City Accepts 15 Mill Tax Increase To Fund Public Works
The common council considers a 15 mill city tax raise to cover a larger public works budget. Fire bureau gets 262600 including 12 600 for engine houses, parks receive 52000 for land, and 200000 for park work plus 225000 for water main continuation. Finances show 1889 comparatives and a plan to reduce special taxes.
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Finance Committee
Fire Bureau
Bureau
Select Council Chamber
Brown
Schenley Park
Highland Park
A. F. Keating
Hirkland Avenue
East End
Binder
Keating
Morrox
Law and Wool Tariff Sparks County Legal Friction
A dispute between Allegheny and Washington counties centers on tariff policy and court practice. Washington county allows easier access for out-of-county lawyers, while Allegheny lawyers face residency requirements and fee collection rules. The clash highlights protection for wool and law as taxed luxuries amid shifting duties and reciprocity concerns.
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Allegheny
Washington County
Allegheny County
Pittsburg
Washington Court
Mecces Fesen
Semple Denies Knowledge of Rail Deal In City
Mr William Semple Jr returned from New York and denied knowledge of a proposed absorption of the Western road by the Baltimore and Ohio when pressed about a deal on the carpet He avoided direct answers and suggested consulting Mr Fou or questioning the Pittsburg and Western matters in New York on Saturday afternoon
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William Semple, Jr
New York
Baltimore and Ohio
Pittsburg
Western
Semple
Mr. Semple
Fou
Detective Arrested for Disorderly Conduct at West Penn Depot
G. F. Bats was arrested at the West Penn depot in Allegheny last night on a charge of drunken and dis orderly behavior. At Central station he became noisy and violent and was handcuffed. He claimed to be doing detective work for the company and said he lost 35000 dollars by being held in the lockup.
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G. F. Bats
West Penn Depot
Allegheny
Central Station
People and Meetings From The City Hotel Newsroom
Inspector Pattison of the Treasury returns from ediepane EV and is housed in the new Federal building. Joseph Bingaman reports several ill women recovering. G C Clevenger and wife from Indianapolis stay at the Seventh Avenue Hotel, their marriage celebrated here yesterday. N Schimick and wife of Lee is noted. George O Wales of Boston conferences with steel men at the Duquesne. Mrs Genevra E Johnston a Chicago singer at the Hotel Duquesne. Charles W Mackey of Franklin Pa was in the city yesterday. H B Cragin of Chicago at the Hotel rem.
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Joseph M. Pattison
Treasury Department
Ediepane EV
Federal Building
Joseph P. Bingaman
G. C. Clevenger
Indianapolis
Seventh Avenue Hotel
N. Schimick
Lee
Schimick
George O. Wales
Boston
Duquesne
Genevra E. Johnston
Chicago
Hotel Duquesne
Charles W. Mackey
Franklin, Pa
Ursuline Convent sale fight escalates to full property auction
Ex Mother Superior Alphonse threatens to close the Ursuline school and sell all property unless she is paid 10 000. She alleges mismanagement by the bishop and criticizes leadership choices while contractor W A Herron plans a 300 000 sale, with title held by the corporation under Pennsylvania law.
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Ursuline Convent
Alphonse
Disrates
Mother Gertrude
Phelan
W. A. Herron
F. McKenna
Pennsylvania
Were They White Caps
Humane Agent O’Brien was told by a clergyman that Johnston Calhoun a 70 year old man of Hookstown on the Pittsburg and Cleveland Railroad was beaten by masked men then paraded around the square The clergyman said bandits harassed residents and fired revolvers to intimidate lawful citizens with a town full of lawless persons.
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O'Brien
Johnston Calhoun
Hookstown
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Calhoun
Wire rod makers fail to unite in big Hotel Duquesne meeting
A large gathering of U S wire rod manufacturers at the Hotel Duquesne aimed to form a national association. Key firms and leaders attended or watched from outside, but A H Hebard of St Louis refused to join, and no union was formed. Discussions on prices and trade ended with no action, and plans for future meetings were abandoned. The Chicago World's Fair demands for structural iron were noted, with Homestead and Cambria works ready to meet orders.
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United States
Hotel Duquesne
George T.oliver
Oliver & Roberts Wire Company
Pittab
Washburn
Washburn & Moon Manufacturing Company
Worcester
Mass
L I. Smith
Gautierent
Cambria Iron Company
Chisel Guasane Waret
Jetnels Steel Company
Chicago
Beach
H. P. Nail Company
George 4. Wire Company
Cleveland
Robeling
Robeline & Son
Trenton
William L. Abbott
Carnegie, Phipps & Co
Pitchburg
C. W. Potter
J. C. Hutchins
Illinois Steel Company
C. P. Garvey
American Wire Nail Company
Anderson, Ind
A. W. Allison
Iowa Barb Wire Company
Allentown
A. H. Hebard
St. Louis Barb Wire Company
Braddock Wire Company
Douglas
Roberts
Duquesne Club
Messrs. Potter and Hutchins
Cambria Iron
Chicago Committee
Illinois
Potter
Pennsylvania
Homestead Mills
Johnstown
Cambria Iron Works
Kicked on the Head Leaves Agnew Bedside as Fentzel Faces Charge
John Agnew of Agnew & Co., Oakmont glass bottle makers, lies confined in bed after a Monday assault. Fentzel and another worker allegedly urged a fight, one threw a stone and then struck Agnew, who fired a pistol in self defense. Agnew is charged with feloniously shooting. countercharges likely.
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John Agnew
Agnew & Co
First Avenue
Oakmont
Shore Hulton Station
Allegheny Valley Railway
Agnew
Albert Fentzel
Oakmont Township
Fentzel
Mr. Agnew
Alderman McMasters
FOR THE KING S DAUGHTERS MEETING WITH FRAN CES J BARNES
Mrs Frances J Barnes of New York a leading member of the King s Daughters and National Superintendent of the YWCA will visit Allegheny Thursday as guest of the county WCTU She will speak at a public meeting in the Fourth U P Church Arch and Montgomery Avenues in the evening She comes from Alle n Beaver county where she has multiple engagements and is noted as an engaging speaker in fine attire and enthusiastic work
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Frances J. Barnes
New York
Society of “King's Daughters
Young Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Allegheny
Allegheny County Women’s Christian Temperance Union
U. P. Church
Arch and
Montgomery Avernes
Allen Beaver County
Condemned Man Seeks Molasses Before Baptism
Sheriff visits W. H. Smith in jail and grants a plea for molasses biscuits and butter. The condemned man requests baptism and expresses readiness to die once baptized, joking about a bathtub baptism.
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Smith
Mayor Wyman Receives Silver Service from Post 128 G A B
Mayor-elect Wyman was visited at his Buena Vista street home by a Post 128 G A B committee awarding a seven piece silver service won by him at a post fair vote. Mrs Wyman hosted a reception with a light collation as friends gathered. Alleged Creel Parente Michael Flood, age ten, left in Care of Agent Dean for alleged aftercare, was found asleep in a wagon on the Southside in ragged condition.
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Wyman
Buena Vista Street
Allegheny
Reever Wyman
Creel
Parente
Michael Flood
Dean
Ex Councilman Murphy Funeral Draws Large County Procession
One of the county’s largest funerals honored Ter rence Murphy, former Southside councilman. The procession included 95 carriages and 11 buggies, led by the Murphy Fishing Club.
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Murphy
Terrence Murphy
Murphy Fishing Clu
Woman Receives Letter Claiming German Inheritance
Mrs Barbara Fichter of Ohio Street Allegheny received a letter from her former home in Germany stating a relative died and left 2000 marks. She was arrested after authorities investigated the claim and the misaddressed correspondence.
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Barbara Fichter
Ohio Street
Allegheny
Germany
Two City Incidents and Local Notices
Grance StetmaMEYER and Jacob Jacobs charged with assault and battery and bail posted before Alderman Schaeffer. James Ronckns and family arrested for condone cat. officer Dierken notes a shanty boat sighting at Walker street foot. Society for the Improvement of the Poor vacates Fourth avenue quarters for new Free Dispensary building by week’s end. Euna Mauris reports robbery or loss of all money. to be sent to friends in Liverpool. Becord Avenue electric line troubled and not expected to start soon. MrIonAnn Haxey of Pennsylvania awaits trial before Alder man Onesidy on liquor selling charge.
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Grance Stetmameyer
Jacob Jacobs
St. Michael's Church
Adam Geiger
Alderman Schaeffer
James Ronckns
Miller
George Vanness
Walker Street
Tur Society For
Fourth Avenue
Euna Mauris
Sbe
Liverpool
Gypsy Camp On Sawmill Run Roadbound for Kentucky
A party of eight English gypsies has lived at a camp on Sawmill Run Road near the Thirty-sixth ward for two days. Leader Alfred Armstrong nicknamed Prince Al says the group is traveling with three wagons, Louisa De Elsie his wife the only woman and a wealth source of seven thousand dollars. The camp, formed in Southern England in 1880, previously toured France and Canada before heading south toward Kentucky for a gypsy convention.
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Sawmill Run Road
Louisa de Elsie
Alfred Armstrong
England
France
Armstrong
Mar
Canada
Prince al
Kentucky
Wyoming Cowboys Bring Buffalo Horse Hybrid to New York
A company of 35 cowboys from Wyoming arrived on the Baltimore and Ohio line from Cincinnati yesterday morning with a curious animal cross of buffalo and horse. The creature, born in Wyoming Territory near Snow Mountains, has a buffalo like head, a hump on its back, and long clipping hooves. Owners Broncho Jack and California Hank say it is a horse buffalo cross but others note similar births rarely survive. The party departed last night at nine for New York.
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Wyoming
New York
Baltimore and Ohio
Cincinnati
Wyoming Territory
Snow Mountains
California
Hank
Strike at Ponxsulawney Mines Prolonged as Talks Fail
Officials report no settlement of the cocal miners strike at Ponxsulawney. A Mineral Union visit yielded no agreement and miners remain resolved to hold out. Uncertain how long the dispute will continue or what the final outcome will be.
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Ponxsulawney
Strikers Granted Hearing Over Store Mill Dispute
Strikers from Shoenberger's mill Jerry Sullivan Thomas McCann Patrick McNichol Mike O'Hara Samuel Rochford and Mike O'Day appeared before Alderman McKenna yesterday, were released on their own recognizance, and ordered to keep the peace.
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Jerry Sullivan
Thomas McCann
Patrick McNichol
Mike O'Hara
Samuel Rochford
Mike O'Day
Shoenberger’s
Alderman McKenna
Annie Blair Fish Sought by Franklin Police
Franklin Pa reports Annie Blair or Annie Fish, held at West Penn Hospital, is wanted for larceny. F Kueler wired Superintendent Cowan that she will be released today unless an order to hold is received from an authority.
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F. Kueler
Franklin, Pa
Cowan
West Penn Hospital
Annie Blair
Annie Fish
Leas
Italian Catholics Buy Webster Avenue Lots to Build Church
The Italian Catholic congregation purchases two lots at Webster Avenue and Tunnel Street from Charles Malone for twelve thousand dollars to erect a church and basement school. Committee chair P Debe says plans expect a church rivaling the town’s finest, with 300 to 400 members now and 500 anticipated. basement to house a school for Italian and English education. Father Giacomo Annovazzi’s status as pastor may change.
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Webster Avenue
Court House
Tunnel Street
Charles Malone
P. Debe
St Paul's Cathedral
John Debe & Co
Debe
Giacomo Annovazzi
Doctor Hutchinson Questions Minnick Insanity at Dixmont
A Dispatch reporter visited Dixmont Hospital to discuss W. J. Minnick of Braddock, committed Monday, with Dr. Hutchinson who cites signs of mental derangement but notes no decisive diagnosis yet. Minnick’s wife and daughter visited, showing concern for his welfare while doctors remain cautious. Attempts to reach Dr. McCord failed.
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Dispatch
Hutchinson
Dixmont Hospital
W. J. Minnick
Braddock
Minnick
Library Commission Denies Carnegie Site Rumors
E B Carnahan dismisses rumors about placing the library at the Point and notes no meeting has occurred yet. He says a consultation will follow on Carnegie’s arrival and stresses no site has been decided. He also clarifies Carnegie’s telegram sought Mrs Schenley’s address, not a sale. The commission plans to meet within ten days.
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E.B. Carnahan
Andrew Carnegie
Mr. Carnegie
Mrs. Schenley
Accidents on Penn Avenue and Carnegie Avenue
George Muller of Howe Brown Co suffered a head injury when iron fell from a scaffold yesterday. skull fracture noted. He resides on Spring alley near Twenty sixth street. Mrs Keyburn of Carnegie avenue eighteenth ward fractured her right leg in two places after a fall at home yesterday morning. Dr Heiber treated Muller.
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George Muller
Howe, Brown & Co
Muller
Spring Alley
Heiber
Keyburn
Carnegie Avenue
Eighteenth Ward
Died Sudden Death in McKeesport and Local School Board Meeting
Arthur Jansen collapsed yesterday afternoon in McKeesport and died moments later. A letter found on him addressed to 103 Wylie Avenue suggests personal matters while the Twelfth Ward School Board of Allegheny met and elected officers, with minor resignations and reappointments recorded. Local advertisements promote clothing and Iron City Brewery products.
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Arthur Jansen
McKeesport
Cecum
Ceapline
Wylie Avenue
Twelfth Ward School Board of Allegheny
John Roth
William H. Wagner
German National Bank of Allegheny
Kornman
Thomas Matthews
Gallery Prices and Special Aprons at Baum & Co
Prices listed for nurses aprons and garden items from a mid century catalog. Notable items include embroidered lawn aprons and special rose designs. Baum & Co. promotes Angostura Bitters endorsed by physicians for purity and wholesomeness. Extraordinary goods advertised by Rosenbaum & Co.
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Bargaiza
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Federal Street
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Edward Groetzinger
Penn Avenue
Pallas
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Iron City
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JOS, Horne & C.’S
Penn Ave
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Madras
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Sixth Ave
Pittsburg, Pa
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Diamond Street
Atlantic City
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