Pattison Nominated for Governor Sparks Mixed Public Cheer
The Democratic party on the first ballot named Pattison for Governor with Chauncey F. Black in second place as crowds cheered. Reporters gathered opinions from Republicans and Democrats across the state, with Pattison praised for honesty and a strong record, while some Republicans doubt his strength against Delamater. Opinions varied on party unity and potential outcomes in November.
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Disputes Bulletin Board
Pattison
Democratic Party
Chauncey F. Black
Sanaa Pattison
Cleveland
Campbell
Ohio
H. C. Perdy
Duquesa
Senator Delamater
John Neeb
Senate
Wallace
Black
Beavers
Delamater
Pattison Strength Echoes in Gubernatorial Salons
In a field of views on the Pennsylvania race, supporters and opponents weigh Pattison as a strong candidate. Thomas M. Marshall calls the Wallace ticket admirable yet would back Pattison for Democratic strength. Miners and Republicans diverge on Delamater and reform measures while urging ballot changes and voting integrity.
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United States
Walter Lyon
Scott
Pattison
Palligon
Wallace
Delamater
Thi
James 5. McKean
McCallin
Pattison Feail
William Witherow
Duquesne
Vac Huntingdon
Thomas M. Marshall
Enq
Harrisburg
Thomas R. Kerr
George H. Garber
Willis J. Hulings
Oil City
Mercer
B. C. Christy
Watchorn
United Miners’ Association
Dunbar
Frank K. Kohler
Galvin Wyateq
Calvin Wyat
Cancer Isaac Cline
Mr. Pattison
W. J. Dillon
Joseph L. Evans
Rep
W. L
Pure Elections Debate Divides on Ballot Numbering System
Citizens weigh reform options as Republicans David Patterson and B Parkinson oppose ballot numbering while H F Weaver advocates securing tax clearance and registry accuracy. Colonel William Robinson laments election corruption but favors any move toward purification, with Frand E Stephenson supporting reform.
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Samuel Shaner
A. B. Stevenson
A. F. Keating
Jonn
B. Merce
John Spohn
Frank Wilbert
Ublican
John D. Biggert
Aik O Think Esq
Irigham
Ng Ablican
Republican Party
Beckett
Ind
J. A. Jarden
W. J. Dillon
Calvin Wyatt
T. B. Patterson
Patterson
B. Parkinson
H. F. Weaver
William Robinson
Robinson Bros
Frand E. Stephenson
Ballot reform debate splits Allegheny politics
Democratic State Convention at Scranton pushes a constitutional convention to remove the marked ballot clause and ensure absolute ballot secrecy The piece reports on opinions from Allegheny residents including Democrats Republicans and independents with Pattison favored by many while some prefer open or current systems.
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Allegheny
Democratic State Convention
Scranton
Pattison
L. M. Allen
Ind
Randall Club holds special meeting to ratify Pattison nomination
The Randall Club convenes this evening to ratify Pattison's nomination and to open the club in its new house at the corner of the way and Fifth street. A fete is planned at Silver Lake on Wednesday the 30th inst.
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Randall Club
Pattison
New House
the Way and
Fifth Street
Silver Lake
Engineers Federation Looms Over Rail Unions in City
The Twenty-seventh Annual Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers convention meets in Old City Hall on October 14 with about 1 000 delegates from 450 divisions. A federation of railway unions aims to unify conductors switchmen brake men firemen and engineers under one head to reduce strikes and streamline grievances. Officials include P M Arthur Cleveland as Grand Chief Engineer and T S Ingaham Deloss Everett H C Hays as grand officers. A local committee handles arrangements. Mayor Gornle and Governor Beaver are expected to greet delegates. The Ladies Auxiliary meets in Allegheny with Chicago leaders Mrs W A Murdock and Mrs Harry St Clair.
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Annoval
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
United States
Canada
Old City Hall
Federation
Switchmen’s Mutual Aid Association
Rr Federation
P. M. Arthur
Cleveland
Brotherhood
T. 8. Ingaham
Deloss Everett
H. C. Hays
House of
FE. B. Martin
Bidwell Street
Allegheny
Gonrle
Beaver
Altoon
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Company
F. E., Adams
Iron City
Chartiers
C. Brainard
Brown
Hazelwood
William Jordan
Keystone
Brotherhood of Engineers
Ladies’ Auxiliary
W. A. Murdock
Chicago
Harry St. Clair
Wage Reduction Agreed By Mills Amid New Signatories
The Home Stead Mills committee and Carnegie Phipps Co set billets price at 25 25 for three months, producing about 17 percent wage cuts from the previous quarter. The Amalgamated Association also learned Columbia Iron Co and Lancaster Rolling Mill Co of Lancaster Pa signed the new scale, a welcome development for officials.
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Homestead Mills
Carnegie, Phipps & Co
Amalgamated Association
Columbia Iron Company
Lancaster Rolling Mill Company
Lancaster
Amalgamated
New York Women Arrested Here on Telegram Tip
Mamie Emerson Georgie Gray and Cora Williams three New York women were arrested here on Tuesday following a telegram from Inspector Byrnes of New York. The telegram reportedly directed authorities to detain the three as part of an ongoing investigation.
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Mamie Emerson
Georgie Gray
Cora Williams
New York
Inspector Byrnes
Ready for the Conventions Consolidating Two Glass Workers
Delegates from Flint and Green Bottle Blowers will travel to Baltimore for the opening of sessions Monday. Local Assembly 6111 favors consolidation with the flints and plans for cooperative factories. The N T A 134 report for April shows 2 178 employed and 19240 14 spent on idle men. Boiler makers remain on strike with no settlement in sight.
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Flint and
Green Bottle Blowers
Baltimore
Local Assembly
The
Flints
Manufacturers Weigh Action After New York Convention
The manufacturers are expected to return home from the New York convention today or tomorrow, and when they arrive some form of action is anticipated.
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New York
Teens Nabbed After Beer Theft From Tann Brewery
Two boys, John Duffy aged 17 and Sweeney 16, stole two kegs of beer from Tann Brewery on Smallman Street yesterday. They were arrested and taken to the Twelfth ward station.
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Sweeney
Tann
Smallman Street
Twelfth Ward
Eaton Retires as Forbes School Principal After 30 Years
Last night Forbes School District held its teacher election. Prof. L H Eaton declined candidacy, 15 applications were filed, Miss Jennie C Simpson chosen as principal. New staff includes Amanda McKinley Emma Wallace M A McFadden Ida M Connelly Jennie A Hope M H MacMasters and others. Morae school re elected W J McClure principal and M D Young assistant principal with the old corps returning.
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Forbes
L. H. Eaton
Jennie C. Simpson
Amanda McKinley
Emma D. Wallace
M. A. McFadden
Ida M. Connelly
Jennie A. Hope
M. H. MacMasters
Josie A. Scott
Emma Lupton
Kate P. Nicholson
Mamie A. Cowan
Maria 8. Moffet
Aggie Dickson
Annie Dolar
Emma D. Hunter
Louisa Loomis
Laura ©. Rogan
Bella A. Dougherty
Annie E. McCaf
Chief Bigelow Presents Urea Vacha to Schenley Park Zoo
A new animal, described as an urea vacha by Chief Bigelow and a ursa vache by the department, arrives at Schenley Park Zoo. Barr and Vermiji of South America sent the creature to sniff Panther Hollow’s air, with witnesses noting its worm eating bear label. The animal has a gray neck, black body with a white back spot, a long tail, broad feet, and a catlike head.
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McKnight
Barr
Vermiji
South America
Panther Hollow
Bigelow
Department of Public Works
Allegheny’s Finest Add New Police Force
Last night Allegheny City started its new police force with Frank Aiken as clerk to Chief Murphy and Charles Glenn returning to his former patrol operator role. Councilman Langhurst plans resignation after next Thursday’s council meeting. William Soo earns a promotion to lieutenant as the new patrol wagon crew includes Anton Lemon Montgomery McClung Sicich and Williams. The force is praised as efficient and comparable to leading city police departments.
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Allegheny
Frank Aiken
Murphy
Charles Glenn
W.C. Langhhurst
William S
William Anton
William Lemon
Andrew Montgomery
William McClung
Bernard Sicich
Steve Williams
Allegheny City
Adopting Electricity Signals Change for Galveston Railways
Colonel W. H. Sinclair of Galveston registered at the Duquesne and visited a local electric company about switching the street railway system to electricity. He is allied with hotel interests on the Galveston beach and discussed rail operations with Andrew Stewart, Republican nominee for Congress in the Twenty fourth district.
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W. H. Sinclair
Galveston
Duquesne
Galveston Beach
Houston
Andrew Stewart
Congress
Twenty-fourth
Panhandle Trains Hit By Washouts Delays In Ohio Line
The St. Louis express on the Panhandle arrived several hours late after washouts between Pittsburg and Columbus. The Chicago express also struggled over the Ft Wayne road as did other passenger trains.
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St. Louis
Panhandle
Pittsburg
Columbus Sree
Chicago Express
Ft. Wayne Road
Disputed Tenement Population Sparks Estate Statement
Mrs. M P Shrankle executrix of Mackrell's estate says the overcrowded tenement row on Twenty fourth Street houses about 75 people in 0 families not 300 to 400 tenants. She notes no Italians reside and she personally supervised renovations and invites health authorities. Nearby, Victor Passioo, an Italian, was arrested on complaint of his wife for assault and attempted ...
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Mackrell’s Row
Twenty-fourth Street
M. P. Shrankle
Victor Passioo
Station Street
Larimer Street
Nineteenth Ward
Suspect in Diamond Theft Arrest Not Jewelry Firm Owner
J Goldsmith, arrested for pawning a supposed stolen diamond, is identified as not the jeweler Goldsmith of 36 Fifth Avenue. A man was sent to the workhouse yesterday.
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J. Goldsmith
Goldsmith
Fifth Avenue
Yestery
Want Them Abated In Brownsville Gangs On Hillside
Residents complain of gangs of youths on the hillside near Brownsville avenue. They report card games and beer drinking among neighbors. Electric cars for Sehenley Park are noted and bargain merchandise is advertised by James W. Grove on Fifth avenue.
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Brownsville Avenue
Fane
Sehenley Park
Tso
James W. Grove
Fifth Avenue
Woman vanishes after dispute over $10000 property transfer
Beltzhoover resident Jacob Rein reports his wife disappeared after leaving a note saying she would not return. The same period Emil Boff, a nearby carpenter and neighbor, also left town with his wife and five children. Authorities note Rein had prior abuse allegations and a property handover worth about $10,000.
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Jacob Rein
Beltzhoover
Rein
Washington Avenue
Boff
Allentown Turn Verein
Ordeal Preparations For State Drug Examinations
Over 100 applicants will attend the State Pharmaceutical Examining Board meeting in Williamsport on July 8 from 1 to 6 PM at the High School. Applicants must complete county application blanks and renew certificates within three years. Send notices to Secretary H. B. Cochran, Wheaster, Pa., at least ten days before expiration.
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State Pharmaceutial Examining Board
Williamsport
H. B. Cochran
Ueaster
Crippled Beggar Denied Street Solicitations
Robert Stewart, a cripple who lost both legs on the Northern Pacific Railroad, sought permission to solicit arms on local street corners, but officials refused. An hour later Captain Silvas found him soliciting on Market street, and he was ordered away, angered, and headed for Allegheny with his hat in hand.
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Robert Stewart
Northern Pacific
Silvas
Market Street
Allegheny
Health Committee Reports Burden of Cases and Inspections
The Allegheny Health Committee reported over 200 cases and approved purchasing a garbage furnace hose. Health Officer Bradley noted 213 burial permits issued. Inspector Lipperts said 800 dozen eggs condemned along with 250 pounds beef 200 pounds fish 150 bushels potatoes 12 gallons milk and two bushels beans. City Physician Hazzard recorded 222 deaths in June including 47 from cholera infantum 9 from consumption and 4 from pneumonia.
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Allegheny Health Committee
Bradley
Lipperts
Hazzard
Deaf Society Holds Annual Meeting and Seeks Reforms
The Pennsylvania Society for the Advancement of the Deaf closed its annual meeting with papers on deafness, statistics, and teaching trades. Resolutions urged a State Bureau of Statistics, compulsory deaf education, manual alphabet in schools, and ending tramp-law exemptions for the deaf. Officers elected include President R. M. Ziegler and First Vice President G. M. Teegarden. next convention set for Harrisburg in 1892.
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Pennsylvania Society For the Advancement of the Deaf
G. M. Teegarden
J. C. Sulis
Caan
J.C
Henry Bartles
State Bureau of Statistics
R. M. Ziegler
J. T. Elwell
J. H. Cloud
B. R. Allabaugh
J. M. Koehler
Thomas Breen
Abram
Harrisburg
Ownership mystery surrounds torn up Squirrel Hill line
Joseph Loughrey, original owner of part of the Squirrel Hill Electric Railroad, says he no longer knows who owns the road after Superintendent James McKnight tore up part of it last Monday night. Cars remain stored at the Pittsburg Traction Company power house in Oakland as ownership remains unresolved.
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Joseph Loughrey
Squirrel Hill Electric Railroad
James McKnight
Scheoley Park
Loughrey
Chief Bigelow
Department of Public Works
Mr. Loughrey
Pittsburg Traction Company
Oakland
Excursion to Milwooker Wis and Fourth of July specials
Advertised travel fares offer round trip tickets to Milwaukee on B&O trains July 5 6 7 priced at 1355 with return until July 6 and 7. 1190 for return until July 13. Parade of sales includes silk umbrellas mitts ladies hosiery and fireworks. stores close tomorrow. Various promotions from Jos Horne Co Boone Avenue stores and James W Grave on Fifth avenue and other shops.
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Uly
Jcuity
Jos, Horne & Co
Penn Avenue
Jounty
Soladier
Jos. Hurne & Co
Peon Avenue
Como
Roszxpaum & Co, T
James H. Aiken & Co
Fifth Ave
The Firecracker’s Victim Charged on South Side
Nicholas Kistner a hatcher on the South side was charged with malicious mischief before Alderman Bein heuer by John Nusser. He is alleged to have spent three firecrackers in a saloon last night setting fire to a man’s trousers. Kistner posted bail for a hearing today.
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John Nusser
Beinheuer
Kistner
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