Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-18
YESTERDAYS DISPATCH.
Brief Summary of Leading Features of the
Mammoth Double Number.

brieI summary OF Leading Features oil Inc
Mammoth Double Number.
Full accounts of the earthquake disaster at
San Jose, Costa Rica, show that terrible ruin
was wrought. The entire city was wrecked,
200 people killed outright, 1000 injured and
many thousands rendered homeless Accord
ing to Samoan advices, the Germans IN that
kingdom continue to act in high-handed
manner and the rights of American and En-
glish residents have been violated repeatedly.
Martial law has been proclaimed. Bismarck's
organs deny the truth of the rumor that he is
to retire from the Chancellorship. The trouble
in France is causing anxiety in Berlin. Presl-
dent Carnot is confronted with the same prob
lem that General Harrison is seeking to solve
the formation of Cabinet 1t is predicted
that Boulanger's triumph will be shortliyed.
Prince de Gourie, who once made love to Mrs.
Frank Leslie, turns out to be jailbird. Mon
treal suffered from S150,000 fire. The batch
of cable gossip from London was unusually in
teresting.
Window is believed to have been invited to
become Secretary of the Treasury under Har-
rison. 1t is thought that J. w. Noble, OF st.
Louis will also be offered place. Mrs. Cleve-
land held her last reception at the White
House. At Glenville. Mimi, young man
named Chemelke murdered three women and
then com mitted suicide. In West county. W.
Va, John Elsmer killed his wife, two daugh-
ters and the hired girl. then burned his house.
He has been arrested. The questions of free
textbooks and of manual training in the public
schools are likely to come prominently before
the Pennsylvania Legislature. Olive Logan,
who has been added to the list of regular con-
tributors to THE DISPATCH, furnished an in
teresting column of Washington gossip.
Belva Lockwood talked of her hobbies to
DISPATCH reporter. Local politics are the
question of the hour, and lively contests are
already in progress in many of the wards. Rev.
F. r. Scully, of Lawrenceville, is missing. The
Westinghouse interests will start foundry
and machine shop at Wilmerding. Four work.
men were attacked by several persons on
Forty-first street. and Michael Ca7aDaugh was
stabbed, it is thought fatally. Adhesion made
by Judge Stowe ten years ago, regarding the
liability of corporations for injuries resulting
in death, has been sustained by the Supreme
Court, reversing a former decision of the same
court. Real estate men favor making May
instead of April moving day."
Reviews of sporting events, sporting news,
the market page, editorials the music world,
and other regular departments were replete
with interesting reading.
Joaquin Miller's romance, ''The Buried
River" grows in interest as the plot of the
story is more fully developed. Frank Car
penter's letter contained an interesting ac-
count of the Peking Gazette, the oldest news
paper in the world, also description of other
peculiar institutions of the famous Chinese
city. Bill Nye reviewed the history of the mar
riage of the Duke of Marlborough, and gave
some advice to would-be duchesses Dr.. Ham
mond's paper dealt with the functions of the
human heart and the causes of heart disease.
Prof. Shaler explained why he believes that
the copper trust must perish. Mrs. Frank
Leslie discussed women's tempers and told why
married people sometimes disagree. Wake
man wrote from the wilds of Connemara, Bessie
Bramble from the sunny South and Clara
Belle from the Metropolis. NJ. NJ. told
of the sights at the sub-tropieal exposi-
tion. Kate Kamera, who succeeded in gaining
admission to the most famous of womens
clubs, the Sorosis, gave bright and humorous
pen picture of the scenes and incidents of
Monday night meeting. A New York corre-
spondent explained the curious game known
as hurling. Henry Norman portrayed the
monks of Korea; Barney told of a remarkable
character who once lived in Westmoreland
county; Blakely Hall furnished one of his most
entertaining letters; Goodfriend continued his
story of the journeyings of the All-American
ball team: Ouida gave her views on art In
fluences; Bartlett told how the work of build
ing cars and locomotives is conducted; Shirley
Dare. Rev. George Hodges, "A Clergyman"
and other writer's also contributed valuable
The number and variety of the subjects
treated by so many writer's of well-known
ability made the second part of yesterdays
DISPATCH compendium of good literature
rarely if ever surpassed in the columns of a
newspaper.