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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1892
Page
2
In a crowded chamber discussion, factions argue over Speaker successions and campaign timing. The Mills and Crisp contest dominates, with Wilson and McMillin as potential challengers. Southern support for sugar bounty repeal hinges on tariff plans, with Lagan signaling regional alignment and revenue effects.
Charles Norris treasurer of a Liberty Street Baptist Church was arrested as he prepared to leave the city. Neighbors say he claimed climate prompted the move, while accusers allege he took church money and gave it to multiple members to cover the theft. Witnesses followed Norris to the depot and he admitted to carrying the funds.
The Letra Session Problem is framed as a Cleveland affair with Congressmen Mansur Stone and Owens, plus Henry and Ay Senens, discussing funding and an extra session. They urge Henry’s winter trip to Washington while opposing broad cash for current programs, and push for cautious steps aligned with the President’s guidance.
Georgeiemy reports progress as three lodges finish in Caion and Foungstown with two new lodges formed in the Seonal Caion of Iron and Steel Workers. A new Youngstown branch named Loyally Ledee So 5 includes the Dnisvers in the Amitre we loon Company as the group seeks independence from the Amwhamated Association in Duuligetown.
The Therans J Morley Republican Club will open club rooms at 124 Renepeenth street on Friday evening. Olive belongs to the State League with a 2 membership of S Leds the first of it s ee to Sowthstve. Major semaneake Durleigh wad obners will nake Phemohos.
A council gathering of the 0.0.A. M on the Boutyside announces an open meeting. State officials will address the audience and discuss the immigration question and related public concerns.
William Reese, a Cass avenue mill worker, is arrested on burglary and arson charges after stolen jewelry is found on him. The Davis home on McClure avenue was robbed and set ablaze as daughter Miss Davis screamed from her third floor room. A back window entry and hobnailed shoe marks are cited as clues, with Reese identified by footprints and a statement of past petty thefts.
If that lot of yours is not yet sold try advertising it in The Dispatch ads. The note urges sellers to place a classified advertisement to reach potential buyers through the newspaper's notices and listings.
The Musical Mutual Protective Talon held its annual meeting in Saller's Hall and elected officers for the year. President C. H. William Riche, Vice President J. M. Allen, Secretary Joan A. Hibbard, Treasurer Charles W. Gernert, Trustees Charlies Hewels J. FP. Roontek Charles W. Gaston, Executive Board Daniel Leach John Gernert Edward Lewis Emil Haverkorn Peter Haroard Thomas Griffith Joseph J. Corcoran. The union reports record prosperity with 490 members and over $3,000 in the treasury.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Jacob M. Gusky and her brother Leri DeWolff escaped injury when a runaway carriage in Fifth Avenue crashed into a telegraph pole at Boundary Street. The driver and occupants were shaken but unharmed. bystanders aided their exit from the wreck.
The annual memorial service of the Lodge of Sorrow Pittsburg Lodge No. 1 B P C E was held last evening in the Grand Opera House. The program opened with an organ voluntary by A C Page and the opening ceremonies with the lodge singing. W G Lee gave a eulogy on the dead of the past year, Grace Cready sang Sleep Well, J P McCord spoke on the order, and George Elphinane offered a general eulogy. Doxology closed the event as attendees joined in. Over 1,000 persons were present.
United States plate glass manufacturers met in Pittsburg to plan a production cut amid ruinous price drops and overstocking. A committee was to apportion shutdowns by plant capacity, but jealousies and inflated claims stalled any agreement.
Express companies and the post office brace for holiday business as Palmer notes a rising package volume and merchants cut prices. Am erican Express general manager Vaillant says express trade is 25 percent higher than last year while Americans abroad send remittances to Europe.
President Garland of the Amalgamated Association and officials met in Youngstown with Ma honing Valley Iron Company officers for ten days to classify the mill. A late-night/early-morning session ended with a wage scale decision for the plate mill workers formerly outside the regular scale. Fires were ordered lit in the plate mill after eight months idle as the classification dispute closed.
Chicago formed by merging leading wire firms aims to control trade with exceptional market influence. Investor shares include H. Lacey 30,000 at 3 million, Fro H. Proman 65,000 at 504 thousand, and Thomas Chadwick 5,000 at 500 thousand.
Police led a raid against Oakland district speakeasies under Inspector Melanchlin. All venues were found closed and orderly. no arrests or disturbances were reported during the visits.
Snap shots from Gran ham Bros stable report a team of ponies hitched to an open barouche stolen on Forbes street. Ft Wayne fireman Joux Gray was injured at a Washington avenue crossing, and Moorhead W. CT U. drew a large audience for a meeting on Second avenue and Grant street with brief addresses from Mrs. J. M. Foster and others.
Bronnatu & Co announces a premium assortment of holiday goods with tall clean stock and early availability. The firm claims the best selection of the season and invites shoppers to view their new arrivals at 4 Firth avenues.
A brief promotional note claims Horsford's Acid Phosphate restores energy and vigor where there has been exhaustion. It highlights renewed vitality for individuals seeking improved well being.
Clergy and pastors in the city debate the social evil issue as Mayor Gourley enforces orders to shut disorderly houses. Officials like Mayor Gourley, Chief Brown, and Police Superintendent O Mara navigate public response while ministers defend mercy and justice within the law. Community leaders discuss affected women and overall city moral standards.
Rev Dr McCrory at Third U P Church assails city crime and urges police arrest and trial of women he calls proscribed. He contrasts Jesus forgiving a sinful woman with police actions against supposed street hordes, urging faith leaders to back harsher punishment.
Rev George T Street of Mr Washington Baptist Church preached on Romans 6 21 outlining the consequences of vice and the harvest of a sinful life. He warned that sowing vice leads to corruption and moral death, while perseverance in the new life preserves manhood and spiritual life.
At Seventh U P Church Rev Dr Sands urged adherence to biblical law as the people s schoolmaster and called on juries and magistrates to follow it. He warned that judges and magistrates too often let sympathy interfere with proper enforcement of the law.
In a sermon Rev. E R Donehoo of the Eighth Presbyterian Church argued against expecting lasting reform from current municipal efforts to curb the social evil. He urged Christian leaders to replace city officials with those willing to duty and to admonish sinners while avoiding intrusion into private lives.
Rev. J A Boyden at Grace Presbyterian argues the church must apply the Gospel to aid the erring and support prohibition efforts. He condemns public officials for tolerating vice and urges Christian action to reclaim the lost and provide meaningful moral life.
Rev J W Sproull of Allegheny R P Church spoke on The Power of Public Sentiment urging action against slavery intemperance and social evils. He argued gradual growth of sin, called for stronger laws and for women to gain voting rights to reform society.
A fragmentary editorial argues for blending mercy with justice as a Christian duty. It condemns past slurs and urges the faithful to support lawful, moral reform, praising Christianity as a guiding light against social evils and pagan influences.
The Salvation Army held a crowded meeting at the old Liberty Street M E Church, with many women present. Officers spoke of redeeming hard cases, forming a rescue home in Pittsburgh, raising funds slowly, feeding the hungry, and placing workers. Outsiders behaved well and the Army gains public respect locally.
Rev. Mr. Oldham of Butler Street M E Church praised Mayor Gourley for his stance on disorderly houses and urged Chief Brown to follow the mayor’s instructions. He defended Rev. McCrory as persecuted and argued ministers should not house offenders, noting jails and penitentiaries exist for such cases.
A speaker explains the method for filling rooms by advertising in a cent a word column called THE D s- PATCH, highlighting a historic classified approach to leasing.
Edward McGlade, 58, a former New Yorker now employed at Carnegie's Howestead mills, was arrested by Coal and Iron Police for unusual behavior near the Edgar Thomson Steel Works. He died shortly after being confined in the lockup. Dr. Cooke attributed the death to heart disease.
Police Magistrate Brinker held nine prisoners at Allegheny Central station yesterday. Thomas Farrell was sent to the workhouse for 0 days for striking a woman on Main Street. Barney Cullen was arrested for a disturbance in a saloon on Federal Street Saturday afternoon. He abused and spit at the officer and was sent to the workhouse for 34.
Mrs William Donneway drew a large crowd of men and boys at the Point bridge yesterday urging reform. The crowd grew boisterous and excitement spread until police jailed her at the Thirty six ward station on a charge of insanity.
James Quinn and Henry Emmons were arrested yesterday afternoon for disorder aboard a West End electric car on Penn avenues. They refused to pay fares on the Point bridge and were placed under arrest by Officer Moore after resisting. Earlier, Nicholas and Mary Casey were arraigned for quarreling over whisky in Strawberry alley. Nicholas, a cripple, was sent to the Poor Farm and Mary to the workhouse for 60 days.
Charles and Richard Lowry were arrested at Wylie avenue and High street Saturday night for fighting and sent to the workhouse yesterday for 9 days. Daniel Feary, who flourished a butcher knife at the men, proved he was there as a peacemaker and was discharged. A line about Klein's Silver Age Hye Whisky closes the item.
Reported Saturday talks among Republican leaders centered on Major A M Brown as a prime mayoral candidate. Backers praised his age, legal stature, and party loyalty though Brown signaled business constraints and uncertain consent. Other possible contenders included Major Monmouth and Postmaster McKean.
William Sloan, charged as a suspicious character, was sent to the work house for three days. He is suspected of stealing brass journals from Clinton Mills.
Rev. Dr. E. K. Mansell of the Fifth Avenue Missionary Church urged a purge of corrupt houses in a sermon yesterday, insisting the effort stands beyond mere moral pretexts.
Telegraph for the Opera announces a dispatch of Opera pianos by H Kieber and Bro Wood Street agents praised as popular with the people and mass buyers. A notable collection of fine bric brac from royal Vienna to royal Worcester is shown by Jos Erensacm and Co 48 Fifth Avenue. Mortton and Horess promote items and musical offerings from their Warerooms at 77 First Avenue.
An advertisement touts a wide assortment of slippers offered at deep discounts. Men’s embroidered slippers 75 cents, Chenille Velvet 55 cents, imitation alligator 5 cents, brown velvet 1 dollar, plush opera 1.50, and other styles from 1 to 2 dollars. Boys’ slippers up to 1.25. Dancing pumps in leather sold at 1.50 to 2 dollars.
Advertisement notes free toilet cases for both sexes with tasteful fittings in silver ivory pearl and other materials. Promotes Beanutiful gonds by Jos. Ercunacs & Co offering stylish saltings and trouserings, overcoatings to order on Wood Street.
This morning a new Winter Dress Goods line goes on sale with patterns claimed as the best available and prices shown as the sharpest reductions ever offered in this department. The notice emphasizes increased business potential from the promotion.
AT 1.50 EACH Full Dress Patterns of good American made part wool Cashmeres Worth 2.00 AT 2.00 EACH Full Dress Patterns of part wool Colored Cashmeres and Fancy Plaids Worth 3 and 4 AT 2.50 EACH Full Dress Patterns of all wool Stripes Fancy Suitings Cheviot Mixtures and Camel s Hair Cheviots Worth 4 AT 3.00 EACH Full Dress Patterns of all wool Cheviots Mixtures French Cords and Novelties Worth 4.50 AT 3.50 EACH Full Dress Patterns of all wool French Cords English Style Suitings and Fancy Scotch Novelties Worth 4.50 and 5 AT 4.00 EACH Full Dress Patterns in all wool fine Scotch Novelty Suitings English Style Suitings Cords and Mixtures Worth 5 and 5.50 These are all the finest French goods in 7 different styles and a choice range of colors in each style They will go fast See the assortment today.
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