Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-05
YESTERDAYS GREAT PAPER.
Summary of Lending Features OF the Mann
moth 90. P,o Edirior

Summary of Lending Features OF the Mann
moth 2O-PnRe Edition.
Yesterday THE DIsPAToH went out to its
5000 patrons filled from the first to the last OF
Its 20 broad pages with the freshest news and
the choicest literary productions. 1t was all
wholesome, entertaining, instructive reading
matter. An increasing army of readers find ii
indispensable.
London was on tiptoe Saturday in expecta-
lion OF the grand labor parade scheduled for
yesterday. There were wild riots in Spain, ana
barcelona was in possession Of mob. Inc
Germans have been outgeneraled by the En-
giisn In scheme for annexing African terri
tory. Merchants, manufacturers and mine
owners In Germany are combining to oppose
strikes. Opium is said TO have been one cause
OF Bismarcks downfall-the Emperor thought
| the Chancellor used IL.
Senator Beck, of Kentucky, fell dead in
railroad station at Washington at P. M. He
lett New York in the morning apparently in
his usual health. The President of the Bank
of America and the teller of a branch concern
were arrested at Philadelphia as a sequel of
the recent failures. The McComas bill was
| reported to Congress- with arguments for and
against it. Mayor Grant was before the Fas-
sett Investigating Committee to testify regard
ing the Doodle cases. Reed is being doomed
for the Presidency by some of his enrhu-
siastic friends. Frank G. Carpenter has
been investigating New England farms.
He finds in New Hampshire 300 productive
ones that are idle. He thinks they would be
good investment. Colonel a. X. Mcclure, of
Philadelphia, interviewed in New York. inti-
mates that Pattisons nomination is probable.
Other interesting points on State politics, the
letters OF Z. I. Murray and the Topical Talker,
the music world and baseball reports, were
features Of the first part.
II.
The American Mechanics have been
indorsing George shiras' candidacy for
Congress. and have been called down
by the State Councillor. A Pitrsburg
electrician has invented a cheap ice-making
machine. The attempt to get the musicians
into the Trades Council failed. President
Evans resigned from office. An Allegheny
young woman was locked up for defraudIng
shopkeepers Thomas Carey, employed on the
new Government building. was accidentally
killed by the breaking of derrick. Attorney
William M. Price has been sued by William
Moyle for 5000 damage for libel. Ida Tucker
departed for Norwich, N. Y, in custody of an
officer.
Thomas Nast's cartoons and Willis Hawkins
running comments on Washington scenes
formed one of the many good features of the
second part. w. H. Crane wrote of stage
Gags" and Baron Won NJ. of IAN Empress Re-
cluse"-Elizabeth of Austria. L. N. Megargee
furnished pen pictures and "reminiscences of
Pfaff's-a famous Bohemian resort in New
York. A chat with Lotta was Frank Carpen-
ter's interesting subject. THE Art of Boxing"
by the great John L. Sullivan himself; G. A.
Orr's African letter, and articles by w. L.
-I1. IL,
in this part of the paper. Part third contained
Miss Grundy's gossip, Howard Fielding's
humor Fannie Wards Mexican letter, the con-
tinuation of Prince Lubomirskfs novel, the
woman's world, and papers by Purdy, Shoppell,
Rev. George Hodges and many others. 1t was
a fine paper. whether viewed from journal
lists or q critics standpoint.