Imtators Of Hill Primary Rock Allegheny Reform Fight
Allegheny City Republican Committee stages a fevered five day sprint to fix mayoral primaries for March 5. Alderman Braun claims a bold coup, pressuring candidates Kennedy Tyler and Weegtly while reformers reel from the rapid date move and Baker law implications. Mayor Voegtly may yet enter the race, reshaping the reform vote and intensifying the contest.
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Wyman
Allegheny
E L. Braun
Allegheny City
Republican Committee
Allegheny County
Kennedy
Tyler
Weegtly
Braun
Squire Braun
Squire
John RL Henricks
Major Kennedy
Alderman Braun
Chief Braun
Thaun & Riter
County Democracy Association to discuss Alderman appointment
A meeting at the Mellon building headquarters Tuesday night will discuss appointing Steve Toole as Alderman of the First ward and dispose of other important business.
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The
County Democracy Association
Mellon
Steve Toole
Iron and Steel Workers leader visits Pittsburg
Joseph Bishop of Columbus and former president of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers spent yesterday in Pittsburg. He visited friends in the national office and attended to private business matters.
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Joseph Bishop
Columbus
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Pittsburg
Association
National Knights of Labor backs bill for Senate electors
National officers of the Knights of Labor endorse a congressional bill granting the people the power to elect United States Senators. Pressure mounts as garters demand that all Knights sign in support.
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Knights of Labor
Congress
United States
Knights
Curative Collections Reported for City Street Improvements
The Court confirmed curative act reports and turned them to the City Treasurer for collection. Total assessment for 30 improvements is 102,296.05 dollars with 27 reports already in hand and notices sent to property holders. collections begin after 30 days, with 5 percent added if unpaid. The list names numerous sewer, grading, and paving assessments across wards and streets, including Liberty, Penn, Webster, and Penn avenues, Stanton, Hob, and Mortland avenues, with individual totals for each project.
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Boggs Avenue
Fortieth
Butler Streets
J. C. Kirkpatrick
Almondaller
Seventeenth Ward
Liberty and
Center Avenues
Graham Street
Winebiddle Avenue
Two Mile Run
Twentieth Ward
Stanton Avenue
Viola Alley
Highland
Negley Avenues
Nineteenth Ward
Webster Avenue
Kirkpatrick Street
Perry Street
Bedford Avenue
Eleventh
Thirteenth Wards
Conrad Street
Penn
Liberty Avenues
Susquehanna Street
Novelty Street
Mortland Avenue
Twenty-first Ward
Atlantic Avenue
Howard Alley
Thirty-fourth Street
Thirty
Shetland Street
Turrett Street
Park Avenue
Twenty-first
Roward Street
Euclid
Beatty Streets
Penn Avenue
Kelly Street
Menry Street
Craig Street
Sylvan Avenue
Point
Wilmot Street
Fourteenth Ward
Craig
Forbes Streets
Fifth Avenue
Dithridge Street
Webster
Wylie Avenues
Thirteenth
Spring Alley
Twenty-fixth
Twenty-seventh Streets
Twelfth Ward
Shady Avenue
College Street
Evaline Street
Harriet Street
Liberty Avenue
Shipton Street
Bedford
Webster Avenues
Eleventh Ward
Twenty-fifth Street
Twenty-ixth Street
Wharton Street
Twenty-second
Twenty-fifth Ward
Clement Alley
Thirtyeidth
Fortieth Streste
Sixteenth Ward
Pearl Street
Winebiddlie Avenue
License Court Plans Set by Judges Collier and Slagle
Judges Collier and Slagle will preside at the spring License Court with petitions for and remonstrances against licenses to be in writing and filed with the clerk at least three days before the hearing. Applicants and objectors must act by St Patrick's Day to secure a hearing slot. The rule aims to avoid unnecessary delays and long summer sessions.
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Collier and Slagle
McGunnegle
St. Patrick’s Day
Three Accidents Reported From Falls And Gas Incident
Yesterday saw three workplace accidents. Grantxo John Gearing of Carnegie, Phipps & Co. turned off natural gas and suffered a facial burn. Ma Loy Patrick Joy, Eliza furnace worker, fractured his right leg and sustained a scalp wound from a scaffold fall at Mercy Hospital. J C Collard, painter, fell from a scaffold on Borle street and fractured his right third. he was taken home to Chestnut street, Allegheny.
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Grantxo
John Gearing
Carnegie, Phipps & Co
Thirty-third ‘Street
Gearing
Thirty-fourth Street
MaLoy—Patrick Joy
Eliza Furnace
Mercy Hospital
Cottaro
J. C. Collard
Borle Street
Allegheny
Chestnut Street
Two Local Fatalities Reported From Injuries and Accidents
Edward Healy of Connellsville died at West Penn Hospital from exhaustion after a leg injury sustained days earlier. He was 41. Coroner McDowell was notified. Also reported yesterday was the death of J W Down a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad fireman who fell from his engine at Port Perry and was run over. His body was taken to McKeesport.
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Edward Healy
Connellsville
West Penn Hospital
McDowell
J. W. Down
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Port Perry
McKeesport
Randolph named Assistant Sergeant at Arms for National Convention
E. N. Randolph, secretary of the State League of Republican Clubs and a clerk in the County Controller's office, was notified yesterday of his appointment as Assistant Sergeant at Arms of the National Republican Convention to be held in Minneapolis in June.
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E. N. Randolph
State League of Republican Clubs
Minneapolis
Pay Rolls Approved by Allegheny Public Safety Panel
The Committee on Public Safety in Allegheny met last evening and approved the pay rolls of several bureaus. A resolution directed the fire department superintendent to inspect sites for a new engine house in the Tenth Ward.
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Committee On Public Safety of
Allegheny
Fire Department
Vetoes by Mayor Gourley loom over Pitt and Duquesne rail plan
Two vetoed ordinances on traffic integration of the Pittsburg Traction and Duquesne Street Railway systems face Council action. Mayor Gourley may veto both, as Select and Common Councils prepare to review access rights, paving conditions, and power provisions for interlining lines across multiple street railways in Pitt.
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Gourley
Ford
Select Branch
Duquesne
Pittsburg
Common Council
Duquesne Company
Pittsburg Company
Dominion Council
W. A. Magee
Pittsburg Traction Company
Pestery, Oakland and Eest Liberty Passenger
Rai War Company
Central Transit Company
Market Street Railway Company
Crate Street Railway Company
Duquesne Street Railway Company
Highland Street Railway
Larimer Street Railway Company
Wilkinsburg Street Railway Company
Wilkinsburg and
East Lider Street Railwa Company
East Ene@ Street Railway Company
Howe Street Railway Company
Grant Street Railwa Company
Central Passenger Railway Company
Select Council
Princi Ly
Duquesny Traction Company
Temporary home found for Katie McMichales by Anti-Cruelty Society
The Anti Cruelty Society took charge of Katie McMichales after she was picked up on Penn avenue by Officer Thompson Friday night. The father had previously faced a complaint from the mother and gained custody of the two youngest girls, but he threatened to place them in an orphan asylum. A young girl reported abuse by the father and wished not to return. authorities will investigate the alleged abuse and determine custody.
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Anti-Cruelty Society
Katie McMichales
Penn Avenue
Thompson
Dorente
McMichales
Allegheny Boys’ Bridge Joke Draws Fear and Attention
Local youths near the Ft Wayne bridge over Lacock street Allegheny have been staging a prank by lowering a figure that mimics a man, causing concern among women in the area. Officer Alexander exposed the ruse and will pursue the culprits today.
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Allegheny
Ft. Wayne
Lacock Street
Auride
Alexander
Postoffice Sinking Prompts New Steps at Main Entrance
The new postoffice building, occupied since October, shows sinking signs as the stone steps at the main entrance sag about an inch. Three new steps were installed yesterday and the entire building will be tested for stability. Assistant Postmaster Edwards says rising evidence of settlement warrants thorough investigation.
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Postoffice
Edwards
Judge Upholds Viewers Report on Boggs and Allen Avenues
Judge White sustained the Board of Viewers report for the Boggs and Allen avenues improvement, confirming their notice and hearing procedures. The court rejected calls to reopen testimony, stating the act would suspend street assessments indefinitely. It noted no compelling evidence in the exceptions to dispute damages or benefits, and found no proof that any objectors appeared before the viewers.
Rioting Pole Attacks Wife in Irishtown Neighborhood
In Irishtown near the Eighteenth ward a Hungarian or Pole named Joseph Vegal attacked his wife with a hatchet, threw her down stairs, and men and boys fled in panic. A crowd gathered as Vegal brandished his weapon, was disarmed by Constable Mackey, and jailed to await a peace order. His wife was the only reported injury but not serious.
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Irishtown
Joseph Vogal
Avevy
Vegal
Phillip Ditmer
MacNierney
Mackey
Hastings Jailed For Eight Months In Allegheny Case
Judge Porter sentences ex Market Clerk Hastings to eight months in county jail and a six cent fine after accepting mercy pleas from his defense and the city solicitor. He cites loose Allegheny financial accounts but stresses no wilful theft and weighs public example. Hastings appears with his son and nephew. all attorneys present.
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Porter
Hastings
Allegheny
Marshall
Mercy
Elphinstone
The Senatorial Fight Between Quay and Dalzell
Republicans wage a contest for the United States Senate as Dalzell and Quay build headquarters and mobilize literature. County reports show campaign activity while a Pittsburgh end leader remains unsettled and federal appointments delay progress. Quay backers push for a candidacy amid doubt over re election plans.
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Quay
The
Beaver Statesman
Engineer Carroll's Hard Luck
Two executions were issued yesterday against D. W. C. Carroll. The Union National Bank of Pittsburg issued an execution for $9,379.89 and the Mechanics' National Bank one for £2,968.85. Carroll, a mechanical engineer with an office at 96 Fourth Avenue, provided little other information, and a call at the Schlosser last night was declined.
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D. W
New District Judge Buffington Hosts Banquet in Kittanning
After being sworn in yesterday as District Judge, Joseph Buffington adjourned with Kittanning friends to the Monongahela House where a banquet was served sa ordinaire. Present were Judge Calvin Rayburn, ex-Judge James Neale, Representative 8S B Cochran, Ross Reynolds, Rush Fullerton and other local residents.
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Joseph Buffington
Monongahela House
Calvin Rayburn
Not the work of wreckers in deadly bridge plunge
Engineer Edward Mahan, thrown from his engine during a fatal hangar bridge plunge near Whitehall on the Wheeling division, recounts his escape from a 80 foot fall. He assures the accident was not a deliberate act and credits rapid action for his and others’ survival. He is now recovering at home in Glenwood.
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Edward Mahan
Whitehall Station
Wheeling
Homeopathic Hospital
Glenwood
Mahan
Pittsburg
Baltimore and Ohio Road
Sympathy for Stewart in Twenty fourth district race
E F Acheson of Washington, a Twenty fourth district congressional candidate, condemned Andy Stewart's unseating as outrageous. He cited distrust in Knoxville election board procedures and alleged ballot miscounts favoring Democrats over Republicans, noting notable voters denied due to registration and criticizing Craig's fraud claims. The district leans Republican.
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E. F. Acheson
Washington
Congress
Andy Stewart
John Robb
Brennen
Knoxville
Craig
Chill Hazzard
Howland
Monongahela City
Stewart
Pattison
Alleheny
Delamater
Demand for cheap exterior ladder to aid fire escapes
Mr. Seagrave notes strong demand for a simple inexpensive ladder that can be left in place during fires if occupants cannot remove it. He cites flaws in current fire escapes, with fires breaching windows and blocking passages. Women and children cannot descend spiral stairs, a problem still unsolved despite proposed hydraulic external elevators.
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Seagrave
Belief in Flying Machines Prompts Forward Look
Chief Elliot expresses strong belief that flying machines will exist in the first quarter of the next century. He cites rapid progress, noting dramatic inventions in the past decade and predicting a mechanism to travel through the air. He recalls anecdotes of wireless communication and brain-generated electricity triggering mechanical effects as examples of accelerating tech.
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Elliot
Pittsburg
New York
Denton
Stevens’ University
Iron trade flat as rail rates eyed by iron men
Freight agent notes glass makers thriving while iron workers report slow trade. They say orders exist but prices are too low for profit and accuse manufacturers of pressuring railroads for better rates. Iron schedule due in March. Lake navigation possible by March 10 with ice thaw uncertain. may open by April 10.
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Detroit
One Lakes
Allegheny Valley Road Reorganization Completes March 1
The Allegheny Valley road restructuring ends with the line exiting receivership on March 1. W H Barnes, the former receiver, becomes President of the new company. Key officials named include David McCargo General Superintendent James P Anderson General Passenger Agent Thomas R Robinson Treasurer E P Bates General Freight Agent and T F Brown Auditor.
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W. H. Barnes
Com
David McCargo
James P. Anderson
Thomas R. Robinson
E. P. Bates
T. F. Brown
Notices at Union depot urge eastbound passengers to use north side
Notices posted at the Union depot last evening ask passengers traveling east from Wilkinsburg to Stewart station to board on the north side of the track. The change aims to align with most stations on that side and reduce dangerous track crossings. Several riders have been maimed recently on the railroad line, prompting the safety measure.
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Union Depot
Wilkinsburg
Stewart Station
Pennsylvania Road
Contributions to the Russian Sufferers Fund Received
William R Thompson treasurer reports yesterday receipts for the famine fund from C G Miller 5 dollars Mrs James Marshall 25 dollars A B Speer 10 dollars Margret 2 dollars Mrs William R Thompson John McDonald 25 dollars John T D 5 dollars Hon Felix EK Brunot 25 dollars following a local appeal for famine relief contributions.
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William R. Thompson
C. G. Miller
James Marshall
A. B. Speer
Margret
John McDonald
John T. D
Felix EK. Brunot
Death Lays Heavy on Pittsburg Family in Bradford Move
Miss Mary Jane Hogan, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs William Hogan of Cato Street Pittsburg, died February 19 at 5 PM after a five week pneumonia illness. Aged 22, she was beloved in the upper oil country for her kindness and faith, a devoted member of the mother church, and the loss is deeply felt by family and friends. The Hogan family thanks neighbors for kindness and Bradford papers are asked to copy the notice.
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William Hogan
Cato Street
Pittsburg
Bradford
Mary Jane
Oil
Mother Church
Controversy Over Judges Endorsement Scheme in Allegheny Lawyers Group
A newly formed Allegheny County lawyers organization faces disruption amid charges of politicized practices and unfair representation in its judge endorsement process. Critics say secrecy rules were violated by public vote tallies and petition signatures, threatening dissolution before next ballot.
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Allegheny County
Neville Island seeks civil punishment for fire arson suspect
On Neville Island residents push to renew civil damages against a man acquitted of a past Clineman property fire. They organize a subscription to fund the civil case, sharing the view that victims deserve redress. Thornton Bros Allegheny. Also notes a sale at the Cash Store offering linen torchon lace yardage at six to ten cents.
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Neville Island
Clineman
Thornton Bros
Allegheny
Music shop ad promotes Vocalion organ and pianos
H Kleber and Co at 506 Wood Street Pittsburg advertise the Vocalion organ as an $800 instrument equal to a £2500 pipe organ and claim it is the age’s marvel. They offer catalogs and also promote Steinway Conover and Opera pianos with musical instruments of every description at low prices.
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Wood Street
Pittsburg
Vocalion
Steinway
Conover
Cozy six room brick houses for rent on Grant avenue
One or two of those cozy six room brick houses on Grant avenue near Rebecca street Allegheny for rent. Marble mantels bathes bathroom nice back yard etc. The cleanest and healthiest locality in the two cities combining town and country. Rent moderate. Inquire at Klebers Music Store 506 Wood Street.
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Grant Avenue
Rebecca Street
Allegeny
Klebers
Wood Street
Iowa Politician John Aiken Visits. Hopes Dems Pick Boies
Iowa Republican John Aiken, passing through on the way home from New York, criticizes Ben Harrison and says Democrats will nominate a Western man. He believes Iowa remains Republican, notes prohibition defeat, and says Boies could not carry Iowa. He hopes Democrats nominate Boies and sees a trap ahead.
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John Aiken
Iowa
New York
Boles
Prohibition
Boies
Aiken
Ben Harrison
Held for Helping Bruner in Ebensburg Murder
David Arcor and his son, arrested Thursday, are charged with complicity with Elmer Bruner in the Ebensburg murder, and remain jailed in Cambria county. Arcor initially arrested Bruner and handed him to police at City Hall. Pittsburg police say no effort will bind Arcor to the crime.
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David Arcor
Elmer Bruner
Ebensburg
Cambria County
Arcor
Bruner
City Hall
Pittsburg
Seagrave at St James Hotel on fire ladder supply
Seagrave of Detroit, a hook and ladder builder, is at the St James Hotel predicting he will supply Sharpsburg with the boroughs needed fire material. He notes the aerial ladders are not a success and cannot be used to any great extent.
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Seagrave
Detroit
St. James Hotel
Sharpsburg
Popular 70-lb packages spark brisk sales
These packages proved very popular and the first lot sold out in 3 or 4 days. The offer promises first class quality and unbeatable prices, claiming no wholesale grocer can compare. A large Weekly Price List is available by mail for ordering.
Interior carpet sale ad with new moquette styles
An advertisement touts 100 rolls of moquette carpets at 75 cents per yard and 1000 rolls at 1.25 dollars per yard including new colors. It also markets velvet carpet at 1.25 dollars per yard from last season and offers matching borders.
Hugus and Hacke to Open With New Ladies Mackintoshes
The merchants announce the first importation of choice styles including navy and black ladies Mackintoshes, with an unusually good assortment. Winter cloaks offered at prices to induce immediate purchase, even for next season.
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Slagle
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W. W. Dermitt & CO
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Fifth Ave
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