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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1890
Page
1
Washington scene unfolds with Southern lawmakers expected to resist limits on debate. Senators discuss cloture prospects and potential filibuster tactics while Treasurer Huston remains in charge. The reconciled position hinges on party lines, with Christmas mood giving way to looming confrontation in Congress.
Senate and House quarrel over an urgent deficiency appropriation bill mainly for the Government Printing Office. The Senate proposed paying senators clerks during the interim, making them annual employees, while the House rejected the amendment. A deadlock could halt work at the Government Printing Office.
The bill remains stalled awaiting House action as tensions between the chambers echo last session’s confrontation. The stalemate underscores a continued clash over authority and procedural leverage.
United States Treasurer Huston has reconsidered his resignation and will remain in office through the end of President Harrison's term. The move eases tensions between Huston and Harrison and shifts focus to reorganizing the State Central Committee of Indians, with possible candidates Durkin or Milligan.
The secretary notes that Bank of Viroqua suffered fire damage to its uninsured vaults and building. The incident affected a two acre block with limited insurance coverage and varying degrees of damage.
Representative Cutcheon reported favorably a Senate-passed bill to establish the Records and Pension Office of the War Department and to promote the current head to the rank of colonel. The committee says the office will greatly speed Pension Bureau work and all branches relying on volunteer army records.
The German Empire directs Sachse and Captain Brooks pursue a sea post on all vessels between New York and Bremen and Hamburg with PMG approval. The agreement awaits German Government approval. Tomorrow's Dispatch promises a twenty four page edition as a splendid number.
A Glasgow born harness maker Arnold McKenzie and seven children endure cold and hunger in a Sixth Street Philadelphia attic. Christmas prayers rise as Mary, seven, sings Psalm 23 before dying of starvation, a late provision basket arriving too late.
A bill introduced in the House asks 820000 for J B McFarland heirs and for the late E B Turner A G Boddington and S B Reid. The memorial notes the court served 1863 to 1865 with Judge McFarland Prosecuting Attorney Turner Clerk Boddington and Heid Marshal, appointed by Military Governor Hamilton.
Andrew Caldwell, General Land Office special agent, reports on giant sequoias in the Stockton and Visalia districts. About 40 colonists are building a road toward the timber belt, risking destruction of the world’s largest sequoia groves. Of 2,675 giants found, 44 exceed 80 feet in circumference, with several over 100. Secretary Noble asks War to station cavalry at Sequoia and Yosemite parks to deter depredations.
The Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad Company led by President John Newell filed its year ending June 30 1890 report. Gross earnings were 3 687 236 with 77.66 percent for operating costs leaving a net operating income of 69 545. A 6 percent dividend of 184 500 was paid and a 114 953-year deficit occurred.
In Washington a skeletonHouse session struggled to form a skirmishing group as members gathered desultorily. Debate on the shipping bill is expected to extend, while consensus on the closure, financial, and elections bills remains uncertain. Republicans doubt any financial measure passing without a party plan and Senate aid from Democrats.
A dispatch reports an imminent clash as Colonel Guy V. Henry leads the Ninth Cavalry against Sioux forces. Troops deploy with Gatling guns and Hotchkiss gear, while chiefs Kicking Bear Iron Hawk Short Bull resist surrender and hostiles prepare for a spring battle near Pine Ridge Standing Rock and the Cheyenne River Agency.
Seventy one year old man recalls leaving New Orleans fifteen years ago to pursue business with a partner. After sickness and betrayal three years past he returned to this city to rebuild his fortunes and life.
Special telegram reports two New York patients received Koch lymph injections, 15 milligrams and 15 milligrams, with lupus improving and the medical team awaiting months for clearer results. Berlin had used 100 milligrams earlier. Doctors note nine patients under study at Montefiore and Bellevue, with one cancer lip case at St Francis Hospital showing potential progress.
Cleveland, Dec. 26. Reverend Howard MacQueary faces a January 7 church trial over statements in his recently published Evolution of Man and Christianity. Prosecutor is Dr. Bates of St. Paul's Leveland. MacQueary will publish a public trial and stands by his book's passages despite calls for withdrawal.
Paris dispatch reports William OBrien and T F Gill reviewing a flood of correspondence as William OBrien awaits a possible interview with Charles Stewart Parnell. Mme Raffalovich notes OBrien may return to Ireland after Paris talks. A post-meeting conference could reunite the Irish party sections amid Parnell’s leadership retirement.
Loxmow December 26 The Old Curiosity Shop in Fetter Lane faces destruction. Mrs Haines the longtime tenant recalls Dickens visits and library days. Cromwell era figures Praise God Barebones and Damned Barebones, and John Dryden also lived nearby.
A passenger steamer near Wuhn caught fire and was completely destroyed. About 60 people on board leaped into the sea and are believed to have drowned. Rescue efforts focus on locating survivors and confirming casualties.
Loxnow December reports a brilliant two days in Rome with gala equipages and carriages delivering ambassadorial and ministerial messages. Cuirassiers at the Quirinal and Swiss Guards stood by as Vatican dignitaries and Pope Leo XIII received congratulatory addresses amid hopes for extended European peace in the coming year.
Berlin papers foresee a lasting peace with no war alarms this Christmas season. The National Zeitung notes calm and focus on internal affairs, while armies stand ready but silent. International politics retreat to the background as Europe weighs trade and policy.
Secretary Rusk woke to a spark burning his stocking and claimed it signaled a large fire somewhere. He then received a telegram from Wisconsin noting a blaze in a building in the area, prompting authorities to investigate.
In Will county farmer John Reardon drove his wagon onto the Rock Island tracks seeking Chicago. An express locomotive braked and touched the wagon’s rear wheels before police arrived and removed the farmer. The train arrived one hour late.
New York December 26 Irene Allen aged 15 daughter of porter Andrew Allen vanished from 1129 Broadway Brooklyn on September 30 1889. Investigators thought kidnap or theatrical company departure but she later reappeared explaining she traveled with a dramatic company earned money and saved for Christmas gifts.
Paris reels from a sensational crime as Eyraud and Gabrielle remain central figures. Reports describe metal trunks linked to Gouffe’s body and a Lyons vendor sending through town the exact conveyance used in the burial, signaling a chilling public fascination.
An elderly man, worn by years of hardship, died in a cheap Bleecker Street room on Christmas night. A note beside him complains of three years of poverty and failed job searches, mentioning an application to Colonel F R Hain of the Elevated and an acquaintance named Mr Pride.
In Calcutta the National Indian Congress opened with about one thousand delegates and five thousand attendees. Notables included Charles Schwann and William Caine, Rajahs, Mahomedan nobles, and high caste natives. Ghose welcomed delegates praising British policy and Mehta urged social reforms and consultative councils.
A Naples velocipede club dinner honors two American brothers, Sachleben of Illinois and Allen of St. Louis, embarking a two and a half year around the world bicycle tour. They have traversed France, now in Italy, riding 40 to 50 miles daily with a new bulldog horn and plans to carry repeating rifles shipped to Constantinople for future hardships.
Gustiv Larson, a laborer, descended a Minneapolis sewer to do work when the manhole closed behind him. He navigated over three miles in darkness through foul air before finding an exit, escaping unharmed albeit shaken.
Eugene H. Cowles of Locmfort New York, president of the Cowles Electric Aluminum Company and inventor of a new process to make aluminum cheaply, lies critically ill at his mother's home in Cleveland after severe hemorrhages on a train. His recent legal and family troubles are noted, including a Montreal shooting by his brother in law and alimony from a separation suit. He was returning to Cleveland when the hemorrhages began.
The Board of Pardons refused to reopen the Nicely murder case from Somerset county. A rehearing request was denied as the panel declined further review.
Daniel W. Talcott, head bookkeeper for H. W. Sage & Co. lumber dealers, was arrested on embezzlement charges and jailed with bail set at 5000. He and former clerk Joseph B. Abbott, who killed himself December 3 after thefts, allegedly operated in collusion using signed blank checks. Talcott, trusted by the firm, may have stolen thousands.
An awful calamity aboard a Shanghai steamer as sixty Chinese passengers leaped from a burning vessel and perished at sea. The blaze prompted panic among travelers and crew as rescue efforts commenced.
Residents and Sewickley visitors enjoyed a snowy assault that halted traffic yet sparked playful scenes. People laughed at snow slides and sleigh races while cargo trains and streetcars faced delays. the day warmed to a sunlit, mild cold with temperatures rising from 25 to 27 as the storm moved across the region.
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