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Newspaper

Pittsburgh Dispatch

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Oct 11, 1890

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Monongahela Excursion Delights Pittsburg Visitors

Nearly a thousand foreign visitors joined a Mayflower excursion up the Monongahela to inspect Carnegie Brothers & Co at Braddock and Homestead works. The return voyage featured a gas display and a cosmopolitan crowd as Andrew Carnegie and Sir James Kitson appeared aboard.

Carnegie Brothers & Co Braddock Homestead Uncle Sam Ando Monongahela Wharf Wood Street Europe Great Britain Australia India Great Western Band Weics William Shore

Visitors Tour the Edgar Thomson Steel Works in Braddock

A visiting party toured the Edgar Thomson Steel Works at Braddock amid demonstrations of furnaces converters bloomers and the rail mill. Notable figures included Sir James Kitson A Thielen and John G A Leishman entertained by Andrew Carnegie and others. The visit featured gas displays and a grand on board supper as bands played patriotic tunes.

Edgar Thomson Steel Works Braddock Schwab James Kitson A. Thielen John G A. Leishman Carnegie Brothers & Co Lowthian Bell H. ©. Frick Blooming Mill Pittsburg Ing Ed Thomson Bessemer Andrew Carnegie Schlosser James Burden Troy John Porter W. L. Abbott John H. Ricketson Hays Station Philadelphia Gas Company James O. Handy George N. Kirby A. E. Hunt

Great Gas Visit to Homestead Mills Exhibition

A hurried tour to the Homestead works features a substantial supper hosted by John B. Schlosser. Visitors inspect the plate mill armor mill and open hearth plant while W. L. Abbott and Superintendent John Potter receive the party. A trophy and Federal flag symbolize the output.

Pittsburg Homestead John B. Schlosser John Schlosser Plate W. L. Abbott Carnegie, Phipps & Co James Kitson John Potter

Sightseeing and music outings with Carnegie Hall concert

Visitors will enjoy two long half day excursions by rail to Greensboro and Tarentum area with stops at Isabella furnaces Ke Stone Bridge Works and other plants. Lunch aboard trains. A complimentary Carnegie Hall concert features local talent with a program including arias, choruses and piano pieces.

Carnegie Hall Pennsylvania Railroad Greensboro Connellsville Eche Union Station Robert Pitestrn West Penn Allegheny Allegheny Valley Isabella Eton Tarentum Valley Loop Kestone Bridge Crescent Steel Works Lucy Furnaces Carbos Iron Company Pittsburg Reduction Company Eeeeees HofManDozart Club Enserese Volkman Beesley Amber Ethelbert Nevin Ee Wallace Paul Zimmerman Ae Club J. H. Gittings Stenerary American Express Company

Brooklyn Census Ordered by Brooklyn Police

Brooklyn police will begin a district based census using 648 election districts. About 250 top officers will be assigned to the task under Commissioner Hayden and Mayor Chapin's directive. The mayor asked for a swift count and Hayden agreed the force could complete it as soon as blanks are obtained.

New York Brooklyn Hayden Chapin

Wolfe's Bold Stand Signals Party Loyalty in Campaign

Ex Governor Pattison and party travel 2000 miles visiting centers in Centre County to rally Grangers. Charles S Wolfe Independent Republican energizes crowds in Williamsport praising Pattison and urging support across Huntingdon Blair Bedford Mifflin Union Snyder counties. The tour heads to Milton, Williamsport crowds fill the court room, and final stops include Bunbury Selins Grove and Philadelphia.

Williamsport Pattison Tyrone Bellefonte Center County Center Hall Center Leonard Rhone Pennsylvania State Grange Black Rhone Williams’Grove Charles 8. Wolfe Mr. Wolfe Chauncey F. Black Wolfe Democratic Party Nlar Milton Crawford Court House Clarence Sprout Bunbury Selins Grove Philadelphia

Pattison Gains Support From Coke Region Republicans

ScorTpDaLe Pa October 10 The Republican dissension grows in the coke regions with George Richards rolling mill boss backing Pattison. Richards Lovewin politics and will stay Republican but opposes Delamater. Jack Pitcairn from Pittsburgh and Dan Sailor a local mill worker also back Pattison. About 30 Republicans in the district withheld names.

Scortpdale Pattison George Richards Carpenter Delamater Jack Pitcairn Pittsburg Tough Express Dan Sailor

Grant Again in the Field for New York Mayor

Tammany Hall renominates Hugh J. Grant for mayor. Nominations proceed for Congress with John T. Davis renominated and James M. Ash renominated for Seventh Ohio.

Grant New York Tammany Hall Hugh J. Grant Congress Uteab John T. Davis Ohio James M. Ash

Rutan Looses Charge With Dela Mater Letters

Senator Rutan asserts letters from Dela Mater prove his statements true and vows to prove them. He cites past political battles, accuses Dela Mater of demagoguery and libel and promises to reveal his own corroborating correspondence in response.

Delamater Emery Rutan Bradford Pittsburg Washington Dela Mater Zis Es Otter Rvutas WaAsuHrIneTas

Mary Walker Nominated for Congress In New York

A Weedsport meeting named Dr. Mary E. Walker of Oswego as Independent candidate for the Twenty seventh district. The nomination certificate was deemed irregular by the Secretary of State for lacking party status and proper addresses. no tickets will be printed this year.

Albany Secretary of State Weedsport N. Y Willard House Mary E. Walker Oswego United States Congress Mary Dr. Walker Mary Walker

Enthusiasm for Delamater Rally Draws Hundreds in Ridgeway

A special telegram from the Dispatch notes strong reception for Delamater in Ridgeway and Emporium. In Punxsutawney miners and business men turnout by the hundreds to welcome the Republican candidate for Governor despite poor weather and a crowded hall for speeches.

Punxsutaweey Delamater Party Ridgeway Emporium

Prohibition Campaign Opens Quietly in Harrisburg

The Prohibitionists held a campaign meeting in Harrisburg with candidates John D. Gill for Governor and Colonel Hyatt for Lieutenant Governor. DC. H. Nicholas of Illinois spoke to under 100 attendees amid sharp attacks on old parties for pandering to liquor interests. A railroad issue looms in tomorrow’s 20 page Dispatch.

Howard Fielding THE Dispatch THES Harrisburg John D. Gill Colonel Hyatt DC. H. Nicholas Illinois

Plucky widow fights robbers after dawn gate raid

Mrs. Saunders a widow and gatekeeper near Wasuixeron keeper of a plank road toll fights two masked men who burst into her home firing. She fires three shots, is wounded in abdomen, son finds her bruised and unconscious. A posse searches the country for the assailants as a separate report notes an execution in Lumberton for three murders.

Dispatch Wasuixeron

Escape of patriots as Dillon and O'Brien flee by sea

In TipPerany October 10 report says Dillon and O'Brien jumped bail and fled to the United States aboard a ship. other home rule leaders expected to follow. Court adjourned amid laughter as magistrates handle sureties and warrants while noting possible disguises and misdirection.

Dillon O'Brien

Startling movements loom as Dublin journalists report on MPs

A Dublin journalist filed to America to cover two MPs while police monitor movements. The disguise theory gains weight as arrests and trials loom, with implications for Ireland and Parliament.

Dublin America Ireland

Explosion at Bourges Kills Ten Workers

A workman’s careless handling of molten melanite caused an explosion at a pyrotechnic school in Bourges. Ten dead, five identified, fifty feet found nearby. Military imposed order as gruesome scenes unfolded and investigators blamed improper shell preparation.

Duslap Paris Bourges Keruhe Eighth Army Corps

Treated as a King Henry M. Stanley’s Continental Tour

Henry M. Stanley travels Europe amid royal honors and society tributes. In Brussels ministers and notables call on him, Ostend hosts special municipal honors, and he meets King Leopold at the royal chalet with a two hour discussion. Departure for America undecided.

Henry M. Stanley Europe Dunlap Lownpox Brussels Ostend Leopold Stanley Dines America

German Merchants Seek Allied Action Over American Tariff

Beruns October 10 In response to complaints from many German merchants about the new tariff the Government will consult with the Cabinets of London and Paris on a combined diplomatic remonstrance at Washington The aim is to persuade the United States to relax the tariff and if needed propose international measures to protect merchants interests.

Dunlap Berurs London Paris Washington America

Comtesse de Paris Urges Shortened American Visit

The Comtesse de Paris fears for Queen Amelie amid Portugal’s turmoil and has sent urgent telegrams to Count Paris in America urging him to shorten his stay and for Amelie to depart Portugal until agitation eases.

FBT Dunlaf Paris Comtesse de Paris Portugal Amelie America Comtesse

Government weighs Cuba trade amid McKinley tariff fears

Madrid reports the Government eyes a mutual arrangement after suspending the new tariff in Cuba due to fears of American retaliation. If sugar imports halt, Cuban trade would suffer, prompting Cabinet support for reciprocal measures with the United States. The Pope summons four Irish archbishops and senior suffragan bishops to Rome for November 1.

Dunlap Madrid Cuba America Rome Ireland

Justice Samuel F Miller Stricken With Paralysis

Washington October 10. The Supreme Court Justice Samuel F Miller collapsed with paralysis in the Capitol. He remains conscious but in a serious state as doctors monitor his condition. The sudden illness shocks the capital and raises concerns about his health and duties.

Justice Miller Collapses Near Home After View of Supreme Court

Justice Samuel F. Miller, in apparent good health, collapsed near his Massachusetts Avenue home as he walked from the Supreme Court room. Servant John Woolford and nearby doctors rushed to aid him. his left side was affected, but he retained recognition of those present. Miller, born 1816 in Kentucky, had a varied early career before becoming a lawyer, then a long Supreme Court judge noted for his constitutional opinions and ties to Henry Clay and Alexander Hamilton. The report previews tomorrow’s 20-page Dispatch.

Philadelphia Pennsylvania Pattison Re. Pattison Mr. Delamwater Robert £. Pattison Dispatch Delamater Senate Averyone George K. Anderson Alison Rutas Rowan Healy Ronan Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien Justice Miller Supreme Court Thomas Circle Massachusetts Avenue John Woolford Woodword Heat Dr. Cook Lincoln Leger Justice Miller Ie Kentucky Miller Keokuk Henry Clay Alexander Hamilton America White House

Bailey Wringing Machine stockholders to vote on syndicate sale

Woonsocket October 10 stockholders of the Bailey Wringing Machine Company will vote on a directors proposal to merge with an English and American syndicate. Empire Wringing Machine Works Asburn NY Adams Works Cleveland and Metropolitan Works NY have agreed to sell joining Bailey in a 93 machine sale plan. The article mentions future coverage of Empress Eugenie in tomorrow's Die Patch.

Woonsocket Bailey Wringing Machine Company Empire Wringing Machine Works Asburn N. Y Adams Works Cleveland Metropolitan Works New York Bailey Company

WANTS of all kinds answered through THE DISPATCH

Investors and readers are urged to scan the Classified Advertising pages in The Dispatch for quick access to wants of all kinds and related notices. The notice emphasizes timely results from the paper’s advertising section.

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