Voegtly Elected Mayor of Allegheny City After Prolonged Session
The Allegheny City councils elect Nicholas Voegtily as mayor to fill the unexpired term of J. G. Wyman. The ceremony included oath and pledges, with a plan for a future popular election on April 26 under new law. Discussions cover election timing, proclamations, and related ordinances impacting city administration and public works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson
J. G. Wyman
Arthur Kennedy
Lindsay
Lowe
Gerwig
Simon and
Armstrong
Voegtly
Nicholas Voertly
Veegtly
Voegily
Nicholas Voegily
Allegheny City
City of
Allegheny
Ator
Games G. Wyman
Kennedy
Thomas Shaw
Louis Hilke
Observatory Hill
NO ALLEGHENY HANGINGS PATRICK FITZPATRICK GETS 90-DAY REPRIEVE
The Pardon Board at Harrisburg granted a 90 day reprieve to Patrick Fitzpatrick who faced imminent execution for first degree murder. Other Allegheny cases included Charles Hannon denied rehearing for murder in the second degree Violet Murray and J P Hall faced separate charges. Fitzpatrick received the news last night and showed mixed emotion as his death watch ended for now with Father Griffiths visiting him regularly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Patrick Fitzpatrick
Allegheny
Charles Hannon
Violet Murray
J. P. Hall
Fitzpatrick
Father Griffiths
Thousands of G A R encampment veterans gather at Pittsburgh
The Grand Army of the Republic encampment fills Pittsburgh with hundreds of veterans from across the state arriving at the Grand Opera House and Seventh Avenue hotels. Delegates register, officers face potential contests, and a Gettysburg purchase resolution sparks discussion at Old City Hall.
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Pennsylvania Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Opera House
Department
Seventh Avenue Hotel
Moyer
Tonn
Gettysburg
Taylor
Grand Army of the Republic
Washington
Baltimore
Veterans discuss Pittsburg G A R and Gobin in state politics
Prominent Grand Army of the Republic leaders visit Pittsburg commenting on city growth and G A R membership. General J P Gobin, Lebanon County State Senator, is profiled as a Republican gubernatorial candidate while Senator Bates and Keefer, both veterans, pursue re election amid a lively party contest in the Twenty seventh district.
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Palmer
New York
George G. Boyer
Harrisburg
Samuel B. Losch
J. P. & Gobin
Lebanon
J. P. Taylor
Lewistown
F E. B. Beath
Philadelphia
John Taylor
Phiphia
J. B. Morris
Mr. Morris
Horatio B. Hackett
D. Bates
Lewisburg
John P. Nixon
S. Bonaffon
J. K. Davidson
Harry White
Indiana
Fred Boland
James McCormick
E. P.gould
Erie
Thomas J. Stewart
Internal Affairs
John F. Lovett
New Jersey
Austin Curtin
Bellefonte
United States
Shelnire
Pittsburg
Robert B. Beath
Duquesne
National
Grand Army
General Beath
Gobin
Lebanon County
Pennsylvania
Senate
National Guard
Senator Gobin
Harrity
General Gobin
Guard
Samuel D. Bates
Comrates
Seventh Avenue
Union
Snyder
Northumberland
Bates
John Dalzell
Dalzell
Luther B. Keefer
Schuylkill County
Sam Losch
Pottsville
Monongahela House
Keefer
Cameron
Losch
Welcomed by Women at GA R Encampment Welcome Event
About 800 attended a campfire at Old City Hall hosted by the Women’s Relief Corps for GA R Encampment delegates and the public. Speeches by Mrs Emma L Lindsey and Judge Harry White praised the corps, with focus on the memorial building in Pa and veteran advocacy. Comrade Bryant, a colored veteran, critiqued schools and the rebel flag while praising patriotism.
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Old City Hall
Women's Relief Corps
J. K. Wallace
Gourley
Emma L. Lindsey
Ie Pa
Commonwealth
Millie Semmerlock
George S. Boyer
Relief Corpiss
Helen S. Morrison
Relief Corps
Harry White
Hepe
Davis
Illie Gardner
Bryant
Dozen Fatalities and Suicide Plots Haunt City
A grim yesterday with a dozen fatalities and two suicide attempts dominated by poison and possible crime. Mary Travers, 17, survived after taking poison at a Grant Street restaurant, while G J Roesenheisen, 21, nearly died from sulphuric acid at his Allegheny home before being hospitalized. The cases sparked police questions and concern over personal troubles and motives.
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Mary Travers
Rata
G. J. Roesenheisen
Pittsburg
Altoona
Vista Street
Allegheny
Roesenheisen
Westinghouse Machine Shops
Walther
Chestnut Street
Mornene
J. McCready
Caressed then Shot Husband Flees City After Wounding Wife
Charles Roerdus, intoxicated cook at McCarthy's, returned home drunk and demanded money. He put his arm around his wife's neck and shot her in the neck, the bullet lodging in her shoulder. He fled on a train to Homestead but returned last night. police seek him. The wife survives and is cared for at home.
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Charles Boerdas
Smith Bros
Fourth Avenue
Market Street
Roerdus
McCarthy's
Mra Roerdus
Homestead
Fatal accident after boy fires self acting public safety item
Frank Price, 10, son of John Price, was fatally shot in the head when a companion, name possibly Bird, discharged a self acting public safety item at close range on Brereton Avenue near Thirty third Street. The weapon produced a 32 caliber ball entering the skull.
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Frank Price
John Price
Carnegie Thirty
Price
West Penn
Stakis
WILKINSBURG'S WOE From Loco Drive Fatal Express Collision
Early yesterday a fast St Louis express struck three young pedestrians returning from a ball. Miss Alice Gaskell aged 20 died instantly. John M Zeigler and William Dever were fatally injured. Dever died at West Penn Hospital. Zeigler sustained a fatal head injury. The trio had been at parties in Wilkinsburg and Braddock and planned to walk home when struck on the west bound track. The engineer halted the train after impact. rail crews found the victims along the track in a brutal scene.
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St Louis Express
Alice Gaskell
John M. Zeigler
William Dewer
West Penn Hospital
Dewer
Misa Gaskell
Dever
Zeigler
12 Year Old Killed by Birmingham Car in Front of Home
May Ann Rodgers, 12, of Jones & Laughlin's row on South Twenty-eighth Street, was killed crossing tracks at Twenty-eighth Street when struck by eastbound car No. 25. Dragged yards, body mangled, died within an hour. Coroner notified. motorman to face Alderman. road damages sought at $1,000.
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May Ann Rodgers
Jones & Laughlin
Southside
Traction Line
Tramp Die at Woodlawn and City Injuries Reported
A tramp fell from a Pittsburg and Lake Erie train at Woodlawn and was killed instantly. A boy named Robert Brext on Second avenue was run over by a car and severely injured near Eliza Furnace. Groner Burss suffered a fractured skull after a horse kick at Black Diamond Steel Works and is at West Penn Hospital. A 6 year old boy was killed by an electric car at Braddock. motorman William Sherrad posted 1000 bail for the inquest. A Drakeman on the Allegheny Valley Railroad had his arm crushed during coupling at Thirty third street. Dr Clark amputated the limb. A Southside Medical Society committee will meet to revise the fee bill, aiming to raise underpaid professional charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Brext
Porter and McKee Dine with Ex Governor in Venice Club
Governor Porter recently appointed Minister to Italy dined with ex Governor Porter and friends at a social club last night. The piece mentions Bisque or Herbs and Aromatics and notes a claim that it cures dyspepsia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sellers McKee
Porter
Indiana
Aesserie
Italy
Power of a good newspaper sells by the word
The Dispatch offers its want columns at a cent a word to secure help or a needed situation. The ad page promises effective, affordable service for readers seeking jobs or opportunities.
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Dispatch
Police close in on suspect in Joyce death at Sylvan avenue
The investigation into Sarah Joyce’s death near Sylvan avenue tightens around John Pulpus as inspectors Whitehouse and detectives Fitzgerald and Sterck collect statements from a woman and boy who saw a loitering colored man. The inquest will resume Saturday with hopes to implicate the suspect. Scarlet fever cases strain Forest Grove doctors as Ramsey and Conkle fall ill. Beacom remains gravely ill from blood poisoning during a funeral dressing.
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Sarah Joyce
Sylvan Avenue
Inspector Whitehouse
Fitzgerald and
Sterck
John Pulpus
Forest Grove
Conkle
Ramsey
Ewing
1902 Whisks and brushes offered at reduced prices
Elegant articles priced to clear as sterling approaches plated value. Brushes up to 10 dollars Whisks up to 7 dollars Mirrors from 6 to 20 dollars Combs from 0.33 to 1 dollar New stock, silver never wears out.
Curtain Sale Offers Various lace and linen Draperies
300 pairs Nottingham lace curtains Brussels effect in new designs priced from 2.50 to 3.50 per pair. 200 pairs Irish point curtains four prices 4 4.50 5 and 6. 300 Swiss tambour curtains three grades at 4.50 5.50 and 8.50. Over 500 chenille portieres fringe trim priced 4.50 to 15. Special clearance sale next week on blankets comforts flannels table covers and bedspreads.
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Nottingham
Brussels
Dress Goods Trade Lead Claimed by Stock Promise
Our large stock will prove to you that we will lead the Dress Goods trade this season.
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Necgtly
W. M. Kennedy
Weegtly
C. W. Neeb
Republican Executive Committee
Common Council Chamber
N. H. Woegtly
Kopp & Woegtly
Common Council
Select
Ways and Means
House
Ohio Street
Eighth Ward
John N. Neeb
Jacob Stuckrath
Select Council
Allegheny Select Council
Morris Avenue
Cemetery Avenue
Itin Street
High Street
Rhine Street
Benton Avenue
New Brighton Road
Gilliford Street
Tenth Ward
Watson's Line
Meyran Avenue
Sweeney Alley
California Avenue
Street
Sixth Ward
Boys
G. A. Rh
THE
St. Charles Hotel
Central
Monononhela House
Hotel Eiffel
John P. Taylor
W. C. Russell
J. K. Suover
J. A. Calvin
Hollidaysburg
Calvin
Snover
Council of Administration
Carnegie Hall
Redington
News OF the Veterans
Folbles
Fnte
Allegheny General Hospital
Germany
Little Frank Price
Wilkinsburg
Mary Ann Rodgers
Sharpsburg
Fiftyfourth
Butler
Hugh Conway
Lucy Furnace
Butler Street
William Iseman
Paul Hughes
Frankstown Avenue
Hughes
Iseman
William Lynn
David McGee
Virginia
Charleston
Southside Hospital
Lake Erie
Woodlawn
Southside Medical Society
M. A. Arnholt
Pulpus
E. P. Roberts & Sons
Fifth Ave. and
Market ST. Fel Uwr
Fifth Ave
Market St
Jos. Horne
Penn Avenue Stores
Odds and
JOS. Horne & CO
Penn Ave
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