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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1890
Page
18
A Senate clash unfolds as Thomas B. Reed's House leadership maps out six months of work. The speaker's allies push McKinley tariff, land grants, anti trust and silver measures while the Senate resists, risking delayed passage and a tense session.
Benjamin Fields, a young colored man from Morton, was arrested by Constable James McKniff on forging Dr. J. Foster Flagg’s signature to a $34.31 check two weeks earlier. The bank in Woodbury, N J cashed it, and Fields later admitted guilt offering restitution. After a hearing before Justice W H Newlin, he was committed to Media jail for trial at the September term.
Corsem Buuris announces arrangements for a fruit and agriculture facility to be opened during the Formal National Congress in Corsem Buuris Iowa. The congress runs August 26 to 29 in this city.
Supervisor Spencer's chief assistant B Fogle estimates Louisville population at 185000 from revised date figures in Louisville Kentucky dated July 5.
The coastwise steamer Eleanora bound eastward hit the Walter Sands barge in Hell Gate around 5:30. Between 1,600 and 2,000 excursionists were aboard the two barges towed by Idlewild. Several injured were from Elizabeth New Jersey and taken to Bellevue Hospital. Passengers reported chaos but no deaths.
A nine year old girl Maggie Richardson from a Martinsville farm secretly travels to the railway station and boards a train to the World’s Fair in Indiana polis. She sits with her doll and dollie trunk, explains she is going to the World’s Fair, and returns home with many presents showing she experienced dolls and wonders of the fair.
Grand Chief William P. Daniels of the Railway Conductors' Monthly accuses ex-Grand Chief Conductor Wheaton of double dealing treachery and gross misconduct. Daniels says he once protected Wheaton to avoid scandal but now exposes him to shield associates from improper acts. Secretary Mounts calls the dispute trivial and not damaging to the order.
The Galena group plans garden festivals and lawn parties at the Grant residence to boost the Grant Park fund. The events will be public and popular, held on the east side grounds. The soldiers' monument relocation to Grant Park will be discussed at the July Board of Supervisors meeting.
City Council of Galena appoints six commissioners to oversee Grant Park improvements for a bronze statue of General Grant. Unveiling slated on Grant's birthday with invitation to President Harrison and his cabinet.
Erie July 5 special telegram reports Lake Shore lines employees in Erie got a pay raise effective the first of the month. Conductors gain 67 60 per month for day work and 70 for night. day brakemen 60 per month and 65 for night. The new rates match Cleveland wages.
A Washington Post excerpt notes Idaho allows polygamy but restricts voting rights to a single legal spouse. It contrasts this with other states where multiple marriages do not impede voting if undetected, reflecting irony about U S freedoms.
Berlin reports growing signs of a Balkan storm as Russia and Bulgaria dispute, with Germany guiding Ottoman debt solutions and Austria Hungary monitoring. Prince Bismarck declines a visit to England while plans for a new Bulgarian ruler shift under Emperor William. Moles at Berlin and shifts in foreign policy stir European powers.
Charles Gibbell of Springfield township died after falling from a Nickle Plate train returning from a celebration in Conneaut. The 17-year-old son of a prominent local farmer, the incident occurred during his return trip yesterday.
Washington date. Republican leaders discuss pushing a new apportionment bill based on the eleventh census to cement control of the House for ten years. They cite Northwest gains and Democratic losses, and aim to complete tabulation and passage quickly with Porter aiding the effort.
A 12 year old colored girl in St Louis inherits a Denver real estate fortune valued above 35000 dollars from Jack Carter, a former slave who left the South a decade ago. Carter named his former master administrator in his will, granting the estate to his daughter.
Mrs. John A Logan visits Fifth Avenue Hotel to see daughter-in-law depart for Europe while son John A Logan Jr seeks ozone lung treatment after a prior hemorrhage. The widow discusses a planned equestrian bronze monument to General Logan in Town Circle Washington and a Chicago statue in Jackson Park with St Gaudens designing the base columns crowned by eagles and battle images.
In Nawrucnett Massachusetts on July 5 a 14 year old girl, daughter of L B Farnham, reports being assaulted by W J Appleby. Appleby dragged her toward the surf with a rope and attempted to drown her, vowing to take her life if he cannot have her mother's. The girl, an expert swimmer, escaped and notified authorities are pursuing Appleby.
A Perry county tragedy unfolds after George Seals, a fugitive once ousted from Crawford county by the White Caps, allegedly abused his wife on July 1 and she was found dead July 2. Sheriff Cass Gardiner was mortally wounded July 3 while investigating and has since died, sparking a manhunt and likely lynching mob.
Special telegram reports J B Gill and Jake Handlin quarreling at the brick works in New Cumberland. Handlin stabbed Gill seven times with a dirk and fled to Ohio. Gill's wounds are described as fatal.
Commissioner Hughes ruled that 24 Chinese charged with violating the exclusion act be returned to U S Marshal Arizona for delivery to the Collector of the Port of San Francisco and sent to China.
The National Council of Education discussed co education of the sexes with support from the Committee on the Education of Girls and opposition from educators like Miss Conway of Memphis. The session featured lively debate, a move to allocate half a day for volunteer papers, and invitations for visiting Minneapolis.
Charleston dispatch reports the 1890 South Carolina campaign dissolving into fierce divisions within the Democratic Party. A new laborer and freeman convention call aims to double county delegates for a Columbia gathering, while Tillmanites push to seize the August convention and topple the regular committee, risking dual state conventions and further fracturing the party. A July meeting of old-line Democrats seeks to resist the Tillman surge.
Harper's sketches University College Oxford the oldest college founded by Alfred the Great now led by Dr Franck Bright who earned fame for England history Bright known for dry humor and popularity A boat crew’s bump supper leads to a master’s warning about overindulgence as a student defends his drunkenness with indignation
The article contrasts Texas settlers evolving from grave frontier pioneers to a gay pleasure loving people. It notes luxury tastes and stricter hospitality, while frontier outposts still show sturdy, log houses built as forts with rare, unquestioning hospitality given freely to travelers without money or price.
In New York a snapped live wire at Thirteenth Street struck Walter Mackimn, 11, as he grabbed the end and spun like a top. Douglass Stewart halted nearby as the boy clung on, Policeman Tom McConnell knocked the wire loose, and Walter was carried to a drugstore then returned to school. The East River Electric Light Co says the line was dead and had no load.
The article notes Constantinople sits atop buried palaces and vast tunnels. Turkish superstition blocks exploration to avert a rumored magic uprising led by Greeks. Known sites include Yere-Batan Serni, the underground palace with endless columns and dark waters, where legends say explorers vanish.
In Petroskey Michigan two miles north of Bay View a freight train No 10 collided with the dummy train from Bay View to Odin. Miss S Weller of Detroit suffered serious internal injuries and may die. William Gregg of Harbor Springs broke and crushed his right leg. Jay L Newberry of Petoskey and Euith and Katie McArthur of Bay View were bruised. Several others injured. the dummy locomotive demolished and three freight cars piled on the track.
An early morning blaze at Joseph Hepner’s grocery at 66 street broke out from an oil lamp explosion. The second floor residents fled in their night clothes as fire destroyed stock valued at 100 dollars and caused 200 dollars in building damage. Fire was stopped before spreading to other parts of the house.
July 5 report from Port Horoux Mica describes Henry Henderson borrowing a team for a family picnic. The horses ran away, tossing occupants from the wagon. Mrs Henderson is gravely hurt and expected to die. A daughter and son were killed instantly, another son lost his left hand.
Cincinnati July 65. Road officials meeting this morning decided that strikers willing to return on Monday at the old wage scale will be received. Those not willing to return will be paid off.
Edwin Chadwin, noted social economist, has died in Lorxpow on July 5. His work influenced urban policy and community welfare. Public figures mourn his passing as authorities note his contributions to economic reform and social planning.
The second day at Cape May Point sees President Harrison family mostly at home with improving health as the sea breeze cools the heat. Miss Mary McKee, a two year old, suffers teething discomfort but shows signs of relief from the sea stay. The President chats with William V. McKean while Mrs. Harrison and the McKee family gain strength. services at Beadle Memorial chapel are planned for tomorrow.
A Philadelphia advocate argues against hanging and electric chairs. He proposes a humane gas chamber method using carbonic acid gas from gas mains or retorts. The condemned would linger in a confinement cell before officials pronounce sentence, then lethal gas ends the death.
A New York Sun item describes using a clothes wringer as a makeshift press for copying telegrams at a Wall Street office. Rubber rollers replace a screw press, making copying faster. A basement window setup attracts onlookers on South Street.
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