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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1890
Page
4
A wide-ranging survey notes church disputes spring from ignorance or tyranny and cites a preacher who warned choir trouble can disrupt a church. It highlights Butler Presbyterian history, prominent ministers, and editorial on ecumenical movements and ministerial relief funding.
The page lists religious services at English Lutheran Church in Sharpsburg and First Primitive Methodist Church Holmes Street with sermon and Sunday school activities. It notes число Jewish population growth in Palestine, Vatican papal audience for General Sir John Sinnons, and 1883 church activity including Sunday School Union statistics, missionary increases, bishop elections, and the upcoming International Sunday School Convention in Pittsburg.
In Keokuk Iowa last weekend J W Gallup from Ohio married Molly Denny. They traveled to Burlington and settled at Wilkens House. A rival wife from Ohio appeared claiming to be Mrs Gallup and said he married her two years ago. Gallup was arraigned on bigamy and remanded with bail set at 1500 dollars.
Pall Mall Budget reports Prince Bismarck enjoys daily rides in Sachsenwald easing irritability from overwork. Since Count Herbert left he rides alone with a groom, health improving. He also sorts vast letters, burning unnecessary ones from a pile of 16 boxes.
The Duke of Norfolk reports from Palestine that on St George's Day an English prelate led pontifical mass at the Holy Sepulcher for Queen Victoria, followed by the hymn Domine Salvam sac Reginam Nostram as pilgrims prayed for the Queen, a historic first since the Reformation.
A Madrid cor respondent reports a remarkable public demonstration on Sunday over the retirement of Frascuelo the favorite bull fighter of the Madrilenos after 23 years since debut and at age 45 due to wounds. The route from central Madrid to the bull ring was filled with excitement as all classes, from Infante Isabella to humble citizens, showed sympathy with the hero. Unprecedented ticket prices and a cheering crowd greeted Frascuelo at the ring and again in the streets afterward as he killed bulls supplied by the Duke of Veragua.
Syracuse May 30 Dr Justin inventor of the dynamite shell spoke to a Dispatch reporter at his home. He says the bursting of the big gun at Perryville was caused by gunpowder not dynamite and plans another Perryville experiment within two months.
Kensal Green in London holds a graveyard of notable figures from arts, politics, and history. The piece notes Lincoln and many British luminaries, from Dukes to poets, actors, and scholars, memorialized in marble and cenotaphs, with Lincoln awaiting transport to America.
Mary Fasold accused a man on a morgue slab of being her husband Eberhart Fasold. Witnesses confirmed the deceased, but Fasold appeared alive at his home. He said his wife cannot remarry until her divorce is final, prompting her fainting reaction.
Miss Jennie Welch, a Pontaic Michigan teacher, whipped Frank Cook, son of a widow, after he became recalcitrant. The boy fell ill, suffered paralysis on his right side, and is described as critically ill. The mother protested to the superintendent, who had warned against further punishment. Cook’s condition prompted legal action against the teacher.
Mrs. Maria A. Thayer of Monsey Rockland County sued John McDermott former cab driver in Jefferson Market Court for larceny She had $1050 in a savings account shared for their future home He drew out $950 on April 11 and vanished McDermott waived examination and was held in $2000 bail to answer.
William OBrien M P will gain close ties to two prominent Russians through his forthcoming marriage to Milo Sophie Raffalovich. Milo has two brothers M Arthur Raffalovich and M Andre Raffalovich. Arthur serves Paris with the Russian Ministry of Commerce and writes on economy, while Andre, a Russian by birth, resides in London and studies English literature. Milo herself has translated English works into French and written on political social economy.
A disparate column mocks Bismarck as overtalkative while noting he would be labeled a sore head and kicker in the U S In Gambier Ohio Kenyon Military Academy a well known school accepts boys as young as ten and cites reasons for its early admissions A sale offers 25 percent discounts on lace and chenille curtains at Rosenbaum & B B Co also advertising undergarments gloves and bargain items from Avenue Stores
Major R W McClaughrey of the Pennsylvania Industrial Reformatory at Huntingdon spoke at the Scotch Irish Congress about reforming young offenders. He described paroled boys, grading by labor behavior and study, and how pride can deter crime, while noting some criminals are bred from ancestry. He warned crime rises with urban growth and urged nonpartisan prison management.
The sultan writes comediettas in French performed nightly for his household and the seraglio. Actors receive roles at once for the same evening show. One plot features a royal house head forced to host dinner for a hundred guests with chaos and a champagne lacquey mishap.
At a General Conference of Charities and Correction in Baltimore officials presented figures indicating about five of seven applicants in large cities are deserving of aid. The statistic underscores the need for careful discrimination in alms giving, with charity judged worse than none.
Dr. Nansen seeks a Behring Strait voyage to the North Pole using a specially built vessel designed to ride atop ice. With private and government funds partly secured, the plan envisions using drifting polar ice to reach open water and safer escape if needed.
Sister Rose Gertrude writes from Kalihi Oahu Hawaii March 11 about staying at a new leper station. She describes a busy ward with 20 lepers under Dr Lutz care and many suspects, plus caring for children and making medicines. She notes visits to Molokai and emotional separations for those moved to the leper side.
A Newcastle Chronicle extract lists famous last words of historic figures. Raleigh urged executioners to strike, Jeanne d Arc spoke Jesus, Arnold thanked God for pain, Boileau boasted he never wrote harmful verse, Byron pondered mercy as he faced death.
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