Riot and ballot chaos in Allegheny caucus nomination
A secret caucus at City Hall erupted into a riot as 66 council members and others clashed over nominations for City Controller, City Treasurer and City Solicitor. Fights, double voting accusations, and a mass lobby brawl led to arrests, resignations, and a partisan bolt as Brown’s supporters secured the controller post after multiple ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
Federal Street
Allegheny
George Schad
Liz
Ephinstone
Elphinstone
Macferron
Allertheny City Hall
James Brown
John S. Slagle
Brown
So'cock
Select Council
Mr. Linger
Ava
Mr. Henricks Edminian
Mr. Horne
Carrie
Mr. Henricks
Charies Dahlineer
Charles Neeb
A. H. Mercer
Charlies Simon
Arthur Kennedy
David McFerron
Dablinger
John W. Kreps
W. M. Kennedy
Mrr. Lowe
Major Kennedy
Kochler
Viva
Stauffer
Duhlinger
Joan S.slagel
Gerwig
Robert Dilworth
Wertheimer
T. W. Tigcer
Henricks
Biszver
Oualir
Bigger
Slagle
Dilworth
Dhworth
Koehler
Himer
Whs
Gilliford
Cee
Johnston
Glenn
Kornman
Gerwin
Nesbit
Staxle
Mr. Brown
Conn
Sélect Council
Messrs
Born
Einstein
Emrich
Hannan
Lowe
Ober
Lindsay
Common Councils
Ruder
Buente
Dickson
Eshelman
G . Hax
Henderson
Horne
Mercer
Millard
McAuley
McGeary
Neeb
Oliver
Pappert
Rippey
Rowbottom
Endolph
Simon
Smith
Speidel
Staving
Pittsburg and Allegheny Councils Open Seats and Oath
Pittsburg and Allegheny city councils opened with routine procedures. George Holliday and HB Ford were unanimously reelected presidents in the Common and Select Councils respectively, with Kirk Bigham sworn in to administer the oath. seats were assigned by drawing, and a quip from Councilman Lowe about "seventeen liars" drew no comment.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny
Lowe H
Martin
Hoe
McClure
George J. Holliday
Captain Brown
H. Fen
Holliday
Kirk Q. Bigham
J. C. O'Donnell
W. A. Magee
Select Council
Booth
Warmeastie
HB. P. Ford
Allegeny
W. H. Stauffer
Common Council
Thomas A. Parke
Eshelmen
Horne
James H. Lindsay
Wertheimer
Gilliford
Major Kennedy
Lowe
David Gregg Dies at Home in Allegheny Wealthy Pittsburg Property Owner
David Gregg died yesterday at his Lincoln avenue home in Allegheny at an advanced age. A major Pittsburg property owner, he never insured any of his houses. He was active in church and charitable work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Gregg
Lincoln Avenue
Allegheny
Pittsburg
Nisbet Wed to Mrs. Doyle in Southside Ceremony
William W Nisbet longtime Thirty first ward druggist and former Select Council representative married Mary E Doyle of the Southside yesterday. Rev R A Elliott of the Ninth U P Church conducted the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W.nisbet
Counveil
Mary E. Doyle
Southside
R.A. Elliott
U. P. Church
Gall Burden Brand Condensed Milk Ad Copy
An advertising line promotes Gall Burden Brand Condensed Milk as a chief home blessing for better custards puddings and sauces with directions on the label and availability through grocers and druggists.
The Banner Month 1891 Dispatch Columns Offer
March 1891 noted a large increase, about 80 percent, with a hint to use The Dispatch cent a word columns for best results.
War veterans collect pensions at new government building
About 2000 veterans and 75000 dollars in quarterly pensions were paid at the new Government building, with many maimed veterans present. Pension Agent Bengough reported a third had lost limbs and 350 widows were among those in line. To ease congestion money was paid directly by Pension Office clerks.
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Bengough
Pension Office
Veterans Parade Reveals Wounds and Pensions
Veterans gather as widows receive checks in a solemn procession marking end of service. Crutches, empty sleeves, and G A R insignia tell of Antietam and Richmond battles while veterans and widows await Treasury notes and payments in a multi room sequence across Third avenue. The scene blends memory, devotion, and the nation’s care for former soldiers.
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Lecion
Antietam
Richmond
Wilderness
Sherman
Third Avenue
Bank
Treasury
Mather Files Divorce Suit Against Haberkorn
Margaret Mather has filed suit in Chicago to end her marriage to Emil Haberkorn, longtimeDuquesne Theater orchestra leader. She alleges desertion after a residence in Chicago for a year, with marriage dated February 15 1887 in Buffalo New York. Haberkorn said he took no action yet and will fight any additional claims.
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Margaret Mather
Emil Haberkorn
Duquesne Theater
Chicago
Buffalo
N. Y
First Secret Election Under Baker Ballot Law Held at McKee's Rocks
County Commissioner Boyle visited McKee's Rocks to oversee booth placement and train the election board on duties under the new Baker ballot law. This borough election marks the first under the Baker system in the state, reflecting a significant procedural test for voters and officials.
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Kee's Rocks
Boyle
McKee's Rocks
Baker
Spies Sought as Moonshine Threats Mount in Somerset
General W. H. Koontz and George H. Tayman of Somerset discuss threats from moonshiners after a revenue raid. Tayman built a distillery near Bakerstown for Edward Waltera of Baltimore. Moonshiners blame him, seek vengeance on James Long the U S Consul at Florence, and target Hochstetler. The mountains divide Somerset and Westmoreland counties, with illicit stills hidden in ravines along Laurel Ridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Koontz
George H. Tayman
Somerset
Monongahela House
Mr. Tayman
Somerset Hotel
Tayman
Edward Waltera
Baltimore
Bakerstown
Laurel Ridge
James Long
United States
Florence
Mr. Long
Hochstetler
General Koontz
Somerset County
Opie
West Laurel Ridge
Westmoreland
Alleghenies
Window Glass Prospects In Chicago Meeting
The Window Glass Manufacturers Association plans a Chicago meeting at the Auditorium Hotel today. Attendees include William Loeffler Ir Sellers McKee Joan O Leary Chris McKee Thomas Wightman Scully Warmbonn and executives D C Risley and Hessy of United States Glass Company. The group denied forming a cartel and noted warm weather boosts business as building work resumes and inquiries rise. The association can adjust production to market demand and a May meeting will decide timing for summer shutdowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Window Glass Mannufacturers’ Association
Auditorium Hotel
Chicago
Windy City
William Loeffler
Ir. Sellers McKee
Joan O'Leary
Chris McKee
Thomas Wightman
Messrs
Scully
Warmbonn
D.C. Risley
Hessy
United States Glass Company
Ripley
Loeffler
Mr. Loeffler
Hostetter Comments On Drafted Damages Case
Herbert Hostetter arrived from Washington and was served Saturday with papers in a $500,000 damage suit over a railway stock deal involving George M. Jewart of the Dear Creek and Susquehanna Railroad. He declined to discuss specifics, saying he wants the matter to stand as published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hostetter
Washington
George M. Jewart
Dear Creek and Susquehanna Railroad
Hostetter
Jewart
Wages Reduced At Copper Wire Mill Braddock
The Braddock copper wire mill cuts heater wages from 18 to 9 cents per ton. Two furnaces employ many workers. Edward Day resigns refusing to work at the new rate. James B. Scott, investigating Huntingdon Reformatory cruelty claims, travels to Philadelphia to hear testimony, disputing some opposition claims and noting Moyamensing and Riverside cases. A separate fight at Penn avenue and Thirty-second street results in arrests and injuries. Rooms advertised in the DigDispatch Cent-a-Word column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braddock
Edward Day
Bors Heater
Mt Furnace No. 1
James B. Scott
Philadelphia
Huntingdon Reformatory
Quaker City
Scott
Moyamensing
Ward
Riverside
Hunon
The Carpet-Laying Season Is at Hand and Garment Stores
The spring line of carpets offers low prices and ample stock. Magnettes carpets, Brussels, tabis, Ingrams, lace curtains, and large rugs are advertised with low starter prices. Also advertised are furs storage, garment alterations, Easter gowns, Lawrenceville Amber flour bread, a sleep aid for bed bugs, and an auction sale of a horse at 310 and 312 Ohio Street Allegheny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mew
Brussels
Ciina
Epwakp Groetzinger
Penn Avenue
Ohio Street
Allegheny
Widow Stops Pittsburg and Western Express from Wreck
A widow named Mrs. Baker saved a passenger train from collision near Allegheny by waving a red flannel skirt as a tunnel collapse blocked the track. The train slowed to a stop within feet of the cave-in, passengers were shaken but unharmed, and work crews cleared the debris through yesterday. The tunnel collapse involved about 60 tons of material and a track walker who was buried was later found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg and Western Road
Allegheny
Pittsburg
Homestead Mill Inquest Opens Over Fatal Converter Accident
Coroner McDowell opened an inquest at Homestead into the deaths of Anthony Staffle and John Shields from the converter accident at the steel works on March 9. Fourteen witnesses, led by Superintendent Taylor Alderdyce, described the slag netting shield and the 200 pound buildup that toppled the pressure pipe and caused the converter to spill molten content. A protection has since been installed. the inquest will close on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homestead
McDowell
Anthony Staffle
John Shields
Taylor Alderdyce
A McKeesport millman in trouble over wife claim
Mrs Mary Raub, wife of a well known McKeesport millman, arrived in the city and caused the arrest of Miss Mary Callahan at 202 Washington Street on a charge of living as Raub’s wife. Raub was arrested in McKeesport and posted bail. Callahan, said to be an attorney's sister, remains jailed after failing to post bail. Raub eloped with Callahan from Mt Union years ago. she threatened to kill upon learning of Raub's new marriage.
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Mary Raub
McKeesport
Mary Callahan
Washington Street
McMasters
Raub
Riub
Miss Callahan
Mt. Union
McAleese
Alliance, O
Beaver County
Voters Favor Cleveland and Politicians Clash
Congressman Cobb of Missouri claims politicians oppose him while voters back Cleveland. The Eastern Express carried Col Fordyce of St Louis and Theodore Svett with remarks on the Southwest railroad business as Cobb predicts Harrison as the likely Republican nominee.
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Cobb
Missouri
Fordyce
Colonel Blodgett
Theodore Svett
St. Louis
Washington
Youghiogheny River
Connellsville
Cleveland
Harrison
Conference Planned Between Masters and Striking Union Bricklayers
The Master Bricklayers' Association met and decided to grant a conference with the striking union bricklayers. A five member committee will meet the strikers at the earliest date. Also noted, a charter was granted yesterday to the World's Columbian Exposition Transportation Company of Pittsburg to transport passengers between Pittsburg and Chicago with capital stock of 25000. W J Jones is treasurer.
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Master Bricklayers’ Association
Union
Nota
Pittsburgh's first woman newsboy asks, Is this honest work
A dispatch reporter meets Caroline Gale, the first woman seen selling papers on Pittsburg streets. The 45 year old widow from Harrisburg, plagued by malaria, explains she came to Pittsburg with her daughter to escape illness and now earns an honest living by selling newspapers at Franklin street corners, shouting to passersby.
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Dispatch
Virgin Alley
Wood Street
Pittsburg
New York
Philadelphia
Iron City
Caroline Gale
Franklin Street
Luma
Harrisburg
Beautifying the Parks Chief Heads to Chicago for Trees
Chief Bigelow and Controller Morrow visited B. A. Elliott's nurseries on Perryville Avenue Allegheny to source about 3000 young trees for bare spots and along park drives at Schenley Park. He plans a 30 acre Highland Park expansion, fronts Highland Avenue, and disputes Hawley transfer of a recent city purchase, asserting first hand advantage.
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Morrow
Chief Bigelow
B. A. Elliott
Perryaville Avenue
Allegheny
Schenley Park
Chicago
Highland Park
Highland Avenue
Logan
William Hawley
Hawley
Mette Carpets and Brusse To Price List
A fragmented ad lists carpet pricing with items such as Brussels tapestry and ingrain styles. Prices shown include 1.23 dollars for certain carpets and smaller cent amounts for Brussels and other weave types. The text reads like a shop price board with multiple figures and currencies.
In Wolf Fox Bear Black Goat and Chinese Goat sale
A fragment reports items named Wolf Fox Bear Black Goat and Chinese Goat once sold at five dollars each and now their price will change. The note lacks precise new pricing details and context.
2000 Rolls of China Mattings Arrive for Sale
A local seller announces receipt of 2,000 rolls of China Mattings in latest weaves and colors at 5 dollars per roll. Each roll holds 40 yards with over 200 styles available for selection.
Variety of Challies and imported chariies offered
A local ad promotes Challies fabric at five cents for a broad mix. Wool Challies in light and medium grounds are priced at 76 cents. Delicate floral designs copy of fine French goods. Extra fine Imported Chariies priced at 60 and 66 cents exhibit cream grounds with flowers in natural colors. Navy and black grounds provide wide options from simple to richly colored.
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Sec
New Cloth Model in Distinct Colorings Offered
A new fabric style resembling a Charlie is announced with highly effective colorings. Available at 8c.
Fine Cotton Fabric with Stripes in Light Grounds
A listing describes fine cotton fabric in light grounds with pretty stripes resembling wash silks. Offered at 123 cents per yard.
Curtain patterns and prices by the pair across many choices
An auction style listing offers curtains at multiple price points from 50c to 9 per par with wide lengths, many yards, and numerous patterns. Quantities range from 6 to 420 pairs per price tier with extra widths and comparison to higher priced pieces. Finer lace imitations offered up to 9 per pair.
Irish Pointe Lace Curtains Sale Exceeds Sixty Patterns
A broad display of Irish Pointe lace curtains offers more than 60 distinct patterns in various lengths and widths. Prices range from 3 to 8.50 per pair, with large selections described as elegant, strong, and wearable in styles.
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Allegheny City
Siagle
Elphinstone and
Mr. Gerwig
Connells
Parke
Kreps
Patton
D. D. Thompson
George Elphinsone
Air
Swindell
D. M. Alston
Thompson
Alston
Elphinston
Guliford
Xellaofave
Nay
Dr. Gilliford
Crieas
Action N
Counellman Nisbet
Veterans
Wheels of Justice
Association
Mr. Hostetter
Jennart
Jones
John Lenard
David Hay
Thirty-second Street
Dodson
Twelfth Ward
Hay
Lenard
Tusu
Jos. Honns & Co
Parcers & Jones
Tra
Fifth Avenue
G. Cambry & Sox
Lawrenceville
Bakerstown Tunnel
Pittsburg and Western Express
Master and Union Bricklayers
Mest
Kerwin Miller & CO
Smithfield St
Pitsburg
W. WV
Dermitt & Co
Grant Street
Eixth Avenua Fez-Rissu
Barber
Mette
Body Brussels
Tapestry
China
Edward
Groetzinger
Ap-Rraan
Biber & Easton
Chalons
Spe-Tissa
Pittsburz
Isa
Jos. Horne
Penn Ave
LACE
Heresean Pointe Lica
Marie Antoinetti
Nottingham
JOS. Horne & CO
Penn Avs
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