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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1890
Page
4
A local column reports a jury acquitting an illicit liquor seller caught in the act. It notes the court dismissed the jury for misconduct and warns that such failures threaten faith in justice. The piece urges reform and cautions against a system that lets thieves judge thieves.
The city warns regular appropriations for current expenses are exhausted and next year’s revenue must cover salaries for police, firemen, and officials for six weeks. Warrant discounts are avoided by allowing city depositories to advance funds, but expenditures appear to exceed appropriations late in the year, suggesting lax fiscal restraint.
An editorial argues the Chicago Board of Trade hides gambling within its operations and profits from bucket shop style betting. It accuses President Baker of hypocrisy for condemning gambling while allowing high stake trading to occur on its premises. It calls for reform to gain public support against bucket shops.
The Ohio Legislature set to confirm Calvin Brice as Senator-elect amid debate over his rapid ascent from businessman to political power. Commentators note his fortune from the Nickel Plate road and other ventures, questioning fit and ethics while predicting his ease in securing the seat through wealth and influence.
Senators CALL and Plumb traded heavy rhetoric yesterday in a heated exchange over the Florida lands case. The verbal bombardment drew attention, but the clash yielded little measurable result.
The passage mocks chatter about fruit spoilage and cherry and peach blooms as an inconsequential display, likening it to the reformist money faction of the Democracy. It notes delusions and hardy flowers appearing, but deems the peach and cherry blossom stories as a mere growth of imagination.
After easing car taming and the freight blockade the railroads face a new challenge as a grip slows shipments. Officials warn bottlenecks persist and continue to hamper handling of goods across networks.
The text argues that delaying tests with debates over preliminaries and proposals about test times nozzle sizes or engine size prevents testing. It says a fair open test for all engines could have started sooner if both sides focused on the tests themselves.
An ocean steamer reports crossing the Atlantic last week met a storm and cold wave. This may explain why many cold waves forecast by the Signal Service over the past six weeks have vanished from view.
A lighthearted note suggests fashionable women are learning to shoot with hopes the trend will extend to defending the theater bat, implying a playful, era-specific pastime.
A brief cold wave in Texas appeared briefly like a window pane before fading quickly. Temperatures swung back toward milder readings as the event ended sooner than expected.
In the Ohio senatorial contest the delivery of goods is advancing smoothly without any reported issues. The report notes ongoing logistics and steady progress toward the anticipated fulfillment.
Fragmentary text discusses how the death of Alfonso XIII or his father Alfonso KIL might be used to probe beliefs about thirteen as unlucky and twelve as fatal, reflecting speculative reasoning without concrete events or dates.
8mm Arthur Sullivan is due in New York next week. A Garren granddaughter of Charles Dickens has a new novel. Tamagno earns $2000 a night and tips hotel staff with scent pieces. James Gordon Bennett’s hair has grayed as he remains a prominent Parisian figure. Olive Stiersee plans simultaneous publication in the U.S. and England. Hexayr Wattersor to give 25 lectures in January on Money and Morals. Speak es Reed prefers pipe over cigarettes and dislikes chewing. Mark Twain works three months yearly on a farm near Elmira with an octagonal writing room. Strip’s poor week in Wheelwright, W Va, noted amid a wedding buzz. Prof. D S Monse’s handwriting is indecipherable. Aldrich praises one letter as lasting a lifetime. Mrs Levi Mormtom mentors daughters in letter writing with stamps and corrections. Pierre Lorillard buys a 90 acre Georgia estate with early plans for stables and guests.
Readers share letters from Kansas, New York, and England describing heavy snows and mild weather contrasts. The piece riffs on a two faced January, quoting a stable keeper about unused sleighs, a 1687 sleigh ride tale, and a stage performance by Ecce Vance at the Bijou with a London rhyme adapted to Fifth Avenue.
The Woman's Club held a session in the Teachers' library to reconstruct the club's constitution and bylaws. They reviewed every clause, making clarifying changes while keeping overall substance, with a vote planned at the next regular meeting.
A small ceremony will be held at St Mary of Mercy Church on Third Avenue this morning at 9 o clock. The bride is Jennie May McMillan daughter of H McMillan of Fifth Avenue. The groom J McMahon of McMahon Bros Adama printers is a city business figure and director of the se school. Rev Father Sheedy will celebrate the nuptial mass.
Last evening in Allegheny the wedding of Oc tavius Hanson of the Union depot to Miss Josephine Schmidt of Burgess Street occurred at the bride’s home. Rev W Cowles officiated before a small circle of immediate friends.
The Fifth Avenue traction line strikers issued invitations for a grand benefit ball at Imperial Hall under L. A. 2126 Knights of Labor. The Arrangement Committee includes TD. u. Noon J. J. Cox Flaherty G. m. Donnell William Logue J. Henderson and John F. Barry.
Social items list the Irving-Mowry wedding in Chester today, euchre parties hosted by Miss Prather and Mrs Meyer in Allegheny, a Duquesne Hotel dinner by Frank King, a Junta Club meeting at Utley's Shadyside home, and a St Kyrian's tea in Lawrence Turner Hall. Also notes a Young Men's Hebrew Society event to fund a library, plus invitations for a Pittsburg Alumni dinner at the Duquesne Clubhouse January 23 hosted by Chalfant and McClerland.
Odd opinions and quaint observations from Carth and Corridor recount a debunked claim that City Hall workers were barred from leaving during office hours for drinks. The piece also covers the visit of Homas J. Stewart of Norristown, the G A R, and humorous police chatter about detective Sol Coulson's Steubenville run in. It profiles Franklin county lawyer Mindreader Mackey, once a congressional contender, now opposing Senator Delamatar.
The Ways and Means Committee postponed final action to hear six more witnesses. A P Ketcham of New York urged retaining duties on leather imports, noting domestic production has grown and skins now mainly come from domestic sources. Others from New York and Pittsburg pressed for tariff changes including iron pyrites on free list and restoring the 18 percent glass tariff plus weight-based duties.
About 50 descendants of Revolutionary War fighters gathered at the Grand Pacific to form an Illinois chapter of the Society of the Sons of the Revolution. General George Crook presided as temporary chairman, with General G B Abbott as temporary secretary. A committee will review New Jersey bylaws for adoption and Thomas B Witherspoon, descendant of John Witherspoon, will coordinate the work.
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