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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1891
Page
6
Chicago magnates back $5,000 cash to sign five to six new players. McGunnigie aims for nine or ten recruits including several veteran league players and promising youngsters. He plans to go east with funds to secure the best talent and has not yet named any targets.
The Chicago club struggles to assemble a winning roster as Sam Morton returns with Gunson from Kansas City, while attempts to land Heckley, Ad Gambert, and Pete Browning fail. Hutchison heads to Cedar Rapids. Cooney plans Vermont departure. Hoy may join if terms with the old man can be reached.
Benny L. Hach returns to Minneapolis and says the Western Association towns Minneapolis Sioux City and Kansas City will not seek entry into the American Association. Huckenberger and Hack plan a late November Western meeting to organize an eight club circuit including Minneapolis St Paul Kansas City Omaha Lincoln Sioux City Palath and Des Moines or another city to replace Denver. If Milwaukee leaves the American Association the Western circuit may fill Denver’s spot. plans aim to avoid the American Association disruption by removing the percentage rule.
The Princeton and Yale football bodies finalize Thanksgiving Day arrangements for Manhattan Field. Railroads offer special excursions with couponed tickets. tickets sold at public auction for choice boxes and seats to curb speculators. Prices vary by box size and location with Yale and Princeton receiving preferred seating.
The Three A's football squad arrived back from Cleveland after a frustrating defeat. They did not field their strongest eleven and acknowledge the margin was affected by the seed team used in the game. The club plans to play another game in this city.
Local players aim to reverse a skid and seize momentum as they host a key game. The team seeks improvement navigation of the schedule and a required win to boost confidence and standings.
Freshmen at a New Haven college celebrated a lake race victory with a bonfire on campus causing a fence disturbance. Tutors were roughed by students who mistook them for sophomores. Faculty weighs barring freshmen from athletic play. prominent players may be punished. Police were not called due to president orders.
Track notes report a light day for world beaters at Stockton with upcoming events. Palo Alto and Bell Bird are set for 2:10 and mile races, Salisbury’s stable adds Mrect, Nelson plans to winter, and Marvin increases Electioneers. Frou Frou, the yearling by Sidney, posted a notable 2 1 4 in the mile, beating Norlaines, with Bell Bird leading the yearlings at 2 3 6 3.
The listing for Mondays races at Washington Jockey Club shows first race five eighths of a mile with Watterson Ballarat Ella Mollie V Bellevue Queenston Rex Stray Lass at 9 to 1. Second race one mile Prather Abi Ballz Hoo St John Cerebus van Third Face Cottononne Or Rock 93 Constantinope. Fourth race one and one sixteenth miles Senorita Strathmeath Ocypete Foxmede Larchmont. Fifth race steeplechase Hercules Repartee Gre Gown Flipflap Cone a Jurney Benefit.
After three hours of squabbling a match was arranged between Tommy Kelly bantam champion of the world and Billy Plimmer of England. They signed articles for a December 21 bout near New York with skin gloves, $500 a side, and a $700 purse with $200 to the loser, weigh in 110 pounds, three hours before the ring.
The Hanlan Stephenson boat race at Shawnegon yesterday ended with Hanlan winning by about eight lengths in 19.9 seconds. Stephenson lost his course in the turn causing a wild finish. The victory lowers the world record by three seconds.
A chaotic sports page item notes manager McGunnigle may sign with the local club today. The column also mentions various players, clubs, and events including catchers, pitchers, and a postponed boat race due to rough water.
The Executive and Salvador Malo signed a contract to run a steamship line from China to Mexican Pacific ports. The concession promised four yearly trips from Ensenada to Vera Cruz or Oaxaca, but only two trips were completed, prompting government action.
A Polish wedding feast at Adam Olofski’s residence at South Nineteenth and Josephine streets was interrupted by police last evening. About 8 o'clock details remain unclear after a fight left a man with a hand wound and another man accused of trying to kill someone in the gathering.
Harold correspondent aboard the City of Paris in Liverpool reports Andrew Carnegie praising the McKinley bill for boosting American industry. He notes British firms planning U.S. plants, Leeds and Bradford woolen makers among them, while favoring unrestricted immigration to fuel population growth and American development. He also commends President Harrison as dignified amid Chilean matter controversy, and predicts a Republican win in Ohio and New York.
N.&, now at Sables d'Olonne, quarreled with mate Baird who fired a revolver in self defense killing Hales. Baird pleaded self defense before the Procureur. British jurisdiction contested as offense occurred on a British ship. French law seeks jurisdiction for crimes in a French port.
Yesterday's hotel arrivals show a wide list of guests from New York Philadelphia Chicago and Boston among others. Names include Jonn Tally G L Joealmon G H Pickerell and many more with entries from Norwich Youngstown Cleveland and Washington D C. Distribution indicates travel for business and leisure with prominent names and companies represented.
At 7 AM the Prince of Wales house caught fire top floors burned and roof collapsed. Fire brigades and volunteers contained flames by 11 AM. The lower rooms flooded by water and upper and middle floors gutted. Estimated damage £15000. The Prince and family were away and will return tomorrow. A spark in a smoldering flue is blamed.
A string of arrivals and departures is noted at city hotels. Elder of Johnstons stops at the Seventh Avenue Hotel while Prof. Theodore B. Noss of the California Normal School registers there. J A Cunningham resumes duties at the Monongahela House after illness, and Jennie Teets of Allegheny recovers enough to greet friends. Other visitors include D W Van Eman, iron operator in Finon. James Robinson, at the Hyatt. J Meily of Philadelphia consulting with Col J P Witherow on Southern iron, and W C Quincy of the Lake Erie Railroad party returning from Dakota with observations on crops and a banner grain season. William Speer of Speer Plow Works reports a quiet plow market, and cotton’s price pressures and scarce cars affect East and South markets.
In Conk on November 1 police struggled to control clashes between Parnellite and anti Par nellite factions. Stones flew at Mr O Briens meeting and missiles struck a band. Redmond claimed Wilson and OBrien could not be independent and was presented with a large shillelagh.
A staff correspondent reports the New York state campaign endgame with Tammany Hall's machine strength cited as decisive. Flower faces Platt and Fassett, while Croker predicts a City majority for Flower. betting odds show Democratic money, weak Republican turnout, and ongoing factional battles shaping the election's outcome.
Regional climate bulletin covers cooler fair conditions across Western Pennsylvania West Virginia and Ohio. Temperature ranges from warm highs near 45 degrees to cool lows around 8 degrees while precipitation is light and sporadic.
A telegram to the Russian Embassy states a new lease prohibits cereal exports except wheat starting today. Vessels already loading may finish cargoes if they sail within three days. Russia has added 32,000,000 roubles to the distress fund.
A miner, Thomas Shay, was badly hurt by slate in the Turtle Creek mines and admitted to Mercy Hospital with a fractured right leg and back injuries. A policeman on Fifth Avenue cable line injured his wrist. six year old John Olcott fell from a Spring Garden Avenue porch, breaking his right arm in two places.
A heavy snow storm in Bulgaria, ongoing since Wednesday, has ceased and railway traffic to Constantinople is restored. The Oriental express was forced to return today, with other lines still crippled.
Paris reports Foreign Minister Ribot urged M. de Giers to persuade the Czar to visit France but was told it is first advisable to halt Russian refugees. It is believed a clean sweep of refugees is being prepared over the Swiss frontier.
In Elizasarth New Jersey at dawn a milk man found Francisco Lombardo an Italian man about 30 slain by a stab wound to the left breast. Suspected are Michael Servi and his wife who live in the same house amid a history of prior violence and threats.
United States Minister Lincoln, in an interview from Loxpox dated November 1, argues there is no likelihood of war with Chile. He says Chilean news misleads and that a settlement should come within a few days.
The Rothschilds will renew Spain's $10,000,000 loan and add $20,000,000 in gold to the Bank of Spain. The contract is to be signed on Wednesday next.
A negro named Hales, steward of the ship Iodine from Parrsboro, is at the center of an international question raised in Paris. The incident involves diplomatic and maritime concerns as details emerge from official sources. Authorities in Paris and naval officials await fuller reports on the matter.
In the Cause of Temperance the Golden Circle Sons of Temperance held a large meeting last evening at Moore head Hall Grant street and Second avenue. Addresses were made by Rev Mr Carfield Rev Mr Mc Graw J Stevenson and J J Moore. The Golden Circle will hold a meeting next Sabbath evening at the same place.
In San Jose Guatemala an epidemic of grip strikes residents while times improve in Honduras where the smallpox outbreak has ended. The situation in the capital shows rising illness with no details on casualties or recovery.
In Tecumsen Ontario on November 1 police report a strong alliance between fe la wiltiee and the United Fras formed there last night.
River status and boat departures reported from Louisville on November 1. Channel depths: 3 feet 4 inches on the canal, 12 inches on the falls, 4 feet at the foot of the locks. Boats leaving for Cincinnati Congo Evansville Madison Lee H. Brooks.
George Campbell hotel proprietor and Captain W N Chancellor visited Harmar to arrange with Knox the builder for a handsome new steamer for the Lewisville Pittsburg trade. The boat will be new and the trips the quickest currently made between Clocionati and Pittsburg.
Morn River gauges report no major change as river levels stay near low water marks. Thermometer reads 56 degrees at 4 PM with cloudy skies and cool conditions.
Local manufacturers advertise a home industry sale offering fall overcoats and suits in black blue brown tanbark chevoit homespun at $8 $10 $12 and $15. They promise refunds and free repairs, claiming no traveling fakirs and urging customers to examine lines to decide.
The Wheeling river rises to 2 feet 8 inches and continues climbing while the ATI river sits at 4 feet 7 inches and stationary. The forecast calls for fair, cool conditions and no boats on the river as levels hold steady at 1 foot inches in other notes.
U S snagboat removed multiple obstructions from the Ohio river including eleven from the Kentucky channel front Hartwig's landing and others near Nine Mile Run and Smile dike. Bridge wreckage noted two iron track stringers under the C and O bridge and Cine brick boat wreck from the Ohio side of the channel below Nine Mile Run.
A five story flat in New York housing six families burned with losses around 30000 and several tenants escaped. In Apalachicola Florida a shingle mill and large stock were destroyed by a blaze causing about 25000 in losses. In Allegheny badly damaged were an unoccupied house and a small frame building with 50 losses. Three frame houses at Crab Hollow Wilkins y suffered total losses near 7000, started by Timmins carpenter and spreading to others on James Ferguson and George Johnson streets.
Mires Magore Lietta Messen of Glenfield and Russell T Beckley of this city wed last Tuesday officiated by Rev A J King. A reception followed at the bride’s sister Mrs Lincoln Loughrey’s Van Bram Street home. Cotonet Felix McEsteer of the B E A HL notified the battalion to attend the corner stone laying of the new Catholic Church at Brad dock next Sunday with Thomas Cosgrove marshal of the parade. Chantes HakNack of No 151 Locust Street died suddenly yesterday morning after a hemorrhage. Coroner McDowell found no inquest needed.
Charles Gehrlich, 14, son of farmer Joseph Gehrlich, was badly mangled by a large dog owned by Lewis Dietz two miles southwest of Wapokaneta. The dog attacked, tearing chunks of flesh from his legs and exposing bone. The owner intervened, the dog was driven off, and the boy faces possible lifelong disability.
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