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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1892
Page
19
A European page notes France will resist British occupation of Egypt with altered stance on Tunis and Khedive succession while Berlin debates temperance laws and a printers strike continues across major cities. It highlights Imperial politics, German talks with Britain, and rising social tension.
A Cannes report details Guy de Maupassant's presumed insanity after a suicide attempt. It notes morphine, hashish, ether use, a family history of mental illness, and his confinement in Dr. Blanche’s asylum. The article cites a dramatic incident on his yacht and his declared aim to complete Angelus as a literary testament.
January report notes a diplomatic concession as the Sultan relinquishes authority over the Pacha. A French cruiser presence is mentioned amid tense regional developments.
Cosmo reports rebels near Tangier active demanding the Sultan dismiss the Tangier governor. They control interior routes causing shortages of provisions to the city, though relief may come from the East. It is said the Sultan has dismissed the Tangier Pasha, a key rebel demand.
A cable report details how Lawrence Irving, stage actor son of Henry Irving, accidentally shot himself in Belfast while studying for The Specter Bride. He is weak but conscious, under his mother’s care and medical attention as doctors assess the wound. The incident is blamed on absent minded practice with a revolver.
The Commotion scooped up pennies again and washed them in a sink while muttering he would give them to his friend's children. He and the ill-gotten coins were then expelled from the house.
J H Eakins once a Detroit oil broker and politician, self styled evangelist, has been committed to Pon tiac insane asylum after growing religious mania. He planned a God Soul Saving Company with 5 million capital and 50 000 shares and vowed to blow up the city unless Detroit indorsed his scheme. He attempted a prayer meeting in court today.
Charles Donnelly treasurer of the Roselia Foundling Asylum and Maternity Hospital acknowledges generous donations from Charles E. Speer Mellor Hoene George J. Gorman C A Wood C L Magee Mrs Philo French the Arnheim Live Stock Company Bush Cain F G Paulson John F Atcherson the wers Association and A A Cowles. Secure desirable boarders and ledgers by advertising in the cent a word columns of The Dispatch.
A midwinter excursion to Washington D C described as the capital and handsomest city in the world departs January 14 at 8 a m and 9 20 p m round trip fare nine dollars with parlor cars on the day train and sleeping cars on the night train.
Derrriot January 9 Charles Jubienville lay dead in a lodging house. In the room, a man known as Scotty was observed pocketing pennies from the dead man’s eyes. A bystander and the crowd reacted in horror as the copper coins rolled away, exposing a shocking scene surrounding the murder aftermath.
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