25 Mar 1889
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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1889
Page
1
A Tar Dispatch staff correspondent reports on McClellandtown area outrages by the Cool Spring gang. Victims describe masked intruders torturing elderly residents for small sums, overturning homes from Keener to Lilley, Anderson, Grove, and others. A petition seeks higher rewards as investigators press for capture.
New York dispatch reports a Herald publication of a purported Harrison letter written during his Indianapolis stay. The missive notes Alaska might have supplied seven cabinet members, touching on plans, health, and possible travel to Washington, ending with Benjamin Harrison’s sincere regards.
A Mayville jailbreak attempt detailed by a Jamestown telegram describes Burt Tanbey, Charles Walters, and Charles Burks using a jelly vial, pen holder tube, and heated cowhide to burn through double planked cells. Sheriff Case halted progress as they neared the corridor, leaving only a thin brick wall and exposed tools.
A farmer’s daughter Clara Hagins eloped with Edward Mathis and married him. Her father J I Hagins, enraged by the match, stabbed Mathis in the neck with a shoemaker knife injuring the bride. Hagins was arrested and jailed as the community condemns the act.
A Washington dispatch reports President Harrison and Mrs. Harrison at services and walking the Potomac bank while discussing office appointments. He stresses selecting capable, active men, not rewarding past service, and declines a veteran politician, saying the job requires vigor and a fresh approach.
Washington dispatch reports the administration may split the surplus among old soldiers. Corporal Tanner backs broader pensions beyond small sums and urges supportive evidence steps. He says annual pension growth could exceed 100,000 dollars, while Congress pledges a service pension bill with significant cost implications and arrears restrictions.
General Greely presents Meteorological findings on Pacific slope and Western States rainfall. The report, with charts by Lieutenant Glassford, argues the arid west has higher rainfall than long held, destroying the Great American Desert myth. Observations across 16 stations show increases while eight show decreases, spanning Texas Nevada New Mexico Indian Territory California Arizona and Kansas.
Aaron York's accidental blast at a farm near Culvert City kills his wife and daughter and injures two others while preserving the house. A sprawling feud between Sowders and Turners in Kentucky and Tennessee erupts in violence with dozens dead, dozens more wounded, and armed posses clashing in Knox, Harley, and Bell counties. Authorities tighten tensions as arrests follow and fears of further killings rise.
Special telegram from New York reports Frederick Oaten, a dissipated carpenter, shot himself in front of his wife and family at 305 Floyd street Williamsburg after years of drunken misery. The family had recently moved from Humbold street to escape his violence and demands for money, and today a child alerted the mother before Oaten fired twice, dying at the scene as an ambulance arrived.
Indiana coal operators, after leaving the Miners Progress Union Convention, form a state organization and plan a May 1 wage cut of 12 percent, reducing pay by 20 cents per ton. Miners are unlikely to submit, challenged by oils, fuel costs, and underbidding by Ohio and Illinois operators. current rates in several states range from 70 to 90 cents per ton.
Cryersxati March 24 11 oclock 35 of 160 boys aged 10 to 15 broke from their rooms led by four leaders including a negro boy. They armed with baseball bats marched to the front gate demanded exit, shattered windows with bats and rocks, alarmed residents and drew about 150 officers. Within 45 minutes four leaders were confined and order restored.
In Indianapolis on March 24 rumors spread that John C New has packed his grip and hastened to the capital to learn why he has not been confirmed. The telegram from distance notes New intends to address the matter personally.
Canadians react with mixed excitement and worry after President Harrison proclaims Behring Sea closed. Ottawa reports the move surprised Canadian officials who declined interviews as details emerge of American, Cleveland administration, and British government discussions over the past two years.
The ICC opinion by Commissioner Schoonmaker in the Imperial Coal Company case against Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad holds grouped coal rates to Lake Erie from a 40 mile Pittsburg-centered district. It finds no unlawful discrimination vs distant Hocking Valley mines, weighing production, utility, competition, and public interest over mere distance.
A Telegraph report from New York details Elder William G. Raymond baptizing two young girls, Georgie aged 7 and Pear aged 4, at Fish's Lane on the New York Bay shore. The ceremony, amid onlookers, described their calm participation and the families stating the children were cured of serious throat troubles by faith and prayer.
A political sensation unfolds as Rev. Sam Small plans to challenge incumbent John D. Stewart in Georgia's Fifth Congressional district. Small, raised in the county and popular in Atlanta, is said to attract rural votes and possibly unite Republicans, signaling a push for independent candidates in other districts.
Special telegram from Boston reports Pierpont Morgan attempted a 51 hour Boston to New York rail run on the Boston and Albany line. The train killed two people, failed to meet the target by 30 minutes, and delayed regular trains as it took right of way. Morgan attended a Somerset Club dinner before returning to New York.
Arran, March 34. A natural gas and oil company is to be formed with capital stock of 1 000 000. Substantial land has been secured and work is expected to begin once arrangements are perfected.
Columpus March 24 The committee probing Robert Watchams accusations against ex Master Workman W T Lewis secretary of the National Progressive Union of Miners and Mine Laborers finds no sustained misappropriation of funds or direct railroad company involvement. The panel withholds testified details but notes history of the alleged railway project Indianapolis Chattanooga and Southern and its links to Lewis.
Terre Haute report says a Terre Haute mudstone was applied to the leg of John Kirk’s 11 year old daughter after a pup bite that later died with hydrophobia symptoms. The stone adhered for 11 hours and was also used on two sisters and a 4 year old brother, with mixed results and doubts about effectiveness. The stone’s long record claims no deaths from its use, though details here are unclear.
General Boulanger fainted in a Paris cafe today during dinner. Reports say he was aided by attendants and taken to a hospital for examination amid concern over his condition.
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