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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1891
Page
1
New York reports Brice dismisses new questions about his eligibility to the U S Senate, citing prior Sherman letters and his Ohio residency claims. The Dispatch notes Ohio sentiment favors dropping the issue, while Republican officials anticipate testimony on Brice’s residency and census enumeration.
Washington November 28 A Senate precedent related to unseating Brice centers on Adelbert Ames who was seated despite a Judiciary Committee report claiming he was not a Mississippi citizen at election time. Sherman opposed the committee, voting to sustain Ames’s entitlement, while other leaders argued his residency and ties.
Judge King says Senator Sherman will review Brice eligibility after evidence is heard. He notes the Republican State Central Committee would pursue further action if Nash reports Brice not an Ohio inhabitant at election. King has heard nothing from Governor Foraker on the matter.
T D Walters, recent Wyoming county associate judge candidate, arrested for forging a $1000 pension check. He cashed the check in the name of Elmira J Walters, widow of a soldier, after signing her name on the back. The fraud was uncovered by the United States Pension Agent in Philadelphia and Walters was taken for a hearing before U S Commissioner A J Colbern.
Special from Columbus dated November 29 reports Land Bill Allen, long defender of a homestead act, in very precarious condition at the county infirmary. Doctors fear a stroke of paralysis is gradually ending his days. Superintendent Filler says Allen has funds for a reasonable funeral and wishes no one be misled into thinking he may recover enough to receive hospitality elsewhere.
Nov 23 report says the President had a unusually busy day. forenoon spent in work for Congress and the noon to 1 30 pm period devoted to receptions and meetings with officials.
Officials and other visitors attended a reception at 1 30 in the east room where the President shook hands with over 500 people including a delegation of Indians. Senators Sherman Manderson Higgins Gray Paddock and Davis ex Senator Clayton Dr Thomas F Phillips Ken man and H W Ayres of the Farmers Alliance were present.
Governor appointed Charles E. Heydrick of Franklin Venango county as judge of the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Silas M. Clark. Heydrick, a 30 year oil region lawyer, is a Democrat but not partisan and is noted for clear argument and extensive oil case experience. A Venango county bar meeting unanimously endorsed his nomination.
Kansas City, Mo Nov 28 A mysterious King alias Dennis and wife Lizzie King alias Lizzie Smith were charged with abducting banker Beals’ son. Bail set at 5000 for Albert King and 3000 for Mrs. King. They were jailed amid public outrage as a mob sought to lynch the suspects. police moved them to safety.
Nashville TN November 28. The Board of Prison Inspectors held a lengthy private consultation on convict returns. They discussed timing and conditions for moving convicts back to Coal Creek and Briceville, noting orders from Coal Creek and Briceville lessees and no fixed return date.
Jacob A. Phillips of Eisner & Phillips dropped dead at 12 50 this morning at his home 138 Center avenue. He left his store near Fifth Avenue and Wood Street about midnight and arrived home shortly before the fatal collapse. The cause was likely heart disease though a weeklong cold may have influenced his condition. He was 40 years old and unmarried, a well known city businessman with long service at Eisner & Phillips.
Creditors of the West Penn and Shenango Connecting Railway hire counsel to sue the Pennsylvania Railroad for an accounting of $166,000 of stock held by the insolvent line. The 22 mile line connected the Shenango, Allegheny, and West Penn railroads, with $100,000 in claims at stake and allegations that Pennsylvania officials aided the stock acquisition.
A high level conference at John G. Johnson's residence produced a near consolidation of the Duquesne and Pittsburg Traction lines. Effective December 1 the Pittsburg Traction fare will rise to 5 cents while Duquesne keeps 5 cents. An exchange system will move western riders to Wilkinsburg for 7 cents. Colonel George Elkins expected to assume practical control of Duquesne on December 1. C. L. Magee reported the agreement meets their terms and suggests the Duquesne won a notable victory.
Rumors claim Magee Flinn and Brown hurried to Philadelphia on the 1:20 train after a telegram from Charles McKee for the Duquesne deal. McKee had earlier signaled readiness to close on agreed lines. Colonel Elkins refrains from comment until sealing, while track work at Fifth Avenue and Duquesne junction progresses toward Wednesday operation.
Five major pulp firms from Detroit Rochester Merritton and Lockport form the Atlantic Wood Pulp and Paper Syndicate to import spruce timber from Canada for large scale pulp production. Initial capital set at 1,000,000 with meetings planned December 1 at Merritton Ontario to elect officers.
In Corry on November 28 under the Comptroller of Currency the receiver Manley Crosby sold the Corry National Bank assets including uncollected notes and bills receivable totaling about 110000. The sale realized roughly 19000 leaving a large loss but enabling payment of a five percent recovery. Notes from Clark and Warren and E A Sliney brought small sums.
A list of liens and sales figures covering various accounts. Items include notes and judgments against O E Gleason Caroline Stewart Jamestown Lumber Co Lafayette Davis G A Bentley Adam Davis J W Williams Frank E Mulkie Fisher and Emerson and others with amounts ranging from a few hundred to several thousand dollars and prices paid such as 10 cents 50 cents and 25 cents in recitals of stock assessments and judgments.
In Steubenville tonight J Ross Mossgrove Jr. seized his six year old daughter from his wife’s kitchen and fled racing down Water street. The wife grabbed his coat in a struggle, the child was dropped and recovered by the mother, who then reported him to police. Mrs Mossgrove is injured and prostrate.
The Pennsylvania Railroad ran a three car plus engine special from New York to Washington in 4 hours 11 minutes, under storm conditions, beating the old record. Engine 340 left New Jersey depot at 2:49 PM, arriving at Washington at 7:01 PM after brief stops at Jersey City Newark and Trenton. If not for a brake failure at Baltimore, the time would have been 4 hours 5 minutes. The run averaged about 1h 10m per 60 miles overall.
Akron Nov 28 Two men in Botrum near Akron made a Thanksgiving bet to sit longest on a rail fence. William Noble and John Springer withstood rain and cold until Springer collapsed from exposure around midnight. both men died or fell ill though Springer faced poor odds of recovery.
Rainmakers in Texas again failed to produce rain by exploding dynamite and roburite at high elevations. Several attempts have been made to force moisture from clouds, but only one effort showed any result, which skeptics say would have rained anyway without explosives. The group pressed another test today and met with continuing failure.
A union gathering of Wilkinsburg churches occurs this evening at the First United Presbyterian on Wood Street to mark the twentieth anniversary of the local Young Men's Christian Association. Prominent clergy and YMCA delegates from Sharpsburg Uniontown and nearby towns will attend.
In a November incident near a 75 foot tunnel near Lake Shore lines, the Flint and Pere Marquette express rear ended a Lake Shore train’s day coach two minutes apart. Five died including Mrs Susan McCoy and an infant. many injured, with the Flint and Pere Marquette engineer, a new run, escaping after signaling error.
New Britain, Nov 28. Miss Mary Wells of Youngstown Ohio, once dismissed as homely by Prof Carroll at the State Normal School, has undergone a successful nose operation. The disfiguring feature was removed and she is described as a very pretty young lady with no trace of the former blemish. The case drew much sympathy from local residents.
In Binghamton on November 28 Charles B. Denning and Clara Oakley wed after a decade betrothal. A prior lapse led to a seven day separation and a 30 mile misdirection on a Vestal drive. Oakley briefly broke the engagement but renewed hope culminated in their wedding.
Youxestons reports a special call for a convention of painters unions from Ohio Pennsylvania and New York to meet here next month. The purpose is to organize a district council and to take action to protect the unions and the trade from vagabond workers.
In Jackson Mississippi on November 28 Bill Nye was badly hurt at the Opera House during the Sotsinsent Burbank show after the curtain rose. He could not appear and the audience was dismissed.
The pure bride expresses amazement upon reuniting with her former betrothed, now prosperously living in Denver. He left to seek his fortune, married elsewhere, and raised a daughter after his wife died. He aims to remarry with help from a matrimonial paper, reuniting with the woman he loved.
Westmoreland County roils as Hon G W Slackburn Blackburn a leading Republican in Rostraver is arrested on forging and altering a tax receipt charges. He sought to pay taxes for 15 Republican voters prompting a receipt for Thomas King West Newton. Investigators find erased King and inserted Leasure. If proven election contests may seat Democratic contenders given a 240 county margin. Hearing set for Greensburg next Monday.
Sir George Baden Powell promotes a new fast Canadian transatlantic steamship line. He has consulted Premier Abbott and cabinet members in Quebec, inspecting docks, while Van Horne of Canadian Pacific Railway says the line will soon be established. The project links with CP Rail, aiming to reach Europe via the St Lawrence and connect Chicago to the World’s Fair route, with a government subsidy reportedly up to 1,000,000.
Washington dispatch reports Senator Chandler on the Almy case claiming the prisoner was moved to State prison before any death sentence. He argues the judges and law must publicly announce the sentence, or the warden cannot hold him, and suggests returning to court for the sentence to be carried out.
Ottawa Ontario November 28 The government issues a warrant for the extradition of Wong Yuen a Chinese national now in Victoria. Wong is sought in San Francisco for embezzling 20000 dollars and has repeatedly offered 5000 dollars to jail officials to aid his escape.
The Dispatch Directory outlines this issue with a two part structure and a nine page core of live news and editorials. It lists diverse sections from photography to fashion and real estate notices across pages from 1a to 20, including society notes, literature, and sports features.
Allegheny Mayor James G Wyman faces four criminal charges including embezzlement and extortion in a reform era case. City Controller Brown prosecutes, with bail set at 2000 per charge and Frank Curry signing a 2000 bond for the mayor’s hearing at 3 PM next Friday.
The mayor, seen joking with his attorney, faces multiple informations alleging extortion and embezzlement in 1891. Charges include improper witness fees totaling over $115 and multiple split cases, with further cases anticipated as investigators review records and prepare more prosecutions against city officials.
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