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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1891
Page
10
Mr Gladstone addressed over 4,400 listeners at the Tyne Theatre in Newcastl e. He praised Liberal gains, defended temperance policy, urged expansion of labor representation and local government for Ireland, and warned about the House of Lords in a fiery period speech.
Across the page the speaker argues for governing self rule and urges citizens to accept duties. The National Liberal Federation Congress adopts resolutions on voting rights local councils and Parliament reform while debating House of Lords abolition and church disestablishment.
In Rome a crowd confronted French pilgrims at the Pantheon after they refused to inscribe their names in the tomb visitors book and showed disrespect. Police arrested three pilgrims, provoking anti clerical sentiment and protests. Crowds demanded the Italian flag be displayed at local hotels as patriotism flared.
A New York woman artist speaks about prejudice against women in art to Charlies T. Murray. Read Murray’s letter in THE DISPATCH tomorrow for full details.
The disappearance of Robert Jones Monaghan from the Gilsey House near New York remains a puzzle after nearly a week. His brother James Monaghan stays at the Gilsey House awaiting word, while Judge Hemphill recalls a steady, quiet life and notes no clear motive for foul play. Margaret H Welch offers practical hints for women in The Dispatch.
Special Treasury Agent Stone reports at the Canadian border near Pembina that current border controls are failing. He notes a vast stretch with few inspectors allowing hundreds of Chinese entrants and alleges bands of whites and Canadians assist them for pay. He advocates a mounted police force.
Rain sweeps the Northwest delaying harvest as North Dakota reports further thinning of the threshing season. With 25 percent of crops already threshed, the shortage of threshers worsens farmer hardship and could blunt the large rise in land values across Minnesota and the Dakotas.
A Dispatch correspondent reports rumors that Commissioner Raum faces grave misconduct claims at the Pension Bureau. Allegations include forged pension grants and misuse of Dudley’s circular while a corrupt re rating may have occurred. Papers were later found abstracted from files during an investigation.
Tests of eight American made armor plates will be conducted at the Indian Head proving ground this month. Carnegie Phipps & Co. and Bethlehem Iron Works will supply all steel and nickel steel plates. Harvey furnace hardening will be tested against untreated plates to compare material and process quality. Five shots will be fired at each plate using a 6 inch and an 8 inch gun with increased velocity. First firing is expected about October 14.
Negotiations toward a reciprocal pact between the United States and Mexico are active in the City of Mexico. The talks involve the Mexican Government's special commissioner and United States Senator Ryan.
Thomas MacCarthy, a consumptive truck driver, attempted suicide with a razor at High Bridge, then walked to Bellevue. Later that day in his rooms he shot himself in the temple, saying he was tired of living. His wife fled. authorities found him dead in a chair. He admired Boulanger and vowed to die like him.
Mrs Dora Glendenning, severely bitten in Ort by a large bulldog, collapsed in convulsions after the dog sprang from a yard where two girls played with the animal. The attack occurred at night causing serious injuries and distress.
A New York socialite seeks to curb weight with a restrictive corset and abstinence from champagne. After two months she discovers the scales show 157 pounds, realizing her maid had let the strings out each time she wore the garment.
A French innovation uses a circular diamond edged saw to cut stone with high speed and straight surfaces. A twin guide system keeps starting planes true as cuts deepen, pushing stone by a woodworking style carriage. Rates reach nearly an inch per minute for granite and up to four inches for marble. BEAR HUNTING a Pittsburg Nimrods letter about Old Longfoot a 50 pound grizzly in Colorado.
A New Zealand training approach hinges on patience. The trainer describes entering the lion cage and sitting quietly for hours to earn the animals trust. Over months the lions accept kind words and gentle touch, avoiding force as the key to tame them.
In Savannah on October 2, colored laborers in a large strike near the Richmond and Danville railroad agreed to return to work after a mass meeting endorsed a 20 cents per hour pay increase. Colonel McBee confirmed workers could resume immediately with the higher scale.
BEAVER FALLS labor unit about 40 workers at the Co- Operative Glass Works walked out this morning demanding 45 cents per four and a half hour turn and a raise on heavy ware. The strike has crippled the works. SALEM appearance filed in the Searles will case by Los Angeles attorneys for Maria E Bressee claiming heirship to Mary F Searles.
Royal pieces in pierced repousse chased and Latin silver work in beautiful Aes shapes and styles. Located at Harpy on AYES Jewelers Silversmiths and Dealers, 529 Smithfield Street, three doors from city hall.
In Aveusta Maine October 2 the Milliken congressional bid takes a temperance turn as he vows total abstinence if re elected. A life long friend urged abstention citing temperance records and Milliken replied that public life demands such a course and denies any political bargain or withdrawals for support.
The passage notes Congressman Milliken plans to be a total abstainer and criticizes Governor Burleigh as the referenced candidate for Congressional honors, suggesting the move influences the contest and public confidence.
A careful man earning 1200 a year would spend about 350 for a winter beyond board and lodging. The article itemizes costs for clubs, cigars, clothes, shoes, and sundries totaling 417 in luxuries and 240 in necessities, noting some expenses are avoidable. It questions how two ends meet on such a salary after entertaining and theater trips.
New York report describes birch wood spools produced with highly automated machinery. Wood is cut, seasoned, drilled, shaped by fast knives, and finished in a rotating drum, with boys sorting stock during automation.
Secretary Watson M D of Coscorp announces the nineteenth annual meeting of the American Public Health Association to be held in Kansas City on October 20, 21, 22 and 23.
From Ounalaska via the steamer Danula comes word that the American sealing schooner Hamilton Lewis was seized by Russia off Copper Island. Captain McLean and 25 Americans were taken to Vladivostok after a boarding battle on the Russian ship Aleut. The catch totaled about 25,000 skins, far below typical harvests.
A Grant Monument Association event at Madison Square Garden drew many prominent New York figures. Roswell P. Flower and senators Thomas Platt L L Stewart and generals Di Cesnola O Howard Horace Porter attended along with Daniel Lamont and Jowize K Cowing as crowds packed the venue for the fundraising and patriotic program.
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