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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1889
Page
5
Delegates from arts and sciences met to discuss a Carnegie funded, fireproof, centralized library within the city. Each society would curate its own collections, with William Thaw donating coins and others contributing rare prints. The plan aims to consolidate departments, reduce rental costs, and attract patronage for a permanent academy.
United in Washington last week James S McKean and Postmaster General Wanamaker held a long private audience with President Harrison to discuss the post office situation. The Pittsburgh Knights Templar returned from the Grand Encampment in Washington aboard a Baltimore express train. General Gobin's selection as Right Eminent Grand Commander cheers Pennsylvania officers and aligns political factions.
Pittsburg’s new Gusky’s Illustrated Monthly debuts with witty prose and dainty sketches. Editors K Solomon and W DeWolf guide the effort with contributions from local artists and writers. The issue teases humor, cartoons, and ready appetite for laughter and fattening wit in the city.
Bishop Phelan explained his refusal to endorse the consolidation scheme of Pittsburg Catholic literary societies. He stated the plan was initiated without his input and the consultation appeared perfunctory, with no real opportunity for suggestions.
At a hearing before Alderman Porter B Swartzman admitted breaking open a trunk in ny Soke s room and taking money. He asked to be freed but was remanded to jail to await a court hearing.
The Methodist Conference Court of Inquiry found Colonel John A. Danks guilty of unbecoming conduct as a minister. He will retire from active ministry though details, including sentence, are pending. The hearing at Emory Street Church covered his relationship with Thomas Blashford, letters, and church disputes.
Allegheny property committee reviewed two bids for excavating the electric light plant to be built on Monument Hill. W. A. Watson offered 4200 dollars while D. Winter & Bro proposed 5950 dollars. the committee recommended the latter for award. A North and Irwin corner site and a possible White Machine Co building were discussed. a subcommittee may seek a rebate from Westinghouse to use that site.
The column lists A H Bolton of Staffordshire and family visiting the Monongahela, with plans to import clay for aluminum treatment in England. It also notes geologist Charles Ashburner returning from Ottawa, praising gas uses, and Charles Lockhart and family aboard the City of New York at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Additional items mention Rev L P McVoy’s recovery, John T Wilson’s Sault Ste. Marie trip, the Pearson Raccoon Hunting Club's West Virginia hunt, and local residents receiving gifts and departing for various engagements.
Dr B M Haxxa specializes in ear nose and throat diseases at 718 Penn Street Pittsburg Pennsylvania. The listing provides a medical specialty and address.
A Lawrenceville firm received an order from a large San Francisco artificial ice company to supply two miles of six inch rustless iron pipes for passing cold air to freeze water. The pipes resist rust for decades, enabling large scale ice production in a zig zag wall setup. The process has proven economical beyond ice pipes, with widespread use shown in Pittsburg kettles.
Telegram from Beattdale reports Division 4 EK of L delegates discuss master workman Kerfoot report and resolutions. Measures urge a five member committee to locals, a special convention for national considerations, standardizing coal payment, weighing coal, and aiding miners in Indiana and Illinois with biweekly 25 cent contributions until victory. Grievances referred to the Executive Board for settlements.
An associate with knowledge of Captain Jones’s plans says the Homestead and Braddock plants will have separate managers. Schwab and Potter are identified as suited for Edgar Thomson and Homestead respectively, with Potter long trusted as de facto manager.
The Board of Arbitrators, set to resolve the dispute between Jammes Mc Knight and the State over Johnstown work, will reconvene in the city on Tuesday. Adjutant General will attend and aid in settling the matter.
J J Holland of the General Executive Board will speak at the Ge Assembly in Atlanta on colored labor in the South. He argues the Knights should advance colored workers socially and materially rather than focusing on political action. The Carbon Iron Company plans two 60,000 pound open hearth furnaces and expansive coal lands in West Virginia.
Mead the conductor of street car No. 103 faced Alderman Porter charged with striking and ejecting passenger Wilson from the car. Mead was held to court in 1000 bail after witnesses testified to kicks and a push on the platform. Mead admitted striking and asserted Wilson refused to sit inside after paying fare.
Jack Howard of Magee street was arrested by Officer Cleary after a struggle at Fifth avenue and Tunnel street. Howard suffered scalp wounds from a mace blow as he insulted women and refused to go home. A bystander, McKenna, was knocked out and treated at a local drug store.
About 10 o clock last night a crowd gathered in Strawberry alley by the screams of a woman and the curses of a man in the house of James McAfee. Officers forced entry after doors and windows were locked and then took Edward McAfee to Central station for disorderly conduct. The woman was not badly hurt.
Nearly 400 teachers and pupils from this city depart this morning for Bell's Gap on a special excursion train provided by Colonel Thomas E. Watt. The eight coaches plus a chair car allow better scenery viewing along the Bell's Gap route with an agent of the company accompanying the party.
Miss Mollie Hanlon aged 15 has disappeared from her home on Jones avenue above Twenty-eighth street hillside. She left Tuesday morning on an errand for her mother and has not been heard from since. Police notified in the case.
The Lutheran General Council debated mission policy and Krupp Theological Seminary. Dr J Nicum of Rochester noted Texas aid in home missions while disputes over Krupp intensified with calls to reconsider and questions of church governance and the contract law.
The Southside organized a Mendelssohn Club with officers elected: Dr C Hersman president William Winton vice president Miss Gibbons Rosekranz librarian James Laabearer EH P. Roberta VV N. Easton H. Wegrner W. Winton Miss Louis Miss Skelton and Miss Hannet on the executive committee P McCullum Ia ctor J F Deskin Accompanist. The club will meet each Friday in the Palace Parlors Southside.
Charles Sanders, a colored man, was taken to Hagerstown Maryland by Chief Kirschler of Allegheny after being arrested for the murder of John Hart during a political contest. A $100 reward had been offered by Hagerstown authorities. Sanders was moved last night. Mrs Mary Freil on Webster avenue near Seventh avenue faced Alderman Reilly for selling liquor without a license but witnesses did not testify they bought beer. The Alderman gave her a severe lecture.
Trans Postmaster Donehoo and lawyers James Cunningham and D 8 Mausiey are tied to a theft involving silverware carried off in one night. Detectives Lazarna and Cowell traced spoons to a river bank satchel. Fickie was arrested in Beaver Falls and committed for a Monday hearing. Authorities believe a broader Beaver Valley theft ring is being tackled.
The ad boasts heavy city and county buying at Hieber Bros Wood Street for pianos and organs. It touts Vocalion channels, Burdett or Beering pianos, and family use instruments with plans and price highlights including suit sizes and styles. It mentions 200 Indies stock and a cloak department with fashion details.
The L A 1583 musicians will send a delegate to Philadelphia next week to appear before the General Executive Board and explain the trouble between the assembly and the M M P UV. The assembly members are confident the board will decide satisfactorily but want clear understanding among officials about their side of the case.
The Gospel Temperance Union plans a Sunday night meeting at Cu Institute with W C G Coo to assist and Mrs Mary Stuh in charge of the manlc. A wagon belonging to the Little Sisters of the Poor ran away on Anderson street injuring no one. Joax Kring was hospitalized with a broken thigh from falling debris. Henry Reiher elected vice president of the Duquesne Bridge Company and several others named directors. A collision between a Citizens' Traction cable and a buggy caused minor damage. Alderman Hyndman sentenced Wilson and Brown to five days. J F Campbell jailed for 80 days for insulting a woman. Gillespie truck for Pittsburg Fire Department shipped and due next Thursday. Police seek Thomas Tracy in a coroner death case of Ida Shannon. Twelfth ward station house to gain six cells in six weeks. Caledonia Curling Club to meet at D S Thompson’s office on Federal tonight. Citizens Cable Line passengers complain of long waits at Eleventh Street. Lieutenant Teeters arrested William Doyle on suspicion of robbery. McKeesport Turners planning a $10,000 building.
Officer Trudy Shaul arrested 12 year old Harry Taylor on a break in at a Bluff and Magee store owned by Mrs aoe. The boy, from respectable parents on Vickroy street, faces charges over a small theft.
The Pleasant Valley Railway Company awarded James McAfee the contract to build a roadbed and track for the lower half of the new cross-town line in Allegheny. A separate incident reports John Smith’s fall from a scaffold at the O’Hara works, resulting in leg and arm injuries. Nearby ads promote men's neckwear bargains and a Kaufmann cloak department sale with limited time offers. An Angostura bitters note advertises aiding digestion.
The Bessemer pig price has reached 22 dollars, a level that could make exporting to this country profitable for English dealers. Experts doubt that exporters will readily capitalize on the commodity boom amid ongoing market volatility and unclear trade conditions.
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