Fish Warden Hague Reports Tide of Fish Law Compliance
Fish Warden John W. Hague returns home from a Monongahela River tour reporting fewer violators and widespread compliance after raids on nets and outlines. He credits public awareness, cites legal debates over outline fishing, and notes plans for a September Pittsburgh convention to seek statutory amendments allowing outlines July and August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Hague
Monongahela River
Alleheny
Pennsylvania
United Hunting, Fishing and Camping Clubs’ Association of Western Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Fire drill prompt in Allegheny kitchen blaze
An alarm at 3 pm yesterday from box 315 in Allegheny reported a fire in the summer kitchen of Charles Zeig on Seiferth. Firefighters responded to the scene to control the small blaze and prevent spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny
Charles Zeig
Seiferth
Forbes Avenue Extension Assessments Revealed by Board of Viewers
The Board of Viewers reported on Forbes Avenue extending to Diamond Street with about a thousand adjacent property owners to hear the readout. Mrs Schenley bears the heaviest burden with a net assessment of 3007.50 after deductions, while total damages amount to 44972.75 allocated among multiple claimants and the county to pay 5222.65 for improvement costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aseeselog
Grant Street
Homewood
Shady Avenue
Schenley Park
Berman Brewing Company
Eliza Braden
Edward Rowe
Edward Jones
John Bolan
Charles Campbell Heirs
Mary Patch
James Dolan
William Dilmore
Sarah Francis
Board of Viewers
Rumored deal stirs Pittsburg and Duquesne traction talk
In Philadelphia last night C L Magee and George Rice from the Duquesne Company denied any pending sale of the Pittsburg cable road. Rumors of a combine with Widener and Elkins persist, while Magee heads to Cape May for health and Elkins visits Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Duquesne Traction
Philadelphia
Eastern Express
C. L. Magee
George Rice
Pittsby Cable Road
Magee
Cape May
Charles McKee
Duquesne Company
Messrs
Widener
Elkins
Pittsburg Company
Chief Brown Returns to Lead Fire Department After Vacation
Chief J. O. Brown of the Department of Public Safety returns from Asbury Park and signals readiness to steer the department again. He weighs a firefighters vacation demand, noting previous limits and suspensions. He has expanded leave rights to 30 days annual but questions immediate widespread approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O. Brown
Department of Public Safety
Asbury Park
Brown
People Abroad and At Home Travel Notes Highlight Local Figures
A jumble of arrivals and departures features W. D. Holmes of Paria visiting Pittsburg from Cincinnati after a death, Miss Mary T. Butler and Miss McAleese off to Lakewood and Atlantic City, Governor Francis en route home from the East, Chief Murphy returning from New York and Boston, Mary A. Wheeler visiting Northland Avenue, and other notable names like William Letsche, Edward Shaefer, Captain John Penny, Lt H F Lowry, Frank E. Randall, Heminghouse, J S Henry, Miss Annie Jones, B F Jones, F C Frew, and J A Frost traveling or resting in cities and towns such as Atlantic City, Cape May, Peekskill, and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Holmes
Chief Murphy
Allegheny
New York
Boston
John Milby
Forty
Utah
Mary A. Wheeler
Los Angeles
Cal
J. C. Sean
Northland Avenue
East End
William Letsche
Warden & Oxnard
Edward Shaefer
Irwin Wees
Counterfeiters Two Brothers Nabbed In South Side Scam
Archibald and Robert McDowell were arrested after passing raised two and ten dollar bills using five and ten dollar stamps to alter currency. The scheme targeted merchants on the South Side, with police recovering stamps and altered notes from their home and a hidden Bible. The brothers, linked to a Pittsburgh rail worker and a roundhouse wiper, will be turned over to United States officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archibald
Robert McDowell
Victor Dosch
Carson
South Twenty-second Street
McDowell
Stewart
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Lawrenceville
Uniontown
Robert
Internal Revenue
W. F. Reich
Phillip Diehl
Julia G. Marsh
George Levy
Bray
Brosi
Ran
Richards
Captain Stewart
Pittsburg
Virginia
Charleston
Oliver Iron and Bteel Works
Thirty-third Street Roundhouse
Captain
Colonel Andrews Heads Chicago World's Fair Bid Plan
Colonel J. P. Andrews and his secretary Leonard Wales flew to Chicago to meet resident directors over plans for the World’s Fair. A Boston architect outlined the exhibit layout with iron and glass buildings and brick bases, promising more floor space than Paris. The scheme would overhaul Jackson Park, use lakefront land, and cost about 7.5 million dollars, featuring a working model of every American bridge at the water end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Andrews
Leonard Wales
Chicago
Adrews
Lings
Boston
Pittsburg
Jackson Park
America
Manstabbed by Brother In Law in Beer Dispute
Samuel Reinsfelder, stabbed by his brother in law J. W. Clemons during a Sunday morning altercation over beer, is reported to be improving and likely to recover. The fight began when Clemons brought home beer and Reinsfelder tried to drink it, leading to a fatal seeming injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genning Beer
Samuel Reinsfelder
J. W. Clemons
Reinsfelder
Clemons
Reinselder
Taken to Dixmont for Murder in Beilog Token Case
Murderer Smith was moved to Dixmont by order from Sheriff McCandless of Altoona. He had been sentenced to hang for killing his wife but was taken away yesterday and showed deep emotion. He has spent so long in the county jail that he has grown fond of the place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Dixmont
McCandless
Altoons
E Smith
Local Banter and Ads from a Curious Natatorium Scene
A fragment shows street talk about a natatorium swimgoers named Tane de Foure and a jokey bet. It mentions PLAT? chlorides as a disinfectant and an edoriens liquid described as cheap and efficient, with the tone of a quirky urban page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cood
California Grapes and Fr u it Exports Stir Markets
A Sunlit Sea dispatch notes California ships fruit to the East and Europe at lower prices than in local markets, leaving thousands of acres of vines to rot. California is said to supply the Union cheaply, with large shipments and lower rates, while distributers profit from transport costs. A Pittsburg grape dealer recalls the high East prices and narrow margins in transit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Europe
Philsburg
Dispatch
Esterday
Chert
Haton
G. W. Beckett
Union
Pittsburg
Liberty Street
Cape Horn
Inquest on an Imbecile at Dixmont Hospital
An inquest was held into the death of Caspar Wykoff a county patient at Dixmont Hospital after he died Sunday night. He was committed August 25 1888 and had been a helpless imbecile since admission. He burned his feet and legs in a hot wash vat and attendants concealed the incident for days before reporting it. The coroner’s jury found death by pneumonia and censured two attendants for not reporting the scalding. Wykoff about 42. Remains awaiting claim by possible friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caspar Wykoff
Dixmont Hospital
Wykoff
Hutchinson
Graham
Ewing
Richard Holmes
James Conn
Wikoff
Holmes and Conn
Holmes and Coun
Stockholders to Ratify Consolidation of Rail Lines
A Pennsylvania Company meeting in Columbus will ratify the consolidation of the Pittsburg Cincinnati and St Louis road with the Chicago St Louis and Pittsburg line. The two firms have operated as one entity but maintain separate management. S. B. Leggatt and J. J. Brooks depart for Columbus to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Company
Columbus
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Chicago, St. Louis
B. Leggatt
Seere
J.J. Brooks
Dethroned His Reason John Thompson Admitted Insane
John Thompson alias Jacob Wilds was moved from Western Penitentiary to Dixmont insane asylum. Committed from Armstrong county three years ago for burglary and due to prior terms and behavior a commission found him insane and ruled it unsafe to release after his term ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Thompson
Jacob Wilds
Western Penitentiary
Dixmont
Thompson
Armstrong County
Reyburn
Autopsy Tells of Child Death in Allegheny
Dr. Guy McCandless conducted the autopsy on a female child found in a Gallagher street bushes site. He ruled the death a murder by smothering with a hand over nose and mouth. The body will be buried in Bellevue Cemetery today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy McCandless
Gallagher Street
Allegheny
Lawrie
Beaver
McCandless
Bellevue Cemetery
Meeting on pensions for Arsenal explosion victims
Victims injured in the September 17 1862 Arsenal explosion will meet tomorrow night at Mrs Laura Guinns home 89 Franklin Street to organize a petition drive to obtain pensions for their injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arsenal
Laura Guinn
Franklin Street
Eesta Eee
Labor Turbulence Rises as Westinghouse Strike Intensifies
Rumors swirl of window glass houses starting before October while a 9 hour day with 10 hours pay is pressed by a committee visiting Wilmerding and Robinson street. About 1,100 Westinghouse workers are on strike and several plants threaten to move to New Jersey if demands are not met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central
Westinghouse and Machinists
Wilmerding
Robinson Street
George Westinghouse
Westinehouse
New Jersey
Westinghouse
Robinson, Rea & Co
A. Garrison & Co
Bair & Gurram
Wilson & Snider
National Tube Works
James Reese
Lewis
Pittsburg Iron and Forge Company
Oliver & Roberts Wire Company
Labelle Steel Works
Hall Pom
Glass makers await Chicago meeting decision today
About six local glass manufacturers departed for Chicago to attend the Western Window Glass Manufacturers’ Beneficial Association session in the Auditorium. The meeting’s outcome will decide if operations resume early, with a September start possible, despite Pittsburg plants holding large stocks. Jeannette’s Chambers-McKee, a large producer with little stock, faces losses if idle. firm output last year exceeded all Pittsburg factories combined. The party included Secretary Loeffler, H. Sellers McKee, and C. W. Phillips. McKee declined to predict Jeannette resume timing, noting reliance on the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Western
Chambers-McKee Company
Jeannette
Pittsburg
Loeffler
H. Sellers McKee
C. W. Phillips
Metal Ties Seen Replacing Wooden Road Ties Soon
Steel ties may dominate railroad track construction as timber shortages strain timber belts. Patents exist for metal ties and pilots in heavy traffic show favorable results. Engineers split on practicality and cost, but many predict metal ties will eventually supersede wooden ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Standard Company of New York
Disastrous Day Brings Falls Bites and Injuries
A series of accidents reported in Mansfield and nearby areas includes a fatal fall when George Holliness broke his neck at his sister’s residence. Bridget Kennedy, four, fell from a second story window. Willie Watson, two, was bitten by a dog and the dog was killed. Workers suffer injuries at mills and stables including amputations and severe wounds. A boy, Willie Smith, twelve, crushed his foot attempting to jump onto a moving electric car. Authorities note an inquest for the fatal fall and ongoing medical care for the injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Holliness
Mansfield
Squire McMuallin
Bridget Kennedy
Fifth Avenue
Willie Watson
Tannehill Street
Michael McCabe
Harry Lawson
Burns & Jane's Stables
Grant Street
Lawson
Anthony Ceckocek
Weaver Gar Thomson
Y. P. J. Larkin
Pike
Howe, Brown & Co
Martinetter
West Penn Hospital
Braddock
Ioe Howard
Buena Vista Street
Allegheny
Willie Smith
South Thirteenth Street
Semi-monthly report of the Association for the Improvement of the Poor
The report records 15 new applicants 356 families assisted and 154 aided. It notes four situations obtained 20 days work 20 children placed at Home of the Friendless three sent to City Farm and one clarified. It lists bread rice oatmeal soap beef tea mutton broth milk tea sugar grocery orders coal garments shoes hats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association For the Improvement of the Poor
Died in Riverside Penitentiary From Typhoid Fever
Michael Lee, a 33 year old prisoner from Crawford county, died at Riverside Penitentiary after a 12 day illness from typhoid fever. He was serving a three year and two month sentence for burglary and had his home in Titusville. An inquest is planned Saturday morning as required for prison deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Lee
Riverside Penitentiary
Crawford County
Titusville
Wright
Policemen Take An Outing To Pittsburg and Western
The John R. Murphy Hunting and Fishing Club of Allegheny departs for a ten day trip along the Pittsburg and Western road. The club is composed entirely of Allegheny police officers led by Police Captain James Bell. Attendance will be small due to limited time off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Murphy
Dewey Decimal System Adopted by Carnegie Library Plan
The Carnegie Free Library prepares to implement the Dewey decimal system after reviewing bids for 8,000 volumes. A subcommittee will examine prices from Scribners, J R Weldin Co, and J B Lippincott to determine costs, with a library officer recently returning from Wilkes-Barre studying cataloguing methods. The change aims to speed shelf placement and improve access across the library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegeny Carnegie Library
Imp
Joint Committee of Councils
Carnegie Library
Scribnerer
New York
J. R. Weldin & Co
Pittsburg
J. B. Lippincott Company
Philadelphia
Scribners
Robert Dilworth
Stevenson
Library Committee
Western University Expands Technical Education in Pittsburg
The Western University announces expanded courses in mechanical, mining, and electrical engineering with new buildings and facilities. The next term begins September 10, with admissions exams on the two preceding days. Applications and details are available from Professor Griggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western University
Pittsburg
Griggs
Barrels That Travel From Refinery No 1
The coopering works linked to Standard Refinery No 1 began operations yesterday to produce new barrels and renovate old ones. After six months of work, the firm has acquired many old barrels to reuse, shipping second hand barrels overseas to Eastern works for refilling. New barrels are produced at about 4008 per day while oil shipments average 500 barrels daily, and stock remains near daily needs. The Globe refinery is ready to light if demand exceeds No 1’s capacity.
The Nations Bank for Savings Moves to New Banking House
The Nation's Bank for Savings located in Alle- has relocated to 110 Federal St. The bank offers interest on time deposits and mortgage lending with hours 9 AM to 3 PM weekdays and 9 AM to 6 PM Saturdays. Accounts solicited. Also advertised are silk-faced trimming velvets and Wiener export bottled lager beer with telephone 1018.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal St
Baeuverlein
Wiener
Eagle donation presented at Council Chamber meeting
Local items report August Witthauer donated a chicken hawk identified as Eagle for Boheules to the Schenleyee Commission. The Rock Point Jr. O U A M Monumental Committees met at Ofsy Hall at 7:46 o clock this evening to discuss the transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenleyee Commission
Pablo
Bird of Freedom
August Witthauer
Rock Point
Council
Ofsy Hall
Finding Lists for Cleveland Library Volumes
The note discusses catalogues and finding lists for books, noting the Cleveland Library catalogue holds about 100 000 volumes and cost about $5 000 to produce. Mr Stevenson believes Allegheny can manage with a simpler catalogue and mentions supplementary pages as the collection grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilton County
Stevenson
Cleveland
Allegheny
Harrivitz Sues Morenski for Assault on Carnegie Avenue
James Harrivitz testified before Alderman Kerr about being attacked by Henry Morenski on Carnegie avenue in the eighteenth ward Saturday afternoon. Harrivitz sustained a head wound and remained indoors. Morenski was arrested last night and released to await trial next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Harrivits
Kerr
Henry Merenski
Carnegie Avenue
Harrivitz
Carnegia Avenue
Morenski
Carriage Makers Set National Meeting in Chicago
James H. Coyne of Chicago plans the Carriage Builders National Association gathering in Chicago starting October 14 for three days. Delegates from major local firms attend with about a dozen from the city. The event includes a goods exhibit and a banquet on the final day with 1,000 plates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Coyne
Carriage and Wagon Maker
Chicago
Carriage Builders’ National Association
Enaire
Horne & Co Clearance Sale Shifts Prices and Goods
In Prrissuma on Tuesday August 19 18 105 the Horne & Co stores announce a rapid movement of goods with readjusted prices boosting interest daily. New stripes appear in yard dress goods as 50 inch wool sacquings drop to 36c a yard in brown and gray tones. Black Silk Warp Henriettas and Wool Henriettas in black goods rise about 50 cents per yard.
Summer Suit Price Reductions Sweep Through Store Sale
The store slashes prices on GrincHam and Latino Suits to 5 dollars each from 10 12 and 15. Warre Lawn Suits drop to 4 9 13 20 dollars with further cuts from 6 7 8 9 14 15 18 20 22 28 30 38. AtLui Liven Laws Suits down to 6 dollars from 650 750 and 8. Print Wrappers 75 cents and 1 dollar Lawn Wrappers 5 cents Muslin Wrappers 1.25. Lace embroidery remnants center store and India Silk bargains 75 cents and 1 dollar a yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warre
AtLui-Liven
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Hague
Colonel Stone
Hacue
Stone
Batchelors’ Club
Seins
Fayette City
Allegheny Valley
Toe Disparch
Port Marion
Cleat River
William Maple
Dunkard Creek
United Hunting, Fishing Sod Camping Clubs’ Association of Western Pennsylvania
United Hunting, Fishing and Camping Clubs’ Association
Forbes Avenue
Mosers. Magee and Rice
The
Chief Brown
F. C. Frew
Aier Freight
Ee SE SE Se
J. & Frost
Sharon
Seventh Avenue
William N. Tisdall
First Infantry
Andersen
U. & Officials
Colonel Andrews
Day
Samuel Reissfelder
Gas Fuel Company
Westinghouse Works
Holmes
the Society For the Improvement of the
Mary Tinney
Adams Street
Manchester
Hein
Cyclorama Hall
Pell
Albert Parson
Hax
Tan
Preble Avenue
Uellegheny Hospi Yia
Wilkesbarre
Osterhout Free Library
Misa H. P. James
Carnegie Free Library
Melvin Dewey
New York State
Albany
United States
North America
Ohio
Ham
TSA
Edward
Groetzinger
Penn Avenue
the Nation's Bank For Savings, of
Alle
Jos, Homwe & Co
Tissa
Huevas & Hacke
Recep Pannan
aulé-Tresa
Beary Merenski
Aucache
James Herrivits
Walking Stick
the Carriage Makers’ Meeting
Prrissuma
Horne & CO
Penn Ave
India
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