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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1890
Page
2
Unprecedented green colored Monongahela water along Southside shows unhealthy organic matter and many dead fish. Medical expert says distillation may offer the only practical purification for drinking water from the river.
Inspector McKelvy and officers arrested 17 intoxicated men in the Southside after patrolling the Arlington Heights incline. The raid drew crowds and praise from Southside and Lower St. Clair residents for restraining Sunday disorder.
Russell B. Harrison, son of a president, traveled from Chicago to the East and refused interviews on several topics including the lottery story. A Helena Montana Republican blamed the president’s son for federal appointments and backing Democrats this fall, saying objectionable officers were named.
Albert Hood and Mary McCarthy, an intelligent young couple, were arrested by Allegheny Park policemen Gensinger and Lannigan on a park ordinance violation. The pair said they grew up together in Ireland and were chatting about childhood when detained, prompting critics to call the action an outrage.
Daniel Sullivan an 18 year old dies after a confrontation with police during a raid on a lumber yard. Witnesses say officer Bond fired but the revolver showed no recent discharge. Three colored watchmen are held pending investigation, two youths fined for disorderly conduct. Sullivan worked at Carnegie's Twenty ninth street mill.
At Central station yesterday Sergeant Berry contained a disorderly confrontation involving Lizzie Henderson and Maggie Thompson. Henderson, a stout woman, attempted to strike Berry with a heavy cell bar before he overpowered her. both women were arrested and face two charges.
George Shiras III spoke at Union depot noting renewed party mobilization for the North Side congressional fight. He recalls past races with Colonel Bayne and says interest may wane, despite large primary day turnout and brisk voter engagement noted by gray-haired voters.
Miss Catharine Bechtold testified that two men named James and William Green threw kisses at her near Tonnel street on a Saturday night. Magistrate Gripp fined James and gave him a lecture while William received a warning.
A blaze in rubbish in the cellar of Creamer's grocery on Beaver Avenue Allegheny set off alarm box 13 at 9 30 last night. The cellar sustained about 600 dollars in damage.
County Commissioner George Y. McKee is appointed to the National Farmers Congress in Council Bluffs starting the 26th. The article covers Grange opinions on oleomargarine, proposed restrictions, and hopes the meeting will debate freight tariffs and interstate commerce among farmers.
A hotel clerk tells a reporter how he identifies people through their walks and the sound of their steps. He compares walking styles to handwriting and other sciences, noting how habits reveal character but cautions against overreliance on such judgments. He recalls recognizing family by gait and sounds, and learning to distinguish neighbors and classmates by their movements.
The State Camp of the Patriotic Order Sons of America meets in Pittsburg with Central Hotel as headquarters. Delegates including H S Bissex and W C Wilson arrive, George W Hawksworth leads officers, and J B May serves as State Chaplain. Topics include immigration laws and Wisconsin Bible in schools ruling. attendees anticipate broad turnout.
A large brawl occurred yesterday afternoon at Fountain street and Seventh avenue with about a dozen men of mixed race. Detective Robinson arrived to see a colored man attempting to stab a white opponent with a large knife. He captured Sidney Booker and William Brown, identifying one as the knife wielder, and took them to Central station. Several others may be arrested today on riot charges.
A commission appointed to inquire into the sanity of Smith the colored wife murderer will report to the Pardon Board at its meeting next Monday. It is said the commission will recommend commutation of sentence on grounds of irresponsibility at the time of the deed.
American industry in Pittsburg discussed champagne bottle production details. Eugene Cantin of California outlines why native bottles fail for champagne due to glass chemistry, the cost of French bottles, and potential for native bottles if suitable quality is achieved. He cites fermentation losses, bottle breakage, and a high US champagne market with California wine production and large investments.
Several hundred glasshouse workers along the Cheat and Monongahela plan to return to Southside plants today. Pots and furnaces are being fired at Bryce Brothers, King's Glass, Thomas Evans & Co. chimney house, and Jones Cavitt & Co. factory, with most flint houses expected to start by week end. Workers press for earlier reopening. employers push September 15 or later, with October 1 as possible kickoff for broader resumption.
Thompson Burton of Cincinnati, editor of the Cincinnati Southwest, says English buyers offered 7 million for Morelein's with 350000 as earnest, but the bid was refused. They have only Jueng's and the Aurora brewery, altering nothing in management, while Irish opposition and German acceptance shaped the transition. Burton notes the English scrutinize five to six years of accounts before purchasing.
The Central Trades Council met on Saturday night and adjourned for enlightenment after minutes were approved with a correction by Joseph L. Evans. Calvin Wratt moved to reconsider the M. M. P. U. matter, which was carried, but a parliamentary snag appeared guiding no clear procedure. The group adjourned to avoid debate.
It is reported that Westinghouse Machine Company employees in winding and other departments who voted to stay out in support of the machinists on Saturday night have concluded they were not justified. A ten member committee will call on management this morning to explain their stance and seek clarification of their petition.
The St. Pauls Cathedral congregation voted to hold a church picnic at Silver Lake within three weeks to raise money for new stained glass windows. Eight windows, arriving from Germany, will be installed by September 1 funded by six by members. a special dispensation may allow eating fresh meat next Friday the Feast of the Assumption.
A 'sunday accident' injured M A Arenholtz's young son at 2517 Carson Street when the bicycle backbone broke and the perch struck his spine. In the Pittsburg and Western tunnel under Anderson Street, a freight wreck saw cars pile up after a switch was missed. John R. Sheets, 29, was found dead on P McK & Y tracks in Homestead after being struck by a train. Evan Beer, son of South Twenty fifth Street residents, suffered serious injuries from a stair fall. Willie Gorman, eight, fell from a carriage on Wylie Avenue sustaining a severe scalp wound.
John Kervin, a young iron molder from Philadelphia, rode a freight car from Altoona to Pittsburg when he dislocated his knee. He was shipped to Central station for treatment where his condition worsened with mortification beginning, and he received a bed and surgical care since arriving Saturday morning.
The Grand Council of the Sovereigns of Industry plans a state chartered cooperative store system to serve Pittsburg and surrounding towns. Stock would be held by the council, subordinate councils and individual Sovereigns, with branches as demand allows. The plan promises savings on goods, annual dividends, and a 3 percent-year incentive, modeled after English co operatives.
Fred Nestle of 106 Beaver Avenue Allegheny was reported missing from home yesterday. Police were notified and are actively searching for him.
A young man hired a black side bar buggy with a brown mare on Twelfth Street and has not returned since about 7 AM. He claimed to go to Wilkinsburg and hoped to be back by 10 AM, with the rig possibly leaving the city to dispose of it. The horse weighs about 900 pounds and the mare is blind in one eye with a small white on the hind foot.
Echols McMurray & Co lists upright pianos priced from 75 to 250 dollars and square pianos from 50 to 125 dollars. Organs and melodians are offered at 10 to 60 dollars. Location shown as 423 Sandusky Street in Allegheny.
Money will be necessary to start the stores with $60 000 to $75 000 needed to launch and grow. Objections loom from Southside councils who favor smaller local stores under nearby governance. It is unlikely the Sovereigns will begin business before current contracts end as plans evolve.
Western commercial men rush east taking advantage of low G A R rates to buy fall and winter goods in New York. Trains run crowded with Pullman cars scarce, and sections of the Eastern express must be added. Many travelers show little interest in visiting Boston.
Peter Pied the Passers also known as Stay Gazer of Soho was arrested by Officer Haas and lodged in the Fourteenth ward station last night on disorderly conduct charges. Police allege Ford roamed Second avenue near Frankstown insulting and throwing mud at pedestrians and at times acted as though partly demented.
In hot weather prices do it. JUS HORNE & CO. on Penn Ave. advertises August trade as phenomenal with $14 yard black silk warp Henriettas now at $1, a price cut from $150 a yard at other times.
Fifty pieces wool French Challies in choice designs offered at 35c per yard for full lengths and 25c for short lengths. Dark printed Challies 50c now 50c. Nun's ceiling cream all wool 25c. Half wool Challies 10c reduced from 18c. 36 inch cheviot stripes 35c. Oxford Cheviots cut from 25c. Cottons at lowest prices. Hosiery sale renewed today.
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