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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1891
Page
2
The deceased married Rebecca T. Andrews on September 25, 1852. She survives him along with their two children, one who died young and the other who married Harry Darlington of Alleheny and has two children.
Gossip among railroad men centers on A J Cassatt of Philadelphia as potential successor to a top post. If following the usual line of succession, McCrea and Messier would rise, Wood would become Third Vice President, and E B Taylor would take his place. Some anticipate an Eastern appointment possibly Cassatt, famed traffic expert and longtime Pennsylvania man, to Pittsburg if offered.
Special Officer Richards Lieutenant Geeker and Officers Shaffer and Boyle raided Southside speak-easies. A stranger lured them to Anthony Daddy’s Brown's alley house where liquor was sold and arrests followed. Gass Turis, keeper, and John Gallogs faced disorderly house charges. Elizabeth Howdenshel charged with keeping a disorderly house.
Curious crowds gathered at the Baltimore and Ohio depot as traveling show troupes arrived for engagements this week. Managers and performers including James O Neill, Harry Fulton, Lee Harrison, and Miss Qualitz encountered eager fans while secretive, wrapped performers entered and exited in a sea of familiar looks and whispers.
A crowd of about 200 gathered as patrol wagon No. 3 arrived on Balkan Street to quell a domestic dispute between William Woods and his wife. Mrs. Woods posted a $30 forfeit to appear in court, then left. Later the man was arrested again after resuming the assault and bail was set.
Detective Bendel recovers a $200 diamond pin stolen from 111 First avenue. The suspect, using the alias S. Lowenthal, claimed to be a theatrical advance agent and pawned the pin for $60 before leaving town with a diamond bracelet.
Secretary of State Henry C. Kelsey announced plans to prosecute alleged benefit associations for violating New Jersey law. He said action will follow any filed complaint, targeting officers and agents of these groups.
Mrs. Charles, wife of Prof. Charles Safe at home, said her husband returned to Allegheny after last night’s call to police headquarters. She reported he would not say if he was held prisoner, while police cited spirits and declined to investigate. Special to Let Lists Today.
A colorful portrait of a Chinatown in Pittsburg as 200 visitors from nearby towns arrive to mark the Chinese New Year. Quong on Wah on Second Avenue hosts an ornate altar to the God of the Heavens with offerings, banners, and incense while greetings and red paper slips abound.
The piece notes that some mortals aim to pay all debts before celebrations. It recalls a historical Chinese practice of clearing accounts on New Year’s, now costly except for the very wealthy. Rev. E. R. Donchoo describes tributes to the God of the Heavens as lacking deep religious sentiment.
A Beaver Allegheny parish of St. Josephs Roman Catholic Church, organized as a German congregation, held a secret indignation meeting in Enterprise Hall to demand ending English sermons by Walter Kauffman. Fifty male members debated assets division while most of the 300-member congregation supported the pastor's bilingual services.
The past ten days show work is scarce and Pittsburg draws vagrants from many cities. Six police stations nightly crowd with lodging seekers. some are picked up in halls and sheds. Most vagrants are from elsewhere and hope for work. seven arrested Saturday were strangers, with ten voluntary lodgers at Central station. John Yjanighan, from Woods Run, received 60 days in the workhouse after conflicting stories.
Cornelia Duffy aged five daughter of P E Duffy died at her parents home at the corner of Grant street and Webster avenue yesterday morning from burns received last Friday. She and another child played near a stove in an unused back kitchen when clothing caught fire and she was severely burned before the flames were put out. Coroner McDowell viewed the remains and ruled an inquest unnecessary.
Sneak thieves entered James Powers house at 568 Fifth Avenue by prying the rear cellar door and carried off wearing apparel and cellar provisions. Ida Reynolds room at 166 Fourth Avenue was entered while she was out to supper, a ring $23 in cash and other articles stolen.
Henry Tice and John Caldwell of Walls station were jailed after a fight over work on Pennsylvania Railroad shops. Caldwell struck with a poker, cutting Ramsey’s head. both men were battered. Justice Smith will preside at a hearing today.
Mrs Hamilton, a colored woman, works at Charles Norris's restaurant at 2717 Penn Avenue. Yesterday morning her husband visited the shop and beat her severely. He ceased only when Mrs Norris threatened to throw scalding water. Mrs Hamilton refused arrest unless he disciplined her again.
Joseph Horne Sr a Penn avenue dry goods merchant who had been dangerously ill for weeks was reported much better yesterday indicating a positive turn in his health.
A Saturday night concert at West Penn Hospital featured Miss Aiken and Messrs Smerts and Craft of the East End organization with hospital superintendent Cowen arranging hospitality. A fire alarm reported on New Brighton road near Woodland Avenue damaged a double frame house owned by James Stee and William Chambers, mainly roof damage. Nellie Unperwoop, 16, died at West Penn from cerebrospinal meningitis after a fall at her home on Penn Avenue. Grand Millford, a Carnegie mill employee, broke his left leg falling from a wagon on Thirtieth Street. Patrick Boros suffered hand injuries from a fall on Saturday.
The article reports a secession of a Knights of Labor assembly and bricklayers demanding 450 dollars per day while steel makers explore the Adams process. Major firms like Premier Steel of Indianapolis and Adams Iron Company announce adoption with royalties of 3 dollars per ton and a guaranteed saving of 6 dollars per ton. Norton Bros of Chicago and Latrobe/Cambria Steel plan to join, as Norton mills test direct furnace rolling of steel plates with a 5 ton Siemens Martin open hearth furnace.
A Pennsylvania union 92, meeting at 41 Fifth Avenue, plans no eight hour day this summer. They will press for $4 50 a day for nine hours, replacing current $4. The move aims to join the Building Trades Council, ending their aloof stance.
Local Assembly 0651 voted by a large majority to secede from the Knights of Labor. About 260 boiler makers in the county await national org. action to formalize withdrawal. Ex Master Workman John Doyle announced the move at the Central Trades Council meeting Saturday, signaling a trades unionist push for independent governance.
A W C T U No 2 meeting on Grant Street and Second Avenue was led by Mrs R H Jones with addresses by William T Powell and James Kennedy. In Allegheny the temperance meeting at the Little Jim Church on Rebecca Street featured B C Christy. Fifteen signers attended and the Sons of Temperance held a gathering at 68 Ohio Street. L Mooney presided and speakers included D Courlist F Morton Samuel McCord and LD Swager. The group passed a unanimous protest against granting any licenses.
Martin Brady a well known welder formerly of the Riverside Pipe Mill and now with the Pennsylvania Tube Works at Soho is very ill at home and has been unable to work for three weeks.
W. K. Fried speaks on Americas New Idea tonight in Lafayette Hall under the auspices of labor organizations and manufacturers associations. Augmented by selections from A. D. Wilson Allegheny, renters urged to note the event.
Sunday morning hearings show fewer cases as two friends’ drunken trouble and a father objecting to his daughter’s visitors illustrate a perceived moral standard. The piece notes a weekly decline in cases and questions whether the city’s ambition to “paint the town red” is waning.
At the Central station judge Gripp presided over 35 cases as John Hester and Frank Irwin faced the magistrate. Irwin accused Hester of stealing his watch, but the pair’s spree led to a withdrawal of charges and fines for both men.
Magistrate McKenna fined Thomas An derson 25 dollars and costs for assaulting his wife in Mulberry alley. The hearing in the Twelfth ward processed 32 common cases with small fines. Henry Mill and Alexander Henry each received 25 dollars and costs for fighting and whipping respectively. Mary Long was fined 25 dollars and costs for running a disorderly house.
Magistrate Leslie presided as six cases were heard at the Seventeenth ward police station. Joseph Thompson and Thomas Quinn each paid ten dollars plus costs for fighting on Penn avenue.
Magistrate Hyndman dealt with eight common disorderly cases at the Nineteenth ward police station in the East End.
S Biver of Rochester New York perished from exposure after being ejected from a Denver bound train near McCook Nebraska. A ticket from Rochester to Denver was found on him. He was described as well dressed and temporarily insane. His coat and grip were later recovered half a mile away.
About 9:30 p m last evening a false alarm rang at the Klingher firm 1316 Carson street. Special Officer Richards and another officer searched the area but found no evidence. The store recently installed a burglar alarm and this is the fifth or sixth false alert, police suspect movement may have stepped on the wire.
B F Leech a popular police telephone operator has been unanimously indorsed for School Director in the Ninth ward by our men and Democrats. Reno is pleased by the compliment paid him by friends and neighbors.
United States Senator W. D. Bate passes through en route to Washington while silent like Senator Harris. E. W. Oglebay and C. Seymour Dutton stay at Monongahela House. Crystal Slipper Company arrives from Cincinnati by B&O. Duquesne Theater manager David Henderson, Francis Wilson, and Marie Ans en stay at the Schlosser. Theo F. Straub and J. C. McKinney depart for Cincinnati. Dick Quay goes to Washington to see his father. Ex-Representative J. S. Fruit of Sharon visits the Anderson. Actor James O'Neill spends the week at the Seventh Avenue. Little Orn Fayre buys an Everett upright grand piano, praised for tone and action. Special To Lot Lists Today.
State appropriation committee members visit northwestern counties to assess needs of charitable and semi state institutions. They plan inspections of the Homeopathic Hospital Morganza Reform School and the Home for Friendless Colored Men while noting demands exceed available revenues and the governor will veto excessive charitable appropriations.
Bohemian entrepreneur Joseph Pfeiffer, staying at the Anderson, claims the McKinley bill has boosted exports to the United States by two million dollars. He notes Bohemian firms compete in fine glass and beads, with home workers aiding in small articles, while criticizing Slavs and praising German villages for cleanliness.
A hotel clerk recalls a customer angry over a Sunday beer policy. He notes it is against the Sabbath law to sell drinks then and laments the difficulty of pleasing some patrons. The piece contrasts Sabbath stillness in Pittsburg with Chicago’s Sunday bustle.
The Wilkins township primary elected J. B. Holland as Auditor and Judge of Election, P. W. Boll and James Gilmore as School Directors, Robert Miller and Israel Plummer as Supervisors, and William Mitchell as Tax Collector. William P. Delaney, a veteran, lost by seven votes and may run as an independent. The Ninth ward Democratic meeting at Ralston school will choose two school directors from about 12 candidates. The Seventh ward Allegheny Republicans plan a school-house suggestion meeting to discuss nominees.
A drummer in the Rainy City laments perpetual drizzle and requests five dollars to witness sun in Pittsburg. He jokes about hoodooing Jupiter and notes Pittsburg’s smoky reputation persists even as rain continues to fall and the city daily suffers dampness.
A talking drummerchant praises Pittsburgh over Philadelphia amid rain and fog resembling London soothed only by Monongashela rye. He refuses to name himself and offers this interview gratis, noting umbrellas and local commerce as rain breaks.
Colonel Andrew Stewart of Ohio Pyle arrives at Duquesne as Lawyer Guiler reviews law on Brennen authority to count ballots. Brennen plans to examine 100 witnesses today with four lawyers present. Downey of Waynesburg expects to attend despite illness. The Colonel disputes the notice period and says testimony may be barred if not properly served.
The article notes Marion Maxsola as Maid Marton in Robin Hood winning London’s heart and mentions Ma. Neil in Mr Barnes of New York. It previews upcoming Duquesne productions with Crane in The Senator and other stars, plus American singers abroad and next season repertory at Covent Garden. It also covers Crystal Slipper arrivals, Hustler at Bison ending, Prose West’s minstrels at the Duquesne, and Isabel Cor with Frank McKee touring Pittsburg. Julia Marlowe’s contract, Katanka at Bijou, and new Kajanka hype are included along with European acts and matinees.
The Dispatch promotes its special To Let advertisements as a way to save time and money on car fare and perplexity. It notes Mondays and Thursdays are special rent days and highlights Iron City Brewing Company offerings at leading hotels. Houses are scarce this year.
A window display showcases a wide assortment of products and superior values now available. The presentation emphasizes breadth and value to attract shoppers.
All popular weaves available at 25 percent under value with light weight black silks Venetian Latin Du Lac Louisene Armures Jerseys Sarahs and Indias. Special summer line opened this week featuring printed and plain Crepe Du Chene Toile De Soie Pongees and Peau De Soie in black white and tinted grounds. White Pongee and Jap Silks for ladies underwear with serviceable qualities from a yard upward.
Exclusive new dress patterns in cheviot and camel’s hair fabrics shown for the first time. Stripes checks plaids tufted spots and other selected styles offered by the retailer.
A five-story structure at 1148 Penn avenue owned by Leonard Walters and housing Bonistallio and Bisi macaroni factory is burned out and bulging on both sides, risking collapse. Police have reported the incident and the Building Inspector will be notified today.
Pittsburg PA February edition notes Isa JOS. HORNE & CO stores at 5 Penn Ave claim exclusive importations of embroideries and laces. They promise large varieties and “everything absolutely new” in embroidery stocks this season, urging shoppers to visit their departments this morning.
A wide display showcases Band Embroideries Appliques Blocks and Hemstitched details in Swiss Nainsook Cambric and white linens. Infants clothing edges insertings and all overs in varied patterns plus scalloped cambrié edges ready to use. Also unstitched skirtings and black embroidered items plus hemstitched skirts and underwear trims in many widths and patterns.
Linen laces of every kind and description offered in a wide range of widths and patterns. Exclusive display of fine Point de Gene Laces in white and ecru from 1 to 16 inches. Novel Black and White Silk Lace for ladies’ underwear. Embroidered Chiffon Laces in multiple spring shades.
This morning features a large selection of Black Lace Skirtings Drapery Nets and Chantilly hand-run and marquise laces in an entirely new assortment for advance spring styles.
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