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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1889
Page
15
The May 26 188x Pittsburg Dispatch notes weak interest in baseball as the Alleghenies slip in the league standings. It argues Pittsburgh should demand a top tier club to sustain local support and prevent the national game from losing appeal.
The piece argues against a business tax based on firms with works outside the city but offices in the city. It suggests courts will settle legal points and questions why such firms should pay the tax or be exempt from real estate millage, labeling the tax an antiquated form that hinders enterprise and urging Pittsburg to drop it.
The piece argues against public sympathy for Mr. Whitelaw Reid's Paris salary and $20,000 yearly rent. It asserts no legal obligation for the U S to cover lavish living costs and contends Reid could perform duties on far less. It notes rental support from Mills building income and other properties.
A sensational account notes the Cronin murder stirs Chicago, linking the crime to secret political societies and wartime antagonisms. The piece frames assassination as a possible outcome of European related conspiracies, reflecting prevalent theories of the era.
The piece weighs whether Cronin’s killing ties to a revolutionary society or stems from ordinary disputes. It stresses that authorities must uncover any sect links and prosecute killers to uphold law, warning against vigilante tribunals outside official channels. The case promises intense public scrutiny.
The Festival closing evening exposed the encore craving of about 5 000 fans and the conductor Herr Geldt failed to reign in the throng. Mme Lehmann Kalisch refused to repeat Fidelio encores, leaving the program hanging as sporadic applause continued. The piece ends with the note that the conductor bears responsibility for not quelling the crowd and resuming the schedule.
A critique notes Pitcairn Island's communal landholding and peaceable life. It argues the absence of railroads trade and politics, plus abstinence from alcohol and fashions, reflect indolence rather than a viable model for nations. The piece questions whether virtue under isolation equates to broader societal success.
The piece portrays Huston of Indiana as a modest party figure who rose to state committee chairmanship and then angered by expectations of federal appointments. It notes Treasury strain and his withdrawal to Indiana in a sulk while remaining treasurer and unhappy with the President. The text suggests spoils distribution fuels factional strength.
Minnesota's new law makes drunkenness a penal offense with penalties from ten dollars to sixty to ninety days imprisonment. The key issue is how courts will define drunkenness, a matter now arising as enforcement begins. The discussion stresses the need to consult Supreme Court reports to determine if fixed quantities or states of intoxication determine illegality.
A discussion on how to define drunkenness under new law, questioning how many drinks or level of boisterousness constitutes offense. Observes differences in judging intoxication across social classes and the need for legal guidance. Reports Long Island City’s beer sale by the pound and New York City’s impracticality of scaling beer by the ton.
The article notes enormous North Atlantic icebergs this spring and links a cold wind to Colonel Elliott F. Shepard’s diplomatic aims. It urges festival managers to allow early exit and keep doors closed after performances to avoid disruption. It mentions Homestead and Duquesne wage tensions as a separate payroll dispute snippet.
The coal combination again increases anthracite prices citing a principle of keeping coal costly for consumers. It argues the rise is punishment for the public burning cheaper coal during the recent cold spell, which was 25 cents cheaper than expected.
The remark that Germany has solved Samoa issues by pardoning Malictoa is challenged as incomplete. The argument suggests true equity awaits Malictoa granting pardon to Germany, implying a reciprocal settlement is needed for balance.
The writer likens evictions on Lord Lonsdale’s Irish estate to pheasant battles and woodchuck shooting, warns of dangers in the act, notes coke price talks reflect industrial lessons, and mocks Boston officials seeking inscription on monuments.
The record of Chicago detectives is described as not refuting the slander that they uncover plots that never existed more than murders that have actually occurred.
The new stepfather-in-law of Mrs. Cleveland is described as having led an adventurous life among Indians, gold-diggers, and Buffalo Democrats. This history is said to position him for a possible late entry into national politics, potentially steering him toward a significant career finale at the national level.
A long black unknown animal with small ears large mouth and flat tail seven to eight feet long has been spotted along the Licking river near Lair's station on the Kentua Central Railroad. It has preyed on poultry in the neighborhood and was last seen near the river entering a cavern in the cliff.
The Delaware governor, owner of 50 000 peach trees and SX cows, builds political success on a popular fondness for peaches and cream among residents.
A Baltimore American item notes Eila Wheeler Wilcox on marriage, claiming a wife should be pursued with the eyes. The piece portrays man’s urge for praise yet fear of reflection, framing marriage as an eye bargain amidst social inconsistencies.
A mixed critique of a Wagner concert prompts readers to reflect on taste and honesty after the event. A Pittsburgher recounts a London hotel cracker misunderstanding involving four Americans, while Episcopal clergy in the East push hymnal reform and Sznnton J. Rotan plans a Europe trip seeking health and political distance.
The Hon. Leopold Morse and family will sail for Europe next week. Lord Wemyss paid £40 for a Grease head, with Rothschild offering £3,000 and seeking £5,000. Dr George Sexton to lecture in New Jersey on atheism. Four Mandara Africans to appear at German court as ambassadors, in full African dress with coats over costumes. Egyptian Consul intervenes to calm a Cairo donkey-boy incident at Exposition tavern.
Secretary Blaine criticizes Secretary Rusk for undignified manners and supposed indecorous actions with a hay wagon procession. He mocks the unconventional style and notes Rusk once named a son after Blaine’s Maine prominence while sparing no ceremony.
A Washington dispatch assesses President Harrison as slow on civil service reform yet quick to appoint relatives and party loyalists. It cites four year terms, senate control disputes, and aggressive post office removals, arguing the administration lacks frankness about patronage and civil service goals.
The writer argues the spoils system ruins civil service and endangers the party's future by placing administration favorites in office, alienating reformists, and harming tariffs. It warns that patronage control could overthrow the party in the upcoming contest, making tariff protection harder to defend.
Louisville Courier-Journal notes the remarkable 112 year old Ohio resident who continues to smoke, claim she remains healthy and unscathed by tobacco use. The item suggests a provocative contrast to common health cautions.
Otto Helmold aged 73 was found dead at his home on Blur Street yesterday afternoon after a brief illness from typhoid pneumonia. A German immigrant who arrived before 1939 he held local business ties and was a longtime member of Cornells Club. Funeral arrangements are pending with the family.
At the prohibition headquarters the chiefs lay out a plan to man every polling place with a precinct expert. Secretary Leslie says known voters will be checked and repeaters blocked, while the liquor men push for Western Pennsylvania support. The piece notes fund use, canvassing, and speeches by prominent figures as the race tightens toward the June election with Pennsylvania as the focus.
A Chicago News report notes a newly discovered clam variety that is more tender than traditional chowder clams. The pale shellfish is slated for processing into lead-pencil erasers and rubber products rather than soup stock.
An exchange ridiculed asides and advice with Cyrus Baker as the butt of gibes. The speaker mocks gloomy talk and urges steady courtship by persistence and common sense. The slang and humor imitate a frontier or rural paper voice.
A coal train collided with a freight train on the Jersey Central Railroad near Plainfield this morning. A brakeman was thrown over a fence but unharmed. the engineer was slightly bruised. Fourteen coal dumps were smashed, hundreds of tons of coal scattered, and tracks blocked for hours.
San Francisco bride Miss Teresa McAllister, niece of Ward McAllister, married Colin Macrae Ingersoll nephew of ex Governor Ingersoll of Connecticut in Grace Church. Only McAllister and Ingersoll family members attended. Rev. F Marion McAllister officiated with Miss M McAllister as ward of honor. A small wedding breakfast followed at the bride’s sister’s home.
Judge Sedgwick in Superior Court refused to release Rice or remit the fine. The $0 fine was deposited with the Sheriff. Thomas P. Hayes paid the money for Rice’s partner Henry E. Dixay and signed a bond for Rice’s appearance in city court next Friday.
G Jones head of United States Commercial and Collecting Agency sues the Star for 25000 alleging libel after a former Star reporter handed over unpaid service charges. The Star exposed the agency as dubious and prompted Leonard Howard president of a rival agency to confirm the claim in its pages.
The British man-of-war Buzzard anchored near Liberty Island this morning. The corvette, armed with eight guns and a crew of 128, has been assigned to cruise the American coast. It marks the first British warship seen in New York waters in a long time.
Max Gaskolsky, a flashily dressed young man, was sent to the Island today after he chirped and raised his hat to Lissie Campbell in the street last evening. Frank P. Little was fined 10 for following Nellie Havemeyer, his wife, paid the fee.
Russell B. Harrison rejects Richard F. Negley’s claim that he cost Montana’s Constitutional Convention to the Republicans. Negley, an eccentric office seeker, accused Harrison of losing the territory to the GOP. Harrison notes the territory was Democratic until the last election and blames unfair apportionment and low voter turnout of 40 percent.
A Missouri sheriff considers an outside expert Daniel F. Binkley of Kansas City to oversee the June 5 execution of Samuel Johnson convicted of murdering Farmer Sharpless. Binkley pledges a humane, clean gallows crect and promises a successful display as a promotional ad for his future business in the East.
In Portstown a coffee pot hidden in the garret of the late Mark Linsengibler, a wealthy retired German who died about three years ago, contained a large sum of gold coins from $1 to $10 and silver including some Spanish pieces. The total amount unearthed is described but not finalized.
From the Calesgo Inter Ocean. The passage of the Chicago drainage bill and the Carter divorce case conclude the season as the most important sanitary enactments.
A moonlit scene under an old oak shows a married man with another woman on his knee, raising questions of divorce in the reader’s reflection. A lighthearted exchange follows about equal pay and social mores, with snippets of humorous vignettes and a fishing trip ending in a punchline about a new pole and river fishing.
A fragmented mosaic of odd notes from various locales includes a three legged alligator pride in Albany Georgia, a Brooklyn father accused of beating a daughter, quirky oddities from Augusta Troy and Roostown, a cash prize for a June freshman exam in New York, and peculiar household stories from Quitman and Reading. The miscellany spans strange crimes, curious pets, and public notices with scattered names and places.
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