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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1890
Page
6
Large Yale and Princeton fans travel from the city to Brooklyn for the Thanksgiving Day showdown. Predicted Yale victory lingers amid lively bets, while concerns grow over inflated admission prices for a packed crowd and scarce comfortable seating options. An auction for boxes and seats surfaces, with prices escalating and a cautionary note on fairness.
New York reports AL Johnson seeks to sell his Cleveland baseball club and grounds with terms totaling around 29000 to retire. The National League asks for more time to decide while Johnson criticizes the process and threatens trouble. Spalding envisions an improved grandstand plan as Cleveland officials inspect Johnson's grounds.
Chicago reports heavy interest in Fred Pfeffer with two NL options Boston or Pittsburg. If Spalding-Soden deal falls through Pfeffer to Pittsburg. else Kiosten trio to sign him. Ward unlikely for Pittsburg. Comiskey spurs Chicago players back to St Louis.
Leading Kentucky breeders announce major engagements for next year as Western and Northern rivals rush to secure bluegrass farms near Lexington. A. Smith McCann plans to sell 40 brood mares and lease Fairlawn farm for five years due to health, while Christian Schaurte ships a list of well bred trotters to Dusseldorf.
Tommy Ryan defeated Ed Bartlett of Chicago in three rounds at daybreak in the picnic grounds danc ing pavilion near Sheriff field. The £1,000 bout drew about 500 spectators who backed Ryan. authorities prevented a Chesterton venue and pledged arrests if anyone crossed the county line.
Joe Acton and Evan Lewis wrestled for $500 a side in San Francisco. Lewis led 32 minutes before failing to throw Acton again, resulting in Acton's victory under the hour rule. Additional sports notes mention boxing and baseball logging league talks, turf racing, and upcoming harness meets with big purses.
In Washington PA on November 23 a jail breakout failed when the Sheriff fired on inmates after bricks were loosened and tools found. West and Teaters planned to lead the escape, followed by others including White who resisted entry until a revolver forced him back.
Steubenville reports a morality clash over Reeves Opera Company posters. Social Parity Society members Webb and Brownlee attended the show, left briefly for the mayor, and sought arrests. The mayor refused arrest without $500 costs, and the society planned to press action against manager Mo Lauchlin with the mayor and about 50 witnesses ready to defend.
Special telegram reports Frank Elliott, near Centerville, chased by a large black bear while walking across lots for a home. He climbed a chestnut sapling about 30 feet high and shouted for help for an hour until William Robinet arrived to assist.
Mrs. D. Wilson sues Robert Cochran of Weedyville for 3000 dollars claiming illegal liquor sale to her husband caused his wander onto railroad tracks where he was struck and permanently disabled. The case recalls a Franklin County decision granting damages to a mother over a saloon sale that harmed her son on Allegheny Valley Railroad tracks.
TripHorn fever sweeps Edinboro forcing disruption at the Normal school as officials scramble for containment. A gas company near Grapeville eyes a new well while Cutter Manufacturing in Allegheny nears a building contract in Canton. An anonymous German worker at Bellaire survived a 85 foot fall from a furnace stack with no serious injuries.
Journalists thank A J Haws of Johnstown for flood courtesies and note his return to town. James P Atwell, a local Democrat, departed for New York on private business. Frederick Warde and his company left for Philadelphia by Pennsylvania Railroad last evening. A L G Hay of Somerset and S B Richards of Salem stayed at Seventh Avenue. F G Tallman of Beaver Falls registered at Monongahela House. H J Pittock, a Portland lumberman, guests at the Duquesne. Annie Pixley arrived and registered at Schlosser last night.
Sunday police hearings were light with no serious cases. Hesen Blackler was arrested for stealing three knit jackets from Oppenheimer’s on Liberty Street. Officer Yeager detained four colored boys on the Monongahela wharf during a game of craps. Michael Povalaeria, Italian, is held on suspicion of involvement in recent robberies around the lefield area. Officer Maxwell arrested J. W. Sneay, a suspicious resident of Cambria, who planned to sell a gold ring on Water Street yesterday evening.
A series of accidents reported yesterday include an unknown man found dead under a Brinton station bridge likely struck by a train. An Allegheny Valley Railroad brakeman P Hickey was killed near White Rock. Others injured include David Kughlan dislocated shoulder and a fractured skull, William Madden losing a leg, Jacob Polinski crushed hand, James Shanahan with a broken arm, John Cooney with a broken arm, and Bert McKelvey dislocated shoulder after falls or collisions on rail properties. Inquests to be held for the deaths and injuries.
The two story frame house of James Gorman at 137 Webster avenue was damaged early yesterday by a fire from a defective flue. Loss covered by insurance. The ad promotes discounted dress goods and a holiday opening at SHUSTER on Fifth Avenue, with references to Boces & Burn and Kwan Le & SHUSTER.
The usual meetings of the W C T U and Bona of Temperance were well attended with good speeches and music. Hanger Corres of Obie Street clarifies he is not the Harry who was arrested for fighting on Saturday.
Vienna reports the fortress plans on the left bank of the Vistula have been stolen and sold to Russia. A clerk in the engineer's office is suspected and has been arrested. The source notes spring in Saxony and cites top military circles denying certain views.
Lonpox November 23. The Earl of Derby subscribes £1000 to General Booth's social regeneration scheme, while the Marquis of Queensberry donates £100 and seeks a meeting with Booth to declare opposition to Christianity. He calls himself a reverent agnostic and notes he supports the work. Additional £100 and smaller gifts arrive. In Italy, government gains widen in elections. Crispi wins in Palermo Syracuse and Girgenti, while Bologna sees Costa defeated. In Prussian Poland a fatal scaffold collapse at Wronke hospitalizes many workers. Padlewski linked to Ostend and Dover flight. Berlin Cremation Society urn hall consecrated in Berlins Friedrichsfeldt churchyard.
In Chicago on a November afternoon on North Clark Street police officer Patrick Garritty was attacked by seven intoxicated men returning from a prize fight. Participants included Senator-elect John F. O’Malley Alderman McAbee and others. Garritty was seriously injured before Health Officer Magnus and a patrol wagon intervened. Only Donlan and McAbee were arrested as others dispersed.
Chicago, November 23. Police report the bold thieves who hid near the station for months were captured last night. Four satchel robberies and many thefts are charged, including a $2,000 currency and $87,000 in Clearing House checks taken from Messenger Austin of Prairie State National Bank. The earlier claim of a missing satchel is corrected: the satchel was stolen and returned with the currency missing. Suspects identified as Sheldon, Shine, Sally, Wade, Dutton, Felsentham, Maggie Warner and Kittie Adams.
Snow covers the ground in the Upper Hudson Valley with two to four inch depths in the Catskills. Ice forms on ponds and skating begins. Navigation accelerates to beat possible river closures while boats on the Delaware and Hudson Canal push through after delays. Thermometer near zero.
F W Fox longtime journalist and former editor of the National Republican died in Washington this afternoon from dropsy of the heart. Born in Buffalo, he was 62 and began his career in St Louis where he became the first president of the St Louis Board of Trade. He moved to Washington in 1885 and, with Hon Jefferson Chandler, bought the National Republican, serving as managing editor until its merger with the Post two years ago.
Monticello Illinois November 25 The Wabash officials on an inspection tour voted decisively at Bement Platt county for Bement as the better terminal division point over Decatur Be ment was chosen unanimously The Ob and Alta divisions influence noted in the outcome
In Washington on November 23, Republican leaders show heated debate over the elections bill. Henry Cabot Lodge maintains support for the measure and predicts an apportionment bill will pass, with Democrats facing a cautious Republican majority and potential extra session. Mills of Texas may retire from public life unless sent to the Senate after the Fifty-second Congress.
News from Tacoma reports Captain Crosby and Booth were fatally shot after an altercation in the logging camp of Fiske Smith and Crosby near Fair Haven. Crosby, a Tacoma real estate man, had a son murdered in cold blood by highwaymen months earlier, sparking a Citizens' Committee of One Hundred.
At 11 30 o clock Saturday night Officer Myers found a one week old baby tucked in a box on a doorstep in the rear of 124 Wylie avenue. The waif was taken to the Eleventh ward station and given to the matron who will pass the infant to the Department of Charities.
From San Francisco dated November 23 the Janeiro steamer reports serious rioting at Hoi Haw after a tax on traders. Mandarins’ houses were attacked by rebels, a tax collector maltreated, and a clash with troops left four rioters dead. Water shortages in the Bluff prompted by a disrupted mains project and a rush of bucket brigades. J C G Barclay of Western Union in Chicago was in the city. he previously dismissed telegraph operators who sought to reorganize the Windy City union, but attempts to meet him failed.
The United States weather bulletin notes a coast storm off Maine moving to sea with increasing force, Westerly gales on the North Atlantic coast, high winds behind the system, clear conditions in the northwest and Mississippi Valley, cloud and light snow squalls in the Ohio Valley and New England as temperatures drop 10 to 15 degrees. River minutes list Morgantown 4 feet 10 inches, Brownsville 6 feet and steady, Warren 4.7 feet and falling with clear weather.
Charles Sternbach of New York files in Circuit Court to set aside conveyances by Henry Leopold tied to a 1890 mortgage of $54,000 on Leopold Brothers & Co assets. Complainant alleges void mortgages and many confirmatory judgments were granted to relatives without consideration, seeks receiver replacement, sale of the property, and restraint on disposition.
The readable fragments mention New York and San Francisco with scattered numbers and place names including Fort Worth Indianapolis and Washington. The text includes unclear numeric codes and partial names, mentioning totals and clearing houses in a damaged context. Overall content is incoherent but indicates a ledger-like dataset or listing rather than a narrative article.
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat reader notes autographs as a costly hobby with current cash value estimates. Presidents Lincoln Jefferson Garfield and Johnson appear with specific prices, while foreign signatures like Napoleon and Victoria command high sums. Contemporary figures such as Beaconsfield and Bismarck are cited, with mixed market value and forgeries mentioned.
Chicago November 23 Colonel William Cody known as Buffalo Bill is ordered to Omaha to address the crisis. He has directed the Nebraska State militia to be ready at a moment's notice and Governor Thayer telegrammed Buffalo Bill, who commands the Nebraska militia.
In Bishopville Sumter County a negro riot erupted after the arrest of a disorderly black man. Authorities summoned troops to quell the disturbance and restore order amid the unrest.
Bennett & Co announces new seal and Persian jackets with Queen Bess and Queen Anne collars, seal jackets with Persianer cuffs and sleeves, and Persianer jackets with seal sleeves. Beautiful seal sacques in various lengths, hats and capes made to order. perfect fit guaranteed at Corner Wood Street and Fifth Avenue.
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