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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1889
Page
6
The page previews multiple horse and car races alongside baseball notes. Entries list horses and drivers with race results and odds. Details are fragmentary but show names like SALISBURY and Gipsy Queens with placements and indications of second or fourth faces.
John A. St John vents strong anger in a Boston letter blaming Teemer for the collapse of the Gaudaur Teemer boat race challenge. He predicts Teemer must post a large forfeit to draw Gaudaur to future regattas and claims backers are foolish.
Chaos at Latonia as Merchants’ Stake races run without judges in the stand. Bets declared off and the distance reset after a favorable Chicago stable entry won both heats with Wheeler T and Santalene. Montrose, listed favorite, placed in later results as other racers and riders scramble through a day of slow track and disputed outcomes.
A fragmentary Latonia racing page lists horses and weights for upcoming races. Notable names include Ban Harem, Serene Fox I, Gartner, Manneretta, New Castle, Portia Jiliian Lindsey Itshi MoM, Benedict, Land Letter, King Regent, Syra cues, Untbound, and Lago among others with various weights and odds noted. The text appears to be an entry and weight chart for the meets with multiple races and participant details.
The Driving Club opened the Fleetwood spring meeting after weather delays with a perfect day for trotting at Gay. Races included a 500 purse 3:00 class with Stanford and other contenders recording times around 2:33 to 2:36. Tomorrow features the 22 and 2.95 trotts for purses and more races to compensate for lost time.
San Francisco May 22. Joe McAuliffe won an eight round bout against Tom Lees ex champion of Austral is in a bout for 1250 at the Golden Gate Athletic Club. McAuliffe, the heavier fighter at about 200 pounds, pressed from the start and floored Lees in the opening round before finishing with steady blows. Lees fought gamely but was outmatched and was knocked to the canvas multiple times.
Doctor testifies at Cook County Insane Asylum inquiry about rampant abuse and corruption. Attendants leveraged politics to stay in power, withholding post mortems, torturing patients, and looting bodies. Calls for state takeover and new buildings amid reported neglect and coverups.
A large audience gathers outside the venue in Boller alley as rich melody fills the air. Performers led by Lehmann Kalisch and Campanari deliver Wagnerian and Mozart arias with warmth and dramatic clarity, while critics praise the vocalist power and orchestral support despite late hours and technical hiccups.
Katherine O'Donnell, a young Irish woman, was sentenced in Boston's Superior Criminal Court to one year in prison for abandoning her newborn on the South Bay shore after seeking shelter from charitable institutions. The judge harshly criticized local charities for failing to protect her and others in similar distress.
Special Telegram to The Dispatch from Meadville reports the spring meeting of the Meadville Horseman's Club opening with fair attendance despite cold wind and light rain. 245 trotting events carried purses totaling £60 with A EBOC first, Allie ing second, Howard E third. notable times and entries included Too trotth Elmo, ByBack Twe ie, Hunting, and Little Sis in various races.
LowDox reports at the Newmarket spring meeting the 7500 sovereign Newmarket Stakes was won by the Duke of Portland's bay colt Donovan by Galopin out of Mowerina. The Turco by Galopin out of Mar II and Laureate by Macaria II were runners in the event.
Chappie Moran of Jersey City and Frank Donovan of Brooklyn fought fourteen rounds for a 105 pound title near Tottenville. Moran was awarded the decision as Donovan could not answer the bell after the fourteenth round.
Cambridge won as Captain Brown rests his horses for a few weeks. Jessie Oakes earned $895 in a New York women’s bicycle race. J J Es eprum beat H Poff in a one mile foot race at Baller on Pot retired at the end.
The Grand Council convened in Boston on May 22 with Bishop Charles E. Cheney presiding. Officials reported two year receipts and disbursements for the general and mission fund and church extension fund. Amendments to canons and rules were proposed for funding various church divisions, with bishops Cheney and Nicholson presenting jurisdiction reports before adjourning until tomorrow.
The bark Lizsie Williams was wrecked on Tugidak Island on April 22. Six Chinese and two seamen drowned. Vessel and cargo valued at $150,000 declared a total loss. The Alkah steamer brought the news to Seattle Wyoming May 22.
A locomotive crossing a trestle near Isabella furnace in Sharpsburg caused woodwork to collapse. One man, Michael Parker, suffered severe injuries likely requiring amputation. Weather hindered rescue efforts as damp conditions persisted.
A packed auditorium heard a second grand concert drawing 4 500 attendees from Pittsburgh’s social spectrum. Box owners hosted many recognizable figures including Attorney Porter and Judge Slagle as crowds praised the performance and hoped for continued turnout at remaining recitals. The article notes the audience’s attire matched the event’s harmony and predicts ongoing public generosity for future concerts.
The festival second concert offered a rich, varied programme that exhausted much of the audience before 11:85. The Exposition hall provided remarkable acoustics though seating proximity affected some voices. MES LILLI LEHMANN KAGISCH starred, with an especially striking Donna Anna recital from Mozart's Don Giovanni.
The matinee features a Wagner centric program with Parsifal selections and rest of the evening devoted to The Flying Dutchman and Tannhauser. Included are excerpts from Rienzi, Carmen? No, Parsifal main. Orchestral works by Wagner, Rossini and Gounod provide a varied concert.
The report describes Lilli Lehmann and Emma Joch as large women with developed strength and notes Miss Anders Ohe’s nimble piano skills. It praises Lehmann’s stage presence and discusses the chorus scene, audience reactions, and various performers including Retter, Prio tti, and Lockes opera books sales. The piece also mentions a planned festival and impressions of attendance.
Wilkes-Barre telegram reports Nanticoke gripped by a smallpox outbreak with over 20 prostrated and 4 deaths Agnes Mexham Nora Clifford Arthur Evans Eneuris Hughes. estimates 50 to 60 cases. town lacks proper sewers and drainage and ordinances stall council actions as epidemic follows 1880 outbreak.
Advices from St. Pierre mention two French fishing vessels the Filla and Quartre Freres that sailed for Newfoundland with 175 men aboard. They have been lost and ill luck suggests many hands have perished.
Dean Rabero a 24 year old Italian coal miner was taken to West Penn Hospital around midnight after a fall at the mine. He was employed by a company identified in the report and sustained injuries described as coming from a fall.
In New York a telegram reports the missing 6 year old Artie Grabert has not been seen since Friday. His father leaves work to search for him while mother Mrs Grubert claims she saw his spirit on the fire escape and believes he has died. She recalls a late appearance and a little girl nearby spoke of a rascal before Artie vanished.
The Reese River Reveille reproduces an anonymous Paris letter sent to Miss Emma Nevada. It warned her against traveling to Spezia for an engagement due to a planned bombing at a venue. The note was published in facsimile in Italian papers after later events.
Word from Braidwood reports miners arming themselves and vowing to burn mines and shoot workers paid under price. Stalino strikers demonstrated around the mines while the sheriff asserted he would call out militia on provocation.
John Zahmen, a North Chicago City Railway employee, died in a pit accident when a pulley in a grip car roof failed as it raised a steel plate. The blow crushed his skull in the underground work space.
A fragmentary notice hints at a mortgage or property dispute stirring local debate. The readable portion mentions a financial struggle connected to cigars and a bid or fee, with no clear dates or names available.
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