Pennsylvania Democrat Platform Rebuffs Tariff and Silver Issues
The Democratic State Convention in Pennsylvania rejects protectionist aims and endorses a view that State elections hinge on Federal politics. The Dispatch notes the lack of Cleveland endorsement, warns that Pattison’s presidential bid relies on Pennsylvania, and predicts a Republican victory given the tariff and silver conflicts shaping the 1892 canvass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Democratic Party
Ohito
Cleveland
Pattison
Wright
Tilden
Reciprocity progress expands duties free Cuba and Porto Rico
The new transitory schedule under the Spain reciprocity pact reduces duties for 42 percent of U S export trade with Cuba and Puerto Rico. Cuba can import unrefined petroleum, cows, oats, barley, rye, most meats, wood, sewing machines, wagons, carts, boots, shoes with no duties. Mexico seeks a reciprocal treaty with the United States to broaden markets while preserving protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Cuba
Porto Rico
Mexico
United States
Alaskas Natives Disappearing Says Census Report
Special Census Agent Ivan Petroff reports Alaska’s native population is shrinking over the past decade while white and Chinese numbers grow. Temperance issues and alcohol temptations are blamed for depopulation, with Chinese laborers at canneries selling liquor to natives and fishermen, locking large seasonal wages with traders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Ivan Petroff
Esquimaux
Liquor use threats native Alaska races under American rule
The passage argues that whalers teach liquor use to natives, who then distil deadly drafts. It claims such abuses hasten Alaska native extinction and that Americans should not take pride in this byproduct of their rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Judge Ewing on Bank Directors and Duty
Judge Ewing’s ruling on Penn Bank directors frames their liability as limited by recent Supreme Court decisions while urging stronger director duties. It argues directors, though gullible, were not negligent beyond usual care, yet public demand for accountability grows. The piece urges statutes defining director responsibility, stronger exams, and compensation to ensure vigilant oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ewing
Penn Bank
Prepatee
Philadelphia
Europe tense as German Austrian rulers meet amid war fears
European nerves rise as the German and Austrian emperors hold a meeting amid heated press coverage after Sedan anniversary. The article warns war could ensue if mechanized armies clash, notes Alsace Lorraine as a peace threat, and suggests France and Germany may settle sooner than Moltke long predicted, with decisive action possible before twenty five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Sedan
Germany
Alsace
Lorraine
France
Moltke
Embargo Lifted on American Pork by Germany
Germany lifted the embargo on American pork allowing immediate imports with safety conditions. The move follows decades of bans by Italy, France, and German ports, and comes as corn crops surge. Britain led pork imports previously, with Germany and France close behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Italy
France
Hamburg
Bremen
Great Britain
Prosperity grows as markets open for American products
The article argues that European demand and a protective tariff boost American farmers and manufacturers across Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Texas, Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky. It notes the value of reciprocity, the rise of Mr. W. H Smith as a news dealer, and Governor Hill’s view on McKinley, while mentioning the Chicago World’s Fair manufactures building expanding to 40 acres and contrasting free trade with protective policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Texas
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Virginia’s missing representative novelist and novel
The Richmond Times laments Virginia lacks a fitting novelist and novel. It argues the state offers a rich field in its social history for fiction and urges Amelie Rives Chanter to invest in Virginian storytelling. It also notes Balinseeda’s past notoriety, now viewed unfavorably by some former rivals.
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Richmond Times
Virginia
the Times
Old Virginna
Amelie Rives Chanter
ColoreI E Jorr F Shepard in Chicago Sunday Exposition bid
The piece reports Col Shepard urging Sunday closing of the Exposition in Chicago met with disdain from locals. The Chicago Herald mocks his mission and even jokes about stumping him on a prairie with bricks. A separate item notes a Lawrenceville man who eloped with three women including his mother in law shows remarkable courage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Shepard
Chicago
Lawrenceville
Park Place Horror cited in song and local turmoil
A fragment from New York writers laments the Park Place disaster while Harrisburg politics focus on punishment for murder. The Democratic convention hails “Hangity and Harmony” amid accusations of lying in stage and ball ground. King Kelly’s 22000 annual salary is mocked against comic opera pay.
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New York
Park Place
New York 7Ritme
Notable Names Reach The World In Paris And Beyond
Dr W J Eroure, Shakespeare expert, makes his ninth international trip. Senator Hinerns of Delaware visits Paris as guest of General Adam King, US Consul General. Miss TH&Jo Alice Ruggles, Boston sculptor, two years old. Paris Salon exhibits noted. Astors and Newport couple stay at Danemead Westgate-on-Sea. Thomas A Sutherland of Portland drowned after attempting to catch ferry. Beaine and tastes in literature cited, Millanp joins Paris Academy as foreign correspondent. Mrs Annie Besant’s income from sociological works tops 4,500. General Butler’s wife praised for elocution. Baconian theory mentioned. Hoffman long-serving California judge. Montebello new French ambassador to St Petersburg. Sabin divorce recalls. Empress Augusta photographed in Berlin shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Eroure
Hinerns
Delaware
Paris
Adam King
United States
Th&jo Alice Ruggles
Boston
Wilgtam Astor
P. Jay
Newport
U.S. A
Money Bright
Danemead
Westgate-on-Sea
Thomas A. Sutherland
Portland
Ore
California
Beaine
William Busch
Clark Eussell
Stevenson
Howells
James
Hexey B. Millanp
New York
Paris Academie
Millard
Annie Besant
Theosophy
Charles Bradlaugh
General Butler
Fanny Kemble
Bacon
Ogden Hoffman
William J. Allen
Illinois
Count Montebello
St. Petersburg
France
Prench
8EX
Sabin
Berlin
Augusta
Wheat Receipts Break the Record at St Louis
Wheat receipts at St Louis for the past month of August reached 5,194,55 bushels, the heaviest single month on record. The increase over August last year was 3,085,018 bushels, and the figure surpasses all previous records by a wide margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Lovar
St. Louis
Democratic Platform Condemns Pennsylvania Republicans
Hargispore Sept. 3 platform adopts a detailed Democratic agenda denouncing the Republican Legislature for abuses in taxation and public funds, pledging reform, honest administration, and broad support for Governor Pattison, labor, and the Australian ballot. It condemns state officers and outlines governance aims and constitutional reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hargispore
Pennsylvania
Isbor
Republican Party of
John Bardsley
Miladelphia City
Potenty
Philadelphia
Commonwealth
Wigeey
John Baedsley
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
John Ley
Philadephia
Bardsley
Hardsley
Pattison
Roof Mercantile
Eee
Biiate
Mercantile
Lauer
Otand
Ohio
Ition
The Two Nominees, A Brief Outline of Wright and Tilden
Robert E. Wright, nominee for auditor general, was born in Allentown in 164 and as a young man entered a civil engineering office for thorough training. The outline profiles Wright and Tilden, highlighting their early careers and professional paths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
Tilden
Robert E. Wright
Allentown
Tilden’s political rise and 1830s era career noted at state level
The article chronicles the political activity of various figures including Chauncey Mack Pattison, Chauncey F. Black, and K. Sloan, with mention of Tilden born in Garrettsville Ohio August 2 1848. It traces Pattison’s gubernatorial nomination votes and Tilden’s lumber and farming beginnings and later roles in Erie County politics and the Grange Farmers Alliance. It notes his 26th district endorsement and eventual defeat to Matthew Griswold, plus his January appointment as deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hardsley
Philadelphia
John Bardsley
Republican Party of
Pennsylvania
Shegs
Greer
Republican State Convention
Law Department of the Commonwealth
Matthew 8
Quay
Onal
Chaunp Mack
Price
Nelson Academy
Michigan
Tilden
Erie County
French Creek
le Revull
Granger
Farmers’ Alliance
Congress
Erie
Crawford
Matthew Griswold
Pattison
Thiden
Uty
Commonwealth
Topical trifles and a mixed bag of hints
A collection of quirky line fragments touching on bread prices, rein makers, mushroom clubs, a New England rooster, Ohio Republicans, gas meters, and playful verses. The tone mimics light,杂 compiled newspaper squibs with fragments about social trends and seasonal observations.
Illinois Dedicates Three Monuments at Gettysburg Battle Site
On September 3 at Germantown Illinois dedicated monuments marking positions on the first day of July 1864. Governor Fifer and ex-Governor Beveridge led veterans and visitors to East Cemetery Hill Devil's Den and the wheat field. The Eighty second Infantry monument was unveiled with speeches by ex-Governor Beveridge and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germranvine
Ilinois
Fifer
Beveridge
East Cemetery Hill
Tllinois Republican Club
Washington
the Eighty-second Infantry
Bevers Presid
OUR MATL POUCH. Profit in American Ships
A letter to The Dispatch challenges Cramp on ship costs arguing that British wages materials and yards give foreign builders a cost edge. The writer claims Germany France and England dominate shipbuilding due to lower wages and bounty supports keeping orders from America. He urges American industry to wait as British firms absorb cargoes and praises Clyde yards. September 3, Paris.
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Dispatch
Cramp
Philadelphia
England
Scotland
Clyde
Pacific
Ciyee
France
Germany
America
Prrrancra
Modern Light on Ancient America Letter to the Editor
A reader rebuts a Sept issue claim that Roman Catholic missionaries reached Massachusetts 400 years before Columbus. The writer argues scholars must weigh ethnology and philosophy, not rely on Vatican claims, and questions why Galileo’s views on physics faced threats. Warrum, Sept 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Massachusetts
Columbus
Vatican
Gal
Warrum
Annexation of Cuba and slavery fears debate
Thomas Jon Dax of New York writes September 2 disputing a critique of his article on Cuba’s geographic and commercial links to the United States. He argues slavery cannot revive via Cuba acquisition and defends expansion into new markets for Union unity and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dispatch
Cuba
United States
Louisiana
Texas
California
Cerlat
United & Starea
Perry
Pittsburg
Thomas Jon Dax
New
Yor
Only Appointment Made by President Harrison Today
Special report from Carn May dated Sept 3 notes the sole appointment: Webster Flanagan named Collector of Customs for the Port of El Paso, Texas, succeeding F. P. Clark who resigned. Secretary Tracy departed for Washington at 9. General Sewell urged readiness as the President plans a hunting excursion tomorrow on the Manumuskin river.
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Carn
N. d
Webster Flanagan
el Paso
Texas
F. P. Clark
Secretey Tracy
Washiston
General Sewell
Oene
Msnrice Xirer
Deaths Here and Elsewhere Colonel John P Willard
Colonel John P Willard of the United States Army died at Seabright near New York City in his first year. Born in Brooklyn he spent early life in Troy and moved to Milwaukee before the war. He served as aide to General George H Thomas with rank of Captain on various staffs. He was breveted major for faithful service and breveted lieutenant colonel for meritorious service on June 15.
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John P. Willard
United States Army
Seabright
New York City
Brooklyn
Troy
Milwaukee
Eusteene
George H. Thomas
Phat
Pias Ville
Meek
Eakof Aioe
Looker On in Venice or Vienna Quotation Debate
A correspondent argues about a quotation error in a prior exchange. The letter confirms the Venice variant is correct, while noting an unfortunate mix of types caused the original misanswer. The author signs Elm Grove, Sept. 5, detailing the dispute over a line about a looker on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Vienna
BF. C. Elm Grove
Lake Erie and Western Strike Grows More Serious
The Lake Erie and Western strike is intensifying with no freight movement on the Lafayette and Indianapolis divisions. Judge Woods issued a restraining order to stop interference with train movements. In Peru a train was ready to run but was halted by strikers, while Sandy division workers remain out awaiting a Brotherhood decision on whether to cross the picket line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Erie and Western
Lafayette
Indianapolis
Judge Woods
Peru
Brotherhood of Trainmen
Daniel Skenandoah Oneida chief dies on farm near Oneida Castle
Daniel Skenandoah principal chief of the Oneida tribe died last week at his farm near Oneida Castle New York. In his tenth year He was a lineal descendant of the great Oneida chief Daniel Skenandoah who died in the era of the old Indian and Revolutionary wars. He was educated and a successful farmer and businessman. He was a Christian and followed conventional customs. He left a handsome fortune to his wife and eight children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Skenandoah
Oneida Castle
Ile
Death of W G Pixley Hospital Superintendent
W G Pixley, longtime Superintendent of the Municipal Hospital, died Wednesday evening after a sudden collapse attributed to heart trouble. He had served in the role since Brown's administration and leaves a widow and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Pixley
Pixley
Frown
Obituary notes list several notable deaths and ages
Obituary notes report W M Gorsa of Northernia dying at halons in Towanda aged 75. Exoce G Sweat y, a railroad contractor, dies aged 66 after work on roads across the county. FaxxY Norton, actress in the West, dies recently in Slaone aged 31, native of Copenhagen. Abba Johan Jinson is given as Tight name. Francesce Leortpe Agar, once noted French actress, dies at Odeon Comedie Francaise St Martin aged unknown. she was wife of a manager.
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W. M. Gorsa
Ahief
Northernia
Halons
Towanda
Exoce G. Sweaty
Coun Das
Woon- Locker
Faxxy Norton
Slaoe
Copenhagen
Serio
Abba Johan Jinson
Max
Francesce Leortpe Agar
Odeon
Comedie Francaise
St. Martin
Slo
Wip
M, & Maoaget
The Coming Plays At City Theaters This Week
The Haworth engagement at the Duquesne Theater opens with St. Mare the Soldier of Fortune and runs multiple nights including a Saturday matinee. A double bill of Fra Diavolo and Ruy Blas comes midweek. Sam T. Jack’s Creole Company starts at Harry Williams’ Academy next week after a New York sensation run. Arizona Joe’s border drama Black Hawks opens at Worlds Museum Theater next Monday with no price changes planned.
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Haworth
Duquesne Theater
St. Mare
Fra Diano
Booth
Ruy Blas
Sam T. Jack
Harry Williams
Academy
Mr. Jacks
New York
J. F. Govrner
Arizona Joe
Black Hawks
Pretty Allegheny Wedding and City Society Notes
A morning wedding joined Miss Nettie Cook of Allegheny to Mr. John Page of Lima Ohio at Union M E Church on Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev J J Molyar officiating. Guests shared luncheon then the couple planned a home in Lima and will visit Buffalo and Niagara Falls. The issue also notes charity excursions by the Society for the Improvement of the Poor, a large attendance at Silver Lake, and the twentieth anniversary of the Home for Aged Protestant Women at Wilkinsburg with a reception committee listed.
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Allegheny
Prospect
Nettie Cook
John Page
Lima
Union M. E. Church
Pennsyvania Avenue
J. J. Mollyar
Homestead
Buffalo
Ningars Falls
Paull
East End
Society For the Improvement of the Poor
Silver Lake
George Hodges
the Society For the Improvement of the Poor
Wilkinsburg
James Holmes
Samuel McKee
Judge Mellen
Mary L. Jackson
G.thurston
Mannie Jane Holmes
Frederic McKee
Dolly Pitcairn
Judge Mellon
So H. Thurston
M. L. Jackson
Jane Garman
Jenn’ M. Scott
Samuel Chadwick
Adede Paulson
Charles Arbuthnot
Ohn Dalzell
Alexander M. Speer
Hubert Brown
Alexander Watson
Samael Fulton
Alexander Bradley
Matilda Smith
James A. Scott
Judge Stowe
Samuel Fisher
John Caldwell
Mary Holmes
George Westinghouse
E. M. Bigelow
H. L. Rook
Arnox W Krxe School of Oratory Opens with Entertainment
Arnox W Krxe’s School of Oratory opened last evening with King performing reads and recitations aided by former pupils. The opening drew a large audience and laughter followed the program, with a large student roll expected next season. A new $2,000 pipe organ will be dedicated tonight at bare Prea Spare Church with recitations by Henry Browne and local musicians assisting. The season at Eastern Pennsylvania Institution for the Blind begins after vacation with about 30 pupils enrolled. Walter G Taylor of Lor cakes shop assisted at the wedding of the bride’s sister in Sharpsburg. Y M C A Sharpab plans a course of three lectures and two concerts. the first will be announced soon. Pittsburg Conference of the M E church meets at Uniontown September 30. Silver Lake will host a goon band event tomorrow. The Soldiers’ Monument at Homestead will be dedicated September 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnox W. Krxe
School of Oratory
King
Alwa
Henry Yre Browne
Tate Tabernacle
Brooklyn
Pennsylvania
Gtbe
Walter G. G Taylor Lor
Cakes Seas
Peee Pal
Ralston School
Yasak
Burg
Sharpab
Pittsburg
M. E. Church
Uniontown
H. Fowler
California
Silver Lake Goon
Morrow
Cnc
Homestead
Deluded Hebrews Seek Farm Settlement in Brazil Returns
Forty three Hebrew immigrants lured from New York and Philadelphia to Maranham Brazil returned to port aboard the Altance. They faced false promises of acres of land, a house, two horses, an ox team and 154 dollars monthly. Government inducements, early payments, militia intervention, and arrests marked their sojourn before exile and release led to their repatriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philadelphia
Maranham
Brazil
Jacob Silver
Beasties
Silver
Ranham
Maranhan
AL Tance
Travelers fill pages with names and distant places
The report lists numerous individuals passing through the city and traveling abroad or to nearby resorts. Notables include State Senator T. W. O Reilly of St. Louis, Mrs. Biddle Arthurs, Miss Jennie Arthurs, and many others from Philadelphia, Melbourne, Westminister, and beyond. Several anticipate business conditions or plan trips to Capon Springs and New Orleans, with social arrivals noted at the Seventh Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. O'Reilly
St. Louis
Europe
Paris
P. Bevan
Melbourne
Victoria
Thomas Barnard
Western Union Telegraph Company
Buffalo
C. A. Brayton
Cleveland
John A. Wilson
Franklin
Anderson
T. Means
Forcet County
Biddle Arthurs
Jennie Arthurs
Lake Chautauqua
Seventh Avenue
D. Armstrong
D. Hastings
Sadie Ritts
St Petersburg
Judge Reynolds
Philadelphia
Chicago
N. A. McKeilip
Westminster
William Anderson
Center Avenue
New Orleans
Frank
H. K. Johnson
Curious Condensations From The Times Of The World
A sweeping miscellany notes 60,000 New York night workers and 325 electric railroads worldwide. Blondes seasick more than brunettes. a 26 inch Clark lens for the Naval Observatory near ready. An iron buoy drifts to Ireland. fires, strikes, odd science, and curious local tales fill the item with brief, varied curiosities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
Shenton Aia
Alvin Clark
United States Naval Observatory
Pickings From Pack a Fragmented Social Scene
A collage of sly quips and clipped exchanges from a rural gathering. Dialogues include a boy testing belief with his father, a parish talk interrupted by cider and tickets, a doctor suggesting goat milk, a judge probing a prisoner, and various quirky exchanges with editors and reporters. The piece reads as humorous vignettes and overheard mishearings across a community setting.
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Judge Ewing
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McKinley
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Harrisburg
Tr Dalzell
Te Gas Meter
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Chile
Juperxa
Gettysburg
Harrison
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United States Lighthouse Service
Atlantic
Ireland
Dakes
Lawrence
OS Halliday
San Francisco
St. Charles
Brookfield
Conn
Shem
St. Augustine
Kate Chase
Canonchet
New Republic
Chateau Champlain
Court House
Ringgold
Chicamauga River
Connecticut
Williamantic River
Johnny
Mr. Whaleback
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Doris Geiny
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