Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-17
INQUISITION POINTS.
How and Where the License Tribunal
Will Begin To-Morrow.
JUDGE WHITE MAY GO IT ALONE,
Many Attorneys of Opinion That There
Will be Fewer Grants.
A FORTUNE TELLER BEATS A LAWYER

The all-important question about the
Court House yesterday was, "Where will
the License Court be held, and what Judges
are to sit in it?" The first part of the ques-
ton was answered late in the afternoon.
The court will be held, opening at $50 A.
NJ, in the extra court room, corner of Grant
and Diamond streets, second floor.
This only made matters worse, and the
speculation as to what Judges would sit
grew more earnest. That J Judge White will
be there, is set down as certainty, but
whether he will be assisted by Judge Magee
is a matter of conjecture Some attorneys
are of the opinion that Judge White will
handle TIE matter alone.
Criminal Court is to be kept going, but
whether it will be presided over by Judge
Magee or one of the Judges from Common
Pleas No. 1, is thing that cannot yet be
told. Judge Ewing will take charge of
Common Pleas No. 2.
THE COURT IN CoNFAB.
Judges Ewing and Magee had confer
ence yesterday morning, and the inference
was drawn that they were discussing the
License Court matter.
Some of the leading attorneys at the bar
are open in their opinion that the list of
licenses granted last year will not be en-
larged upon, but will, ifanything, be cut
down. The opinion Seems to be general
that number of last years successful ap-
plicants will fail to pass muster this year,
as the Judges have been Keeping a sharp
eye upon them and know where the law has
been abused.
The plan of action of the Law and Order
League has not yet been made public; but
it is thought that they will make general
objections to every applicant, and will par
ticulariy oppose such brewers as are known
to have sold to disorderIy houses and places
that were running without license.
The Law Students Association seems to
have caught the License Court fever, and at
their meeting on Saturday next will hold a
License Court, with. W. d. Moore, Esq,
acting as Judge.
SALOON AND sEERESs.
In connection with Judge Whites. SEN
tence of Mr.. McMinneman and release of
Mrs. McMinneman, as fortune tellers the
other day, a good story is told that is
apropos, now that License Court is impend-
ing. Mrs. McMinneman, as is now as
serted, stated to the Court her implicit belief
in her powers, and said that her predictions
had been frequently verified; in fact, more
often came true than failed. She also stated
that last year she told many LIQUOR dealers
what the fate of their applications for
license would be, and that her prognostica-
tions had been verified. She also stated
that she had cast the horoscope in the pres
ent case, and knew for some time what her
sentence would be.
1t seems the lawyers harbor no i'll feeling
for her efforts in taking away their clients.
One would scarce supposethat an applicant
for license to sell liquor would fee both a
fortune teller anda lawyer, for what would
be the use of lawyer if you knew the re-
suit beforehand.
ONE WAS OVERLOOKED.
A. J. Burbank, of the Eighteenth ward,
called at this Office yesterday to say that
the newspapers had made a mistake when
they said there were remonstrances filed in
court against only one applicant for liquor
license in that ward. Remonstrances were
put in against two applicants, one of whom
is Councilman N. G. Dwyer. He was re-
fused a license last year, and the scorching
investigation Judge White subjected him
to at that time is posted on the face of the
remonstrance against him now. This docu-
ment is signed by SO persons, and says:
The applicant is not a good citizen, in that he
has been a violator of the license law, and is
delinquent in the payment of proper license
fees. The house has been closed for year.
The house has not the requisite number of
rooms for hotel accommodations Since it has
been closed there has been less drunkenness
and disorjerly conduct in the neighborhood.