28 Jan 1889
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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1889
Page
1
Voters in Paris react with high enthusiasm as election results unfold amid crowds and chants. Officials report strong turnout and spirited demonstrations reflecting a climate of heightened political energy citywide.
Paris reports an overwhelming Boulanger victory with a majority of 54 432 over Jacques and others. Government ministers consider resignation while Paris crowds celebrate and clash in places like Moultmartne and Belleville. Police and troops prepared to maintain order amid a possible cabinet crisis. Louise Michel aids Boulanger effort and Panama shareholder links are noted in canvassing.
The piece notes Radical and Socialist support for General Boulanger and claims by M. De Lesseps of guiding votes and public dining with Boulanger. Since July 1887 Boulanger totals about 700,000 votes across elections, Republicans 1,200,000. Rumor places Magnin to form a Cabinet as Boulanger resigns Seine for Nord. The Standard and Daily News condemn Conservatives and de Paris influence.
A Hungarian drunken brawl at McClures Painter mines near ScoTpaale last night left Joe Franko fatally shot and George Lesso critically injured. Warrants issued for several Sepsie kin and associates. four arrested, two others sought. Language barriers hinder immediate statements. a hearing is planned tomorrow with an interpreter.
Special telegram reports that Benjamin Harrison may appoint James G Blaine to the premiership. Citizens believe the father has accepted the cabinet post and James Blaine left his Waterville apprenticeship to join the Augusta excitement. Legislature adjourned until next Monday with expected action by Republicans upon the appointment.
London papers take varied views on Prince Bismarck's claim that Germany aligns with England on Samoa. The Times doubts English approval of Malietoa's deportation and German intervening in Tamaseses, while the Standard is reportedly more favorable.
Vessels in Zanzibar harbor were decorated for Emperor William's birthday. The Sultan met the German Consul to offer congratulations. A Friday battle at Dar es Salaam defeated Arabs, many killed, and a German warship First Lieutenant died of sunstroke. Missionaries remain in danger as German Vita Say writes of native loyalty and promised protection.
Mr William OBrien remains at large after a notice to magistrates demanding facts for the Court of Exchequer. He previously addressed a Castlerea meeting of 6000 tenants, and his present whereabouts are unknown.
Indianapolis January 27 W W Boatright arrested at Sullivan by secret service officers on counterfeiting charges. He was caught molding silver dollars and officers recovered tools dies and 45 pieces of spurious coin. Boatright previously served prison time for a similar offense and will be brought to the city for trial.
A Washington special telegram reports U S interests in Samoa include a naval port and coaling station at Pago Pago to support Pacific fleets and merchant steamers. The piece notes strategic Pacific routes to Australia, New Zealand, Japan and China, and cites domestic opposition to annexation as a political constraint.
The fragment argues Germany pressed to seize a Pacific island with Wings agreement with England. It claims the United States had no interest in the islands, enabling German advances and resulting in rights being run over roughshod. The tone blames Germany and cites Anglo American complicity.
Special telegram from Harrisburg reports a Senate chaplaincy dispute over which minister should offer official prayers. Dr Elliott, Lutheran, and Dr Keeling, Episcopalian, claim the role as Senator Quay orders Dr Elliott to oversee spiritual welfare.
In Philadelphia on January 27 the ladies branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will award Keeper Shannon a gold medal for saving a hyena from choking. During a November 24 feeding, a young hyena choked on bone and meat. Shannon entered the cage, freed the animal, and loosened the obstruction with help from Head-keeper Dyrae and a broom-handle.
A dispatch from New York reports Mrs James G Blaine Jr is beginning a starring tour in the photographic stage. She appears in pictures destined for shop windows and theater lobbies across the country, noted for a dignified yet girlish gravity of expression. Her future as an actress remains to be decided.
Delegate Harr of Marion seeks a bill requiring operators to pay for all merchantable coal over a half inch screen. Union Labor members say no U.S. Senator will be elected until passage. Democratic caucus plans uncertain. Herr declares no allegiance to the Democrats.
Michael Connealy is held in Essex Market Police Court after George Madigan was found injured in Gouverneur Hospital. Madigan, who claimed Connealy stabbed him during a quarrel over a 75 cent loan for a Brooklyn robbery, described the incident in detail.
Indianapolis January 27 report indicates Colonel W W Dudley has been indicted by a United States grand jury and that the District Attorney is preparing the document for submission early this week. The report is said to be reasonably reliable.
Anthony Schneider shot Mrs. Kate Gebhardt then killed himself. He fired several shots at Mrs. Gebhardt's children. Mrs. Gebhardt may recover. The incident occurred in New York on January 27.
Senators Allison and Cullom visited President-elect Harrison in Indianapolis amid talks on Samoa affairs and a possible Cabinet appointment for Allison. The discussions focused on whether Allison would join the State Department and the outlook for U S foreign policy as Harrison prepares to take office.
Senator Platt and Kansas Senator Plumb led a Republican gathering at the Fifth Avenue Hotel with C. G. Warren Frank H Smith and others, amid rumors of Harrison cabinet offers Blaine Wanamaker and a durable leadership in the Senate. The news left Platt cheerful and convinced of favorable outcomes for party leadership.
The prospect of Platt becoming Secretary of the Treasury draws support from Binnie, Quay, Wanamaker, and Levi P. Morton, with nearly all Republican Senators backing the idea. Frank H. Smith denies suggesting a cabinet settlement plan attributed to John C. New, noting the remark was his words in Harrison’s presence.
P T Barnum declares to a Dispatch reporter his plan to build permanent museums in New York, Boston, Chicago, and Philadelphia, with sites at Thirty-fifth Street and Broadway and Daly's Theater. He says the venture will outlast him, run 50 years after his death, and offer a moral, educational venue for families. He envisions a permanent attraction to replace seasonal tent shows and fill winter wanderers with a year round destination.
Masked men broke into Eli Johnson's Vernon area farmhouse in Lamar county, beat him, searched the house, and stole $125. The next day trackers found them near Barker's mill. Warrants were sworn out for John and James Barker and Eph Terry, but all were released after a preliminary hearing. It is suspected robbery was not the only aim.
A burglary at the Inskeep home in the early hours saw a window opened from an alleyway. A thief took $15 and a gold watch and abducted the couple’s nearly three year old daughter. The child was found unharmed beside a blacksmith shop about four o'clock, the culprit remaining at large.
A dispatch from New York reports merchant Frederick Elie says Hippolyte declined assault on Port-au-Prince to avoid heavy casualties and political fallout. Elie notes Haiti's leader is buying ships, awaiting Legitime’s fall, while cables between Male St Nicholas and Paris or New York remain functioning.
New York January 27 Police report the first death tied to the Brooklyn Surface Railroad strike. Henry Adams a stableman was found dead beside Ninth Avenue Line stables. Watchman John Schumacher said three strikers were brought by to speak with Adams to persuade him to quit. Strikers were arrested. A salt sprayer wagon moved along the line under police escort as a mob followed an officer was struck with a thrown stone and police reserves were deployed at midnight.
Special Commissioner argues prohibition boosts economy by driving saloonless Armstrong County to attract major industry like J. B. Ford & Co plate glass works. Article links temperance to $1,000,000 industrial gain, outlines Ford City labor influx and lack of licenses under Brooks law, and notes school hygiene study as a factor in June vote.
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