President Harrison Theater Open Declared
The Music Hall named President Harrison Theatre has been declared open. Owners emphasize community use and scheduled performances to inaugurate the venue.
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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1890
Page
1
Magnificent Audience Attends Evening Exercises
A large attentive audience filled the hall for the evening program featuring music prayer and speeches by prominent gentlemen. The formal transfer completed with a grateful reception from the people.
Allegheny Welcomes President Harrison at Carnegie Library
The Allegheny city police escort, led by Captain J. A. Brown and Lieutenant Clark, guards the President as Andrew Carnegie and Governor Beaver attend the opening of the Carnegie Library. Crowds roar with loyalty as Bishop Whitehead leads a brief prayer and the Mozart Society performs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Allegheny
J. A. Brown
Clark
Washington
Harrison
Carnegie
Beaver
Whitehead
Protestant Episcopal Church
United States
Pennsylvania
Mozart Society
Scott
Andrew Carnegie
Esrson
President Harrison Receives Crowd in Allegheny Hall
President Harrison appears on the Allegheny steps with B F Jones as a large crowd cheers. Notables include Carnegie Ammon Pratt Lander Langley Walker Parke Kennedy and Pearson among others. The Mozart Society conducts and the choir erupts into America as the audience joins in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Jones
Allegheny
Bose
Messrs. Kennedy
Walker and Steinmere
Messrs
Ammon, Snaman and Park
Harrison
Carnegie
Pratt
Lauder
Pearson
Dalsel
Beaver
J. Langter
Mozart Society
James P. McCollum
America
Beauty and Chivalry Evening in Carnegie Music Hall
A Pittsburgh audience fills the Carnegie Music Hall for the Beauty and Chivalry event, drawing prominent industrial and business figures from Pittsburgh and nearby towns. The diverse crowd includes many ladies and a large choir with 70 women in ornate dress, as Bishops Phelan and Whi enter to an ovation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Building
Federal Street
Ying
Pittsburg
Peo Itteburg
Econongabels
Sharpsburg
Sewickley
Macy
Twin Cities
Tear
Mozart Society
Phelan
Whi
Catal Sls
Bodancy
Transfer of Library Opens with Carnegie Address
The ceremony marks the formal transfer of the library to the city with Andrew Carnegie and Mayor Pearson leading a public celebration. Carnegie presents a golden key, praises the commission, and thanks architects Messrs Smythsmeyer and Pelz. Mayor Pearson extols generosity and local ownership, urging ongoing support for the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie
Pearson
Mr. Carnegie
Phelan
Whitehead
Scott
Allegheny
James B. Scott
Messia
Smythsmeyer & Pelz
Washington
Allegheny Ns
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Pratt
Palau
Lyim
Tariff Bill Faces Sugar and Wool Clash in Congress
Washington shifts focus to the Ways and Means Committee as McKinley recovers. Debates over sugar duties and carpet wool rates threaten tariff passage, with Southern and Western Republicans wary of steep cuts and potential revenue losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Souther
Washington
Fortress Monroe
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Georgia Press Demands Boycott Of Wanamaker Posts
Washington reports Georgia papers urge merchants to boycott Wanamaker Philadelphia house and citizens to boycott buyers of his posts. Protests arise over Wanamaker naming a negro postmaster at Americus and his plan to appoint another at Athens, sparking warnings of ruin to his business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Georgia
Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Americus
Crisp
Athens
Carlton
Mr. Wanamaker
South
New Postage Stamps Adopted In Place Of Green Stamp
On Saturday next new postage stamps will go on sale at major post offices nationwide. The sickly green stamp will be retired in favor of a smaller dark carmine stamp. Postoffice officials blame poor color on a plate made for a different color. Third Assistant Postmaster General M Hagen leads the stamp division and expects public approval. The department ordered the change on the 17th. One hundred ten offices receive 43,644,610 stamps totaling $784,323 in value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waserwator
Postoffice Department
M. Hagen
Haves
Department
Windom's Silver Bill Faces Senate Death
The Win dom silver bill is virtually shelved in the Senate Finance Committee and a proposal is under review to report it out not as originally intended. The measure appears headed for a quiet defeat in committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasuingorter
Windom
Senate Committee On Finance
Substitute Authorizes Coinage of Four Million Silvey Dollars
Fragmentary text indicates a substitute proposal to authorize coinage of 4,000,000 silvey dollars with monthly issuance of 3,000 and 800 certificates or similar currency tokens. Readable context is limited and unclear on full details or approving body.
Tariff on Tin Likely Doubled by Ways and Means Panel
Special telegram from Washington reports the Ways and Means Subcommittee nearing a plan to raise tin plate duty to two cents per pound, from one. Some propose a one cent per pound bounty to producers to offset higher costs and encourage domestic output. Assistant Secretary Tichenor rules steel wire coated with tin is dutiable under tariff provision, broadening the scope of tin finishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Kansas
California
Senate
House
Ways and Means
WashiNgton
Waya
Mesas
Amistant
Tichener
Dunbar to sculpt busts for Senate leaders Hendricks and Tompkins
Dunbar, a young noted sculptor, received from the Senate Library Committee an order for a head and bust of the late Vice President Hendricks to fit a marble niche in the Senate Chamber. He has begun the clay head and already shown promise. The commission may soon extend to a bust of Tompkins. His recent clay bust of Chief Justice Waite is attracting high praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasninetox
Dunbar
Committee On Library of the Senate
Hendricks
Senate
Tomkins
New York
Monroe
Waite
Forty Sentenced in Maryland Rioting Case at Court
In a dramatic session Judge Bond presided as 40 Navases rioters faced sentence. George Singleton Key received death for murder, with March 28 set for hanging. Other killers and 23 rioters were fixed to terms ranging from six months to life in the Maryland House of Correction.
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Navasen
Will Haig—Oihers
BautmMone
United Eaten District Court
Navases
Bond
Ce Walline
Supreme Court of the United States
George Singleton Key
James Mahon
Henry Jones
Thomas NM
Foster
Edward Smith
Samuel March
Iney
Texas Shorty
Darkey
Shorty
Morris
Maryland
Defaulter William F Kimball Arrested in New York
February 20 report states William F Kimball, confidential bookkeeper for Richardson & Boyington Co., held in custody for a alleged default of $10,000. Boston? The suit was filed but delayed for service. Officers found him at his upscale home and he appeared in court near midnight with bonds not yet posted. Police investigate missing funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curcaco
William F. Kimball
Richardson & Boyington Company
New York
Chicago
Oerinr
Afteturin
Richardson and Ote Company
Kimball
Servig
Purney
Yes
Prohibitionists Nominate State Ticket in Indianapolis
The Indiana Prohibitionists at their State Convention in Indianapolis on February 20 named H. M. Bloat for Secretary of State Abraham Huntsinger for Auditor John E. Macy for Treasurer Sumper Haines for Attorney General 2 M. Orint for Superintendent of Public Instruction C. L. Jewup for Clerk of the Supreme Court S. J. North for Supreme Court Judge Fifth District Their platform opposes local option and seeks tax exemption for clothing and life necessities while supporting reduced salaries for county officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
H. M. Bloat
Marion County
Abraham Huntsinger
St. Joseph County
John E. Macy
Hendricks County
Sumper Haines
Jay County
M. Orint
Boone County
Sup
C. L. Jewup
Supreme Court
S. J. North
Korciasko County
Socialists Win Big in German Elections Amid Riots
Reports from Brieaux describe a massive socialist advance across Germany with government parties losing seats and riots erupting in Berlin as crowds clashed with mounted police. Berlin totals show socialist gains in multiple districts while leaders like Liebknecht and Bismarck appear in the day’s voting story.
Angry Englishmen in Brazil Complaint to Lord Salisbury
The Brazilian Charge d Affaires reports English settlers at Rio de Janeiro defying a new law making them Brazilian citizens. They assaulted officials, threw them from a window, barricaded themselves, and appealed for British protection. Lord Salisbury rebuked the Brazilian envoy and refused to recognize him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Salisbury
UY Duslap
Rio
Brazil
French Education Minister Removes Henry the Fourth References
Paris report says M Falliers Minister of Education orders all references to Henry the Fourth erased from history books and blank spaces filled with dots in schools across France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
M. Falliers
France
Henry the Fourth
A Socialist Gathering Disperand
A thousand frontier to a meeting wan'tgard by the Bulgarian police. A German-American Paper Loverdicted. Brstin, February 20. An order has been issued eae the circulation in of the a Geraest er paper pub
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durlap
Canse Company
Brussels
Wan'atgard
Brstin
A Geraest
Lincoln's Son Dying Amid Critical Relapse
London dispatch reports 15 year old Abraham Lincoln Jr. in grave condition after a serious relapse. Doctors performed an operation to release a large amount of fluid from the chest region, offering only temporary relief as the family remains hopeful yet fearful. Minister Lincoln cancels attendance at royal levee and other engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lincoln
Abraham
Cesar
St. James’ Palace
NO PENIAN PLOT IN CANADA DENIED BY AMERICAN LEGATION
Paris February 20. Inquiries at the American Legation deny a Panian plot to create agitation in Canada for an Independent Republic. The legation had dismissed rumors but now denies formally, with Home Rule actions and broader circles in London linked to the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunlaf
Canle Company
Paris
Legation
Feni
Canada
Washington
London
Russian Plot Claim Ties Agent to Charitable Society
The agent of the St. Petersburg Slav Charitable Committee, Monsewiltch, was arrested at Sofia Borra on February 20. Police found papers compromising General Ignatieff, the committee president, and members of the Russian Embassy in Constantinople along with several Russian consuls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borra
Monsewiltch
St. Petersburg Slav Charitable Committee
General Ignatieff
Eussian
Constantinople
Anti French Bill Debate erupts in Canadian House
In Ottawa the Commons continued debate led by P A Mitchell and Sir John A Macdonald on Mr McCarthy's anti French bill. The premier delivered a vehement appeal to unite and oppose the measure, warning of economic panic and loss of confidence in Canada’s financial standing among the dominions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
House of Commons
McCarthy
P. A. Mitchell
John A. Macdonald
London Stock Exchange
Cassda
Canada
A Short Honeymoon Ends in Tragedy in Brainerd
In Brainerd Minnesota February 20 a newlywed couple Misa Lillie Dean and J Bulmer married the night before. After a later return to their room the husband was found dead in bed while the bride awoke in distress. Doctor Grover diagnosed heart failure or fatty degeneration as the probable cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brainerd, Mixy
Misa Lillie Dean
Northside
J. Bulmer
Northern Pacific
Grover
Khasti
Big purchase by street car syndicate in New Jersey
The Essex Pamenger Railway Company agreed to sell its horse car lines serving Newark East Newark Orange Bloomfield and Belleville for 1.8 to 2.0 million dollars. The 50 mile system includes 200 cars 1100 horses five stables and two miles of electric road. Named investors include ex Secretary of the Navy William Whitney FP A B Widener William L Eskine and Mr Cummings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitney, Widener
Elsins
New York
Essex Pamenger Railway Company
Newark
East Newark
Orange
Bloomfield
Belleville
Secretary of the Navy
William ©. Whitney
A. B. Widener
William L. Eskine
Mr. Cummings
Ohio considers banning foreign beer over adulteration concerns
Assistant Food and Dairy Commissioner John J. Geghen said Ohio will investigate and likely exclude foreign made beers due to adulteration. Imported beer sales reach about 1 million dollars annually in the state. Local beer samples have been collected, with few complaints about purity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tapactal
John J. Geghen
Food and Dairy Commissioner
Ohio
Bishop Dubs Case Trial Verdict Reported In Cleveland
In Cleveland on February 20 the Randolph Dubs trial moved with sensational developments as he remained absent from church. A verdict was reached by the jury and a final ruling will be announced publicly later. The bishop was found guilty deposed from office and expelled from the church, with plans to appeal to the General Conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Randolph Dubs
General Conference
Indictment of York Bank Wreckers Pell Wallack Simmons
Grand jury indicts George H. Pell James A. Simmons and Charles K. Wallack for grand larceny in the first degree over 31 000 in securities stolen from Lenox Hill Bank. Wallack president of the bank allegedly received bonds. Pell and Simmons aided. Bail set at 20 000. swift arrests and court appearance followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dietator
New York
Equitable
Lenox Hill
McKeever
Martine
George H. Pell
James A. Simmons
Charles KE. Wallack
Lenox Hill Bank
Wallack
Simmons
Pell
Lenox Hill Bak
Ld Lenox Sul Ba Bank
Connell
Anor
Securi
Pell and Simmons
Ac Ees
Equitable Bank
St. Louis
New
Rand
Reward Offered for Henry Lebo in Reading Wife Killing
Berks County Commissioners post a reward for Henry Lebo a Reading man accused of fatally shooting his young wife after she refused to reunite. He fled after the Wednesday night attack at Fisher residence. The victim worked at Reading Silk Mills and is identified as the wife of Lebo and daughter of Daniel Fisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mopacal
Tm Reape
Berks County Commissioners
Henry Labo
Reading
Dan Daniel
Fisher
Lebo
Harry
Ingersoll Defends Tobacco at Delmonico Dinner
Colonel Bob Ingersoll spoke at the Legal Protective Association of Cigar Manufacturers dinner at Delmonico's. He argued tobacco use adds meaning and vigor to life and dismissed claims of danger, urging support for smoking in public life despite evolving attitudes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingersoll
New York
Bob Ingersoll
Legal Protective Association of Cigar Manufacturers
Delmonico’s
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United States of America
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Itel
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Wyman
Beauty and Chivalry
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Soen
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Liberal Party
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Staateb Zeitung
Cember
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Hamburg
Kreuzberg
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Prince Bismarck
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Hilstory
Bo Safters
Sofia
Sir John A. Macdonald
Bishop Dubs Case
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York Bank
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Wreaskera
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