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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1892
Page
10
Indianapolis dispatch reports both parties claim Indiana may tilt to their ticket. Democrats push a 15 000 margin while Republicans stay confident that Harrison and the slate will win. Campaigns note rising crowds, renewed effort, and focus on tax law in legislative contests.
Senator Fassett of Elmira New York headlines a major Republican rally in Oil City and Franklin Venango County. Major Alexander McDowell and Colonel Willis J Hulings share the platform as 1000 voters greet Fassett with cheers and fireworks.
Governor McKinley spoke to about 12 000 at Charleston and addressed a large Republican rally in Kanawha Valley. He urged tariff and money issue support and spoke in Huntindoes at a crowded wigwam. The Democrats met in the Opera House with Congressman Josiah Patterson. He then departed for Wheeling in Governor Camden's car.
The Republican Club of the University of Pennsylvania plans a mass meeting at the Academy of Music on November 3 with speakers set including ex-Governor Foraker ex-Adjutant General Hastings and Representatives Reed Thurston. Delegates from Princeton Lehigh Haverford Swarthmore invited. University Club 500 members, hosts a red and blue uniform.
E L Reinhold of Marietta Manufacturing claims his firm will supply the state with booths and supplies for the fair. He states orders for Washington and adjacent counties have begun, though a car tracking issue with the railroad delays details.
Mannsox Wisconsin October 17 The Legislature in session with details of bills and committee activity were reported from the state capital. The brief noted ongoing deliberations on proposed measures and noted limestone action by key lawmakers.
Governor Peck convened a special session to reapportion Senate and Assembly districts after the last apportionment. J J Hogan of the Assembly spoke as the session adjourned with both houses set to reconvene tomorrow morning.
C L Magee aims to unite Republicans in Alabama backing the fusion ticket with old parties. Wm Vaughan, the straight Republican nominee for the Ninth district, withdrew. Parson fusion and Turpin contend. Adlai Stevenson arrives and draws Democratic crowds, plans rallies in Opelika and Birmingham with 10 000 at the fairgrounds barbecue.
The trial of Thomas Neill Cream for murder and related charges opened at the Old Bailey. Sir Charles Russell led the prosecution while Neill defended himself, with witnesses detailing Cream's alleged pursuit of victims including Matilda Clover and Ellen Danworth and his travels to America.
In Virginia's Second District Norfolk October 17 Hon George E Bowden former two term Republican congressman withdrew at the request of the National Republican Congressional Committee acting through General Mahone. Regular Republicans denounce the interference and fear no satisfactory nomination remains leaving Democrat D Gardner Trier likely to win.
The Allegheny Auditing Committee reviewed the Auditor Bigger report on the Clerk of Markets Bureau of Health Police and Engineering the Diamond scales and Mayor's office. Receipts from markets for six months totaled 1168 82 AM money turned over to the City Treasurer with a plan to display departmental receipts summaries.
Pennsylvania road officials will conduct the annual track inspection starting today from Pittsburg with about 300 supervisors, division superintendents, train masters and engineers. Eight trains will cover the line with a dinner stop at Lang Hollow, under General Manager Charles K. Pugh and Chief Engineer W. H. Brown, with prizes awarded to top divisions to spur quality track work.
A unnamed woman shipped from the West arrived in New York on Oct. 17 and sat unresponsive in her seat. Master papers list the name Psoline Augustin Bucker and an envelope addressed to Ernest Bucker care Mrs P Carluce at 192nd Street and Eleventh Avenue. no such party could be located.
A serious crisis hits the Russian grain trade as foreign buyers retreat. Prices fall while freight rates rise and steamers halt due to poor conditions. Export houses in St Petersburg and other ports limit shipments until prices recover.
A long sarcastic letter from Robert Louis Stevenson appears in Time criticizing Samoa's Chief Justice and urging action by the three powers. The note ends by wondering if the writings are fake or if officials are unfit. Nearby items include Vienna Rome race talks and Emperor William signing a military bill amid mining accident reports.
Eight year old Molly Sheehan fell from the Baltimore and Ohio tracks at Grant street into the river area. She sustained a fractured jaw and left cheek bone, a dislocated left wrist, injuries to the left leg, and is hospitalized at the Homeopathic Hospital with guarded hopes for recovery. An inquiry concerns Edward Duggan as city clerk notes a letter from Mary Byrne of Paddington England seeking information on her aged relative connected with railway work.
The Peninsular and Oriental steamship Bokhara was wrecked by a typhoon near the Pesadores Fishers Islands in the China sea. The ship sank after fires were quenched, with most officers and crew lost and about 23 survivors. European officers numbered around 10, crew about 120 Lascars, and survivors head to Hong Kong.
From Zanzibar reports interior dispatches say the Waphe tribe, known for last year’s massacre of a German expedition led by Lieutenant Von Zelewski, attacked the German Mpwapwa station on the Usugara road. The Arab Governor, two Germans, and two British Indians were killed and several defenders wounded. Additional attacks on European targets are said to have occurred with few details available.
A courier reports a brutal clash near Deer Flat in which eight horse thieves were slain. After a lengthy firefight, pursuers fired a prairie blaze as the rustlers fled into a ravine and the remaining six were shot down. The corpses and five companions were tied to tree limbs.
Editor Peter Rovnianek claims detectives Murphy and Gallagher and Father Kossalke conspired to kidnap him. He filed information before Alderman McKelvey in Allegheny and says the plan was formed within a month prior. Damages suit and a petition to revoke Murphy's detective bureau are planned.
Albert Thompson of East Liberty was arrested after a Porter's restaurant clash. He tried to shoot porter Thomas Ranson, was disarmed and ejected, returned with a second revolver and cartridges, but fired only once before being seized. The shot caused no injury.
Mary Coyle of Marshall Avenue Allegheny was arrested for selling liquor without license. Hearing set Friday after Chief Murphy released her on own recognizance to care for her sick daughter. Alexander Hays also charged, posted bail for Friday.
Reports say the Pennsylvania Company completed the purchase of the Terre Haute and Peoria railroad. President Roberts, now in the West, oversaw the deal. The line runs 176 miles with connections to Des Moines and Kansas City at 111 miles and Chicago Fort Madison and Des Moines at 49 miles. Local officials had pursued the sale but had not confirmed the transfer.
Henry Lewis a mulatto drover for James E Dickson at Swissvale was struck by the day express yesterday morning. His head was severed and the body brought to the morgue. The accident occurred as Lewis crossed the tracks near Swissvale.
The eleventh day of the Triennial General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church reports debate over hymnals. The Joint Commission’s Hymnal changes are adopted by the Upper House with revisions. Diocese votes on concurring with the House of Bishops amid calls for further changes.
At the National Congregational Council Miss EAPOLIs reports a push to revive religion this December. A resolution urging equal ballot rights for all citizens was adopted amid debate over church influence and a new Sabbath Observance committee. General B. Cutcheon noted for military affairs influence as the council adjourned in San Francisco.
The body of 17 year old E J Dougherty was shipped COD from Chicago after a fatal fall from a World’s Fair building. His father, a workingman on Penn Avenue Mill, could not pay 138 70 in charges and sought police help. Coroner MecDowell and undertaker Dennis Boyle discussed securing the body today.
Kansas City man M L Rosa notices new sensations during sleep and discovers heart disease after years of decline. He credits Dr Miles New Cure for the Heart. J W Pine hall of Indiana endorses the remedy and urges others to seek the book at Gilles Medical Company.
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