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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1889
Page
6
Local baseball fans complain that Pittsburg clubs neglect promising home talent. Manager Phillips explains why players should debut outside their city to avoid crowd pressure and build reputation, discussing risks of nerves, fame, and hampered stock among townsmen.
Manager Tarreyson of the McKeesport Club begins organizing the team and selecting officers. Nichtengale and Naughton are the first signings, the latter noted as a mute. The club plans to use McKeesport Driving Park as its home grounds and aims to compete in the Allegheny City League.
February 18 report from New Orleans notes cool clear weather and a heavy track. In the half mile event Dolly Meeks led gate and ran a fast time with Dolaren and others close behind, while Lord croerminor won the mile event with Stuart second and Maid of Serece placing third.
New York report says Mr. Maxwell owner of the Galore plans to move the horse next week with Morewood acting as agent. Rumor spread uptown that the stallion was ill and a veterinary visit occurred to assess him.
John L Sullivan lived in town yesterday and registered at the Grand Union Hotel. He is described as emotional and might extend his stay as part of a tour. details are unclear in the fragment but reference to his appearance and plans are noted in the report.
Veteran sprinter David E. Sheehan returned from New Castle yesterday after defeating Holden in a 10 yard race. Backers anticipate a rematch or another sprint as the match seems likely to be arranged.
Spalding's Globe Trotters staged the first baseball game in Italy beside Vesuvius with about 4,000 spectators. Baldwin and Daly pitched for Chicago. Healy and Earle for All Americas. The crowd included dignitaries from multiple nations and local society figures.
Rifle expert Joseph A. Huggins declares he will meet Bernard Walters in a $100 a side match open for $290 a side. Letters from Hart of Doylestown and Cartwright of Springfield offer backing. Huggins rejects Walters proposed three hour limit and proposes Walnut Hill range Boston as the site.
The 142 hour contest will start at midnight in April at the Grand Central Rink under Harry Davis. George Noremac reports top walkers will enter. An entrance fee of $15 covers a cot and stove, with 30 to 40 starters expected. A daily $5 mileage prize adds to shared receipts.
The club announced handicaps based on averages. Shooters listed with yard marks include E. F. Shaner Q. A. een Charles Richardson G. E. George Cochran J. Dirk and many others across 14 and 21 to 30 yard ranges. Visitors are promised courteous treatment.
The thirteenth annual Westminster Kennel Club beach show opened at Madison Square Garden with about a hundred dogs on display. Prominent attendees included James G. Blaine Jr, Mr and Mrs Walker B. Smith, August Belmont Jr, and Brockholtz Cutting among others.
The case of ex Umpire Decker against the National Baseball League will be argued in Common Pleat Court No. 1 this afternoon. Attorney J.D. Watson will argue why his client claims the AS stated.
Aggie Harvey No. 2 arrives from New York and will start in the nine or seven starters race at the London Theater track. The event marks the M hour contest announced for tomorrow with Seecnce the Tommie biayoliots mentioned from New York.
A February bout between Pritchard and Hayes for £100 ended in a knockout. Friends intervened as the match devolved into a free fight, with observers noting damage and disorder afterward.
Jack Aseto wants to fight McCaffrey while Eemonr is declared out of the Sheepshead Bay handicap Ep Hanlon says he will play in Pittsburg.
Report from Pesth says Boulangists gain a recruit amid stalled cabinet talks in Paris. President Carnot presses Melin e to form a government while M. De Freycinet and M. Tirard are approached. Rumors of Pan-Slavist funding and an outside parliament cabinet circulate. Grevy's illness adds to uncertainty.
The American Tariff Reform Association opened its Chicago convention at Madison Street Theatre with John Z White presiding. President Cleveland sends a letter praising tariff reform while speakers like Thos G Shearman and R Ech Bowker push free trade. Governor Buckner and Henry George attend as New York delegates crowd Central Music Hall.
A decorated mule named Denmark was led through New Street to the United States Exchange and into the Stock Exchange board room at noon. Alfred DeCordova and others rode the animal before Mr Buck claimed the mule and removed it.
The trunk line Board of Presidents discussed alleged rate manipulations on western traffic and Peoria Board of Trade boycott of billing inspection. They agreed to halt joint rates with roads using improper devices and to require joint inspectors to examine and correct way billing and weights immediately.
Charles Clarke Democrat defeated Frank Cleveland Republican by about 900 votes. Voters favored paying the mayor a salary and full-time office work. Clarke, City Controller for two terms, leads Democrat control of both Council branches in a cold but fair election.
From Pesta February 19 a Peaster Lloyd report claims secret funds backed General Boulanger by Pan Slavs with Russia aiding his rise. It asserts Floquet was defeated for avoiding clashes with Germany or Italy to allow Russia free play and Russia aims to realign Austria Hungary from the triple alliance. Count Kalooky is believed to have authored the note.
In Tralee today William O'Brien refused his counsel Healy permission to apologize for a remark to Colonel Turner during yesterday’s proceedings and declined to mount any further defense against crimes act charges. Magistrate sentenced him to six months without hard labor. Also MP James Laurence Carew was arrested in eastern Perthshire on a warrant from Ireland for defying the crimes act.
The piece notes Canada should not count profits from ties with England and links Canada’s troubles to U.S. presidential election politics. It mentions expectations the Harrison Cabinet may act with mutual goodwill. Also reports Perthshire Eastern division results Kinlock 4005 Boase 2289.
A Belgrade dispatch reports a high authority stating Germany has placed a large order for rifles with its Austrian factory. The Austrian plant has contracted with the Semlin factory for 250,000 stocks for German repeaters.
At a Liberal meeting Epix Buron on February 19 a letter from Mr. Gladstone was read protesting against Mr. O'Brien and others being treated as political prisoners for acts deemed crimes in Ireland but not crimes in England.
Beruis February 19 The Post reports that further publications against Prof Geffcken are due to be issued and hopes they will shed light on the matter. Geffcken denies planning a pamphlet on the trial. Court Chaplain Stoecker’s resignation depends on a disciplinary inquiry yet to transpire. Emperor William says the chaplaincy cannot mix with political agitation.
Belgrade reports denial that King Milan plans a June coronation. A flying visit to Nis introduced talk he will abdicate with Prince Alexander to join the ministry circle. Ex-Queen Natalie slated to go to Bucharest with plans for a long stay.
Vienna reports from St. Petersburg indicate General Komaroff visits Chardjui to seize key Afghan frontier positions. The aim is to secure strategic points to deliver a decisive blow if hostilities with the Ameer of Afghanistan begin.
In Rome Mr. Gladstone discussed with Signor Crispi noting Palmerston had 58 years in public life and added with a smile that he counts only 57 so far.
Mr Gladstone left Cannes for London and appears well. The Eiffel Tower stands at 255 meters. A report confirms Herr Branders is recalled to Berlin. Rumor says Russia seeks 300 million roubles loan in Brussels and Amsterdam. Eugene Davis says Houston’s evidence at the Parnell Commission is calumny. A Catholic university may open in Fribourg with one million francs subscribed. Lieutenant Colonel Von Villume, German military attaché at St Petersburg, will be replaced by Major Von Bulow.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH Indianapolis February 19 Grim despair replaces disbelief as Hoosier Republicans accept General Harrison's Cabinet choices though critics doubt improvements before March 4 Miller's appointment draws mixed opinions while Navy and Agriculture posts hinge on last minute Washington deals Windom and New tied to broader political maneuvering Blaine faction influences Windom over New in Treasury selection.
The fourth annual Ohio Society banquet at Delmonico's drew about 250 guests led by M. M. Boothman A. B. Thomson C N Bliss and other dignitaries including William Windom Preston B. Plumb Roger A. Pryor and Stephen W. Dorsey. Letters of regret came from D. Taylor W S Rosecrans Robert C. Schenck Rutherford B. Hayes and Sunset Cox as speakers praised Ohio and its people.
Special telegram from Indianapolis reports W N Keach of the Americas Club Pittsburg visiting General Harrison to invite him to the Grant banquet on April 27 where the General attended last year no definite reply given
The Standard Company gun at Thurlow near Chester is failing under Annapolis proving tests. Bores show extensive interior flaws with blow holes and rough surfaces. Officials doubt acceptance even as trials continue, with debates on material quality and manufacturing standards.
A mother from Norway Maine extols CuTiSCURA remedies for her one year old boy who suffered scalp eruptions and hair loss. After using Cuticuna Hemepres the child recovered with full hair and clear skin, she says the cures are speedy economical and sure for infant illnesses.
Mrs. Susan M. Dobson of Milford Missouri reports two-year-old boys with eczema and ocular issues found relief using Co Ticura Remepres and Cu Ticura Resolvest. She notes eyes nearly healed before finishing the first bottle and fully cured halfway through the second.
A 61 year old farmer from Georgetown Texas reports a rapid thorough cure from honeycomb eczema on his hands after using CuTictra Remweptes from Sanders & Lesesne. He states the remedy worked quickly and suggests others may benefit, with reference to the druggist firm.
The advertisement touts Cuticura CuTicuRA as a quick relief for burning, inflammation, crusts, scales, and hair loss. It also promotes Cuticura Soap for clear skin and soft hands and Curicuna Resolvent as a blood purifier removing impurities to address the cause of disease.
Rescue work resumes in Hartford after a hotel collapse. The four story annex remains, making recovery difficult as debris fills excavations. No new bodies since noon, though a possible identity shift surfaces with William Seymour and an injured Boyle. Court cases begin for engineer Thayer and Risley while ten hospital patients recover.
A wild steer roamed Thirty-second Street to Penn avenue injuring several, including James Miller of Carnegie's Thirty-third street mill, before a Penn avenue butcher named George Smith killed the animal with a rifle. Miller suffered internal injuries after the steer gored him on its horns.
A heavy blast at Bellefonte Furnace Company quarry caused a rock to fall on a box with a hundred pounds of dynamite and explode. Doors and windows of company houses were blown out, glass at the works shattered, and the shock rattled town a mile away, but workers were not nearby at the moment.
The Swift Union Woman's Christian Temperance Union plans to buy property on Parkway near Federal Street for a headquarters and erect a large building to provide temporary shelter for women and children and possibly a kindergarten and kitchen. The public is asked to aid in this effort.
An advertisement touts remedies for itching burning scaly and pimply skin scalp and blood diseases with hair loss and other humors. It claims efficacy when physicians fail and promotes various products priced by the ounce or bottle. The notice invites readers to send for a booklet and testimonials from Boston chemists.
With the poles for the electric light system in place the final step is stringing wires. A. T. Rowand, president of the East End Electric Light Company, said the city will be fully lit by electricity on March 15.
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