14 Jan 1889
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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1889
Page
1
The article reports Simon Cameron expressing a high opinion of the President Elect and praising his style. Cameron notes admiration for the new leader's approach and public demeanor.
Senator Rutan and ex Speaker Graham visit Senator Cameron in Hakeburg as talks on apportionment continue. General Cameron praises Harrison and predicts Cabinet details will emerge from the Senate while pool selling may be legalized and Washington County remains dry. Cooper and Gobin are discussed for district stability ahead of census changes.
The Pennsylvania Editorial Association meeting at HarpistsunG on Wednesday will endorse a bill aiding country editors. The proposal requires county printing papers to be filed with the State Librarian and the county clerk to affidavit publication, reducing editor costs.
Hagniswune January 13. Senator Grady is quoted as saying that the two Phil...
Senator Steel of Allegheny sponsors a bill to grant uncompleted railroads a two year extension before charter forfeiture. Representative Paugh of Somerset warns the measure favors the South Pennsylvania Railroad and risks landholders who invested as the line spans the county. He says Somerset residents oppose the extension unless guarantees of completion are provided and vows to oppose it.
Harrisburg January 13 Representa tive Richmond of Philadelphia prepares a bill similar to the Ives bill to permit pool selling at race tracks on race days only. The act would bar track stalls from wiring to pool rooms outside the track and require a percentage of net receipts to go to Guardians of the Poor. Prominent backers include Colonel A L Snowden Frank Bower and Joseph Wendworth. If passed the measure could boost horse racing and elevate tracks like Point Breeze and Belmont to national prominence alongside Monmouth Park and Sheepshead Bay.
Special Telegram to The Dispatch from Harrisburg reports Prof Bolles of the State Bureau of Statistics plans a Pennsylvania industrial statistics report. He surveyed about 1200 building and loan associations and requested daily wages from ten skilled and ten unskilled miners at each coal mine to detail miners earnings.
Hon. B E Acheson of Washington Pa arrives in Harrisburg to attend the Pennsylvania Editorial Association meeting. He believes Washington county will back prohibition by a large margin and that a constitutional amendment has a better chance at a special election. He notes a national pike repair bill will require substantial funds for bridge reconstruction.
Pennsylvania Electoral College members gather in Harrisburg to cast the state's vote for General Harrison. Elector Captain Jones of McKean district is absent ill and will be replaced when organization is completed.
A Wichita dispatch reports General Meyers reached Cimarron and found quiet. The militia remains on alert, ready to move at a moment’s notice amid fears of renewed trouble. Ingalls guarded by farmers after threats against Cimarron. Watson and deputies freed by the Dodge City sheriff.
Paris reports in Le Figaro that M. De Lesseps and the Panama Canal Colony council authorize a fresh 60 000 000 share issue to be subscribed in two installments with the first lot offered on January 20.
Washington dispatch reports General Weaver’s obstruction strategy as Republicans seek to curb minority power in the Fifty-first Congress. The piece notes fear of health strain amid an extra session and predicts a rules overhaul to reduce minority influence, aiding Republican aims and possibly affecting the Oklahoma bill. It also mentions G A R participation in inauguration ceremonies.
Washington January 13 Congress debates an extra session with opposition from older or frail members fearing strain, while younger lawmakers push for it to settle House leadership and reorganize the Republican majority. Senators Stanford Sawyer Stewart Merrill weigh concerns as Speaker contests loom.
Indian Commissioner John H. Oberly submitted the bureau report for the year ending June 30, 1888 to the Secretary of the Interior. Explainable by his recent appointment, the document covers statistics and routine matters and urges changes in purchasing Indian supplies and extends civil service regulations to the Indian Bureau.
General William Warner the Commander in Chief of the G A R is urged by General Rosecrans and Charles P Lincoln to take official action as the Integeration Parade for the G A E approaches in Washington. The report notes coordination within the G A R Department of the Potomac.
A Berlin dispatch praises the US for claiming no Samoa interests and suggests Germany may send reinforcements. The report hints Secretary Bayard may have issued a pacific dispatch and notes the Navy Department prepares cruisers, signaling a naval response without prior German notice.
The Attorney General's suit against Magnus Swenson to cancel a sorghum cane sugar manufacture patent advances after Swenson’s demurrer is overruled. The decision, reported by Commissioner Coleman, indicates the government may sue to cancel patents when employees make discoveries while employed by the government.
Special telegram from New York reports Secretary Fairchild meeting woolen goods and sugar traders to pick a new Appraiser of the Paril. Stearns, temporary chief, may return to Boston. Senate confirmation is uncertain. Salary at $4,000 a year may deter a first-class candidate. Treasury agents claim they have evidence to reshuffle Appraiser stores by Saturday night.
A Baltimore telegram reports talk that Mr. Spencer may assume control of the West Virginia Central Railroad. Ex Senator Camden and Senator Gorman met with Spencer in Baltimore and Philadelphia, with ex Senator H G Davis as present president and possibly relinquishing duties to them.
Henry George advocate of state land ownership praises the Australian secret ballot system. He spoke at the Grand Pacific Hotel on his way to Des Moines and urged adoption in several states. He said governors and legislatures show support and predicted broader approval this year.
Alexander T. McGill D D LL D aged 81 or 82, emeritus professor of ecclesiastic homiletic and pastoral theology at Princeton Theological Seminary, died in Princeton New Jersey this morning.
Buffalo Courier reveals a Scotland Yard detective and a female agent sought forged proof to implicate Charles Stewart Parnell in the Phoenix Park murders. A Buffalo man feigned documents demanding cash and farms, paid out about 500 dollars, and then warned the investigator to drop the hunt. No genuine evidence emerged as the scheme unraveled across New York Chicago and Canada.
Miss Mary Garrett funds a Bryn Mawr School on Cathedral street to prep girls for Bryn Mawr College. Construction under her supervision will exceed 200000 dollars, with fireproof design and a front of 80 feet by 76 feet. The building emphasizes physical culture alongside mental study and will be endowed once completed.
Mrs. Jay Gould, aged about 50, dies at 9:05 PM at 579 Fifth Avenue after a second stroke. Dr. Jared Baldwin and husband Byron H. Gould were at her bedside as family and siblings, including Helen Gould, nurse and assist in charitable works. The Miller family ties and Union Square home are noted.
In Ottawa crowds denounce Senator Blair for comments implying French Canadian Catholics were fleeing the Church of Rome. Sir Hector Langevin rejects the claim, calling Blair’s remarks untruthful and insulting to loyal Roman Catholics.
In New York at Jefferson Market police court Mrs. Kate Unger aged appears with two husbands Henry Unger and William Bogart. Henry testifies to one marriage in 1879 and Bogart to a second marriage in 1887. Unger pleads not guilty and is held on $15 000 bail.
General Master Workman T. V. Powderly told a public meeting in Biscuamtoy New York that a man claiming to be a founder of a rival Knights of Labor order offered to sell it for $100. He said he had proof the same person tried to sell to John Wanamaker.
Andrew Ferguson a 70 year old colored man in Louisville has donated his duress property bought from savings of a lifetime to the Presbytery of Louisville. He earned, saved, and deeded the Knox Presbyterian Church property rent free for ten years and now outright.
A New Hyde Park tailor Henry Christ and Eva Herkoner, wife of a local farmer, were killed as their buggy was struck by a Green Point mail train at Hinsdale junction on the Long Island Railroad while en route to church. Christ was hurled about 25 feet. Herkoner was injured.
Ella Chamberlain was prevented from performing at a Sunday concert in Worcester as a local minister objected and the Mayor barred non sacred whistling. The Boston Ideal Banjo Mandolin and Guitar Club had to alter its program.
In Harrisburg the rumor spreads of a Republican revolt against United States Senator Quay. Chris Magee Governor Beaver and Senator Cameron are named as potential leaders to curb Quay's dominance and avert a gubernatorial defeat linked to his tactics.
In Beer January 13 the Reichstag debate reportedly will feature Prince Bismarck stressing cordial relations between Germany and Great Britain. The Liberal press criticizes the North German Gazette for using the late Emperor Frederick's letter to Bismarck in discussing his entry into the Vossische Zeitung.
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