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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1891
Page
8
A Boston based dispatch discusses Ward’s retirement rumor and Pittsburg’s bid for a top pitcher. It covers Boston Association ambitions, potential signings like Stovey and Storey, and league revenue battles, noting Ward’s denial and Pittsburg’s hopes for a strong nine under Ward.
The Kentucky racing season shows strong times and new records. Ten Broeck era horses dominated, with three beating the Derby distance mark and 193 speeds recorded. the Derby distance shift to a mile and quarter sparks debate about tradition and future.
Lath Schaefer aims to bring the young horse St. Vincent to this city in spring to chase a record, with a 2:90 mile cited and potential drop toward 2:20. Schaefer notes Allie Walkes set a 2:30 last year. Local men plan visits to Webster's for two trotters and discuss Foung stock as a promising investment. King Heirs stallion is also mentioned as a notable sire prospect for the year.
James McCaffrey father of the famed boxer Dominick McCaffrey died yesterday at his residence at the corner of Twentyninth and Smullman streets. He was a native of County Monaghan and longtime resident in the neighborhood. The community honors his memory.
Dominick is expected to arrive in Ubis City today. Local figures John McCaffrey and Thomas McCaffrey, both real estate agents, are noted among prominent residents along with the song John McCaffrey and the Geforce. The July death is referenced in local circles.
Notes that Jack Dempsey writes to Professor Bill Clark inviting him to New Orleans for the bout with Fitzsimmons on January 4. Dempsey says he is in pink health and ready to fight. Clark plans to travel ahead and join a group including Billy Edwards in St Louis. Local sportsmen plan to attend the ring side. Missouri Gymnasium fixes Western amateur boxing and wrestling championships dates for February 1 and 21 at Exposition Building Entertainment Hall.
D C O Malley of New Orleans advises friends to back Fitzsimmons over Dempsey. He predicts Fitzsimmons will win inside 10 rounds, while others expect a quicker finish, and he offers to help locals place bets ahead of the bout.
Local officials remain hopeful Ward may stay with the New York club next season. Pittsburgh officials say Day would not force Ward to remain where他 objects. talks will continue after the league meeting on the 15th inst. Also reports from Jeannette describe a ten hour pedestrian race with nine contestants, including three women, won by Ben Mason at 45 miles.
A large party from Beaver Falls Pittsburg and Youngstown met rivals from Cleveland and Chagrin Falls at Geauga Lake. A cocking main was held for 00 a side. The Chagrin Falls team won after nearly a dozen lively battles, despite Younstown participants.
In Curcago the Holy Trinity Polish Church reports that two golden chalices were stolen from its altar on the night before Christmas, with bases unscrewed and left behind. The theft fuels long standing enmity with nearby St. Stanislaus Church, amid past excommunications, disputed parish control, and alleged priestly meddling.
The Canton Ohio case centers on Rev. Howard MacQueary formerly of St. Paul’s Church Canton. He faces a diocesan panel over views deemed heretical and contrary to church standards in a trial set to begin in Cleveland. He defends his evolving beliefs citing evolution and rationalist thought influencing his theology. He delivered a brief farewell sermon indicating he may not preach in the Episcopal Church again.
Postmaster Rosh has six weeks left, triggering a contest among candidates Editor Mann Marion Cessna and James McManes supported by Wanamaker. Mrs James Dallas touted by McManes would be a nonresident appointment. Delegates prepare Washington visits to press President Scull and gather support.
Bellefonte reports a lease filed in the recorder’s office conveying the Beech Creek Railroad to the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad for a term of years. The move is part of Vanderbilt ambitions to build a competing line from New York to Chicago, with about 80 miles remaining to complete the through route.
A river ice gorge on Stony Creek breaks loose endangering the Johnstown dam and downstream areas as floodwaters threaten the waterworks and surrounding settlements after a heavy cold snap.
The gorge broke for a short distance piling ten feet high near Rocks and Hogback tunnel. Johnstown Water Company's dam at Borders Station swept by floodwaters. Dam described as strong built with ties bedded in rock. water main in twelve sections, each section about 1 pound, carried by ice. Ice lodged on Moxham bridge piers, threatening lower dikes. Cold snap froze the gorge forming ice three to six inches thick, with possible further trouble when it breaks.
Information from a reliable source says the negotiations between Davis and Elkins and President Lowder for the Western Virginia and Pennsylvania Railroad have broken down over officer salaries for past service. They had nearly agreed on price but not terms. Separately, Davis and Elkins are in talks with Baltimore and Ohio about acquiring the Grafton and Greenbrier road and extending traffic to Elkins.
The Earl of Zetland and Secretary Balfour issue a plan to aid western Ireland’s poor amid chronic distress. They warn against exaggerated charity and urge a single distributing authority, targeted aid to families in need, clothing for children, and school wear, with subscriptions to be directed to the Viceroy, Countess of Zetland, or Miss Balfour.
A con artist named E C Linn formed a branch of the St Paul Savings and International Society in Niles and took 12 500 from members claiming a 2 000 000 capital. The scheme proved a fraud as the capital was 400 acres of unimproved land nine miles from St Pan. Victims seek Linn and pledge to arrest him for obtaining money under false pretenses.
Oil City anticipates the long discussed extension of the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad from Stoneboro to Oil City. The Lake Shore contract expired after which a survey and promise of the new line arose. The Western New York and Pennsylvania argues Lake Shore rates are high and claims a new Oil City and New Castle road from Stoneboro to Oil City will be built.
A telegram from Elima Abers reports Captain G W Lutes, superintendent of Lock No 3, presents figures for the Third pool mining and shipments. The 1890 output shows a substantial rise over 1888 with 664 flats and 1 906 boats and barges producing 92 057 500 bushels of coal and slack in 1890. In 1889 the pool handled 410 flats and 93 boats delivering 16 10 200 bushels, a yearly gain of 4 147 300 bushels.
At Ten Mile, Tyler county, two physicians were summoned to treat two women who fought a ferocious duel with butcher-knives in a kitchen. Mrs Wilson suffered fatal wounds to the face neck and breast. the other participant’s name and motive were not yet known.
Charlie Bowers of Youngstown suffered the loss of his right arm after being struck by a moving train. The incident underscores dangers near tracks in industrial areas.
John Burns urged major unions to immediately send 5000 pounds to Scotland as a resolution was carried in support of the Scottish strikers.
The Waterford and Limerick Railway strike by guards porters and signal men ends in defeat as directors refuse to rehire any strikers. The brief report from Limerick dated January 4 notes the strike’s collapse and the directors’ firm stance.
Michael Davitt addressed a mass meeting in Loxpor pledging London railwaymen to support Scottish strikers. John Burns urged unions to send 3000 pounds to Scotland and travel to Glasgow the next day. Scottish strikers pressed reinstated workers to rejoin or risk discomfort as the cause advances.
Frank Sweeney of the Switchmen's Mutual Aid Association attended Lodge 62 in Chicago yesterday and last night, ending in a five hour meeting that quieted agitation and avoided a strike. He expelled hot heads, noted one master and three members were ousted, and canceled Monitor Lodge 111 at Elenwood for constitutional violations. He said pay grievances exist but are not current, and will be handled properly in due time.
Hassah Effendi of Damascus arrives in New York and proposes a Chicago World’s Fair exhibit. He aims to form a syndicate of wealthy citizens to reproduce Damascus’s straight street with mosque, Mohammedan worshippers, cafes, bazaars, and native Arabs. He previously staged a Paris exhibit that drew attention and seeks to outdo it.
Puritans blast the Kaiser for alleged Sunday law violations citing a snow road to the palace for a Russian troika. The Emperor, as head of the Prussian church, checked clerics, while Pastor Stocker drew imperial patronage into a dispute. An edict bans Y M C A literature from railway stations with similar orders anticipated for public buildings.
The Railway Minister announces a decisive policy shift as tariffs curb foreign competition. Going forward the lowest tender will be accepted for railway material purchases regardless of contractor nationality, ensuring German prices are matched.
A mass meeting in Lorpox chaired by Michael Davis voiced sympathy with the Scotch railway strikers. The session aimed to show support and discuss the workers' plight amid the ongoing labor action.
At Barnegat Park in Ocean County a mob of Italian laborers threatened violence over unpaid wages. Sheriff Hageman led a strong posse and was joined by National Guard troops from Camden after a requisition. The crowd dispersed when authorities mobilized and promised full pay.
Bostos reports weekly clearing house tallies for the week ended January 3, 1811. Statements list total receipts, expenditures, and movements of funds across banking houses in the city.
At the New York meeting of the Central Labor Federation Lucien Saniel moved to reply to President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor. The reply claims Gompers lied to the national convention and acted with prejudice to keep Socialists from the convention. The motion passed.
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