Two Girls Rescued From Chinese Laundry Opium Den
Dora Kreller and Bertha Parker, aged 12 and 13, were rescued from a Chinese opium joint on Wylie Avenue. They said they went for candy and denied taking opium. Police fear a citywide trap at wash shops but lack proof to prosecute Lung Wee and Chin Lang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Kreller
Bertha Parker
Wylie Avenue
Pittsburg
Lung Wee
Chin Lang
Police Bureau
Inspector McKelvey
Detective Robinson
Central
Dora Kreler
Buchanan Street
Alleckeny
Tover Avenue
Suspects Arrested in Store Robbery on South Seventeenth Street
Two of the men suspected of robbing Mrs. E. Schwartz's store on South Seventeenth Street were arrested. Officers Shaming and Cohen held William Mangan and John Burns in the Twenty Eighth Ward station house. They will be jailed for a preliminary hearing next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Schwartz
South Seventeenth Street
Shaming and
Cohen
William Mangan
John Burns
Twenty Eighth Ward
Gas nearly suffocates hack driver at Boston Hotel
Thomas Ewing, a hack driver living at the Boston Hotel on Fourth Avenue, was found nearly suffocated by gas last night after failing to turn it off before sleep. Physicians revived him, but he remained in a precarious condition for a time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Ewing
Boston
Fourth Avenue
Westinghouse proxies contest for Union Switch leadership
The fight for control of Union Switch and Signal rages over proxies for the upcoming meeting. Westinghouse and Goodman teams, led by Downstate reps in Pittsburg, claim majority or near parity as observers warn proxies may be dated for strategic advantage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westinghouse
Union Switch and Signal Company
Goodman
Pittsburg
Uptegraff
Mr. Uptegraff
Schoyer
Aptegraf
Rowand
Jlo
Hustling for Cash to Pay Employes
City officials among them Denniston and Brown secure funds on personal checks to cover February salaries for school teachers and some staff. The Liberty school teachers sent thanks as the appropriation ordinance moves, with final pay to await formal passage. Bigelow and Ford arrange partial payments for Public Works and delinquent tax positions, while most city workers await the appropriation’s action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denniston
Liberty
Chief Brown
Chief Bigelow
Ford
Mystery blaze at Seventh Avenue Hotel in cellar
A fire in the Seventh Avenue Hotel last night started in Fink's storeroom cellar when smoke appeared around 8 pm. A policeman forced entry, the joists burned, a still alarm brought No. 3 engine, and the flames were put out with a Babcock. Fire Marshal McFadden had suspected incendiary origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Avenue
Fink
No. 3 Engine House
Babcock
McFadden
Disturbance at Duffy's Hotel Leads to Police Stop
A quarrel involving six strangers erupted at Duffy's Hotel on Grant street last night. Bartender ejects the group, they chased each other to Smithfield street, where Officers Holmes, Cross and three others subdued them. At Central station the men gave homes as Mansfield C, Newark, Jersey City and Chicago. They appeared very tough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Station
Morganza Reform School
Inspector McKelvey
Duffy's Hotel
Grant Street
Smithfield Street
Holmes
Cross
John Sullivan
William Mason
William Lamert
James Dayton
Mansfield
Newark
Jersey City
Chicago
Eastern syndicate eyes corner lot for ten story hotel
A report claims an Eastern syndicate negotiating for Liberty and Sixth street corner extending to 609 Liberty to build a ten story hotel. The Smith heirs reportedly agree to lease the ground with one exception, but no names are given and the report lacks solid foundation amid a year of failed hotel schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty and
Sixth Street
Slong Liberty
Smith
Firemen Present Gold-Headed Cane to Williams
The Columbia Engine Company of Allegheny honored Harry W. Williams of the Academy of Music with a handsome gold headed cane. Lewis McMullen presented the gift on behalf of the firemen, noting the cane’s Duquesne relic stem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Engine Company
Allegheny
Harry W. Williams
Academy of Music
Williams
Lewis McMullen
Ft. Duquesne
Inquest Held On Nordstrom Mill Accident Victim
Deputy Coroner David Semple conducted an inquest in McKeesport into the death of Nils Edward Nordstrom an oiler killed in a rolling mill accident. Nordstrom was drawn into a spindle beside a finishing roll his legs were severed and his death occurred without witnesses though Albert Carlson the boss roller later found him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Semple
McKeesport
Nils Edward Nordstrom
Albert Carlson
Detective McTighe Nabs Mass Over Pawnshop Diamond
Detective McTighe arrested John Mass after a pawnshop attempt to sell a diamond claimed to be worth 50. At Central station Mass admitted borrowing the stone to secure a loan, the owner acknowledged it, and declined prosecution, but Mass remains locked up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McTighe
John Mass
Mass
Central Station
European travel prospects this summer captain predicts surge
Captain J. J. McCormick, steamship agent, reports bright prospects for European travel this summer with daily inquiries for first cabins. He cautions it is early to forecast but expects the rush to the Old World to surpass 1891, a year of phenomenal business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. McCormick
Larceny and arrests reported by city police
George Courrsrr was held for court on larceny of a gold watch and chain from Robert Schmidt. Mrs. Ertel Faxxtree of Allegheny had her 1 year old arrested for in corrigibility and was turned over to the Anti Cruelty Society. Josefh Garza reported a robbery on a streetcar involving jewelry worth 75 dollars. Witwatt W. Frirox was arrested on a warrant for a serious charge brought by Miss Kate Anderson of New Florence and will be transported back by Detective Fitzgerald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grorce Courrsrr
Alderman Gripp
Robert Schmidt
Ertel Faxxtree
Allegheny
Muth
Bett
Josefh Garza
Washington Street
Witwatt W. Frirox
Doggayesne
Fitzgerald
Fourteenth Wail
Kt. E. Anderson
New Florence
Dorland Endorses The Dispatch as Regional Ad Medium
Atlantic City advertising agent J M Dorland lauds The Dispatch as the leading advertising medium in Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and West Virginia. He claims the publication offers valuable information and presents a proper estimate of its worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Dorland
Atlantic City
Hill Democrats Split Over Philadelphia Anti Admin Move
Local leaders divided as Philadelphia announces a new anti administration Democratic organization aiming to revise rules and split representation. Guffey and Brennen dismiss bolts while Atwell and others back the move as strengthening the party. Pattison, Cleveland, and Hill are debated for national leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Harrity
Hill Democrats
Guffey
J. M. Guffey
W. J. Brennen
Mr. Brennen
James Atwell
Dunbar Sand Company
Mr. Atwell
Dallas Sanders
George McGowan
W.S. Stenger
Commonwealth
Pattison
Judge Gordon
M. J. Ryan
Philadelhia
H. B. Orr
Harrisburg
Morris Boney
A. H. Harris
Harritt Pattison
Alleghen County
Milligan Heads to Baltimore for Prison Association Congress
Reverend J L Milligan secretary of the National Prison Association traveled to Baltimore to confer with the Citizens Committee on hosting delegates for next summer's congress. The association met there ten years ago with ex Governor Seymour presiding while Rutherford B Hayes is named to be President of the forthcoming meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Milligan
National Prison Association
Baltimore
Citizens’ Committee
Seymour
Rutherford B. Hayes
Diptheria Cases and Anger in West End Strike City News
Two diphtheria cases and several scarletina cases reported by the Bureau of Health. West End youths attacked a Hebrew peddler Mark Rosson, who was knocked senseless but not seriously hurt. Miss Connie Stewart married George Reis at Webster Avenue home. ceremony by Rev David Jottes. Duquesne Traction rails along Frankstown avenue damaged by a ditch and awaiting repair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Health
Duquesne
West End
Mark Rosson
Tue Wen
Dunbar
Connie M. Stewart
Webster Avenue
George J. Reis
David Jottes
Reis
Rank Bros. & Co
New York
Duquesne Traction Company
Frankstown Avenue
Lambert Street
Lincoln Avenue
Philadelhia
Accused of False Pretense by Pittsburg Employment Agent
A. A. Allen an employment agent with a Pittsburg residence faces a hearing before Alderman Gripp after detectives arrested him on allegations of obtaining money under false pretenses. Advertisements promised readily available work but demanded 3 from applicants who left their addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Allen
Pittsburg
Central Police Station
Alderman Gripp
Allen
Diamond Street
Democrats Name Mayor Nominee Next Week in Allegheny
The Democratic City Committee of Allegheny postponed its meeting to Wednesday night to nominate a mayoral candidate, with Henry Baker, of the Eighth ward, considered likely. Republican headquarters buzzed with activity and betting as Kennedy events occurred in the Sixth and Thirteenth wards amid issuance of primary papers and election paraphernalia from the Republican Committee rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic City Committee of
Allegheny
Henry Baker
Republican Committee
Doctors Travel With Postmaster From Homestead to Philadelphia
Dr. Gladden of Homestead travels with Postmaster McKean to Philadelphia then to Old Point Comfort and plans to return to the city next Tuesday. McKean, long in Atlantic City for stomach trouble from desk confinement, reports walking ten miles daily and improving health. Gladden, Pension Examiner and physician to Senator Quay and the Postmaster, expects full recovery with continued exercise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Gladden
Homestead
Philadelphia
McKean
Old Point Comfort
Atlantic City
Gladdenaars
Appeals From County Valuations In Pittsburgh Wards
County Commissioners heard appeals on assessments for Pittsburgh wards Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth and Allegheny Ninth ward. In Thirty-fifth, assessors rose 19 percent, commissioners 30 percent. In Thirty-sixth, assessors rose 18 1/2 percent, commissioners 10 percent. Ninth ward saw a small rise and a 30 percent addition. Appeals to be heard today from Thirty-first ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Siemens and Vogel head to Chicago for branch search
O von Siemens and his manager A Vogel left Berlin for Chicago last night. They stayed a week at the Anderson and paused in Pittsburg to view the city. They seek a branch here but deem New York nearby and favor Chicago for their electric business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. von Siemens
Berlin
A. Vogel
Chicago
the Anderson
Pittsburg
New York
Windy City
Siemens
America
Mr. Siemens
Temperance Union Dinner At Moorhead Building
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union held a large dinner yesterday at their rooms in the Moorhead building Second avenue and Grant street. A fine repast was served and today the dinner will be repeated. Proceeds support the union's temperance work, a highly active local organization conducting public meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Moorhead
Second Avenue
Grant Street
Union
Boy nabbed for prowling at Black Diamond yard
Thomas Grady, 17, arrested by Officer Milligan during raids at the Black Diamond Steel Works. He was locked up in the Twelfth ward station after being caught prowling the yards amid ongoing thefts of scrap iron lumber tools and other small items by petty thieves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Grady
Milligan
Black Diamond
Twelfth Ward
Grady
Southside Hospital Building Fund Grows with Local Gifts
The Southside Hospital building fund continues to grow as communities on that side donate amounts from 85 to 100 dollars. Last night Southside Council No. T Independent Sovereigns of Industry contributed 50 dollars. directors received a proposal for a mammoth benefit concert planned for early May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southside Hospital
Couieties
Southside Council No. T
Independent Sovereigns of Industry
Little Kate McNichol Taken to West Penn Hospital
Officer Brady Thompson picked up Kate McNichol on Penn avenue. She is now at West Penn Hospital recounting neglect and abuse. A family at 2805 Penn avenue housed her until yesterday as a large leg sore developed over two days. The Eastern Ohio and Pittsburg Conference of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints meets next Saturday at 1 30 PM with President W W Blair and Rev G G Griffiths among speakers at hall 67 Wood street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate McNichol
Brady Thompson
Penn Avenue
West Penn Hospital
Esterday
Eastern
Ohio and
Pittsburg
The
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
W. W. Blair
G. G. Griffiths
L. W. Powell
Detroit
Blair
Hall
Wood Street
People Coming and Going at City Hotels and Meetings
James B. Scott George N. Riley and A. J. Barr returned from Harrisburg on the limited last evening. Riley and Barr attended a meeting of the State World's Fair Commissioners. Victor F. Lawson of the Chicago News predicted Congress will grant World’s Fair appropriations. Adelina Patti arrived midnight on a Baltimore and Ohio train from Cincinnati and registered at the Duquesne Hotel. Several locals and visitors, including Adelina Patti and Judge Harry White, were noted at city hotels. a sale of ladies jackets was announced at the Schlosser, Fleischman & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Scott
George N. Riley
A. J. Barr
Harrisburg
Messrs. Riley
Barr
Mr. Riley
Victor F. Lawson
The
Chicago News
Ayer
Congress
Ad Gumbert
Anson
Gumbert
Adelina Patti
Baltimore and Ohio Road
Cincinnati
Duquesne Hotel
College in Court Appeals for Reopening Avery College
The Rev. Dr. R S Laws urges white and colored clergy to aid in reopening Avery College in Allegheny City. He favors mixed schools but says colored teachers are best for training Afro American youths and calls on trustees and courts to appoint a faculty to restart terms, aiming for early fall reopening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R S&s Laws
D. D
Green Street Baptist Church
Allegheny
Allegheny Baptist Association of
Western Pennsylvania
Avery College
Allegheny City
Council of Baptists
Methodists
Presbyterians
Pittsburg
Vicinity
Dr. Laws
Avery
Colored College
Laws
Fires Wreak Havoc in Multiple Cities
Fire in Baltimore damaged a strawboard mill with machinery from an original plant cost of 170000, partly insured. Bayonne Hotel St Charles kitchen and dining areas gutted with no casualties. In New York Van Tassell Campbell Iron Works and two tenements evacuated after a scare. Mahanoy City saw two frame buildings vacated as a missing daughter was feared to be inside. In Harrisburg Monaghan Bay Co shoe factory loss of 75002 with 250 workers displaced. Detroit buildings housing Reed Glass and Confectionery gutted. stock losses about 130000 and 110000 insured respectively. total loss and insurance figures given for buildings and businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Bayonne
N.J
St. Charles
New York
van Tassell & Campbell Iron Works
Damace
Mahanoy City
Michael Moliski
John Budski
Younge
Budski
Abman
John Primpton
Wyllie Avenue
Detroit
William Reed Glass Company
Detroit Confectionery and Fruit Tablet Company
Confectionery Company
David Whitnr, Jr
Bargain Fur Sale At Jos HorNE & Co Penn Ave
Bargain prices in furs with military capes and seal jackets advertised below market. Sale notes seals jackets of various lengths priced from $100 and up. Jos HorNE & Co. promotes an excursion to Washington D C via B and O Railroad on March 10 1892 with round trip nine dollars and ten day validity. Trains depart B and O station at 8 AM and 9 20 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos. Horne & Co
Penn Avenue
Washington, D. C
Directors Elected for Pittsborg Akron and Western Railway
At a meeting in Akron Ohio directors chosen include James D Callery Jr William Semple W W McCracken W A Lynch D E Hill A L Conger Lewis Miller C W Risley J H Sample for Granville The Akron and Eastern Company formed with Lynch Miller Hill Conger Risley Holloway Taylor Eaton Also discussed route for Eastern outlet from Akron to the Pennsylvania line favoring Clinton air line from Hudson to Kinsman via Portage Geauga and Trumbull counties with prior expenditure of 300000 on the line
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsborg, Akron and Western Railway
Hell
Akron
James D. Callery, Jr
Pittsburg
William Semple
Allegheny
W. W. McCracken
New York City
W. A. Lynch
Canton
D. E. Hill
A. L. Conger
Lewis Miller
C. W. Risley
Delphos
J. H. Sample
Granville
Akron and Eastern Company
Western
Pennsylvania Line
Clinton Air Line
Hudson, O
Kinsman
State Line
Portage
Geanza
Trumbull
New Silks Offerings Include Changeable Foolards and More
A sales list presents new silk fabrics including changeable foolards in varied weaves and colors from $1 to $2 per yard, new glades in stripes and figures from $1.25 to $2.50, new brocades with fleur de lis and Jardinier designs from $1 to $3, and black Jap silks from Tokio at 75c to $1.25 per yard. Additional sarahs and surahs add to the stock with extra value and special prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jardinier
India Silks Display Delights City Ladies
A prominent fabric feature praises India silks as a superb new stock, claiming unmatched collection from world marts to please the eyes of city ladies, asserting its display surpasses all others in the region.
Six Hundred Styles in Stripes and Floral Prints
A vivid description of patterns and grounds for textiles, detailing stripes of varied sizes and shapes and flowers in diverse shades. Mentions black or white grounds and prints in 2 4 and 6 toned processes highlighting a broad catalog of designs.
India Silk Prices and Special Silk Offers
Special value India Silk in Black Ground with Swivel Fleur de Lis designs available in Heliotrope Rose Gold or Blue at 1.50 a yard. Colored Jap Wash Silk offered in 30 shades at 0.75 a yard. New White Jap Silks 27 inches wide priced 0.65 0.75 1.00 and 1.25 per yard. Readers urged to visit during opening days to view fresh stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Also Mentioned on This Page
O'Mara
Sung Wee
Byron W. King
Ignatius Donnelly
Donnelly
King
Jagged
Polles
Prospects For Ocean Travel
Pennsylvania
Cleveland and
Randall
Cassidy
Haveen
Democratic Party
O’brien
Harritt and
McWilliams
Hill
Indiana
Gorman
Pattisons
Northside
Mr. McKean
M. and
E. Deming
Salem
H. Brinton
Lancaster
Anderson
A. J. Dull
M. McFarland
Meadville
George D. Gilbert
Corry
H. Truman
Brookville
Seventh Avenue Hotel
J. B. Williams
Ravenna
H. A. Douglas
West Newton
St. Chaniel
Harry White
George B. Lyons
Schlosser
Fleishman & Co
Court
Ulso
Jos
Horse & Co
Pittsburg, Akron and Western Railway
Perrysville Avenue
Spring Hill
Seventh Ward
W.V. Deemitt & CO
Bartlet
Anges and Broilers
J. C. Bartlett
Edward
Groetzinger
Biber & Easton
SILK
Ogures
Want
Just
J. Kerwin Miller & CO
Smithild St
Pitsburg, Pa
Lousa
Pittabuzz
Jos. Horne
Penn Avenue Stores
Tokio
Penn Avs
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