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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1890
Page
15
The Dispatch reports on delivery completeness and prompts carriers agents and newsdealers to report missing copies. It outlines voluntary contributors keeping copies, pricing for compensated articles, return of manuscripts, postal stamps two cents, and removal of the business office to a new corner in Pittsburgh on a Sunday in March 1800.
Reports from Louisville reduce estimated deaths to 100 to 150 after earlier forecasts of thousands. Destruction from the storm stretches from near the Mississippi to central Kentucky, making it among the nation’s most destructive cyclones. Despite heavy damage, Louisville can provide relief. only a small portion displaced, and neighbors would aid if needed.
Hon George Shiras former State Representative announces as Republican candidate for Congress to oppose Colonel Bayne. Shiras, from a brainy political family, faces a tough bid to topple Bayne who has held the seat for seven terms. The North Side audience anticipates a lively race with Nuanced predictions.
Legal opinion chorus supports Department of Public Works stance on sidewalks. Supreme Court ruling seen as barring property owners from using sidewalk space for steps or areas. Public policy favors freeing footpaths in downtown areas and mandates removal of obstructions, with time allowed for building changes and no new encroachments.
The American Mechanics successfully raised the national flag at Mucklerat school without trouble. About 250 members marched through mud to install it, the event orderly and creditable to patriotic, law abiding citizens. The group aims to rely on law to punish any illegal acts, and such actions are to be avoided.
The Washington Post suggests that Congress should redirect surplus funds toward a large new hotel in the capital. The idea follows a report that Mexico City plans a two million dollar hotel, with half the cost to come from external sources.
The Post argues against funding a large Washington hotel with public funds. It notes prior federal subsidies for post offices, river flood relief, Southern schoolhouses, railroads, and ocean transportation, and asserts Washington has no more right to Treasury money than stealing silver. It questions thePost’s stance as hypocritical.
In Pittsburg the Duquesne Traction Company versus Pittsburg Traction Company dispute shifts to local courts after the Attorney General declines involvement. Courts must decide if Councils may grant exclusive street-vehicle rights to one company, or if charter priority governs. In Allegheny a consolidation move aims to bar competition by occupying routes, a move critics say harms public interests. The piece argues streets belong to the people and public benefit must govern use.
Analyzes Tammany Hall influence on New York city government, arguing national party clubs should not control local offices. Notes Tweed and Broadway railway scandals show corruption crosses factions, and stresses that demoralization rises when a political clique runs local government for national gains.
Khartoum reports the Mahdi’s followers plan a new crusade aiming to free Africa from ruin and oppose Christianity via prohibition and slave trade. The piece weighs this against Christian nations supplying alcohol and questions the morality of both sides. It also notes Democrats endorse ballot reform redefining political identity and hints at trust tactics shaping party labels.
The article reports on corporate espionage by two Claus Spreckels employees in Philadelphia who sent reports to a New York tobacco concern. It links such acts to a broader pattern among big trusts and criticizes tariffs on art while noting the Central Pacific lobby’s influence. The House committeeseems to align Union and Central Pacific settlements in one bill, treating defiant dishonesty and concealed obligations similarly.
A U S cutter on the Oregon coast has captured another sealing schooner after previously letting it go. The incident involved showing government aid to recover the seized vessel. A Brussels advertised Congo tour offers round trips at 64 dollars with hotels and back hire. the article questions value and notes potential African fever experiences.
Enthusiastic Patti reception in New York fails to hush talk as patrons prove money talks. Pittsburg plans a first class Penn avenue theater under Mendelson, promising credit to the city. Remarks on Goulds finances, Sherman trusts, Maryland treasurer fraud, petroleum market maneuvers, and street railway ownership debates reflect a lively, opinionated era.
A collage of brief notes: Mrs Rose Tennyr Cooke slowly recovers health. Prof James Russell Lowell remains too ill to resume writing. Montana Governor Toone to wed a General Rosecrans daughter. General Sir Rose, Canadian commander, seen at Hotel Brunswick. Senator Quay returns with rattlesnake skin from the South. C C Enacpon of Lasell Seminary to sail October 1 for eight months worldwide. LM Pullmer and Samuel Plumer registered at the Girard. Monerley Bel, London Times manager, writes two Egypt volumes. Ex-Emperor of Brazil to summer at Aix les Bains then Austria in August at Francis Joseph’s invitation. Freshmen prize essay winners at Princeton American Whig Literary Society: Tyson first, Cameron second. American returnee from Paris notes Amelia Rivers-Chanler stirs Paris. A French love tragedy prompts suicides among some youth. Senator Fassett’s Albany social lists sparse. he visits for public work, not social life.
A Philadelphia judge sustained a witness who refused to kiss a dirty Bible before oath. The piece argues oath taking in courts is merely a form to ensnare perjury and that removing the Bible would not raise false testimony.
A Philadelphia Press excerpt notes a great disaster in Kentucky and asks if Pennsylvania should lead in offering aid if needed. The piece questions whether any state should get ahead of the Keystone in providing assistance.
William R. McKee, 72, was struck by a cable car at Twenty first and Penn last evening and died soon after. He was father to James M. McKee, Post Commander of Post 2, G A R, and a well known Orangeman. No funeral arrangements have yet been made.
Andrew Robertson, longtime chairman of the Board of Harbor Commissioners and leading Montreal business figure, collapsed and died today after an apparent sudden illness. Officials and colleagues expressed shock at the loss of a prominent civic leader.
The article argues for transforming the Carnegie Library into a center of intellectual culture in Allegheny. It advocates developing lecture series to attract the masses, led by scholars from literature science and astronomy, and stresses the librarian must be a worldly, well read advocate for broad educational aims at a $250 salary. It also notes local efforts and praise for Pittsburgh theater plans and a new city venue.
Philadelphia Ledger notes Senator Quay returned from Florida in good condition and mentions John F. Dravo's appointment as Surveyor of Customs at Pittsburgh despite opposition from Blaine and Dalzell supporters. Philadelphia Times highlights Quay’s Washington return and Dravo’s purveyor post as a signal that patronage persists.
A column of light verse and conversational quips with witty exchanges on love, age, wit, and society. It blends brief dialogues and humorous sketches from a bygone era, weaving aphorisms, rhymes, and comic vignettes attributed to a fictional philosopher.
John Hinton born near Masontown Fay ette county Pa about 40 years ago. After losing his parents he relied on Fayette and Westmoreland families. He served in the Indian War and escorted Cherokees beyond the Mississippi. He sailed to the East Indies then enlisted in a British regiment. He fought in the Sepoy rebellion and earned a gold medal from the Governor General. He traveled from Delhi toward Turkey, traded to become immensely wealthy with 13 000 horses and camels in five caravans. His retinue impressed the Am e er who befriended him with gifts of horses elephants camels and merchandise. He gained supremacy of trade from Hindoo Kush to Belloochistan and rose to Commander of Herat around 1850 suppressing a local rebellion. His conduct improved Afghanistan and sparked telegraph plans and electric lights, yet the world may never know Afghanistan’s debt to John Hinton.
Washington March 2 Attorney General Miller named John P. Cameron to serve as Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
Governor Hill appoints General Daniel E. Sickles to fill the sheriff’s seat left by Flack’s resignation. While Sickles is a Democrat with no city faction ties, editors say his civil service reform stance and businesslike approach should shape the office. He is described as very wealthy and unlikely to seek personal gain from the post.
A magazine style piece recounts actors sharing stories and the perils of publishing actor tales as new. It features J M Hill Maurice Barrymore W J Florence and Henry Roach discussing how quickly actor anecdotes spread and the caution against presenting stories as fresh.
A humorous anecdote recounts Roach hearing a lawyerly quip about George Washington and a British sovereign, followed by a sharp response from Hummel. Rogers and Calcraft chase a debt through a drugstore ruse, ending with an awkward scene over a fifty dollar claim. An amusement piece notes Billy Florence befriending a fellow actor at Hampton Court and shares a convivial lunch and a ride toward town.
The dialogue recounts a misdirection as the narrator learns Wil D Drive is the stage director and the boat bears the name Standard. Realizing the prank, the narrator rejects the coach and returns by the next train, self-criticizing the situation.
Maurice Barrymore mocks John Stetson calling him a malaprop with a fond old tale about misused words. A stage-hand mix up has a green bank placed across the stage at right angles to the footlights. Stetson questions the stage manager and jokes about an opaque bank.
A Pawtucket Times op-ed extols The Pittsburgh Dispatch as preeminent among papers. It lauds its Sunday edition for quality and quantity, claiming no other paper equals its comprehensive coverage and reliability.
The Pittsburgh press notes a Cleveland justice ruling that Sunday shaving is a work of necessity. Commentary claims Pittsburgers could manage without it, while others joke that men bear beards to hide soot from furnaces and foundries.
The Baltimore American notes that when women first entered public action and demanded suffrage one objection was sentiment would enter politics. It recalls how the typewriter’s entry into labor brought sentiment to business, illustrating the unexpected often occurring.
William Bloor a prominent Mansfield contractor died suddenly this afternoon as guests gathered for his son’s wedding reception. The son had just returned from his honeymoon when the tragedy occurred.
Williamsport notes show Vanvorce and Foresman training for the Democratic nomination while RP Allen is floated as a compromise candidate. Chairman Kisner rejects involvement in nominations, stating his role is electoral. Reports from Downingtown and Crawford County discuss postmasters and primary returns, with Delamater facing uncertain odds. Major Monmouth visits Clarion as a Republican governor hopeful. Knights of Labor members in Fayette County pursue legislative seats amid shifting party strength.
In Perry country an associate judge who sought a hotel license granted his own application after strong remonstrance. President Judge Harnett revoked the license and a move to retire the offending judge follows. The piece notes the judge’s Southern style labels and digs at election purity.
A humorist auctioneer entertains as he hawks furniture to reclaim debts while a mortgaged sale triggers laughter and tears. A sad mother weeps for her dead baby’s chair, and the crowd pauses as the buyer reluctantly bids low. Gene’s tone shifts from raillery to remorse as the chair is finally claimed by the woman.
A kaleidoscope of short items from Helena Montana to Boston lists oddities, thefts, deaths, and curiosities. Stories mention a 47 elephant herd, Cromwell’s table sold for $710, solar and sea mysteries, a Paris prisoner’s suicide, and a Boston thief in overalls lifting a wall mirror in a life insurance office.
A scattered collection notes topics from tight lacing risks to a 76th birthday in Bismarck. It mentions Chicago World’s Fair plans with Aldermen likely approving details and public sermons on poverty and marriage bans for the poor.
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