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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1891
Page
20
A London ledge story reports severe frost and snow causing mass unemployment across the UK with 200,000 workers jobless in London. Socialist agitators mobilize crowds while authorities prepare for possible unrest. rallies call for the right to labor and avoid starvation as provincial towns suffer worse conditions.
A scheme is on foot to establish a World's Labor Exhibition in London this year. The main feature will be workshops organized by London trades unions and other labor groups in a broad showcase of workers' skills and industries.
The proposal plans to advance funds to union workers for workshop setup materials wages and direct sales to consumers. Work will be performed by union members earning trade union wages and profits support a London labor exchange housing union offices.
Eyraud the strangler awaiting the guillotine in La Roquette prison is glad of a new murder charge that could delay his execution. He denies guilt, cites Breuil as an alias, and comments on why he used different names. Paris interest centers on Gouffe’s death and Eyraud’s possible links, with the Musee Grévin displaying a grisly Gouffe scene.
Paris discussions focus on how France will respond to the United States invitation for representation at the Chicago World’s Fair. Officials including M Ribot and M Roche will decide after considering the McKinley tariff legislation, with Whitelaw Reid forwarding the invitation to French ministers.
In Carleton House Terrace London Mrs Mackay occupies the grand residence once owned by Charles H Sanford the American financier who earned a fortune in Argentina and faced losses in the recent crash. The marble staircase cost about £60000 and fittings reflect lavish scale. Neighbors include Lords Pembroke Brownlow Matthew s Home Secretary opposite the Duke of Marlborough Secretary Balfour and the German Ambassador.
Loupon Jan 10 The North British railway strike shows little change as directors hold firm against strikers. Factories and collieries idle due to fuel shortages, with an estimated 50 000 men laid off. Fuel and food prices rise across affected districts, though passenger traffic remains fairly active.
Amelie Rives, the American novelist, is seriously ill in Paris. She has not left her room for six months and has not quit her bed since early December. Local friends report the condition as grave but without details of treatment or prognosis.
A fragmentary report from London dated January 10 outlines the formation of a new Anglican Brotherhood led by a single merchant figure. Details are incomplete but indicate a titled head and a formal organizational structure.
A group conducts a thorough examination of numerous candidates seeking admission to the order, reviewing characters and backgrounds. The process involves careful interviews and document checks.
An Englishwoman in Rome pursues her Benedictine husband who married her while under vows. He returns to the order and retires to a monastery in France. The deserted wife, penniless and unrecognized, is aided by a charity subscription to return to England.
Loypox January 10. Viscount Cross says the Government has no plan to dissolve Parliament this year. Yet election agents and wire-pullers press on with the belief a general election lies within reach. The Tories wonder why the government delays, as Gladstone’s strength prolongs the septennial act. Political speculators favor wire-pullers over the noble viscount.
The Manila governor doubts recent news about troubles in the Caroline Islands, saying no facts support the reports reaching America. He notes a Spanish warship is stationed there and he would have heard from its commander if the incident were serious.
Kilkenny January 10. The Mitchelstown Board of Guardians received an invitation from Mr Power of Kilkenny to attend the Loyal National Home Rule Convention of magistrates grand jurors and public boards to meet in Dublin. The aim is a thoroughly loyal national gathering to reestablish O Connell and Butt movement and restore Grattan’s Parliament.
A localist in Lowport reports a case of sopoplexy caused by electric light resembling sunstroke. The condition is new to the area but noted by French scientists. At the Breuzat coal mines and iron works, high power electric lighting has produced several similar instances.
Reports from St. Louis Senegal say French troops led by Commander Archinald captured the fortress of Niora from Sultan Ahmadous amid heavy fighting. About 400 natives were killed or wounded, with 51 French troops dead or wounded and several others seriously hurt. A private letter from Toole notes a prosperous New Zealand season and a canceled U.S. visit plan.
A British capitalists syndicate has obtained from the German Government territory in German Southwest Africa valued at 50,000,000 sores with perpetual mineral rights. The syndicate’s capital is reported as about £2,000,000.
In Dusby Ireland a group of promoters touts peat as undeveloped wealth. Meppen and Maastricht studies show peat fiber can be processed into cloth and textile goods, plus fertilizer and disinfectants. A capital-backed company could build model factories to produce yarns, fabrics, and allied products locally.
A measured account praises peat wool as a versatile Irish material with wide uses from medical dressings to clothing and fuel. It highlights potential job creation across ages and sexes, appeals to national pride, and notes a capitalist interest backing development to drive Ireland's industry.
Two men disguised as farmers entered a notary office on January 8 and used the name George Coithard to acknowledge a chattel mortgage in favor of a man named Weaver. The mortgage proved fraudulent, deceiving a local chattel loan buyer who now faces possible lawsuits as Harrison county officials pursue Colthard and the Weaver associate.
A scene at the African Methodist Church in Macomi ends in chaos as two youths try to eject Sister Lizzie during a closing hymn.Lizzie resists, knocks down assailants, and pursues the minister as the congregation flees in confusion.
Commander Gordon reports to the Minister of Marine and Fisheries proposing ten year closure of Hudson Bay sea waters to protect small whales. He cites depletion caused by American whaling vessels and their trade with natives, duty avoidance, and smuggling. He urges Canadian protection of Hudson Bay sealing interests.
In Scott Circuit Court, Charles L. Jewett represents a life insurer facing a claim over a missing man Abraham Cline. A skeleton found near Scottburg is alleged to be Cline, whose family sues for a $5,000 policy. The insurer contends the skeleton was planted to force a payout. The case promises to be highly interesting.
James Duffield, a former Russian oil field driller now returning to Detroit, shares observations on Russia's oil boom. He notes vast untapped lands around Baku, big wells that once spit 25 000 barrels daily, shifts in refinery capacity, and Rothschilds expanding in production, refining, and transport amid growing competition to Standard Oil.
In San Francisco on January 10, Joaquin Miller the poet of the Sierras warns trespassers against his Oakland area land. He claims locals have slain his imported pheasants and vows to shoot any future trespassers carrying guns on his private grounds.
Contracts signed in New York for a July tour of John L. Sullivan Jack Barnett Joe Lannon Duncan B Harrison and others by MacMahon Bros of Melbourne. They will sail from San Francisco in June and open at Her Majesty's Opera House in Melbourne under MacMahon management. Rogers acted as agent.
William Vinyard, a capitalist, and John A. Gallaher, a practical mine operator, will begin sinking a coal shaft in the southeastern city area within days. Surface veins have been found along Brush creek banks and hillside exposures, and projectors expect quantities sufficient to supply the city.
Joshua Watterman a retired Detroit capitalist offered $20 000 to the University of Michigan for a gymnasium if alumni and others match the sum He a Yale graduate says the gift would curb riots and provide students with an outlet for surplus energy citing the university as needing a granasion
James Gardner ill in bed at the Cotton Belt House in Reverert Louisiana was allegedly assaulted by Jack Seals who claimed a $7 debt. Seals cut Gardner on the forehead and head, tore through two coats and undershirts, and was arrested to be tried the next day.
Kipling reports his encounter with San Francisco as he travels from the sea to the city. He notes the port’s lack of warships, the language barrier, and the Palace Hotel’s grand modern oddities while describing crowds, a stabbing, and the city’s free spending manners.
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