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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1890
Page
4
Pittsburg reports a heated conflict as Henry C. Lea of Philadelphia challenges Senator Delamater and targets Senator Emery with accusations. The exchange risks alienating Republican voters while promising a lively statewide contest with independent Republican voters forming new blocs.
The Williams College president bought two saloon licenses in Williamstown Massachusetts, an unusual act for a college town. He did not open the licenses, keeping them in his desk, and used his position to enforce practical prohibition until expiration.
The Philadelphia Inquirer is accused of fabricating similarities between current campaign rhetoric and the 1882 Pattison era. The piece argues the only true point is the constitutional requirement to reapportion after the census, while pointing to partisan manipulation by Republican managers and failure to act as the real cause of delayed districting and wasted funds. The writer contends Pattison opposed the obstruction and that the Inquirer relies on fiction.
The passage notes a cautious stance against inventing facts on well known truths, praising Governor Pattison for credit while blaming Republican wire-pullers for discredit.
In New York Democrats and a Republican discuss 1892 presidential chances. Whitney appears as a factor, while Depew's outlook is linked to McKinley and corporate backing. The piece notes both parties may choose candidates from outside New York to unite factions and highlights McKinley and Reed and Blaine as influential figures, with Harrison open to renomination.
A Washington telegram reports Postmaster General Wanamaker vigorously backing postal telegraphy. He argues existing telegraph firms could serve as auxiliaries, a step toward a fuller system. Excluding lotteries from the mails may accompany the plan, boosting Wanamaker’s post office record.
The Sugar Trust spokesman Mr John E Searles praises new duties claiming free raw sugar will boost consumption and refine prices protectors moderate. Critics argue the Trust seeks six to eight tenths of a cent margins to swell profits and extract extra protection at public expense. Josiah Patterson secured the Democratic nomination in the Tenth District after a record 5060 ballots, a feat noted beside a jab at Tennessee fiddle skill.
A Lancaster clergyman who preaches in his sleep hints at possible harmony between preacher and congregation. The article urges awake preachers are most needed in the current era.
Washington reports a Senate stenographer raised a fine wheat crop on his Virginia farm and sold it for 107 dollars per bushel. It is noted with irony that one branch of Congress produced a successful wheat crop while the House’s wheat proved merchantable but in the wrong sense.
The old adage about abusing the plaintiff's attorney resurfaces as Delamater supporters and detractors seize on Emery's charges. The campaign scene heats as rival gubernatorial hopefuls in Pennsylvania debate strategy and legal exposure, aiming to shape public perception ahead of key moments.
The Washington Post note favors a shift in funding, while Kennedy struggles to publish speeches. Chauncey Depew will speak to locomotive engineers about labor rights. Quay plans voter outreach, and Consul General New stays in Indiana for private business. Farmers eye politics amid hefty Republican appropriations for pensions and base funding.
A rapid chronicle notes Chaplain Ed ward Rawson at Naval Academy, Lord Wolseley speculates on Chinese rise, Thomas Wisans laments bread price on deathbed, Hale Jexxins shows Penn deed for 48 acres to Thomas Fairman, a portrait of Benjamin Bristow by Robert Gordon Hardle, Burr’s Paramus house still stands, Hon. Bonum Nye aged 85 active as North Brookfield savings bank treasurer, Augusta Evans-Wilson described, and ex president Cleveland denies yacht purchase amid related rumors.
Gloucester Mass October 1 Fishermen fear the McKinley tariff will injure the industry by taxing frozen and fresh fish exports. With 15,000,000 pounds of frozen herring last winter, U.S. buyers paid high prices for bait and production suffers. If Newfoundland exports face duties, Newfoundland fleets could supply the American market, hurting American fishermen who have long controlled the trade. A small export duty might deter Newfoundland ships from supplying Boston New York and Philadelphia.
Washington dispatch notes Republican Congressional Committee estimates 109 of 222 districts are safely Republican with 2 more likely Republican and 33 doubtful, totaling 162, five short of a majority. Democratic gerrymander explains doubts in many GOP districts, while 4 Democratic seats show potential Republican gains. Outcome suggests a possibly Democratic House with a small majority, perhaps ten or less.
In Butlerville Ohio Henry Rompler bragged of a large post supper feast at E Snider's grocery. He claimed to eat nearly a dozen eggs then more, a half dozen more, a pint of water and a pound of candy in 15 minutes. He then felt unwell and the account ends with him continuing to describe the feast.
William Evans, an African American worker employed by Mrs. E G Young, was kicked in the head while chastising a fractious horse in his stall. He sustained injuries deemed fatal. The incident occurred in this city on October 4.
John Smith aged 37 died last evening at his home No 45 Fourth avenue from a hemorrhage. He was a member of Great Western Lodge No 30 Knights of Pythias and Quesne L I UO PF. He leaves a wife and will be interred today by the lodges to which he belonged.
Mrs Helen Bosler widow of the late Hon John W Bosler died suddenly today at Carlisle of heart disease. She leaves an estate of some value at the time of her passing. The obituary notes the family memorials and connections to local institutions.
The piece surveys Paris as the center of France, contrasting it with London and northern France. It sketches night arrivals, street life, and the city’s revolutionary memory from the Bastille to the Luxembourg, praising the Louvre’s masterpieces and the Luxembourg’s modern collection while warning of decadent shopfronts and moral contrasts.
The author recalls Paris churches like the Pantheon Madeleine and Notre Dame stripped of altar and prayer, with priests only chanting in screened choirs while tourists fill the spaces. He contrasts this with the week’s mood, noting street signs of fortune tellers and a link between secularism and lost morality, a view attributed to G. B.
An elderly overseer recounts Sam Allen a notorious drinker known for fighting when drunk. Sam's ruinous behavior affects his wife and children, but a moral tale erupts after two children defend him, prompting Sam to vow reform. The anecdote ends with Sam never drinking again and improving his family life.
A man named Louis Stremmel, detained in Bellevue Hospital after a spree, was released following habeas corpus action led by ex-Judge H. W. Lea. Stremmel later died in Pueblo, Colorado, and left Judge Leonard $1250 as thanks for the five years prior legal help.
Jackson Oct 1 The constitutional convention weighs education funding as wealthy counties resist raising state aid. Last year Mississippi spent 1 117 111 on schools with 5 890 400 in white teachers salaries and 341 000 to colored teachers. State aid totals 400 000 may be distributed by county educators, but wealthy counties fear higher taxes to fund schools in other parts of the state and unequal taxation.
Steve Zeraga of Chamberlain near the Missouri river discovered a hidden cash stash worth over $5,000 in greenbacks stored in a cellar. Rats and mice had chewed the bills to worthless scraps, leaving him with a ruined fortune.
John Latouch former Libby Prison adjutant during the war died last evening in Richmond at age 70. Born in London England he had long been a resident of Richmond and worked as a merchant tailor after the war.
A child recalls a baker's sign proclaiming the King’s bread and a hatter saying Queens also deserve bread. The verses contrast royal titles with humble sustenance, noting that both kings and queens enjoy bread as much as common folk. The piece echoes a playful moral about shared basic needs.
A Paris-like shift in Sundays, moral reform debates, and light playful verses mark a Pittsburg Sunday page. Notes on old versus new customs, public life, and local satire sit beside quips about officials, cinema, sport, and seasonal verse.
The sixth week of the Exposition polls invites voters at THE DISPATCH headquarters to decide on topics. Daily voting topics include a Foster Memorial for Pittsburg, shifting petty case handling to police justices, and banning brick pavements in all city sections with souvenirs for female voters.
A large building burns with dense smoke and no water supply. Fire Chief orders entry and smothers the flames using the trousers of an English tourist, saving the ground floor as engines arrive and crowds watch.
Aged and lame Mr Janssen, president of the French Alpine Club and an astronomer, ascends Mont Blanc on a sledge drawn by 22 guides. He aims to test if scientific work can be done in such exertion and to probe if atmospheric oxygen exists in sun formed form. The ascent takes two days, return one, watched by two relatives at the hotel.
Warburton Pike, now roaming the Arctic alone, plans a lone voyage to the Mackenzie River after Fort Resolution. He aims to ascend the Great Fish and Mackenzie, cross the mountains, pass New Caledonia to Quesnel, then return by civilized routes. He travels without a guide as provisions thin at Fort Resolution.
William Burt a Youngertown bookkeeper while hunting found petrified fruit in sandstone. He sent the specimens to the Smithsonian Institute which confirmed their great antiquity and a climate different from the present. The find is valued by geologists and the Smithsonian will send a representative to prospect for more material.
Reports cover Canmel colliery wartime operations and current gangway extent. Cambria county marriage licenses total 1,782 with 561 to 180 and 659 to this year. real estate sales after last week’s Johns town flood include a property selling at 11 000 from 13 100 in May 1888. Bequests of 20000 pounds from a Lehigh county maiden to a poor couple. Tioga county farmers expect a new industry as gardener Simeon Davis plans large peanut farming next year. Renovo youth Feaxx Kewsner boasts a record black bass catch after trolling the Susquehanna. Four female teachers trek 23 miles Renovo to Lock Haven on foot. Weather signs show conflicting patterns with partridge shelter in Norristown and predictions of a cold winter. Bees in Sunbury create a hive near an oak, signaling a mild winter per prophets. Hunter of Reynoldsville, Jefferson county, turns 100 miles and is celebrated. he settled Beechwood 51 years ago and still works with the younger men.
A collage of curiosities from 1800s America includes huge Maine potatoes making a barrel from 160 specimens, San Diego honey yields of 1 750 000 pounds, a three month brick floor task in Port Huron, a Michigan man with an ancient rifle, and New York orders for a carload of jack rabbits. The items cover coast to plains from varied incidents, inventions, and oddities, with reports of curious feasts, accidents, escapes, and feeble municipal mishaps.
A jumble of quips and snippets from various era newspapers features a minister, gambler, artist, piano teacher, and others in brisk, period voice. The dialogue touches on ecards, kisses, arts, and a shoemaker joke about leather, reflecting lightly humorous, clipped jesting from historical clips.
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