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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1890
Page
10
Jersey Woman Confined to Asylum on Faulty Certificate
Mrs. James Beach of Hoboken accuses her husband and two Hoboken doctors of conspiring to admit her to the Morris Town State asylum without examination. The certificate was signed by Dr. Simon and Dr. Atwell though she says he never saw her. A partial investigation and a corroborating asylum letter support her claim of jealous instability rather than madness.
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James Beach
Hoboken, N. 4
Beach
Jersey City
Washington Street
Hoboken
Winfield
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Simon
Atwell
Morristown
Dr. Atwell
Mrs. Beach
Rabif
H. Harris
Asylum
Doylestown Lawyer Shel tenberger Committed for Trial on Embezzlement
J Monroe Shellenberger, a Doylestown lawyer, was formally committed for trial at the May term on seven charges of embezzlement and forgery. The hearing occurred in the county jail before Squire Zorns with District Attorney Stout and Sheriff Comty present. He waived swearing, no bail was set, and no attempt was made to obtain bail.
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Defander Shellenberger Waites
Ark
Permladelphia
J. Monroe Shellenberger
Doylestown
Squire Zorns
Stout
Comty
Shellenberger
Shelienberger
Fat Think Slowly in Nerve Travel Speed
The New York Sun discusses how bodily condition affects reaction speed. It describes an apparatus to measure nerve impulse rate and notes that a Turkish bath can temporarily boost thought speed by about 13 percent while removing excess body water can provide a permanent lift. It cites a New York athletic trainer who dries athletes before sprint events to sharpen nerves and start time.
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New York Sun
New York
War of Words Continues Over Protective Tariffs and Sugar Policy
The debate centers on why Congress failed to impose a protective duty on sugar and to boost domestic production. Speakers argue the need to shield farmers, promote export markets, and raise prices at home, with references to wheat and corn production and calls for foreign markets. The session continued with O Donnell supporting sugar sections while others opposed the bill, followed by adjournment.
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United States
India
Nebraska
Congress
Northwest
House
O'Donnell
Michigan
Post
Magereeee
Spe
Messrs. Stewart
Georgia
Ellis
Kentucky
Veterans Kicking Needles Morrill Pension Bill Debate
Sayler Post No 249 Nebraska G A R cites pension fairness concerns as only four members would benefit under the Morrill service pension bill. The post notes long-serving veterans face delays, while others with shorter service histories would gain earlier. Similar western letters slow Senate action after House passage.
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West
Senate
House
Tin Plate Tariff Watcher Seeks Senate Support
Secretary Cronemyer of the American Tin Plate Association visits Washington to oversee tin plate tariff Bill discussions before the House. He and his organization express satisfaction with the proposed terms and aim to keep them intact.
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Cronemyer
Washington
American Tin Plate Association
Soles Likely Named McKeesport Postmaster
Washington May 7 The Post Office Department says Edwin Soles will likely have his nomination as McKeesport postmaster sent to the Senate soon possibly Friday. Officials expect broad approval with no opposition from Ca. Thompson or others.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Edwin Soles
McKeesport
Senate
Soles
Ca. Thompson
Colored waiters plan strike over hours in Chicago
Nine hundred colored waiters met in Chicago and voted to strike at dawn if employers do not raise hours pay. All present signed the agreement as major restaurants were rented for the meeting. The strike follows a fortnight of absence by both waiters and managers.
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Chicago
Miraculous Recovery After Gas Poisoning Blood Transfusion
Lizzie Cunningham a young shopgirl recovered after a dramatic gas poisoning incident on January 6. A blood transfusion from Amos A Lincoln saved her life after a prolonged coma and paralysis. She left the hospital nearly fully recovered with only slight gait stiffness.
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Dispatch
New York
Lizzie Cunningham
Eighth Avenue
Mary F On
Miss Cunningham
Amos Lincoln
Robert F. Weir
Race on the Rail Ends in Fatal Wreck Near Danbury
Eugene Buneten news agent for the Housatonic Railroad was killed when two trains on parallel tracks racing near Danbury collided this afternoon. The crash crushed Buneten’s skull as his baggage car door trapped him. George Franklin was thrown from a door and a brakeman injured. Both engines narrowly escaped destruction.
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Daxistry
Coxx
Eugene Buneten
Housatonic Railroad
New York
New England
Housatonic
Danbury
White Street
Comstock
Bunten
Banien
George Franklin
Freman
Peculiar Elevator Fatality In New York Shaft
In an elevator shaft during repair work Andrew J Murray, his brother Thomas, and Patrick Fitzgerald were injured when the counterweight plunged the car. Fitzgerald survived with sprains, Tom Murray escaped with a head bump, while Andrew Murray died minutes after the incident as a surgeon treated him.
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New York
Andrew J. Murray
Thomas
Patrick Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Andrew Murray
Tom Murray
Robably
Andrew Shares
Italians Under Contract Held From Europe Shipment
A New York Telegram reports Italian laborers aboard the Evtella and Britannia arriving under contract. Fifteen claim bankers Francisco Zambolina and Vincenzo D Aveccg promised work at 110 dollars daily with passage paid. Some detainees face return. Italian Society seeks writ of habeas corpus.
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Europe
Distator
New York
Erhardt
Evtella
Francisco Zambolina
215 Spring Street
Italy
Vincenzo D'Aveccg
Toec
D'Avessa
Alesia
Clergymen Meet in St Louis for Quadrennial Conference
The Methodist Episcopal Church South opens its four year General Conference in St Louis at Centennary Church. Eight bishops and 290 delegates attend from twenty five states and territories including Alabama Arkansas California Georgia Louisiana Kansas North Carolina South Carolina Maryland Mississippi Montana Kentucky Texas Indian Territory Tennessee Oregon Virginia West Virginia Illinois and international posts in Brazil and Mexico. Bishop J C Keener presides and a pastoral letter signed by all bishops is read once in four years.
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Methodist Episcopal Church South
St. Louis
Centennary Methodist Episcopal Church
General Conference
Alabama
Arkansas
Colorado
California
Georgia
Louisiana
Kansas
North Carolina
South Carolina
Maryland
Mississippi
Montana
Kentucky
Texas
Indian Territory
Tennessee
Oregon
Virginia
West Virginia
Illinois
Oregon Territory
Brazil
Mexico
J. C. Keener
Wilson
Baltimore
Philadelphia Democrats tighten grip on congressional race
In Philadelphia May 7 the Democratic primaries across wards 3 4 5 6 11 12 16 and 17 shaped the race for Samuel Randall seat. Anti McAleer forces won wards 6 12 16 17 while McAleer carried 3 4 11. Projections show a likely convention bolt with Gentner or Dittmann as nominees and independent candidate Few looming. Adams appears likely to win the general.
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Randall
Congress
Philadelphia
Samuel J. Randall
McAleer
Tomor- Trew
anti-McAleer
Gentner
Seventeenth
Matthew Dittmann
Adams
Repubican
Ohio Democrats object to federal control of elections
The Fifth Ohio district Democratic convention in Lima chose Walter B. Ritchie as temporary chairman and D. Fisher as secretary. They adopted resolutions denouncing federal bills to regulate elections as an assault on state and individual rights. F. C. Layton was nominated by acclamation after a roll-call of counties as Brice could not attend due to a family illness in Denver.
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House
Senate
Lima
Ohio
Walter B. Ritchie
Brice
D. §. Fisher
Hardin County
Ohio House of Representatives
Congress
Antion
C. N. Lamison
Allen County
McComas
Layton
Auglaize
F. C. Layton
Hardin
van Wert
Logan
Putnam
Denver
Candidates for Assembly Nomination in Beaver County
Beaver County voters face a four candidate Assembly race as Ira F. Mansfield Richard R. Quay Robert Strarling and Dr. Lockhart contend for the nomination. Rumors of withdrawals circulate with Mansfield proposing a signed withdrawal paper amid advice from supporters and opponents.
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Braver
Ira F. Mansfield
Richard R. Quay
Robert Strarling
Southside
Dr. Lockhart
Freedom
Beaver County
Quay
Mansfied
Lockhart
Strarling
Mansfield
Hon. W
Shallenberger
H. C. Fry
Rochester
Doctor
Washington County Republican Convention Set for June 9
Special telegram from Wasumerox Pa May 7 reports the Republicans of Washington County will meet in a convention on June 9 to nominate a candidate for Congress State Senate and three for Assembly Three delegates to the State Convention will also be chosen and county officers nominated.
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Washington County
Wasumerox
Congress
State Senate
Assembly
Four Greeks Injured In Mill Accident At Braddock Wire Mills
A severe incident at the Braddock Wire Mills left four Greek workers injured during construction. One man suffered a broken back another incurred a severe thigh injury and internal damage with two others also hurt. Names were not obtainable as the men spoke no English.
Two Bandred Witnesses Test in Clayton Breckenridge Probe
The Clayton Breckenridge committee met today with no sensational developments. About 200 negroes testified, mostly on unimportant matters, during the federal Little Rock Ant assembly session on May 7.
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Little Rocr
Clayton-Breckenridge Committee
Magnates Confer in New York Over National League Woes
Three NL officials President Spalding Secretary Hawley and J Palmer ONeill met in New York amid talks on league finances and possible schedule changes. They discussed Pittsburg and Cleveland struggles with attendance and potential club retirements while Day insisted the current schedule would stay.
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Indianapolis
Day
New York
National League
Spalding
Chicago
David Hawley
Cleveland
J. Palmer O'Neill
Pittsburg
Byrnes
DisPatch
Mr. Day
Sid He
Death in the Water and Drowning Variants
The article explains two drowning outcomes: suffocation from water in the lungs and death from apoplexy or fainting. It notes variable appearances and the possibility of resuscitation after prolonged submersion, with life sometimes continuing for hours under water and successful revival by rescuers.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Death of a Pearl
A tale recounts how a famed pearl decays due to the decomposition of its animal membrane. A Russian merchant once prized it in a secluded mansion but fled to Paris amid politics. When he finally showed the gem, it changed color and crumbled into white powder, leaving him ruined.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Paris
Soldier privacy and marriage in army life
A Fort Hamilton veteran argues that a private should not marry due to uncertain moves and lack of family support. He cites transfers from California to the Pacific coast and notes soldiers receive no free transport for dependents or baggage, stressing financial strain and self reliance.
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Fort Hamilton
Brooklyn Eagle Rambler
Fort Canby
California
Battery H
Pacific Coast
Sam
Royal Contribution Aids New Toronto Library
British Minister at Stockholm reports King Oscar II has directed his Archivist to forward for the new Toronto University library a collection of Norwegian and Swedish publications.
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Toronto
Ont
Stockholm
Oscar Ir
Sweden
Norway
Toronto University Library
Judge Lynch's Rapidity
A Boston Herald piece notes that in six years 14,770 murders occurred in the country, 55 were avenged by hanging and 975 by lynching, arguing Judge Lynch is quicker than the regular courts in delivering swift justice.
Fire destroys Longue Point insane asylum shocking loss of life
Thousands visit the ruined Longue Point asylum as authorities confirm at least 60 dead and possibly 100. Investigators say one inmate started the blaze in a firetrap building with no fire divisions. Government aid is pledged as the institution plans rebuilding and relief for distressed inmates.
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Longue Point
Sepactat
Dispatot
Monttreal
Montreal
Theresa
Duguet
Marie Grovel
Mother Labia
Sacred Heart Order
Hannah Hickson
Brooklyn
N. Y
J. L. Balford
Quebec
Fire destroys Singer Manufacturing Works in Elizabeth New Jersey
A massive blaze at the Singer Manufacturing Company plant in Elizabeth destroys multiple departments and vast machinery including 18 million needles and over 5,000 machines. The western front offices are spared, water floods the entire floor, walls crack needing rebuild, and losses are estimated at 2 million dollars covered by a dedicated insurance fund.
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Evizapega
N.J
Singer Manufacturing Company
One of the Bernadottes at the Seventh Avenue Hotel
A disheveled man claiming to be Nicol Bernadotte the Seventh signs in at the Seventh Avenue Hotel. Clerk Ed Landis eyes him with a cold stare and simply bids him goodbye, prompting the visitor to depart in wrath after a final provocative offer to “cell you again.”
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Seventh Avenue
Seventh Avenue Hotel
Ed Landis
Stonewall Jackson
Colonel Landis
Nicol Bernadotte
Landis
Bernadotte
France
Sweden
Mr. Landis
Goodby
Colonel Fenn's Snake Ball Encounter in Flooded Mississippi Area
Colonel J A Fenn traveling electrician for Western Union arrived in Birmingham from Mississippi flood areas. He and a colored lineman faced hundreds of snakes, including a massive ball of about 200 moccasins and rattlers, as they drifted in a dugout under rising waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Fenn
Colonel Fenn
Feno
Begging Letters Reveal Toothless Plight of Desperate Child Care
A New York Herald excerpt shows a letter to Mr Wanamaker from a debtor with overdue dental work. The writer, caring for five orphaned relatives, asks for help to pay a debt or to obtain affordable teeth, noting inability to wear current dentures since May and requesting Washington access for aid. The piece lampoons the era’s philanthropic letters to wealthy donors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Wanamaker
Deak Sre
Bethany
Teath
Prn
Washington
Denman Thompson Plunges in Racing Rumors
Blakely Hall reports Denman Thompson backs race horses with success yet many bets go astray. He keeps a stock ticket in his dressing room and follows New York events, aided by money from The Old Homestead. If luck returns, another actor millionaire may emerge this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blakely Hall
Denman Thompson
Mr. Thompson
New York
Old New York Trustee Accused in Bond Theft Case
William H. Guion, a New York trustee for the British American Assurance Company, is alleged to have taken $30,000 in bonds from a safe deposit box. Civil action seeks recovery after bonds sold for near par. no criminal prosecution planned. Co-trustee William A. Booth argues limited liability due to trustee clause.
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William H. Guion
New York
Prectal
Dispatch
British American Assurance Company
Toronto
Canada
William A. Booth
Third National Bank
Williams & Guiion
Booth
Safe Deposit Company
Guion
Assurance Company
Mr. Booth
Hotel Normandie
Mr. Guion
Ofso
Williams & Guion
Solace of the Weed in Famous Personal Habits
The article surveys tobacco use among notable figures. It notes Carlyle and Jane Welsh wedding comforts, Andrew Jackson’s heavy tobacco habit, and how smoking figured in White House drawing rooms and historical circles. It references the phrase kite cabinet and portraits numerous figures known for their pipe or cigars.
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Carlyle
Jane Welsh
Edinburgh
Miss Welsh
White House
Andrew
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Labia
Singer Mannufacturing
Elizabeth, N. J
Wheeling-Springfield
Wheeling
Bernadottes
Gesera) Wanamaker
New York Herald
Horso
Metropolis
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