Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-01
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY /, 189


Arguments begun on the appeal in the
Sharon divorce case A St Louis mar
about to be buried revives.
4-Wflliam OBrien sues Lord Salisbury FOL
libel Jay Gould and Bishop Potter lock
horns over discussion on riches. The
Standard controls white lead companies
Governor Beaver signs municipal lien bill
6-Disappearance of DR.. p, II. Cron1n, Chi
suicides. P. ]. Armstrong, of the 1Dmar
Line suicides. George Francis Train roastt
the Centennial celebration. The Parnel
fund reaches S16S, 200. The Paris Exposi
tion opens
7-Pig iron war between North and South.
butler proves Porter a coward.
S-Twenty-eighth annual convention of I. NJ.
c. A. in Philadelphia. Miss Drexel will
enter q convent
9-City of Paris breaks the record.
wins the Derby
u-Barnhm's circus wrecked at Williamsport,
Three Bald Knobbers hanged in missouri.
The Southern negroes object to Harrison's
cold treatment. Edison robbed OF S20OOOO
by his counsel in the sale of hisphonograph.
Ppresident p;I ,,. Harrison goes g.,.I fishing; Jeff
H-Jacob Schwinefurth. Rockford, Ill, claims
TO be Christ attracting thousands OF follow
ers- New cruiser Charleston beats the
worlds record. Three hundred colored
converts baptized at Richmond.
IS-lrving Bishop dies in New York, aged Al.
l4-Catholic knights of America hold annual
convention at Chattanooga.
l5-Sollcitor George A jerks resignation ae-
cepted. Lord Lonsdale returns from the
Arctic regions. Council of countries to
govern Samoa. Interstate Commission in
vestigate the Standard rebates. Legislature
passes minor cigarette law.
16-Southern Presbyterian Assembly convenes
in Chattanooga Northern Assembly in New
York. Independent refners charge rail-
roads with discrimination.
I7-Villard wins his conspiracy fight and gains
control of the Oregon Transcontinental
D-Germany comedies all points in Samoa ques-
tions. Mrs. Maybrick arrested in London
charged with poisoning her husband. suls-
bach wins against Carnegie for non-comple-
tion of Davenport and st. Paul Railroad;
$1,000, 600 involved
l9-W. ]. Arkelrs residence, Canajoharie
burned. Fanny Davenport marrles Mel
burn Mcdowell. Cornerstone laid for
Catholic De La Sale Institute. Chicago
len more steamer Alaskan survivors
found.
2O-Pennsylvania ODD Fellows Encampment at
York, Pa. Five thousand dollars reward
offered for Cronln's murderers. Mrs. Fol
som marries H e. Perrine, jackson, Mich.
23-The Chicago Police detail plans for the
capture OF Cronin murderers. Electric
Sugar Re6ners replaced on trial Northern
and Southern Presbyteries united. Gen.
eral Assembly of the United Presbyte-
rians meets at Springfield o. DR.. Nc
Kenzie sues London Times for damages
Abr. CrOnin's blood stains discovered in
CarlsOn's cottage. Failure of the Mer-
chants National Bank of New Haven; de-
fcit $luO 600.
&-Le Caron reveals some CroEin secrets,
George A Jessup, cashier scranton City
Bank, arrested for embezzlement Of
$l50O00; bank fails. Dan Coughlin arrested
as Cronln suspect. Three American ladies
arrested at Nice on charges preferred by a
French dreSsmaker: blackmail. Northern
and Southern Presbyterian Assemblies
agree not to discriminate against the col
ored race.
that DR.. Cronin was ordered
murdered by Clan-na-Gael. Funeral OF the
murdered man. United States troops called
out to suppress Oklahoma riots.
City Bank deficit found to be
$3OO,OO0 Charge.of murder entered against
Coughlin by Chicago police. P. O,SuIlivan
arrested as suspect.
Woodruff Sullivan and Coughlin indicted
for Cronin murder. Clan-na-Gael formally
repudiates charges. McClellandtown burg
lars indicted. Fight between Hooking Val
ley miners. Cardinal Gibbons opposed to
prohibition because it does not prohibit.
Carter convicted of murder in the second
degree. Mrs. Maybrick placed on trial for
murder. Minister McLean's farewell ad-
dress to the French President. The Rev.
DR.. Crosby, pastor of Fourth Avenue Pres
byterisn Church, New York, buneoed on
Broadway Boyd @. Caldwell and others
convicted in the United States Court at
Williamsport.
29-Alexander Sullivan accused by Dr. Cronin's
friends of embezzling S82 600; Mcclellan ar
rested as suspect. Sir Richard Webster,
Attorney General, banqueted by London
solicitors. The Pope reported dead. House
hold effects of ]. g. Blaine, Jr.. sold at New
York. President Harrison sets aside l,9O0
~ acres near Stone river. Site selected for
the National Zoo near Washington.
Harrison attends Decoration Day
services at Brooklyn. Rev. DR.. Leonard, of
st. Johns Church, of New York, elected
Assistant Bishop of Ohio. Alexander Sui
Hvan shadowed by detectives as a suspect.
State Board of Health condemn Dr. Camp
bell, of Latrobe, for certifying to death Of a
child, the shipment Of whose body to dis
Iant point causes an epidemic. Allegheny
street railways to alter their motive power.
Grand jury indicts Somerset burglars for
assault and battery with intent to kill. An
English syndicate gains control of Southern
lumber interests. More arrests made in the
Cronin case.
3l-The city Of Johnstown devastated. Fire
and water claim 5000 victims in the Cone
maugh Valley. The South Fork dam bursts
and sweeps all before it. Middle and West
ern Pennsylvania visited by terrible foods.
Railroad travel suspended. Universal
mourning Somerset burglars sentenced
ten years to the penitentiary. Boodler Nc
Garrigle returns from Canada and pleads
guilty in Chicago court. Iceberg 40 miles
long pressing toward the ocean.