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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1890
Page
12
Midnight rain and mountain snowmelt swell the Ohio tributaries including the Clarion and Kiskimendas. Water nears 60 feet in Cincinnati while rivers flood streets and cellars in Pittsburgh. Businesses move stock to safety and docks prepare for rising levels at Davis Island dam.
Telegrams report rising waters from the Monongahela at Weston and Morgantown to the Potomac and Cheat rivers. Flood fears grow in Wheeling Island and Piedmont as tremors of flood reach McKeesport and Johnstown with mills and furnaces diverting to protection.
A horse and a mule pulling a wagon labeled Colvin Atwell & Co. bolted after noon oats on the Monongahela levee near the Monongahela House. The tongue passed beneath a coal barge, leaving the rear of the wagon visible while the pair shied from the incident, amusing spectators with their bewildered expressions.
Last evening William Stroman 41 fell from a table in a boarding house on Matilda Street West Penn Hospital treated his broken left leg in two places. Charles Keefer a railroad brakeman had his arm crushed while coupling at Scottdale and taken to West Penn Hospital. Patrick Manning an elderly man on Enoch Street fell from a cable car at Wylie Avenue and Roberts Street fracturing his right arm and injuring his back. Harry Fahnestock employed at McClaren's drugstore had his right foot crushed by a falling barrel of oil and was cared for by Dr. Davis. Michael Toole a Clinton mill millwright had a mangled hand after catching it between a windstore and its framework. A team of frightened horses ran from car 24 on the Birmingham streetcar line from Fifth Avenue to Second, the driver was jerked over the dash but no one was hurt.
At a Southside Contracting Plasterers Association meeting in Alderman Flach's office the group voted to ban lump contracts. Rates are set at 28 cents per yard or per square yard with expulsion and public naming as penalty for violations. Journeymen agree that nine hours will equal two days of work until July 1. Secretary Flach says rates won’t raise building costs, but contract methods curb contractor dishonesty.
Thirty Prohibitionists met in the Moorhead building and formed a local State Prohibition Party League. J A McConnell was elected County Chairman with appointment rights for secretaries. Talley Morgan led a speech urging nonpartisan Prohibition and political machinery, inviting all over 15 to join, 25 cents or 5 dollars for life membership.
Sergeant David Myers of Central station said the list of lodgers has shrunk as refusals to accommodate casuals increased on Saturday nights. The Police Bureau adopted the method to relieve crowding by regular customers and hopes for satisfactory results.
Superintendent J A Faux reports from the Toledo gas engineers gathering. The three day convention closed with strong industry activity and booming gas business overall. Pittsburg sees growth despite its 38 cities relying on natural gas for illumination.
Toledo holds authority to set gas charges and regulate meters. Contracts expire July 1 as companies propose meter-based pricing instead of current mixer rates. City council committee gathered information on regulating charges last week.
Frank Shanley of Mt. Washington with L. Boggs traveled to Salt Lake City Utah and reported purchasing real estate there valued over $20 000 He says strong excitement exists and expects to profit He and Boggs will tour California before returning home around May 1.
The article details selected speakers for the Scotch-Irish Congress in Machinery Hall with ten orators named by national and local committees. It notes plans for a 5000 seat venue, a medal and badge for members, and a Hand of Ulster emblem. Col Coburn discusses Hastings and fund-raising, with regional delegates to Washington and Jefferson College.
George Alfred Townsend of the Cincinnati Enquirer visits Pittsburgh staying at the Duquesne Hotel. He admires the new courthouse and Carnegie Library, notes New York lacks similar features, calls Carnegie generous, and, astonished by a $1590 glass bill, buys about 130 panes claiming it’s the cheapest glass town in the world.
Colonel J. P. Coburn of Center County, a warm friend and supporter, vouches for the General as a dependable ally and expresses confidence in his leadership.
W H Smith the condemned man on Fulton street remains under tight watch as recent Pardoning Board respite offers little comfort. He joins five fellow murderers in Allegheny county jail awaiting trial or serving as witnesses, including Coulson for December 2 1889 murder and Wagner who killed a man with a hammer.
The First ward councilman race audit has been postponed three times by Court appointee G P Murray. Tuesday afternoon is set for the ballot box opening and vote counting. Seven attorneys represent plaintiff James E Patterson seeking explanation for a 132 vote discrepancy between initial counts and final returns showing Dr R J Black as winner.
Mr James W Benney of the Allegheny library received a copy of the international copyright bill now before Congress. He indorsed it and sent it back to Underwood Johnson secretary of the American Copyright League New York. He supported equal protection for brain work in literature and patent devices.
Sidney Finley in a drunken state entered the County jail with Thomas Murphy of Judge Gripp's office. He faces a charge of stealing from his employer Gledhill a 35 dollar value oyster dealer. Bail set at 300 dollars for a future hearing. Arrest reported around 7 P.M. the previous day by Constable Murphy. Information dated last month on the 27th.
A telegram to the coroner reports 28 year old Baltimore and Ohio brakeman David Kinney was crushed between rail car bumpers and killed instantly. Kinney, single, leaves two sisters, with remains to be sent to Petersburg and then Armstrong county.
A Smithfield street barber in Pittsburgh regained his power to speak after two weeks of complete muteness caused by a mental shock. He wrote messages, used a tablet, and suffered heart pains. A doctor described two types of speech paralysis, and the barber’s sudden reaction came when a bottle fell, triggering his return to articulate speech.
A large delegation of glass workers from Pittsburg Jeannette and Bellaire toured Lancaster Ohio on an excursion to inspect 75 to 100 Highland addition lots offered by a new glass plant in erection. The visitors praised Lancaster promising quick residence or business construction and a cooperative factory planned by the Bellaire group. Local schools expanded to meet rising activity.
Theodore Potter aged 14 was badly hurt yesterday at 4 15 PM while climbing a traveling crane at Marshall's Foundry on Twenty eighth street. He was torn in the abdomen and groin and taken to his Bloomfield home in extreme pain. Doctors do not expect him to survive.
The corporators of the Academy of Science and Art plan a meeting at the Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday at 3 30 for by laws and officer election under the new charter Addresses will be given by John A Bra shear Rev M B Riddle and others Mrs Sarah Bush was locked up at Allegheny station after her husband accused her of chronic drunkenness and selling household items to buy whisky Mr Bush says she sold a sewing machine for 4 and a castor for 50 cents from their home at 25 Hust Pearl street.
Central Trades' Council of Western Pennsylvania urged a city wide vote at the next general election to choose the site for the Carnegie Free Library. The move targets placing the library in the city heart to aid workingmen, with resolutions sent to the Library Commission, Andrew Carnegie, and the press. The meeting also discussed a mechanics lien law and noted the status of English glass workers facing trial in April.
Manager M J Alexander reports 280000 dollars in lot sales with aims for 300000 by month end. 1500 workers to start once weather clears. foundations and brick work underway. Several houses rising, 1200 lots to be laid out after project completion while Lake Erie Railway plans a new station and river bridge.
Low petroleum prices and Standard Oil control of Pennsylvania shut in territory push producers toward an independent line to the seaboard. Craig & Satterfield and Muldoon interests may build the line if producers guarantee 5 000 barrels daily, with some factions proposing up to 10 000. Refineries along the route and T W Phillips named as possible president of the company.
An early 20th century advertisement-like fragment touts Marshell's Comfort Flour with promises of a good conscience and a good stomach. It mentions a charity-like free giveaway and urges readers to request a weekly price list for more details.
Newsdealers report heavy demand for a New York newspaper issue on the 20th. A Rochester nostrum pamphlet scheme promised a March 20 drawing for 35,000 in prizes, a clear swindle preying on buyers. Clinton mill shut for repairs, 300 workers laid off.
Advertisements announce low prices on California apricots and asparagus, a free cocoa beverage, remodeling and removal sales at multiple downtown stores, and discounts on decor, tableware, ornaments, and clothing. Firms listed include Wa. Haslace & Sox, CHAS. REIZENSTEIN, A. G. CAMPBELL & Sons, J. OC. Grocas, and Pi cairn's. Bitters promotion rounds out the list.
No bargain sales at Kleber & Bro. 506 Wood Street. They stock fresh Steinway Conover Opera Burdett Vocalion pianos and organs. Musicians and amateurs rely on Kleber’s exclusive access to top instruments with easy payment terms and long warranties. Call and see the spring stock.
Spring sale to clear stock lists Planos and Organs with many models from Sohmer Haines Bros Estey Palace and more. Prices range from 35 to 100 plus for pianos and organs with bids urged at 75 Fifth Ave. Must be sold this week. Call to select a instrument.
Advertisement notes styles and prices for Naw Jackets and Wraps, Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods, Ladies' Handkerchiefs and Hairery Wash Dress Gid deries. Special values include Morley's half price items and silk plaited fabrics in black, tan, and plate colors offered at low display prices.
A local store promotes a large sale of Gent's Outing Shirts in French Flannel Madras and Zephyrs with new patterns and fine workmanship. It features Standard Collars and Cuffs as good as can be made, with collars at 15 and 18 cents and cuffs at 25 cents.
One chance in a hoodred piano. A Decker Bros square grand in perfect order with fine tone and case. A $500 instrument sold for $225 with cover and stool. Also upright piano for $200. Lohmer Colby and Hallet & Cums ton pianos at reasonable prices. Located at 537 Smithfield Street.
Three cars of fine stock arrive Monday and will be sold at market price by Pittsburg Produce Commission Co managed by Myers and Tate at 813 Liberty Street Pittsburg. Walter Anderson offers English suitings and Scotch tweeds at 700 Smithfield Street with latest overcoatings and trouserings and Pitcairn's at 434 Wood.
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