Rumor Links Guthrie McClelland Resignation to Guthrie Succeeding
A Harrisburg dispatch reports rumors that Adjutant General McClelland may resign and that General P N Guthrie of Pittsburgh could be named his successor. Guthrie confirms he visited Harrisburg with the governor but says no appointment was discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
State Capitol
McClelland
P. N.guthriej
Pittsburg
Guthrie
Patsison
Pattison
Parrisburg
Major Foster
Feld
Hich
State Committee Faces Fight Over National Committeeman Seat
Harrity Democrats of Pittsburg rage over National Chairman Brice ruling that the State Committee lacks jurisdiction to name a successor to the late W. J. Scott on the National Committee. Kerr’s temporary role, Kissner’s misdirection, and a January 20 State Committee session threaten a hot clash at the State Convention over who seats Pennsylvania at the National Convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrity Democrats
Pittsburg
Brice
W. J. Scott
Poeen
Scott
Randall Club
Hittes
Bee
Pennsylvania
Great Nations
Kerr
Kissnen
Kissner
Executive
Washington
Mortine Kerr
Pennsylvvania
Nations Committee
Tov
Cotter
Harrity
Frosty clash over Treasury picks echoes in Washington
A prominent visitor recounts a Washington overheard dispute between Secretary Foster and Senator Quay. The quarrel centers on Internal Revenue Collectorship and whether a candidate with party endorsement will be approved. Quay is said to have been present during the exchange, which signals rifts between administration and Senate.
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Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury Department
Washington
Foster
Senator Quay
Internal Revenue Collectorship
Raham
Dick Quay
Quay
Senator Quar and Secretary Foster Clash Over Appointments
A heated exchange between Mr. Quar and Secretary Foster ends abruptly as Quar asserts his influence with President Harrison. Foster confirms the President's gratitude to Quar but cautions against further talk. Foster says the Senator’s candidate won’t be appointed and notes the Dan iell contest in Pennsylvania will be a fierce battle.
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Mr. Quar
Bly Sand
Harrison
Foster
John Daniell
Pennsylvania
Hatch Denounces Springer as Not Party Leader
Missouri congressmen Bland Hatch Norton pass through the city bound for Washington. Hatch says Springer does not speak for the party and will not set the agenda, predicting a conservative Congress. Hatch defends Cleveland as presidential candidate and brands the bi metallic scheme as Wall Street misinformation.
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Hatch
Bland
Norton
Missouri
Washington
Mr. Hatch
Blond
Springer
New York
House
Congress
Sherman
Pittsburg
Mills
Democracy
Sweet William Springer
Cleveland
Wall Street
Wise Ex-Congressman Predicts Blaine Victory for Virginia
Ex-congressman John H. Wise, now in New York, advised on the political scene last evening. He argued Blaine can carry Virginia and the nation for Republicans, faulting Democratic editors and leaders while predicting tariff clashes would hurt McKinley if nominated.
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John H. Wise
New York
Virginia
Blaine
Hill
Cleveland
Gorman
Maryland
Bisine
Republican Party
Internal Revenue Agents Await Transfer in Pittsburg
Messrs Mason Colbertson and Summerville special agents of the Internal Revenue in Washington are in Pittsburg awaiting orders to transfer the internal revenue office when a new collector is appointed. They have been there a week and are puzzled by the department’s delay in naming a successor to Mr Warmeastie. Agent Mason is a brother to the Internal Revenue Commissioner and expects appointment today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs Mason, Colbertson
Summerville
Internal Revenue
Washington
Pittsburg
Internal Revenue Office
Warmeastie
Mason
Old-Time Friends Tangle in Koreshan Affairs Affidavits Filed
Charles Kaufman obtained five affidavits detailing ties between Trustee Doss of the Koreshan Economite group and Dr. Teed of the Koreshan Society. Two statements come from former followers of the Chicago healer. three from people whose homes Teed disturbed. One affidavit notes a sacred robe relic sent to Chicago before year’s end to appear on the last day of the old year, later retrieved by Dark Silverfriere and shown to quell rumors it had left the House of Sacred Relics.
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Charles Kaufman
Koreshan Economite
Doss
The
Economitec
Teed
Koreshan Society
Chicago
Sed
Father Rapp
Duss
Ane
Silverfriere
Vermon Life Sues Agent Over Embezzlement Claim
In a Friday hearing before Alderman Mc Masters, the Vermont Life Insurance Company sued D. W. Welie for embezzlement. Welie contends an injustice was done by implication. A £506 deal was rejected at the Clearing House. Wylie stopped payment on the check after notifying the bank that the company owed him for advances to sub-agents and would not reimburse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderman McMasters
Vermont Life Insurance Company
D. W. Welie
Wylie
Wife and husband jailed after alleged disorderly conduct
Mary Anderson of 1019 Manor Street, Southside, and her husband were detained in the Twenty eighth ward police station after Officer Cochran found a disturbance at about 9 PM. He says she stood over him with a poker and he bore a gash on the left head. A hearing is scheduled for this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Anderson
Mary
Manor Street
Southside
Twenty-eighth Ward
Offcer Cochran
Anderson
Cent-A-Word Ads Boost The Dispatch Reader Reach
The Dispatch note highlights cent-a-word classified columns as popular among readers and advertisers. It claims steady response to advertisements, with readers trusting the paper’s classified section for timely results and desirable inquiries.
Frazer Targets Pittsburg Law and Order Suspects
Ex congressman Frazer plans an official review of Law and Order practices in Pittsburg led by State Auditor General’s agents. He questions Alderman Roche’s fines and suspensions while citing past payments and a rising total of public funds from the controversy. A Virginia visitor critiques Sunday restrictions, calling Pittsburg a laughing stock over enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rohe
Law and Order Society
State Auditor Generals
R. &. Frazer
Frazer
Ripper Street
Roche
Mr. Frazer
Bauder
Pittsburg
McClure
Captain Wishart
Rankin Resident Dies After Bull Goring
John Hoffman 76 dies at West Peon Hospital from injuries after a bull gored him near Rankin station while cutting across fields on New Year’s Day. Coroner McDowell to hold an inquest this morning. Police Superintendent Weir Very II remains seriously ill after digestive troubles. improved briefly Saturday, then worsened and confined to bed.
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John Hoffman
West Peon Hospital
Hoffman
Rankin Station
McDowell
Weir
Plan backfires as Prescott touts Pittsburg strike stance
President Prescott of the International Typographical Union spoke in Pittsburg, praising the strike and denouncing local employers. He said unions and allied capital groups were united and able to sustain the fight despite opposition from the Pittsburg Builders' Exchange. Kennedy of the Cotton Belt reports mixed signals from St Louis and a nearing railroad meeting to address rate differences. The Southwest outlook is seen as bleak with low cotton prices affecting farmers.
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Prescott
International Typographical Union
Pittsburg
DisPatch
Philadelphia
Stephen P. Kennedy
Cotton Belt Road
St. Louis
Southwestern Railroad
Kennedy
Homestead Trouble Probes Continue As Audit Reveals Rise
No new developments emerge as the committee investigates the Homestead case. Auditors of Salesmen's Assembly No. 4901 Knights of Labor work through the books reporting a substantial jump in business over the previous year.
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Auditors of Salesmen’s Assembly
Knights of Labor
Assembly
Sunday Morning Police Hearings Light at Central Station
Magistrate Gripp disposed of seventeen cases including Charles Thomas a colored actor held for court on ring theft Nellie Strothers. Don Enright fined ten dollars for insulting ladies. Several others faced fines and workhouse sentences for drunkenness fights and disturbances across ward stations. Mayor Wimar presided over nine hearings in Allegheny with none of note.
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Central Station
Gripp
Charles Thomas
Nellie Strothers
Don Enright
Panhandle
Fourth Avenue
Thomas Higgins
David Hewitt
Second Avenue
William Scott
Wylie Avenue
Hyndman
Nineteenth Ward
Fourteenth Ward
William Gibson
McNalley
Mohan
Sergeant Best
Paul Vance
John Green
John Ferruson
Frank Frr
William Moreland
Succop
South Side
William Mards
Jacob Brider
Peep
Carson
Twelfth Streets
J. T. Gordon
Harry Ritche
Keystone Avenue
Twelfth Ward
McKenna
Nick Murray
Shoenberrer’s Mill
Joseph, Spitevsky
John Snyder
Penn and
Twenty-sixth Street
Spitevsky
Snyder
Louis Tilhart
Stephen Noble
Mally
B. Whithouse
Penn Avenue
Wimar
Allegheny
Fire at Penn Cotton Mill Causes £5000 Damage
A fire at the Penn Cotton Mill on River Avenue Allechem early yesterday afternoon caused about £5000 in damage. The blaze started from a spark from a locomotive on the Pittsburg and Western Railroad igniting cotton yarns. Much stock burned or damaged by water. insurance through J W Arrott’s agency covers the loss. Fireman Peter Siler of No 8 company was cut on the deal but not seriously hurt by a fall from a hose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn Cotton
River Avenue
Allechem
Pittsburg and Western Railroad
J. W. Arrott
Peter Siler
No. & Company
Sunday Prison Notes and Raid at Speak-Easy
Prren Perrinico and John Brickico, two Italians, jailed for dis orderly conduct after a fight at a Tirsa street area boarding house. Officers Wick ham and Jd Griffin raided an illegal speak-easy run by Antony Lattin on Hutler street extension. six Italians and the proprietor were arrested. several kegs of beer found. William Bexnen, riverman, held for turning wife and child out in cold and abusing another child. Joan Monkson removed to West Penn Hospital from Seventeenth ward station for suspected insanity.
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Prren Perrinico
John Brickico
Homewood
Adley
Nineteenth Ward
John Cillicie
Tiora Street
Dexens
Wickham
Jd Griffin
Antony Latticn
Hutler Street
William Bexnen
West Penn Hospital
Holmes
O'Neil
Joan Monkson
Seventeenth Ward
West Poon Hospital
Sengenn
Berry
Turmoil at St Adelbert Church Ends With Police Escort
Riotous scenes on Pittsburg South Side as priests Miskiewicz Pikulski and Kalasinski faced a hostile crowd at St. Adelbert Polish Catholic Church. Police escorted the clergy between the parsonage and vesper services while Bishop Phelan weighs the dispute over alleged impostor claims and church leadership.
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St. Adelbert Polish Catholic Church
South Fifteenth Street
Molka
L. M. Miskiewicz
Father Pikulski
Father Miskiewicz
Miskiewicz
Pikulski
Father Kalasinski
V. J. Molka
Fathers Miskiewicz
Kalasinski
Mr. Molka
Father Kalasineki
Detroit
Twenty Eighth Ward
Phelan
Pikulcki
Siberia
Pitulski
Louis Laundy
Smith
Poles at War Split St Stanislaus Congregation
Dissatisfied members of the St Stanislaus Polish congregation urged a raid on an entertainment at St George’s Better Hall in Pennslyvania Avenue and Fifteenth Street. Special Officers observed the scene then declined action. Uniformed police were later sent to keep peace and prevent trouble.
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St. Stanislaus
St. George’s Better Hall
Pennsvenne
Fifteenth Street
McTighe
Bendel
McLaughlin
Supplementary Jail Calendar Sets Present Term Actions
The supplementary jail calendar for Criminal Court will be handed to the grand jury today. The list names defendants and charges including robbery, murder, embezzlement, false pretenses, burglary, assault, and other offenses. Chairman Brennen plans to travel to Washington to push the Craig Stewart Congressional contest hearing in Congress.
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Criminal Court
Grand Jury
Crimins
George Hellerman
John McCoy v
Charles Ried
Gottlieb Abby
Armani Deless
Edward Lewrande
Celiste Larebee
Michael Lareber
John Janoski
Armand Deless
Edward Legrand
Celiste Larebeec
William Oliver
William H. Lewis
Neilson Somers
Harry Faulkner
William Collins
Richard Camshires
Nicholas B. Leech
J. Caskey
J. C. Caskey
Andrew Hudack
Smeeny
Ton S
Vaness
Do McKay
Abraham McDematd
Thomas Dogmers
Charles Cain
Mary Lyons
Alfred Mouncin
Morgan James
Thomas Gannon
Mary Patrick
James Owens
Allaan Gilbert
George Scott
Brennan
James McHugh
Dave Arraham
George Wolfe
John Malone
Charles Johnson
Abraham McDonald
John Curran
Dennis Gallagher
Patrick
Alias Clair Grilacher
James Baller
A. Coleman
Lorens Martini
A. Honershoack
John MecHall
Luke Adams
Morris Smitsburrs
James Bailey
Joan Hohmann
Robert Richardson
George Parker
Alfred Craves
William F. Lewis
William Jones
John
Gama Brannia
Theodore Gress
John Slattery
Intene
Louis Suppes
Brennen
Washington
Congress
Craig-Stewart
Colonel Stewart
Bob Burdette and His Boy Story From the Deacon
The Deacon recalls his 14 year old son in Bryn Mawr as a source of pride after loss of his wife. The boy enjoys piano, warns against advisers, and critiques his father’s storytelling over a regimental reunion. The deacon fears the boy will become a critic yet cherishes him.
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Bob Burdette
Bryn Mawr
Paps
Father
Burdette
Wilkesbarre
Ninth Regiment Bam
Burdette Junior
Marine Band
Notable Guests At City Hotels Include Stage and Industry Figures
Joseph Hersdorfer of the Brencke Meat Co New York and 7 J McGrath Eastern hotelman stay at the Anderson with interests in the Hygeia Hotel Old Point Comfort Ex Senator J W Lee and D Bleakley of Franklin John Warren and Samuel Kite of Waynesburg and actress Miss Josephine Plows Day are registered at the Monongahela House Miss Helen Bertram of the Duff Opera Co Henry FE Dixey and J Stamford Parry a rail transportation official stop at the Duquesne D M Herzog ex District Attorney Fayette County was at the Anderson yesterday Burr McIntosh missed a train but then went to Brooklyn to join the Alabama Co W P Taylor Washington iron man went to New York Rev J D Henry of New Castle stayed at the Seventh Avenue Hotel Max O Rell left for Grand Rapids to lecture Max Klein went to Chicago and EW Metcalf a Boston reporter is at the Schlosser C H Abercombie of Wheeling is at the Central.
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Joseph Hersdorfer
Breincke Meat Company
New York
J. McGrath
M. C. Kinnie
Anderson
Hersdorfer
Old Point Comfort
J. W. Lee
D. Bleakley
Fransiin
John Warren
Samuel Kite
Waynesburg
Josephine Plows-Day
Monongahela
Helen Bertram
Duff Opera Company
Henry FE. Dixey
J. Stamford Parry
Rail Ove Transportation
Duquesne
D. M. Herizog
Fayette County
M.C
Burr McIntosh
Brooklyn
Alabama Company
W. P.taylor
Washington Iron Man
J. D. Henry
New Castle
Seventh Avenue Hotel
Max O' Rell
Grand Rapids
EW. Metcalf
Boston
Schlosser
C. H. Abercombie
Wheeling
Central
Max Klein
Chicago
Pittsburgers In New York Hotel Register List
A New York Special lists Pittsburg residents registered at city hotels on January 10. Names include Ble Arons Metropole H A Boyd Sinclair House J M Brinkerhoff Gilsey House G H Christy Windsor Hotel Miss M Cole Gilsey House W H Conlexy Westminster G W Ernet Jr Windsor BR Laird Sturtevant J J Larkin Gilsey J J Mattenson Union Square EK L Maxwell Hotel Brunswick D C McKelroy Morton House G G McMurtry Holland TL 3M Moore Gilsey H V Westinghouse Windsor.
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New Yonk
Gilsey House
J. J. Mattenson
St. Denis
J. F. Mainhardt
Union Square
EK. L. Maxwell
Hotel
Brunswick
D. CC
McKelroy
Morton House
G. G. McMurtry
Holland
Moore
H. V. Westinghouse
Windsor
Newsy Notes of the Two Cities
Wrens and a young lady were jolted from a sleigh on Highland avenue as the sleigh overturned after the runner snagged a switch near Broad street. The passenger’s head bled and clothing was ruined by slush and mud. Mr. Wills escaped injury.
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Albert Tillman
Fairfax Street
Homewood
Andell
Mercy Hospital
Wheeling Ex Chief Delbrugge Files Suit to Reclaim Police Job
Ex chief Delbrugge, removed from Wheeling police head, has hired three lawyers and will file suit to regain the office. A fierce contest is predicted as backers allegedly raised 3500 to back his challenge, while the new chief enforces Sunday liquor and gambling laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
Sperial
Delbrugge
Delbrugze
Read Our Broadcloth Ad From Jos Horse & Co Penn Ave
An advertisement urges saving on elegant dress goods offered by Jos. Horse & Co. at 600 621 Penn Avenue with a display column titled anaes cas BAL and a women focused appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos. Horse & Co
Penn Avenue
B&w
Jes, Horne & Co
Peon Avenue
Snow Carnival on Center Avenue Delights Washington
A bitter morning gives way to a sunny afternoon as Center avenue hosts a lively snow carnival. About 500 sleighs race the three quarter mile stretch with drivers from many social ranks. Notables like Ex Mayor McCallin and Sheriff McCandless appear amid crowds, while sickness rises from pneumonia and a gas shortage tragedy in an East End home.
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Zern
East End
Center Avenue
Washington, D. C
Kinsman
Dave Shaw
Shaker
John Predmore
Dallas
Mike McCormick
Dawson
Callery
Mr. Harmon
McCallin
Phillip Flinn
Sheriff McCandless
Police
Jadze Hynidman
B.L. H. Dobbs
Williams and
McKinley
George P. Letsche
George Baum
William Hosick
Will Hemenhouse
William Glue
Marchand Street
Equally Great Reductions in January Sale Stock
Large sale highlights steep cuts across Ladies' black capes, English and French textiles, and numerous embroideries. Notable deals include capes from 12.50–15 to 8.50, dress patterns from 35–40 to 15–18, and French robes from 15 to 3. Extensive lace and linen assortments introduced at low prices with clear emphasis on new stock and bulk purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Victoria
Jones’ Cambrics
Unusual Discount Sale on Lace Curtains and Silk Combforts
Odd lots of lace curtains from one to three pairs in various qualities offered at about half actual values. Silk eiderdown comforts marked down to clear remaining stock.
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Chance
Dst
McLelland
P. N. Guthrie
Jock
Quat
Harrisbore
Sweet William
Trustee Doss
Dr. Teed
Meg Dower
Toene
I'S Adiets
Hensel
Law and Order
Alderman Cassidy
Cassidy
Carlisle
Alderman Bell
Brinker
Opera House
Alderman Kohe
Congressman Hatch
Dispatron
Weir Very II
Industris
Allegheny Branch Office
Federal ST
St. Adelbert
St. Stanislaus Con
Gereestion
Stewart-Craig
Gallinger
Ture Penn Avenue
Ornse & Co
Pittsburgers
Newsy
Turmited
Altoona
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
Fort Pitt
Pittsburs
United States
E. P. Roberts & Sons
Gayettes
Snow Cut Center Avenue
Horne & CO
Penn Avenue Stores
Our
Hamburg
White Goods
Torchon
JOS. Horne & CO
Penn Ave
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