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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1892
Page
15
Advertising and distribution details for The Dispatch outline order placement, subscription rates, delivery by carriers, and postage. It notes the paper’s offices at Smithfield and Diamond Streets, advertising rates, and that mail subscriptions require stamps and prompt renewals. It sets carrier delivery at a penny-post rate with Sunday editions included, and urges prompt subscription renewals and internal compensation notes.
The article notes Ohio Republicans prefer proven capability and experience in Senate considerations, praising Sherman and Blaine as the strongest figures, while arguing Foraker’s candidacy would risk undermining steadier policy. It discusses the value of seasoned leadership over audacious campaigns. It also touches on eight hour workday studies and their mixed effects on output, noting regional mining data and expert opinions.
The discussion notes that even as France and Germany faced coal shipping limits, England exported large tonnages to them in 1890. It argues that this supports the eight hour day’s productive advantages, suggesting that if corroborated elsewhere, strikes may become unnecessary as the eight hour system spreads by demonstration.
The text argues that revolutionists targeting Mexico are outside U S. concern, but Garza and his armed forces on U S. soil must be crushed. It urges prompt, severe action to assert U S. authority, calling Garza an outlaw and rebel against the United States, not just Mexico.
Official Chilean communications stress thorough investigation and punishment after the Valparaiso riot. They say police quelled the disturbance, protected peaceful persons, and released American sailors, while acknowledging Chilean law governs the inquiry and promising to transmit results to the U.S. as soon as available.
The correspondence shows Chilean officials actively pursuing punishment for those involved in the riot. Communications on October 27, 30 and November 3 assured Egan of investigations under Chilean law and pending arrests. By November 9 police invited Captain Schley and American officials to aid evidence, while suppressing these updates in U.S. reports, raising questions about motives behind material suppression.
The Social Bconomial of New York urges a city beautification society to pursue uniform, lasting schemes. It cites Paris, Florence, Vienna, and Berlin as examples, and notes American cities like Cleveland and Detroit emphasize livability. Pittsburg must first curb smoke and then push street cleaning, paving, lighting, and shade trees to improve urban life.
The piece argues the Dublin Castle dynamite explosion serves Tory aims amid Home Rule splits and dynamiters. It also notes the death of Dr John Douglas, a prominent local citizen and writer, and comments on weather, ice prospects, and 1890s business failures with R G Dun & Co data and regional liabilities.
In a flurry of editorials, readers note plans for a colossal Columbus statue to light the Midwest horizon. Chicago urged to fund the monument immediately, contrasting with St Louis and Milwaukee as potential beacon points. Meanwhile political jostling over Mills and Crisp continues as tariff debates loom.
The New York Sun lauds New Year celebrations in New York for their explosive sound while Pittsburgh tolerates quieter revelry. The piece notes progress away from medieval noise and cites Sir Edwin Arnold on Japanese language adopting English civility to explain cross-cultural enthusiasm.
A Washington Post remark cites Axprew Carnegie's railroad company planning a new arm into West Virginia. The item questions Mr. Carnero's railroad affiliation and seeks public disclosure to prevent mislead free trade supporters from accepting such passes. It notes the presidential election ten months away and mentions Chicago Tribune’s renewed free trade stance.
The New York Sun questions a £5000 prize for the World’s Fair poem saying it could launch a flood of verse that terrifies readers. It counters reports that Sir Edwin Arnold would monopolize poetry for the event and notes Ben Butler’s clash with the clip and a confession of a man who could not be daunted.
The piece suggests Democrats expect to use Parliamentary rules of Thomas B. Reed in the New York Legislature this winter while Republicans lose favor with the same rules. It hints at political weather turning, noting Uncle Jerry’s GOP prospects may improve as winter arrives. The column teases Field’s eating question as a curious aside amid broader political maneuvering.
A eclectic collection of short notices lists famed figures and dignitaries: Governor Bores of Iowa ill with grip. Giapstoyxs shrinks with age. Rev Innocent Wolf Kiss Grover of Greece sick with smallpox. H. H. Baxcroft the Pacific historian visiting Mexico. Dr Cyrus Adler leaving London for the United States. the Duke of Devonshire owning 19500 acres with rent of 550000 yearly. General Armstrong ill in Boston aiming to return to Hampton. Mattie Mitchell among باريس maidens at a New Year reception. Robert Louis Stevenson’s early career disappointments. Mr Groner Batchelor traveling Lisbon to resume post. EnKkiss owns a fine West Virginia country residence. W E Hale resigns from Hale Elevator Co as pioneer of passenger lifts.
San Francisco Jan 2 Nearly forty years ago a school lad from an Illinois town befriended Robert Walker. As adults they re joined and Walker married Nellie Rice before seeking wealth in Arizona. Walker rose in a tribal mine venture, earned 300000, then died of pneumonia. His widow faced a will contest from Walker's relatives who allege she is an adventuress. Mr. Jackson travels to Arizona to settle the matter.
A humorous column riffing on New Year resolutions with tales of drunken folly, clowns and circuses, and the humor of aging audiences. It recalls a farmer couple, a laughing town, and veteran clown Dan Eiec, all framed as light satire on how people keep or dodge resolutions and enjoy enduring jokes.
While sawing at D C Jayne’s sawmill three miles from Grant City in the river bottom a blade of an ax and a rough iron tomahawk head were found embedded in a tree. The iron blade had grown into the leg of a man, injuring Grant White and Richard Ells who will be laid up for weeks. The find was deeply buried beneath the surface, with the ax blade finely worked and the tomahawk head crudely forged.
A New York Evening Sun sketch notes Congress begins with Alabama's Clark at one end and Wyoming at the other. It highlights multiple Taylors, Wilsons, Mendersons, Johnsons, Stewarts, Stones and Williamees, with party balance and imagined dinner table theatrics reflecting GOP and Democratic blocs in the coming session.
Latimer County Pennsylvania Jan 2 Paul Hill, once wealthy, joined spiritualist circles led by Philander Brown. Hill mortgaged his farm and lost all his fortune chasing alleged messages from the dead. Brown fled on a technicality, while Hill remains bewildered by the hoax and its toll.
New York on January 2 a 6 foot dory named Little Rover left Rockaway Beach bound for Jacksonville under the sole command of Harry Trubenback who will captain, cook, and navigate. He aims to reach Florida by March 1 to gauge his life saver prospects at Rockaway Beach next summer. He plans to sleep aboard and cook on an oil stove recovered after a prior capsize near Fort Schuyler. The voyage drew a crowd and several presents.
A collection of clipped quotes from major newspapers lampooning David Bennett Hill and his New York politics. Mentions of Peanuts pricing, the Hill circus move, Governor Hines’ tenure, and varied editorials credit Hill with influence while poking fun at oligarchy and political antics.
In Washington January 2 Mrs. Harrison rests well after a troubled day and remains homebound. Assistant Secretary Nettleton, struck by grip, has a slight relapse and is bedridden again. Secretary Foster's convalescence is slow and may keep him from duties for several days, though he visited the Treasury briefly. Speaker Crisp shows notable improvement.
Reports from major papers indicate Congress will reconvene with plans to place war talk on the agenda and consider goals resolutions. Predictions note hundreds of bills, with expectations that no river and harbor bill will pass this session as spending is postponed.
New York gossip reports ticket men profiting from fare quirks on the elevated, especially women exacting changes, with tales of sharp pockets and phantom coins. A jovial Sixth Avenue tale follows a singing passenger, while pieces on insanity waves, a witty child, and backstage theater stars close the column.
A miscellany of quirky observations spans geography biology and culture. It notes Madagascar’s standing army, U.S. post offices, citrus yields, telephony costs, ancient measures, and vivid global customs from Ireland to India, plus meteorology, astronomy, and animal quirks.
Fragmented humorous quotes mix theater gossip diary jokes and music notes from a Portland Post and Chicago Tribune style roundup. The piece highlights a diva’s tantrum over singing, a wings gag, fashion talk, diary humor, and a clock hinting at another year passing.
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