Curtis Full of Hope The Only Man in the Late Administration on the Right Side
Baumrore April 2 Lehmann Hall hosted George William Curtis who condemned the spoils system and patronage in the Civil Service. He contrasted past abuses with reform efforts under the current administration and praised Secretary Tracy for advancing naval and public service reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League
Navy
Aleo
Rhote Island
Publc
Tracy
Aries
Deeming Trial Proceeding As Jack the Ripper Case
The Melbourne court case on Deeming continues with defense changes as he seeks to withdraw a not guilty plea. Witnesses link his alleged acts to the Whitechapel murders and the Kaiser Wilhelm II voyage hours. The judge will decide on the plea withdrawal at a later time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitechapel
MetLrovisr
Central Criminal Court
Deeming
Lyle
Forlongs
Williams
Windsor
Murtens
Englar
Melbourne
Sandard
London
Jack the Ripper
Melbourne impression of parole defense in murder case
The article notes a belief in Melbourne that Deeming intends to use homicidal mania as a defense for the Meses murder plot. It outlines the strategy as part of the defense narrative and its reception in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eral
Melbourne
Deeming
SQUIRES MUST SWEAR FOR NEWLY ELECTED A LDermen AND PEACE
Recorder Von Bornhorst reports 61 aldermen and justices of the peace elected in February must file bonds and take oaths this week. The commissions arrived late this year and time is short before terms begin next Monday. Names include George J. Bleichner Pittsburg George Barnes Barclay Davis Dexworth Drury Hyndman Holtzman Kennedy Lyon McClintock Robb Schellman Wilhelm Walker Wilson and many others in Allegheny county towns and townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recorder von Bornhorst
Secretary of the Commonwealth
George J. Bleichner
Jefferson m
Joan 8. Jones
Patton Township
William K . Meoes
William Lyon
Crafton
E. E. Lyon
Patton
R. Lewis
West Elizabeth
Sterrett
Pictsbeie
Miilvale
Josep Ene Jacob Miller
LoWer
Clair
McClintock
Ben Avon
Atic Neal
Knoxrlicorough
John Shlroads
Moon Township
David Scott
West Deer
John Trimble
Upper St. Clair
William Thompson
North Fayette
George A. Woll
Allegheny
Jane Wockley
L. White
Alleepo
Voanay
Ren Leet
Joseph G. Weller
Snowden
Charlies A. Wilhelm
South Fay
Women object to garbage flow ordinance in Pittsburgh
The Women's Health Protective Association asks Mayor Gourley to veto the proposed garbage removal ordinance and urges adoption of Baltimore’s system. They argue the health threat from current unsanitary conditions, citing manure and garbage boats at Allegheny wharf and open disposal practices as unacceptable.
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Gourley
Women's Health Protective Association
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Association
Eit UK
Allegheny
Brown
Incarcerated Flinn Linked to Grocery Store Incident
A man resembling Thomas Flinn, the Law and Order detective jailed for an earlier case, faced a new unsolved charge after visiting Mrs. Dalton's High street grocery. She reported a bold man demanding access to her home and insurance papers, flashing a badge before leaving, claiming he would return.
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Gality
Thomas Flinn
Law and Order
McClure
Alderman Roche
Edward Poole
Speak Easy Witness Charged With Perjury
Mary Dunbaker of South Nineteenth street was held for court on illegal liquor selling charges. Magistrate Succop heard witnesses including Fred Snyder who denied beer sales and others who testified to beer being served at the defendant's residence. Inspector Kelley filed perjury information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Dunbaker
South Nineteenth Street
Succop
Fred Snyder
Kelley
Dynamite Used in Search for Drowned West Elizabeth Man
The body of James Wreotte, drowned in the Monongahela at West Elizabeth last Tuesday, remains missing. On Wednesday several dynamite charges were exploded to raise the body, with another attempt from Battery D’s run brought to West Elizabeth for the same purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wreotte
Monongahela
West Elizabeth
Battery D
Boom for the McDonald Field
Tr Buchheit of McDonald telegraphs that the wild cat well on the Meise farm owned by Lynch Buchheit Co. is only sixty feet in Gordon sand and now producing 1 000 barrels a day. He says it will reach 2 000 barrels daily when fully drilled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDonald
Buchheit
Meise
Lynch, Buchheit & Co
Door to Freedom Enters Its Dome at Bellevue Institute
The Wiley Alkaloid Institute opened at Bellevue near Pittsburg for the cure of alcoholism opium habit and nervous diseases. The chartered company plans auxiliary branches in major cities with a Pittsburg headquarters and a $100000 capitalization. The treatment promises six to ten days to curb cravings and three to six weeks for a cure, depending on severity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiley Alkaloid Institute
Bellevue
Neville Station
Ft. Wayne
Pittsburg
Gog
Wiley
Penn Avenue
United States
W. J. Hammond
New York
Far East
Dr Wiley's Institute For Alcoholism Attracts Visitors
The article describes a modern rural treatment facility overlooking the Ohio river, with lawns, fountains, and baths. Two patients arrive as Dr. Wiley discusses alcoholism as a disease, its link to insanity, heredity, and the limits of willpower in curing dependence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Place Esterday
Dr. Wiley
Wiley
Isa Con
Philadelphia Losses Highlight Rail and Banking Tangles
Testimony in Lycoming County equity case before master W W Hart focused on Reading leases and ownership of Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company stock. Joseph Harris testified anthracite regions cover about 500 square miles and Reading’s share of tonnage. details of Lehigh Valley relations with Jersey Central were clarified. Hearing adjourned to May 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
W.W. Hart
M. H. Arnot
Court of Common Pleas
Lycoming County
Reading
Joseph & Harris
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Reading Coal and Iron Company
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
West Virginia
Colorado
McCormick
I? Valley Company
Lehigh Navigation Company
Jersey Central
Harris
Israel W. Morris
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
W. N. Throp
Tebigh Valley
Grain and Flour Market Update Northwest Week
The Northwestern Miller reports a stagnant grain movement in the week ending Saturday, with prices firming but insufficient to spur full shippers’ demand. Seeding advances, some mills idle, and production at 18,452 barrels for the week, with 18 mills active and about 31,000 barrels per hour. Domestic patent demand steady. foreign orders rise for low grades and bakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taal
Philadelphia Losses Detailed Fire Financial Report
A late report details insurance and losses from last night s fire. Central Theater 95000 loss 40000 insured. 813 Walnut William C Poulson 20000 loss, no insurance. Sansom Street firms Dekosenko Hetherington 100000 loss, insurance unknown. Times Publishing 500000 loss, 200000 insured. 810 Sansom Hamilton Dissinger 75000 loss, 35500 insured. Hitchen Rounds restaurant lost entirely, insurance unknown. M O Callahan Sons silk badges total loss, insurance unknown. 124 South Eighth Frank H Vetterlien cigars 2500 loss. Charles F Vetterlieb 3000 loss insured. Henry Kardar partial loss, insurance unknown. Other properties: Herald office loss unknown. 138 South Eighth William H Saunders hats 3500 insurance 3500. 196 South Eighth Japanese store 300 insured. 96 Chestnut art gallery 4000 insured.
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Times Publishing Company
Sansom Street
Hamilton & Dissinger
Southwest Corner
Sansom
Hitchen & Rounds
M. O. Callahan & Sons
South Eighth
Frank H. Vetterlien
Charles F. Vetterlieb
Henry R. Kard¢r
the Herald
Sam W Smith
Hudsons Heavy Affliction Fire Wipes Out Village Business Section
Fire swept through the Little Ohio town at 8 this morning destroying fifteen store buildings including a brick block. The Mansion House area sparked major blazes in two saloons with flames racing along a row of second floor residences. Estimated loss about 690000 with many uninsured items. about 40 people left homeless though mail matter and post office fixtures were saved.
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Hopsor
Fous
C. H. Beers
Lockart's
Mansion House
Wenching
Miller's
D. J. Joyce
George Miller
C. Campbell
Bentley
Iron Wages Meeting Set for Sixth District West of Pittsburg
In Younestown an important meeting of Iron manufacturers in the Sixth district of the Amalgamated Association west of Pittsburg discussed the wage scale for the coming year after the current scale expires. Manufacturers favored district settlement and plan to confer in Cleveland on May 6. A letter to Vice President McEvoy said they would meet the Conference Committee after May 7 to finalize the scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Younestown
Amalgamated Association
Pittsburg
Cleveland
McEvoy
Amalgamated - Ton
Pennsy appoints Searles coal freight agent to date from May
J. G. Searles is named coal freight agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad with the appointment effective to date from May. The announcement appears in the April 8 note from Paiwapuraia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsy
Paiwapuraia
J. G. Searles
Pennsylvania Railroad
Searles to Lead Coal and Coke Division
The report notes Mr. Searles will helm the coal and coke division after a long railroad career beginning in 1604 and extensive service in the Sint department. John B. Thayer Jr. of the Northern Central Railway Baltimore office is promoted to the vacancy created by Searles' advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Searles
Mr. Searles
Darme Assay Gringo
Sint Department
Este
Bonds Found Hidden in Car Water Closet Ventilator
Workmen repairing a passenger car in Attoows on a shore Tuesday found 16,500 bonds stuck in the water closet ventilator. They were drawn in favor of Smith county Tennessee by the Tennessee and Nashville Railroad. Earlier last night in the same car 2,250 bonds of the same kind were found. It is believed the bonds were hidden there by a thief on the run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith County
Tenn
Tennessee and Nashville Railroad
Tay
Gould Buys El Paso Rail Line In $60,000 Deal
Jay Gould completed a major acquisition in El Paso Texas purchasing the El Paso and White Oaks Railroad for $60,000. The line will extend toward the state line with an ultimate destination not yet known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gould
el Paso
Tex
Jay Gould
White Oaks
Texas
Lake Carriers Station reformed in Detroit
Reports indicate the re formed Lake Carriers station was completed in Detroit. Minnesota Title Insurance and Trust Company of Minneapolis faces 13 cases in Boston. Central City glass works at Huntington now operating employing about 600. Phenix Powder Works Kellog Pa resumes after a fatal explosion. Birmingham liquor dealers J C Manns & Co closed by attachment with stock and accounts around 140000 dollars.
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Jonxetown
MonuTnent
la Crosse
Wis
Tue
Lake Carriers
Detroit
Minnesota Title Insurance and Trust Company of
Minneapolis
Boston
Central City Glass Works
St. Paul
Eastern Isles
Anthracite Coal Company
Phenix
Kellogr
J.C. Manns & Co
Whalessie Liquor
Efigar Dealers
Birmingham
Ala
Railroads to Accelerate Chicago Pacific Run
Chicago Northwestern plan a shorter schedule to the Pacific coast while Missouri Pacific chief Crane aims to resign and join Union Pacific later. Southern Pacific Railroad and Southwest Railroad crews relocate to Everson to be on call, prompting moves from Pittsburgh and Derry families. Chicago grand jury rebuffs indictments of ticket scalpers, limiting rate reductions during the World's Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tor
Chicago
Northwestern
Pacific Coast
I. ER. Crane
Missouri Pacific
Union Pa
Southern Pacific Railroad
Southwest Railroad
Pittsburg
Derry
Everson
Pittsburgh
Chicago Grand Jury
Fire losses and incidents across several towns
Reports list fire damage in Jackson Mississippi at Aetna mills with twenty thousand dollars loss partly insured, and damages in Millersburg Ohio at John H Heyd residence. Other towns include Chase Michigan with sixty eight stores damaged near a village business district, Eldred Pennsylvania Cole man House guest burns, New York five story Cayuga flat fire with two victims and two severely burned, plus a weathered note about To Let Rooms advertisements in the Daily Dispatch.
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Jackson
Miss
Aetna Mills
Millersburg
John H. Heyd
Park
Locust Street
Chase
Mich
Kstown Avenue
Denholm Bros
Frankstown
Firth Avenue
Lees
Butler Street
Billin
Loca
Butler
Seventh Street
Eldred
Coleman
C. M. Coleman
New York
Patrick B
Catherine Moore
Sunday School Institute Draws County Teachers
The Allegheny County Sunday School Association held an institute at Southside Presbyterian Church with about 100 teachers present. Rev. F. R. Farrand presided. topics included boys brigades, music in Sunday schools, and stimulating pupil study. Rev. J. F. Price was absent. Controller B S. Morrow delivered a paper in his stead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny County Sunday School Association
Southside Presbyterian Church
F. R. Farrand
W. H. Knox
U. BP
Wylie Avenue
Samuel Hamilton
Butler Street
M. E. Church
J. F. Price
Marion
Morrow
Man Detained After Southside Incident At City Home
David Mall, described as demented, was picked up on the Southside Wednesday night. He had been confined at the Allegheny City Home in August and will be returned there after capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cunningham & Co
David Mall
Mall
Allegheny City
Parasol Market Boosts Wide Range of Small Profit Prices
A dealer explains buying a thousand parasols from many manufacturers and selecting chic novelties. The goal is a large parasol business with small profit prices, avoiding high margins on fashionable goods.
Club Coachings Tan and Navy Dress Selvedge Borders
A catalog note lists CLUB COACHINGS in Tan with a dark brown border Navy with red border and Grey with a back border. Borders are described as 34 inch wide and considered dignified and dressy by experts.
Designer Artist Creates Self-Colored Parasol Covers
Self-colored Jacquard woven spots and Parasol material cover cases display deep fluted bias ruffles and combined colorings. The work is described as the product of a designer and maker who is plainly an artist.
Sat in Lyon Parasols and Umbrellas in varied styles
Advertises a large stock of satin and silk umbrellas for children and adults. Offers 22 inch satin Lyons and Coachings styles with plaid borders in colors like tan gray blue garnet. Emphasizes quality over mere low price with a large selection and a note on merited merchandise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satin DE Lyon
Store Invites Public to View New Goods in Archway Display
The store announces a special department and a large archway display to showcase items today and tomorrow. They expect several hundred visitors who may purchase and save money, promising dollars in savings for buyers.
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Curtis
Hope
Grant
Hhe Party
Peter
Barkt
House of Representatives
the Door
TO Freedom
THE
Lemert
Ohio River
Iron City Brewing Company
Wiertupe
Belle Vue
Mea
Pa “Nevale Sration
Orwa
the Business World
Lehigh Company
Hadson, Ohio
Northwest
Hudson
Ohio
Manufacurers and Amalgamated
Bonds
Daily and
Sunday Dispatch
Glasshouse
Catherine Peters
Anti-Cruelty Society
Maggie
Fisher
Mansfield
Pan Handle Road
Mitch
Boggs & Buhl
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