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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1890
Page
17
In Saratoga the General Assembly endorsed revision of the Confession of Faith with strict limits. The Assembly appointed a 29-member Revision Committee to draft alterations, pledging to avoid core Calvinistic changes, and adjourned after a near unanimous vote.
The Presbyterian General Assembly South held in Asheville on May 24 endorsed a peace congress proposal and supported organizing colored Sunday schools and appointing a committee to review the Directory.
The Standing Committee proposes postponing revision and striking out chapter ten of the revised directory of worship. The report was adopted and the moderator dissolved the assembly, with the next gathering set for the third Thursday in May in Birmingham Alabama.
At St Louis May 24 a Methodist Episcopal Church South session debated divorce. A resolution notes twenty year totals of 28 716 divorces nationwide amid rising per capita figures and 30 recognized causes. The church calls for alignment of civil laws with its spiritual view on divorce.
Berlin reports Salisbury ordered suspension of talks with England over Africa zones, triggering a dispute with Germany. The Emperor honors Queen Victoria and Britain’s envoy dines at the Royal Castle as Caprivi presses for continued English occupation of Egypt and a German stake in Central Africa, risking a protracted stalemate.
The Joint Memorial Day Committee of the G. A. R. met in Select Council Chamber to set the Allegheny Cemetery order and recall the national salute at noon. A later memorial meeting invitation from the Scotch-Irish was declined due to posts being busy, with the Scotch-Irish invited to attend at Allegheny Cemetery.
Fire about 9 30 last night discovered in a stable behind Felix Mc Knight saloon at 996 Second avenue. Mc Knight and Patrick Morrow houses with Philip Sweeney pool room burned to the ground forcing occupants to flee. Mc Knight's loss about 3200 in house and 7000 stock. Sweeney house 2500. 25 of 45 barrels of whisky saved. Sweeney loss about 500. Frank Coyle injured his leg helping to move a pool table.
The item details several injuries from yesterday. Joseph Ditmore, an employee at Reed & Co. foundry, was caught in a revolving drum and severely injured. Harry Old suffered a broken leg attempting to board a Pleasant Valley car at Anderson and Robinson streets. Patrick Herron sustained a severe arm cut from broken glass at Hamilton's glass house. Nicholas Fage was brought to Allegheny General Hospital with a fractured skull after falling on Federal Street. his skull had been trepaned previously.
Under orders from Inspector Mc Aleese Captain Dan Silvis and officers raided four Italian boarding houses at 1153 to 1159 Liberty Street. Proprietors Antonia Delvecchia Frank Sarno Levis Costino Alfonso Ingulo and Pasqual Bruno were arrested along with 91 boarders. About half were sent to Central station, others to Twelfth ward station. Forfeits of 105 dollars each were posted by owners while many boarders posted 5 dollars bonds for tests. One arrival from Italy was arrested within an hour of landing.
Captain Bogardus of Forepaughs circus fired during a shooting class at McKeesport baseball park. A rifle discharged toward Charles Oden who, with his wife, crossed the field. The bullet shattered a glass ball and grazed Oden's hat without serious harm.
A man entered Rice's plumbing shop on Third avenue yesterday and swapped coats with a workman briefly out. The exchange was unfair and considered a robbery. The thief left behind a tin type showing a man in the stolen coat, aiding police in identifying the suspect.
Sarre Wapr Co a Quebec lumber firm fails with liabilities 2 000 000. Victora Woopf hull and Teonie Claflin depart New York for England. Don W G Hates of Fu Smith Ark convicted of killing a Cherokee Indian two years ago. Colonel Robert Niles injured in a buggy accident. A Troy Illinois freight wreck kills brakeman William Butler and injures five. Sunday School Convention closes at Bradock with broad representation. Lancaster Iron Co receiver appointed. Brad Dock High School commencement set with diplomas for Delia Cummin Lily Horner Loella Stevenson Mayville Crosby Emma Fritzius. G A R of Pennsylvania arranges Catholic clergy memorial sermons. Memorial services at Pittsburg Cathedral led by Rev Werten. Groetzinger Penn Avenue Carpet Store remnant sale to continue another week.
Miss Alice G. McGee was admitted to practice in Warren county courts on May 13, 1890. D J Ball presented her to the examining commission and praised her creditable examination. The report notes her portrait and rapid progress in the profession.
Miss McGee, 21, daughter of oil producer Joseph A. McGee, is praised by Judge Brown and the Equality Club for her legal qualifications. A former Warren High School graduate of 1886, she studied law from February 1887 after roles as librarian and teacher. She will vacation briefly before returning to practice in Warren, second woman admitted to Pennsylvania bar after Carrie Kilgore.
Suspended Scranton street car men are reinstated. Lima reports a jewelry theft worth 500 dollars. Harboursville West Virginia faces flux measles and typhoid with 20 ill. Enterprise Window Glass Works Bellaire to move to North Baltimore. Coroner’s jury censures inside men after nine explosion. two miners dead. Risk of strike at Empire Sewer Works in Toronto. A masked burglar disturbed in McKeesport daughters’ rooms. An elephant escaped Forepaugh train and was captured by farmers. Missing Mary Hatfield from European Hotel in Washington. Westmoreland Gas Company in Somerset County sheriffed again. 1200 acres leased with wet casing to be sold.
A carload of beer arrived in Leechburg and quickly vanished as men and boys carried off kegs. Citizens move to arrest the agent Silverman for Brooks law violation and to prosecute for nuisance. Debates rage over liquor traffic while funds for prosecution are pledged and orders for more sales await Monday.
The Cincinnati Brewing Company announces lager beer in packages from 49 to 4 cents per barrel starting Saturday the 4th. Orders via agent Harl Silverman at Leechburg will be attended to with payment. The note notes a first original package case in Pennsylvania and hints at a legal dispute ahead.
Illinois dairymen unite to oppose the original package scheme for oleomargarine claiming it will let manufacturers ship imitation butter into New York and other states. The National Dairy Men Association plans a June meeting to coordinate an active campaign against original packages.
May 24. The temperance movement is strong in both houses. The House Commerce Committee is expected to report a bill like the Wilson measure empowering states to enforce their own laws against illegal liquor traffic in original packages. The Senate vote is anticipated by week’s end with opposition from Senators West Voorhees Blackburn and Carlisle likely. If the Wilson bill passes first, the Boutelle bill may be set aside.
Thomas C. Jenkins and H. Lee Mason resign from Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church vestry. Jenkins plans to join Christ Church in Allegheny and Mason to devote duties to Ascension Church in the East End. Rev. Samuel Maxwell departs Trinity after seven years as rector. consolidation talks with St. Peter's loom with rector Rev W R Mackay named for a merged Trinity.
River observers warn of rising waters with Monongahela at 19 feet 8 inches at 4 PM and Allegheny just over 2 feet. Wreckage and timber valued at 71 000 drifted past. bridges suffer hits but incur no major damage. Confidence varies among river men regarding further rise and impacts on Lucy furnaces and Black Diamond works.
The report records several river movements with ships and tows at Louisville and Pittsburg, including the Beaver on the way home empty, Joe B. Williams and tow leaving New Orleans for Pittsburg, and Mayflower near the bridges. Water levels rise in the Ohio and Allegheny, affecting mills and canal operations.
At the Philadelphia Revenue Commission meeting General McCamant presented a minority report proposing a detailed tax plan. It imposes 2 mills on personal property value and expands taxable items including mortgages, delinquent debts, various loans, and currency notes, with several exemptions and future rate schedules.
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