Peanut and tobacco nuisance sparks council debate
The two city councils argue over decorum in session as peanuts crunch and cigars rise. President Ford and Warmeastie urge action to curb the nuisance while contracts and Poor Farm sale measures proceed in committee and common council.
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Solons
Toby
Ford
Select Council
Inter
Warmeastie
Select Branch
Board of Awards
Messrs
Warmesstie
Committee On Charities
City Attorney Holds Diamond Street Widening Legal
City Attorney Moreland submits written opinion to Select Council finding Board of Viewers acted within powers and the city may order widening and assess costs. He argues 1889 act constitutional and eminent domain authority valid, with appeals possible and suit to test legality aimed for Supreme Court in October. If city wins, Diamond Street work may begin next spring.
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Pittsburg
Department of Awards
Webster Avenue
Taggart
Eleventh Ward
Holliday
Tage Fart
Moreland
Supreme Court
Select Council
Diamond Street
Pirtsnvaxo
Geextlemen
Wate Ae
Rdt
Board of Viewers
Act of Assembly
Act of Assembly of 1889
Inc
Howard
Court of Common Pleas
William C. Moreland
Cy Axtorne
Warmecsstle
Bargains at Jos. Horne & Co Penn Avenue Stores
Bargains on children s long contes and light summer weights for ages 2 to 12 with prices cut from 7 8 and 9 to 4. Krause s Heapache Capsules advertised as harmless and headache preventing. French challies offered as cool dress fabrics via Huevus Haerz Ussu Drees Geeds Bargain Sales. 50 inch novelty plaids advertised as worth 1 2, now 1 2.
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Soc
Huevus & Haerz
Ussu
Jos, Honne & Co
Penn Avenue
Jos. Homer & Co
Jos. Horne & Co
Drummers Lunch Cake Promises Delicacy to Travelers
Traveling men, epicures, will savor Marvin's most dainty cake named Drummer's Lunch. Residents are urged to ask their grocer for this delightful treat.
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Epicures
Marvin
Bohemian hops and bargains headline
Bohemian hops are praised as the best imports for splendid beer. A local shop highlights 50c and 65c counter goods, selling items that formerly ranged from $1 to $150, including silks for misses.
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D. Lutz & Sox
Murder at a Picnic Sparks Bloody Train Rampage
A Castle Shannon Grove social picnic turned violent as Frank Morrison killed Pete Soyle with a hammer and gunfire erupted among colored attendees. Jennie Hallman was shot in the knee, others armed revolvers and fights erupted on the train en route to Pittsburg amid a heavy police response.
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Silver Leaf Social
Castle Shannon Grove
Se'elock
Frank Morrison
Clark's Solar Iron Works
Carpenter’s Alley
Castle Shannon Station
the Grove
William Young
Morrison
Philander
Smith
Charles Or
Pete" Soyle
Allen
Jonnie Hallman
Jack Allen
Grove
Luc
Patos Lane
Tottsburg
Soule
Logie
Steelton
Bowerstown
Panhandle
Big Order for Sheet Iron by New York Broker
A. T. Cohen of New York, a registered broker at the Duyuesne, placed orders with Pittsburgh firms for 1 000 000 pounds of sheet iron. His company operates branches in London, New York, St Louis, and Kansas City. He argues the McKinley tariff benefits few manufacturers at the expense of 60 000 000 people and predicts price rises and plant shifts depending on political outcomes.
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A. T. Cohen
New York
Duyuesne
Pittsburg
London
St Louis
Kansas City
Patrick Foley Attends Ancient Order of Hibernians Meeting
Patrick Foley traveled to Chester for the biennial Ancient Order of Hibernians gathering where delegates from Allegheny County gathered. The discussion centered on political prospects including the governor race.
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Patrick Foley
Wallace
Chester
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Allegheny County
Sayn Ithe
Accidental Shootings and Accidents Reported In City
A 25 year old man August Blessing was accidentally shot in the right thigh at Kalch daler’s slaughter house when a ball from a rifle struck him during a rat-hunting party. Frank Beamish fell from a train and injured his left side. L Lewis of Homestead had his foot crushed by a falling iron at Carnegie’s mill. An eccentric Hungarian was injured at Pittsburg Tube Works. William Cowling, a Seventeenth ward business leader, sustained facial and knee injuries while driving. Henry Staring, ex Councilman of Allegheny, fell from a ladder breaking his shoulder blade. Car 107 of the streetcar line struck a two-horse wagon near the Arsenal, injuring the driver John Boggs.
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August Blessing
Chizen Hart
Henry Staving
Thirty-eighth Street
Kalchdaler’s
Kalchdaler
Flobert
Blessing
Peter Johnston
Clif Street
Sladder Terday
Frank Beamish
Pittsburg
Lake Erie
Oves L. Lewis
Homestead
Carnegie’s
St. Andrew
Jared
Wlliam Cowling
Seventeenth Ward
Henry Staring
Alleheny
Coete Line
Arsenal
John Boggs
Fight Over Ebenezer Baptist Church Charter Ends at Association
The outs led by Morton Carter and others lost in court over the Ebenezer Baptist Church charter. Judge Collier refused to rule on ins versus outs, directing a charter for the Ebenezer church. The Pittsburg Baptist Association later ruled the outs were regualrs, with expected gains for their clients.
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Isaac Morton
Isham Carter
Wesley Johnston
Alex Barbour
M. E. Jones
F. Bryant
Ebenexer Baptist Church
Colwell
Hilton Streets
Pryor
Clark
Collier
Outs
Pittsburg Baptist Association
Ins
Reed
Association
Messrs. Morton
Carter Et al
Messrs. Hroe
Prescott
Good Words for Montooth Calls for Public Support
The Montooth Citizens' Committee rents rooms at the Baltimore and Ohio Building, opens them today, and will display a banner tomorrow. Chairman Batchelor presents an address praising Major Montooth to rally support for his nomination. Headquarters stay open daily until the convention. supporters to Harrisburg must sign up at the office.
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Montooth Citizens’ Committee
Baltimore and Ohio
Fifth Avenue
Wood Street
Batchelor
Montooth
Friends of
Harrisburg
Lake freight rate talk at Central Traffic meeting in Chicago
General Passenger Agent A E Clark attended the Central Traffic Association meeting to discuss advancing lake differential freight rates to the Northwest. Local railroad men oppose discrimination and threaten to raise rates. resolution may take weeks. Merrill Thermo Valve Company charter filed. capital stock $5000, directors include Merrill Vanwagener Shielas Duffield Murdock Har tupe.
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A. E. Clark
Lake Erie Road
Chicago
Central Traffic Association
Northwest
Blanchard
Pir
Merrill Thermo Valve Company
Recorder's Office
FE. C. Merrill
J. &. Vanwagener
T. L. Shielas
Knoxville council honors late clerk W W Knoz Jr
The Knoxville boro council passes resolutions mourning their former clerk W W Knoz Jr praising his devoted service and wishing comfort for his widow. Resolutions will be entered in minutes and published in the Southside News and Dispatch. Committees signed the statement of condolences.
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Council of the
Boro
Knoxville
W. W. Knoz, Jr
Bero
Southside News and Dispatch
Gro. F. Easter
W. W. Murnay
L. M. FaGan
Bank Admits Deposits and Interest at Four Percent
Capital listed at 100000 with surplus 261500 and deposits of one dollar and up. Interest allowed at four percent. Address 401 Smithfield Street at Fourth Avenue. Regional note references Kreil Tenth ward and Allegheny area with fragmented details.
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Smithfield Street
Cor
Fourth Avenue
Delegates Ready for Plumbers National Convention
The Amalgamated Association reported the most progress yesterday at the convention with boiling card prices set at 550 per ton after a tight vote of 109 to 131. Minor changes followed across scales for muck rolling busheling and knobbling as officers’ election intrigues and campaign activity intensified among delegates.
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Amalgamated Association
Ume
Welhe
Mr. Welhe
Ely
Plumbers Prepare for Denver Convention Delegates From Pittsburg
The Plumbers Association will hold its annual convention in Denver on June 17. Seven Pittsburg delegates will travel via the Erie road, meeting at the Central Hotel to arrange travel. Delegates include George Sands B Coll J O McGinness O Ness Allen McFadden and J L Mesbane. Agenda covers sanitary laws pure water access and water meters in cities. An effort aims to adopt a uniform apprentice system to resolve the pending local plumber strike.
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Plumbers’ Association
Denver
Pittsburg
Worden
Take Erie
Central Hotel
Colorado
den- George Sands
B. Coll
J.O. McGinness
Co . O. Ness
J. L Mesbane
Allen McFadden
Still Importing Miners River Con Operators Admit
River Con operators acknowledge bringing workers from the South as miners remain scarce in the region. They say South workers are mostly colored but perform well, while Germans also show diligence for profit. Operators note half-output costs and seek importation to curb mining inefficiencies and shortages.
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Monongahela
Clinton Paddlers Return to Work After Water Boy Dispute
About 100 Clinton mills workers at Freund & Co struck over missing water boys. The firm warned replacements would be hired if they did not return. The Amalgamated Association faced irregularity claims. Friendship Lodge voted to resume work this morning after discussing the issue.
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Clinton Mills
James W. Freund & Co
Amalgamated Association
Friendship Lodge
Denver Invites Knights of Labor Assembly to Denver
The General Executive Board meets in Philadelphia to decide the site for the next General Assembly. Denver citizens offer to pay delegate transportation and expenses, with a $10,000 estimate and substantial subscriptions already raised. A decision on the invitation and the November meeting arrangements are also on the agenda.
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John Costello
The
Knights of Labor
Joseph L. Evans
I. N. Hoss
Philadelphia
General Assembly
Denver
Col
Denver le
Two St Louis Iron Men Plan Foundry Near Birmingham
Two St Louis iron men P McArthur and J W Harrison visited Birmingham and plan to build an iron foundry and blast furnaces at Bessemer near Birmingham Alabama. They seek estimates from J P Witherow Co and express strong faith in the Southern iron boom.
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P. McArthur
J. W. Harrison
St Louis
Duquesne
Bessemer
Birmingham
Ala
J. P. Witherow
Magnificent upright piano and fabric sale at local store
A short time used seven octave upright piano with fine tone and modern improvements is offered for 175 dollars fully warranted with cover and stool. The instrument is available at J. M. Hon & Co. 537 Smithfield street along with discounted jerseys and silk items from Huevas Hacker Bas and Boces BVZL.
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J. M. Hon & Co
Smithfield Street
War in the Fourteenth Regt Sparks Political Tussle
Ex Quartermaster Robert C. Patterson, famed florist, plans a Harrisburg trip to confront Adjutant General Hastings over a brewing war in the Fourteenth Regiment N G P. An armory election for captain led to 21 votes for Patterson and 19 for McClain, then adjourned for three weeks. A June election was announced, Patterson supporters clashed with Colonel Perchment, and nominations shifted with several officers elected in Makkaeper and others for postmaster.
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Robert C. Patterson
Harrisburg
Hastings
Fourteenth Regiment
P. D. Perchment
Perehment
Glenn
Tim
Mr. Patterson
McClain
Patterson
Anothe
Perchment
Shiras Sets Forth 23rd District Congressional Views
George Shiras III announces his candidacy for Congress in the Twenty third District and outlines positions on tariff immigration navigation and civil policy. He argues for tariff protection to sustain domestic industry and warns against admitting unassimilable races, while urging federal support for waterways and national turnpikes. He stresses fair compensation when government seizes private dam and lock assets and pledges loyalty to Union soldiers and federal welfare measures.
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George Shiras
III
Conin
Twenty-third
Twenty-third District
Shiras
Congress
Seapertaut
Monongahela
Allegheny
Ohio
Bayne
Unio
Colonel Stone Will Stay in the Fight For Congress
At noon George Shiras III declared his bid again for the Twenty third district congressional nomination. Supporters push Stone amid uncertain primaries and party unity, with local sentiment predicting Stone or Shiras to win, while others call for new primaries.
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George Shiras III
Congress
Twenty-third
John H. Ricketson
Santevarriowen
Shiras
Allegheny City Hall
Dilworth
Colonel Stone
Bee
Select Council
Stone
Bhiras
Hayne
Bradley
Gear Committee
Olonel Stone
Graham
Allegheny Ee
Shiras Stone
Diamond Street
Messrs. Stone and
Shires
Btone
City Hall reporters to tour Schenley Park with Chief Bigelow
Chief Bigelow invites city reporters to tour Schenley Park to note improvements and explanations. A park visit is scheduled for today.
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Bigelow
Schenley Park
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