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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1891
Page
2
The Department of Charities notes a harsh winter with many destitute families, hundreds of calls daily, and 3200+ medical visits. Inspectors report thousands of prescriptions and coal distributions, with immigrants from Ireland Poles Germans and others seeking aid.
Three life passenger interests plan a boycott to push for no commissions on Chicago and Alton routes starting April 1. Rail networks including Baltimore and Ohio Ohio and Mississippi and Erie rejoin the plan. The move threatens to derail agreements and could alter future passenger business as agents react.
City women rally over bird cruelty in fashion as Royal endorsement and National Council of Women pledge drive spur reforms. Milliners report “No feathers” requests rising while advocates critique skinning and trapping. Mary Lorell of the National Woman’s Council urges cooperation. Lorell arrives for the Scientific Temperance Institute event.
A bright spring day drew crowds to Pittsburg as streets and East End promenades filled with fashionable dress. Parks were wet but attendance at churches remained high. doctors noted a drop in grip cases and predicts April will be milder. Notable deaths included Robert Stewart 76, James B. Rigdon, William Hoehr, and Algernon William Tower.
A party of Michigan University engineering students led by Prof. M. E. Cooley arrived in the city for an inspection tour of iron and steel mills and local factories. They will also visit Pittsburg before leaving. One student died after a blow from a town militia member during a disturbance at a wedding, drawing comment from the mayor about permission to bear arms.
A ten-room red brick dwelling on Friendship Avenue near St Clair Street, owned by Bell and Campbell, burned yesterday evening. The structure, nearly finished, was valued around 0,000 with about 2.00 lost partly insured. Fire department arrived late and investigators weigh whether arson or accident by local youths caused the blaze, with a strong odor of carbon oil noted.
A Hebrew school teacher from Braddock identified as F. Smet was buried yesterday in Sharpburg Cemetery by local countrymen. He died several days earlier and had no known relatives in town. He was 57 years old, married, and had a daughter whose address is unknown. He came from New York last August.
Burr McIntosh, Pittsburg setor, traveled on the Chicago limited last evening with the Willard company. Charles Jenkins, chief baggage agent, returned from Philadelphia after 40 years. Dr. James McCann and family left for New York to visit then plan a trip north. C M Carty of Newfoundland is registered at Monongahela House and discusses reciprocity with the United States. Mrs. Pitcairn and daughter departed in private car to Lewistown. Rep W Scott Mullins of Hyndman visited the Monongahela. Menthal of Paris and A F Richey of Oil City stay at Seventh Avenue. W W Heaton of New York is at the Duquesne. C L Davis Alvin Joslyn went to Baltimore last night.
Three-story brick property with a large store room and elevator on Sixth Street rents for 2600 dollars. For information call 1112 Penn Avenue.
John Hampton a prominent Allegheny County lawyer for 33 years died at Lakewood New Jersey on Saturday night. He trained under his father Judge Moses Blanspron and formed a lifelong bond with James G Blaine. Known for his coolness wit and biting sarcasm he influenced juries and shaped civil cases while partnering with Moreland Dalzell Dunkell and Scott. He leaves a daughter Lida and wife Ann Todd Hampton. Funeral is set for Wednesday at his North Avenue home.
Sunday morning court proceedings followed a long levee where many guests slept in at Central Station and magistrates presided over large crowds. George Jackson received ten days for multiple offenses including assault and resisting arrest, while John Keating drew thirty days for drunken behavior and hindering a sick wife. More cases involved assaults, disorderly houses, and fines for drunkenness across multiple wards.
At Pittsburg's Fifth Avenue corner yesterday a crowd swarmed for the first summer car of the Pittsburg Traction Company. Hogs mingled with men and a few frail women as they rushed and jockeyed for space, some pulling others into clashes while bystanders yielded to the spectacle. Colonel Elkins observed but offered no remedy.
The Building Committee of the Carnegie Library Commission meets this afternoon to discuss library plans and sites. It aims to complete its work by week’s end and report to the commission.
Sergeant Lase narrowly escaped a bullet while at the Nineteenth ward Station front office yesterday morning. A bullet struck the window and buried itself in the frame, grazing a young man at the window. Inspector Whitehouse retrieved a .41 caliber bullet. No suspect identity was found after a neighborhood search.
The Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers will hold its annual convention in Turner Hall Forbes Street in Allegheny during the first week of June. The base wage scale will remain. a sliding scale may be discussed. The price of pudding is a key issue with puddlers seeking $6, while a bad trade year may push for reductions.
Detective Glenn in Allegheny recovered a watch stolen last Friday from a nurse at Allegheny General Hospital. George Dressler, brought from Philadelphia to work as an orderly, accessed rooms, stole the watch, pawned it in the city, and later confessed. Hospital authorities sent Dressler home rather than prosecute.
John Sekerak died at West Penn Hospital yesterday bringing deaths from the Braddock natural car explosion to three. Four more victims remain in precarious condition. Superintendent Muth of Allegheny fires Officer Paul Blazer for dereliction of duty amid reform moves.
Partial Deafness Only describes the new sound discs as relief devices for partial deafness. Inventor H A wae of Bridgeport Conn explains the discs are not generally as powerful as an ear trumpet.
Congressman McMillin of Tennessee, a Democratic leader, passed through Pittsburg and toward Boston for a Young Men's Democratic Club banquet. He voiced confidence in winning the Speaker race, backed by the Tennessee delegation, and argued education and unity favor the Democrats while criticizing Socialist tendencies and comments on Sherman Garfield and Bismarck.
Rev E K Donehoo of Eighth Presbyterian says Dr Briggs may not swear to church doctrine and teach it, arguing his views disrupt the church foundation. He notes Briggs shifted from languages to systematic theology and that student criticisms led to expulsions, with the General Assembly likely to decide his fate.
General John A. Wiley came back to the coke regions yesterday afternoon, reluctant but obeying orders. He warned of possible continued violence if troops are withdrawn, noted workers seeking protection, and said some miners may join the eight hour movement by May 1. Major Greenland joined Wiley at the depot.
An insurance agent condemns modern iron fire escapes saying they trap flames and heat, awaken sleepers less safely, and offer little life saving value. He cites repeated observations of escapes burning or becoming unusable during fires and argues their placement before windows is flawed.
Reports describe Mr Porter as a courteous figure in Italy despite a quarrel with Italian officials. Once Indiana Governor, he was favored by Harrison for another term but declined. Friends say his sunny temper would endure any expulsion, with steady influence in negotiations for the United States.
A man who later joined the ministry met at Union Depot before heading to Washington for a friend’s induction. Porter, widely written about in the Indiana campaign, appears as a Whig, energetic figure, though the reporter is surprised by his slender frame and white hair. His manner is warm and unguarded, with only kind words for all.
Colonel H I Swords purchasing agent of the Treasury Department arrived from Louisville and registered at the Duquesne. He was ordered to Pittsburg to confer with Postmaster McKean but said he had no plans to stay long. He criticized Architect Malone's removal and pressed to finish the new post office under Pattison, hoping to move by July. He expects a department letter and will visit the Allegheny postmaster before returning.
Colonel Beetle of the Western Electric Company in Chicago expects to return to the Windy City to light the new theater of C. L. Davis after securing the lighting contract. He notes no word on Westinghouse financial troubles and hopes honorable competitors remain while dishonorable ones are eliminated.
George R. K. Blanchard, head of the Central Traffic Association, toured the city last evening on his way to Chicago. He had just left New York after a ten day stay and stated he was not briefed on railroad conditions. Blanchard noted lines operating smoothly but warned eight hour strikes could impact limited traffic and cited a broader labor push for shorter hours.
The Pennsylvania road train brought the Golden Gate party to Pittsburg last evening on the way back to New York. Forty Peemweecs traveled aboard with one alighting here. The ladies praised California flowers and climate while the trip was described as not very profitable.
Hungarian murderess Catharine Volkenac and accomplice Morris Chorenic were arrested in Allegheny for the murder of a fully developed infant found in Henry Werner’s boarding house at 22 East Ohio Street. A rope around the neck indicates homicide. the couple had been with Werner’s premises for two months. The coroner will hold an inquest.
Front office staffs at Grand Opera House and Harris' form a rural union linked to the AFL while rival theaters’ crews respond by joining District 3 of the Knights of Labor. The clash shows as both sides claim union status and brand each other as outsiders.
The reception of the Literary Club of Jeanette drew prominent guests from Pittsburgh Greensburg Johnstown and nearby towns. Gernert's orchestra provided music and a fine banquet was served amid decorated club rooms. In Pittsburgh area April 13 14 15 Mr W D Clause offers samples at the Hotel Anderson. Stevens & Co Cleveland arranging pattern huts. Airmarked ads tout Iron City Brewery porter and photo offers at Aufrecht's Elite Gallery.
Three 11 year old boys Michael O'Toole Eddie Caldwell and Willie Bert found a can of giant powder and lit a fire on the Pittsboro Virginia and Charleston Railroad tracks. The blast injured all three with O'Toole and Caldwell fatally or gravely hurt while Bert was scorched but expected to recover.
Edward Tucker went to 40 Congress Street with a pistol and fired at Mary Cunningham, grazing her head. D H Brown restrained him and Officer Elmer took all three to the Eleventh ward station. Tucker admitted intent to kill and self harm, originally courting Cunningham and owning a boot-blacking shop at 70 Diamond Alley.
The advertisement lists numerous ranges and quantities for full size bound edge curtains and lace items. Swiss tamboured styles with scalloped edges priced from 2 to 29 per pair, Cas aban curtains from 10 to 213 30, Trish Pointes 450 to 85 per pair, Renaissance Louis XIV styles from 220 to the finest options, plus Cluny Silk and Jacquard Damask varieties at low regional prices.
Alice White, about 18, colored, was arrested by Officer Albert Beckett last night in McKee's alley in the Eleventh ward. She is jailed on a charge of incorrigibility at the Eleventh ward station house. Her Tresare, from Washington Pennsylvania, had earlier given a description and instructed the officer to arrest her if she visited McKee's alley.
Special weekly bargains advertise Black Sarah Silks in four qualities from 50c to 1.00 per yard, plus Black India and Shanghai Silks 27 inches wide at 30c and 85c. Auction purchase offers limited pieces at extraordinary values. Novelty Camel’s Hair and Tweeds cut from 1500s to 125 and 1 per yard, Plaids 75c, All-Wool Suitings 45c, Black French Serges 75c, Curtain deal two Irish Point Lace Curtains at 4.50 per pair down from 7.59.
Choice styles and colors from £3 to $205 part. Curtain materials, upholstery goods, wringes, curtain rods, etc., at extremely low prices. The sale promises extraordinary value and quality, urging immediate purchases for present or anticipated needs.
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