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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1890
Page
5
Governor Beaver signed an act regulating child and women labor in factories and mercantile establishments. It sets 60 hour weekly limits for minors, requires age affidavits and records, postings of hours, and safety devices. Inspectors, deputy inspectors, and extensive forms enforce compliance with penalties for violations.
Arlington area notes report Arsenal Park bid gaining approval from the War Department. Major McKee and Congressman Dalzell backed a plan to donate 21 acres south of Butler Street in Lawrenceville for a city park with a museum, bandstand, and lake features. Andrew Carnegie signatories and widespread public support backed the initiative.
The, meeting in Solar Iron Works office chose officers for the new Pennsylvania National Bank replacing the defunct Lawrence Bank. Colonel A S M Morgan became president, D C Park vice president, Murray Davis cashier. Capital stock stands at $200000 with rapid business start plans on Butler Street.
A report claimed the Hotel Duquesne was on the market for 75000 including leases and license. Chief Clerk Huntingdon said the rumor is absurd and noted the owner had asked 300000, with business doubling and an adjoining building added.
Fire on Federal Street in the Boyle block early yesterday morning caused extensive damage to several businesses. Boyd Bros confectioners $400 T L Hanny & Co produce $500 James H Boyd & Co trunks $2,500 Franklin & Fornoff tailors $200 and the building owner Hugh Boyle about $5,000. Second and third floor occupants lost household goods to water damage. Chief Jones notes the Ellsworth engine on Federal Street sprayed water 125 feet.
Superintendent Andrews of the Street Bureau is directed to investigate a complaint about water accumulation on Seventh Street between Penn Avenue and Duquesne Way caused by the manner in which the Pleasant Valley track was laid or maintained.
A brief note by H. L. Bwodaard in Tomonrow's DuraTtee highlights race passes and travel along the rabrosda with mentions of prominent men who ride, signaling a local transportation or social scene vignette.
Virgil Adame, a clerk in Delinquent Tax Collector Ford's office, issued the last state tax receipt yesterday afternoon. The payment of 413 dollars completes the state tax accounts for the county, a milestone in the tax collection effort and tied to an upcoming deadline in rosary 1.
A land slide on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Round Button four miles from Layton blocked both tracks. Express trains traveling East and West were detained for several hours at Connellsville and Layton before the line was cleared by Dr. B. M. Hawra.
A 16 month old boy at Walker's Mills near the Pan Handle Railroad was born without hands or feet but has a normal head and body and a cheerful disposition. The mother Mrs James O Connell says the child has grown steadily, uses a spoon and turns pages in books, and a museum proprietor offered $25 a week for exhibiting him, which was declined. The right leg is about ten inches, left leg shorter, arms extend below the elbow, and a distinct thumb with a nail-like end exists on the left stub. The child is well cared for and considered highly intelligent.
At the Seventh Avenue Hotel the Millers Keystone Bag Company is formed by Western Pennsylvania millers with 100000 capital and stock subscriptions. Irwin, Pennsylvania provides five acres and free gas for a new mill producing 25 tons of bag per day, with future plans for a cotton sack mill. President C F Hor ning explains no war with the Bag Trust is intended.
A pattern maker named Fiden or Viden, 35, was killed at McKeesport National Bank project when a heavy 18-foot plank fell from the fifth floor during vault construction. Deputy Coroner Grant Miller impaneled a jury. testimony begins tonight. He leaves a wife and four children in Chicago.
Thirty-Fifth Ward citizens fail to meet last night at the school house to discuss building steps from the hilltop to Carson Street. F W Gordon’s illness delays the gathering, but enthusiasm remains and the plan is expected to proceed, with the only unsettled issue being right of way.
Ex-President James Campbell of the Window Glass Workers' Association returned from Washington after testifying before the Ways and Means Committee on the glass tariff. He said the committee treated him well and Mr. McKinley promised a bill would be prepared by March 1.
The Pittsburg Domestic Training School Board passed a memorial for the late Chair A Ashburner and praised his life of service on the advisory committee. A garbled tribute notes a high spirit and a life spent in pursuit of a noble aim. A public complaint from Southsiders targets St Clair Electric Road conductors over uninsulated overhead wires posing accident risks.
City Solicitor Elphinstone delivers legal opinion affirming council power to control Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall with a council committee. Special meeting considers two ordinances for ground and building governance, while Allegheny Board of School Control weighs library funding and advisory roles amid council debate.
Colonel I C Love, an electrical inventor, claims Boston capitalists back a plan to build an elevated electric railroad above city buildings from Exposition to East Liberty. He says stations will connect by fast elevators and travel time will be cut to one quarter of cable cars. A charter is sought for the venture.
Dr. Pearce of Butler Street M. E. Church will spend three months in Europe, with Rev. W. F. Oldham occupying the pulpit in his absence. Oldham has just completed a global circuit, once serving as a missionary to Singapore where he helped found a large Anglo-Chinese school. He returns via the Pacific, noted for secular and theological knowledge and successful lectures in both East and West.
Surgeons at the Homeopathic Hospital reported Charles Scott, accidentally shot by Nathan Watters, is very low and not expected to recover. Watters remains in Central without bail as police prepare for further action after the incident.
Jellan Helmedy of Latrobe Breel Works is replaced by Julian Kennedy as third judge for the Amoskesg and Bilsby engine test. Kennedy, Latrobe Steel Works superintendent, accepted after being appointed by Major McCandless of the Fire Underwriters' Association. Test date delayed until Allegheny river recedes and Exposition grounds dry.
The coroner began the inquest into the death of W. P. Francis from injuries in the Fallston boiler explosion. L. H. Turner attributed the blast to overpressure. W. J. Hammond testified the boiler was in good condition when he repaired it two years ago. W. J. Griffe said he saw no defect in the boiler.
Several additional victims of the German bond scheme told Assistant Superintendent O'Mara their lease stories yesterday. Police believe they have enough information to file charges against Ashkenasi the Russian Hebrew, currently at the Central station, with formal action planned today.
A Denver Colorado appeal offers two hundred 25 by 125 foot lots in Plainfield, a Fort Worth and Denver addition, near the Union depot in Denver. The company promises values of $100 within 18 months and requires no purchase commitment, sending full name and address with 4 cents postage to receive one lot.
Fully verified ad text highlights Hamilton's Music Store at 91 and 93 Fifth Avenue offering a long record of success and acclaimed brands Estey Decker Jos Koabe and Fischer. It promotes piano bargains near February 1 and notes other stores like Jos Horner Co and iron city brewing.
John R. Comstock of Black Diamond Steel Works fell from a scaffold on a torporous afternoon and fractured his skull. The attending physician says the injury is not fatal. The report notes peculiarities of local statesmen and political figures.
Reading finds a garbled ad offering walking coats at 125 dollars for 100, plush jackets, coats priced to 90, braided plush coats priced down to 50, and various coats with pearl buttons and directoire fronts. The copy touts durability and value under a broad discount, with references to colors and coats marked from 12 to 7 and long garments described as capacious cloaks.
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