Old Abuses Revived in Campaign Fund Demands
Washington dispatches report government clerks are pressured to contribute to campaign funds, with Colonel Grosvenor claiming those who refuse should be dismissed. The piece argues this violates civil service reform laws and echoes spoils politics, urging the administration to enforce the law and honor pledges from 1884 and 1888.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Grosvenor
United States
Jay Hubbell
Reed
Republican Party
Frank admission on Pennsylvania campaign impact
Assistant Secretary of the Interior Bussey dismissed claims that Pennsylvania politics this year could sway the national canvass in 1892. He called such insinuations “more gush” and argued the state’s GOP loyalty preserves national outcomes, noting Elaine’s 1884 victory and Pattison’s 1882 win did not alter national politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bussey
Pennsylvania
Parson
Pattison
Elaine
Pattson
Captain Barclays Case Highlights Pension Department Pressure
The letter from Pension Agent Barclay to Commissioner Raum is reprinted, detailing a recall to Pittsburg and criticizing the department's tone. The exchange with Mr. Baum is presented as a campaign document supporting Barclay, while calling for other officials to return to duty and focus on public interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barclay
Raum
Department
Pittsburg
Pension Department
Mr. Baum
Washington
Jarrett
Delaney
Interior approves numerous contracts for Minnesota land survey
The Department of the Interior approves many contracts with Minnesota parties to survey Chippewa and other northern lands. The region holds valuable timber and minerals and remains largely unsettled until surveyed. St Louis County at Duluth is vast and largely unexplored, with limited railroad development but strong lumber influence along its streams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
Minnesota
St. Louis County
Duluth
Connecticut
Northern Minnesota Outlook Bright For Coming Year
Explorers and lumbermen push lines from Duluth to Winnipeg and Michigan, with the Mesabi iron country near La Prarie and Grand Rapids expected to spur railroad extensions. Vermilion ore shipments should exceed last year as more facilities come online, to the anticipation of a strong season ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Winnipeg
Michigan
Mesabi
la Prurie
Grand Rapids
Vermilion Iron Country
Minnesota
Civilized Powers and the Africa Territorial Grab
The London Economist notes England holds 800000 square miles with 5650000 people and influence over 1650000 square miles with 30000000. France governs 2720000 square miles with 17000000 people. Germany about 1100000. The piece condemns conquest as a return to force and greed, citing Congo Free State as a model betrayed by greed for territory and trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
London Economist
England
Economist
France
Germany
Clive
Warren Hastings
India
Peon
Stanley
Livingstone
Congo Free State
London
Not Guilty if They Leave the State Says Western Jury
Mr Bovsell Harrison and Mr Arkell claim they did not know of a lottery advertisement in Frank Leslie's Illustrated and say they ceased after learning it was illegal. The public may acquit them hoping they leave the state, while opposing prosecutions against Russell B Harrison and associates for postal law violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bovsell B. Harrison
W. J. Arkell
Frank Leslie
Wansmaker
Russell B. Harrison
Gladstone Triumphs In Eccles Victory Boosts Liberal Hope
The Eccles election result signals a Liberal advance as Gladstone calms campaign nerves and Salisbury faces a stalled appeal. The Lancashire seat loss foreshadows Conservative danger and boosts Home Rule support, while New Jersey's vote on a constitutional amendment hints at political pushback against reopening robbery schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
Eccles
England
Lord Salisbury
Lancashire
Mr. Gladstone
Gladstonian
Home Rule
Ireland
New Jersey
Metcurio
New Jersey Faces Long Run With Classified City Approach
A contemporaneous discussion argues that New Jersey politicians must revert to classifying cities and enacting general laws for each class, abandoning efforts for broader special legislation. The piece notes mixed views on silver, funeral costs, China’s naval discipline, and tariff anxieties, reflecting a periodical blend of policy critique and opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Notable Figures in Brief From Rivers to Rome
The clipping surveys stories from politics and law to science and art. It notes Jay Gould's jury refusals and fines, Bishop Hunt Tintenton's views on religion, Senator Spooner's horse riding, a first wave of women admitted to the Iowa bar, Evie Humbert's temperance pledge, and Feodor von Freiman's late Franco-Russian War service and marriage. It cites Rhode Island nomenclature debates and previews artists Geones BoventTor and Boughton, plus Edison’s heliograph signaling advance and a lab dispute with George Homans detailing the plan progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Gould
Washington
Iowa Supreme Court
Lily Kostomlateky
Evie Humbert
Italy
Feodor von Freimans
St. Petersburt
St. George
Edward Everett Habe
Rhode Island
Rhodes
Hale
Geones H. BoventTor
Royal Academy
New York
London
Boughton
Albany
Europe
Edison
George Homans
Northern iron and tech excursion visits Sudbury mines
The Soo Northern contingent traveled by Canadian Pacific Railway to Sudbury to inspect mines and planned to head to W Falls at 2 AM. Southern section visitors at the Stee] Institute examined fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Soo
Iron and Tech
Sudbury
W Falls
Ivankos Meysve Va
Gaye
Iron of Stee
Snapshot of voices on work, longing, and public life
A collage of reflections on vocation and ambition, contrasting trades from hammer to ink and the grind of daily labor. It weaves in snippets about fashion, politics, and social life, including references to tax, letters from London, and a mix of cultural observations.
Capers of Cupid at East Liberty Presbyterian Church
A fashionable wedding in East Liberty Presbyterian Church united Miss Leslay Dilworth and Mr. Wm. Larimer Jones. Attended by family, with Rev. Holmes and Rev. Kumler officiating, the ceremony featured Lohengrin and an ornate procession to a floral altar. The bride wore white mousseline de soie with orange blossoms. her sister Suzie Haworth Dilworth served as maid of honor and B. F. Jones Jr. as best man. The couple left for their honeymoon without a reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Liberty Presbyterian Church
Leslay Dilworth
Mis
Francis Albert Dilworth
Fifth Avenue
Wm. Larimer Jones
T. M. Jones
B. F. Jones
Jones& Laughlins
Lohengrin
Miss & B. Killikelly
Dr. Holmes
Kumler
Weil
Arnald
Suzie Haworth Dilworth
Charming
B. F. Jones, Jr
Orer
Siz
William W. Patton
Oliver G. Ricketson
W. W. Lawrence
James D. Hallman
Williams
Arbuthnot
B Stewart Johnston
G. W. Dilworth
Albert Dilworth
Jimly
Marriage of Pastor Milligan in Sandusky Street R P Church
A wedding of Rev. J. R. J. Milligan and Miss Annie Margaret Mahaffey was held at 6 p.m. in the Sandusky Street R P Church with full church turnout. Ushers included Dr. S. C. Milligan and Mahaffey relatives. Geneva College president Rev. W. P. Johnston officiated. The bride wore a brown traveling suit with a brown toque and gloves, diamonds given by the groom. An informal supper at the Mahaffey home followed before the couple departed for their eastern wedding journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky Street
R. P
J. R. J. Milligan
Annie Margaret Mahaffey
Sheffield Street
Allegheny
C. C. Mellor
Mendelssohn
8. C. Milligan
Will M. Bogen
Frank McDonald
Scott A. White
Williams
J. Renwick Mahaffey
W. P. Johnston
Geneva College
Beaver Falls
Milligan
ER. P
Mahaffey
Op Shefield Street
Kennedy
Mary E Sheppard Weds Daniel Harrison in Quiet Home Ceremony
Miss Mary E Sheppard became Mrs Daniel Harrison at a simple ceremony at her father George Sheppards home in East End Pittsburgh. Rev William J Shrow officiated. The bride, a longtime city schoolteacher and cousin of US Bank Examiner George Sheppard, married from the Diamond Street firm Harrison Watson. The couple left for Cochran Station after a buffet supper by Caterer Kuhn, with many relatives in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Sheppard
Daniel Harrison
George Sheppard
Allegheny Cemetery
William J. Shrow
Fourth Presbyterian Church
East End
United States Bank Examiner
4& Young Ofromise
Ohen Arbor
Noa Ale
Noa Ale Ongs
Diamond Street
Harrison & Watson
Plate Glass
Kuhn
Harrison
Cochran Station
Th Talsmong
Isaire Georgeson
Whiteas
Jack Waren
Mrs. Gray
Jennie Martin
Misa
Liznie Woods
Thomas and
Dave Woods
Mra
C. A. Beach
Ed. Blair
John ©. Sheppard
Mrs. Young
Donation and Reception At First Allegheny Day Nursery
The First Allegheny Day Nursery held its annual donation and reception with generous gifts ranging from groceries to furniture. Volunteers arranged a tea room in the parlor and served refreshments while committees and hosts greeted numerous guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Allegheny Day Nursery
M. D. Hazelet
J. H. Allison
John Hamilton
James Richie
Jon Morton
John Gibson
Samuel Orr
W. H. Armstrong
William Peoples
8. McNaugher
C. W. Newell
A Wedding on the Hill in East End
A pretty wedding merged at night in the home of Mr and Mrs R Knowlson. Miss Sadie E Knowlson the bride is the Bishop Bowman Institute graduate and related in a wide circle. Groom Andrew Caster a prominent young business man. Over 70 guests witnessed the ceremony officiated by Rev James W McKay. The couple will tour the South then reside at 711 Houp Street East End after November 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Knowlson
Vickrey Street
Sadie E. Knowlson
Bishop Bowman Institute
Andrew Caster
James W. McKay
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Kennedy
Houp Street
East End
Wedded Among Friends at Allegheny Nuptials
Miss Annie B. Kopp and Mr. William Ahlers wed last evening at the bride’s father Jacob Kopp’s residence 07 Perry street Allegheny. Only immediate family attended the ceremony. The couple will reside at 7 P mieces after a Southern roses honeymoon and are joined by Rev Dr Pick of Voegtly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ahlers-Kopp
Annie B. Kopp
William Ahlers
Jacob Kopp
Perry Street
Allegheny
Kopp
Ablers
Union
Allegheny County Retailers’ Association
Mieces
Stn
Dr. Pick
Voegtly
Rev Nevin Woodside Plans Return From Europe Voyage
Pastor of the First R. FP Church and his family have completed a four month tour of Europe aboard the State of Nevada. After an 18 day voyage to New York they will sail home and arrive in Pitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevin Woodside
R. FP
Grant Street
Europe
Nevada
New York
Pitt
Lambert's Point
London
Ilinois
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Spain
England
Gulf of St Lawrence
Bay of Fundy
Nova Scotia
Germany
Gland
France
Italy
Holland Society of
New York City
Ana Markin
Pittsburg
Community Reception At 28 Street Residence
A friendly gathering is announced at the residence on 28 Street. Organizers invite neighbors and friends for a pleasant and enjoyable time with subtle formalities and cordial welcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee Songremetion
St Renidence
Tie Liman
New York Philharmonic Club gives concert in Wilkinsburg
A large audience filled Wilkinsburg Presbyterian Church for a New York Philharmonic Club concert under Y M C A auspices. Mrs Enw Wake O Neil hosted a reception for Miss Ester O Neil with support from Mrs Cunningham, Mrs Craig, and Mrs McKown. The Jr O U A M plan an event and supper at Wilkinsburg Academy Hall tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkinsburg Presbyterian Church
New York Philharmonic Club
Enw
Wake O' Neil
Sewickley
Ester O'Neil
Albany
N. Y
BR. J. Cunningham
Joseph Craig
James McKown
O' Neil
Wilkinsburg
Wilkinsburg Academy
Frobsian Society
Carl Ahl
Germany
Old City Hall
Young Woman's Christian Association
East End
Galentine
Leo Kofler
New York
Wales
Stevenson
May Lapsley
Children’s Missionary Societies
Presbyterian Churches
East Liberty Presbyterian Church
Columbus Club
Carnegie
Carnegie Hall
Theophilus
Bain
Smithfield Club
Cyclorama Hall
Botanical Society Elects Officers at Thaw Mansion Meeting
The Botanical Society of Western Pennsylvania held its regular monthly meeting in the Academy of Science building to elect officers. Prof J W Caldwell was named president with H G Johnson as vice president and G F Be Shinfo as secretary treasurer. The society approved a dues increase and reported growth in enrollment, library books, and herbarium specimens. A letter from Andrea Hatelli of Perugia, Italy proposed a plant exchange program with American collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Botanical Society of Western Pennsylvania
Academy of Science
Ore
J. W. Caldwell
H. BR. Johnson
Treawarst
Oy Gor Cellor
Meronene
Rotary
Momit
Mir Duates
William de Ross
Guttenberg
Caldwall
G. Be Shinfo
Ae Lewis
Grey
Andrea Hatelli
Botanical Society
Italy
Andrew Batelles
Perugia
Cleveland arrives in Washington to argue New Orleans drainage case
Rumor of ex president Cleveland death spread but was proved unfounded as he reached Washington to argue before the Supreme Court. He is accompanied by H Gill of New York and R De Gray of New Orleans for the suit against New Orleans drainage fund misappropriation. The hearing is delayed to Monday by arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cleveland
New York
Arlington Hotel
New Orleans
James Wallace Peake
Poses Co
Marriage of Millionaires United by Catholic Archbishop
Chicago readers learned Marshall Field the junior wed Miss Albertina Roe daughter of brewer Louis Huck. The noon ceremony took place at the Field mansion on Prairie avenue with Most Rev. Archbishop Feehan officiating and the Catholic Cathedral choir performing Lohengrin's Wedding Chorus. A small guest list attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Marshall Field
Albertina Roe
Louis Huck
Rewer
Field Mansion
Prairtie Avenue
Catholic Church
Feehan
Universalists on Education in Boston Controversy
At the Universalist Church Congress Dr. A Miner of Boston described the Committee of One Hundred In Boston on electing school trustees with parochial support under review. The Catholic faction largely backed the commissioners approved by the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Universalist Church Congress
A. Miner
Boston
Sin Thasic
Deaths of a Day Miss Katie Maloy
Miss Katie Maloy daughter of Herward Maloy Carson street merchant died yesterday in Latrobe after months of consumption. She grew up on the Southside and city, noted for kindness and gentleness. Funeral services will be held at St Paul’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie Maloy
Herward Maloy
Carson Street
Latrobe
Orola
St. Paul's Adral
Andrew Robinson dies in Indiana veteran of Virginia and Pennsylvania units
Andrew Robinson, brother of Crawford Robinson and former member of Company H First Virginia Local Infantry and Company A Fifth Pennsylvania Artillery, died in Marion Indiana. He will be buried from 380 Washington Avenue Allegheny. A dispatch notes he suffered consumption and had been ill for weeks. The obituary mentions General Davis of New York dying suddenly at 175 West Twelfth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Robinson
Crawford Robinson
First
Virginia Local Infantry
Fifth Vennsylvania Artillery
Marion
Ind
Esterday
Washington Avenue
Allegheny
New York
Davis
Twelfth Street
Gloversville
Sparrow Invasion Disrupts Suburban Birds In Sewickley
In Sewickley a hen of Black Spanish variety fled from a flock of sparrows that swooped down in broad daylight to harass and drive her from a newly spaded area. The birds crowded around her head and wings while more sparrows arrived, ending with the hen racing away to call the rooster for aid. The incident mirrors a broader report of sparrow proliferation in western suburbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeremiah Rask
Department of Agriculture
Pittsburg
Broomin
Sewickley
Usu
A Philosopher's Recipe and a Soap Free Soda Scene
A quirky verse vignette features a weary defendant who lights a fresh cigar as misfortune looms. It is followed by a humorous scene of a little girl asking for soda at a fountain, mispronouncing Godly as God y worry and prompting a pharmacist's wary laughter over soap boxes and bubbles.
Prrisuur Geen Finds Soap Abroad In Paris Hotel Misadventure
A Pittsburger narrator recounts a Paris hotel soap misadventure where a lack of English and the wrong word led to a pantomime hunt for soap. A French server finally supplied a tray of toilet soaps, costing two francs, which the traveler paid but left behind in his haste to continue his journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prrisuur Geen
Monsieur
Saretainlee
Pittsburger
British Diplomat Returns with Inquiries on Sealing
Sir George Baden Powell arrived in Ottawa after a trip to British Columbia where he gathered information on sealing practices. He reports that Britain has not accepted the US mare clausum claim and that American contentions about Canadian sealers depleting females and pups were not proven. He will present findings to England and hopes for a winter settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
George Baden Powell
British Columbia
United States
Behring Sea
England
Pennsylvania Nuggets and Oddities Report
Wild turkeys brought into Wilhamaburg. quail seen around Washington chimneys. Washington men John Shearer and Alex Fleet tallied 255 groundhogs. A vivid rainbow appeared in Harrisburg at 6:40 am. A squash at the Petroleum House Oil City weighs 200 pounds and measures 7 feet 1 inch around. Over 1,800 patients are at Norristown State Hospital. Matroce Frr of Bellefonte claims heaven visits discussed in a church setting. Harvesting notes from Sendersburg describe enormous corn with giant ears averaging 1,144 grains per ear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conneaut Lake
Wilhamaburg
Washington
John Shearer
Alex. Fleet
Harrisburg
Petroleum House
Oil City
State Hospital For the
Norristown
Matroce Frr
Bellefonte
United Presbyterian Church
St Julian
Curious Condensations From Far Off Lands
A jumble of brief notes and curiosities includes Mont Blanc ascent by 11 year old Jean Charlet, a claim about St Louis County size, birds speeds, notable openings in medicine in Paris, and a record cocoa of diverse topics from the Holy Land locomotives to Brazilian cotton harvests and European royal visits.
A Merry War of Odd Encounters Across Weekday Chats
A collage of humorous vignettes and found dialogues shows a baker clashing with a cobbler over mistaken skills and odd metaphors. A city editor bungles copy while mockingly presenting a Holocaust and a dull Thad.
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Dispatch
Saa
Interett
Lei
Smithfield
Diamond
Fastern
Tribune Building
Prentanc’s
Union Square
I? Ave. de 'Opera
Paris
United State
Owratcn
Dart Disraten
Danny Isratcn
Dart Disratcnu
Barclays
The
Buffalo Express
China
Wage Workers
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Justice Miller
Senator Ingalls
Congress
Delamater Organs
Emery
Kennebec
Niagara Falls
Mlssox
Scotland
Ay Sears
Oorhia
Indy Nee Ealon
Feoneylvania
Republic
Lincoln
Andrews
Kkpaves
Thair
Virginia Knox
Hilton
Stewart Heira
Center County
Grasn
Bernice
Hill McKinley
Ohio
Delamatsa
Trebonanza
Willie Winkle
Rudyard Kipling
Cupid
Pastor Milligan
Sandusky R.P
Thaw Mansion
Universalists On Education
Miss Katies Maloy
W. 3. Marshall
Iit
Cuba
Isieafar
Mion
Ae Bath
Leawood
Jean Charlet
Mont Blanc
Phonies
C. P. Huntington
Pacific Coast
Continents
Paris Faculty of Medicine
Warsaw
Hanover
N.H
Sierra Nevada Range
Kokomo
Indiana
Bohting’s Strait
Rew Fork
St. Petersburg
Addison County
Australia
B. Tillinghast
Massachusetts State Library
New World
Old World
Holy Land
Scppa
Jerusalem
Palestine
Philadelphia
Vranes
National Museum of
Brazil
Aaron
Beadewo Creek
Times of India
Bombay
Areon
Sera
Eek Anhl Gaeoeer
Geog
Caumso
Duli Thad
Quay
Wagsington Star
Old Gruffley
Miss Gruffley
Puck
van Bruggmans
Dr. Day
Iron and Steel
Hoanoke
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