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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1892
Page
15
A thinly readable note indicates a periodical issue with publishing details from Pittsburg. The fragment mentions postal matter and second class status but lacks full context to specify date or exact content.
This issue advertises paid subscriptions for The Dispatch with weekly and Sunday editions, notes carrier responsibilities for complete numbers, and explains postage rules for mail subscriptions. A Pittsburgh Sunday dateline followed by a political update discusses Senator Blaine, President Harrison, and delegate strategies for the National Convention.
A batch of notes traces the Law and Order Society's Sunday public service protests and fines. It cites tiny state returns, claims many cases settled without fines, and questions the validity of prosecutions against newspapers trains mills and telegraph services while warning public opinion may force legislative change.
Fragments indicate parties anticipate an earlier opportunity to justify positions than previously expected, suggesting a shift in timeline or approach may be forthcoming. The tone implies readiness to proceed sooner than anticipated.
The piece argues the tax system is unfair and unreliable, urging councils to limit extravagance and scrutinize expenses. It attacks cash-value assessments as arbitrary, notes the last sale is not a reliable benchmark, and proposes using rental value as the fair, measurable basis for property taxation. It predicts legislative adoption of rental-based assessments.
In a discussion of the National Treasury Mr Dockery notes that past Congress overspent while cash reserves dipped to a near twenty year low. He adds the administration is wisely withholding unpaid appropriations to align expenditures with revenue, signaling retrenchment and reduced surplus. The piece highlights a growing bipartisan push to curb federal outlays.
A column argues the Democratic Party shows a pattern of amplifying its least commendable motives when in power. It notes Republicans hold the Senate and presidency, while the House pursues aggressive policy, risking further losses after past electoral reversals. The piece warns the party may ruin itself by elevating its worst characters to leadership.
Dispatches argue Democratic control would place Hill and Gorman in power, condemning their leadership as representing the era’s worst political practices. The critique claims Hill and Gorman magnify abuses of machinery, alienating independents and boosting Republican cohesion under similar accusations.
The Williamsport Board of Trade forms a Committee of Thirty from each ward to make non partisan nominations and urges parties to refrain from city nominations. The piece condemns importing national politics into municipal life and urges independent rule based on faithful service to the people, hoping other cities follow.
Reports on Khe dive death stir Cairo and Constantinople speculation of morphine overdose or assassination tied to Abbas Pasha's succession. Critics say English interests would benefit, noting past changes with Ismail and Tewfik. Parallels suggest power shifts drive rumors more than poison.
The Philadelphia Inquirer cites a Connecticut governor ship suit ruling to argue the Constitution must be obeyed by both Legislature and people. It notes persistent Legislature neglect to enforce key articles, including the sixteenth and seventeenth, and quotes John B. Robinson on constitutional limits, ending with a claim that the extra Senate session deemed actions unconstitutional that the Constitution authorizes.
The piece notes Legislative circles criticizing Old Bills Allen ideals as barren and urges the Inquirer to detail constitutional observance. It praises Dispatch for promoting respect for constitutional guides and condemns anti-Sims lynching in Alabama as a further moral decline.
Two New York Sun photographs depict Congo progress. One shows a steep hillside where two men struggle for footholds, the other the same spot with a leveled roadbed for the Congo Railroad. The project’s completion promises to open the Congo from its mouth to Stanley Falls, free from European territorial schemes, an unalloyed triumph if it avoids commercial monopoly.
Sm Eowrs Arwonp states that England’s aristocracy are the most moral people. The remark, in light of recent events, appears to contradict the praised virtues of the English middle classes.
Chicago factory reports indicate crude petroleum is a cheaper smokeless fuel than soft coal after extended tests. A decision remains on whether substituting oil would eliminate Pittsburg and London smoke and fog for the smells of cologne. The presidential theory allegedly values American made kitchen ware regardless of origin.
Mr AwEEMAN of this State urges a constitutional amendment to secure uniform divorce laws nationwide. The Disrares notes this as the only sure method for uniformity, though it is slower yet steadier than immediate reform.
Secretary and Mrs Foster depart for Fortress Monroe for a week. Valento collecting 1000 Central America views for World's Fair. Brars suffers erysipelas. Bernard Beere to sail from London with Herbert Standing and Marius. Edward VII era begins as Edward. London theaters may open free for Clarence wedding day. Moritz Rosenthal earns a life saving medal at 14. actor Scanlan near death with grim prognosis. London City Council favorites a diamond necklace and silver dinner service as wedding gifts for Duke and Duchess of Clarence.
A veteran recall of Civil War fear on Yorktown patrols describing panic upon first shelling. Personal anecdotes include a timid retreat, a dangerous cattle herd scene, and a later calm after baptism by battle. Also notes on immigration inspector Robert Layton, a German socialist editor, and San Francisco press club delegates.
In 1844 a plain Government postal card marked Western Leather Co Chicago and Chilton Guthrie & Co. crawled through postal routes, arriving in Chicago after seven years, two months, and fifteen days. The card’s slow journey spans Louisville and Chicago, with the sending firm changing locations four times in the interval. The riddle remains: where did that card wander for seven years and more.
Chicago Tribune reports a train robbery on the outskirts of Pittsburg led to stern justice, with the culprit ordered to serve days in the workhouse. Authorities moved swiftly to apply penalties, highlighting the harsh response to rail crime in the era.
Jame s Goopws, the Indiana millionaire farmer, died at his Lebanon home yesterday. GEORGE FOWLER of the Ger Fowler & Sons packing firm died in Liverpool Friday. W. W. Wheelock, 76, founder of Moline Mills and ex-bank president, died in Moline. Sica Nelson, grandson of Thomas Nelson, died in Nyack at ? years old. Julia and Mary Howard, twins, died at Wilkesarre on Thursday, both aged 00. Deaths span Cambria France to Galena Illinois and beyond.
Monsieur Paul Blouet's Carnegie Hall appearance drew a large cross section of Pittsburgh society for a two hour program blending travel philosophy and anecdotes. The French lecturer, introduced by Dr. Holland, charmed an audience that waited past the advertised start amid cable car delays. Supported by Prof. Henri Rollin Parker and the Western University, Blouet presented Jonathan as an American type and offered well crafted humor on traveling and language differences.
An elderly East St Louis baker, Christian Beyerlein, learned in New York his nephew August Beverlein, a longtime New York beggar, is his heir to a fortune not less than fifty thousand dollars. The will in Beyerlein’s favor was made before death, with most of the estate reportedly in New York.
J C Stewart of the Fat Men's Club claims wealth from an island near Chesapeake Bay that hosts a vast white clay deposit analyzed by a Philadelphia chemist showing 40 to 65 percent alumina. He cites a new German chemist process enabling pure aluminum at about 1 cent per pound and plans aluminum production in three weeks after the season ends.
Mrs. Harrison held her first public reception of the season in Washington D C from 3 to 8, with constant callers. She was assisted by the wives of Justices Gray and Brewer. A list of invited Blueroom guests includes numerous ladies, and the Marine Band provided music.
Journal notes John P. St. John declines presidential bid on the Prohibition ticket and weighs Dr. Keeley as a potential second option for the drys in the era context.
Mrs. Lease of Kansas announces she will make no charge for her speeches hereafter. The Chicago Tribune notes the claim that free speech may become a terrible evil as a reaction to Frese speech.
Multiple newspapers report Belva Lockwood as a potential or likely presidential candidate. The coverage quotes varied opinions on her stance, with some sources claiming she would accept a nomination if offered freely while others note she would oppose the major parties or only run if compelled.
A Philadelphia correspondent rails at urban corruption and street franchises, condemning newspapers, power brokers, and public rights in his city while contrasting New York clashes. The piece surveys women’s assertiveness on elevated transit, a liberty-loving Saks Street scene, a Broadway wind episode, vanity and civilization, and a joke about a taming dog. It closes with a humorous jewelers’ holiday rush in January.
A sprawling miscellany notes strange claims and historic tidbits: two thousand women as artists in 1801, leprosy dip in India, Chinese presence in Africa, a New Mexico man with three tongues, and a Missouri wolf hunt misstep. It catalogues oddities from brass-nosed cats to aluminum prices and ancient Egypt worship of cats, with quirky items about Paterson New Jersey, orange trees in Yuba City, and Congo language traders.
A mosaic of light verse and humorous snippets from humor magazines. Comic quips about a clockwork Mike, the man in the moon, chrysanthemum habit, and a furnace tale mix with stage banter and a plumber mistaken for a dynamite crank.
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