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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1890
Page
4
In a Pittsburg Post editorial dated March 6 1888 the Canal question in Maryland is debated. It argues preservation of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal serves public traffic while rail interests push destruction to thwart a trans Allegheny route, condemning political machines for subservience to corporate power over public welfare.
The article argues that a New York wholesale sugar cartel aiming to set high prices would struggle to survive. It notes hundreds of independent grocers across key cities, warns that consolidation is impractical, and cites past failures of the Sugar Trust. Competition in refining sugar would render the scheme futile.
A Guthrie report describes masked night riders abducting and whipping Black residents to enforce or deter colonization plans. The mobs aim to force departures, though victims had no involvement in any scheme, illustrating a chaotic bid to shape territorial race policy.
An interview portrays Chicago as insisting it will raise 10 million dollars and seek Congress for a matching sum. The piece argues Chicago must fund all costs beyond receipts, or withdraw, defending the city’s prior agreement to cover losses and criticizing any repudiation by asking for federal aid.
A Lehigh county farmer reports that after deducting expenses his yearly balance yields only a few cents per day for his family’s living. The Median American and Philadelphia Inquirer counter that the farmer overlooks the value of family sustenance and lifestyle supported by the farm.
The piece argues against claims that East farmers live in ease by listing items like machinery and fertilizers as necessary for work. It questions the accuracy of a single case, noting forgotten board costs and defends farm expenses as essential, while contrasting with corporate management's perceived risk.
The Dixmont case ends with Minnick released from custody after physicians certified insanity on third party assertions rather than their own examination. The review highlights the shallow process, calls for stricter scrutiny, and notes the legal aim to prevent improper detention based on family statements.
A dynamite explosion at Neville Street and Center Avenue killed two workers. Authorities believe dynamite thawed for blasting on sewer work caused the blast. An estimated eighty to a hundred pounds were stored nearby, a quantity that could have destroyed nearby homes in freezing weather. The incident prompts a review of city dynamite storage laws for contractors.
Chauncey M. Depew says he will not resign as New York Central Railroad head to seek the presidency in 1882. He adds he would follow party orders if nominated, while his friends press his case with Vanderbilt ties backing him publicly.
A collection of editorial riffs mocks political figures and events. The piece jokes about Depew’s ambassadored status and Governors candidates, deflates a misprinted line about Major Montooth, blasts a sugar price cartel, and notes Reed’s rumored Kentucky joke. It also hints at Paxson’s political backing by the Pennsylvania Railroad and cites Dakota’s attorney general on lottery bribery probes.
Column notes a small riot in a St Louis theater linked to a controversial show with alleged fairy-costumed performers. It argues a bad show can provoke harsh reactions and reflects on public taste and safety at performances.
A collage notes George Pickett’s son wearing his Gettysburg watch, Whitelaw Reid portrait at Paris Salon, Empress Augusta’s pearls, and other society items. It mentions Paris visitors President Cannot, English fashion, Bellamy’s followers, Frey’s warning to a pompous buyer, Holland’s king’s health, Hawi Carey’s appearance, Smurra’s Russian mission, Parkes’s Australian rise, and Croly’s Sorosis gift to Bombay members.
The New York Commercial Advertiser notes it is odd Reed did not act in the recent troubles though he could have secured a quorum at Wanamaker's for a bargain and possibly saved a row.
A Pittsburg clothier sign misled a poor woman into thinking $200 suits for boys were discounted. The piece critiques Easter verse, praises Mr. Pettes collection at Gillespie's with Collins landscapes, questions City Hall clock accuracy, and notes Sheridan's The Rivals and a cruelty to animals case in Alderman Shafer's court.
In the Senate a vote on a pension bill for General Warren’s widow failed to reach a quorum. Absent senators were summoned as 22 were found in the restaurant. They reportedly discussed Columbia river salmon served by J. P. Montgomery of Portland, Oregon, to guests in the upper chamber.
In New York on March 5 Fred Roberts a hungry unemployed street railroad worker wore a placard on his back at the Tombs court pleading for work. He said he is not a famous author but a modest man with an invalid wife, and he was discharged after presenting his plea. In Omaha on March 4 Catholic clergy recommended Bishop Scanlan of Salt Lake City as Coadjutor Bishop of Omaha with possible succession to Bishop O Connor.
The committee chosen by the World's Fair Association's Executive Committee to aid in drafting the bill for Congress departed by the Pennsylvania Railroad this afternoon.
Conrad Kuhn aged 73 former president of the Gambrinus Brewers Association died Tuesday afternoon at his home 18 Vinial street Allegheny of consumption. He leaves a wife and one child. Funeral services will be held at 9 o clock in St Mary's Roman Catholic Church Albany.
Descon Cook, a prominent stock dealer and the county’s largest man, died at his Green Township home after a foot injury led to gangrene. He remained in good health until the accident and a casket of Awaa was ordered.
David Anderson a wealthy farmer and Republican polit ician died at his North Jackson home aged 74. He was father of William S. Anderson a leading criminal lawyer in the city, and he left a large estate. Allen A. Chapman a prominent merchant and financer died last night in Baltimore after three weeks illness. Born in Connecticut in 1831, he came to Baltimore at 17.
Hebrews gather for Purim rites at synagogues as Macilla is read recalling Esther and Mordecai. Disraeli Social hosts its first annual masque ball at New Turner Hall with calcium lighting and prizes for best costumes. A committee of Adelsheimer Higgard Bickart Bendix Finkelpearl Frankfurther Haber Stalic Klotz Goodsticker selects winners. Young Men's Hebrew Literary and Debating Society plans a carnival at New Turner Hall Forbes street with Gernert orchestra. Executive and reception committees named with members Cohen Shaffer Schenken Frankenstein and others.
The Cumberland Presbyterian Church congregation on Wylie avenue and Congress street held a reception for Pastor Rev. J B Koehne and his bride Miss Mary Milligan after their wedding tour in the East. The Ladies Society organized the event with social and lunch. A $100 gold purse was presented by Fe W Morrow on behalf of the congregation. Attendees included Dr W M Beach Professor J M Wissman Kell Buchanan Frank Murray Mrs Bryan Mrs Milligan Miss Annie Cox and Miss Side Milligan. The church reports 40 new members in two months and rising attendance, with Koehne popular among the youth.
A quiet home wedding united Miss Carrie Sill youngest daughter of ex County Treasurer Jas Sill with Dr W C Miller of Everett. Rev F Diener of Shellsburg performed the ceremony in a small gathering of friends. The couple planned a ten day trip to the East after the ceremony.
The North avenue residence of Mr John G Stevenson was lively with music and dancing Tuesday evening as Stevensons social club of seven couples under 20 surprised birthday celebrant John Stevenson Jr who turned 19. A delightful repast followed the dancing. The group wished him many happy returns.
A reunion celebrated at Mrs Heck’s residence on Smallman Street near Thirty fifth Street honored Jacob Heck on his sixty first birthday. Family members Harry Charles William Edw John Henry Sophia Rosie and Kate Heck traveled from California Montana and other Western states to attend. Music dancing and refreshments highlighted the evening.
Nellie Bly will speak at Old City Hall Friday evening sharing details of her round the world journey to a Pittsburg audience. The Pittsburg native started journalism here and remains a Press Club member. a reception is expected after the talk.
Miss Delia McGuire and John Schwamb both of this city were privately married at St. Paul’s parsonage last evening. Miss McGuire is described as an estimable young woman and Schwamb, formerly of Philadelphia, now employed by The Dispatch, is worthy of his bride.
A Boston Globe note reflects on enduring love and immortality. The poem asserts that if one true heart exists, grief eases, faith remains, and the beloved survives in memory, even beyond death, as long as one person mourns.
The article notes that cats were once sacred in Egypt long before Europe embraced them. It cites a Bent Hassan find of a vast cat mummy pit as evidence of the animal’s ancient veneration and role in vermin control.
Historian JHonoris notes killing cats was a death crime and cats were revered idols. Excavations reveal mummified cats buried near Beni Hassan on the Nile, with 10?4 tons shipped from Alexandria to Liverpool by guano merchants. Many mummies are damaged from exposure and mishandling.
The article recounts thefts of mummy cloth from cats, leaving near full bodies in tatters, with about 180 000 cats said to be ground for use as fertiliser. Workers sometimes salvage usable portions while a flood of global inquiries arrive for mummified remains and data.
The article surveys long held superstitions about cats, noting their moonlike appearance and eyes that dilate with the lunar cycle. It traces the cat in iconography of liberty and repeats common beliefs that black cats bring luck, a cat’s death signals good fortune, and a cat washing its face foresees rain.
The article notes cats were historically linked to witchcraft and Satan. In Britain during the tenth century a law punished cat killing with forfeiture of livestock and wool. Other nations imposed penalties for similar offenses, showing cats once held honored status despite later change.
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled against two railroad cases, including State ex rel Attorney General v Cincinnati Washington and Baltimore Railroad and another brought by George Rice of Marietta, focusing on discrimination in shipment rates. The tank car and barrel methods were central to the rulings, removing privileges tied to those methods.
Missouri Pacific cuts from St Louis to Kansas City and Kansas City to Pueblo with lower rates sparking a race to match by Chicago and Alton Santa Fe Chicago and Northwestern and Union Pacific. Westward, Chicago to Denver drops to 18 first class 15 second class from prior 30 63.
Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera heads the Bijou lineup next week with a strong Chicago New York trained company and enhanced orchestra. Misa Rose Coghlan appears as a star in Jocelyn Forget-Me-Not and Peg Woffington at the Grand Opera House. Miss Newire Bay lectures on her world tour at City Hall on Friday March 14 under the Prest Club. Bennett-Moulton Comic Opera Company plans a large repertoire of light operas at Harris Theater.
James G Townsend defends Unitarianism in Pittsburg letter to the Lispaten. He argues Cook misrepresents Unitarians as biased, notes surge in church building and seminaries, and points to Unitarian influence on orthodox ministers. Townsend cites Japan missionary Knapp and asserts humanitarian embracing of all people aligns with the faith.
Charles Bonsall defends Edward Bellamy, arguing Bellamy recognized that abuses stem from bad laws, not human nature. He cites Bellamy’s plan for government cooperative industry to reform laws in harmony with the Declaration and Constitution, preserving rights to life liberty and happiness.
Letters to the editor from Emmett Gallitzin and others dated March 4 and March 6 ask whether Jefferson Davis was ever a citizen of the United States, reflecting wartime era civic questions from Loretto and nearby towns.
A weekly list of United States patents granted to inventors in Western Pennsylvania Eastern Ohio and West Virginia through March 4. The compilation credits O D Levis Patent Lawyer and names many inventors with their respective inventions including fence devices collars lids hinges and measuring or binding machines among others.
Youncestows March Councilman J C Maloney seeks a Railroad Commissioner appointment with Democratic endorsements from Mahoning Trumbull Columbiana counties and figures like Sheriff Sawyer ex Mayor Farley Major Givasonu and Cleveland leaders. He travels with Judge E M Wilson to Columbus to present his application to Governor Campbell after working as yardmaster for the New York Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad at Kent.
The New York Evening Sun cites Commander McCalla endorsing offensive inducements to enlist American boys of good character as naval apprentices. He suggests that using a man in front and then beheading him with a sword would be one such inducement.
A collage of editorials from Philadelphia to Chicago discusses 1890s political hopes and tactics. Mentions Henry Watterson, General Alger, Harrison, Depew, and Cleveland with critique of gerrymandering and pension bills, noting financial stakes and candidate dynamics.
A garbled miscellany reports a marriage ad in Olean in April, odd prices for apples in Vancouver Washington, a frozen turntable in Harrisburg, a new borax find near Independence California, and the Atlantic and Pacific Railway using Mojave Indians as workers. It notes hydraulic power in London, a Michigan debt and population, Rogue River mail delays, a near train accident in Elkhart, and a Yreka paper shortage. Mentions an old Russian lawsuit, a Willamette River notch myth, a Palestine dig permission, a Wales bridal delay, Waterbury sight loss from coal gas, and Dr. Nansen’s polar expedition ideas. Also cites a uranium lode in Cornwall, Constantinople photog controversy, the Battle of Flowers in Nico, and a Pierrot murder mystery near the parade. The item blends curiosities, disasters, science notes, and travel lore.
A garbled humor page presents a string of quips and dialogue about aging, manners, and everyday mishaps. Characters named Binks, Miss Yellowleaf, and Mrs. Giving appear in a mosaic of jokes, with wry exchanges about marriage, honesty, and small-town life.
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