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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1892
Page
7
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The G A R Department En campment of Pennsylvania gathers in this city for its annual meeting marking 31 years since the Civil War began and 27 since arms were laid down. The piece notes aging members, the valor of veterans, and Pittsburg’s warm hospitality to Union soldiers.
The Twenty fourth district replaces the conferee system with a district convention. Delegates will be apportioned at one per 500 votes, a plan urged by the last State Convention and adopted by Washington, Beaver and Lawrence counties. While politics remains, the new method aims to curb deadlocks and bargaining tied to conferees. Other districts are urged to follow this example.
The Philadelphia Record argues the Attorney General knew of the Allegheny Valley Railroad deal ten days early and questions whether the state should pursue constitutional action. It notes PRR control predates the Constitution, questionable line viability, and an unnamed purchasing committee overseeing the acquisition.
The text argues the administration must avoid favoritism toward any corporation and uphold constitutional supremacy. It urges rapid action on the Reading deal, noting a Harrisburg report that the Attorney General may pursue such action to refute accusations of unequal treatment and restore Governor Pattison era standards.
The St Louis session reveals a collage of diverse, impractical ideas threatening a third party move. It mixes agricultural and labor aims with sub treasury, land tax, fiat money, female suffrage, prohibition, and various reform groups, risking deeper incongruity while failing to swallow the Stanford humbug.
The piece accuses Senator Hill and the Albany convention of urging anti silver measures while courting both sides of the free coinage dispute. It argues the Bland bill remains the pivotal issue and claims Hill seeks votes from opposing factions by presenting contradictory positions.
The Bar Association of New York is expected to take action regarding Judge Maynard's conduct before appointment. The association's dignity would gain from a move and would suffer if it ignores the matter.
Oscle Jerry commutes by bicycle between his duties at the Capitol noting sockless feet for comfort. The columnist suggests the era demands skill in steering complex systems, likening politics to mastering wheels within wheels.
A fragmentary reflection notes that if the many political leaders on Monday could be condensed, their outpourings would crystallize national principles and aspirations likely to carry forward.
A noted debate over using sparrows instead of pigeons for shooting events notes misnaming risks, suggests international friction from a wholesale slaughter, and mocks political biases after a Chicago trip. It cites Prof. Conus and a Cornell sketch on D. B. Hill, then critiques machine politics and science’s reach in cold districts with blue goggles for cats.
The election of Mr. Weegtly as Mayor of Allegheny inaugurates a new era in Northside politics. It is the first time in years that this office has sought the man over there or anywhere else for that matter, and the result will be watched with keen interest.
The piece contrasts public interest in the Reading case with an attempted New York train robbery. It notes similarities in audacity but warns against misreading them. It discusses Hill's use of Newman’s hymn and the need for a soft tone when delivering certain lines. It also highlights Cleveland's Ann Arbor speech praising unity and youth involvement.
Public calls for safe travel across the Atlantic and humane treatment of stokers. Authorities report that some still wrongly equate patriotism with drunkenness, urging clarity and reform in public opinion.
With a typhus incident prompting stricter checks on ships from Brazil, authorities warn warmer weather will likely raise yellow fever cases. The season’s trends may even vindicate the ground hog as a weather prophet.
The piece notes Senator Quay rejects the claim of a Quay delegation at Chicago. It mentions Secretary Foster aboard the Spree bound for Europe and observes New York papers plan a Columbus monument this year. It asks if the Grant monument will be completed on Appomattox's 400th anniversary.
Henry M. Shantry lectures in New Zealand and will return to England. The widow of ex President Salomon of Hayti dies in Paris leaving a daughter studying medicine. JANS KAMMERHUT of Copenhagen skates two miles on one foot. Comrade Howard joins the Grand Army Post at Goffstown New Hampshire aged 19. Dr Samuel Friions of Chicago urges church noninvolvement in politics. Cow 88 TELFENER leaves Paris for Rome with her husband after visit with Mrs Mackay. Rumor in Mexico City places Senor Mariscal or Senor Zama conn as minister to England. Cambridge School Board election yields Mrs Carolyn P Chase 200 votes ahead of the ward’s leading Alderman. Baby Rura CLEVELAND defeats Baby McKee again. A Santa Cruz real estate offer to the Catholic Ladies Aid Society event’s most popular baby election prize. Ruth owns the lot with 1206 votes to Baby McKee’s 794.
Lehigh lumberman Peter Mallory met a bear on a rocky ledge between Trout creek and Gravel run in Tobyhanna township. After a fierce struggle Mallory used a log chain and a knot driven with a club to disable the bear. The bear slid into the creek ice and died as the ice broke.
At the Baron Hirsch Trust annual meeting in Philadelphia it reported the Hebrew colony near Cape May advancing well. Eight hundred of 5 000 acres are planted, ninety five houses built, a factory and hotel underway, with 600 Hebrew children educated in New York by the Hebrew Technical Institute, alongside local schooling.
Representatives from natural gas towns met in Limas parlor to press sine snallet bill aimed at stopping gas waste in Ohio oil fields. Dozens of wells burn gas for lighting on farms, exhausting fuel gas supplies in several towns.
Mr Isaac Pusey Gray seems to be carrying his Presidental boom all under his own hat.
The Inter-State Commerce Commission ruled that Louisville and Nashville Railroad must stop issuing free passes to Orleans officials, except as allowed by law. It also said the Lincoln Creamery cannot challenge a common rate to Denver, upholding existing charges. Other actions discuss World’s Fair special rates, Arizona bond authorization, and duty drawback figures for tin cans and salt used in curing meats.
A Washington Post note recalls Ward McAllister's trimming of the 400 and labels it the unkindest cut of all, reflecting on social exclusions and changes in elite circles.
The Chicago Times notes the gas company’s survival hinges on the meter.
A bright meteor crashes into a cattle shed on Henry Chambers’ farm near Hamilton in Missoula County. The impact buries 40 cows and two Chinese workers, shakes towns across the Bitter Root Valley, and a lava-like stream flows toward an extinct lake near a petrified sea serpent and ancient cliff dwellers cave.
Nathaniel Hill of Lowell sues Tremont and Suffolk Mills corp alleging a conspiracy among Lowell mill owners to steal his drive system for mills. He claims a May 1589 contract to employ him at 15 dollars daily to develop the plan and that the contract ended with a breach in September 1889. The defense calls the allegations absurd and denies any such combination exists.
In Hustington Pennsylvania on February 23 the surviving 125th Pennsylvania Volunteers petition Governor Pattison to appoint Colonel Walter W. Greenland of Clarion Adjutant General. Greenland, Huntington native and famed color bearer at Antietam, saved the regimental colors and chose to stay with his company. His comrades unanimously support the appointment.
A Slaughter digger attempting to reach water for twenty dollars found a 4 by 2 foot crevice after striking a 30 foot boulder. He sounded a 60 foot hole and heard a distant splash two minutes later, amid a strong earthquake tremor and a possible volcanic cavern linked to Mount Rainier activity.
The funeral of Dr. John Gilmary Shea Catholic historian and Catholic News editor who died Monday near Elizabeth will be held Friday morning. Bishop Wigger of Newark will celebrate a pontifical requiem mass at St Marys Church Elizabeth with several prelates. A Catholic Club delegation from New York will attend. Interment will be in Newark.
The historian C A Fyffe died after suffering from mental and physical distress following a false charge last year. He attempted self harm in April and was later brought to court in weak condition. the London grand jury later declined to return a bill.
Reading born John Old famed for Herne the Hunter cantata and The Seventh Seal dies at 65. He settled in Reading 1459 and founded a music academy after study with Moncheles and Thalberg. He composed many songs and piano pieces.
The piece notes a winter shortage of floral touches for young women as incomes shrink and ball bouquets vanish. It mentions Pittsburg losses of about $2000 at a subscription ball and teases Jenness Miller's baby fashion symposium at the Alvin Theater with the Miller philosophy on infants and dress reform.
The will of David Dunham Withers, dated October 21, 1878, directs the estate to be divided into five shares placed in trust. Income from one share benefits Elizabeth Tudlow during her life, with principal to her son after death. incomes from the other four shares go to four siblings for life, then to their heirs. Executors are empowered to sell or lease farms in New Jersey and Mississippi to best wind up the estate while preserving value.
A Wyoming coal fire on the Sweetwater cattle range six miles west of Cheyenne disrupted over 100 acres of surface last week. The blast threw coal and dirt far into the air and the report carried for miles. The fire had been known for two years.
The Minneapolis Tribune notes Andrew Carnegie not only preaches the gospel of wealth but acts on it by adding 100000 dollars to the 1000000 dollar gift already given to the Pittsburg public library.
A collection of editorial opinions from diverse papers argues over free coinage of silver. Critics warn of inflation and political manipulation, while supporters claim currency value would shift. Several pieces defend the gold standard and criticize silver advocates as misinformed or greedy.
Reports note peaches from the Cape of Good Hope sold in London and compare butter usage in various lands. Traders in the Indus and Ganges report large crocodiles. trappers in Washington and Oregon find many fur bears, with a heavy beaver catch. An egg-shaped curio in Maine and a silicon-like bed of alrivers near San Blas are described amid myriad science and colonial notes.
The scene depicts officials debating new aurora light installations in the northern city sector. A weathered Chief Tribune quips on boldness and chance while references to a weather prophet and glacial grooves pepper the dialogue. A precinct captain recaps a pursuit ending with a spilled coat and a missing “bed,” amid electioneering chatter and a watch’s escapement failing.
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