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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1890
Page
7
The Dispatch is regularly sold at Prentane's in Union Square New York and at I? Ave de l Opera Paris where readers worldwide obtain it. The notice invites disappointed hotel guests to obtain the publication.
The Pittsburg dispatch notes reduced danger from tribal clashes as winter approaches. Most Indians report for rations and pacification seems likely through spring, though concerns rise over government agents and policy. A thorough inquiry may expose misuse or incompetence in agency management.
The annual Postmaster General Wanamaker report shows strong postal growth with five million dollars more gross revenue and over five thousand new post offices. It highlights economy in administration and improvements in mail handling, notes anti lottery bill progress, and proposes further domestic and international postal facilities plus government telegraph advocacy.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth warns Governor Beaver that Harrisburg’s Capitol is disgracefully inadequate. The Philadelphia Times cites peanut politics and fire risks in a loft used to house official documents. The piece argues for a new, architecturally merited capitol built honestly, without corruption, similar to Allegheny County Court House standards.
The Mahoning and Shenango Valley furnaces consider closing at year end unless ore prices, rail freights, and coke charges are reduced. The piece analyzes how ore costs may drive a production pause, potential bargaining leverage with ore suppliers, and how railroads and coke firms would be affected. It cautions against a broad shutdown while noting possible strategic moves for 1891.
The Philadelphia firm B K Jamison & Co failed yesterday due to financial stringency. Officials say the causes show no alarming risk, just asset realization difficulties in an unforeseen emergency. The company had a high reputation and once served as the city’s fiscal agent. a temporary resumption is possible as money markets improve.
Judge Gordon of the Philadelphia Common Pleas rules against a proposed retail coal dealers charter aimed at forming a price and supply cartel. He denounces such trusts pools and combinations as unlawful restraints on trade, noting the irony that even a small group seeks legal sanction for monopolistic aims.
The text condemns a vast coal trade combination that throttles production and evades law, while contrasting it with a small coal yard venture. It argues Judge Garven erred by applying principle to a minor case and laments the lack of reach against larger combinations.
The Western Penitentiary reports two inmates, a murderer and a burglar, escaped last night. The notice hopes they are recaptured soon and argues for capital punishment, blaming McGraw for a prolonged career of uselessness if he had acted.
A Philadelphia Press excerpt notes two legislators in Oklahoma avoided blows, signaling rapid civil progress in the new state. It cites tax debates in England and Pittsburg, concerns over House quorum, and the cornstalk prophecy amid a looming hard winter.
A mosaic of short items recalls cold season scenes and social notes. It pours anecdotes on frost and snow, theater chatter, greetings from Allegheny, poetry lines, and scattered headlines about fashion, health, politics, and a Dutch royal marriage.
A Pittsburgh telegraph dispatch notes a Barco Office letter seeking a wife for Peter Miller among immigrants. The missive from Katasaqua Lehigh County Pa asks for Miller’s photograph and mentions Miss May McKeever as a potential match.
The Lewiston Journal notes unprecedented demand for football shoes with a trebled call since 1583. Manufacturers report no shoe must be so tough and elastic as those used by players. Popular styles feature light-colored French calf uppers, with or without ankle pads, and leather cleats across the sole remain favored.
A roundup of varied notes mentions Mr C P Hox Tineton born a tin peddler and a late Rockefeller fortune estimate of 125 million dollars. Atchizon senator Ingalls plans a large business block in Baltimore portraits offered for 750 dollars. J C Rice recalls canal water events of 1823, and a heroic 6 year old Teppre Goodwin from Camelia Ga. Tichborne claimant works as Birmingham barman while Baron de Barante souvenirs hint at Talleyrand’s American escape. Major General Molina Guirola named Salvadoran minister to the United States with a 20 year military record and a 1876 leg loss.
A Pall Mall Budget summary traces the Millet painting Angelus from its sale by the artist to M. Ferdann then through a string of owners. It passes to M. Jane of Monaco, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Van Pract, and M. Wilson before Mr. Secretan buys at a later sale. The piece eventually enters American hands via bidder American Art and ends with M. Chauchard, totaling about £99,000 with a French government bid rejected.
The Brazilian fleet's arrival in New York sparks a warm reception with naval guards and public officials praising closer United States Brazil ties. Leading newspapers note the cordial greetings as a sign of growing republican sisterhood and mutual interest in development.
The Asiatic Quarterly Review notes land value estimates for China. Total cultivated land is pegged around £72 billion, divided among 400 million people yields about £180 per person. A typical family of six to seven would hold roughly £1,080, implying a household capital in land near £6,000 by Western value standards.
Mrs. Margaret M. Hutchison died yesterday at age 3 years, wife of David Hutchison. Mrs. W. K. Woodwell, wife of W. Woodwell of Joseph Woodward & Co, also died yesterday. Funeral for Mrs Hutchison to be held from family residence on Peonavenue near Lang avenue Monday. Additional notices list the death of Mrs. Mariah McLane Short yesterday.
A crowd of about a hundred including messenger boys reporters and theatrical people fill Murray and Hammond’s office opposite the Duquesne Theater in search of David Henderson son or Wemyss. The firm’s partners issue a prompt sign to tell when Mr Henderson will be in as bill posting business nears overload.
A sign reading ME. HENDERSON Will be When He Comes Back stands for anxious inquirers and has already given great satisfaction to its projector, Musrat and Hammond, amid neighborhood chatter and speculation.
Pittsburg sportsmen burned gunpowder in a Thanksgiving Eve spree with 800 requests for small artillery, depleting local gun rental stocks. Reports claim many hunters returned lame or disfigured, yet quail and other small game flourish in Allegheny County amid milder open winters.
On Thanksgiving night a Fort Wayne line train stopped at Freedom station about 20 miles from the city. Two large women, each weighing around 150 pounds, scrambled into the aisle causing a panic as the conductor signaled to start. Passengers stood still moments later as the heavy duo rushed from the car and lit a laugh among onlookers.
A young man asks a clerk for a cure to blot out the past and restore normality. The druggist, jokingly serving a strong drink, quips about hair restorer as a playful response to the despondent request.
An oil drilling scene in Brush Creek field prompts a farmer to refuse a rival scout’s bribe. He vows to honor his pledge to the drillers, saying a discovered gusher would not justify breaking his word, despite temptations. The Dispatch tomorrow advertises 24 pages for 5 cents.
A generous Australian, already active in southern exploration, offers 5000 pounds toward an Antarctic expedition if funded on a larger, adequately equipped scale. He urges Australian governments to assist and hopes the home government will also provide support, arguing that 10000 pounds is insufficient and advocating pure data collection for scientific value over commercial inquiries.
The New Telegraph Cables report from the New York Sun notes orderly progress on a Pacific cable from Australia to British Columbia and on a Guatemala to United States line. It highlights two major cable enterprises as vital to world commerce and hopes for working systems by next year.
The Kennebec Journal notes a historic carrying place between Phipsburg and Winneganee in Maine remains littered with arrow heads spear heads gouges hammers tomahawks and other stone age artifacts. The site attracts antiquarians and is among Maine’s most fabled forested locations for relics.
The Union League Club unveiled its new Penn avenue house with a festive reception attended by about 500 guests. Guenther's orchestra played as members and patronesses greeted arriving visitors. refreshments were served by Hagan amid floral decorations and elegant rooms. The six week old club reported 125 members at the start and organizers praised the opening as a promising start.
The twenty-ninth free organ recital at Carnegie Hall opens this afternoon at 8 with Ada Scandrett as vocalist. Her program includes high quality dance pieces such as Strauss Morgenblätter Waltzes and Gottschaller La Secintilla Mazurka, plus Innes trombone gavotte Loving Hearts and a potpourri of Boccaccio.
The East End Young Men's Christian Association announces a Christmas night program of music and literature arranged for members and friends. A special Sunday meeting will hear R A Taggart on the Swick at the Association in the United States and Canada. The lecture starts at 4 o clock PM.
Mrs Lucy Rider Myre manager of the Deaconess Home and Training School Chicago will lecture on Deaconess Work in American Towns and Cities. She will speak at 2 30 PM at the Christ M E Church Penn Avenue and again at Smithfield Street M E Church in the evening on the subject. The deaconess and city missionary work is just beginning in Pittsburg and she is the first to speak on the topic.
Rev P. 8 Henson of Chicago spoke at Old City Hall in a second YMCA address. The lecture titled The Golden Calf impressed all with wit humor and strong logic from the admired speaker.
A PATE by the King's Sons and Daughters of the Shadyside Select School raised funds in Misa Ward's Ellsworth Avenue rooms to furnish a bed at the Homeopathic Hospital. Rev. John Watson will lecture on The Papacy at Lafayette Hall on December 4 under the Columbus Club. Rev. Leax spoke on Through Palestine on Horseback at Walton M E Church last night. Thomas dancing academy advanced class hosts an evening reception December 1 from 8 to 2. Miss Breore Fixx and Misses gave receptions yesterday, with entrance charged at five cents.
The death of Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber, author of Mrs Partington, is mourned across major papers. Tributes praise his gentle humor and tenderness, noting his long confinement to a chair yet keen interest in events and a lasting place in American literature.
A miscellaneous 17th to 19th century style digest cites coffee protests in England, Chinese governance, irrigation, pototo yields in Wyoming, Chinese divorce rules, and the spread of literature. It notes Norwegians avoiding rose trees, toboggan origins from Micmac language, and global observations on ink, journalism, fireworks, and punishment practices in China.
A garbled collage of quotes and jokes from multiple 19th century publications. It includes mock political lines about savages in the West, Thanksgiving cheer, lovers and hearts, party allegiances, microbes, cigar shop talk, indelible ink collars, political persuasions, a donkey anecdote, and a stranger’s tale about marriage.
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