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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1889
Page
4
The page lists postage fees for different editions of the Daily Dispatch and the Weekly Mercantile at Pittsburg, detailing annual quarterly and monthly rates. It notes Sunday inclusion for certain editions and provides a delivery rate per week.
The column argues Southern Republican Congressmen, led by Brower, have backed the party at great cost and face a refused patronage reward. It warns of a potential independent ring in the House to demand offices, but downplays any imminent Democratic revolt, predicting eventual placation by party managers.
The article claims the Samoan pact yields control to Germany and England, excluding American influence, contrasting earlier favorable reports. It cites hostile sources and urges awaiting official returns before judging the treaty’s impact.
Business circles forecast brisk manufacturing and general trade as the fall season opens. Strong demand is already felt across many industries, with Pittsburgh most deeply engaged. Optimism remains high that 1899 will end in extraordinary prosperity, especially if the Exposition opens successfully and on a grand scale.
Secretary Noble widens inquiry into a year of Pension Bureau rulings arguing predecessor Black used similar prerogatives. Republicans contend politics influenced actions in the late presidential era while the special commission weighs the breadth of commissioners power and potential censure.
The text argues that varying administration by different commissioners creates disturbing fiscal outcomes. Congress should amend laws to ensure uniform rulings and ratings. It condemns blaming individual commissioners and calls for clear limits within existing authority or reform to prevent partisan faulting.
A defense of Manhattan’s bid argues New York should fund the Exposition of 1892 with private resources. It notes past federal loans for 1876 were repaid and warns against congressional appropriations. The piece says the wealthier host city should bear costs, not the nation, or outside beneficiaries.
The piece critiques President Harrison’s congratulatory letters to Queen Victoria over royal births and notes the implied workload for future presidents. It compares U S and German attitudes toward law, pavement duties, and mob justice, and mocks party journalism snobbery for calling Russell Harrison “Prince” or “heir apparent.”
Providence Journal notes the return of Ma Heyxny Grerce to the United States, details are limited in the excerpt, with no further context on the occasion or destination within the country.
The column surveys reform efforts across nations and states, noting France’s peasant land ownership dampening reforms, Alaska seal bid talk, and new state constitutions curbing private detectives. It cites West Virginia politics, Ohio Senate hints, rail rate debates, and InterState Commerce Law interpretations as public discourse moves through 19th century governance and policy.
Antwerp financier A W P Plans visits Kansas City and eyes Texas ranch investments while artifacts at the Hermitage draw visitors. Cherokee Commission members depart Fort Smith for Talequah with General Hartranft to join soon. Hungary’s Louis Bossum advocates liberty, and Miss Gallatin and Miss Hamilton join Lyceum Theater in New York. Congressman Wallace mocks Whitelaw Reid over precedence of South American diplomats. Spain's poet laureate Jose Zorrilla, 72, famed for shifting from law to literature, gains enduring popularity after returning from Mexico.
Solicitor Hepburn rules there is nothing in the Chinese exclusion act prohibiting landing of Chinese who enlisted as servants on vessels in San Francisco. The crew are exempt from exclusion procedures under the act.
The New York World reports that both North and South Dakota found blizzards minor and that experience with constitutional conventions has tempered expectations.
A Pittsburg reporter recalls buying a 1000 mile rail pass from a Clark Street scalper in Chicago. The scam nets him $22 cash plus a $13 rebate while the dealer keeps a tidy profit, leaving the buyer with a pricey lesson on vacation spending. The tale is set beside other verse and reader notes on assignments and flowers.
Attorneys for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad prepare an answer to a complaint filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission by the Pittsburg Cincinnati and St Louis Railroad alleging the B and O 2 cent per mile club rate for parties of 40 or more is illegal. The B and O has until July 14 to respond.
Chicago July 24 a long standing court rule was overturned illustrating easier divorce access. The 20 year old state Supreme Court precedent holds that a wife's residence follows her husband and desertion by the husband can allow a divorce even if the wife never resided in the city.
Two Mexican cowboys known as Montana Harry and Mexican Bus rode from Boston to Eaglesport Texas, a distance of about 3200 miles. They arrived in Sadale New York on Saturday and plan to continue to Eaglesport, with notes of their curious pasts and the journey’s reception.
In Chicago on July 24 a Polish Jewess Lona Larie won an injunction against banker Lazarus Silverman restraining him from taking more than half of a winning lottery ticket. She alleges her cousin Robert conspired to cheat her out of a half share bought with him. Attorney Longenecker filed under an exes provision to halt the payment.
A telegram from Brooklyn last evening conveyed the sad intelligence of the death yesterday of Elizabeth Lois Wade, the 17 year old daughter of Charles J. Wade, cashier of the Pittsburgh National Bank of Commerce, and Mrs. Elizabeth Wade, Bessie Bramble Wade.
Ex Senator Thomas C Platt returned from Alaska with General Alger and said he is not a candidate for the Senate seat or for the seal fishing contract He dismissed talk of nomination and noted he was far from the seal grounds while in Tacoma and Alaska planning.
Miss Eva Adkins aged 17 elopes with Raymond Bierce son of Ambrose Bierce after a picnic in Chico. The stepfather C Barney opposed the match, Bierce was arrested for assault then released as mother and daughter testified against the stepfather. Best man Neil Hubbs supported Bierce amid the growing uproar in Northern California.
Case parallels the Jarn dyce matter as Wilkins and Tourtellot proceed to the United States Supreme Court after Kansas June term. An error from Wyandotte county reached the high court, with a lower court ruling for Tourtellot on land title in the Missouri river region. The dispute, valued in the millions, awaits a final decision likely over years.
Lafayette Cornet of Brownstown reports the birth of a 16 day old baby boy to father Lafayette Cornett. The infant weighs a reported amount and is described as healthy along with several other children in the family showing good health conditions.
A final decree by Judge Blodgett in federal court settles long running Bell and Cushman Telephone Companies litigation. The Bell Company required transfer of all telephones to Bell amid the court order as the case concludes. Prosecuting Attorney May rules no law bans closing policy shops, leading to the discharge of a Westside estment keeper under the Appellate Court interpretation.
The Chicago Times notes New York cannot host the World’s Fair describing it as too large a project for a city with only about 400 leading citizens. The piece frames the event as an oversized ambition for the town’s limited leadership.
A collage of witty lines and opinions from newspapers including Boston Gazelle Chicago Inter Ocean Jamestons News Atchison Globe Chicago Times Baltimore American and ComicaGo Herald. They comment on wealth aging learning industry oil gas and public figures with satirical flair.
At the Vanderbilt Hotel Morris Von Boehner 92 attempted to take poison but survived after hospitalization. Catherine Coughlin an invalid tried liniment poisoning and was saved by a stomach pump. Frank Sutton found dead at Grand Union Hotel with gas on. motive unknown.
John Hatch, a day laborer, paid 10 cents for a tooth extraction at the Demist Dispensary. The procedure fractured his jaw, and he was treated at Bellevue Hospital.
Emmerich Hasse Paul Belijik Joseph Belijik and John Andrasik tinsmiths who arrived last week under contract to work for a Milwaukee master tinsmith were sent back to Bremen on the steamship Trave this morning. Charles Roberta an English immigrant suffering from epileptic insanity was reshipped to England on the steamship Westernland.
Albert Giddings aged 19 and James White 18 argued over a 10 cent song book. Giddings struck White above the ear. White grew pale, suffered severe head pains, and died after four hours of unconsciousness. Giddings awaits post mortem results in Raymond street jail.
Maggie Mitchell visiting daughter Fanchon in Hamburg while Mr. Abbott oversees next season tours and the West End Theater construction in Harlem. He has been at her Long Branch cottage as their intimate ties grew after her divorce from Henry Paddock. Next season she premieres two new plays including one by Colonel Wallace of Philadelphia.
Informed circles of finance report small subscriptions to the Salt Company securities totaling 11 million dollars in stock and 4 million dollars in bonds. Most owners of the salt properties pay cash rather than accepting securities, so London may absorb the unsubscribed portion. Subscriptions close tomorrow with little current enthusiasm.
A Reading lawyer Amos B K Warner esq and his family moved into a new $25,000 Park Terrace home, then quickly left after less than a week citing an unsuitable view, health concerns, and preference for their old South Sixth Street residence near the court house. The house is for sale and the Warners have returned to their former home.
A special telegram reports Governor Ames in serious condition after an eight mile horseback ride in New York during the Centennial celebration. He has not recovered and remains critically ill at his Easton home. Lieutenant Governor Jackett from New Hampshire is summoned to assume gubernatorial duties during his illness.
Leonard H. Groesback of Lansingburg New York has been appointed bank examiner of national banks, taking over from W Clark who resigned. The appointment was announced on July 24.
A cryptic fragment notes an approval by the Pacific cal te bean and mentions immediate funeral rites connected to anxious actions. The text is fragmentary with unclear subjects and lacks concrete events or dates.
A lyrical fragment describes a couple by the shore. The speaker notes a sweetheart digging shells while the grandmother terms her headwear a wimple and teases with a playful mischief. The scene hints at a budding proposal and a teasing, whimsical mood.
A Pittsburgh reader argues that Diamond street widening will boost city revenue by 100000 annually and raise land values along the route far beyond current assessment figures. The writer contends property around Market Square and adjacent blocks will rise dramatically in front-foot value, urging reassessment over time to prove the gains.
The letter notes the Lords have 600 members including royals, archbishops, dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts, bishops, and representative peers. It lists rolls from 1830 to 1880 and states most hereditary peers were created this century. It mentions four oldest peerages date back to the late thirteenth century and that some persons are not peers of Parliament.
A reader seeks guidance on obtaining a government issued work describing value to metal workers and information on indicators that tell if a site has been used. The editor notes government prints are not normally sold and suggests asking a district congressman. the paper questions the existence of such instruments beyond the divining rod.
A reader asks two subscribers where to obtain a photo of John Wilkes Booth the assassin of President Lincoln. The writer says they have contacted Washington without success and signs as HH Pirrssons Joly M.
A reader notes a claim about Pittsburg and Allegheny combined population exceeding 275000, referencing Younesrows on July 24. The brief raises urban demographics and seeks verification.
A Lexington observer reports a Logan County Circuit Court episode where two imprisoned teachers sought leniency to attend a Teachers Institute. One defendant confessed to forgery and perjury while the other faced liquor selling and concealed weapons indictments. The judge released both for the three days of the institute then ordered return to jail for the remaining four days.
Jesse Williams of Jackson county pursued a dream of finding gold beneath a rock in Athens. He located the rock but has not yet received permission from city authorities to dig. The delay leaves the dream未 fulfilled.
A Reading pair were chased after a woman fired buckshot from an old musket while they were blackberry picking. They fled in confusion as the woman persisted, and the incident ended with no further details.
A miscellany of oddities spans truly eclectic notes from science and travel to local anecdotes. Highlights mention paper-built structures, Greenland’s ice thickness, global rail mileage, ship sizes, Alaska schools, marriages in Bombay, long-lived creatures, strange encounters, odd beliefs, and funeral rites among Chinese communities. The fragmentary text blends curiosities, weather lore, and curious local vignettes with scattered names and places.
A collage of brief excerpts shows stage talk jokes about Miss Autumn photos and a widow's humor. A judge joke and a tiresome person vignette reflect light social commentary with playful lines and local newspaper tone.
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