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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1890
Page
2
Crowds view the receding waters from bridges as the Ohio, Monongahela and Allegheny decline after a rapid rise. Flooding pockets damage cellars, basements, and mills along Duquesne Way, with boats and rail lines affected. officials report danger passed though scattered losses persist.
A boat occupied by Michael Laughlin jammed at the corner of an Oliver and Roberts building and was demolished. Families fled by skiff to Southside Hospital, with residents of Polishtown moved from South Twenty second street. A 50 yard span of the Ohio connecting railway below Woods run broke loose and floated downstream about a mile before being recovered.
Receding at all points as rivers fell from the headwaters. Monongahela reached a peak at 5 pm at McKeesport with five feet of water in W. Dewees Wood Company mill by noon. Several National Rolling Mills departments idle for days. Youghiogheny and Monongahela rivers flooded nearby houses and foundations. Johnstown escaped major damage as cold weather set in. Dispatch notes river at 29 feet 10 inches and rising earlier, then falling with no further high-water danger anticipated.
Mrs Richards tobacco and confectionery shop at South Tenth street and Cabot way was broken into before 3 am and two boxes of plug tobacco were stolen. Martin McNally was arrested on South Eighth Street by Lieutenant Johnson and Officer Tom Richards after officers spotted him near a cobble pile. Police found two tobacco pieces matching the box label on his person and under a board, and he was held for a hearing before the magistrate today.
Miss Margaret Gillen of Fifth Avenue near College and Highland avenues was badly hurt stepping at Sacred Heart Church on Center Avenue East End. She fell ten feet injuring an ankle and head, hospitalised at Mercy. Major J C Kay and Captain J P ee of the Eighteenth regiment were shaken when a buggy axle broke on Ross Street by the jail, uninjured. William Gundelfi of the West End fractured a leg in a wrestling match at 115 Steaber Street. Thomas Callahan at Painter's Mill had a crushed foot under a rolling apparatus. A man named Richards at Wainwright's Winterton Brewery was badly injured when caught in ice machine machinery.
Henry Daubner of Thirty-ninth Street was fined £5 and costs or three months in the workhouse for gross disorderly conduct after pulling his wife from bed by the hair and beating her. His brother Charles Daubner was fined $5 and costs. Samuel Adrian, living on Sixth Street, was sent to the workhouse for four months for disorderly conduct after injuring his mother and brother with a poker and causing a finger fracture.
Firehouse No 15 has not exited for five weeks and No 7 for ten, both on Penn Avenue. Firemen express concern that the lull in winter alarms hurts their health and fear a few fires would improve their condition and activity.
The Pennsylvania Company drops caboose for cabin car on its last freight train car. Master Mechanic McKenna of the Indianapolis Decatur and Western shows two model cabooses with sleeping quarters for four, a washroom, and boarding-house comforts. The cars rest on two four-wheeled trucks and allow a brakeman to reach the train top without climbing. A sleeping hotel car, with porter and cook, is being fitted at Columbus shops.
Still in the arena the Prohibition Party gears up for public office bids. Tallie Morgan, Welsh-born Prohibition Party League president, explains a broad statewide educational campaign with posters and literature, aiming to recruit 1,000 secretaries across 56 counties. He notes forthcoming candidates for governor and other offices and vows a strong, red hot fight.
Colonel J P Coburn recounts a Bellefonte tale about Dan Hastings and his friend Yocum. Hastings, famed for memory, spoke first at a Sunday school despite no prep, prompting Yocum to reveal his manuscript and trigger a humorous swap that ended with Yocum teased over Hastings memory prank.
A druggist warns on soda water profits noting unlimited potential and high margins. He says honest dealers can double money by using real flavors and high pressure water, while cheap substitutes yield dull, insipid drinks. He cites cheap ethers, low pressure, and cellar-made Saratoga waters as common adulteration.
August Ammon reports a ten day Boston and Buffalo visit. He praises the United States Hotel in Boston for tipless service and notes the Iroquois Hotel replacement in Buffalo. He mentions Cleveland’s infrequent Buffalo visits and jokes about rain angles in Boston.
About 100 Pennsylvania Railroad workers at the Duquesne depot presented their late foreman Thomas F. Farrell with a gold headed cane and an easy chair. The presentation occurred at Farrells Gibbons street home with a speech by John J. McGowan. Farrell served three years at the depot and was recently retired for a mysterious reason.
The Moorhead W U T U held a meeting at Moorhead Hall last night. Talsie Morgan, editor of the periodical The People, spoke, with Williams of Scranton also in attendance among a group of local men and women around pledges.
In a Saturday night courthouse melee Judge Gripp dispensed light yet sharp discipline after Gorman struck Henry Boyle with a bottle amid a dispute at Liberty and Sixth avenues. Boyle fell, then resisted lightly hitting back. both men were old friends. Gorman received a workhouse sentence while Boyle was discharged. Several others faced short terms for petty crimes in the same session, including shop clerks Stamm and Cornblaum for theft, and Miss Kate Williams with Peter Brown for drunken misbehavior. A doxology closed the services.
A young drummer paid a bar bet at noon using a glass of whisky and his gold watch. He recalled a New York dispute over the World's Fair site, claiming Chicago would win. He celebrated Chicago’s victory by toasting the New York group at exactly 12 o clock railroad time. Time and distance are noted as vanishing in this progressive country.
A new toll box connected phone system promises instant connections with Central by inserting a nickel. Critics warn prompt service is needed to justify costs, while futurists predict widespread street corner telephones after patent expiration next year.
Frank Ammon, 21, son of Squire Ammon, heard from Emma Abbott's manager after the matinee. A pupil of Signor Girli, Ammon performed two selections and earned high praise from the prima donna, who urged him to focus on music though he has no stage ambitions.
A 14 year old boy named Robert McGraw of Allegheny arrived at Central station with detectives Shore and Robinson after fleeing home. He accused relatives of abuse and said he would not return, claiming he worked as a newsboy for two years. Police referred the case to the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
The seven month old son of Henry Garreatt died suddenly at his Glenwood home yesterday afternoon. Coroner Mc Dowell was notified and found the death due to acute pneumonia. The child had been delicate since birth and an inquest was deemed unnecessary.
A discussion on compound lard promotes cottonseed oil as a cheaper healthier substitute. The article traces cottonseed oil trade, refining losses, and tariff effects, noting oil’s cheaper cooking value, freshness, and potential to curb adulteration while detailing byproducts and agricultural uses in Europe and the United States. It highlights consumer caution, industry expansion, and the broader plea to boycott adulterated lard.
Inspector McAleese received a telegram from Harrisburg requesting the arrest of Martin Gorick a Hungarian for larceny He fled to Chicago and reached Pittsburg Then Detectives Shore and McTighe intercepted him on the 11 65 west train at the Central station A hiding place in his clothing yielded a book containing 32 pounds Officers from Harrisburg will take charge tonight
The St. Clair incline on the Southside stopped running last night at 10 o'clock and will not resume until tonight for repairs. The machinery will be changed to prevent jarring of the building, which has become annoying and dangerous to some extent.
In Dvaveee March 23 Sam Lee a Chinese laundryman was killed this afternoon by Frank H Fook his Chinese assistant who also shot himself The quarrel centered on unpaid wages Fook shot Lee in the back then wrote on paper He owes me three months wages I shoot him I die too Fook survives The incident occurred at the laundry where both worked.
Car No.6 of the Pleasant Valley line broke an axle on Federal street in Allegheny yesterday afternoon, blocking the road and forming a procession of street cars three blocks long.
Stella Wier, who returned from the Home of the Good Shepherd in Columbus, speaks at home on the South Side about leaving the family. She says she left by choice to avoid false reports and may not return to the convent, thanking Father Bernard and Alderman artman for their help while denying an interview with Mr Slater.
A Pittsburg artist celebrating a thirtieth birthday died after mistaking the date while drinking with friends. In a later joke about the day, he vowed to check an almanac to confirm his birth date.
Sheriff Krider of Canton arrived in the city with witnesses for the trial of Charles Kline and Robert Richardson, taken from the workhouse after arrest in connection with the Oakland burglars. Canton telegrams described them as robbers of two stores, and goods traced to Canton were later found with Italians here. Detectives, officers, and three Italians accompanied the sheriff. about ten witnesses were prepared for the defense, while the prosecution readied its case.
Cumberland, Md is urged by Baltimore and Ohio Vice President Thomas M. King to back a 15 year loan of 150000 without interest. The plan would move yard tracks from central Cumberland and build an extensive yard half a mile east, relocate machinery sheds, and expand operations as the company designates Cumberland as the terminal for three divisions. Keyser, West Virginia currently serves as the terminus of the second and third divisions.
The Palace car No 37 on the Fifth avenue traction line ran a trial yesterday attached to an old bobtail car repainted as a smoking car. Chief Gripman Cavan oversaw a smooth, accident free run with Superintendent Davis praised by riders. The Brill built car is among the finest street railway vehicles, though the last trip saw a track jump at Grant street crossing as the new automatic system proved stiff from the added machinery.
Rumors circulate on the Southside that John C. Brom, alleged Southside forger, has left for Europe with a companion who has relatives there. No confirmation of his whereabouts is available. Bank cashier Eray says circulars with Brom’s description and a $100 reward have been distributed nationwide.
Two speak-easies were raided yesterday. At 2046 Smallman Street Mary Ann O'Brien was raided with four men and a 16 year old girl Annie McBride arrested and held at Twelfth ward station. In Hardscrabble district James O’Neill’s place at Third avenue and Hill Street was raided. O’Neill and five young men were arrested and taken to Central station.
Five cases heard by Mayor Pearson Sunday morning. Sarah Bush jailed ten days for selling a sewing machine worth 95 pounds and spending the money on whisky. John Bradley, drunk, paid one dollar and costs. I Shaffer paid five dollars and costs for disorderly conduct. John Kennedy and Peter Sweitger paid costs and were discharged.
The National Tube Works at McKeesport begins a new puddling department this morning with 125 skilled men on single turn, to be doubled soon. Machinery and furnaces tested Saturday with satisfactory results. the mill's big hammer weighs 180 tons. Also, Typographical Union No.7 schedules its annual election for officers and delegates at No. 70 Fifth Arena this Wednesday from 1 to 8 PM.
The J M Gusky Orphanage and Home for the Aged Association of Western Pennsylvania elected officers and planned a brick and stone building on Perrysville road near Westview oil field. Expected to cost 20000 to 25000 dollars, the facility will house 100 children and 20 to 30 aged residents, with Mrs. Gosky donating 1000 dollars annually for maintenance and endowment funds already raised.
A young lady with a solitaire ring boarded a Fifth Avenue streetcar at Craft Avenue. She showed off the ring to passengers, then noticed a large diamond allegedly from Lobo Hillason of Italy. The man displayed a Kohinoor style stone, causing a moment of tension before she resumed her posture and put on her glove.
Willie A Brown of Bellevue writes to The Dispatch seeking clues about his brother John John who was believed aboard the Scioto when it sank on the Ohio river July Fourth. Despite weeks of coverage in Tu Disparen, no identity light emerges. Willie says they were separated after being taken from a Home for the Friendless. he was adopted and seeks information to learn of his brother.
Receipts from Scene fares show a large increase over the prior 10 cent through fare. For the week ending March 2, 1880, receipts reached $10,365.90 versus $9,218.50 the same week in 1880, with a gain of $1,144.50.
An Ada unsigned item notes an estate sale adjourned to Wednesday March 26 at 10 A M at the Elsessor estate corner of Jackson and Webster Allegheny promising six brick uses. It also advertises new spring suits for boys from New York makers at Sailor's Sixth and Liberty streets as the sole agency for Pittsburg and mentions a millinery opening at Rosenbaum Co. MwP.
Passion Sunday was observed in Pittburg and Allegheny Catholic churches with readings at high Masses. Irish clergy kickoff temperance efforts urging Catholic action against intemperance. bishops discuss promoting Total Abstinence societies and temperance work in parishes.
Edward Jones, an employee of Walker's mill at Mansfeld, Pa, was fatally struck by a locomotive on the P C and St L line Saturday night. He was said to be intoxicated at the time. The local justice of the peace will investigate the matter today.
Article announces a massive stock of lace curtains heavy curtains sash curtains curtain materials furniture coverings and upholstery materials aimed at rapid decorating for hundreds of new homes and tenanted residences. It claims last year’s curtain production was a city record and promises to surpass it with improved speed and lower costs.
A detailed historic advertisement offers Moorish and decorative draperies, canopy designs, slip covers, upholstery, hair mattresses, pillows, and refitting of furniture. It promises in home measurements, tailored estimates, and claim of best workmanship and prices, with window shades highlighted as popular.
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