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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1891
Page
1
The piece outlines the looming 1892 Congress with a Democratic majority facing tariff policy and House leadership fights. It highlights Reed's rules, quorums, and speaker contenders Mills and Crisp, plus Springer’s demand for targeted tariff measures and a phased plan for tariff reform through investigations and staged bills.
A large meeting of members and supporters of Rev. J H Bausman’s Rochester Presbyterian Church voted overwhelmingly to oppose dissolution of his pastoral relation with Allegheny Presbytery. The resolution urged continued unity and praised his ministry with about 100 new members and $4,000 in property improvements.
Corry discussions grow as Bank Examiner Miller prepares a formal statement on the deficit. Citizens' Bank director estimates depositors may recover 90 to 100 percent, while efforts to resume business await Comptroller of Currency approval. Receivership candidates include Manley Crosby, with Harmon in critical condition.
Morristown New Jersey November 9 Special In Morris County Court today the convicted persecutors of Reverend Arthur Cushing Dill faced sentence before Judge Francis Child The defendants include Gray Torrey Frank Moffett Fred Moffett Anthony Schamecher and Richard [incomplete]
Thomas, Fred Teft and James Travis of Sterling received $50 fines and court costs after a judge noted their former good character and belief they were used by older parties. Chief Assenger Herbert Torre and Justice Clarkson B. Moffett were present in court.
A year long postal crime wave tied to a gang of forgers led to arrests from Detroit to New York. Key suspects J Stratton Charles Hubbard alias Diamond T C Boalan alias Clayton and Henry Armstrong alias Sheeny Armstrong were traced through Jackson Michigan Dallas New Orleans and Atlanta before Hubbard was captured and Armstrong seized in St Louis.
A Kansas company Inter-State Artificial Rain Co led by E H Murphy completed a rain making trial in Temple Texas with favorable results after a dry spell. A stock company agreed to buy the secret for about $50,000, and the party left for Goodland Kansas after concluding the sale. Weather during the test included an unusual April-like pattern with overcast skies and rain on Sunday.
In Harrisburg on November 9 a group of prominent Democratic ladies plans a new social and political club named The Sisters of Ruth. The aim is to back Baby Ruth for the White House nursery and promote Grover Cleveland’s legacy and Mrs. Cleveland.
Bishop Merrill of the Methodist Church was admitted to Wesley Hospital in Chicago on November 9 in serious condition. Doctors fear for his life as an abdominal tumor abscess requires urgent, complex surgery. He had returned from Cincinnati two weeks earlier and has remained confined at home since.
Henry George the single tax leader visited Johnstown to see his son Richard who works for the Johnson Company. He is in good health and rode his bicycle around town this afternoon as a rest period after completing his duties.
Harrisburg reports no extra session will be held this year as Gov. Pattison rejects calls for urgent laws to reform the Auditor General and State Treasurer offices. Senate may adjourn with a protracted debate over the Boyer case and political maneuvering ahead of elections. Sen. Nivin to be sworn in.
Henry Phipps and Andrew Carnegie arrive in Pittsburg and, despite attention from several callers, are shown a firm “not in” at private residences. They will tour Edgar Thompson works and other plants, reaffirming their social and industrial influence.
Supreme Court orders Henry Warner as assignee to pay a 4 1 4 percent dividend to Penn Bank creditors on November 16. Total funds on hand slightly over 267000, noting this is the second dividend after a 5 percent payout. An expected additional 1 percent may follow, bringing total to 11 percent. Wreckage clearance is anticipated as no new sums can be entered after six years. ongoing litigation may only minimally delay final settlement.
The Baltimore and Ohio Rail road Finance Committee recommends a quarterly dividend of 1 percent in cash and 20 percent in stock for the past three months, to be presented at Wednesday's Board of Directors meeting. President Mayer led the session with Messia Frick Sloan Keim and Burns present. Brokers and New York houses attended, and directors are expected to endorse the plan.
Des Moines Democrats celebrated their November victory at the Grand Opera House with Governor Boies Colonel Charles A Clark of Cedar Rapids and F W Lehman of St Louis as speakers. Boies urged reflection on the causes of success and defended the party’s prohibitory policy against liquor interests and breweries.
Bran don and wife died from arsenic poisoning after arsenic used as baking powder by mistake. Their son and daughter were poisoned. the son is near death while the daughter may recover. The family, amateur taxidermists, had arsenic plated in biscuits this morning.
Ninety one Chinese men were arrested Sunday night in opium dens at 105 Park Street and 21 Pell Street. Each held on 300 bail for Toombs Police Court trial. About sixty bailed out. arrests by Revenue Inspectors Hussey and Britton amid findings of unstamped opium.
A compact review notes Bausman’s backing by his church as he seeks election to Congress. The piece frames his campaign around church support and community ties, setting a political profile in a local context.
Mayor Wyman and Chief Murphy clash with reformers as Wertheimer presses for delay while they demand a hearing. Murphy and Wyman deny charges about amusement licenses wheel of fortune and vehicle licenses and call for full investigation by Council.
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