Tragic officer death sparks probe and family saga
Officer Henry N. Deihl died by self inflicted gunshot on First Avenue. The tragedy unsettled Pittsburg police circles as details emerged about his wife Maggie Edgar and Mary McVickers, the Roth restaurant ties, and payments to substitute a waitress. Irwin funeral plans were announced with pallbearers named and a pending inquest verdict of death by own action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry N. Deihl
First Avenue
Annie
Deihl
Maggie Edgar
Liebhl
Macvie
Allegheny
Lost Faith and His Watch Cold Case on Liberty Street
Professor Joseph McEwen, an instructor, was tricked by a man calling himself Campbell McEwen who feigned misfortune to gain shelter on Wylie Avenue. Campbell stole a watch from McEwen on Tuesday morning and vanished before dawn. Police arrested him in the West. a hearing is set for Friday before Alderman Succop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph McEwen
Thomas Campbell McEwen
Liberty Street
Campbell
McEwen
Wylie Avenue
Booker
Succop
Assignment transfers Schmertz affairs to son in law Quimby
E M L Quimby named to take charge of William E Schmertz’s affairs after a formal assignment made yesterday. Quimby declines to discuss details until he reviews full fiduciary statements. The deed lists two properties: lot 406 in Colonel Wood’s Millbury plan on Fifth Avenue and a second lot on Craft Avenue near Nisgar Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Leihenerts
ML Quimby
Quimby
S Schmertz
Polo NP Para Cooe
Colonel Wood
Millebury
Fifthu Avenue
Wow Street
Craft Avenue
Nisgarn Street
P. Ecker Named City Organist in Place of Wales
Prof. H. P. Ecker, a popular local musician, has been appointed by Clef Ehrens of Allegheny to fill the vacancy created by Leonard Wales's resignation as City Organist. His first recital will be held soon, with a grand program in preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Ecker
Clef Ehrens
Allegheny
Leonard Wales
Ecker
Wales
Damages Sought in Pittsburg City Slip and Fall
Mary Kirchreiner sues City of Pittsburg for damages after slipping on December 6 at Toot Wilk of Kearn's road byward. She claims she fell into Butcher's run, breaking her left leg, alleging lack of railing along the ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Kirchreiner
Pittsburg
Tootwilk
Kearn's Road
Byward
Butcher's Run
Miss Annie Disken Arrested for Sweet Tooth Incident
Miss Annie Disken aged about 15 of the Eighteenth ward was arrested yesterday at 2 o'clock by Officer for a case related to a sweet theft or confectionery offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Disken
Unclear Handwritten Note on Market Scene
A fragmented report describes a shopper named James Layden at a street market near Forty-fou street. It mentions carrying a basket and another customer being urged to fill her basket, with cakes noted among items. The text is garbled and contains many unreadable terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Layden
Joose Bose
Forty-fou Street
Fire Chief Appointment to be Decided After Convention
A Republican governor states the next fire chief will be a Republican and vows not to appoint until after Chief Evans returns from Springfield. He plans to name the chief and subordinate officers within a week once decisions are set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Fie
Miles Humphries
William
Fertile
Welle Woul
Tree Disratou
Evans
Springfield
Death by Own Action Ends Orttman’s Escape Attempt
George Orttman 27, married with two children, died after slashing his throat with a razor during a disturbance in Miller's Row Thirty-fifth ward. Police had him in a patrol wagon for transport to the hospital when he died en route. coroner McDowell will hold an inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Orttman
McDowell
Orttman
Miller's Row
William Tanney
T. M. Byal
Oritman
Alwas
Pittsburg Sees Surge of New Corporations
A wave of charters was issued for Pittsburg yesterday as local growth prospects promote expansion. The Pennsylvania National Savings Fondant Loan Association led with a $1,000,000 capital, while foreign firms from New York San Francisco and Rutland opened branches or formed new corporations in the city. Local businessmen praised the move as a strong signal of shared prosperity and revived enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittburg
Pennsylvania National Savings Fondant Loan Association
Pittsburg
Howe Scale Company
Rutland
United States Life Insurance Company
New York
Drake & Stratton Contract and Construction Comppany
Commercial Alliance
Tur Forbes Republican Club Organizes Vigilance Committees
A Tur Forbes Republican Club meeting organized vigilance committees in every ward district. A charter issued to the Philadelphia National Savings Fund and Loan Association of Pittsburg with capital stock of 100000. Allegheny Sub-Committee on Parks approved payrolls totaling 1191.37 and bills of 2356. Missing person reports include William Ducan and Thomas Sxiit. Executions issued in several cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tur Forbes Republican Club
Sixth Wari
Philadelphia National Savings Fund and Loan Association
Pittsburg
Capital
Allegheny
Parks
Joan Altmeyter
Gregory Street
Sopside
Witttaw H. McCasx
Mt. Washington
Boy Kidnapped From Brady Street Kitchen
Michael O Brien aged 3, son of mill worker John O Brien, living in the Fourteenth ward, disappeared from his Brady street kitchen about 30 o'clock last night. The mother, upstairs, heard a drunken man in the kitchen after the child cried out. The child vanished after the mother’s instruction to throw the man out, and despite search and police notification, he had not been found by late hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael O Brien
John O'Brien
Brady Street
Fourteenth Ward
Death of Mrs Gulick wife of Bijou Theater manager
Frances J Oldshue, wife of BR M Gulick manager of the Bijou Theater, died yesterday at her mother's Bluff street home. A 27 year old daughter of the late Dr Oldishue she married Gulick February 6 1849. They had been separated about a year with her long illness. No funeral arrangements yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances J. Oldshue
BR. M. Gulick
Bijou Theater
Bluff Street
Dr. Oldishue
Mr. Golick
Tadustine
Greeley Held for Court Trial on False Pretenses Charge
Alderman Kerr ordered Jons Greeley to stand trial for false pretenses after a night in custody. Police arrested Jos Kuttr and Henry Simon in the Fourteenth ward for disorderly conduct. Lupia Bownes, 16, reported missing from Monongahela City six weeks ago, was located. Oscar Breitenbach, living at 6144 Butler Street, appeared with his children before Alderman Leslie. Peter and Annie Braitenbach of Cominka Alley faced assault charges before Alderman Hartman. James Rovner, a city nuisance near City Hall, likely to be sent to the poor farm as he refuses to eat. John Bowman and Harry Holmes were involved in a quarrel. an information will be filed by Holmes’s parents after a boy was struck by a cobble stone on Wylie Avenue.
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Jons Greeley
Kerr
Jos Kuttr
Henry Simon
McLaughlin
Lupia Bownes
Monongahela City
Yester J. Acest O'Baiex
Humans Society
Leslie
Oscar Breitenbach
Arien
Braitenbach
Butler Street
Wenderlaus
Hartman Peter
Annie
Cominka Alley
James Rovner
John Bowman
Harry Holmes
Wylie Avenue
Holmes
Governor Pattison Reviews Second Brigade at Arnold's Station
Crowds watch the Second Brigade of the State Guards as Governor Pattison presides over a detailed review at Arnold's Station. The event highlights drill, battalion maneuvers, and morale checks, with inspections of regimental quarters and praise for the guard's improving efficiency.
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State Guards
Arnold
Wiley
Pattison
Pittsburg
Harrisburg
Pittsburg Women Rally Against Divided Skirt Fad
Pittsburg women show little taste for the dress reform movement at Chautauqua with most locals preferring the traditional soft garments. Allegheny and Pittsburg dressmakers report only a single divided skirt order and say husbands and lovers drive fashion choices, while cyclists in East End express mild curiosity.
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Chautauqua
Pittsburg
Chautauquat
Fudge
Commissioners Push Asphalt Paving for East Diamond Street
County Commissioner Weir sought a meeting with Chief Bigelow at City Hall to discuss changing the Diamond street block stone paving to asphalt between Grant and Ross streets. Bigelow was away, so the interview and decision were postponed.
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Weir
City Hall
Bigelow
Diamond Street
Grant
Ross Streets
Ross Street
Orphans' Court
Coroner's Court
Ferry Boats to Sharpsburg Proposed by City Merchants
Arthur Kirk on behalf of prominent business men plans a ferry line from the Monongahela foot of Sixth street to Sharpsburg to speed wholesale trade and end delays from cable car interference. Leaders including J C Jenkins S S Marvin Dilworth Brothers Heinz Brothers pledge 2000 dollars as a starter for the venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Kirk
Sixth Street
Monongahela
Sharpsburg
Ee River
Kirk
Ted
J. C. Jenkins
Marvin
Dilworth Brothers
Heinz Brothers
Dr Robertson Again Charged With Assault in Gambier Case
Dr J W Robertson of Duquesne Heights faces a fresh assault charge after Teresa Souder, a domestic, signed a complaint with Alderman Gripp. A warrant was issued and an officer sought the physician, whose downtown office was crowded with patients. The accuser alleges three prior assaults, but Robertson had not been arrested by late night. Harcourt Place Seminary is noted as Gambier Ohio.
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J. W. Robertson
Duquesne Heights
Diamond Market Commission
Teresa Souder
Koustauzer
Roberte
Alderman Gripp
Eenl
Phys
Liberty Festival Parade to Celebrate Swiss Independence Day
Allegheny officials plan August 31 Swiss celebration with 2000 to 3000 Swiss descendants expected to attend. A parade through Puttaburg and Anceveny, a Ross Grove picnic, German speeches, and Swiss sports mark the event organized by A Jenny as president and a committee of Swiss descendants.
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Allegheny
A. Jenny
Arnold Schneider
Julius Roshard
Dagobert Deucher
Blaser Gottfried
Alex Schurch
Adolph Luder
A. J. Simon
Verein der Soehne Winkelrieds
Schweizer Maennercher Helvetia
Schweitzer Bund
Section Des Nord-Amerikani
Turn Vereins
Allegheny County
Johnstown
Wherling
Braddock
McKeesport
Penneylaie
Partia
Puttaburg
Anceveny
West Penn Road
Ross’ Grove
Suisse
Walbert Deucher
A. Hangartner
Max Schamberg
Gourley and
Wyman
Deucher
William Tell
Gessler
Rafferty Will Names Executors and Explains Trusts and Heir Rights
The will of Bernard Rafferty filed for probate names Gilbert C. Rafferty and Charles Donnelly as executors. It details trusts and life interests for relatives, including rents from properties on Fifth and Sixth Avenues, a block of houses in the Fifth Ward, and specific bequests to daughters Annie Willard, Alice Rafferty, Rosalia Donelly, and others. Provisions allocate funds to Mary Rafferty, St. Paul’s Catholic Orphan Asylum, and the Diamond Cokeway interest controlled by Gilbert Rafferty with his compensation for management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Rafferty
Twenty-second Ward
Gilbert C. Rafferty
Charles Donnelly
Fifth Avenue
Chatham Street
Webster Avenue
Fountain Street
William C. Rafferty
Ite
William Rafferty
Twentieth Ward
Sixth Avenue
Mary Rafferty
Bernard F. Rafferty
Mary
Bernard F
Thomas G. Rafferty
Rosalia Donelly
Strawberry Alley
Rose
Iret Hafferty
Ellen Mowrie
Ellyon
Narrow Flint Glass Settlement Reached After Conference
The Flint glass strike talks between ware manufacturers and the American Flint Glass Workers Union ended with a compromise. The four and three and a half hour move hour clause was accepted, with the new United States Glass Company ready to operate. President Smith announced the factories would run, and a four story headquarters is rising on the Southside to house officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Flint Glass Workers Union
United States Glass Company
D. C. Ripley
Mr. Smith
Smith
Philadelphia
Flint
New Glass Company
Ripley
Moorhead Brothers Seek Injunction Amid Strike
Moorhead Brothers & Co won a preliminary injunction to stop their striking workers from opposing those at work. A hearing is set for Saturday before Judge Stowe. Most strikers remain idle or work elsewhere while some nonunion men fill positions at Bennett station and nearby mills. President Weihe of the Amalgamated Association visited Canonsburg to settle a local dispute, delaying action on the Sharpsburg case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moorhead Bro. & Co
Stowe
Bennett Station
Pork House
Milb
Woods
Sharpsburg
Moorhead
Weihe
Amalgamated Association
Canonsburg
Bricklayers Leader Plans Philadelphia Return
President Wi Campbell of the Philadelphia Bricklayers Association visits Pittsburgh to recall members work sites. He says he will take all his members home again, hoping to reset the earlier master bricklayers’ dispute. O'Brien accompanies him as they visit active jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Quaker City
Wi Campbell
Bricklayers’ Association
Pittsburg
Agent O'Brien
Mr. Campbell
Frittsburg
Strike declared illegal by union branch
Branch No 22 of the Bakery, Warehouse, and Union declares the beer drivers strike organized by Winter Brothers as unlawful, ordering end to pickets and resumption of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilegal
Winter Brothers
Branch No 22
Biggest B & O Excursion To Atlantic City Sets Record
The Baltimore and Ohio will run the season’s largest excursion to Atlantic City this morning. Sweltering heat boosted rail traffic and ticket sellers worked hard. nine parlor cars sold out, leaving some travelers in common coaches. Passenger Smith calls it the road’s most successful Atlantic City trip, with many from Pittsburgh and nearby cities joining.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Atlantic City
Smith
Pullman Company
Pittsburg Female College to Locate in Two Buildings
The Pittsburg Female College will temporarily occupy the north wing of the college building on YP street and the Jewish Temple across the street. Sterm opens September 16 with fully equipped school and music rooms. The boarding department offers a pleasant collage home and inquiries go to President Norcross in Pittsburg Paths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg Female College
Sterm
Norcross
Pittsburg
How to Cure a Pain in the Stomach Remedy Reviews
An advertisement collection touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy as effective for stomach pain and cramps. Positive customer testimonials from E D Book and Ussu C Baeverlein Brewing Company reinforce swift relief and general satisfaction. A minister Dr Jacob Conner endorses its results for diarrheas and cramps. Additional items promote Oxford shoes and beauty products and Angostura Bitters as aids to digestion.
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Chamberlain
E. D. Book
Blain
Perry County
CrSsy
Beaver
McAllisterville
Juniata County
Jacob Conner
Roger's Ford
Montgomery County
Ussu
Mourner Fouts to Bury Sunstroke Victim in Cleveland
Mr. H Wilson husband of Mrs. Wilson who died of sunstroke at the market house arrives after delays from Vicksburg and visits the morgue. He plans to ship the body to Newburg Ohio near Cleveland for burial beside her parents, with seven other relatives listed in the notices.
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H. ¥. Wilson
Vicksburg
Mr. Wilson
Newburg
Cleveland
Removal of Guy Ropes Triggers Collapse at Elba Iron Works
Inquest into the July 29 accident that killed Hartik Balent, Stephen Dobak, and Andrew Zidik found gross negligence by Elba Iron Works employees. Evidence showed stacks toppled after guy lines failed, with witnesses detailing the fall sequence and a model structure presented at the hearing. The verdict warns of potential damage suits and calls for greater safety in future construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartik Balent
Stephen Dobak
Andrew Zidik
Elbe Iron Works
McDowell
Elba Works
Riter & Conley
Elba
Thomas Alen
William M. Simmons
Bull Iso
Dulicots
Riso
Acc Ta
Guy Lines
Elba Iron Works
Society takes charge of sick boy Hilson in Allegheny case
The Anti Cruelty Society now cares for a sick boy named Hilson from Allegheny who was neglected as his mother hides from officers after being jailed on a charge of illicit liquor selling and escaping. The society investigates the woman's claim of a false accusation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anti-Cruelty Society
Hilson
Allegheny
Havin
Society
Germania Savings Bank Temporary Location Notice
Germania Savings Bank announces temporary quarters at No 7 Sixth Avenue corner Wood Street while its building is rebuilt. The bank expects to occupy the rebuilt site by March 1892 and continues to pay four percent interest on time deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth Avenue
Wood Street
Trsu
Final Prices on Ladies Summer Waists Slashed
A large stock of ladies waists is being closed out to make room for new arrivals. White Lawn waists drop to 50 cents, Percale Norfolk waists to 75 cents, London shirts to 1 dollar, French Gingham Madras and Cheviot to 2 dollars, Silk waists to 2 dollars 50 cents or 3 dollars 50 cents, Plain and striped Flannel Norfolk waists to 1 dollar 50 cents, and striped flannel waists to 2 dollars 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Madras
White Lawn Garments Sale At Former Price Reductions
Retail notice announces White Lawn mother hub bard wrappers and princess backs at 125 dollars, White Lawn suits cut, gingham suits now 350 dollars, all reduced from former prices amid sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Hubbard
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Canother
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Smithield Street
Irwin Station
Henry N. Deihie
Tin M. E
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Hutledge
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McCandless
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Center
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Charles Reese
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Dr. Wiley
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York
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Timothy O'Leary
Metcalf
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E. Z. Breck
Breck’s Battery
Creps
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Dr. Easton
Lilian Easton
John Easton
Fourteenth Ent
Ohn Oliver
James Gordon
Company E
Eighteenth Regiment
Rgeant Stewart
Gleffer
Post Office Department
Jame M. Nollis
Pittsaborg
East Diamond Street
DR. Robertson
Harcourt Place Seminary
Harcourt Pisce Seminary
Gambier, O.th
Ross
Alps
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Confederation
Switzerland
Charles Donelly
Judge Slagh
Simen’s
Ohio Palk
C. Baeverlein Brewing Company
Bennetts, Pa
Blawse
Ohio Street
Allegheny, Pa
Tissu
Messrs
John Saeger
Second Avenue
Philip Sutton
The
Iron Works
William Bros
Wen
George Lemon
Germania Savings Bank
Biber & Easton
Mittsburg
JOS. Horne & CO
Penn Avenue
Edward
Groetzinger’s
Bartlett
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