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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1891
Page
4
An OCR fragment lists various subscription offers with prices and terms for daily and Sunday editions. Mentions carriers delivering the Patch at different weekly rates and includes multiple misread company names and prices.
An editorial argues for voting each proposed constitutional amendment on its merits rather than tying changes together. It warns against a convention influenced by managing politicians and corporate interests and urges the Governor to defend the Constitution or let voters decide in November.
A column argues that reporters misquote figures like Ingalls and Grosvenor, blaming interviewers for sensational misattribution. It suggests public officials require written transcripts of interviews or seal their quotes to avoid false attributions.
The latest public debt report shows higher total debt due to cash balance reductions, adding a 2200 en decrease. The piece argues this undermines the prior claim that cash in the Treasury reflected real debt cuts and warns the new feature signals a less favorable debt outlook.
The future king Prince of Wales testified in a gambling dispute, signaling violation of English gambling law. The piece argues England ignores laws when loyalty and aristocracy intervene, drawing parallels with U.S. corporate policy and legal enforcement.
The text discusses a group claiming to abolish constitutions and judicial decrees and questions whether such acts will be seen in history as undermining laws meant to govern all classes while contrasting the power of great and influential entities.
The article argues for reviving a prewar mendicancy misdemeanor with enforced labor to curb Muslim beggars and immigrants relying on public charities. It urges local authorities in each community to implement such laws and use road work to create employment, hoping the measure would deter further Oriental begging.
The piece reviews the 1880s political landscape with Democratic and Republican tentativeness. It notes Cleveland and Hill divisions in the Democrats, possible Western nominees, and Republican shifts away from renomination. It warns against overconfidence as conventions loom a year away.
Washington Post and New York Herald spar over anti-Quay moves and party loyalties as pundits discuss Pennsylvania fish commission picks, McKinley lips, Blaine health, and Sam Jones conversions amid summer forecasts.
The President may urge enforcement after reading Philadelphia papers criticizing the National Bank act protections for depositors. Charleston costs rise to 995000 due to a failed capture of a fugitive vessel. Oscaus laments that Jefferson era presidents are likely unique, noting Ingalls’ retirement as a national loss against figures like Lincoln Garfield Madison Adams.
Mr. Russel Hanetson compares an ideal motion to the Pullman excursion train, drawing a distinction between soaring idealism and practical rail travel. The remark emphasizes practical transportation over fanciful flight.
Baltimore newspapers celebrate the new cable transit as an advance, noting Pittsburg lagged a decade behind and Ohio lenders aim to help farmers at 2 percent but lack the funds needed to win their favor.
The text claims Harvard students again doubt the statue with paint, labeling undergraduates as hoodlums lacking originality and following established acts of vandalism rather than inventing new misdeeds.
A distraught suitor ended his life with a gunshot yesterday after attempting to kill his sweetheart in a clash marked by despair. Police say the episode followed a troubled relationship and heightened emotions.
A Philadelphia politician once known for the title honest faces grief and a shift in usage as Hon becomes a generic abbreviation for practical politics. The move signals a protective stance toward business and manufacturing property, with no drop in insurance rates yet observed.
With Colonel Cockerell seizing another Democratic paper in New York Colonel Clarkson must expand his plan to push Republican organs. He will need to add methods to draw readers to the papers and boost circulation for next year’s election.
Gryrrat Nea Dow of Portland is 87 and lives in the house he built. Covores T. F. Oates, head of the Northern Pacific, is 40 and began as a rod man. Prisre Lott, new French Academy member, wrote much aboard ship at night. Lavy Pauncefortz, wife of the British Minister, walks daily before noon. Tax Empress of Russia is charitable and vivacious yet fearful of disaster. Erv. Da Hancouat of Baltimore urges study of Daniel who faced intrigue and jealousy. Oucak Wive’s mother has Irish estate rents, speaks seven languages.
In Ouana Nevada a thin 16-year-old boy Harry Loxie is hauled before a US grand jury on mail tampering charges. Loxie, from Calloway, lived with his hotelier parents and a sister about 12, amid a scandal involving a hotel boarder and a misdirected letter. The garbled report notes a grand jury date and an attempt to prevent a sister from facing improper influence.
President J D Moffat announced the commencement week schedule at Washington and Jefferson College in Washington Pa June 2 lectures on Monday include the opening address and a Y M C A address by Rev D McGill of Fayette. Class day exercises and a pater patria celebration mark Monday with a reunion of classes 51 56 64 and 81. The class of 91 reunion on Wednesday morning will feature a three member group and follow the alumni dinner. Many alumni are expected to attend.
National convention opened at 11 o'clock led by J Hanks of the Arkansas division. Rev 8 0 Hal of Home temperance work invoked a blessing as Governor welcomed delegates and the president delivered the annual address, noting the association's healthy finances.
The Salt Lake Herald notes that newspapers discuss a woman unable to throw a ball and blame shoulder joint anatomy. The commentator argues that such physiology does not hinder a skilled use of a rolling pin.
A city vignette mix of a deaf and dumb hotel clerk tale and brief notes on electrical pumping, overheated street life, and passersby in July heat. Observers discuss a possible electric pump for barges, a hotel encounter, and a hot day crowd near the Post Office and a cable car.
In St Louis three mall carriers were suspended by Postmaster Barlow for violating Post Office rules that prohibit in person solicitations and fundraising for fairs. The men defend the action as directed by the national association, while Barlow has sent the case to Washington for review. Ex Senator Ingalls is described as largely a public remnant by a contemporary.
A brief rural note from Loulaville Courier Journal urges caution over a Tack Trapt scheme. The piece warns a buyer may pay for tacks yet fail to obtain carpet due to misrepresentation and inflated delivery demands.
The forty first annual meeting of the Medical Society of Pennsylvania convened in Reading for four days. President Craig of Columbia and Vice Presidents Dr. Bell Butler County and Dr. Foster Allegheny presided. Mayor Merritt and Dr Kurtz delivered welcomes, with Hiram Corson ofMary County invited to preside at the chair.
A compiled Australian paper shows exam answers filled with humorous misstatements and mistranslations. Entries include Alfred’s reign “lays” in facts, Strongbow crossing to Ireland, Richard II on taxes, and Salic law restricting French queens, reflecting playful errors and cultural quirks.
Delegates and visitors fill Marietta crowds for Ohio Sunday school centennial events marking the origin of Sunday school in the Northwest Territory. The era traces back to 1791 with the first Sunday school in Marietta, amid early frontier defenses against Indians.
A dispatch from McKeesport says half the coal works along the Monongahela are idle due to a shortage of empty barges. About 15,000,000 bushels are ready for shipment, but river conditions prevent moving them. Barques and other craft are tied up until the river rises enough to permit outbound shipments.
Colonel Sidney D. Maxwell ends twenty years of service at the Cincinnati Merchants' Exchange and Chamber of Commerce. He states the resignation is personal and not due to factions or harmony issues, but due to onerous duties exceeding his strength.
McKeesport June 2 Hartman Bros real estate owners reveal plans for a city theater on ground floor to be built as soon as carpenters strike ends. The project aims to be the largest in the area with detailed specifications prepared.
Democrats of the Twenty third Senatorial District met in Van Wert on June 2 with large attendance. M Shaw was renominated by acclamation after suspending the order of business. Resolutions denounced the assembled opposition.
St. Louis June 2 The Court of Appeals sustained the lower court in a case against the St Louis Power and Electric Company. The suit sought to restrain currents over their wires due to danger of induction.
A Freeport Journal note reports killing a snail described as 11 feet long and as thick as a lead pencil, presented as a humorous exaggeration rather than a factual event.
The item lists several deaths including B K Verbyryck ex-president of the Master Car Builders Association of the United States who died in Chicago from complications after influenza. Other obituaries mention STEn.KxG G. Bhancha aged 73 a former merchant and Mexican volunteer who died of apoplexy in Peters burg VA R W Anpor Thompson of the Philadelphia line who died of tuberculosis John Rice father of State Rice who died at his Saniteed home in Oncom 72 The physician Badlin Stocking prominent in Eastern Connecticut died at home in East ha Sieyer Se Sunday and vaudeville figure Harry Makely known as Blakelock who died in New York City from pneumonia.
Bellefield hosts the formal opening of the Schenley Park Riding Academy with two riders including two ladies. The commodious facility houses 75 horses and features a large ring and dressing rooms. Riders, master instructors from Buffalo and Baltimore, perform in an English riding style drawing East End enthusiasm for the new equestrian venue.
In Toreks Kansas June 1 a fraternal group the Grand Lodge of the Knights of Reciprocity seeks to influence state politics by aligning with Republicans and courting congressmen. The order vows to work for farmers interests while opposing secrecy and pledging loyalty to a constitutional framework amid tensions with allied organizations and party leaders.
Telegram from Punapetrata reports the funeral of Mrs Eben Cleary drawing a huge crowd as the 670 pound body lay in a coffin weighing at least 310 pounds. Pallbearers struggled to move the coffin from the entrance to the sidewalk amid the outpouring of mourners. The burial follows the death of her husband Daniel Cleary.
Youngstown dispatch reports that motor men and conductors on the Electric Street Railroad served notice demanding a 12 hour day with pay of $16 daily. They allege current shifts run from 3 to 18 hours daily, with wages only 15 cents above the weekly rate. If unresolved, a strike may be ordered next Saturday.
A massive blast engine, claimed to be the world’s largest, was successfully tested at the Edgar Thomson Steel Works in McKeesport. The device, measuring about 30 by 20 feet, will be used to blast converters recently erected.
Notices at blast furnaces warn workers of a ten per cent wage cut after failed talks on lower rates. No action has been taken by the men, who are expected to accept the reduced wages for now.
Uncle Rusk distributed 60 000 copies of a mushroom education report with edible and poisonous pictures mislabeled. The Milwaukee News notes Henry Watterson condemns newspaper interviews as an abomination and asks whether letter writing or interviews harm public figures more.
The standing committees of the Diocese of Kansas in session today voted in fact to confirm Rev. Phillips Brooks as Bishop.
Several prominent names are listed as travelers and visitors returning from travels or visiting the city. Thomas M. Marshall and C. F. Z. McKoune returned from Philadelphia. Mrs. A. Kountze and Miss Smith were guests at Seventh Avenue, visiting Ohio, returning home. Meantime Von der Stucken arrived from Cincinnati to train local German societies for the Baengerfest in Newark. Bishop Whitehead and Rev. Bragdon head to Meadville for Christ Church consecration services. Frank Ives went to Chicago. Jake Schaefer headed to New York for an upcoming marriage. Ex-Collector E. A. Bigler, W. M. Kennett, and other officials are noted at local hotels. Several others, including T. H. Gilbert and Sheriff George RK, are seen at various city spots and events.
A roundup of odd items including a Vermont burial where a cannon fired over a supposedly lifeless body and failed to revive it, nine women becoming elevated rail station agents, Parisian hair bleach mishaps, a Waterville Maine crash victim whose hair darkened, and a pneumatic life-saver gun under development. Also notes on a Georgia train resident, a Forkston Pennsylvania divorce bid, and varied curiosities from irrigation plans to Indian artifacts and animal curiosities.
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