Judge Ewingpresses Grand Jury as True Bill Seeks Speed
Judge Ewing criticized the grand jury for delaying work while noting they returned 15 verdicts this afternoon. Several defendants faced guilty verdicts including Martin Flaherty for attempted safe burglary, Enware Courtney for the same offense, and Patrick Butler with Michael Graham for coal theft from the B and O Railroad. A jury is still deliberating in the watch theft case of George Gallagher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ewing
Martin Flaherty
Edward House
Forbes Street
Enware Courtney
John Mickhist
John Roidwinski
Mickhist
Rodwinski
Aughinbaugh
Patrick Butler
Michael Graham
George Owens
Eva Reynolds
James Bryant
John Hancer
Qwen Latimore
Thomas Quinn
George Gallagher
Mrs Ranch
Salvadore Picke
Chris Calisfarno
John Aughinbaugh
J. J. McQuaide
Grand Jury Returns True Bills Including Wagner Murder Case
The grand jury returned true bills against Louis Wagner for murder and involuntary manslaughter after a fatal hammer blow on John Bond at McNulty's livery stable in the East End. Bond, 44, died at Mercy Hospital with a fractured skull. Other true bills involve Acres Tanker for murder of a child, and various defendants facing charges from malicious mischief to selling liquor without license. Some bills were ignored or reduced to misdemeanors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Wagner
Pit
John Bond
Wagner
Mercy Hospital
McNulty
East End
Aew
Acres Tanker
Charles Yonkers
Jon Lappy
Esos Roddick
Steinmeyer
Frederick Riley
Lease Trouble Delays Oil Land Deal in Ross Township
The Kanawha Oil Company filed a bill in equity against Mrs B Williams and J C Thompson Esquire over a ten acre oil lease in Ross Township. Williams allegedly entrusted the lease and security funds to Thompson until tenant consent was obtained. Thompson says he returned the documents to Williams who refused to lease, and the company seeks either restoration of the lease or a copy enforceable by the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ekanawhs Oil Company
B. Williams
J. C. Thompson
Court sentences postal offender to one year jail
Patrick Crown pleaded guilty in the United States Court to sending obscene matter through the mails and was sentenced to one year in Lackawanna jail. Sarah Buchanan and Kate Schron were convicted previously. Brown evaded arrest as the others faced related charges. James McDonald filed a libel in admiralty in the U S District Court seeking two hundred dollars for wages and board on the steamboat Beaver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Crown
United States
Lackawanna
Sarah Buchanan
Kate Schron
Brown
James McDonald
Beaver
Resteriay
United States District Court
McDonald
Widow Sues Patent Medicine Vendor for Husband’s Death
Mrs. Josephine Fisher sues Charles Bower for damages in the death of Frederick Fisher. The East End vendor of patent medicines allegedly treated him for indigestion and typhoid fever, misdiagnosed the illness, and then Fisher died. The case proceeds before Judge Stowe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Fisher
Charles Bower
Stowe
Hower
Collins and
Penn Avenue
East End
Frederick Fisher
Mrs Elizabeth Upperman Seeks Divorce From Deserting Husband
Elizabeth Upperman also known as Miss Davis sues George Upperman for divorce alleging desertion and three years of non support. She is about 75, residing at 2018 Larkin's Alley Southside, married May 2 1818. couple has children and grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Upperman
Larkin's Alley
Southside
George Upperman
Upperman
Davis
Mrapprerens
Ground attacked by railroad sparks court battle in Reynoldton
A bill in equity filed yesterday by Robert B. McMasters and others, owners of a Reyneldton borough lot, seeks an injunction against the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railway Company for laying tracks through their property without right. They allege blasting damaged houses and endangered tenants, naming numerous Common Pleas cases and parties in the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. McMasters
Reyneldton
Pittsburg
Lake Erie Railway
Westinghouse Patent Suit Sues Gas Company
In U S Circuit Court yesterday George Westinghouse Jr and Philadelphia Company sued Chartiers Valley Gas for infringement of S Verner patent for one deen and fines for nations pu Te. They deny infringement and claim the invention is not new. A separate Williams suit against Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal and Coke for injuries from a Port Royal mine explosion proceeds with allegations of inadequate ventilation and firedamp, while the defense cites miner negligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
George Westinghouse, Jr
Philadelphia
Chartiers Valley Gas Company
S. Verner
Claalex
Robert R. Williams
Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Company
Port Royal
Williams
Court Notes and Civil Actions Reported
Notes from the Court House show the Philadelphia Company versus Park Bros Co on natural gas use for mill lighting still on trial before Judge Collier. Mary Barnatz sues Matthew Barnatz in a divorce filing, alleging marriage and desertion. Fisher sues Pitsburg Allegheny and Manchester for 1000 in damages. STORGER receives a scie for 20 in a suit against Pitts y Lake Erie Railroad for injuries from a train strike.
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Philadelphia
Park Bros. &Co
Collier
Mary Barnatz
Matthew Barnatz
Jenny
Fisher
Pitsburg, Allegheny and Mancheswen
eSes Company
Storger
Pittsy and Lake Erie Railroad Company
Aosses
Lynchings murder trial closes in Whitehall Wisconsin
Rioters from nearby farms face charges as jurists consider murder in the first degree in the Olsen lynching case. The wife and son of the murdered man and Ole Sleeto testify, while about thirty others plead guilty to rioting and conspiracy. The judge rejects a lesser offense request and maintains a murder in the first degree charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Olsen
Whitehall
Wis
Ole Sleeto
Title Town
Seasickness Prevention Claim by Germanic Steward
Dr Price of the White Star 8 Germanic touts Horsford’s Acid Phosphate as effective for seasickness when taken in time. Also announces affordable ribbons at Los Harne & Co. with black satin edgepro grain ribbon priced per piece of ten yards. Bargain appeal targets dressmakers and shoppers at Penn Avenue Stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horsford
Price
White Star
Europe
Los. Harne & Co
Penn Avenue
Bargains on 20 Men’s Spring Overcoats and Suits
For men’s wear today, 20 distinct spring overcoat styles in light and dark colors priced at $10. Men’s fine suits also at $10. Located at PCC C corner Grant and Diamond streets, opposite the new Court House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.C.C. C
Cor. Grant
Diamond Sta
New Court House
Early spring opening at Sonnenberg's Society Gallery
Street carriage and traveling presses open Thursday to Saturday March 13 to 15. Pancets & Jones at 29 Fifth Ave offer a free aquarelle 8x10 photo with every dozen cabinet photos for one week only at Sonnenberg's Society Gallery No 35 Fifth Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pancets & Jones
Fifth Ave
Sonnenberg’s
Society Gallery
B and O excursion tickets to Washington March 20
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announces excursion tickets to Washington D C for visit to Baltimore on Thursday March 20 at nine dollars round trip. Trains depart at 8 a m and 9 20 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.&o. K. Rk Ats
Washington, D. C
Baltimore
Handsome watercolor portrait offer at Hendricks & Co.
An 8 by 10 watercolor portrait of you or your child is offered for $1 at Hendricks & Co 68 Federal Street Allegheny. The notice emphasizes it as not an advertising scheme and promises a handsome picture.
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Hendricks & Co
Federal St
Allegheny
Scott
R. G. Dun & Co
Germania Bank
Wood Street
Diamond
Pittsburg
North America
North American
New York
Chicago
Aorcent —Ress
Mail
Philadelhia Express
Greensburg
Brooklyn
N. T
Union Station
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Dail - Southwest Penn Railway
Uniontown
Gene Butler
Springdale
Land
Teeport
Belkin
Western Express
Ney
Pacific Experence
North Apollo
Sadan
Bilal
Muller
Butler
Freeport
Sundar
Erer
ASE
Tae Orth Apollo
Monongah
Wew
Tor Monongashels City
West Brownsville
Paicatowe
Monongahela City
West Elizabeth
Mandli
Fourth Avenue
Try Street
Chas. EF Pugh
Toledo
Cleveland
Sado
Youngstown
Niles
Ville
Sheend Somim
Jamestown
Massillon
M. Wheeling
Bellaire
Beaver Wall
Leetsdale
Spaut
Leboreay
Wochedten
Beaver Fall
Enon
Conway
Wilera
Beaver
Tia
Rochester
Fair Oaks
Sda
Aliye
Prices Slashed at Hauch’s Fifth Avenue Store
Show window displays pricing 30 percent below rivals in the city section. Advertisement urges shoppers to compare with other houses while promoting Iron City Brewing Co. beer as the most popular choice, available through first class dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hauch’s
Iron City Brewing Co
S. Aill
Sanford's Radical Cure for Catarrh Adverts Potent Remedy
An illustrated 19th century sale touts Sanford's Radical Cure for catarrh, detailing symptoms from nasal inflammation to loss of taste and smell. It promotes Sanroxp's Rapical Cung for inhalation and internal use, with claimed cures and strong language about eradication, priced with Potter Device and Chemical Corporation in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanroxp
Sanford
L. Potter Dxve and Chemical Corporation
Boston
Biothers Anti-Pain Plaster Ad Promises Quick Relief
An advertises Biothers Anti-Pain Plaster claiming instant relief for back, kidney and uterine pains and weakness. It touts novelty and infallibility, with prices five for $1.00 and postage-free from TTER Dive and Chemical Corporation in Boston, Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TTER
Anp Chemical Corporation
Hoston
Mass
Lamp-Chimney Quality and the Pearl-Top Breaker
A brief comparison of two lamp-chimney types, one breakable and the other durable. The ad argues grocers and glass-makers prefer the non-breaking version, the "pearl-top" top made by Macbeth & Co. of Pittsburg, noting the breaker may fail soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macbeth & Co
Pittsburg
Unscrupulous liquor dealers imitate my label claims
A dealer denounces imitators of his bottle labels for Guckenheimer Finch Overholt and Gibson whiskies sold at high prices. He touts Silver Age Pure Rye as physician recommended and government protected, priced at 150 a quart, 500 for six quarts, and offers wines brandies and cigars with a full catalog from Klelns 82 Federal street Allegheny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guckenheimer
Finch
Overholt
Gibson
United States
California
Kleln's
Federal Street
Allegheny
N. B
90 Percent Discount on All Men and Boy Clothing
A local retailer advertises a 90 percent discount on all clothing for men boys and children. The sale claims to beat Wanamaker Brown’s prices by 20 percent with winter and spring weights including light spring overcoats. Clothing made to measure offered with chosen cloth and style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanamaker & Brown
Congress
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Stash
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Tassey
Ve Roessing
Scheluman
Alma Insurance Company
McCracken & Sen
Hornberger
Ralte
Chapman
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Scanlon
Baughman
Household Credit Company
Va Walker
Heinz
Reinake
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Kreiling
Kress
Saanguios
Commonwealth
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Frank Brown
Lyman Pearl
John Gartner
Elizabeth Murray
James Cunningham
Aurilla Collins
Elmer Godfrey
Salvadore Ricke
William Crow
Thomas Terner
Harry Cook
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Reldick
Charion O. McGen
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Clemkloskie
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W. E. Kuhayek
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James Paso
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Paten
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St. Helens
Lancashire
England
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Holland
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the Dispatch Business Office
Etitsburg and Western Railway
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Pullman Buffet
Douglas & Mace
Mbhli-Suwr
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State Line
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Dublin
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State of California
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Hite Star Line
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Anchor Line
Atlantic Express
City OF
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Baturdway
Londonderry
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W. Semple, Jr
Southampton
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W.M. Laird
Wholesale House
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Singer Machines
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