Delamater nomination roils Pennsylvania party scene
A Pittsburgh reporter canvasses reactions to the Harrisburg state convention's choice of Delamater over Montooth and Hastings. Democrats hope Pattison can beat Delamater. Republicans split over the ticket as leaders weigh appointing Montooth in second place to heal rifts. Public sentiment mixes support and fear of party fractures in Allegheny and Philadelphia.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny
Harrisburg
E. A. Montooth
Delamater
T J. O'Leary
Pattison
Mitrol
Montooth
Delemater
John J. Davis
Moentwoth
Hastings
Commonwealth
Ple
Harry O'Toole
Ford
Sam Paisley
East End
Hari
E. M. Bigelow
Department of Public Works
Schenley Park
Kirkpatrick
Montoeth
Major Montooth
John J. Martin
Stephen Collins
Pennsylvania
McKean
Eerstone
L. N. Ros
Josph L. Evans
Quay
Wallace
Delamwater
Philadelphia
Noves
Twenty
Magee
Muc
E. E. Cotton
W. A. Holman
Republican Party
Squire August Ammon
Thomas D. Hodkinson
George Johnstoun
Yak
Alleghahn C. Haer
Allegheny County
Clarence Burleigh
Inspector McAleese
Hieber
Chef Elliot
Department of Charities
Jenkin Jones
Berlin
General Hastings
John Tobin
Delawater
C. C. Wylie
Thomas Mullen
Giles
O'Leary
John F. Ennis
Mullen
W.d. Brennen
Delamater Favorite Faces Scrutiny in Allegheny
Debate centers on Delamater and Pattison for governor with opposition chatter among local figures. Mayor Wyman backs Delamater praising him as a first class man while others foresee scratching votes for Montooth and potential party splits.
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Pattison
Montooth
Wyman
Delamater
Allegheny
Harrisburg
Graham
Pleasant Valley Road
Governor race chatter amid Delamater candidacy
In remarks on the county slate supporters praised Delamater as the favorite for governor. Major Montooth is noted to have exited the race, while a local hinge manufacturer Mr. McKinney argues Delamater will secure the Republican ticket with gilt edged chances.
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Delamater
McKinney
Major Montooth
Letes Club Ardent on Party Line in Southside Opinion
Southside politicians gather in clubs and streets weighing candidates for the party ticket. Pattison is widely favored as the nominee with Wallace seen as weak. Lotus Club leaders and G A R members push for party unity while some express support for Montooth or Delamater depending on the final choice.
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Pattison
Delamater
Wallace
Tere Disputcs
Gourley
Fenstor Delamater
Montooth
Letes Club
G. A
Lotus Club
Alderman McGary
William Roblandt
Emnett Colton
Fifth District
John Vogt
Robert Getty
Phillip Hare
Southside
G. A. EB
Amalgamated Association session ends with surprise leadership move
William Martin declines re election as secretary while Stephen Madden wins the secretary post by 141 to 61. Welhe is re elected president. Officers and district vice presidents named as delegates to the AFL. Allegheny chosen for next year’s meeting amid a lively competition among candidate cities.
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Amalgamated Association
William Martin
Stephen Madden
William Welhe
Mr. Martin
Mr. Madden
Martin
John H. Hunter
Madden
Witn Esse
West End
Ireland
Valley Lodge No. 2
Association
Dispatch
Retter
John C. Killgallen
James Penoy
James H. Nutt
Youngstown
Edward O'Donnell
Philadelphia
Edward A. Kel
Allegheny
American Federation of Labor
M. M. Garland
Offce
Weslie
James Penny
John P. Sheehan
J. ©. Enlgallon
J. M. Loughlin
Sam D. Moodie
W. J. Evans
Edward Coates
Edward A. Keil
George D. Evans
Weihe
Dunbar
Chicago
Cleveland
Steubenville
Allegheny City
Typo Poll Chooses Pattison Over Delamater In Dispatch Room
A Dispatch composing room poll of 51 votes shows Pattison leading with 38 votes, Delamater 9, Wallace 2, and 2 ballots for no choice amid broad political support.
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Delamater
Pattison
No Choice
Wallace
Turned Out Of Her Home In Abandonment Case
Mrs. Margaret Bracken sues for abandonment against Thomas Bracken. The couple, with several children, dispute ownership and attempted mortgage schemes. Bracken jailed for drunkenness, later bail set for a Friday hearing after the stepchildren expelled Mrs. Bracken from the Thirty third street home.
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Samuel F. Kerr
Margaret Bracken
Thomas Bracken
Thirty-third
Bracken
Evening rescue at Twenty-eighth Street crossing saves three men
Early yesterday morning Lieutenant Teetere and Officer Cole risked their lives to save three intoxicated men at the Twenty-eighth Street crossing of the Allegheny Valley Railroad. Two slept on the track as the Oil City express neared. a third leaned against the fence near the watch tower. The officers acted as gates lowered on Penn avenue.
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Teetere
Cole
Twenty-eighth Street
Allegheny Valley Railroad
Penn Avenue
Oil City Express
People and travel notes from the city
Edward Roberts and Daniel Frohman missed a Chicago engagement at McVicker's Theater. Fort Wayne officials Speer and Brooks left for Philadelphia on Roberts private car. Henry Meyer and family head East for pleasure and a Hartford College boat race. Meyers Spubler Shoenberger and Phelps from Union Line Co sail for Philadelphia. H R Collins an iron broker rode the limited west. Robert Hunt of Chicago Rolling Mill Co on city business. J B Self and family from Denver stay at the Duquesne. A B Dennis of Stockton Hotel Cape May visits.
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Edward Roberts
Casino Opera Company
Daniel Frohman
Chicago
McVicker’s
Charles E. Speer
Counselor Brooks
Fort Wayne Road
Philadelphia
Preident Roberts
Fast
Henry Meyer
East
Hartford College
Meyers
Spubler
Merchants' Hotel to Open on Water Street Saturday Evening
The new Merchants' Hotel on Water street opposite the Baltimore and Ohio depot will open Saturday evening. Proprietor Alex Hutchinson will host a supper for friends at 6 30. Burglaries reported at residences of B D Ackley and Mr Clark Allegheny and at the Home Storm Laundry.
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Merchants’ Hotel
Water Street
Baltimore and Ohio
Alex Hutchinson
B.D. Ackley
Mr. Clark
Allegheny
Nine Hour Work Demands Pressed by Boiler Makers
The boiler makers met in K of L Hull and urged nine hours work for ten hours pay, with a large turnout from most city shops. They refused manufacturers offers, signaling solidarity. President James Mirone of the American Boiler Manufacturers Association warned of possible shop closings if wage demands are not met.
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K. of L. Hull
Ain Reas
Gran E
James Mirone
American Boiler Manufacturers’ Association
Confession Forces Diamond Theft Case in City
Inspectors McAleese Coulson and Robinson nab two young women, Jeannette Hays and Soley Sourbeck, in a $700 diamond pin theft from H. K. Darragh during an Imperial Council meeting visit. Sourbeck confessed after a bluff implied a partner’s admission. pin found hidden under carpet on the third floor. Markowits posted bail for Sourbeck as Hays faces court.
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Plueborg
Inspector McAleese
Coulson and Robinson
Shriner
Imperial Council
H. K. Darrag
St. Paul
Minn
Jeannette Hays
Sofey
Sourbeck
Ohio
Darragh
Dee
Alice Haslett
Second Avenue
Soley” Sourbeck
Ft. Wayne Road
Alliance
Wheeling
Berlin
Ahe
Robinson
Miss Sourbeck
Central Station
Miss Hays
John Markowits
Census Trouble and Rosy Hopes Mark 1880s Abbreviated Labor
Census supervisor Oliver says life is improving as trials fade, while enumerator errors linger in the Sixth ward Braddock area. George Bryant of McKeesport faces a hearing for refusing questions. hospital counts miss about 150 patients and 30 residents in an East Liberty boarding house.
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Agener
Oliver
George Bryant
McKeesport
Thomas D. Brennan
United States
McCandless
Ohio
Alcorn
John Fabijan
Stefan Uiporovits
John Siesak
George Terifay
Braddock
George Lawless
H. E. Beatty
O'Hara
East Liberty
Cleveland Woman Seeks Son After Husband Abduction
Mrs Charles Nichols of Cleveland appeals to Central Station for help locating her seven year old son William Hue. She says her second husband Nichols kept a saloon there and abused her. Hue accompanied her to Pittsburg but was taken by his father to Cleveland after tracing them to the depot.
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Charles Nichols
Central Station
Cleveland
Nichols
Pittsburg
William Hue
Hue
Young man arrested in attempted robbery at Carson Street
Thomas Coslett, 18, was arrested after restaurant keeper John Wilson reported three youths with a cane working the money drawer. Seeing watchers, the trio fled. Officer Liston arrested Coslett at the Twenty-eighth ward station. no money or valuables were found on him.
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Thomas Coslett
John Wilson
Carson Street
South Twelfth Street
Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Liston
Coslett
Twenty-eighth Ward
Excursion Train to Wheeling by B and O Railway
The B&O announces an excursion from Pittsburg to Wheeling leaving 8:00 a.m. and arriving 10:45 a.m. at Elm Grove and Wheeling Park with return from Wheeling at 8:00 p.m. and Elm Grove at 8:15 p.m. Tickets are $13.5 and valid to July 11.
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B.&o. BR. FE
Pittsburg
Him Grove
Wheeling Park
Wheeling
Elm Grove
Ie Groves
Secret Life Ends in Death by Poison in Southside Home
Charles Suezel, a Swiss resident of 1921 Jave Street, drank Paris green laced whisky and died after 18 hours of agony. The incident followed domestic troubles and an unresolved life insurance policy naming his wife Sallre as beneficiary, with rumors of another wife and children.
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Paris Green
Charles Suezel
Jave Street
Suezel
Suerel
Gustave Lorch
Oscar Pringler
Sallre
Mary
Moorhead School Board Elects Teachers in Ward Eleven
The Moorhead Eleventh ward school board elected D. J. Evans as president and filled a teacher roster led by Principal E. P. Johnston. Miss Maud Aughinbaugh was dropped amid allegations a wife of an Allegheny doctor said she wrote letters to him, which she denied, resigning.
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Moorhead
Eleventh Ward
D. J. Evans
A. Phillips
George T. McCord
E. P. Johnston
W. B. Benoit
Nannie Mackrell
Irena Rutledge
Ells M. Martin
Mattie L. Troop
Rimary Department
M. E. Irwin
JeaneClarren
Martha A. Stevenson
Mary M. Norris
Hattie J. Mawhinney
Ida M. Crothers
Annie R. Lowry
Laura E. Bo Nannie L. Blethrow
Mamie Bishop
Clara Lloyd
Florence M. Cook
Flora L. Diettich
Mary C. Bauersmith
Maud Turner
Grace Kirkpatrick
Maud Raughinbaugh
Allegheny
Iss Aughinbaugh
Park Policeman Peril In Allegheny Park Incident
Park Patrol Lanahan faced a disruptive group of about 50 boys after 8 pm. He arrested Martin Cohen after stones were thrown and was struck by a rock. Lanahan sought an immediate hearing but Mayor Wyman refused, citing morning hearings. the boy was released on own recognizance to appear next morning.
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Wyman
A Suggestion to Miners at DrisPatCH Bulletin
A crowd gathered around the Dunbar entombed miners bulletin board discussing disaster preparedness. One man proposed operators stock canned foods in mines for emergencies, while others debated practicality with mixed support.
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Drispatch
Dunbar
Riccuseed
Wounded Boys and Tragic Drownings Prompt City Alerts
A boy, Tim Donavan, 6, and another youth were hospitalized after wagon accident injuries near Hawkins station. William Rose, 16, drowned at the Allegheny river foot of Twenty third street. his body not recovered. A bulldog bite injured Paper Boy Michael Bowiscut on Locust street. an officer shot the dog. Other minor injuries occurred on Thirty sixth street and at Clark's mill in Lawrenceville.
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Allegheny
Tim Donavan
Hawkins’ Station
Mercy Hospital
William Rose
Allegheny River
Twenty-third Street
Andrew Smith
Rose
MccCully
Glass House
Thirty-third Street
Thirty-third
Ridge Streets
Mas Donivan
Braddock
Donivan
Michael Bowiscut
Tustin Street
Zimber
Arthur Plater
Clark's Mill
Lawrenceville
Jones Avenue
Chicago Conservatory pupil mirrors Mrs. Potter in Delsarte display
Miss Mildred Holland a 22 year old pupil at the Chicago Conservatory drew attention by resembling Mrs. James Brown Potter. In three Delsarte tableaux she portrayed Grief Hatred and Mirth with striking facial expression and body language before instructor Anna Morgan.
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Chicago Conservatory
James Brown Potter
Mildred Holland
Chicago
Mrs. Brown Potter
Miss Holland
Mra Potter
Ostler Joe
Misa Anna Morgan
Delsarte
Miss Morgan
Silk garments and underwear sale at Rosenbaum Co
Advertises Black Silk Grenadines silk goods at 85c to 125 per item. Describes CampBett & Dice thin underwear from 25c to 100 in value. Rosenbaum & Co. warehouse sale promotes durable silk fabrics and elegant satin stripe options for customers.
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CampBett & Dice
Rosenbaum & Co
Bargains in Ginghrooms and Embroideries
Advertises reduced Ginghrooms and thousands of pieces on sale at 10c to 25c, featuring embroideries, tulles, draperies, nets, silks, floral designs, and picnic items. Includes umbrellas, hosiery, handkerchiefs, and all-wool chairs with assorted discounts and new designs.
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Bbc
Embezzlement Case Leads to Jail Stay
A. Rogers was sent to jail in default of 2000 bail after Alderman McMasters charged embezzlement in a case brought by A. Barry. Rogers a former Graff, Hougus & Co. salesman of ten years, is said to have embezzled large sums in recent years. Since leaving the firm he lived at Kittanning and worked in insurance. his family remains in Allegheny.
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Rogers
Alderman McMasters
A. ©. Barry
Graff, Hougus & Co
Kittanning
Allegheny
Summer Wear Catalog of Nainsook and Silk Garments
A listing describes summer apparel options including robes slips and skirts in fine nainsook and hand embroidery, cambric and nainsook garments, wrappers in flannels cashmere and china silk, dresses in cambric and nainsook, and shawls. It mentions flannel skirts cloaks long and short for various ages and styles.
Children and Misses Summer Wear Catalog
For children and misses jackets in plain and fancy flannels and cloths light summer weights ages 2 to 16 years white suits plain and embroidered white lawns large assortment Gingham dresses knitted suits tuxedo and lenox styles breezy outings wear cashmeres and serlin dresses in bright colorings and light summer weights
Sailor Style and Flannel Suits Offerings for Children
Ad highlights middie suits in white duck and Galatea with sailor flair. Flannel suits come in stripe and plain blue, Jersey suits in brown blue and dark green in sizes 3 to years. Small lot of slightly soiled White Lawn Dresses 7 to 10 years priced below one third of former values.
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Lees
Red Canopies and Summer Fabrics Price List
Red canopies ready to put up in pink and white. Seams of single place from 61 4 up to Si with sizes 72 inches by 9 yards and 100 inches by 10 yards. Summer fabrics in black French all wool challies 58 to 49 inches wide priced 6c to 7ia yard. Silk warp Charlies 1 to Bayard.
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Meadville
Wallsce
Stone
Strong Man
John H. Kerr
Kennedy—Hastings
J. W. Kinnear
Rush Lake
Wh. A. Sipe
Swentze
J. A. Fetzer
W. C. Beringer
SIFE
Jas. P. Witherow
Hotel Duquesne
J. B. Larkin
J. J. McCaffrey
Randall Club
Dellmater
Kennedy
Crawford
Spangler
Third National Bank
Clarke
Bradley
Maloney
Myler—Pattison
Dr. Hauseltine
Southside Opinions
Paul Som
A.C. Jarrett
C. C. Hersman
J. N. Jarrett
Lawrence McGrath
D. A. Jones
Felix Lafferty
W. F. Zoeller
Alderman Geary
Succop
Assembly
Fliet Glass Workers
Dilworth & Porter
Spike Mill
South Fourth Street
Edwin Strunz
Edwin Stranz
Windsor
de Chine
Pz Ie Fea Ory Sott
Black Reoeh
Biber & Eastok
Market Street
Gram, Hugues & Co
Kitcannlog
Jos. Horne & Co
Peon Avenue
Canada
Western
D. Luz & Son
Telephone
iTsu
Lad&es
Horne & C1
Penn Ave
Cashmers
Serlin
Horne & CO
Gobelin
Axminster
Moquette
Fittsburg
Best
Pate
Edward
Groetzinger
M. May, Sons
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