Jury Deliberates in Huser Murder Case at Webster
The Huser murder trial progressed with W E Rue as key witness and defense character testimony. jurors heard Groff Henry Huser and Barney Huser deny knives or direct involvement, while Ralph Dixon and Lang the saloonkeeper offered competing accounts before the court adjourned for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huser
Commonwealth
W.E Rue
Roe
Henry Huser
William Grott
Kelly
Mr. Patterson
Robert Young
Henry Landerfeld
William R. Snters
Mononcahela City
Groff
Lang
Webster
Chinese Groom and White Bride Obtain Marriage License
A license was issued yesterday for the marriage of a Chinese man, James E. Brier, tea merchant, and a white woman from Reserve township. The couple sought secrecy and had the license list kept private, with the bride’s name and other details not disclosed. The wedding was planned to be conducted by Alderman Donotan in the Ninth ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Brier
Reserve Township
Donotan
Ninth Ward
Executions Issued in Butler County Suits and Claims
Yesterday’s docket lists executions in multiple cases including George Weber against A C Frer for 2795.20 and Henry Smith against Louis Bauer for 700. D M Wilson executor of William Noble against B Kough for 800. William Zinkham against McKee’s Rocks Oil Company for 1248.50. Other suits include Deemer against Crom and Turner for 3155.98, Mary A Ford against John W Ford for 500, Washington Premium Building and Loan Assn against Wilhelmina Miller for 736.93, Arthur Killeen for use of T D Casey against Kate Killeen for 1070, Simon Boymer against J A McKelver for 275, and Hemphill v Hemphill on trial before Judge Slade with Butler County residents. the uncle-defendant alleged perjury in divorce proceeding regarding age for license. James Brown & Co. issued...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Weber
A. C
Laura BR. Frer
Henry Smith
Louis Bauer
D. M. Wilson
William Noble
B. Kough
William Zinkham
McKee's Rocks Oil Company
J. A. McKee
al Ve Sume
Deemer
A. B
ID. A. Crom
A. M. Turner
Mary A. Ford
John W
Washington Premium Building and Loan Association of Allegheny
Wilhelmina Miller
Arthur Killeen
T. D. Casey
Kate Killeen
Simon Boymer
J. A. McKelver
William J. Hemphill
David Hemphill
Juder Slade
Butler County
CIA
Attachment Earns Seizure of McNeil Goods in Allegheny
An attachment is issued against Robert McNeil for 5349 Si to recover grain and related goods sold to him. Officials allege McNeil intends to remove assets from No 23 Nixon street Allegheny and conceal them to defraud creditors, prompting seizure of his property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert McNeil
McNeil
Nixon Street
Allegheny
Fond Lily Company
Fisher Block
Detroit
Mich
Fittsburg
Jus
Fleming & Son
Market Street
Murder Trial and Local Offenses Reported in Court
In Judge Kennedy's branch Mary Dunbaker was acquitted of selling liquor without a license at 51 South Nineteenth street with costs on the Prosecutrix. O T McKibben, a brakeman, was found not guilty of assaulting John F Allen after ejecting him from a train at Oakmont. costs taxed to the prosecutor. Clara Porter faces larceny charges for 16 lace curtains valued at $52 from A B Woods. James N Taylor of Duquesne to be tried today for murder in the Bowmaster case, alleged to have shot Bowmaster December 3, 1891 while Bowmaster climbed Taylor's fence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly
Jacob Tomer
John Vorel
John McMahon
Lang
Barney Huser
Squire Holland
Audi
Burleigh
William Kelly
Groft
Joseph Hooker
Burleich
Wens
Webster
Henry Huser
Porter
Kennedy
Criminal Court
Mary Dunbaker
South Nineteenth Street
Mary A. Kennedy
O. TI
McKibben
Allegheny Valley Railroad
John F. Allen
Allen
Oakmont
Clara Porter
A. B. Woods
J. B. Milliken
James N. Taylor
Duquesne
Harry W. Bowmaster
Taylor
Bowmaster
Speer Sues Fox Over Rippert Street Lot Title
Frank H. Speer files suit against William Fox claiming a real estate sale on Ripper Street Nineteenth Ward on October 24 18M was misrepresented. He alleges a 12 foot through line is held by heirs of Michael Krebbe with liens on the property and seeks 22500 damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Speer
William Fox
Speer
Ripper Street
Nineteenth Ward
Michael Krebbe
Man Sues Railway Over Train Ejection for 5000 Damages
O. M. Russell files a lawsuit against the Pittsburg Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway Company seeking 5000 dollars. He alleges that on October 26, 1891, he bought a ticket from Noblestown to McDonald but was removed from the train by the conductor between those two towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. M. Russell
Pittsburg
Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway Company
Russell
Noblestown
McDonald
Common Pleas and Criminal Court Docket Summary
A dense docket list lists cases across Common Pleas Nos 1 2 and 3 with names including Baretzki Meyer Swaney Verstine Benson Allegheny Heating Grier Famora Scapumaker Boegs Buhl Conroy Pittabarg Times Fuherer O Brien Walsc Fisher Oil Roberts Rughard Caughey Stowe Carroll Christy McLaughlin Jackson Suk Mertin Greener Booth Flinn Hall Gledhill Millrow Lawton Pickerlij Mckinney Barclay Sekermk Jaitte Clormer McDowell McNally James Taylor Alphonso Bac Carrell Nan O Leary Miller Alcor Carney Slavrery Moffatt Clifford Gitson and others listed for various courts and proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas No
Baretzki
Meyer
Swaney
Verstine
Benson
Allegheny Heating Company
Braso
Grier
Famora
Scapumaker
Boegs
Buhl
Harden
Conroy
Pittabarg
Fuherer
O'brien
Walsc Et al
Fisher Oil Company
Roberts
Rughard
Caughey Et al
Stowe Township
William Moffatt
Patrick J. Clifford
John W. Gitson
Cough Syrup Mention Ends In Legal Trial Notes
A cough annihilator is what we are caused in calling Dr Ball's Cough Syrup. The report details numerous court actions before Judges McClung and Stowe including verdicts for plaintiffs in wage and damages suits and a decree incorporating Crafton borough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Ball
Outlets Offer Bargains on Kids Dresses and Suits
In the Children's Clothing Department many items go on sale including jerseys at 3 dollars from 5, cashmere dresses at 5 from 750, boys reefers at 3 from a unknown price, and misses fur trimmed jackets cleared below cost. Also Jos Horne Co Penn Avenue stores announce execution to Washington by rail with round trips 29 dollars for ten days, leaving J and O station at 8:00 and 9:20. Through parlor cars on the morning train and sleepers on the night train. A Minnehaha flour ad urges order for next use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos. Horne & Co
Penn Avenue
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Union Station
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Limited
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Washington
Arrisburg
Atlantic Express
Wellington
Sioa
Harristire
Wasanee S
Mail Express
Philadelphia Express
Eastern Express
Harrishire
Phladelphia
Fata. Im
Raitimore
Np. m
Fio
LEIG
Lem
Mae
IOS
Worad
Wilkinsburg
TAM
Ag Io
GeBm
GOD
Grdh
TM Teck
Beth
Tis Ata
P.m. Bradilock Actom
Outh-West Pexns
Uniontown
Children’s Coats and Jackets Half Price at A G Campbell
Local sale offers children coats and jackets at half price. Storefront advertises greatest values ever offered in fine goods. A G Campbell and Sons operates at 25 and 27 Fifth Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Campbell & Sons
Encouraged Drilling Push in McDonald Wildcat Territory
Oil field notes show operators pressing into wildcat lands southwest of McDonald on a 45 line as several wells, including Oakdale and Forest Oil, reach depths toward the fifth sand. Production dips to 36 000 barrels daily. gauge readings list many wells with varied outputs and ongoing tests at multiple farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladden
McDonald
Wildcat
Company
Moorhead Farm
Reed
Mercer, Robinson & Co
Labrador
Pacific Gulf
McDonald Dela
West Virginia
Kentucky
Alabama
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
Oakdale Ol Company
Wallace Farm
Sturgeon Heirs
Greenlee and Forst
Gamble
Wade
Guckert and Steel
Oakdale Company
Forest Oil Company
Glenn
Gordon Sand
Charles Tipman
The
Forest
Citizens’ Gas Company
Rhodes
Jennings, Guffey & Co
Gordon
W.C. Herron
Greenlee & Forst
Mercy
Mechlin, Shaffer & Co
Collins
Oakdale
Devonian Oil Company
Fayall
Gordinier & Co
Kennedy Farm
Carr Bros
Beal Farm
George & Martin & Co
McConnell Farm
Ihs
Kanawha Oil Company
Wheeler Farm
Mellon & Sparks
Boles Farm
McDonald Field
Guffey, Jennings & Co
Matthews
Herron
Matthews Heirs
Bell
Baldwin
Wallace
Forest Oil Comanys
Etta Glenn
Tterson & Jones
Kelco
Land
Boyce
Forst & Greenlee
Mevcy
Mevey
Woodland Oil Company
Morgan Heirs
Oakdale Oil Company
Georgetown
Semple
Dawson & Co
Sistersville
Johnson & Dual
Philo
Grace
Calvin
Jitin
Whitney
Local Oil Venture Heads North Clarion County
A new oil company with a capital of 50000 dollars is formed by stockholders including W. J. McDowell G. M. Custing D. C. White William Woodburn Robert Orr J. B. Forker and Dr. G. A. Spein and others. The venture aims to operate in the northern Clarion county oil territory and supply gas to several nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. McDowell
G. M. Custing
D. C. White
William Woodburn
Robert Orr
J. B. Forker
G. A. Spein
Clarion County
Clarion
Oil and Transit Market Notes from Early January
Trading was limited in Oi City but moderate elsewhere with the February option at Glige as the high and low and close at Glige. Antwerp saw refined advance to 1fg 1 while most items remained unchanged. National Transit Certificates opened at Glaze with varying highs and lows and significant barrel figures across multiple markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oi! City
Glige
Antwerp
New York
Jan
Pennsylvania
Lima Oil
Onn Crry
Braprorp
Gligc
Auditing Committee Endorsed by Surveys for Ordinance
The Committee on Surveys yesterday afternoon affirmatively recommended to Councils the ordinance creating an auditing committee. The action came after debates on committee authority and calls for expert book auditing. Also recommended were several street and alley ordinances and curb line actions in the same session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Public Works
Harcum’s Alley
Fifty-fourth Street
McCandless Avenue
Kent Alley
Thirty-ninth Street
South Nesley Avenue
Coward Street
Kinzer-Jones Manufacturing Company
Jones & Laughlins
Wright's Alley
Councils
Finance Committee
Matthews
O'Donnell
Evans
Warden Street
Jetaller
Lycurgus Alley
Eden Alley
Candia Street
Meriden Street
Park Alley
Griffin Street
Woolslayers Alley
Lima Street
Onyx Street
Boges Avenue
Butler Street
Hoeveler Street
River Avenue
German Officials Choose Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Postal Cars
German postal authorities visited the United States to study fast mail trains and selected Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad cars for their mail service project. Two 12 foot models finished in Milwaukee and on display before shipment to Berlin feature steam heat electric light automatic brakes signals and full mail equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Berlin
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad
Milwaukee
Cherokee Strip ratified. congressional action awaited
The Cherokee Council ratified the United States and Cherokee Nation agreement on the Cherokee Strip, clearing the way to open over 8,000,000 acres to white settlement once Congress ratifies. Also reports electrical streetcar experiments in Butler Street, lighting by incandescent lamps, plus radical underground railcar schemes proposed by Barre and Guertin. A stock train crash near Sentinel Butte, N D, killed Fireman Bert Clough and injured Fireman G W Poor after a bridge fire halted the engines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tahlequah
Cherokee Council
United States
Cherokee Strip
Congress
Dicersson
N. D
Sentinel Butte
Bert Clough
G. W. Poor
Feud Violence Ends Sheriff Deputies Ambush in Springfield
In Springfield Seward County Kansas the Sheriff and three deputies were killed by an ambush squad linked to the Stevens County feud dating to July 1888. The shooting follows a plot aimed at Judge Thomas Botkin of the Judicial District. The report notes the long running feud and its deadly outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kan
Springfield
Seward County
Thomas Botkin
Stevens County
Finest Rye Whiskies Endorsed by Physicians
Conceded as the finest before the public these Rye Whiskies, Silver Age and Duquesne, are prescribed by physicians for purity and stimulant effects. Silver Age sells for $1.50 and Duquesne for $1.25 per quart. customers are advised to ask their dealer for them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duquesne
Bargains Heap Up At Penn Avenue Stores This January
Over $200000 worth of goods offered this month at Penn Avenue Stores. Extraordinary bargains in dress goods and silks. Lowest prices to move goods faster. More goods to distribute this January than ever before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos. Horne & Co
Penn Avenue
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gurleich
Barney
Herry Huser
Sabon
Barner Huser
Irine
Edlon
Ralph Dixon
Mienty
James Brown & Co
Foe Bowmaster
George Mackey
John S. Boyd
McClung
J. C. Robinson
D. R. McIntire
A. J. Nellis
Stowe
Robbins & Sheller
Panbarat & Husband
Cantreet
Jacob Hater
Citizens” Traction Company
C. E. Kirkbride
Wm. Holster Co
H. A. Davis
Rebcra A. Penner
Fred Held
Peter Webb
Louis Hueckdefuss
Coi Rne
Wits J. Keer
Plamn Township
L. H. Voight & Co
Alleghany Grocers’ Supply Company
Swarts, Mansbach& Co. Faeminst
C. W
Joseph Wagner
Wagner
Squire Madden
Millvale
Jones Portree
Crafton
Crafton Village
Chartiers Township
Washington, D. C
Chilkren
Down the
Ohio
New Gas and Oil Company
Edenburg
Shippenville
Committee On Surveys
Yankee Postal
S. P. Postoffice
Citizens’ Traction Line
George Francis Myers
Charles A. A. Barre
L. Guertin
Kane
Seabury & Johnson
Max Klein
Federal ST
Uwr
Scott
Nk Bowne
South Sth Avenue
Liebig Company
Frank J. Mason
Prrissina
A. S. Lowe
Penn Street
Pittsboro
la Belle Steel Works
Garras and Associates
Pittsburg, PA
New K
Canal St. Co
Monongahela Division
Monongahela City
West Brownsville
Dravesburg
West Elizabeth
West Pennsylvania
Federal Street
Hte
Springdale
Buller
Freeport
Apulia
Paulton
Blairsville
Excelsior
Baggage Express
Witinleall
Fifth Avenue
Fourth Avenue
Try Street
Chase. Pugh
General Mansger
J. S. Wood
Pittsburgh Union Station
Pennsylvania Lines
Central Time
Nortwest
Fort Wayne
Toledo
Fl.ilbam
Deraar
Cleveland
Newastic
Evie
Youngstown
Ashta
New Castle
Jamestown
Columbus
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Wheeling
Fae m
PuLowan Sienrise Cay
PuLowan Sienrise Cay Axp
PoLusan Dixixa
Fitch Avenue
Pittsburgh
We of
Witseburgh
WOOD
L. A. Ford
Keeserr
Genere
U.S
Fleming & Sons
F.C
Jeannee
SAN Mates
Olive Street
Altimore
PD. C
Fee Comberland
A. m
Connellsville
A.m
Boon W
Boeing
Incinnat
Si Loois
P.m
Rill
Rill. Sin. and Iiralus Arrive Froi New ¥Rark. Sida Phn. Batimore
Chochunati
Area
Washingno
Ag Pittsburg Transfer Company
Et Avenue
Wood Street
Smithfield Street
J.T. Odell
Chas. O. Sculi
LURGHENY VALLEY _RAILROAD
Onion Station
East
Bodalo
Buffalo
City and
Brady
Kittanning
Valley Camp
Hulton
Forty-third Street
Buffalo Express
Ementon
Pullman
Pittsourg
Asion
David McArgo
Geners Blom
S 3
Severk
Ittsburg
St. Lonie
Salamanca
Youngston
New Cane
Castle
USA
Him
Beaver Ie
Los Gils
Miss R
Esplen
Beechmont
Iiti
Mans TS
A. Poe von
West Newton
Annive
New Haven
McKeesport
Fhiambet!oecae
Belle Vernon
Helle Vernon
Monongahelais City
Elinebeth
A. Ma
Ae Tenet
Surithfeld St
Ittsburg and Western Railway
Doctor Whittier
Whittier
Whilttrikfek
Sir Pennavenne
N. T
Moliand
Cor
Smithfield
Liberty Sis
Adiraye Nerve Need Co. Chienge
Jos. Fleming & Son
Market St
Madrid Chemical CO
Dearborn Street
Ill
Gto Market St
Uquesne Pharmacy
Smithfield St
A. J. Kaercher
Allegheny City
E. C. West
Emil G. Stucky
Wile Avenue
Patton Street
Stucky
Doctors Lake
jLake
M. B.C P.S
Penn
Nemvou
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