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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1892
Page
7
The mayor at a meeting of city officials calls for immediate suits against owners who neglect to clean filthy lots and urges a prompt method to charge owners. He also stresses the need for a plan to dispose of garbage and to keep streets clean and water pure to fight cholera and other filth diseases.
The sheriff pledges a shake up for deputies not suppressing riotous proceedings at Homestead. Critics say the move is tardy given prior warnings and experience showing weak policy risks a suspension of the law. The article notes the need for prompt and vigorous action to maintain order.
A editorial argues for stronger sheriff's deputies to maintain peace in Homestead, condemns weak law enforcement, and urges reform. It then discusses the 1880s political landscape, praising protectionist manufacturing policy and warning against free trade, with attention to West Virginia and Southern states' manufacturing development.
The article argues quarantine safeguards are essential despite passenger complaints. It notes losses to steamship firms and private discomfort for travelers like Miss Lottie Collins, Senator Mc Pherson, and A M Palmer, but emphasizes public safety over individual ruin. It calls for better provisions for quarantined passengers to reduce disease risk while protecting the shore population.
A Chicago Herald critique charges the Republican party with causing cholera through free trade policies and immigrant labor programs. It argues land grant corporations lure foreigners with false promises, linking cholera to Democratic cities and comparing U S and London outbreaks as proof.
In a critique of the Herald's stance, the writer attacks a link between Republican immigration policy and cholera, arguing Democrats would curb immigration. The piece lampoons the logic as inconsistent, noting cholera has not yet arrived and scoffs at blaming either side.
The health authorities announce moving healthy passengers held on ships with cholera cases to Sandy Hook. Quarantine remains strict during transfer and in new surroundings until officers are sure dispersal will not spread disease. The change is humane and hygienic, reducing risk and inconvenience.
TRE ordinance framed by Chief Brown aims to stop dirty practice on the South side where residents have used old coal mine workings as sewerage depots. The measure promises to curb filth and disease, with strong council support expected Monday.
Last month the nation spent 10 million on fire laws, lifting the year’s total to 397 million. Despite this, new inflammable and combustible buildings rise with or without the label fire proof, and are left undisturbed.
The Cooley gang continues midnight robbery and torture, preying on elderly and women. State manufacturing for county offices is under way with elections not until a year from November, showing local politics are more lively than national.
Commentary notes the Salzeburg conferees finally nominate after 438 ballots and predicts campaign dynamics. It contrasts Corbett’s pledge to abstain with past victory rhetoric and hints at political tensions amid quarantine and looming autumn factors.
Prof Sumner of Yale fisches and mends nets in a Pomeranian Baltic village. The item notes travel and study by eminent scholars abroad with brief sidelong mentions of other figures.
Leaders of both parties claim comfort from this week’s state election results. Arkansas shows a bigger Democratic edge aided by a new ballot system. Vermont narrows Republican gains though the national canvass weakens. Western Democrats foresee gains in the electoral college as Illinois Indiana Wisconsin and other states tilt. The contest in Ohio Texas and West Virginia shapes up with heavy campaigning and party defection rumors.
A fragment notes that no vacancy will occur in Pennsylvania's Secretary of State office while Chairman Harrity can prevent it, leaving the position filled unless an election or death intervenes.
Stevenson asserts he knows exactly what Senator Hill intends to do and says he has a clear scoop on David. The remarks frame Hill’s likely moves and position the candidate with detailed insights.
Report notes no quarantine on snap protests but Democrats avoid visible activity in New York during campaign. Local outlets emphasize restraint as tensions rise ahead of upcoming elections.
The poet journalist Sir Edwin Arnold arrived in New York after six weeks in Japan and dismissed quarantine as ineffective. He argued cholera cannot be prevented by closing ports, urging isolation of the sick instead and asserting little fear of the disease. He urged ordinary habits and noted his own unproven preventive routine of five drops of hydrochloric acid each morning. He plans to return to London to edit the Telegram.
The two rival Ohio Conference Evangelical Association factions met in Finding with the Esher group holding the church. Bishop Breyfowel presided the later conference. Reports said the majority’s secret session discussed the Missionary Treasury. Members Sherick Harpster Rite were expelled by the Esher Conference. The minority met at First Methodist Episcopal with Bishop Dubs explaining the reasons for action.
At Wannars Pennsylvania the Methodist Episcopal Conference opens with sermons by bishops. Eight ministers join full connection while Corry wins the next conference site. Rev H H Moore faces public attention for a past scandal and Mrs Davison files immorality charges and legal actions.
Chicago breweries form a trust to purchase saloons in the city with a joint fund of 6 000 000 dollars. The aim is to buy the best paying establishments and operate them for the benefit of the trust, with Milwaukee breweries also involved.
Editorials from multiple papers praise Jimmy Corbetts victory over John Sullivan in New Orleans. They wager that temperance and modern habits beat raw strength, noting public relief and moral lessons. The coverage emphasizes youth over age and warns against excessive drinking.
The Cleveland Leader notes no English manufacturer or statesman endorses reciprocity as shad and the issue remains unsettled with few public defenders or critics evident in current discussions.
The Louis Globe-Democrat notes that in this country the majority rules and asserts President Harrison is unquestionably with that majority. The brief reflects a political stance praising the President as aligned with popular support.
A clipped, cryptic note from the Toledo Blade hints at political maneuvering, with mentions of Adin and Adial, suggesting internal pressure while criticizing an underlying bill seen as a straw-spook tactic. The fragmentary language implies a wary stance toward forthcoming legislation and public perception.
Multiple death notices and obituaries reported including Bishop Traornr O Mahony of Toronto, Rev J M Hastrses, Joe English temperance lecturer in Jersey City, Thomas H Hadaway actor aged 61, Italian general and statesman General ExaioCialomst, Arthur Brexp Wintersotham MP, and veteran Cirencester MP who shifted party allegiance after 1885.
The erratic early fall weather confuses dressmakers and women as they order gowns to fit shifting temperatures. Descriptions include a heavy stay cloth tailor-made gown with basque and bone portemanteau trim, a Huseian style long coat with fur trim, and camel hair shot with gold outfits. Mas. J. E. Ewins hosts a refined dinner, and the twenty-fifth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ashford is celebrated with a lawn supper and dancing. The Woman's Missionary Society closes a steady Allegheny meeting and Miss Evita Moyne plans marriage to Russell L. Mitchell from Joseph Horne & Co.
Tax Lyric Club led by Prof. T. . Kirk will begin rehearsals next Thursday evening for a winter theater production of The Pirates of Penzance. The amateurs are strong musicians and a creditable performance is assured. D A Hayes of Pennsvenne has just returned from a summer outing in Atlantic City.
The Pennsylvania World's Fair building committee awarded Vittela Co. Chicago $1900 for mantels and $4500 for furniture while Chapmen Decoration Co. of Philadelphia lands decorating work. Women's Committees to fund reception furnishings up to 2000. Bids for drapery and floor coverings set with $5000 cap and electric fixtures up to $180. Bids open October 5. Troop participation for dedicatory ceremonies trimmed due to cost. only the Governor and staff will attend. Roenick of Pittsburg withdrew bid to avoid conflicts with suppliers.
Acting Secretary Spaulding informed the War Department that Colonel O M Poa of Detroit correctly requires customs certificates proving toll compliance for vessels passing St. Marys Falls. Marquette collectors will issue certificates to masters, shown to engineers before canal locking.
A marriage in Locaport, New York, between William Selknowy and Lena Doty, performed by Mrs Anca Louise Hobinson of the Spiritnatet society at Mizpah Hall, raises questions of legality since conducted by a woman. The couple began a Western honeymoon as of the report.
Mrs John Kernell rushed to New York after a dispatch from Tony Pastor's theater manager Sanderson stated Harry Kernell's insanity is progressive and requires incarceration in an asylum for expert treatment. The message reached Mrs Kernell early this morning and she traveled on the first train, informing her husband in Brooklyn.
A long list of curiosities from around the world notes Dublin’s whiskey prominence, Japanese electric firms, Scottish and Egyptian oddities, ancient beliefs, and feats including a 1,000 mile telegraph line to Madras. It surveys strange facts from science, biology, and daily life with minimal context.
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