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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1891
Page
2
Secretary Noble tours St Louis to Washington, defending Agent McLaughlin amid claims of Indian police brutality and corruption. He cites military support, denies guilt of Scouts, promises Sioux welfare through land, seed, and work, and outlines plans to keep outsiders from interfering while urging peaceful, lawful progress.
Annie Finn treated under Dr Koch's method shows early progress. First lymph injection given Tuesday with no evident effect yet. If the Koch method proves effective, recovery remains possible after an incurable prognosis. Finn was moved from the Children's Home to Mercy Hospital for treatment. Dr Hengst expects a change within days.
Engineers sent by Colonel W. E. Merrill began surveys about two weeks ago to establish necessary work at Woods Run. They expect to finish in a week and will report to the War Department.
A company organized in Allegheny includes Mayor Wyman and other notable locals to stage a dramatic road show with several melodramas written by John Gienn, a city patrol operator. The group will subscribe 35 000 for the project.
Citizens in flooded Allegheny districts push to grade the river front and raise low ground to prevent future floods. Debate rages over cost, who pays, and effectiveness as residents, merchants, and officials weigh practical schemes. A ward meeting is planned to rally support or opposition. The Ladies Relief Society shifts operations to Arch Street church.
Thomas Marshall and other lawyers traveled to Harrisburg to address the Judiciary Committee about creating another Common Pleas Court in Allegheny County. He questions constitutional limits and favors a single four hour session with strict three minute evidence discussions.
Elmer Collins enters his eighth day and 1068th hour of a prolonged fast at 10 PM still confident of completion. He appears thinner but otherwise well and has not shown acute weakness. Dr. McDonald reports modest weight loss and stable vitals after a day of minimal intake and several cough lozenges to ease a cold.
The Coraopolis Council has organized for the year with a working majority of four to two. Burgess Kendall announced the Street Committee memberships amid lively proceedings. The town anticipates a year of active measures and stirring events as politics and local factions continue to shape the town.
Mrs McCullough, accused of selling liquor without a license, leapt from a second story window to escape Lt Urth and Officer Adair of the Sev enteenth ward police. She injured her right ankle and was taken to the station for relief and a hearing set for today.
W J Welxel a director in two building and loan associations reports more loan applications to build houses than can be accommodated. He says moderate income borrowers continue to seek funds for home betterments, not speculation, indicating resilience despite overall dull business.
A band of the King's Daughters of Allegheny donated an artificial limb to George Pepa who lost a leg in a Scottdale coal mine four months ago. He has been at the hospital and is nearly ready to leave. the gift includes a leg and a President J.M. Scott letter hoping it will literally put him on his feet again.
In McKee's Rocks residents voted on whether to become a borough. The contest was not officially designated but both sides ran on distinct planks. Borough supporters won by about two to one.
Two Italian newsboys clashed on Sixth Avenue yesterday morning with one attempting a back stab. A slight flesh wound was caused before Frea Exbert halted the attack as the arm raised for a second blow.
A long conference among General Manager Wood and railroad officials over 168 grievances ends with no wage increase. Management argues higher pay costs 900,000 yearly and insists on final terms. Trainmen prepare for possible actions but officials see no imminent strike and expect a final answer within days.
Sylvester Rometti a 13 year old Italian laborer living in Skunk Hollow near Ben Venue was struck and killed by an accommodation train on the Pennsylvania Railroad yesterday at 4 30 PM. The coroner will hold an inquest today.
Alderman Hartman held a hearing on Mary Solinski versus A. M. Byers & Co for malicious mischief. Solinski alleges removal and destruction of a boat and household goods from the river bank in front of Byers & Co mills on the Southside. The court found no proof that Byers Co ordered the removal. other two related cases postponed to next week.
The Pittsburg Coal Exchange condemned Senate Bills 34 and 35 now before Pennsylvania’s Legislature. At a largely attended meeting held yesterday, the body adopted a resolution stating the bills are highly prejudicial to the river ferries and the city’s wharves, and should not become laws, with a description of encroachments along the riverfronts referenced from The Dispatch.
Park Police arrest Henry Heatley on a vagrancy charge after a claim of slight mental impairment and begging for food in Schenley Park. The case will be investigated by officials.
George H. Chalfant named trustee after an attachment for 140716.36 was issued against Pine Run Gas Co to protect creditors. E. M. Hukill, president and major stockholder, unavailable. his son says the move aims to safeguard creditor interests. Stockholders may receive after creditors are paid. company assets include gas territory likely to fetch high value.
A short list details six people hurt in incidents yesterday. Mary Stokes suffered severe facial burns from oil at home. William Sanders was struck by an engine at Woods Run station. Hugh Bulger was injured while boarding a freight train at Braddock. John Kosack sustained serious thigh injuries while unloading a car. Henry Volkman fell on Butler Street with internal injuries possibly fatal. Herman Stiles had his right foot crushed at Solar Iron Works.
Coroner Mc Dowell inquest finds Homer A. Ramlack killed by crooked walls of the Excelsior building at Lacock and Federal streets in Allegheny. Jury censures owner David Gregg for allowing dangerous walls to stand despite Mayor Wyman’s instruction to remove them.
Mrs. Mary McHugh sues John B. Schlosser and G. C. Deller back proprietors of Hotel Schlosser for 25000 pounds damages over the death of her husband A B McHugh from valvular heart disease after being ejected from the hotel on February 2. She alleges the hotel staff ignored his request for hospital care and left him in an alley until police found him and he died shortly after at Central station.
Mrs John Harley found a package on her stoop at about 10 pm she believed it held a baby and carried it inside. Dr Heisman and Patrolman Brown inspected the sack filled with mud before taking custody of the package.
Thomas Welsh, 56, a coal miner, was struck on the Panhandle Railroad at Lalewood Station Monday night and died at West Peon Hospital. The body lies in the morgue and an inquest will be held today. Welsh was reportedly an uncle of Jack Dempsey the pugilist.
An alleged government detective claimed to seek counterfeit notes and removed bills from banks and stores saying he would swap them for genuine ones. Authorities reveal the man is a fraud and order his arrest.
A column lists visits and departures by numerous figures including Dr T M Brockerhoff returning from Europe, Colonel T R Marshall of Loskamp House, Rev Thomas Spronll ill in Allegheny, S F Luty of the American Tinned Plate Association, J M McDonald of Youngstown, W D McKeefrey and wife of Leetonia, E F Jackman heading to St Augustine, J M Keely of the Line Steamship Co, Fred Hodges in town, C M Derickson of Mercer and Nora Hall of Sharon, J Linv the Chinese engineer, J Vand and W G Rose of Sharon, C McKinney of Titusville, Solicitor General George H Jenks, Colonel J W Echols and Bishop Whitehead, George Mason of Washington, Joshua Rhodes and H Sellers McKee to New York, and J C Duff at Monongahela House.
A proposed bill before the Legislature aims to regulate bene ficial and mutual assessment and benefit companies that pay sick and funeral benefits. It would require bonds with the Auditor General and supervision by the State Insurance Commissioner, enforcing penalties for noncompliance and seeking to curb scams that prey on members.
J C Baker was attacked by two men on Tannehill street as he carried a keg of beer. The thieves took the keg and fled. Police found J F Fletcher and another man drinking the beer in a Fountain street stable. Fletcher resisted. accomplice fled. Fletcher jailed at Central station.
Vice President Ruben Miller of the B'nai Israel congregation on Second Avenue and Grant Street says a meeting will be held Sunday afternoon to offer Rabbi M. Levitch the salary for his unexpired four month term with a $100 bonus or $20 if he resigns. The move aims to prevent further squabbles that occurred last Sunday.
The Grand Central Rink fair under the Past Officers' Association of lu is drawing to a close. Tonight features will wind up the affair with special attractions. Tomorrow the past officers host a reception for the Daughters of Liberty and the Senior and Junior Orders of United American Mechanics.
Cliff street paving from Fulton to Gam street will restart, funded by property owners who grow weary of court delays. They agreed to cover the improvement cost themselves, following a precedent set in the East End.
Mrs McIntyre wife of Rev J W McIntyre pastor of Southside M E Church died suddenly late Tuesday night at her Allentown home. Survived by husband and a large family, her death shocked a wide circle of friends.
A patchwork of short notices describes Eowanp Lelly missing from 2405 Carson Street for two days, Sever Butler heading to Lookout Mountain for timber investments, Jolly C. Smalen not being Fred J. Shaler’s father, an intentional cut electric line at Sharpsburg needing 18 hours repair, 180 applicants for police jobs with 79 hired last year, a St Joseph's Church meeting in Allegheny about a Bishop Phelan letter, Charles Gillespie collapsing from epilepsy on South Ninth Street and moved to Southside Hospital in dangerous condition.
The river at Cincinnati remained at BT feet 4 inches from 10 o clock this forenoon with minor half inch fluctuations due to wind or harbor boat movement. Special To Let Lists This Morning.
A Venango County resident fearful of railways begins by Hall and flees to dirt roads in a costly journey to Pittsburg. A nearby case echoes the tale with Mr. Aiken of Amity Church avoiding trains, hiring a livery to travel by road after balking at railway perils.
Police picked up residents on multiple counts including keeping a disorderly house, selling liquor without license, assault and battery, and embezzlement. Suspects named include John Mulligan Glennwood. John Fowler Bloomfield. William Herxs. Minnie Cerso. Ruben Miller. Sandy Smith. J M Rowan. William Statller. Elizabeth Dean. Frask Martinix. Daniel O Hara. Alexander Dugien. Isaac Adolph. James Myers Hadley Reese. Charles Gelb Wilbert. James Stepanekens. Maggie Breneman house raid detained residents Harry Fawcett W E Granger Maggie Gilleesple Maggie Patterson Nellie Turner Alice Daley.
A powder works near Miller's in Etna exploded this afternoon, shattering about six nearby buildings. The blast was clearly felt in the city thirty miles away and in Renssalaer it was mistaken for an earthquake. No injuries were reported and the cause remains unknown.
Ex senator Chandler, writing in the Monitor from Coxcamp New Hampshire, repeats allegations that Senator-elect Gallinger W Greene and other Republicans conspired with Democrats Frank Jones C A Sinclair and others in a series of bargains. He says he will soon prove the truth to the public.
A severe snow and wind storm cripples travel in Havertox Mica. Keweenaw peninsula records one of its worst storms in years with blinding snow and high winds stopping business for the day.
A proposed bill to license bare-knuckle fights in Nevada will be introduced in the Legislature tomorrow. The license costs 500 dollars. The measure aims to bring heavyweight bouts to the state and is expected to pass both houses.
After nine years in the Western Penitentiary James W. Ward will be released Saturday at 9 o clock and immediately re arrested on a murder charge for the 1881 killing of Ellen Means and Phoebe Means in Franklin township Westmoreland county. Coroner McDowell had long pursued the case with the district attorneys and a commitment was issued in Pittsburg. The grand jury is expected to review the Means murder early next week with Attorney Gregg assisting in the prosecution.
The Lakeside antique oak models price 750 and 850 with other lines at 9 50 12 15 and 5 dollars for various woods and finishes. Washburns praised for tone and durability. All items warrantied and sold at 506 Wood Street Grover Fenpen but John Fender handles orders in his absence with Fender & Co.
A newspaper ad touts extensive silk selections including Plain India Silks at 45c and 50c per yard, Printed Pongee Silks at 60c to $1, Pure Silk Taffeta Glace for skirts at 50c, and Moire and Faille Francaise fabrics with many shade options all advertised as low prices and large quantities.
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