Allegheny to Build Western PA's Largest Theater
The World's Museum Company plans a 3000-seat, 200000 to 250000 dollar theater on the present World's Museum site at Federal street and River avenue in Allegheny. Lease negotiations with the Robinson heirs could start next spring with work to follow, featuring fireproof construction, modern amenities, and extensive galleries and boxes to attract patrons from Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny
Pennsylvania
World’s Museum Company
Columbia
World's Museum
Federal Street
River Avenue
Pittsburg
Jackman
Duquesne Theater
Harry Williams
J.C. Colgan
The
World's Museum Company
Columbus
Robinson
Coliseum
Fedral Street
Delp & Bell
Chautauqua Lake Ice Company
Alvin Joslyn
Keenan
Colgan
Parks Committee Adopts Rules for Uniformed Park Police
The Allegheny Committee on Parks approved new rules placing park policemen under probation and requiring uniforms matching city officers. The measure aims to clarify authority and standardize appearance for park security personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny Committee On Parks
Linnea — Liceman
Heat Wave Sweeps Pittsburg Area Fanning Mills Stricken
Pittsburg centered heat wave with temperatures near 80 to 92 degrees and a cool breeze. The storm center over the Great Lakes moved east as reports of prostrations, fainting, and heat deaths echoed across Southside mills and local plants.
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Pittsburg
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Louisville
St. Louis
Pittepurg
Chicago
Kansas City
Lake Huron
Texas
St. Paul
Omaha
Denver
Duluth
Winnipeg
Yankton
Montana
Great Lakes
Marquette
Sault St. Marie
Pittsboro
Union Station
Morganza
Lambold Ruse
South Twenty-sixth Street
American Iron Works
Brownstown
James Maddison
Chartiers
Steuben Street
West End
McKeesport
National Boiling Mill
William Stewart
Edgar Thomson Eee
Arina
Jock
Samuel Wills
Edgar Thomson
John Stewardo
Carrie
Rankin
Fred Hampe
Mt. Washington
Annie Duffy
Penn Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Eleven Children Stand Trial in Disorderly Conduct Case
Eleven children named John Fanning Charles Fanning Maggie Fanning Annie Derbet Millie Debold Laura Lewis George Hopper John Hopper Polly Tummings George Brewster and John Altenbaugh faced a hearing before Alderman Kerr on a disorderly conduct charge filed by Mary Strange of Thirty third street. Three boys were fined five dollars plus costs, the rest discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Charles
Maggie Fanning
Annie Derbet
Millie Debold
Laura Lewis
George Hopper
John Hopper
Polly Tummings
George Brewster
John Altenbaugh
Alderman Kerr
Mary Strange
Thirtythird Street
John Fanning
John A
Grover Cleveland Club Advances Fall Campaign
The Grover Cleveland Democratic Society of Allegheny County held a well attended meeting in Houston's Hall Lawrenceville to discuss ways and means for aiding the campaign this fall. Six new members were admitted and several reports showed the society in excellent condition. The next meeting is set for September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Cleveland Club
Grover Cleveland Democratic Society
Allegheny County
Houston
Lawrenceville
Pittsburgh Agents Held on $1000 Bail in Conspiracy Case
A crowd of about 200 gathered at Central station as Sefton and three co defendants faced a conspiracy charge against the National Capital Saving Building and Loan Society. Squire McKenna ordered $1000 bail for each, with hearings detailing alleged misrepresentations and promised $1000 payouts in nine to ten days. The DisPatch reports manager Mortimer in Chicago defends the organization as on solid footing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Station
Sefton
Dana
Herrison
Phillips
Clarence Burleigh
Newman
Frank Newman
National Capital Savinge, Building and Loan Society
Loan Society
Dunn
Water Street
William Reardon
Andrew ©. Robertson
J. M. Brunton
DeHaven
William Harrison
Sefton & Duon
Fim
Chicago
T. J. Sefton
O' Pittsburg
Capital Loan and Building Association
DisPatch
Eli Dunn
Pittsburg
Reardon and
Robertson
Burleigh
Mortimer
Allegheny Firemen Get Week Vacation With Pay
The Allegheny Fire Committee granted each fireman a week off with fall pay. A total of 7583 dollars was approved for the vacation and bills. The committee also hired an extra engineer to cover repairs and ordered new signal boxes at River avenue Darrah street and Robinson Street School streets corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny Fire Committee
Bille
Jones
River Avenue
Darrah Street
Robinson and
School Streets
Social and business notes from the city in brief
Rev Father Stub travels from Baltimore to conduct a two week retreat at Notre Dame in Milwaukee. Law library closure from Aug 1 to 25. most courts suspended. James F. McLaughlin returns improved after travels to Philadelphia Atlantic City and New York. East End Gymnastic Club members depart for Atlantic City. Yearsley leaves for six to seven weeks in Europe. O Leafe en route to Europe with friends seeking six months of travel. H H Byram fights typhoid fever but not in danger. John W. Beatty heads to mountains for six to seven weeks with horse and paintings. MacGonigal and Ancioch depart for Atlantic City. O Hanlon returns from Atlantic City New York Philadelphia. James Gardner returns from Eastern watering places. John Robbins planning to leave city. Joseph Craig active in oil business. Superintendent Brown of Water Dept goes to New York. Jimmy Taylor the swimmer also heads to Atlantic City.
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Father Stub
Redemptorist
Baltimore
St. Philomena Church
Sisters of Notre Dame
Milwaukee
Percy G. Dirby
Cresson Springs
James F. McLaughlin
East End
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
New York
A. M. Stevenson
J. H. Stewart, Jr
D. M. Coulter
E. H. He
Premssars
O. P. Lcaife
Union Station
Europe
Sveler
H. H. Byram
Chronicle Telegraph
van Kirk
Forbes Street
John W. Beatty
Pittsburg
K. G. MacGonigal
Twenty-first Ward
William Ancioch
Atlantic
P. J. O” Hanlon
Beltzhoover
James Gardner, Jr
John Robbins
Lakeshore
Midh
Southern
Joseph Craig
Superintendent Brown
Water Department
Jimmy” Taylor
Monster Snake Report Becomes Local Point of Pride in Robinson Township
A long, boastful yarn from Polly's Gulch in the Nier farm area describes a large waterhole serpent near a spring used by drillers. Will iam Orris claims a nine foot by fifteen inch snake, possibly misnamed cow snake, with a rumored speaking voice. skeptics question the deception amid dry district prohibitions and "Mystery" Mike Murphy's alleged hoax.
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Robinson
Polly
Nier
William Orris
Eden
Allegheny County
Robinson Township
Mike Murphy
Orris
Butler
Foreman Surprised with Gold Watch by Pittsburg Traction Crew
Bernard Donehoo night foreman of the Pittsburg Traction Company was called to the Oakland power house and greeted by a large crowd of employees who presented him with a handsome gold watch. Civil Engineer Michael Walsh made the speech as the testimonial was given before his planned visit to Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Donehoo
Pittsburg Traction Company
Oakland
Michael Walsh
Donehoo
Ireland
Veterans to Boston for G A R Encampment Delegation
About 500 delegates from posts including 41 88 and 128 head to Boston for the G A R encampment. They travel mainly by rail on the Baltimore and Ohio line under Division Passenger Agent E D Smith leaving at 6 o clock Saturday night. Post 128 sails from New York by steamer while others use rail. Smith plans a few days in the mountains after departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Baltimore and Ohio Road
Bean City
Division
E. D. Smith
Post 88
Post
New York
Aaa
Smith
Ite Mountains
Library and Blind Asylum Site Talks Go To Europe
James B. Scott of the Carnegie Library Commission and Chief Bigelow of the Department of Public Works will sail for Europe to discuss site locations with Mrs. Schenley. They plan to place the Carnegie Library and Music Hall on Bellefield Avenue below Fifth Avenue and the Blind Asylum behind the Presbyterian Church on the upper side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Scott
Carnegie Library Commission
New York
Chief Bigelow
Department of Public Works
Europe
Hey
Schenley
Carnegie Library
Music Hall
Blind Asylum
Fourth Popular Excursion to Atlantic City July 14 1890
Atlantic City excursion via B&OC B R to Washington D C Baltimore and Philadelphia on Thursday August 14 1890. Round trip ten dollars tickets valid ten days with stops in Washington and return. Special trains with Pullman cars depart B&O depot at 8 am and 9 20 pm. Address E D Smkh ivision Passenger Agent Pittsburg Pa for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Washington, D. C
BR. BR
E. D. Smkhivision
Pittsburg
Excursions to Chicago by Pittsburg and Western Railway
Excursions to Chicago depart August 2, 3 and 4 with round trip fare of 1050. August 5 and 6 fare 935. Tickets valid for return until August 11. Chicago express leaves daily at 2 30 P M Central time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg and Western Railway
Chicago Express
Reverend Edwards Delays Visit to Sunday 19th
The celebrated divine and scholar Rev I C Edwards D D principal of the University of Wales Aberystwyth informs friends in the city he cannot visit until Sunday the 19th instant. He is a descendant of a noted family son of Rev Lewis Edwards D D of Balu and descendant of Rev Thomas Charles whose efforts helped organize the British and Foreign Bible Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. C. Edwards
D. D
Princips
University of Wales
Aberystwyth
Dr. Edwards
Lewis Edwards
Balu
Thomas Charles
British and Foreign Bible Society
Local Trade Notes and Advertisements Overview
A jumble of business notices and ads lists capital figures for a local bank or firm, plus promotions from photography galleries, an art store, and various consumer goods. Mentions include surpluses, deposits, and interest terms. discounts for teachers. cabinet prices. art materials catalogs. hair products. postal orders. and fabric advert lines with shipping references.
Outing Shirts and Fancy Flannels At Low Prices
Gentlemen heading out to sea or social events find best outing shirts, silk and fancy shirts, and white shirts with new collars. Cool night shirts and pajamas join nobbiest outing and tennis flannels. All fancy flannel blazers now two dollars and a few one dollar flannel shirts at Jos Homes & Co Avenue Stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homes & Co
Avenue
Not a Love Feast in Labor Fray at Convention
Across Pittsburgh and Allegheny, rival Local Union No. 10 of painters and No. 15 clash as the Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators met to discuss reform while old feuds flare. A Southside observer decries admitting painters and paper makers as workers joining a mechanics union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators of America
Pittsburg
Allegheny
No. 10
Painters’ Assembly
Knights of Labor
Federation
No. 15
Builders’ League
Court House
Building Trades
Brotherhood
Imbroglio
Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators
Iron Works Strike Over Colored Labor At Graphite Dept
A general strike swept the Carbon Iron Works after management hired colored workers in the graphite department replacing the usual crew. The plant may stay idle until the Amalgamated scale of 5 dollars per ton is agreed, with 16 furnaces operating under graphite process and eight staffed by colored help yesterday. Local officials ordered the strike as paddlers’ places were filled, while company offices and Amalgamated Association headquarters offered no information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbon Iron Works
Wich
Amalgamated Association
Lash
Another Man Resigns Foreman Post For Westinghouse
David Miller, foreman of the forge and hammer department at Pittsburg Locomotive Works for over 18 years, resigned last Thursday to take a foreman's job in a similar department at Westinghouse Works in Wilmerding. Workers presented him a gold watch and chain in appreciation. Miller began his new duties yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Miller
Pittsburg Locomotive Works
Westinghouse Works
Wilmerding
Miller
Increase in Tob y Making Price Sparks Cigar Union Demand
The International Union affiliated with the Federation of Labor sees higher costs for tob y making and cigars prompting a pay raise demand. Yesterday Alex Wilson granted the demand and now pays $4 per 1 000 for stories. Other factories employing members follow suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Union
Federation of Labor
Alex. Wilson
The International Union and a New Bar Mill Start
The International Union will follow suit and grant the demands. Running Double Tyre on Twenty-ninth Street began operation yesterday. All mills run on double turn, and heat counts dropped as workers quit after one heat due to heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Union
Twenty-ninth Street
Oliver Steel Works Ends Labor Dispute With Settlement
It was reported yesterday that the Amalgamated Association reached a settlement with Oliver Steel Works management. The mill is expected to restart soon with a considerable advance in pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olivers’ Works
Amalgamated Association
Oliver Steel Works
Workers in Mills and Shops Discuss Wages and Jobs
Items of interest to men who work in mills and shops note the journeymen horseshoers testing the hour day, theater employes scale signed for the year, furnace work at Braddock with delays, Henri Gessier returning from Roanoke to plan a spike plant, Window Glass Workers urging syphenggmneays to Congress, and journeymen plasterers not reporting to work after a meeting led by President Tenary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bijou
Braddock
Henri Gessier
Dilworth, Porter & Co
Roanoke
Window Glass Workers’ Association
Coe
Tenary
Work of Pittsburg Charity Ladies Report
The semi monthly report from the Association for the Improvement of the Poor shows 11 men applicants 583 families visited 160 aided 648 visits by the poor 85 visits from the poor 12 situations obtained 4 dollars in work days 1 to Children’s Hospital 1 to Homeopathic Hospital 2 to West Penn 179 orders 75 bushels coal 104 eats 5 pairs of shoes 1 hat Distributions include 462 loaves 156 pounds rice 180 pounds oatmeal 208 bars soap Free dispensary supplied 50 pints beef tea 15 mutton broth 1 pint corn starch 35 pints milk oil 116 pounds sugar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association For the Improvement of the Poor
Children’s Hospital
Homeopathic Hospital
West Penn
Pittsburg Clothing Sale Slashes Prices on Suits and More
Pittsburg shoppers view a genuine reduction sale with samples in Grant street show windows. Prices include suits down from 12 to 6, 15 to 8, 20 to 10, 25 to 12, with men’s pants 4 to 2 and children's wear offered at less than half price by PrirtsbourG Combination Clothing Co. at Grant and Diamond streets opposite the Court House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Grant Street
Prirtsbourg Combination . Clothing Co
Cor. Grant and
Diamond Sts
Court House
Walker's Wax Soap Endorsed For Everyday Use
An ad column touts Walker's Wax Soap as pain free and wear saving, priced like ordinary soaps, urging readers to ask grocers for it amid a flood of mid to late season discounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker
Sailors Desert Ship Saratoga Over Food and Cruelty
Frank Atkinson, 15, returns to Allegheny after deserting the schoolship Saratoga in Southampton with Joseph Biles and Benton Kenderdine. He blames rotten food and poor cooking for their脱 desertion while recounting voyages from Philadelphia to Fayal Plymouth and London before boarding the Majestic to return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Atkinson
Dispatch
Frank
Saratoga
Allegheny
United States
Globe
Philadelphia
Southampton
England
Joseph Biles
Benton Kenderdine
Albert Atkinson
Rebecca Street
Lewes
Del
Kenderdine and Biles
London
Majestic
Bargain Refrigerators At Half Price In Haven
Horrer Bros. & Co. advertises one half off on TTF refrigerators and ice chests to clear stock. Located at Fifth and Market streets, shoppers urged to come soon for bargains at 307 Wood Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cats & Verner
Horrer Bros. & Co
Wood St
Horren Bros. & Co
Refrigerators and ice chests at Horren Bros. offer bargain
Bargain sale note for refrigerators and ice chests likely at Horren Bros. & Co. located at 307 Wood Street.
Court Adjourns as Attor neys Absent and Naturalisation Proceeding
Yesterday the Criminal Court postponed taking up the argument list due to few cases and absent attorneys. In the United States Court the sole business was the naturalisation of genie MeNti and a petition by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd to appoint her administratrix of Sophia Miller's estate. Miller died without relatives and owed $1,140 for board while residing at the society's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Criminal
United States
Naturalisation
Genie
Ren
Sisters of the Go Good Shepherd
Orphans’ Court
Sophia Miller
Society
Sister Rosamund Named For New Chicago Orphan Asylum
Sister Rosamund, Mother Superior of St. Joseph Orphan Asylum on Troy Hill, is ordered by Gowanstown headquarters to lead a large new orphanage in Chicago. Her successor will be Sister Hippolyta, longtime inmate of the local asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosamunds
St. Joseph Orphan Asylum
Troy Hill
Gowanstown
Chicago
Hippolyta
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Edward Keenas
States
Harry Scott
World’s Museum
Eco
Thomas J. Dundon
J. Berger
Bott
Joseph Bott
John McKeown
Tts
Burgen Ee Ee
Children
National Capital Loan Society
E. T. Yearsley
Pennsylvania Company
Robinsoa Township
Baltimore and Ohio
Mrs. Schenley
Wainwright & Co
Real Estate Savings Bank, Lim
Smithfield Street
Cor
Fourth Avenue
Pargonize Hendricks & Co
Federal Free Sieenys
Trsu
Treganowan’s Art Store
Wylie Avenue
Ussu
Parker
Wainwright
Canada Ice
B. Horsox
Mayville, N
Boces & Buzz
Board OF Charity
Sui!t
Jos, Horne & Co
Parcels & Jones
Fifth Ave
Ladies’ Suit Parlor
Jos. Horne & Co
Huevus & Hackse
Marvin
Cain & Vernes
Anfrecht
Market Street
Edward
Groetzinger
Niagara Falls
Figevrep
Canty & Viewer
Market St
Cloak and Suit
Blazers
Woolen Charlies
Aanae
Eastox
Cain & Verner
Hocus & Hacks
Chesp
Pany
Pierseers
Teespar
Penn Ave
Mousseline and
JOS. Horne & CI
Acu
Pittabarg
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