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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1890
Page
2
A Pittsburgh law dinner features remarks by Horace Greeley and Judge Ewing. Rol D. Wilson, Marcus A. Woodward, and Thomas M. Marshall deliver witty toasts, critiquing the press and law, as the crowd applauds and departs after Auld Lang Syne.
Hon Russell Errett, nearly 72, remains frail from recent illness but attends First Christian Church Mansfield Valley. Schoolgirls return from vacation with departures at the depot as friends gather. John G Gray, linked to the Monongahela line, will visit Pittsburgh for a short stay. Colonel W D Moore travels to Philadelphia to join a funeral procession.
City Property Committee rejects re‑consideration of the Carnegie library management by a joint council and citizen committee. School Board control denied voice. Budget debates hinge on a $20,000 book and incidentals appropriation as architect outlines a $40,000 City Hall remodeling plan with a new front and rear wing.
Panhandle Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad moves to upgrade facilities for patrons and traffic. A 200 man gang works down a hill near ex-Burgess Hoosack’s residence at West Mansfield to lay side tracks and improve capacity. The project will span several weeks with plans for a handsome shop at Stophenville and tracks north toward Mansfield.
A dispatch outlines Mrs H C Campbell of Allegheny describing WCTU dissension and the non partisan faction preparing for a Philadelphia convention. It notes expected steps including temporary officers and committee reports, plus debate over party ties and women's suffrage.
The St Paul Convention plans a day on the eight hour issue as Pittsburgh builders form an alliance with the National Association to bolster stance against shorter hours. Pittsburgh delegates to the national gathering in St Paul will push for stronger defense against outside competition and wage pressures.
Ex assignee J. R. McKelvy appears as bidding rival to George Guthrie in the Long & Co property sale. Bids climb from $5,000 to $83,000 amid rumors of a wide bid conspiracy. Sale adjourned to Friday with a claimed $5,000 wage lien and a nine acre site containing mills furnaces and machinery.
The Ex-Prisoners of War held a meeting last night and elected officers for the ensuing year. President James Br. Hutchinson, Vice President H. O. Shay, Secretary F. M. Fi, Treasurer Raks Patterson, Chaplain H. Sours, with F. M. Fleming James B. Cole F. Blair and A. E L. Jones also named. Mrs. Margaret M. McCarroll of Canonsburg broke her thigh after falling from a chair, aged 70.
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