign We Are Still in the Swim. The item then notes General Sherman, profiled by experience and toil, with burial instructions intended to save New York City the need for a monument.
Policymakers debate Interstate Commerce law effects on trunk pipelines and refining districts. The Burdick bill could favor Bradford field shipments to the seaboard while sidelining White Sand districts in Western Pennsylvania and making refiners near the sea board less competitive.
Epmusp Russeau and Delsarteau dress for the street in strict adherence to conventional rules. Their choices demonstrate a refined sense of style while avoiding vulgar oddity. Their approach earns them the nickname Apostle of Good Tastes for tasteful attire.
An column mixes river floods and odd notes from 1884, mentioning eastern rivers like the Allegheny and Monongahela, Mohawk, Susquehanna, and ghost dances. It also reports Philadelphia surgeons considering cattle inoculation with Kooh's lymph to prevent human tuberculosis and cites Sir Gordon Cumming’s gambling scandal linked to an American heiress.
A collection of brief items mentions Mrs. Cleveland studying violin, Ex Governor Beaver preferring General as a title, Henem Issey’s boyhood behavior, Nellie Gounp avoiding fortune hunters, and Mapdame Worthing’s fashion style. Colonels Whitney and others share birth dates and roles, while Rev Joan Jasper resists salary raises and EB Lynn Linton’s London home life and long reigns boast.
A Victorian era sketch examines Russian girls and grand duchesses, noting family roles, limited parish work, late education, early marriages, and social expectations. It highlights dancing tastes, music skill gaps, and the dowry ritual shaping arranged marriages among the elite and common families.
Report says Vassar College officials offered the heirs at law of Join Guy Vassar 199000 dollars to settle the will contest. Judge Nelson and Robert E. Taylor dismiss the claim as rumor with no definite action. The case remains set for Court of Appeals argument on the 24th.
Anaconda Standard mentions a legendary four night duel between Saluskin and a Yakima Indian for a squal with both sides collapsing to sleep between sessions. Elegant Etiquette notes the divorced lady label used by Captain O'Shea. Chicago Tribune highlights Jay Gould’s fatigue and his saving 25 cents by walking to the ferry.
A Chicago report claims trunks and drunken behavior interfere with performances by Lillian Bussell and John I Sullivan. The incident is described amid controversy over stage conduct and audience disruption affecting the art event.
General Sibley a Minnesota pioneer and first governor died at home this morning after a period of unconsciousness. He passed away around 4:20 as relatives and friends gathered. Born in the early statehood era his contributions helped shape Minnesota's early history.
Washington Feb 18 The House Coinage Committee resumed Mr Newlands and Mr Walker sparring over free coinage of silver. The session featured questions on silver pools and expenditures, a push for a Friday vote, and plans to close hearings by noon Friday. The panel weighed impacts on the Senate bill and the timing of presidential action.
John A McClain and Nan Case wed at her home with Rev Wallace officiating. They plan home gatherings for March 17 and 19 before continuing their wedding tour east after the ceremony. Nan Case is daughter of City Assessor Frank Case and connected to H Clark & Co on Wood Street.
A fragment from a publication notes a person named Byrecce in New York and hints at a brewing heritage. It mentions an umbrella as a metaphor and suggests ease in keeping something distant, though details are unclear.
The McCaull Opera Company presented The Black Hussar at the Grand last night to a large, enthusiastic audience. Performers Mr Charles W Dungan as Herbert Miss Helen Hertram as Minna and Annie Myers as Roselia received strong praise. The cast also included Miss Leora Joyce Bell Mr Fred H Frear and Digby Bell with a humorous base ball scene delighting attendees.
The Grand Opera House hosts Mario Tempest with the J C Duff Opera Co next week. Miss Tempest, praised in America since last August, will perform The Red Hussar and Dorothy in the first and second halves, then likely debut in a new English comic opera. The company lineup remains largely unchanged with Barnes in residence at Bijou, Hoyt's A Brass Monkey at Duquesne, and Marion's Italian Chestnut speech drawing attention.
A Chicago Herald piece muses on daily miracles and asks why one woman’s clothes wear out quickly while another’s stay pristine. It contrasts two women, A and B, noting A’s worn dress versus B’s preserved gown, and leaves the question open.
The PirrsevurG Dispatch in Kittanning Pennsylvania unveils a granite fireproof building at Diamond and Smithfield with new printing machinery. It advertises immense daily and Sunday editions, extensive home and foreign news, leased wires to major partners, and comprehensive market coverage. The Atch remains independent Republican and aims to present events with truth and public interest as priority.
The Los Angeles branch and the New York Connecticut League of American Wheelmen offer three prizes totaling 100 for amateur photographs showing the unfitness of public roads. Submissions due by May 1 with awards by May 16. Judges to be elected by state divisional chiefs.
The Charleston News notes Depews youthful Mohawk Valley political speech filled with rhetoric. An old campaigner calls it frilly, yet the remark is applied to many of Depews utterances. The piece suggests his ideas will outlast his voice.
A reader argues Canada outpaces the U S in channeling commerce via a Great Lakes to ocean water route. He cites Canada’s vast public spending, New York and federal activity, and suggests Erie Canal Mohawk Hudson corridor could unlock Atlantic trade, if America acts with Ottawa-like unity. He warns against sectional jealousy and cites Mohawk Hudson St. Lawrence as preferable pathways for export prosperity.
A Pittsburg reader, former Union soldier B Walter of 1200 Penn Avenue, contends liquor license laws force restaurants to operate saloons, harming restaurant owners when nearby saloons open. He recounts opening a restaurant that failed after rival saloons attracted customers and disrupted business.
Letter to the editor recounts that the British steamer Conaugh sprang a leak and caught fire at sea in 1809. Captain Wilson of the brig Minute Schaffer discovered her, boarded, and rescued all aboard, for which he received thanks from the British Government. The writer A K Wever signs from Prrrspure February 17.
The article traces cathedral perfection from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, notes a dip in building during the tenth century due to doomsday beliefs, and credits post 1900 with renewed church construction. It highlights monastic foundations and Rouen’s tower funded by Lents’ butter savings, plus medieval sculpture as biblical teaching.
General Herbert, commander of the militia, travels to the Pacific coast to inspect defenses and push for Canadian government support. Ottawa reportedly favors strengthening coast defenses and spending imperial funds, but fears over imperial war threats limit contributions. The perceived foe is Russia with Vladivostok’s naval arsenal in play.
A Saline record notes a snow event on Monday night leaving unusual salt on the ground as the snow melted, with large quantities of salt evident after the thaw. The deposit appeared in the wake of the storm, marking a peculiar feature of the local weather event.
The text presents a diaristic, poetic reflection as an aging reporter faces death. Clara and Tam appear in an intimate scene where the journalist contemplates a final assignment to interview the dead, seeking a calm departure and a reunion beyond the earth.
The Boston Globe notes General Sherman died possessed of a sizable fortune estimated between £17,000 and £200,000. He had purchased real estate in growing cities in the West and invested much of his wealth in profitable ventures. The report houses on his wealth while noting he was alive during earlier government service.
A collage of brief items features burglar drills through thick cast, Brazil's constitution progress, a 40 mile per hour petroleum tricycle, random curiosities from 19th century society, odd inventions, and scattered notes on railways, weather, thefts, and fashion across multiple regions.
A garbled collage of quotations and dialog excerpts from various publications includes odd phrases about life after death and social bias. Amid stray lines, a church membership probation joke and stray slang reveal a mosaic of vintage, if troubling, language and tone.
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