Delegates at stake in Twenty third district race and Rutan warrants
The Twenty third district GOP delegate contest ends with Joseph S Davidson chosen to accompany Witherow to the national convention. Senator Rutan files warrants against Alderman Schellman and election-board members over primaries in Allegheny Fifth ward Third precinct. Davidson is a Bank president and ally of Witherow. outcome hinges on Third precinct contest, with 202 votes at stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twentythird Congressional District
Joseph S. Davidson
Withcrow
Davidson
Witherow
Oliver
Twentythird
B. F. Jones
Wyman
Henricks
Jones
Henrici
Chalfant
Twenty-third District
Thadot
Second National Bank
Pennsylvania
Harrison
Witherew
Allegheny
Rutan
Schellman
George J. Rudolph
Election Board
Martin Oliver
James Routh
Charles Phinney
Constalle Roll
Mr. Tintan
City of
Reform
Sheffield Street
Parke-May
Holman Gray
Tanth
Holman-Gray
Paske
Mar
Parke
Fifth Ward
James Leillie
May
John Dinmer
Holman
Gray
Henderson
Holman and
Ditemer
Gg Egg Ig
Neeb
Morrison Treasurer-elect Denies Rutan Charges
John Morrison states there are no grounds for the accusations by Senator Rutan. He says he does not know the delegate candidates or his brother’s actions and denies giving any political instructions. Morrison notes a political history with Rutan, plans to move his family to near Philadelphia, and will return to Bellevue until his term ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrison
John Morrison
Rutan
Allegheny
Holman and Gray
Neeb
Senate
House of Representatives
Philadelphia
Allegheny County
Bellevue
Tin in Mexico a costly extraction method delays progress
Silas Adsit of Durango, superintendent of the Pittsburgh and Mexican Tin Mining Co., says their tin extraction is expensive and most work is underground. He notes 225 miles to a railroad, 100 miles to the iron horse with Huntington’s line expansion planned, and that the company sent a carload of tin to the States last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adsit
Silas Adsit
Durango
Monongahela House
Pittsburgh and Mexican Tin Mining Company
C. P. Huntington
Iron Horse
Garza
Mexico
Delegates Arrive for Machinery Trades Conference
About ten delegates meet at the St. Charles Hotel to discuss forming a federation of machinery constructors. They represent 25,000 workmen in areas contributing to machinery production and aim to frame a constitution and by laws for approval by concerned organizations. Delegates include John A. Penton Daniel Schants and Daniel Bell along with leaders T. J. McGonnell and Thomas Wisdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Charles
Machinery Constructors, Federation
John A. Penton
International Brotherhood of Machinery Molders
Daniel Schants
Combined Machinery Trades of
Chicago
Daniel Bell
Foundry Trades’ Council of
New York
T. J. McGonnell
Pittsburg
Thomas Wisdom
Baltimore and Ohio Builds Large Private Electric Plant
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad constructs a major private electric plant in the city to light the depot and yards at Glenwood and the shops there. The building measures 80 by 30 feet and will house two 80 horsepower engines and five dynamos using the Thomson Houston system. The project is slated to be ready for operation in 30. The company also erects an iron building 125 by 25 feet near the Panhandle bridge to serve as a depot for the United States Express Company with the yard master’s office upstairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Road
Glenwood
Thomson-Houston
Baltimore and Ohio
Panhandle Bridge
United States Express Company
Mooney Arrested in Felonious Assault Case After Party Beatdown
Thomas Mooney was arrested Saturday by Detective Kelly on a felonious assault and battery charge in front of Alderman Suncoop by John Hogue. Mooney, of West Carson Street near the Point Bridge, reportedly struck Hogue with a beer glass during a party quarrel. Bail set at 500 dollars for a hearing today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Mooney
Kelly
Suncoop
John Hogue
Mooney
West Carson Street
Point Bridge
Hogue
Gas Well Struck Near City Limits on Plank Road
A gas well was struck in the West End near the city limits on Plank road. The company is led by chief stockholders J. T. Fox and J. L. Swearer. Gas flowed at 2,200 feet, with 2,455 feet showing gas and 900 pounds rock pressure. The well was capped after easing. Philadelphia Company agents have visited and are negotiating to buy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End
Plank Road
J. T. Fox
J. L. Swearer
Philadelphia Company
Unclaimed Soldier From 17 Shingiss Street Identified
James Loughrey at the public morgue reviewed the record of Robert Preston, an old soldier found dead last Friday behind 17 Shingiss Street and still unclaimed. Preston enlisted in Company C of the Sixty third Pennsylvania Volunteers on August 1, 1861 and was discharged for sickness on December 15, 1862. Friends are unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Loughrey
Robert Preston
Shingiss Street
Bates
Preston
Pennsylvania
Deficiency in City Receipts Spurs Court Action on Classification Rule
An analysis by the City Controller shows last year's overestimate of city receipts by 360499.44 and an appropriation of 4464999.61 against actual available 4104490.12. The gap, partly covered by a 150000 contingency advance, prompts lawsuits over the Board of Assessors classification rules as critics urge a common sense approach to rural versus built up property and tax assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finance Committee
Penn Avenue
Bureau of Palace
Bureau of Fire
Bureau of Health
Department of Charities
Board of Assessors
East End
Philadelphia
Moder
Negley
Hungarian Slashed by Strangers in Welsh Road Assault
Louis Grasoliski, a Hungarian, was found at Twenty eighth ward station badly cut after an attack at 12 30 near Welsh road. Martin Benedict, from Josephine street, also injured, describes a fight with five men. Police, led by Acting Inspector Kelly and Captain Stewart, investigate in a row said to have occurred in a lodging house with quieted participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Grasoliski
Twenty Eighth Ward
Grasoliski
Inspector Kelly
Captain Stewart
Martin Benedict
Josephine Street
Benedict
Ing House
Patti and Her Sick Dog at the Duquesne Hotel
Patti keeps a strict daily menu for her sick dog Jip with a regular physician giving pills. The diva arrived late after a five hour delay and demanded the room temperature set at 60, while staff and servants offered a fair send off despite her foul mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patti
Duquesne
Jip
Smithfield Street
Mme. Lehman
Locke
Liberty Avenue
Coblenz Discusses Pattison and politics in Washington
Isadore Coblenz and his son Gershon travel to Washington to weigh Democratic politics on the North Side. He disputes a Pattison with Hill deal, backs a Cleveland man for re nomination, and notes Pattison and Harrity are far apart while not condemning the Governor for an appointment error. A separate incident reports John Whitter narrowly escaping death after falling into a car shed vault at East Liberty and sustaining cuts before being taken home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isadore Coblenz
Gershon Coblenz
New York
Washington
Mr. Coblenz
Pattison
Hill
Minute
Cleveland
Grover
Harrity
John Whitter
Lawrenceville
Citizens’ Traction Company
East Liberty
Whitter
Penn Avenue
Butler Street
Death of Milton Ziegler After Hawkins Station Crash
Milton Ziegler died at West Penn Hospital from injuries suffered in the Hawkins station railroad accident on the 24th of last month. He was 21, a machinist, and died from a fractured skull after being unable to speak since the crash that killed William Dewar and Alice Gaskell. An inquest was planned for today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Ziegler
West Penn Hospital
Ziegler
William Dewar
Alice Gaskell
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hawkins Station
Opera House To Stage Satan Tonight With Miss Osborne
Illness at Miss Marlowe would not close the Grand Opera House this week. Manager Wilt secured Pon pre Osborne for tonight and the week. Osborne, a noted beauty and artiste, joins a well recommended company in the Sardon production Satan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Marlowe
Grand Opera House
Wilt
Pon Pre Osborne
Sardon
Satan
Miss Osborne
Insane Inmate Remanded From Workhouse After Larceny
Fergie Heinz, previously jailed for five months for stealing fruit from the Pennsylvania donor on Liberty Street, was brought to the City Home insane department by court order after becoming violently insane on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fergie Heinz
Liberty Street
Mystery surrounds death and infant murder in Millvale
Millvale residents wake to a grim case as Celia Kane, 18, is jailed on suspicion of murdering an infant found behind a house. Coroner McDowell orders autopsy and a 2 PM inquest. A second body, unidentifiable, is found in Braddock Waters with letters suggesting identity. investigators pursue clues and an inquest following Braddocks and Walls searches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celis Kane
Millvale
Allegheny
West Penn
Celia Kane
McDowell
DisPatch
Braddock
Fifth Street
George Dehsimovies
Austria Hungary
Walls
Accomplice in pocketbook theft detained after streetcar crime
Inspector McKelvey found Thomas Grogan at the Twelfth ward station after Grogan had been sought by downtown police. He is tied to Eddie Steele who was jailed Saturday for stealing a Mrs Harrington pocketbook containing $9 on a West End streetcar. Grogan was arrested for disorderly conduct on Penn avenue, fined 25 dollars plus costs, and held when unable to post the amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKelvey
Thomas Grogan
Twelfth Ward
Eddie Steele
Harrington
West End
Grocan
Penn Avenue
Moorhead Arrested for False Pretense in Bloomfield
George Moorhead was arrested Saturday on false pretense charges by Anna Bingham of Bloomfield. She alleges he posed as a real estate agent, rented a house on Garfield Avenue, collected a month’s rent, then moved in. He was held on $500 bail for a Monday hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Moorhead
Anna Bingham
Bloomfield
Bingham
Moorhead
Garfield Avenue
One-Armed Peddler Arrested After Lodging House Theft
Dennis J. Quirk, a one-armed peddler, was arrested by Officer McEvoy after a lodging-house guest, P. Mackie, reported Quirk snatched $5 during a Sunday stay on Fourth Avenue below Market Street. The incident followed a claim of quarrelsome behavior and unresolved lodging. A. J. MacDonald Named Manager of Wellington House in Chicago. He previously worked at Schlosser and Duquesne with years of clerical experience and local ties in Pittsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis J. Quirk
McEvoy
8. P. Mackie
Quirk
Ekie
Fourth Avenue
Market Street
A. J. MacDonald
Wellington House
Chicago
Mac
Schlosser
Windy City
Duquesne
Pittsburg
Collisions with the law spark arrests across streets
Police busted a Pike Street speakeasy run by John Finkelberg arresting proprietor Harry Dippenbach and a visitor Michael Murray. Lively disorderly conduct cases spread to Twelfth ward with arrests of Michard Bardock and Joseph Bernard. Other suspects Thomas Jones William Sussia and James Smith jailed as suspicious roamers after a church day incident. Local patrols report robberies near Seton Avenue Brady Street and nearby cellars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wittus Day
Homewood
Lieutexant T Gallast
John Finkelberg
Twelfth
Pike Streets
Twelfth Ward
Pike Street
Harry Dippenbach
Michael Murray
Michard Bardock
Joseph Bernard
Twenty Eighth Wari
Rnard
Burdock
Yes
Thomas Jones
William Sussia
James Smith
Captain McLaughlin
Soho
Fourteenth Ward
Cap
Hug Fagan
Seton Avenue
Brady Street
Tale of a Hitch in the Deal Between Railroads
Local railroad officials question the transfer of the Pittsburg and Western to the Baltimore and Ohio. March 1 possession date eludes, with officials unsure of plans and improvements, citing a possible hitch and a lack of knowledge among both lines. The Drexel Morgan syndicate may control until May 1, and substantial upgrades are unlikely before next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg and Western Road
Thomas M. King
Pittsburg and Western
Baltimore and Ohio
Baltimore and
Drexel, Morgan Syndicate
Pittsburg
Western
Patton
B. & C. Peole
The Poor Girl Found Unconscious After Gas Leak
Mary Sandel a 16 year old German domestic worker for William Udick in South Twelfth street was found unconscious in bed at 2 o clock Sunday morning after gas had escaped from a room she had just left. Dr Conan treated her and she revived by noon. The escape narrowly prevented death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Sandel
William Udick
South Twelfth Street
Mary
Three Days Sale in Basement Bargain Department
In our well lighted basement P. C. Clothiers offers 1500 men cassimere suits and fancy worsteds at 590, 500 boys suits at 122 and 180, 500 boys long pants at 275 and 390, knee pants 24c to 36c, 00 pants at 120 and 140, waist department closed 33c, single vests from 55c to 130, sale lasting three days. Corner Grant and Diamond streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bb. CG. C C
Clothiers
BP. G
Grant
Diamond Streets
Hopper Bros. & Co. Advertise Inexpensive House Furnishings
The firm promotes April delivery with terms including 20 percent discount for spot cash and other staged discounts for 60 day and longer settlements. They emphasize low prices and house furnishings, storing goods at no charge and extending varied credit limits by amount. Also notes excursions, to-let lists, and exclusive silk imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopper Bros. & Co
Wood Street
Night car service eyed as electric line nears operation
The Central Traction Company plans to complete overhead wires and begin service by early April. Night cars are demanded to serve Washington street to Herron Hill, with officials and residents arguing it will boost accessibility and profits. Local figures endorse the plan and cite possible power-sharing with Duquesne power for after-hours runs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Traction Company
Washington Street
Herron Hill
Wylie Avenue
Fulton
McCandless
C. B. Wood
Conneilman McEldowney
Thirteenth Ward
J. O. Brown
A. Duncan
Randall Club
McDowell
Tom
Central
Duquesne
Grant Street
Duquesne Company
George L Whitney
T. A. Gillespie
Rental Advertisements Draw Reader Interest This Season
The Dispatch notes that to let advertisements are especially interesting to renters this time of year and praises its columns as the best for finding listings and notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dispatch
HUGUS AND HACKE OFFER NEW NOVELTIES IN FABRICS
An immense variety of choice novelties and plain fabrics at 50c to $2.50 a yard. All-wool cheviot camel's hair homespun blends and rich textures, plus crepons jacquard figures and broadcloths in new colors. The shop announces new lines of French robes and Parisian dinner and street dresses with daily arrivals of jackets wraps capes and long garments.
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Tin
Saw Mill Row
Better
Reno
Patii
Monontahela
Robbe! Eis
Piteburger
Washington, D. C
Baltimore
Jos
Jos. Horse & Co
the Central
Cloak Department
Fifth Ave
Market St
E. P. Roberts & Sons
Ieee
Pittsburg, Pa
Jos. Horne
Penn Avenue Stores
Hamburg
Messrs. Steiger & Co
St Gail
Switzerland
Messrs
Freto, CuHarpman & Fenner
JOS. Horne & CO
PENN
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