Fire Bureau drama over Allegheny electricity wiring
A Allegheny City Hall hearing probes the Bureau of Electricity outage with Chief Murphy, Superintendent Loomis, and Chief Jones involved. The sub committee calls for an assistant in the electrical department and debates blame amid a lack of trained staff and a broken wire incident.
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Allegheny City
Bureau of Electricity
Board of Underwriters
Simon
Murphy
Department of Public Safety
Jones
Fire Bureau
Loomis
Stauffer
Chief Murphy
Metzgar
Telephone Company
Drum
Mr. Drum
Windo
Electrical Department
Met
Chaiomat Simon
Schud
City buys Schenley Park entrance land for 75000
City Controller Morrow paid 75000 to W A Herron agent for Mrs Schenley and received the deed, completing the purchase of the Schenley Park entrance. The city had held the land for months, with delays caused by red tape and England based legal reps.
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Schenley Park
Marre
Schentey Park
Highland Park
Sehenley Park Bridge
Claimants Skipped Meeting on Boggs Avenue Grading
Viewers of Boggs Avenue grading postposed their City Hall hearing as several claimants failed to attend. The Board of Viewers on Southside improvements will reconvene today to hear claims for damages and take testimony on Shiloh Street and Webster Street projects. A second board will survey sewer damage claims on South Twenty Fifth Street Wrights Alley and Shipman Street.
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Southside Improvements
City Hall
Boggs Avenue
Shiloh Street
Grandview
Southern Avenues
Webster Street
Thirty-third
Orion Streets
Messrs. L. B. Dif
Samuel Logan
A.J. Lee
South Twenty-ffifth Street
Wrights Alley
Shipman Street
Southside
Death of George Heinz longtime city firefighter
George Heinz a veteran of the city fire department died at his Clark street home from heart failure at age 43 after a long illness. He served about ten years as driver of No 2 engine and joined during Chief Evans era starting in 1877. He was honored as a skilled fireman and will be remembered by fellow firefighters and the Elks with a funeral set for tomorrow afternoon.
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Simon
Murphy
Jones
Chief Jones
George Heinz
Clark Street
Evans
The
Elks
Kelly
W Ho
Rue
George Myford
Lang
Groft
Husers
William L. Kelly
Myford
Cr. B. Wood
Monongala City
Keily
Wood
Carrallton
Furniture shipments reach new post office building
Four carloads of furniture arrived from Syracuse yesterday, bringing total to seven cars received for the new post office. Officials state all basement and first floor furniture will be here by September.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Postoffice
Watch found. owner sought for lady's gold timepiece
Snap Shots at City News reports a Second district officer recovered a lady's gold watch engraved E W J, case 21M, movement 4417, with a gold chain and onyx socket. Inspector Whitehouse holds the watch while owners are sought.
Straightout Republicans Nominate Ticket at Allegheny Meeting
The Straightout Republican convention in Lafayette Hall nominated a ticket for judge of Common Pleas No. 3 and District Attorney, denounced the County Committee, and pledged to replace machine rule with direct people’s choice. Arch Rowand led debates on nominations while Alfred Marland and others criticized Magee Flinn and O’Leary.
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Alfred Marland
Judge of Common Pleas No. 3
Arch. Rowand
Phil Sheridan
Trimple
Alex Gilfillan
William Hood
George Forsyth
William Wilkins
Arch Rowand
Charles 5. Fetterman
George Y. Burns
James Fitzsimmons
John Federkell
M.A. Woodward
John K. Wallace
Trimble
M. A. Woodward
Woodward
Robert Morrow
Allegheny
I. N. Patterson
Rowand
Morrow
Patterson
Fetterman
Shafer
Fitzsimmons
Ritchey
J. K. Porter
Killbuck Township
Porter
Committee On
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania
Poopst OS
L. Mazeo
William Flinn
T. J. Leary, Jr
Magee
McClung
Burleigh
Flinn
O'Leary
Magee and Fiiun
Caanford
D. McM. Gregg
J. W. Morrison
Messrs. Gregg
Morrison
Commonwealth
Aioe
T. H. B. Patterson
F. H. Eggers
A. Marland
L. L. Davis
Egges
Walker
David Smith
Archibald H. Rowand, Jr
Albert Hazlett
James K. Wallace
Mr. Sloan
Arch H. Rowand
Ifred Ara Frecae Woods
Ose Thogust
Geo Ums
George Mo Thomas A. Rowley
Gibbs
Aple
Archy
Christ
John TD
Slater
Blaine Republican Club Formed in Pittsburg
The Blaine Club of Pittsburg organized last night with officers A. W. Smith president L. C. Scott vice president C. G. Smith secretary George 8. Wilson treasurer delegates to Scranton convention J. C. Aufhammer George B. Wilson and J. F. Gelsenheimer alternates Ford Kauffman A. W. Smith and L. C. Scott. Delegates instructed to vote for Daizell and John Dalzell for state league president. Resolutions denounced the State League executive committee over new clubs.
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Blaine Club
Pittsburg
Hill District
A. W. Smith
L. C. Scott
C. G. Smith
George 8. Wilson
Scranton
J. C. Aufhammer
George & Wilson
J. F. Gelsenheimer
Ford Kauffman
John Dalzell
State League
The
McKeesport Straightout Democrats Set Primary
A McKeesport special reports the straightout Democrats will hold their primaries next Saturday evening to elect delegates to the county convention. Local voters are urged to participate in the party process.
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McKeesport
Pines
Miller's Big Money Vindication Explained in Exclusive Dispatch Piece
The Dispatch reports James Gernert’s account of altering an 8500 bill for James W. Miller and explains why Miller could not testify earlier. It details past arrest timing, detective efforts, and Miller’s response to accusations as rivals threaten to identify him with Cleveland ties.
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Miller
Mr. Miller
Dunn
Cleveland
Clarion County
Donn
Pittsburg
James Gernet
Red Lion
Issa
Issi
Holmes & Son's
Scott
Ica
Drowned Boy in Monongahela River at South Twenty-Second
Willie Ramsey eleven year old son of the Southside Water Works chief engineer fell from a raft and drowned in the Monongahela river at the foot of South Twenty second street. His body was recovered and sent home to South Twenty ninth street. An advertisement for special trusses follows.
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Willie Ramsey
Monongahela River
South Twenty-second Street
South Twenty-ninth Street
Young Ramsey
Southside Water Works
Bricklayers Strike Settled. New Training School Rising
Builders' Exchange reports full crews and rising pay as bricklayers return to work. A bricklayers training school will open on Seventh Street, using the Board of Health ruins for a temporary site. Students aged 16 to 18 will train on the trowel and related tasks, bound to apprenticeship until adulthood.
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McAfee
Builders’ Exchange
Allegheny
George Speed
Jnaid
a _ bricklagers'’ training school for
Seventh Street
Board of Health
Oee
Jeasen
McAfew
Plate Glass Magnates Gather For Tin Plate Venture
A large conference at the Anderson Hotel drew plate glass manufacturers from Pittsburg Chicago Akron Butler New Albany Irwin and other cities. They discussed prices and issued no major decisions while hints emerged of a new tin plate mill planned for Elwood Indiana and tariff arguments highlighted by A L Conger and A L Conger and Crouse meeting amicably after years of estrangement.
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Anderson
Anderson Hotel
Pittsburg
Missouri
Geing
Atterholt
Wellson
America
France
Crouse
A. L. Conger
Ohio
Piedmont Industrial Build Settle In Final Stage
Piedmont has settled the question of building glass works and the new industry will soon be in operation. The Baltimore and Ohio shops Twin-Town Improvement Company's machine works and Piedmont Pulp and Paper Company's works are thriving, with town lots being staked out.
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Piedmont
Baltimore and Ohio
Twin-Town Improvement Company
Piedmont Pulp and Paper Company
Westmoreland Firebrick Company Receives Charter
Yesterday a charter was granted for the Westmoreland Firebrick Company of Pittsburg with capital stock of 243000. Incorporators include M. M. OConnell Frederick R Reed Joseph Hamilton James W Hamilton John H Wilson Addison H Leitch all of Pittsburg and John George and Charles W McGrew of Westmoreland County.
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Westmoreland Firebrick Company
Pittsburg
M. M. O'Connell
Frederick R. Reed
Joseph & Hamilton
James W. Hamilton
John H. Wilson
Addison H. Leitch
John, George and
Charles W. McGrew
Westmoreland County
Local Humane Society Receives Miscellaneous Donations
Donations reported include B F Jones 220 and E F Leppert 95, Murphy cash 3, Richard Floyd 2, Jone s couhtey 5, WB Wolff 5, John Walloe 20, Alderman Leslie 10. No quorum, no meeting. Flannery and the Printers. John Flannery, labor leader and editor of the Trades Journal, involved in a dispute with his printers.
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The
Humane Society
B.F. Jones
E. F. Leppert
Aen Murphy
Richard Floyd
Jones Couhtey
WB. Wolff
John Walloe
Alderman Leslie
Flannery
John Flannery
Trades Journal
Printer's Assembly Trial Ends With Guilty Finding
An account of wages and typed matter used led to a trial before the Knights of Labor on Monday. The defendant was found guilty with sentence suspended. Mr Flannery of Salesman's Assembly 497 faced charges by Printers Assembly No 1sj0. The sentence will be imposed tonight.
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Flannery
S Assembly
Printers Assembly No
Strikes at Vesuvius Mill Down Furnaces in Sharpsburg
Vesuvius mill strikers in Sharpsburg boost morale at Amalgamated Association HQ as non union workers refuse to return to plate mill duties. Only two furnaces operate in that department while puddling furnaces run dry. President Weihe shows approval yet declines comment as several workers quit and many face money shortages.
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Vesuvius
Sharpsburg
Amalgamated Association
Plate Mill
Weihe
Homestead Merchants Take Excursion Day Down River
In Homestead the town’s 2000s era shops close for a day as steelworkers and families plan an excursion. They travel by river to Pittsburgh then ride down the Ohio to Rochester for a day off the bustling borough.
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Homestead
Monongahela River
Pittsburg
Ohio
Rochester
Open Hearth No. 2 chief Neville McConnell leads new plant
Neville McConnell, formerly in charge of the old open hearth shop at Homestead Steel Works, now manages Open Hearth No. 2 and has succeeded James Purves with notable success.
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Neville McConnell
Homestead Steel Works
James Purves
Howard Pinte Glass Company Builds $50,000 Plant
The Howard Pinte Glass Company at Duquesne has begun erecting a new $50,000 building for its proposed window glass department, with construction already well underway.
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Howard Pinte Glass Company
Duquesne
Western Senator Predicts Harmony in Party Field
United States Senator Honsbrough of North Dakota visits the city and predicts McKinley will win Ohio by a large margin and Biaine remains strong in the West while Harrison gains. He says no third party in Dakota, forecasts gold for wheat, and expects a Hill vs Gorman Democratic nomination with Cleveland out.
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United States
Honsbrough
North Dakota
Devil's Lake
McKinley
Ohio
Biaine
Harrison
Lees
Washington
Biniie
Honsbrouch
Dakota
David B. Hill
Gorman
Cleveland
Death verdict in case of Patrick Clarey fall
Coroner's inquest found Patrick Clarey of Allegheny died from accidental head injury after falling down stairs while intoxicated last Friday night. Jury returned an accidental death verdict.
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Patrick Clarey
Allegheny
Free trains to Blaine town from Pittsburg and Lake Erie
Charles Somens & Co announces daily free passenger trains to the new town of Blaine from the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad depot at Smithfield Street Bridge with morning and early afternoon departures and arrivals, a Saturday evening service, no Sunday free rides, call for tickets and maps at 120 Fourth Avenue.
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Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad
Smithfield Street
Union Depot
Pittsburg
Virginia and
Charleston
Charles SomEns & Co
Fourth Avenue
Excursion to Chicago via Pittsburg and Western Railway
Advertisement notes an August 20 round trip to Chicago via Allegheny with two trains. One express departs 2 PM Central time, another Pullman-only at 5:30 PM, arriving Chicago 9:30 AM. Includes a 10 day limit and return via Washington City option. Also promotes Baltimore and Ohio excursion to Atlantic City tomorrow with $10 round trip and ten day validity.
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Pittsburg and Western Railway
Chicago Express
Allegheny
Chicago
Wisit
Atlantic City
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Washington City
To Let Spare Rooms And Local Cloak Shop Ads
The Dispatch advertises spare rooms to rent in its to let column and features LaApres black and colored cloth suits offered today on the second floor. Jos. Horz & Co. promotes Penn Avenue stores and Dutchtown appeal. Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy is advertised with testimonials available on request. Herman Kabich, Dutchtown, Mo. endorses the remedy.
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Dispatch
LaApres
Jos. Horxz & Co
Penn Avenue
Chamberlain
Herman Kabich
Dutchtown
Will
Classified Advertisements Urge Quick Renting and Purchases
The Dispatch lists cent a word ads for quick tenant finds and buyers. Note entries include children patent leather tip shoes at 55 cents, selling at 1 dollar elsewhere, Table Belle flour from Orrville Milling, and neckwear at James H. Aiken & Co. with address 100 Fifth Avenue.
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G. D. Simon's
Ohio Street
Allegheny
James H. Aiken & Co
Fifth Avenue
Mystery surrounds fatal saloon brawl in Webster
Henry H Kelly 27 coal miner died in Milesburg from three knife wounds after a Saturday fight in Langs saloon Webster Westmoreland county. Three Germans held on felonious cutting charges via coroner inquiry and autopsy ordered.
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Henry H. Kelly
Milesburg
Webster
Westmoreland County
McDowell
Allegheny County
Burleigh
Henry
Barney Huser
William John Groft
Monongahela City
McClure
Kelly
William E. Rue
Rue
Lang
Interesting Reading for Everybody
Classifieds in THE DISPATCH offer varied advertisements for sale and more, inviting readers to peruse the entire column for bargains and notices across categories.
Latino-covered comforts at $125 each
A selection of 100 Latino-covered comforts offered in assorted styles priced at 125 dollars each. A bargain not often seen, featuring Boces and Bunt as part of the lineup.
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Boces & Bunt
Hucus and Hackle Closeout Sale at Bargain Prices
Our prices rapidly close out odd lots with a few days left to save on 35c plaid cheviot suitings at 1 garden. black and white striped sarah silks at 50c, French challns at 25c, fine French flannels at 39c, and remaining porteriores half price and less. shop now before stock finishes.
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West Penn Hospital
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Republican Party
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Charles M. Johnston
M. Freeson
Peter Moul, Jr
Beaver County
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Robb & Fitzsimmons
Penn
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Bellevue
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New Firebrick Company
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MWP
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F. I. Routiepacer
Hendricks & Co
Federal Street
Egheny
Juvens & Co
Mellor & Hoene
E. P. Roberts & Son
Fifth Ave
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Central Station
Geo O'Neil
Sir Carey Alley
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