Court to Appoint Viewers on Opening of 11 Streets
City Attorney Moreland sought the appointment of viewers under the 1891 street improvement act for 11 new openings including Finance Berthoud Irwin Callowhill Aurelia Bellefield Winslow Deary Blair Glosser Cobden alleys and streets. The process aims to collect over 2 million for contractor payments and advance public works despite court delays and appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moreland
Common Pleas Court No. 3
Finance Street
Homewood Avenue
City Line
Berthoud Street
Vans
Morgan Streets
Irwin Avenue
Wightman
Forbes Streets
Callowhill Street
North Highland Avenue
Mellon Street
Aurelia Street
Shady
Denniston Avenues
Bellefield Avenue
Forbes Street
Center Avenue
Winslow Street
Park Avenue
Turrett Street
Deary Street
Lincoln
Larimer Avenues
Blair Street
Lowry Street
Frazlewood Avenue
Glosser Alley
Kirkpatrick Street
Cobden Alley
Sedgwick
Bert Streets
Supreme Court
Boggs Avenue
Wyoming
Shiloh
Cap
Journeymen Tailors in Pittsburg Join Federation Fight
The Pittsburg Garment Workers Local No. 22 met at Saller's Hall with Henry White presiding. About 100 tailors attended, fewer than expected, as some employers barred attendance. All those present joined the American Federation of Labor and vowed to oppose the K of L to keep the Pittsburg market from Rochester clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journeymen Tailors
Pittsburg
Saller’s Hall
K. of L
Moonshiners to Have a Hearing Friday Saturday
Charles Miller a Somerset tracer is to have a hearing Friday before U S Commissioner McCandless on a charge of illicit distilling He says it is a set up job John Reese of the Miller Pritz gang is to have a hearing Saturday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Miller
United States
McCandless
John Reese
Miller- Pritz
Acheson Nominated by Greene County Republicans for Congress
The Twenty fourth Congressional district Republican convention met in City Hall. E F Acheson of Washington was named for Congress by acclamation with delegates and alternates chosen from Fayette and Connellsville area. Thomas Liggett was made elector. Debate centered on Greene County absence and past clashes involving J W Ray and J Tea Teagarden. Resolutions backed Harrison and opposed the free wool bill, while Acheson pledged support for Monongahela navigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twentyfourth
City Hall
E. F. Acheson
Washington
George M. von Bornhorst
Frank M. Fuller
Fayette County
R. J. Block
J. M. Heid
Connellsville
Thomas 3. Liggett
Greene County
Little Greene
Mr. Liggett
San
Reene
J. P. Teagarden
Waynesburg
J. W. Ray
Teagarden
Harrison
Greene
Acheson
Fayette
Fayette Conferees For the Idea Then That Mr. Acheson
C. L. Magee
Ray
Andy Stewart
RK. F. Hopwood
Hopwood
Harmony
P. S&s
Alexander Craig
Stewart
Monongahela River
Bids Opened for City Home Supplies by Chief Elliot
Chief Elliot of the Department of Charities opened bids for the coming year for City Home and outdoor relief. The session was private with only the Chief and Clerk Cloley present as bids from suppliers across groceries dry goods meat shoes clothing fish milk drugs undertakings and coal were read and given to Clerk Cluley for tabulation. Elliot will likely forward his recommendation to the Council on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliot
Department of Charities
Mr. Cloley
OWS
Dilworth Bros
Haworth & Dewhart
Arbuthnot, Stevenson & Co
William Yoke
J. B. Haines & Sons
H. Kreiling and Armour & Co
J. M. Gusky
M. F. Jackson
William Coltergahn
George A. Kelly & Co
A. C. Henderson Sons, W. J. Gilmore
Joseph Fleming & Son
J. J. Flannery
John Reilly & Son
Ape and Phar Marshall-Keane Company
Mary Meeue
Cluley
Tough Week for L and O as Agents Foil Union News
Law and Order detectives chase Union News Company agents at Chicago and Jersey City depots. Young paper sellers arrive before dawn and vanish by midnight, eluding warrants. Detectives even pose as hotel guests to trap the counter man, but the plan fails, leaving newsmen amused by the chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law and Order
Chicago
Jersey City
Union News Company
Union Depot
St. James Hotel
Yee Toi Granted Citizenship Paper by Latrobe Mayor
Yee Toi a Chinese resident of Latrobe obtained mayoral assent for his citizenship paper with Mayor Gourley signing the document. The Celestial plans to visit his former home in Canton China and was accompanied by Rev. E E B Donehoo who vouched for him and introduced him to the mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yee Toi
Latrobe
Gourley
Toi
United States
Celestial
Canton
China
Yee Tai
E. E B. Donehoo
Free Reading Room Open in Old University Building
The First Unitarian Church has opened a free reading room in the Old University building at Diamond and Ross streets. It will be open to the public every afternoon and evening including Sundays, with leading papers and magazines on file. The Dispatch advertises rooms for hire on Wednesdays Saturdays and Sundays through its To Let Rooms columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Unitarian Church
University Building
Clash over Carnegie Library plans at Fifth Avenue meeting
Carnegie Library Commission held two and a half hours of discussions at Carnegie Phipps & Co. with four absentees. The panel shifted responsibility to the Building Committee to approve revised plans and oversee construction while sparing Chief Bigelow from direct approval authority on size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Library Commission
Achitect
Commission
Public Works Department
Carnegie, Phipps & Co
Fifth Avenue
James B. Scott
Alden
Longfellow, Alden & Harlow
Chief Bigetow
Scott
Bigelow
Forbes Street
Aes
E. M. Ferguson
J. F. Hudson
W. A. Magee
A. F. Keating
Robert Pitcarn
Park
Booming Judge Ewing In Harrisburg Rally
Reports from Harrisburg say Judge Ewing has rising support as friends rush to the capital to boost his prospects. Politicians W A Stone and others from Western Pennsylvania argue the Pittsburg man would strengthen the ticket and Allegheny county representation should stay vital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Judge Ewing
W. A. Stone
W. H. Graham
Senator Steele
Joseph Eaton
John Caruthers
McKeesport
E. F. Acheson
Washington
Stone
Pennsylvania
Pittsbyg
Major McDowell
Allegheny County
Death of Joseph McCullough Found in St Louis Reservoir
Word reached J B McCullough of Hostetter Medicine Company in Pittsburg yesterday about his son Joseph McCullough 30 found in the Second Avenue reservoir basins in St Louis where he had been visiting. He was single and connected with Hostetter for 30 years. Funeral from his chapel tomorrow at 9 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
J. 8. McCullough
Hostetter Medicine Company
Joseph McCullough
Second Avenue
J. 8. McCullough, Jr
Locust Street
Pittsburg
In’s Chapel
Death of Henry Beltzhoover Castle Shannon Pioneer
Henry Beltzhoover longtime Castle Shannon resident and former owner of the Old Stone Tavern died yesterday at age 74. He descended from the Beltzhoover family who settled in the area in 1045 and held multiple businesses including the White Hall tavern on Brownsville road. The funeral will be held at his Castle Shannon residence at 1:30 this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Beltzhoover
Castle Shannon
Jacob Beltzhoover
Southside
Beltzhoover
Knoxville
Allentown
Henry Beltzhoever
Carson Street
Panhandle
Robinson-Rea
Manyunk
Gray's Iron Line
Melchior
William Beltzhoover
Samuel Beltzhoover
Dodge Bailey
Dr. Knox
A Beltzhoover
Virginia Knox-Montereole
Squire Thomas Warner
Squire
Harry B
8. P. Beltzhoover
Pittsburg
G. M
John D. Beltzhoover
Cincinnati
Discharge Observations of Large Streams
The Western Pennsylvania Engineers Society held its meeting with 64 new members, the largest influx ever. George Davison presented a technical paper on discharge observations of large streams, explaining how accurate cubic feet per second values can be determined by careful observation, followed by discussion. Next meeting will feature John Siebert on Iron Mill Buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Pennsylvania Engineers’ Society
Langley
George &S Davison
John Siebert
Pleasant Valley absorbs Allegheny and Bellevue line leases
The Pleasant Valley Company merged the Allegheny Street Railway, Allegheny and Bellevue Street Railway, Perry Street Railway, and Troy Hill Passenger Railway into one company. Stockholders approved the plan almost unanimously, raising capital by 100000 dollars to cover debts and issuing bonds of equal value, converting the old bonds into Pleasant Valley bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Valley Company
Allegheny Street Railway
Allegheny and Bellevue Street Railway
Perry Street Railway
Troy Hill
Comany
Graham
Pleasant Valley Railway Company
Pleasant Valley
Fifth Avenue
Duquesne
Family Conspiracy Case Confuses Judge Gripp
Alderman Gripp faced a tangled dispute involving Jacob and Caroline Huber and several relatives over a Germany visit and a string of asset transfers. The case centered on a Penniless return and shifting ownership of a Thirteenth Ward butcher shop, horses, wagons, and money claimed by multiple defendants. Bail was posted as the saga unfolded in county court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gripp
Messrs
Jordan and
Blakeley
Judge Gripp
Henry Huber
Edward Iness
Fritz Huber
John Trautman
Caroline Huber
Jacob Huber
Germany
Jacob
Peter Sauer
Alderman Welty
Sauer
James Stetts
Stetts
Heyden & Suess
Europe
Alderman Gripp
Mowrey Endorses Chamberlain Cough Remedy
Mr W J Mowrey of Jarvisville West Virginia says the Chamberlain cough remedy has given good service under strict guarantee and that he and his family have used it. Bottles priced 25 and 50 cents are sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Mowrey
Jarvisville
W. Va
Chamberlain
Aliquippa Sale Rumors Denied by Steel Company
Local notice refutes rumors that the first public sale in Aliquippa failed and that deeds were unfair. It states 110 lots were sold at the sale and invites the investing public to view deeds at the Aliquippa Steel Company office to verify the facts. Plans and information are available at Zoom 39 Westinghouse Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Nort
Aliquippa
Aliquip
Sta
Aliquippa Steelmpany
Zoom
Westinghouse
Stray Steed Stirs Allegheny News and Public Costs
The stray horse once owned by ex-Councilman Samuel Watson sparks a city dilemma. The animal, now aged and costly to advertise, will be auctioned by Detective Kornman though Watson refuses involvement. If unsold, it goes to the city fallmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny
Northside
Samuel Watson
Roses
James Hunter
Common Council
Jim
Watson
Kornman
Muth
Observatory Hill
Rhe
Fashionable Ladies Outerwear At Value Prices
Our assortments feature capes in black and colors from $7, Ulsters with military capes from $10, cheviot tailored overcoats at $5 to $45, imported coats from $20 to $45, rich embroidered cashmere shawls from $3.50, and a complete Mackintosh line on the second floor with elevator access.
Cambric and Silk Goods Offerings at Discount Prices
Advertises shoes for girls with deep discounts and a selection of Cambric Corset Covers in various styles. Highlights include cloth-top and patent leather shoe models priced around $150, $125, and $2, plus cambric chemises and corset covers finished with lace, embroidery, or tucks at special low prices.
Miserable Woman Hears Hope From Charity Dept
A ragged woman claimed sickness from poor bread made with cheap flour and doctors bills at the Department of Public Charities. The department chief advised using Camellia and Bayard Amber flours, praised as nutritious, economical, and superior for bread making.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Public Charities
William Jordan Proposes Pony Rides for Pittsburg Parks
William Jordan of Southern California arrived in Pittsburg with a carload of Shetland ponies and pony buggies. He asked Chief Bigelow to place the animals at Highland and Schenley Parks for children, charging 5 cents per ride, with ride length set by the chief. The plan, already used successfully in other cities, would keep ponies in the parks for public amusement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jordan
Pittsburg
California
Mr. Jordan
Chief Bigelow
Highland
Schenley Parks
Jordan
Mouse Proof and Dust Proof Sabbath School Organs
New improved mouse and dust proof Sabbath school and chapel organs marketed as superior to competitors. Nine of ten organs in churches are ruined by mice, making these offerings appealing for churches and schools. Available at H Eleber & Bro. music store No. 50 Wood St three doors above Fifth Ave for inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Eleber & Bro
Wood St
Boy Bound to See His Uncle in Cleveland
George Orr, 13, arrived in Cleveland from the city to reunite with relatives but had no funds to return. The Department of Charities sent him home yesterday after relatives sought welfare contact with his uncle Edward Orr, currently at the workhouse, and police Sergeant Larimer arranged the return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Orr
Cleveland
Department of Charities
Edward Orr
Workhouse
Larimer
Johnstown Corre ndents to Hold Special Pittsburg Meeting
A special meeting of the Pittsburg division of the Johnstown Correspondents' Association is called by President Connelly Jr for next Saturday at 3 PM in the Associated Press rooms at 49 Fifth Avenue. The meeting will appoint committees and arrange for the National Association banquet on May 31, marking the flood anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Pittsburg
Johnstown Correndents’ Association
Connelly, Jr
Associated Press
Fifth Avenue
National Association
Banquet of the Lehigh Club Held at Monongahela House
The second annual Lehigh Club banquet took place at the Monongahela House last evening with 20 covers. Toasts honored College Contes, Our Business Career, Western Pennsylvania, Engineering, Theory and Practice, and figures such as H Porterfield D Marshall W A Cornelius George Richards Judge Asa Stakg and F L Grammer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh Club
Monongahela House
College
H. Porterfield
Gare D. Marshall
W. A. Cornelius
George T. Richards
William White
Asa Stakg
F. L. Grammer
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Court
EE. of L
Department of Awards
the Dispatch
Allegheny Branch
Sunday Dispatch
The
Schenley Park
J. 5
McCullough
Henry Beltrhoover
Bon
Stone Tavern
Davison
Engineers’ Society
MR Mate
Iron City Brewing Company
Fifth Ave
Simen
Pitchburz
Wednday
Penn Ave
Mother Hubbard
P. C
C. C
Clothiers
Grant and
Diamond Streets
James H. Aiken & Co
People’s
Campari
Dior
KE. C, Fair
Old City Hall
the People's Store
Lace
Ampbell & Dick
Spring
Janes Harcex & Co
Funsmere
Hareex & Keenan
Water Street
Wsu
E. P. Roberts & Sons
Apple
Simen’s
Ohio ST
Allegheny, PA
N. B
Market ST
Percale
Batiste
JQS. Horne & CO
PENN
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