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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1892
Page
2
A garbled passage discusses race and advantage in a race scene, mentioning a “Caucasian” and wagering in Brooklyn. The text is fragmented and lacks clear facts, people, or events to establish a coherent report.
The Corbett special train reached Charlotte at 1 PM with his training car loose. He trained vigorously, sparred with Daly, and enjoyed a festive reception by the Southern clubs. A rabbi foot token was given for luck, and Corbett later spoke to crowds in Salisbury and Greensboro before returning to the hotel.
The Betting Barometer shows heavy wagering at Harrison & Co. rooms near the St Charles Hotel with bets on McAuliffe, McArdive, Dixon, Myer and Corbett. Large stakes include 1,000 and 1,500 busts on Sullivan and related bets across Crescent Poolroom and others. Report notes 98 newspaper men traveling and telegraph efforts to cover the event amid crowding and temptation to view the betting action.
Rivalry grows between the Duquesne and Citizens' Transit Companies as they push separate routes to Wilkinsburg in Pittsburgh's East End. Duquesne plans a Hamilton Avenue to Fifth and Penn avenues corridor with a double track by week’s end, plus transfers at Fifth and Shady. Citizens' line targets Frankstown Road and Homewood, with service to Wilkinsburg once paving advances.
Gottfried Stoehr of Allegheny describes the Veendam steerage quarantine on Hoffman's Island. He recalls clothesharvesting, crowded bunks, and barge transfers, with delays and strict inspections before discharge to New York. He notes 26 Hamburg deaths and says quarantine harmed emigrants while cholera rumors spread. Stoehr, 45, lives at 61 Spring Garden Ave with family.
City health inspectors paused field work as officials met to review cholera prevention efforts. Mayor and department heads plan reports from Saturday and Sunday, while debate over lowering Davis Island dam to drain rivers continues amid physician protests. River flood conditions may aid cleaning, though experts warn of typhoid risk. Chief Brown notes ongoing cleanup will ramp up with little cause for complaint by week’s end.
Dr E A Wood urges officials to compel removal of garbage from back yards and private dwellings. He argues urging fails with the most careless residents and that a compulsory clean up is needed to prevent evil from rotting refuse.
The author condemns poor garbage practices, warns of cholera risks, and calls for city teams to inspect streets. He urges councils to empower action, require barrels on sidewalks, and notify residents through the press with penalties for families that refuse or neglect compliance.
Mayor Kennedy and Chief Murphy led a survey of dangerous districts along Spring Garden Avenue and Butcher’s Run, spraying lime along banks and warning that cholera germs in Pittsburgh sewer taints the Allegheny water. Doctors urge boil-water defense as city debates a new supply and possible connections.
Xavier Bell and John Rudolph, arrived from New York via Bremen, faced quarantine for cabin passengers but were allowed to land after one day. They reported no illness aboard and described health officers reviewing travel histories before release to New York City. Other locals named include E Sharpe of the city and Mr Leal of McKeesport.
Rumor spread that five patroneuts from plague ships reached the city hours earlier with possible ties to the Moravia. Officials conducted a search but found no evidence of such persons, though some transoceanic passengers were identified as arriving locally on noninfected ships.
Two police officers Peter Monteverde Ventenio Sparrano and Malin and McConeghy faced a magistrate Hyndman yesterday after being accused of drunken behavior. They were discharged by an alderman, then suspended by Inspector MacLaughlin and scheduled for a hearing before Chief Brown Tuesday morning.
Early yesterday morning DMecer Dittmer reported Mrs. McCaffrey of 16 Lowry Street fired three shots at her husband Thomas McCaffrey. A revolver was found on the table. No arrests were made as McCaffrey resisted. the case will be investigated.
Michael Flaherty of Mansfield died after falling from a Pan handie freight train near Cork's Run tunnel at Sheridan while returning home from the pouity. The boat was taken to Mansfield for transport.
Readable fragment notes a blanket sale today at the corner of Penn Avenue, with prices discounted by about a quarter under rule or regulation.
Special agent Walter B. Palmer visits Pittsburgh to gather data on building and loan associations in Allegheny County for a semi annual Labor Department volume. He outlines convict leasing history in Tennessee, discusses causes of recent unrest near Coal Creek, and notes possible state measures including prison labor plans and abolition of convict contracts.
Weihe left town with a detachment of Homestead labor activists aboard trains to attend Labor Day meetings in various states. William Wehle planned to speak in Alliance, Ohio, while Hugh O Donnell and Hugh Ross were omitted for not reporting. Union mills reported no changes as workers held their regular daily meeting.
Amalgamated Association officials insist the Shoenberger strike continues despite reports of workers returning. Prominent strikers accuse two committee members of treachery for crossing back in, while pay rates at Bellairo Mingo Junction Oliver and Laughlins mills are cited as influencers. Mills on Sixteenth Street run single or double turns as firms plan staged reopens. Union lodges met at Floyd's Hall vowing to maintain steel and iron price scales to match rivals.
William Thaw Jr. died in Cologne after a long illness. He sailed from New York with his wife and son. he had been a prominent Pittsburgh banker and railroad investor, serving as chairman of Hecla Coke Company and director of Bank of Pittsburgh and Monongahela Insurance. He left a wife, a son, and a daughter, with relatives planning to bring his remains home.
Miss Chandler daughter of James Chandler of 17 West Carson street woke to a noise at about 3 am. She struck the intruder with a chair as he fled down the stairs through a rear window, leaving his shoes in the kitchen. Police were alerted but no arrest noted.
At the Twelfth ward station 98 arrests were reported for Saturday night with Judge McKenna disposing of two cases yesterday morning. A man named James Mulchney of 124 Penn avenue was fined 80 dollars plus costs and four months to the workhouse for abusing his mother and three children. John Thomas attacked Daniel Satler on Market street and Second avenue, receiving a ten dollar fine and costs or days to the workhouse. Samuel McCoy faced 25 dollars and costs or 10 days for beating his brother H C McCay after a dispute over a girl. A confectionery at 681 Brownsville avenue was robbed of candy and tobacco worth 15 dollars, while a gun store owned by Joseph Pollitt in the same area was broken into and revolvers and ammunition worth 5 dollars taken. Several other thefts were reported in the district and Thomas Maloney, an 11-year-old boy, 65, was held for hearing before Magistrate Succop today.
Police captured William Eggerton and Thomas Toles, both youths, linked to stealing Sunday papers from Oakland doors. Inspector McLaughlin led the chase after residents complained of losses, noting the suspects took papers to Fifth Avenue to sell. Eggerton received ten days in jail. Torley was spared jail due to youth and given a reprimand.
The Half Moon Club at Grilly's Grove on the Southside held its annual corn bake yesterday with about 300 attendees and a fine time reported. Nearby the Excelsior Club, also on the Southside, held its bake with around 250 attendees.
An old advertisement touts Forsford's Acid Phosphate as a remedy for fatigue from overwork. It promotes mental refreshment and renewed energy through a tonic claimed to aid the nervous system and brain fatigue.
Strikers at Homestead weigh returning to work as foreign workers gather outside the mill. Leaders dispute worker return, while military officials discuss precautions. Captain Windsor is reprimanded for a disputed order amid tensions. Reports note alien workers and foremen fearing injuries, with militia watching developments.
Mrs. Milton Jones of Roberts Street fell while descending stairs to the basement carrying hot coffee. The spill burned her head face and arms with severe scalds. physicians say she has slight chances for recovery.
Lieutenant Cramer and several officers raided two speakeasies in the district yesterday. The establishments run by Mrs. Mary Flaherty and Patrick Moran on Acorn Street in the Twenty Third Ward were sealed and the prisoners were jailed at the Fourteenth Ward station.
A boy named Schull, aged M years, was killed yesterday afternoon by a passing train at Sewickley. The body was severely mutilated with limbs torn from the trunk and the head crushed in the accident.
A. Clark Bane of the Wood Street wall paper jobbers arrived from New York yesterday. He placed an order with the National Pace Annotation for his firm's fall and spring tracts and says they will carry leading machinery lines in this market for the association.
Mrs. Johanus Mead a 72 year old resident of Spring alley fell at the Catholic Episcopal residence on Grant Street fracturing her thigh. Deemed demented and later held for drunkenness she is in Mercy Hospital under care with priests disputing die circumstances and a possible mental decline noted by Father Canevin.
Three mills stock in hand sold out a fourth under value giving shoppers a full benefit. Jon Honxe and Co advertise savings during the sale on Penn Avenue.
Excursions scheduled for September 6 7 8 and 9 offering trips to the Butlee Fair. Details on departure times and fares are listed in the community note with contact points for arrangements.
UGUS & ACKE announces a fall collection of ladies wraps jackets and capes with the largest and best line yet. Featuring imported patterns from English French and German markets at low prices. Cheviot and Worsted jackets offered at 8 10 and 12 dollars and new Mackintosh styles in large assortment at Cor Fifth Ave and Market St.
This morning we launch a remarkable blanket sale offering the largest quantity ever seen. Shoppers gain about twenty five percent savings due to purchases from three major mills secured under market prices, with the savings passed directly to customers. Leading items from this sale promise exceptional value for households across the city and surrounding counties.
A large blanket sale features 115 pairs scarlet all wool blankets at 2.50 per pair, 98 pairs white all wool with striped borders at 3.50, 75 pairs white guaranteed pure wool at 3.75, and 130 pairs unwapped all wool country blankets at 5.00. Rose of Sharon and Golden Fleece lines offered at substantial under-value prices plus underpriced California blankets. Muslin sheets pillow cases and bolster cases discounted about 25 percent with various low prices.
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